The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS am—Morning, 9h. 59m.—Afternoon,`_10h. 33m. To-Hoßnow.-Morning, 11h. 3m.—Afternoon, 11h. 32m. ROYAL "ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, W illsee's. Romantic Opera, TIIE DES r:RT FLOWE R : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ' • Messrs. W. H. Weiss, B.Corn A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor. Mr. A. Mellon. —Doors open at half-past Seven. Commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. 71aniu.rers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. 1 7 H - 1:-; EVENING the rerformances will commence with the Cona dietts. of JOAN DOBBS : John Dobb s , M r . G. F. Ne ville; Peter Paternoster, Mr. G. Belmore • other cnaracters Mr..). Neville, Mr.,Warde, Misses Hai feur, and Murray. :er which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. , helps, Ryder, Rayner, M-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; miss Beath. 3Lisa W. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss flitter, Miss Cicely 'Nov, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Orip. - ,inal Farce (never acted), by John Oxentord, Esq , entitled BEAUTY Ott THE BEAF,'I'. Principal characters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Nev,ille, arret, Spencer, and G. We.ton ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and. iss 1. Leelcrq. iIIEATRE ROYAL HAY vl Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstoue, THIS EVEAING, OUR MARY ANNE. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, I, Keeley. Griffith, Sic. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BILL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Eve) y Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, to commence with a Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, Esq., entitled UNCLE BABY= Mess s. J.G. Sit ore, Widdicombe, Charles, Miss P. leclercq, and Carlotta Le clercq. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, BF-T, DEtendhal' MONIO. a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux , taken from SE "Italian Chronicle ." by John Brougham- Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles Bra ugham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, LaYerale, Airs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. ----- EL DEMONIO ; a LOVE STORY, in Twelve Tableaux. -- - EW THEA'at-E-Ro YAL, Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN • • M THIS EVENIN , Mrs. R, the New Dram a of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supp or t e d by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, A. w o od, 14:burne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. ..r c , 'conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRE6S Mi ss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. ysB.A. TEMAN.—LE A Fl.—Th e tr i umphant and enthusiastic success of the great tragic artiste, Mies sATIOIAN, on her first appearance In the cha rac t er of L E 71-1, in the new five Drama of that title, ha v i ng b een nightly repeated, and even exceeded d ur i ng the lair four we eks, amidst the applause and tears o f crowded audiences, and tee profound impression created upon all who have wit nessed the touching - impersonation by Miss Bateman of the heat-broken -Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani mous verdict and critical approval of the entire press, the manager of the NEW ADEL PHI THEATRE has the honour to announce that Miss BATEMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEA II EVERY EVENING till further notice ; and i n order to meet, as far as possible, the increasing demand for stalls, has added two more ruws to those previously existing. pRINCESS'S THEATRE.--HERRMANN, PRESTIDI GATATEUR.—Great Success of Herr mann's P erformances.—" ue always keeps as close to his public as he can, and courts their vigilance, that his superior dexterity may be le(2itim tely triumphant." Times, Oct. 27. His celebrated FISH, RING, HAT, and MONEY TRICK, EVE RY EVRNING, Constant change of programme. Commencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Ciock. Second Grand Morning Performance TO-MORROW at 3. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray. After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. To conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. Commence at 7. E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," I_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 6, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock... 5l Barometer-30.14. Wind—North. West ; westerly, and cloudy. ~~;~~ *UM LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 1863. NAPOLEON'S Speech, yesterday, was worthy of himself, of Franae, and of the occasion. His MA JESTY has often before now spoken admirably well, and always to the purpose. This last Imperial oration of his, however—the longest and evidently one of the most carefully elaborated to which he has yet given utterance—is, in many respects, the ablest, as it is certainly the most remarkable, he has delivered. Looked forward to, with eager expecta tion throughout Europe, its purport will create neither disquietude nor disappointment. The tone of the harangue, while it is eminently dignified and even authoritative, is also, and in an especial manner, eminently conciliatory. Not a syllable in it can be pointed to that is so much as even vaguely or indirectly irritating to either of the belligerents in North America. There is no word or hint of defi ance di rected aga i nst the councils of the Russian A utocrat, And yet the French EMPEROR is most P l ainly and most emphatically outspoken a!ike in -reference to the recent conquest of Mexico and to the stilt protracted, and embittered, an d f r i g h t f u ll y intensified Polish Insurrection. If there were any serious expectation that the long imminent alterna tive of P eace Or in . Europe would be decided by NAPoLEo-N 111. iu h lB Speech from the Throne on opening his new may Le gislative h Ceamb e rs, p er h a p s that expectation regarded now as hav ing been realis e d by 0% sentence—by what we may call the swel l - -in the E MPEROR ' S harangue. Referring the m ost expli c it t erms t h a t could well have been employed, ex p r ess his meaning, to the utter in ord e r t o im possibility of France solely dealing with this Polish the EMPEROR adds , i n one of thos alm efelicitousQuestion, t sen tences of his, which have about them the flavour of wit, certa inl y the terse ness of ail epigrams—" An insult to ou r house or a thre at against our frontiers alone impose upon us the duty of acting without previous concert." So that Europe is g i ven to understand now, quite distinctly, that France w il l 7:,)t go to war with Russia in the interests even of Toland, if left (as the champion of the inalienable rights of Poland) alone and isolated amongst the Powers of Christendom. Yet doe s the Em reEROR refer, almost in the same breath, pointedly, almost poignantly, to the immense temptation he has had—" to raise my voice," he says, meaning by that to draw the sword of France, " in favour of a nation rebelling in the eyes of Russia, bat in our's the inheritor of a right written in history and in treaties.'' Tempted by the instincts of a noble and haaehty ambition, incited by the passionate sym tathies of hi s own peop l e i n f avour o f P o land, •sPoe-eoN 111. has nevertheless refrained from vi ndicatin g at th e po i nt o f the sword that sacred r tance of which his Imperial Majesty has tutu® formally proclaim e d b e f ore R us sia, b e f ore all Christendol— hreause—Au insult to French honour, Or a threat against the French frontiers could alone irap ee upon the Sovereign of Frac ce the duty of acting Without concert—that is, with out concert with his inomen • 't'he declaration, th us m ade, is more th an taril Y reassuring; it is et finitive. NAPOLEON instead of declaring war against Russia, submits the proposal of a Congrese to the consideration of Christendom. The proposition of his Majest;-, we e take it, is about as chivalrou s an d as irop ract i cabl his twica proffered and twice declined scheme of a''' of mediation between t he America n belligere n t : While (as we dread that it can clone pro ve ix , he) thus impracticable, the suggestion of the French EMPEROR is in itself none the less mag nanimous of its kind. The proposition is so re markable in f ,very way, that the mere manner in which it is put forth yesterday in the Imperial Speech from , the Throne is deserving of our most serious cons ideration. " Withent resorting to arms," says the I f:MPEROR, " and without being silenced, one resource is open to us. That is, to submit the Poli.sh cause to an European tribunal. Russia 'aas already declared that conferences in which all the other questions which agi tate Europe should b 3 debated would in no degree wound her dignity. Let us take note of this declaration. May it serve to extin gr.ish, once for all, the ferment of disorders to burst forth upon all sides ; and from the ady to r a d uneasi ness in which Europe is l d m ir a e y cti a on n s e t w rav e e r r a se o d f peace spring by the elements of dissolution order and inal forth." It sounds Utopian, It breathes like a foretaste of that Christian Arcadia the Aiilleninm of which the Laureate dreamed his po li:ical daydream in "Locksley Hall," where he singe of " the Parliament of nations, the Federation of the world." Yet the edifice, the rehabilitated, or to be rehabilitated edifice, NAPOLEON 111. alludes to, in his very next sentence, is surely no chateau en Espagne ! "Is not the time come," asks his MAJESTY, "to reconstruct upon fresh bases the edifice undermined by time and destroyed piecemeal by revolutions ?" It is a most momentous question. But the EMPEROR adds another immediately afterwards—a question eminently practical : "Is it not urgent to reorganise by new conventions that which has been irrevocably accomplished, and to carry out by common agree ment what the peace of the world requires ! The Treaties of 1815,"—with what secret exultation the words must have fallen from the lips of the heir to the fortunes, the successor to the throne of NAPOLEON.LE-GRAND—" The Treaties of 1815 have ceased to exist." A fact which his Imperial MAJESTY thereupon immediately goes on to demon strate by illustration—rather superfluously ! By categorical reference, that is, to what has oc curred of late years, some of these things very recently in Greece, in Belgium, in Franee, in Italy, in Germany, on the borders of Russia, in the midst of the iEgean Sea. And the Emperor NAPOLEON adds that the proposition of an European Congress, such as the one now for mally submitted by hiss to the consideration of Christendom, might be addressed to the consciences and to the reason of statesmen in all countries : Have not the prejudices and raneour which divide us already lasted long enough ? Is the jealous rivalry of the Great Powers incessantly to obstruct the progress of civilisation ? Shall we be constantly casting defiance at each other by exaggerated arwa ments ? Are our most precious resources to be in definitely exhausted in vain ostentation of our strength ? Shall we eternally preserve a position which is neither peace with its security nor war with its chances of success ? Lat us no longer give factitious importance to the subversive spirit of extreme parties by opposing ourselves with narrow calculations to the legitimate aspirations of peoples. Let us have the courage to substitute a regular and stable situation for an unhealthy and precarious condition, even if it should cost sacrifices. Let us meet without a preconceived system, without ex clusive ambition, animated by the sole thought of establishing an order of things based henceforth upon the well-understood interest of the sovereigns and of the peoples." Even if, as is only too much to be dreaded, this ap peal which NAPOLEON himself says sanguinely he " cannot but believe would be listened to by all," should come eventually to nothing—it is something to have articulated it. Having thus emphatically put forth his proposition of a Congress, NAPOLEON 111. closes his remarkable speech of yesterday with words that, after all (it should, nevertheless, be most seriously borne in mind), may (by the rejection of his proposal) prove to have been the ominous muttering of a threat. " Two ways," he says, " are open. The one leads to progress through conciliation and peace, the other, sooner or later, conducts fatally to war by the obstinacy of maintaining a past which is rolling away I" Progress throug'a Conciliation and Peace, the French EMPEROR has already avowed he deems to be alone attainable by means of a project like this very one of the grand European Congress he has now proposed. Reject that pro position and—the inference is—War ! Decline to enter the path which leads to this Congress and " the other," he tells Europe quite plainly, " sooner or later" must conduct us " fatally to WAR ! " An intimation could not be plainer. An oracular sentence could not be more easily con trued or more transparently comprehensible. Yei is this intimation of the EMPEROR'S, after all, hardly a threat of what will arise in the event of his pacific proposition being declined by the nations of Christendom. It is hardly what can be called a threat. It is, more properly speaking, the plain de- finition of the actual situation—the exposition of an inevitable alternative. That there is something very faulty in the manner in which our poor laws are administered is abun dantly proved by the startling disclosures that are continually made under the head of " Daath from Starvation." A casual observer might naturally think that in this wealthy and benevolent city, where there is no lack of wise heads, kind hearts, and able hands to help the indigent, such catastrophes would be absolutely unknown. That they are of such frequent recurrence is certainly not from the lack of means of relief, nor for want of an extensive and regular system for their preven tion. By the existing arrangements, if fairly car ried out, every pauper should be provided with sufficient to preserve life, and, if necessary, accom modated with quarters inside the Union. As the case actually stands, however, the busin e s s of p ar ish 111 B seems rather to get rid of applicants th an to administer relief. In the first place, when the father or mother of a family applies for relief, the grantin g of it is usually coupled with the con dition of enteri ng - the House. At first sight this would seem to be only adding to the expenses, but the guardians know bett er . T hey know the almost invincible dislik e to under that inhospitable shelter, their obje et cling 1 o t ti h t e sid b e r ,A e a a n k d ing up of the family, and the entireantor homes. So long as they they and theirs will stay e :l n r of their wretched fi ght it off, therefore, accordingly the porter is no more troubled. has just coma to light, however, which is melancholy case eh is the excep tion to this rule. A poor shoemaker, 49 years of age, lived at Shoreditch, with his little eon. From long-continued illness the poor wan wa s unable to earn a proper living. The boy got 2 3d. per week, and it was not often that be. tween them they mustered twelve shillings weekly. And off this, of course, must come the inevitable rent. It was not often, said the boy, when telling his touching story to the coroner, that they had enough to eat. " Sometimes they had a bit of dry bread, and occasionally they got a drop of tea. They could not get food." They used to buy a pennyworth of coals, he said, though they could not afford it, because his father was so ill. Oa Monday week the father went to the workhouse to be taken in. He was told to go before the Beard iof Guardians on Wednesday. This delay was not very cheering to a man i n hi s c i rcums t ances, and he m ust probably h ave marvelled at it, for it is not n THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1863, d d mate . However, this necessary, we presume, for the Board t o i nspect every pauper before he is a visit was paid, and to littl e purpose, for the guar dians refused ad s m h n i . l t li i n 't g .nsli but gave him, i ns t ea d, n order weeks.fand a loaf of b rea d f or u The :o two shillin gs was to pay for rent, a ffour o r t I coals, and the nourishment required by a man in the last stage of sickness and distress. He was quite unable to work at the time, and could hardly walk. For whom are our workhouses intended, we should like to know, if persons in the condition of this poor shoemaker are to be refused admittance? His simple tale could doubtless have been easily confirmed; indeed, we should imagine his gaunt appearance would be sufficient warrant. However, the guardians had the interests of the ratepayers at heart, and got rid of the dying pauper with two shillings and an order for loaves he was never to eat. This was on Wednesday. On Thursday he got his relief and an order for the doctor; and very original advice he must have received, judg ing by the evidence given. On Saturday he was found dead in his bed, and so the tragedy ended. The question is, Ought it so to end ? Are we content to let men, women, and children die in the very midst of our rich and populous city of absolute want of food ? If so, we may as well give up the troublesome machi nery of our workhouses—if not, we had better see if they cannot be a little more efficiently adminis tered. The public, we presume, will hardly feel inclined to accept the dictum of the medical officer, that " starvation had only prolonged deceased's life." We have made many strange discoveries in these days, but Mr. GREENWOOD had better take out a patent for this, as it is certainly one of the most novel and remarkable of them all. The coroner, on hearing it, said that it could hardly be asserted that the Board had refused admittance to a man " unable to work, without food or warmth, and so reduced as scarcely to be able to walk." The gentleman in question, however, admitted not having seen the deceased until after death ; and although the conclusion he airfed'ai by aid of a post mortem examination was dou,b,tless perfectly correct, and the immediate cause of death was dis ease of the heart, we imagine tbat.tha life described by the little boy is not exactly whatt,Mr. GREEN WOOD would prescribnfoi.4 wealthier patient- , 4ay one of the guardians them*ves. The medica7 - o.s timony, however, evidepays.lnclined to the official side, although ; in defiartiAtit , the coroner did not hesitate to express his etitilon that - e.clurgeexlifed against the parish authdrities. many more such catastrophes a re need e d' before out locat boards awake to the feelin gs o f common linmanity ? Considering the many recent trininphs that have attended the Conservative cause, it is not to be wondered at that its supporters are glad to make an occasion for celebrating their successes. At Essex, on Wednesday, there were grand doings at the annual Meeting of the:, Maldon Conservative Club, which was graced by the presence of some distinguished men. Sir JOHN TYRRELL, whos3 name is well known in Parliamentary remembrance. took the opportunity of meeting his old friends. Affairs have certainly changed greatly since the hon. baronet retired from the representation of the north division of the county in 1859. The election which then took place was very unfavourable to the Conservatives, and he would have been derided as a prophet who had pictured anything approaching to the numbers which now swell the ranks of the Opposition. Indeed, it would be difficult to find any parallel in the history of party for any section of politicians which has so rehabilitated itself, as it were, and come forward in so prominent a position, and with so proud a prestige before the eyes of the country. Perhaps the cause may lie in two things —the perseverance of one side, and the decadence of the other. 'When the last Ministry was formed, it is not likely that its most bitter opponent could have thought it would run so ignoble and undignified a career. The only reason must have been that the Government believed that it did not matter what they did, because they were safe in their places, and secure of support if they appealed to the country. The chairman of this meeting, Mr. WATLING• TO N, made some very pointed allusions to the extraordinary mode of procedure that has been followed by our rulers of late years. Out of the long list of anomalies and absurdities some of the allusions are very happy—such as," Liberalism abstained from interference with America, but offended both parties." It might be well if the so• called chiefs of Liberalism confined their exploits to those across the Atlantic, for the course they are adopting is giving great offence at home in all directions. It ill becomes any Government to boast of their conducting a neutral policy when it is so managed and directed as to necessitate the occupa- tion by armed men of the ships belonging to an English subject, the jeopardising of a noble vessel in order to make assurance doubly sure, and also entailing the necessity of going to a court of law to appeal against a verdict that gave to British sub jects their inalienable birthright of independence. This is so strange a way of maintaining the prin ciples, and putting into practice the benefits of neu trality, that it is not to be wondered that it is hardly appreciated and very churlishly received. The reference to mysterious diplomatic metamorphoses is an admirable hit. "Liberalism removed, by a mistake, Sir JAMES HUDSON from the theatre of his usefulness at Turin, but he feared that it was not by a mistake Liberalism replaced him by an ELLIOT." No wonder that the enunciation of this fact was received with "laughter," for a more ridiculous mode of slurring over a blunder was seldom attempted than that which our Foreign Secretary contrived to adopt in mak ing his false move the other day in Italy. Mr. WATLINOTON would not allow the Government to plume itself on fiscal achievements .any more than on reform measures at home, a firm policy abroad, or skill in the arrangement of general affairs. He reminded his hearers that their boasted benefit of the remittance of the Paper Duty was bestowed at the expense of additional Income Tax. Here is another special grievance, which it is of no use to complain of, because it is well known that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is immoveable on the point of direct taxation, and prefers figures to facts when these latter inform him that his odious calculations make the burden press heavily upon a numerous and struggling class. It must require great admiration for the achievements of skilled accountants of national expenditure, and also considerable zeal for the art of oratory, to console or convince these ground down and heavy burdened sufferers that all is for the best, and managed with a precision and a proficiency that are of worldwide celebrity, and have secured a remarkable reputation. Arr. , DIS UARIA'S r emar k s on t h e i nstability of coalition tim e Governm ents might well he referred to at this -period,whea We :irt:::he de witnessing clred in h a the practicet eHouse iosethat fail for 1 the se con d " England does not love Coalitions." Certainly the last two specimens have not gone far to reassure the PC pular mind, or to remove the prejudices regard inA• the compromising expediency that casts prin cip,'es to the winds, or acts Upon the idea that all i s fa it to get in, and all allowable to keep so. - Mr. pEA,cocKli's remarks on American affairs were most is to be 1 appmpriate, and, it trusted, are A reflex of the sentiments and an exponent of the spirit which actuate and animate the majority of the members of the House of Commons. Earl RUSSELL had better take timely warning, and note down the signs of the times, which every day is unfolding to his view. He had need to forget his late vehement denunciation of the popular expression of feeling in regard to America, or he may find that his new allies have taken him far away from his old friends. One universal expression of astonishment, one simultaneous avowal of indignation, will await the presentation of his proposal for " additional enactments," and its speedy and scornful rejection will be the immediate issue of his rash venture and impotent attempt to subvert the lawa of our Con stitution at the bidding of a foreign Power. Thus, as Mr. PEACOCKE declared, they will best vindicate the " independence of Parliament and the dignity of the nation." It would be as well to spare such scenes, however, and not to have a second time, at the expense of the credit of our statesmen, to send forth the tidings to the world that England brooks no paltering with her privileges ; and that the mighty charter of independence and protection for the rights of others, that has been handed down through a long line of past worthies, shall not be lost in these present days, but survive as a match less and glorious heirloom, to descend, unchanged and uninjured, to the generations of the most remote posterity. According to the Constitutzonnel the German Powers have by no means modified their hostile in tentions towards Denmark, and the mild remon strances of Earl RUSSELL have proved entirely fruitless. It is stated hy the Parisian journal that the four military commissaries charged with prepar ing the Federal exectititAl In Holstein will shortly meet, and that the Prussian, representative, General DE MOLTKE, is to propose that a part of the Aus . tro - Prussitin reserve shOuld enter Holstein at the same time as the§3ixen c i tl4, l ranoverian corps of execution. The object—of .this.'arrangement is to defend the invading troops fretra Dani s h attack— : a continge nc y : . b y ,pprpea!is improb a bl e . It i s , • therefore, evident, that the Piet are net only bent upon the prosecution :of. their rash, and aggressive o Scheme, but are An.., ,- aenic . !lkv,liiepared :for the opposition they Tade,A7f-44 enecamter.• They do not seem,: bOweVer, by rneana to realise the strength of the feeling thatA!mateS:Denniark,.and KariesaGssourredpley(le mis w i :_suff6i"o4tiently any dignietnTen-,if 13 ,"14 10 40 that either berment of their: gallan; !gdom, whate4ier force might be brought to irerove- , them, .It see, that Earl RussELL:iiedr4ll,' inekteOd 'OC 'endea.. vouring to effc.ct ,some tha•Potition of affairs, is busying himself ,with: a matter more directly person a l t o this Couuttli by typing to secure . , the entrance of the of „ .110 . 11!e:rk . for English trading vessels, in case of a blockade* the German ports. We presume that the noble Earl-now at the head of the Foreign-office fears that it 'would be too much even for English equanimity to have another branch of commerce suddenly cut off, and he is anxious to avoid such a cata strophe, at least while Southern harbours can only be entered through a blockade. It is doubt ful, acco r di ng to the news rece i ved b y the Con seitutzonnel , whether this privilege will be granted to the British Government, and really there are no very strong grounds on which to base such a claim. The inconsistency and vacillation of the English policy in a matter already sufficiently complicated and precarious, has rather served to embroil the combatants still further, than to facilitate any satisfactory arrangement. Earl Rus- SELL's famous despatch suddenly transferring his support to the pretensions of the Diet did mischief which the Premier's subsequent disclaimer, the pub lic indignation, and even the Anglo-Danish alliance could not undo. Germany, reckoning on our con nection with the chief offender, is secure of oar non - intervention, and is bent on carrying out her long cherished scheme, while the other members of the Confederation are only too ready to assist. Meanwhile the brave Danes, and their constitu tional KING, are preparing, as best they may, against the coming storm—a storm which any political weather prophet must have seen the signs of long since, although our sapient Foreign Minister appears to have thought otherwise, and has just aroused from his dream to remember, in alarm, that English commerce must not be shut out from Hamburg, or he would have an awkward story to tell our merchants and manufacturers ; and having so ably and disinterestedly played the part of the candid friend to Denmark, he has surely a right to demand some little consideration in return. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] MANIFESTO OF THE KING OF THE GREEKS. TRIESTE, Nov. 6. Advices received here from Athens state that the King of the Greeks on his arrival there issued a manifesto, of which the following is a summary : "I bring neither ability to govern nor practised intelligence, but sincere love for the people. I believe in the future identity of our destinies. 1 shall endeavour to love Greek customs, and shall respect your manners and language. I shall strictly observe the constitution, and shall surround myself with the most experienced men of the country, without remembering old political divisions, and shall make Greece the model State of the East." THE LONDON CHORAL UNION, Last evening M. Benedict's lyric legend " Un dine" was performed by the membera of the Lon don Choral Union at the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-square. The principal parts were sus tained by Miss R)se Hersee (Undine), Mr. Gwynn° (Hildebrand), Miss. Palmer Lisle (Berthalda), and Mr. Lawler (Kuhleborn)—the members of the " Union" giving the choruses assigned to water sprites. The story of the legend runs thus :—Un• dine, a water sprite, has left her home and compa nions in order to follow her noble lover, Hildebrand, but Kuhleborn, the principal kinsman of Undine, disapproves of the attachment, suspecting that the mortal lover will prove unfaithful. In this he is correct, for immediately Hildebrand returns to his palace on the Danube his love returns to Berthalda, and, marriage following, Undine is left desolate. To revenge the outrage Kuhleborn summons the water sprites, the destruction of Hildebrand, his wife, and castle is determined on, and the resolution is carried into effect, and Undine is left to bewail the doom of her unfaithful lover. Mr. Benedict has been particularly happy in his composition of the music of Undine; for while he has given the prin cipals sweet and telling songs, he has arranged the choruses with great effect. "Mark the waves that rippling play" was very beautifully sung by Miss Hersee; and Miss Lisle obtained enthusiastic ap plause for singing the music allotted to her. Mr. Uwynno's most successful effort was the recitative and air "My own Undine," while Mr. Lawler elicited applause for the air " Love, a tyrant of the earth." There was a short miscellaneous selection both before and after, in regard to which Miss Haldome and Mdlle. Marlorelli contributed some fine specimens of Italian music. The choruses of the legend were all admirably performed by the members of the Union, and Mr. Kingsbury conducted the concert in his usual ad mirable manner. . _ _ Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the splendid saloon was crowded during the whole of the evening. Whittington Club, Mr. Adolphus Francis last evening gave another of his interesting readings at the Whittington Club, the subject chosen being Shakspere's " Midsummer Night's Dream," with the whole of Mendelssohn's music. There was a very crowded audience, and it need hardly be remarked that Mr. Francis ac quitted himself with his usual ability and judgment. To the vocalists we must also award great praise, especially to Madame Andrea for the skill, taste, and accuracy with which she rendered the composi tions of the great musician. Mrs. Gilbert and Miss S. Cole also honourably distinguished themselves; and the members of the Polyhymnian Choir exe cuted the choruses witli remarkable steadiness and effect. Mr. Gilbert very efficiently conducted the musical portion of the entertain Went, which seemed to give the greatest satisfaction to every one pre. sent. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, BRESLAU, Nov. 6. Advices received here from Warsaw announce that the National Government has published a pro clamation encouraging the Poles to persevere, and confirming the order fer ladies to discontinue wear ing mourning. A sanguinary engagement has taken place at Czchanow. The insurgents were commanded by Baron Petz, Night separated the combatants. R 0 M E. ROME, Nov. 5. The Prince Latour d'Auvergne presented his letters of recall to the Pope this morning, and will leave Rome on Saturday next. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 5. The Levant Herald says :—" All the arrears of the army prior to March last have been settled by individual serghis, payable to the soldier at the ex piration of his term of service. Since March all have been paid in cash. - "The new taxes are about to applied to Constan tinople; which eity has hitherto been exempt." • FRANCE. PARIS,. Nova s. The bulletin of this morning's Moniteur publishes an account of the opening of the French Chambers, concluding as follows : " The Emperor's speech was interrupted ,by the Most vehement acclamations, and-terminates Midst repeated shouts of " ViverEmpereu'r." 'HiasgeeCh will not fail to re-echo loudly throughoitt France, and the whole of Europe." The Senate and Corps Legislatif will meet to-day, to receive a communication from the Government to the Corps Legislatif. It is asserted that the tax upon carriages will be abolished, and will not be inserted in the Budget for 1865. The Presse of this evening, in an article, signed by M. de Girardin, wishes that' the appeal of the Emperor may be understood in Europe to open at last a new era of peace and liberty. The Gazette de France thinks that the speech of the Emperor tends to the alternative of a Congress, reorganising ancient Europe, or to war. The Pays applauds the Emperor's speech, and says -- " If the Emperor has spoken of war it is not as a threat, but to impress upon Sovereigns and nations the necessity of anticipating war by recom• mending peace." The Constitutionnel, in an article signed by M. Limayrac, says:—" The whole of France will join in the magnificent and patriotic language of the Emperor. tEurope will understand that this appeal was made by a clear-sighted and sagacious policy, proud without wishing to impose itself upon others, national without the spirit of conquest, the friend of order and of progress." The Nation of this evening considers the Em peror's speech to show that the common action of the Three Powers is at an end, and also does not believe that Europe will accept a Congress. La France of this evening says :—" The Emperor has condemned with equal firmness the rashness which endeavoured to carry him away, and the system of egotism and decay which has overthrown other regimes and which his name rejects." BOURSE, Nov. s.—Business opened at an advance on yesterday's closing rates, but the improvement was 'not long maintained, and quotations receded, Threes having been done at 67f. 15e. After the Emperor's speech had been posted up a little" rally took place, and prices again 'recovered to about the quotations of yesterday, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f. 25c. Mobilier remain slightly lower. Railway Market quiet, and prices in general well maintained. The market closed as follows It per Cents .. 95 10 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 Credit Mobilier 1078 75 Do. end month 1180 Bank Shares 3360 Credit / oncier 1295 Roman — Italian Loan 72 80 Do. end month 72 80 New ditto Do. end month.... Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Rome Debt .. — Deferred BA IL WAYS. Orleans .... Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cosh.' ' Account. 978 75 .. 976 2 5 985 -- .. 980 -- 950 - .. 9 52 50 910 - .. - - 497 50 .. 685 - .. 690 - 515 - - 505 - 607 50 410 - .. 405 -- 410 - 411 60 550 - 551 25 640 - 537 60 627 60 .. 630 - The Case of Starvation. LITERATURE, A Page from the Peerage. By the aithor of " The Colonel." Two Vols. Newby. The author of this story, in a very spirited pre face, deprecates the " sensation" sentiment of the present day, especially inasmuch as it involves a pleasant familiarity with the records of iniquity. " If," asks the writer of the preface, " authors can by the magic of their style blunt our sense of the crimes they narrate, why not by the power of their genius attempt to crush the growing evils of the age, instead of fostering them ?" The writer forgets that this noble task, so well worthy of employing the highest powers, has been, in many instances, already undertaken by some of our first authors. This " Page from the Peerage . ' now before us—this chapter from what Mr. Thackeray has called " The British Bible"—although disclaiming all "sensation," abounds with vicissitudes. We cannot but regard the history of Katinka Campbell as most improba ble, although we are aware that there are not a few histories in the records of the House of Peers which are striking examples of that truth which is stranger than fiction. Katinka, or Kattie, as she is more frequently styled, is not a very pleasing character. When we are first introduced to her, she is the somewhat haughty and ambitious daughter of a widow lady of moderate circumstances. Shortly afterwards the death of Katinka's godfather, the old and almost imbecile Duke of Merioncourt, ren ders the unnoticed daughter of Mrs. Campbell the heiress of eleven thousand a year and seventy thousand pounds besides. The ambitious damsel, for a brief time,— " Basks her in the noonday sun, Disporting there like auy other fly"— when a law-suit deprives her of her unexpected in heritance, leaving her many thousands of pounds in debt. She then becomes engaged to the steward of a nob:e friend, and prepares herself for a humble life at the park lodge, when, lo and behold, the steward turns out to be the rightful Duke of Merioncourt! Assuredly this is a sufficiently sur prising climax to an anti-sensational romance ! Living in Earnest: with Incidents front the Lives of the Great and Good. One vol., pp. 265. By Joseph Johnson. Nelson. Those beautiful lines of Professor Longfellow— " Lite is real—life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal" are appropriately taken as the motto of this hook— a little book well worthy the earnest attention of those for whom it is intended; namely, the young, and one well calculated also to prove interesting to the general reader, being filled, as it is, with anec dotes and examples from the lives of the Great and the Good of former times, These records are more than interesting—they are most encouraging. They are those footsteps on " the sands of time"—; ".Footsteps which perchance another Sailing o'er life's stormy main - Some forlorn and shipwrecked brother Seeing, may take heart again." The great lesson inculcated by these pages is the ,necessity of individual exertion in order to attain success. Those who have achieved greatness have not done so with folded hands. In the" sweat of his brow" man is doomed to earn his bread, and not his bread only, but every other good gift. Even " the kingdom of heaven sufferath violence," and the " earnest" ma❑ alone will prosper in this world and in the next. As an encouraging exhortation to such noble work, this little book is well worthy of com mendation and success. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Illustrated, Part 1. Price 6d. Lea. We are glad to see " Robinson Crusob" appearing in a cheap form in monthly parts. This edition is beautifully printed in large type, and is bountifully adorned with very spirited and excellent illustra tions. By placing works of such genuine merit and of such a wholesome and at the same time en thralling interest within reach of all classes of readers, publishers confer a very great boon upo❑ the public in a moral as well as in a literary point of view. Winter Weavings. Poems. By leabella Law. One Vol, pp. 179. Smith, Elder, and Co. A charming little volume of fugitive pieces has, in these " Winter Weavings," been penned by a loving friend, and may we not call her also dis ciple of Barry Cornwall's gifted daughter. The book is, upon its very title-page, "Dedicated in all affection to Adelaide A. Procter ; " and one of the sweetest morsels of verse in it is the dedi catory sonnet given upon the next page, as fol lows : In tender love I dedicate to-day, In hope and trust, and all that in me sings (While thought of thee around my spirit clings), These songs I wove through all the winter grey : My first poor songs which at thy feet I lay, The first-fruits of my soul's imaginings : Becau'e thy gentle hand first moved the strings, First woke my harp with trembling notes to play. And now I send my little songs abroad, With prayer that God may here and there turn such To drops of rain upon some thirsty ways— But from thy lips one kind approving word, From thy dear hand one tender answering touch, . Were worth to me a world of human praise. Without ever rising beyond the tenderly graceful and pathetic, the Muse of Isabella Law, flutters her wings very prettily. Not, it is true, with that strength of pinion, or that radiant variation of colouring noticeable at the every turn and upon the every plume of the more aerial muse of Adelaide Procter—reminding one of how it is the new sculp tor poet, Thotnas Woollier, sings, one while, of " My Beautiful Lady"— Fresh beauties, howso'er she moves, are stirred : As tha sunned bosogi of a humming-bird At each pant lifts some fiery hue, Fierce gold, bewildering green or blue, The same, yet ever new. The majority of these little poems by Miss Law are just the rythmical thoughts and emotions, felt and mused over, we doubt not, by many another gentle and accomplished maiden, but very seldom, indeed, even by the gentlest and most accomplished amongst them, so tenderly and so gracefully ex pressed. Shakespere. A Critical Biography. By Samuel Neil. Pp. 122. Houlston and Wright. A foretaste, this little book is, of the floods of illus trative, prose, and verse that will be pouring i❑ upon us within these next few months in anticipa tion of the tercentenary anniversary of the birthday of William Shakspere on that 23d of April, which was strangely also his death-day, and more strangely even than that (remembering that the poet is the chief glory for England as a "heaven-born" genius) —St. George's Day ! As a critical biography, Mr. Neil's volumette shows a good deal of research. Yet is the performance to our mind very far indeed from being entirely satisfactory. It is written in a prag matic strain. The biographer has his preconceived notions about Shakspere, and rigidly to those precon ceived notions he conforms everything. He has his bed of Procrustes, and upon it he pitilessly stretches the hero of his biography. What he wishes Shakspere to have been in family, in friends, in fortune, in religion—that he describes him as having been ! His arguments, moreover —notwithstanding his theme—are not always readable. At any rate, we have not found them to be so. We have examined them with a sense of weariness, and have iaid them aside afterwards with the one feeling of satisfaction at our having done so. Davidson's Musical Almanack for 1864. A threepenny musical melange (oddly entitled an Almanack) consisting of Jullien's `.Kin of Hearts Quadrilles," Charles Mackay's liarkling song "Dewdrop of the Morning," Reyloff's odd little ditty, pertly entitled" Wouldn't you like to know ?" 116 liner's haunting " Home, Sweet Home W a lt z ," Wilson's inspiriting " Pantomime Galop," Pl ump . ton's aerial "Zephyr Polka," and Jolly's ditto Scottish Ballad "Auld Diya"—too much of an echo, this last, of the world-famed "Auld Lang Syne." THE MANUAL OF FASHION.—The Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, have just issued their Illustrated Manual of Fashion, which, as regards taste, elegance, or variety, is without a rival. In ordinary failionable publi cations two or three plates are usually given to their readers, but the Messrs. Jay present their p a t rons with a whole volume of the latest and most attractive Parisian modes. The plates illustrate every description of ladies' costume, and if there is any truth iu the saying "variety is pleasing," then the Manual is without doubt a very marvel of inven tive taste. It cannot but increase the eminence already attained by the Messrs, Jay, , ‘finnmat— HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 5, The Queen drove ont this morning, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Colonel H. F. Ponsonby attended her Majesty on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary visited her Majesty. Lord Brougham had the honour of an interview with her Majesty. Viscount Palmerston arrived at the Castle yester day evening and had an audience of the Queen, and returned to London this morning. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.— It is understood that the natal day (the 9ch instant) of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales will be kept this year at Sandringham, and not at Windsor as was first announced. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of: Prussia were expected at Windsor last Tuesday, and pre parations were made at the Castle for their reception, but the orders were at the last moment countermanded. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia will now, it is believed, remain at Sandringham until atter the Prince of Wales's birthday. Her Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will return to town to-morrow .from visiting General Hall at his seat in Cambridgeshire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary visited her Majesty yester day at Windsor Castle. After a short stay their royal highnesses returned to Cambridge Cottage, Kew. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady C. Barrington, Colonel Ponsonby, &c., honoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence last evening, to witness Miss Batsman's perform ances of" Leah.'' Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Chartres have returned to their residence at Ham., Surrey, after a lengthened tour. The Duke of Somerset will arrive at his official residence at the Admiralty to-morrow, from Stover Park, near Tctness. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have issued invitations for an evening party, on a grand scale, at Blenheim Palace, on Wednesday, the 25th inst. The party will be in honour of Frederick Prince of Denmark, who is now at Oxford, and a general gathering of the nobility and gentry of the county and leading members of the university is expected. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, who, on leaving town, visited the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchin broke, have arrived at Kimbolton Castle, where they will shortly receive a succession of visitors. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have been entertaining a succession of visitors at Beaudesert Park, near Lichfield. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, and Lady Blantyre and Hon. Ellen Stewart, are staying with the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland at Stafford House, St. James's. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle, and left in the afternoon for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. Lord Chesham, we are informed, is rather better, and is gradually regaining strength. Lady Herbert of Lea, with the Earl of Pembroke and family, will leave Wilton for Egypt in the course of the ensuing week. Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham have been among the Jatest visitors to the Duke and Duchess of Rich mond at Gordon Castle, N.B. We have to record the demise of Dowager Lady Stanley of Alderley, who died on Monday last at an ad vanced age. Several families of rank are placed in mourn ing by the melancholy event. A SINGULAR DISCOVERY LATELY ANNOUNCED IN FRANCE.—The discovery is that of a Dutchman, M. Hooibrenk, and the results of his researches haver been so well marked and valuable that he has been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour by the Emperor, who has directed that a scientific commission be appointed to investigate and report upon the matter. M. Hooibrenk supposes that the number of grains in an ear of corn can be increased by bringing a larger quantity of pollen into con tact with the stigmata than they usually receive. He con ducts his experiments as follows :—He takes a cord of front 25 to 30 yards long, and fastens it to a stiff woollen fringe of about 10 inches long; he steeps it for a short time in. honey, and drags it over the fields of corn two or three times after flowering. It catches the pollen from the anthers and applies it to the stigmata (it is, in fact, Mr. Darwin's bee process on a gigantic scale), and the result is a greatly in creased crop. This method has been tried in conjunction with the old one, on a farm near Epernay, in Champagne, the property of the celebrated wine dealers, Messrs. Jaques , - son. The results beneath show the relative advantages of both systems :—Hooibrenk's system—wheat 31 kilos, rye' 25.5 kilos, barley 24 kilos, oats 17 kilos. Old system — wheat 21 kilos, rye 16 kilos, barley 16 kilos, oats 12 kilos. It has been =lectured that the results would have been still more striking had not this season been such a favour able one. Fruit and garden vegetables have been similarly treated, and with a like success. It has been found also that an inclination of 112 deg of the branches of the vine produces some effect upon the flow of the sap, and increases the fruit crop. M. Hooibrenk maintains that by his pro cess, and without any material additional outlay, crops of fruit, vegetables, and corn can be increased in value 50 per cent. SUPERSTITION ABOUT GREEN PEAS.—The use of peas in divination concerning love matters is ad:- counted for by the fact that they are sacred to the patron of marriage, In the Leitmeritzer district of Bohemia the gir is go into a field of peas, and make there a garland of five or seven kinds of flowers, all of different hues. This garland they use as a pillow, lying down with their right ear upon it, and then they hear a voice from underground, which tells them what manner of man they are to have for a hus band. In England, when the kitchen maid shells green peas, if she chance to find a pod with nine peas 'she hangs it over the kitchen door, and the first rustic who comes in is infallibly to be her husband, or at least her sweetheart. The village girls in Hertfordshire lay the pod with nine pea 6 under a gate, and they believe they will have for husband the first man that passes through, or one whose Chris tian name and surname have the same initials as his,. A. Cumbrian girl, when her lover proves unfaith ful, is, by . way of consolation, rubbed with pea straw by the neighbouring lads; and, when a Cambrian youth loses his sweetheart by marriage with a rival, the same sort of comfort is administered to him by the lasses of the village. " Winter time for shoeing, peascod time for wooing," is an old proverb found by Sir Henry Ellis in a MS. Devon glossary. A peascod wooing was performed, according to Brand, by selecting one growing on the' ater°P snatching it away quickly, and, if the good omen of the peas remaining in the husk were preserved, then presenling it to the lady of their choice. An example of this practice is tenderly recounted by Touchstone :—" I remember whey. I was in love, I broke my sword upon a stone, and bade hill' take that for coming a night to Jane Smile; and I remafty 'oer the kissing of her batler, and the cow's dugs that ler pretty chapped hands had milked; and I remember the wooing or a peascod instead of her, from whom I took two cods, and giving her them again said, with weeping tears, `Wear these fur my sake.' "—Kelly's Folk Lore- Trig STORM.—On Wednesday the fishing BM% ck Edwin, of Hull, Capt. Pounds, arr ived at that p i at from the North Sea, having on boar d Capt. W. Gibbons. ; and 4 seamen belonging to the schooner Alark Breed, of W b it_ stable. The schooner was on a voyage from Seaham to Rochester with a cargo of coal, when on Saturday moral ag she was overtaken off Sp urn Point b y the fea rful gale whic h swept the North Se a on that day, On S aturday mot n ing a leak, and from that ti me until Me [AO' morning, c g lock, the pumps w ere k ept at workii zees" sandy. Findi n g that the water was gaining rapidly, ( 7.3Pt* m th o e rn ve in ss g e , l a s t pr 7 u o n, Gibbons ordered signals of distress to be hoisted, A ;bort time afterwards the Edwin hove in sight, and soon Lore schooner,i de Capt. P a n o d u nsdo oloweredthe w h i s w b e o r a e t s , a w fe h l y i ch o nwbaosar; the de s down upon the sinking vessel. A s soon as the smack: go t ov t a ora lo t a nh e ge k s . There was a very heavy sea on at the time, an dit was at great risk to his own life and those of his crew t ba t the shipwrecked seamen were saved. The vessel was fas t settling down when the Edwin bore up for Hull. Oa Tuesday the fi s hi ng smack Superior, Captain Heritage., °f Hull, lauded seven of the crew of the schooner Alp Captain English, at that port. The Superior fell in vi ith the Alpha on the Dogger Bank during the fearful gal') of Sunday, and at much riak succeeded in saving the lives 0 i the whole of the crew. On Wednesday the fishing smack Signal, of Hull, Captain Jones, landed the crew, five in number, of the Annie, of Whitby, at Hull. The Annie foundered on the Dogger Bank on Monday morning,and in the evening they were picked up in their boat about 60 miles from land by the Signal. They were in a very ex" hausted condition when taken on board the fishing sm ack " The crews of all these vessels have been forwarded to tlit'r, homes by the Hull Shipwrecked Fishermen's and Marines Association. FATAL OCCURRENCE IN THE STRAND.—yes ter- day Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, he ld an inquest in King's College Hospital, on the body of J % oß be P . "_ Henry Strong, aged 35, who met with his de ath b y run over by one of Chaplin and Horne's vans , on the nl:II:, of Saturday last. Much evidence was he ard, but it we. ht a very confused nature, after which th e learned taroave summed up, and the jury, after consult in g , returned r diet--'That the deceased met his deat h by accidentallyfall ing under the van. The coroner s aid that he quit cou e eurred in the verdict. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have read in the newspapers of the 2d inst. with profound regret a statement of an inquest being held on a child 12 years of age. whose parents are respectable, dying of sheer want in the neighbourhood of De Beauvoir-square, Kingsland, and I am touched with the concluding remarks of the coroner, " That a more dreadful case of suffering ho had never seen." This is a very lamentable state of things, and individu ally it is hard to combat them, but in a word and at once, if a subscription be raised, I will add thereto £5. I apprehend the propor way would be to ask the clergy man of the district to receive any aid that may be offered, and as I find the rev. gentleman's name (and who was pre sent at the inquest) is S. Finch, and who resides in the Downham-road, Kingsland, I shall send my contribution to him, in the hope that many more will do the same.—l am, &e., J. L. Dalston, Nov. 3. TRANSLATIONS of Jean Paul Richter's " Levanna, or the Doctrine of Education," and of his " Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces," are announced by Messrs. Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The same firm has recently published a translation of Richter's great work, " Titan." SHOCKING CRUELTY TO A CHILD.—SHIELDS, Wednesday Evening.—To-day a good deal of excite ment has been caused in this seaport by a case that has been heard before the South Shields borough magistrates. Isabella Inkesier, the wife of a master of a vessel, a per son living in a respectable circle, was charged with cruel ill-usage to Elizabeth Inkester, an intelligent little girl 10 years of age, her step-daughter, in the absence of the father at sea. The neighbours, who appeared as wit nesses, gave evidence of a shocking series of brutalities exhibited by the cruel and brutal woman towards the poor child. The little girl herself was examined, and she stated ou oath that during the three days ending the 7th September her stepmother had kept her naked in a dark closet without anything to eat; that she escaped from her on the third day, but that, upon returning in the even ing, this woman set upon her again and beat her with a rope. Before the woman had put the child into the close: h she had kept her fastened in a chest of drawers all day a rope, and naked. The bench was occupied threeoiunrfisiient hearing the case. At its conc:nsion they refused to h a -fine upon the defendant, bu t sent her to Durham Gabl for three months with hard labo ur. The decision of the Court was received with much a pp lause, and it was quite clear if the women could have laid hold of the prisoner they would have summarily lynched her.--Lee's Xerotry, 3 per 3 per New India Ditt Dit Congo India EschE Dit Brazil Ditl Ditl (ire pl • Diti Diti Diti Mexic Ditt ntoeri, New Peruv I)itt Ditl Porto Litt Dift Ditt Ditt Sardit Ditt panil Litt Ditt Ditt Spani; Thrki, Ditt Dim Ditt Venez Dutch Ditt Italiat IJitt Csnsol weete Po R sari, 1' ) 3ro w Al stove Arri Arri - 1 -ro 4- rort i Janaen 11:napir4 from I Pass Mogad Grahai Gibral Phillip Rangoi for Ver steamer steamei Saile Stata;❑ (lend of net p r o Ilow at Be gene In been iiinpr PI 1311 in re tri dirt too; rela ass( gen tele, 66f. rise POT ( qUer Mear are E are 1 Paso nal ] are 8 Ditt Ditl Jaitt Diet Ditt