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RIGHT HON. LO til) JOHN JAMES MANNERS, 312.—Wh0 Shot his Dog?—Diplomacy I,one—in k'Ulg_this week, One Penny. tl ►,: 1) 1.. J S ' 6 0 T TO. THE 111.:.NDRE!` 3nll SLiTT-SI7.TH NIGHT, and Last Week but One of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE._ Under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. Last Week but One of the present Season. TADS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H Widdicomb, M:sa Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. Atter which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3lostue, entitled THE DUKE'S 910TTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, snoported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. 1% iddi P. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclorcq. Kate Terry, E. i,avenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. Walter Montgomery ; King, Mr. C. Verner ; T.aertes, Mr. G. Murray; Horatio, Mr. W4rde ; P 19nius, Mr. Fitzjames ; Ghost. Mr. H. Marston ; First Gravedigger, Mr. G. Belmore ; Queen, Miss Murray ; Ophelia, Miss 31. Jones. To be preceded by the new Comcdietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEW THE ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL-.. sole Proprietor and Manaver. M. B. Webster. - THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight ~ ' clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN ; oR, T E GHOST'S 3ARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptat!on of the Great t , pectrai Illusion. Messrs. ,J. L. Toole, R. Philips, Sefton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss IL Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent sled ILL-TREAT ED RO VATORE. M ssrs. Took. P. Bedford, R Phil lips, I.bnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO- vIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE T Fl E itE'S HOPE. Messrs W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, VOlaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, .handers, and E. Bufton. Followed by ( 1 2th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, ann .Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. rrHE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," _IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE , can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 30, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 7O Barometer -30. 15 . Wind—N. -Easterly ; light, with fine weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. CFiIR DAY.-31orning, ih. 2511.—Afternoon, lb. 52m. To-ttoßn.ovr.-Morninz, 2n. Um—Afternoon, 2h. 43m. ,_•Ried* v tt . 3414 LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1863. Whenever a Victor gives way to cruelty in the completion of his triumph—rest assured that at one time in the fight he was very nearly beaten. When ever one of two men quarrelling grows particularly angry, be quite certain of this, that he is the one more in the wrong—if he be not, indeed, wholly and solely in the wrong, in the matter under dis pute. E ich of these sayings, no matter in what particular words expressed, has long since come to be recognised by the generality as an axiom drawn from experience. And each is, without doubt, right in the main, though not, of course, invariably. Exceptions there are, occasionally, to both ; but these, we believe, may be set aside very readily at once as exceptions. And certainly, if we come at this moment to apply either of these popularly and almost universally recognised truths to the war in America, or to those who are discuss ing (apart from that war), say in our own country, the relative merits of the balligerents, of the Soutb and of the North, of the Federate or of the Confede rates, of President DAVIS or of President LINCOLN, we do most confidently leave it to the common sense and to the right reason of all dispassionate ob servers to pronounce quite decisively and quite unhesitatingly Which of the two sides has shown itself, from beginning to end, to be in the Wrong. The cruelty, the barbarity, the brutality, hae been all on one side : that is, on the side of the Northerns, of the Federalists. 'We appeal—not to the past, to History —not to the future, to Posterity : we appeal to the present recollection of all, to boldly, honestly, and truly say whether it has not been so. The Confederate Army has given to view many a conspicuous General—but it never presented to the world's scorn a General BUTLER. The infamy of doing that belongs exclusively, as we all know, to the Federals. The Southern President has never issued, under the authority of his own name, signed with his own hand, promulgated as the deliberate utterance of his own Government, a document such as the Northern PRESIDENT has issued, signed, and promulgated, declaring a contingent penal abolition of slavery, and, in the act of so doing, unfurling, as an atrocious signal or incentive to the negroes in the South, the black banner of a Servile War.! Richmond has never yet been the arena for execrable riots, during which, for several days in succession, Murder has stalked scatheless through the streets, as it has re cently been doing through the streets of New York, in the form of a lawless rabble, armed with fire and sword, bent upon outrage and destruction, and bunting to the death those very negroes whose freedom the leaders of this Northern mob affect, for their own selfish ends, to have so much at heart. Turning from this momentary contemplation of the really startling contrast presented to view throughout this dreadful conflict by the belligerents themselves —we would noes apply the second of the two popular axioms quoted at the outset of these present remarks of ours, not to the combatants, but simply to their critic s , to the commentators upon the Records of the War so far as it has yet gone, to the commentators upon those records, here, in this country, to the speakers upon various platforms, an d to the writers upon the various public news papers. Referring to those who have watched either or, still better, to th ose Who s, ave watched we ask upon whi c h side has been both, the anger, the ill blood, the Pas ask confidently which of t he two, betwee n th ween e t f h u e r s y e , d w is e - Putants, has argued the more equablyin tone and in tem per the vindicator of the North or o f the South, of the Federals ur of the Confederates ? W hy, la the nosiest and most numerously attended meeting that has anywhere as yet been convened in thi s country since first this lamentable war commenced, at the great assembly which took place last autum n (of all places in London, at Exeter Hall!) the champions, that is to say, the oratorical champions of the North, of t 143 Federals, of Presi dent LINCOLN, and General BUTLER, lied the like, had it, in a manner, all to themselves. Yet, such was their passionate and infuriated condition, that some one, rashly venturing to utter a few sentences in vindication of the Confederates, was first of all brutally hustled out of Exeter-hall, and then still more brutally hounded along the Strand, as though he had been a mad dog, until the unfortunate Wight found shelter, as he did eventually, in a shop not far from our office. Quite consonantly with the wrath evidenced more than once by the acts of [the Northern army, or its leaders, out in the actual seat of war, and with the words, whether spoken or written, which have already emanated in this country from the lips or from the pens of the impassioned sympathisers with 46 I praise your Jackson and your South No, I've no taste at all that way ; Those words are not sweet in my mouth, Though dear they are to some, you say ; In fact, if I the truth must tell, I think your Jackson and his crew, Accurst of God, are fit for hell, Though they may fight and conquer, top." Later on, as if just nearly beside himself with fury, he ventures to howl forth his maledictions thus unstintingly : " Curse those who sell their blood to lust, Their very flesh to stripes and toil; I spit at such —the thought I trust, (Y . such should make my blood to boil." Again, still addressing himself to CHARLES MACKAY, to true-hearted gentle-hearted CHARLES MACKAY, thus bawls forth this foaming partizan— "Clasp you the hands that wield the whip ! Press you the palms that rivet chains I My curse will through my clenched teeth slip, I'd brand your heroes all as Gains." Enough, however, of all this—though we are fain (in an aside to the writer of these angry words) to say, with 808 RAFTER in the farce, when Monsieur FUMEZ is bowing, with a flourish, to the ladies, aux dames! "Don't stand damning and swearing, there !" Enough at least, if we add, that the furious tines addressed thus to CHARLZS MACKAY are ac companied by other " New Voices from the Crowd" —Ye Gods! " the crowd !" sly, rather, the mob! One of these " New Voices" being a specimen of the forcible feeble, in the shape of a travestie of " Scots wha hae"—in the name of DATIs ! One stanza in it beginning— " Who for hell, our rights and law I" Another of these bawling " Voices" being a parody upon " Rale Britannia," setting forth thus— " When _Davis first, at hell's commands I" &o. Closing our remarks—again,we would ask, however, Which side has all along been proving itself, is still persistently and quite consistently, proving itself, under the test of our two axioms, to be clearly in the Wrong ? Oa which side is the Anger ? On which side bas been the Cruelty ? All England, we bel:eve, if polled to-morrow, would answer by an overwhelming majority—That of the Federals ! that of the thick and thin sympathisers with Federalism ! The QUEEN has come forward with her usual good sense and kind feeling, and uttered a protest against the disgraceful practice of Female Blondins. The Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. CHARLES STURGE, received a letter from Sir CHARLES PHIPPS, written by command of the QUEEN, relating to the catas trophe. Tne QUEEN expresses the pain with which she has read the account of the fatal accident which has occurred during afite at Aston Park. Birming ham. In the next paragraph especial mention is made of the revolting practice. " Her MAJESTY cannot refrain from making known through you her personal feelings of horror that one of her subjects, a female, should have been sacrificed to the gratifi cation of the demoralising taste, unfortunately pre valent, for exhibitions attended with the greatest danger to the performers." Nothing could have been said in more appropriate language than the foregoing, and in the next sentence the reproof is made still more pointed by allusion to the effect produced on the spectators. "Were any proof wanting that such exhibitions were demoralising, I am commanded to remark that it would be at once found in the decision arrived at to continue the fes tivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion, after an event so melancholy." This censure is richly deserved, since seldom if ever has such a dis graceful circumstance been recorded. In fact, the managers are more to be reprehended for the con tinuance of the performances after the accident than for the accident itself; for in the first instance they were so far sanctioned by precedent, and perhaps hardened by the immunity that the performers had long enjoy ed in practlsiug such d angerous feats. But no reason on record can possibly be found for the o a ignoring o f r r n m g b t h e f e o r fa e c t t h t e h i r a t ey a e c e o , rp a n s e d h y a e t . shameful act t b h e a e t n tehaeryripedersisted in catering for the amusement of the public, and swelling the sum of their own profits. A rebuke from the highest personage in the realm may doubtless produce more effect on their minds than many long sermons from oth er quarters, and it is indeed to be trusted that not only will they feel ashamed of their conduct and eschew at once and for ever all such practices for the future, but that this affair may be the means ofputting a summary stoppage to all such feats, and also to the callous indifference and cold-hearted acticns that etigmatised the file at Aston Park. The closing passage in the letter of her MAJESTY is worthy of attentive consideration. "Her MAJESTY trusts that you, in common with the rest of the townspeople of Bermingham, will use your influence to prevent in futur e the degradation to such exhibitions of the Park which was gladly opened by her MAJESTY and the beloved PRINCE CONSORT, in the hope that it would be made serviceable for the healthy exercise and rational recreation of the people." Doubtless this reproach will be felt by those con cerned. It must be especially fy MAJESTY to pe ruse such demoralisa tionrecordsmotortthieingtoher of the tastes of those she had hoped would im• prove and refine by the innocent sphere of recrea tion provided for them. When the QUEEN and PRINCE CONSORT opened this place they most likely returned from their expedition satisfiedthat nothing but good and happiness would accrue to those Who visited it. the eau.,c of Fccleraiism, hre certain metrical utter , ancss which have but this very day reached us from one among that conspicuous minority—(as we are glad to know for certain that they unquestion ably are) these sympathisers in England with the cause of the North, with the cause of Federalism —from one, among that conspicuous minority, him self endowed with the Gift of Song. The name of this particular sympathiser, of this metrical sympathiser with the North we, here (in his own interests) abstain from mentioning. Suffice it to say that it is one among the Young Poets of to-day, ono who is, in truth, not un worthy of assuming a recognised place among that restricted band of living contributors to our poetic literature—but one who has struch the chords of his lyre now, for once, with a hand so agitated by angry passions that the sound emitted by it is nothing less than so much jangling dissonance. Whether it really is so or not, however, shall not here be allowed to rest simply upon our individual assertion. The writer, whose name we shall still continue, out of regard to his reputation, to suppress, shall himself pronounce whether it is or is not. Addressing himself, evi dently in great wrath, to CHARLES MACKAY under the title of " New Voices from the Crowd," and addressing himself thus to Dr. MACKAY, as to one "Late Progress Poet, now Times Correspondent from America," our pro-Federal poet here in Eng land, thus hesitates not, in terms that ring in mea sure, though some there are (those for example that will be found below italicised) that must certainly be pronounced unmeasured terms, thus hesitates not to give unchristian utterance to his ungovernable animosities : vreli-nciled than this letter of our Gra.woJs ;.N.OVE REIGN. The QUEEN has always shown a care and consideration for the welfare of her subjects, that hes attracted their admiration, and gained their affections more effectually than anything else could have done. No grandeur of a monarch's surround ings, no great qualities exercised in camp or council, can influence the mind so much as the humane feeling manifested in the sympathy for the sor rows, and concern for the sufferings of others. At seasonable times just indignation expressed for acts that all right-minded persons must condemn and abhor manifests the interest taken in her people by their QUEEN. She i 3 unwilling that they should deteriorate in taste, or be wanting in pro• priety in the season of festive enjoyment, and well has sh. 3 performed her duty as monitor of their actions and guardian of their welfare, by her quiet, yet forcible, admonition on this dis tressing occasion. It now remains for them to do their part, and improve the opp rtunity that so melancholy an occurrence has afforded to them. Mr. STURGE wrote a very proper reply to Sir C. PHIPPS. He states that no one more deeply deplores the casualty than himself, but the depraved taste referred to has become everywhere prevalent. Recently he prevented an exhibition of the class taking place within the borough, and in this case his name ap peared in conjunction with those of the Lord Lieute nant and members of Parliament and magistrates as patrons of the fete, which was for a charitable purpose; but he did not believe that any of these gentlemen had a notion that a dangerous exhibition would be attempted. He hoped that for the future the influence of the authorities at Birmingham would, in conjunction with their fellow -townsmen, prevent the recurrence of such performances, so that the gracious intentions of her MAJESTY and revered Consort might be realised and not frustrated; and in the meantime, he trusted that exhibitions of so dan gerous and demoralising a character might be inter dicted by parliamentary enactment. Nothing could be more satisfactory than this letter, and the concluding passage is a very judicious piece of advice, which cannot be two speedily followed with respect to individual safety and general credit. It would be well if gentlemen in high position did not so readily lend the sanction of their namts and the support of their influence to this class of entertain ments, without first instituting minute inquiries as to the character of the proceedings. Doubtless, for the future more care and caution will be adopted, and it will be most advisable if such should become the case. At any rate this sad transaction was one of too much moment to be passed by as an accident; it concerned too deeply a grave and solemn subject. Human life must not be wantonly trifled with in this flippant and frivolous style. Death through in such sports is too awful an event for it to be totally ignored, and almost more important still to guard against is the effect of such conduct on the minds and morals of the people. Now that the affair has been so properly and promptly noticed by the QUEEN, it is not a fallacious hope that inspires well-wishers to believe that its recurrence will never again disgrace the exhibitions of this country and defeat the prcjects of those who seek to benefit the lower orders by the encouragement of pastimes that rightly employed would prove a blessing, but signalised by such proceedings as those at Aston Park on a late occasion would result in nothing good, but rather conduce to evil impressions and the spread of a heartless indifference and demo ralised taste. It is no doubt a responsible and difficult task to legislate on matters affecting the national educa tion. There is so much to be considered, so much that is perplexing and complicated, and so many contradictory interest* to be considered, that it h. not surprising if the Committee of Council have failed to give entire satisfaction. The endeavour to reconcile the desire to afford every member of the State facilities for acquiring at least the plain rudi ments of knowledge, whatever his means or posh thin, with the wish to retain that sturdy indepen dence which is so valuable in itself and so much, more conducive to the purposes of education, is no easy matter. There is no question that the work ing classes, particularly those of the better sort, think much more of the " schooling' which their children receive if it is paid for out of their hard won weekly earnings than if it is a matter of free gift. The mother is not so likely to keep the child at home to help her in her household work if she re-a lises the fact that by so doing she is wasting the time they pay for, and the father is not likely to tolerate a truant. Still as there are great numbers of parents who either can not or will not pay for their children's learning, it will not do to trust this feeling too far. Again, in matters of religion it i. unquestionably very difficult to combine that tolera tion which befits establishments of a national cha racter with due regard to the religious instruction of the children. The difficulties which have been lately more under discussion, however, are on matters of trivial detail, and do not affect the prin ciples on which the grants are founded. At one of the last meetings of the Upper House Lord REDESDALE culled the attention of their lordships to a recent minute of the Committee of Council on Education, which he said would have the effect of reducing the grant made to endcwed schools. The number of those schools was, in 1847, 4,678, and consequently the change would affect a large area. These schools must either make up the difference by increased subscriptions or else suffer their efficiency to be diminished. They (Li g ht pass the examinations most satisfactorily, and yet the amount of public aid which they received would be reduced in proportion to the endowment. Lord REDESDALE deprecated the alteration, which was, he said, in fact, an attempt to apply the chari ties of the country to the aid of the public revenue, and remarked that it was strange such a prospect should be made in a year wizen the endeavour to impose a tax on charities had met with such uni versal opposition. Lord DERBY, in supporting the objections of Lord REDESDALE, gave as an instance of thneheardsosholhiopcs built ausedb h y y th h e un ne alf new minute, had an e, the case of oln endowment of £4B a year in land. He had recently beard tbat the maximum amount which this school would receive under the Government grant was £42, or six pounds less than the endowment, so that in no case could the schools benefit by Parliamentary aid, which would act prejudicially by withdrawing the stig ulus now received. The Earl of Pow's observed that although the Commissioners of Cha rities had enabled trustees to change the manner in probably or m isio avail n be very slow to e e s l themselves s h eoyf would tl2Et pt twhhemichtotl'eedy employed such funds, and to d evote ucationalptuhrepmoss grant. In fact it is fair to cad upon if any amount so contribut ed were to diminish the scarcely private charity for a matter which, if it be as a national given tree at all, should be granted SOMERSET said that the cost of education was on the ave ra g e right. On the other hand, the Duke of 305. for each scholar, and that the Committee It is time that the most earnest endeav ours should simply propcsed that when the school already re ceived th a t amount f rom en d owments th e State be used that the future may realise the hopes of th e • subsidies should not be given, as it was in tended to Pas t more than the present has done, and to g a i n „ uTpl that desirable e nd, and reach that aus p icious con - faciliy them t o di str i cts w h ere t h ere were no suc h ties for education already existing. This summa tion, nothing could be more ppropriate or sonde fair enough; but a little help might enable such schools to extend their il,fluence, end it is always well to take advantage of establistments already in working ordcr. Another argument in favour of the continuation of the grants is that, in most cases, they had been applied in raising the salaries of the masters and mistresses, an ill-paid class, to whom the existence of better paid appoint ments here and there offers an encouragement which is very desirable. It is useless to expect children to be properly ta'aght or trained unless their in structors are capable for their office. There is far too much cheap education going on nowadar s. R e can not take up a paper without seeing amazing advertise ments telling us how all the comforts of home and a first-rate classical and mathematical education can be secured for sixteen guineas a year inclusive, or reading a catalogue of the varied acquirements and accomplishments to be imparted by some ad venturous lady, who is a finished musician and excellent linguist, for six pence an hour. This is the sort of thing we should watch fully guard against in our national schools—super ficiality without substance. If we attempt too much we shall fail utterly. The vast area over which knowledge is at present extended offers great , temptations to the instructor who wishes to attain distinction through his pupils, arid varied and ab struse lessons puzzle the brains of children of very ordinary ability, to whom they are likely to be of no practical benefit in after life. For schools of this character, at which the attendance of the chil dren is often very brief, it is idle to fill their heads and load their memories with strings of dates and knowledge equally useless , A fair idea of the history of their own country, a thorough, cquaintance with the rudiments of a plain education, and a know ledge of the general outlines of geography, are quite as muca as children belonging generally to an uncultivated class, and only at school for a few short months, perhaps, need to learn. If there is time or opportunity for more, the rudiments of natural science and mechanics would be more advantageous to them than forgotten names and dates, which serve only for display. We want in our teachers persons of character and discriminative judgment, not mere walking catechisms ; and an improvement in the rate of salary will probably encourage or en able such persons to come for ward. DEATH OF SIR C. CRESSWELL. The public will learn with deep regret the death of the Right Hon. Sir C. Cresswell, Judge of the Court of Probate and Divorce, who expired last evening at his residence, Albert-gate, Hyde-park. - 1 • LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (RETITER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. LEMBERG, JULY :10. The official Lemberger Zeitung annottoces that fresh detachments of insurgents have entered Volhynia, and that there are several small bands in the government of Sandomir CRACOW, JULY 30. The insurgent leader Chmielinski bad a success ful engagement with tight companies of Russian troops on the 28th inst. at Secemin, in the Pala tinate of CrE.cow. The Russians suffered a defeat on the 24th inst. near Pionfek. The reinforcements they had de manded from Skierniewice arrived too late to take RISE OF THE NOBLE HOUSE OF PHIPPS The recent demise of the lamented first Marquis of Norm an by h as reca ll e d to mind the extraordi nary rapidity of the rise of the illustrious family, of which his eldest son, late by courtesy Earl of Mulgrave, is now, as third marquis, the chief. Ac cording to the received account, the founder of the family was Sir William Phipps, Knt., who, in the reign of James 11., acquired a considerable fortune by discovering among the rocks near the bank of Bahama, on the north side of Hispaniola, a Spanish plate ship which had been under water forty-four years. Out of this, by the help of the diving bell. which he invented, he took in gold and silver to the amount of £300,000 sterling, and with a fidelity equal to his enterprise, brought it all to London and divided it bstween himself and the rest of the adventurers. THE PIG-FACED LADY !—As described in Captain Gronow's Recollections.—Among the many absurd reports and ridiculous stories current in former days, I know of none more absurd or more ridiculous than the general belief of every body in London, during . the wint r of 1814, in the ex i stence o f a l a dy with a I . id's lace. This interesting specimen of porcine physiognJmy wax said to be the daughter o f a grea t lady residing- in Grosvenor square. It was rumoured that during the illuminations which took place to celebrate the peace, whea a great crowd had assembled in Piccadilly and St. James's-street, and when carriages c o u ld n ot move on very rapidly, Itorresco referees ! an en o r m ous pig's snout had been seen protrud ing from a fashionable• looking bonnet in one of the landaus which were passing. The mob cried out, "The pig-faced lady I—the pig-faced lady I Stop the carriage—stop the carriage 1" The coachman, wishing to save his bacon, whipped his horses, and drove through the crowd at a tre mendous pace ; but it was said that the coach had been seen to set down its mo nstrous load in Grosvenor squire. Another report was also current. Sir Wil liam Elliot, a youthfu l baronet, calling one day to pay his respects to the great lady in Gros venor-square, was ushered into a drawing-room, where he found a person fashionably dressed, who, on tu rn i ng to wards him, displayed a hideous pig's face. Sir Willi am, a timid young gentleman, co uld not refrain from uttering a shout of horror, when rtuhseh infuriated u t r o i the a ted door lady or in animal a mann e r the reverse of polite; h utter ing a series of grunts, rushed at the unfortunate baronet es he was retreating, and indicted a severe wound on the back of his neck. This highly probable story concluded by stating that Sir William's wound was a severe one, and had been dressed by Hawkins, the surgeon, in St. Audley street. lam really almost ashamed to repeat this absurd story; but, many persons now alive can remember the strong belief in the existence of the pig -faced lady which prevailed in the public mind at the time o f w hi ch I speak. The shops were f ull of caricatures of the pig -faced lady, in a poke bonnet and large veil, with A pig in a poke' written underneath th e . print. Anoth er s k etch re presented Sir William El l i ot B ,T is hdventuro i and was en titled, " B,ware the pig-stye I ' A CURIOUS WOUND.—Dr. Champeaux, a surgeon in the French navy, was consulted in 1827 by e cavalry officer, M. Elophe, about a small sore which he had had in the nape of the neck since June, 1815. This sore would sometimes heal, and remain closed for about a week or so; but at the end of that t ire it would again be come painful, then open and suppurate as before, and so on. M. Elophe had belonged to the Old Guard, and at the battle of Waterloo charged the British cuirassiets, but as hit on the breast by a fragment of a howitzer shell, and fell insensible from his horse. He Was just coming to himself again, when the grenadiers, driven back by the lancers, passed over him; and the latter, seeing he was not dead, wounded him in s. veral places with their lances; one of these wounds was it. flitted en his neck. Repul,ed in their turn, the lancers passed over him again, and the grena diers, seeing him attempting to get up, carried hint to the rear, where his wounds were dressed. Since then he had always been afflicted with this fistulous sore. On p obing It, D. Champeaux felt something hard at the bottom, and soon discovered from the sound that it must be a metallic fragment, most probably of a lance. The extraction was resolved upon and succeeded; the extraneous body extracted was found to be one of the thin brass scales which cover the straps of a helmet or grenadier's cap, and which he a l been violently forced into the wound by the lance. This inconvenient guest had remained in for 11 years; the wound got well, and M. Elophe only died this year, and therefore survived the battle 48 years, and the operation 36 THE FRENCEI PEOPLE.—In character and genius. the French show the evidences of the three powerful races who have constituted the nation—traits which some times seem contradictory, and which only those closely familiar with the French people can understand. Tn their brilliant martial character, their love of dispay and effect, their sudden enthusiasm and as easy discouragement, their readiness to be ruled by military leaders, their fondness for ornament and art, their gaiety, fl kleness, and amorousness, they are thorough Kelts such as their ancestors have been in all ages : bu in the sober devoutness of a large maps of the people, in their seriousness, in their personal sensitive ness and parsons' independence, in th,ir spirit of sceptical inquiry and the thoroughness of their scientific res arch, they are Teutons, while their wonderful talent for organisa tion and their tendency to centralisation are Roman. Still, with all this, and much more which might ingeniously be worked out of inherited qua" ties, one feels . we no more de scribe the great French nation than a man of genius is de scribed by picturing his forefathers. The French race with its genius, its science, its grandeur, its faults which are the scorn of mankind, its misfortunes which taint the world, its magnificent past, its uncertain preseuz and mys terious future—is a unity—a new and living force entering into the life of mankind, and henceforth as distinct as any of the great races of antiquity,—Bruce's Races of the Old World. A DELICIOUS BUT PERNICIOUS ICE.—It 18 de scribed by Mr. Sala, in the new number of tilt- Temple Bar magazine for August, as compounded by putting a lump of frigid cream into a cup, sweetening it d vac/PIM with the syrup, used here in lieu of loaf sugar, and then pout ing some cold coffee into the ice. In a few minutes, he says, the coffee and the cream amalgamate. The flavour of the syrup is inexpressibly toothsome, and you fall into a trance of beatitude, to wake up and find yourself wofully bilious. part in the engagement. HAMBURG, JULY 28. News received from the frontiers of Lithuania state that two priests named Tasiewicz and Saredere have been condemned to 6 years' hard labour in the mints of Stb,tia. A sanguinay engagement has taken place near Krakinow, in which the Russians lost one cannon In the Government of Kowno two detachments of Lithuanian civairy have been formed, which 6cour the country, and kflict considerable loss on the Russians. THE KING OF GREECE. COPENHAuEN, JULY 29. King George I. of Greece will leave Copenhagen immediately after the question of the lonian Islands has been arranged: His Mjesty will pass through Brussels, London, and Paris. He will say six days at the latter city, and will embark at 'Toulon in a steam frigate. He will travel incognito until after his embarkation for Greece. SPAIN AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH. MADRID, JULY 30. It is officially stated . that the Spanish Govern ment has taken no diplomatic steps in reference to the recognition of the Southern States of North America. Spain will await the course of events. GERMANY. A meeting of the Congress of German Deputies will be held at Frankfort on the 21st and 22d of August. All who have been members of any German Chamber will be allowed to take part in the Congress, as well as the present Deputies. The Nord states that the qqestions to be brought under discussion are the tollowing :—The position of Sci , leswig - Holstein ; the interests of Germany in relation to the Polish question ; the importance of the constitution a l crisis in Prussia for the whole of Germany ; a further development of the Congress or Deputies. Motions to be submitted must be forwarded to the Committees eight days before the meeting. RUSSIA. The Journal de :‘t. Petersbourg and the Invalide Russe continue to publish lists of addresses from t he provincial towns to the Emperor, promising their support to Ihe Government in its co...filet with thu Pcitsh insurrection. FRANCE. TILE BOURSE, July 29 —The Ei gliah funds show a Wither advance of -4-, bur, no further effect has been produced here except to impart firmness to the market. Threes, for the Acc , )unt, are now at 67f. Itsilw•ay Snares film, but with little variation in prices up to the present time. The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 95 25 Italian Loan 7l .4 ) end month.... Do. end month 7l I per Cents Uo. end m on th..., 67 10 I Do. end month 7l Jredit. Mobilier.... 1050 — 1 Russian flo. end month.— 10.52 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3175 -- Spanish Threes 52 Credit .k owner ....1245 Elozne Debt RA lL W A Y,3. Cash. A. eeont. Orleans Northern .... New. ditto Lyons and Alediturranean 1010 .. 1008 75 Geneva 4BB 75 .. 487 50 Southern ..... ... 655 .. 660 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian - Lon.hqrd North of Spain Saragossa 670 .. 670 Ditto to liareelona THE CATASTROPHE AT BIRMINGHAM 30 20 50 60 The following are copies of a letter received by Mr. Charles &urge, mayor of Birmingham, written by command of the Q..teen, in refere .ce to the late catastrophe at Aston-park, and of his worship's re ply thereto:— Osborne, July 25, 1863. Sir,—The Queen has commanded me to express to you the pain with which her Majesty has read the account of a fatal acciaent which has occurred during a fete at Aston park, at Birmingham. Her Majesty cannot refrain from making known through you her personal feelings of horror that one of ner subjects —a female—should have been sacrificed to the gratification of the demoralising taste, unfortunately prevalent, for exhi• bitioni attended with the greatest danger to the performers. Were any proof wanting that such exhibitions are demo ralising, I am commanded to remark that it would be at once found in the decision arrived at to continue the festivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion atter an event so melancholy. The Queen trusts that you, in common with the rest of the townspeople of Birmingham, will use your influence to prevent in future the degradation to such exhibitions of the park which was gladly opened by her Majesty and the be loved Prince Contort, in the hope that it would be mad. !,erviceable for the healthy exercise and rational recreation of the people.—l have the hon..ur to be, air, your most obe dient bumble servant, C. B. PrirFrs. The Mayor of Birmingham. Borough of Birmingham, kfayor's office, July 28, 1863. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst., written by command of her Majesty the Queen. Li the first place, I beg you will convey to her M a j es t y my humble assurance that there is not in the kingdom an individual who laments more sincerely than myself Lot only I th e melancholy accident to which you rater, but the de praved taste for a barbarous species of amusement which unhappily has become popular not only in the metropolis but in all parts of her Majesty's home dominions. It is only a short time since, and during my mayoralty, that it was proposed to exhibit a similar performance within the b o rough ; but, though I was not emp owere d b y law to in terfere, I ventured so far to interpose my authority as to prevent it. In this unfortunate instants my name appeared, in conjunction with those of the Lord Lieutenant and seve ral magistrates and members of Parliament, as patrons of the fete, which was for a charitable purpose ; but I believe not a single gentleman whose name so appeared had any idea that a dangerous exathitiort would be attempted. For the future, I have every reason to hope that, notwith • standing Aston-park is beyond the jurisdiction of the authorities of Birmingham, their influence and that of their fellow-town-m.n will henceforth limit its use exclusively to the healthy exercise and rational recreatiou of •the people, so that the gracious intentions of her Majesty and nor re versed Consort may not he frustrated but realised. In the meantime I trust exhibitions of so dangerms and demoralising a character may be interdicted by Parliemen iary enactment.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedi ent servant, CHARLES STURGE, Mayor. Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles B. Phipps, &0., Osborne. DEATH BY FALLING DOWN A PRECIPICE.—A frightful accident has just occurred near Battws y Coed, North Wales. A party were on their way to the lake to fish. One of the number, Mr. John Coracle , of T aw r allt, being lam a, was d riven in a car. Wheu approaching the Ship Hotel, the horse took fright at an artist's tent close to the road; the animal turned suddenly back and upset the oar down a steep precipice. It appeared that concussion of the brain and fracture of the spine resulted, and the de ceased was killed on the spot. Ftv- , fAis y tinni HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 29 The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Prince Leiningen, drove out yesterday. The Han. Mrs. Bruce and Colonel the Hon. A. Fitkhardinge were in attendance. The Prince and Princess of Wales cruised yester day in Lord Alfred Pagl2t's yacht, and siiled to the Nedles. Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the D )wager Connless of Mount.Edgcumbe as Lady in Waiting. A deputation from the Fisheries Preservation Society, consisting of Mr. P. L. Simmonds (secretary of Sanitary Committee, Society of Arts), Henry B Bicknell, Lord touu, Mr. Martin T. Smith, M.P., Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. Peter Hood, Chevalier de Caplin, M.D., Lord Llsnover, the Hun. Col .nel Keane, R.E , and Francis Francis, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. The Right Hon. T. Miner Gibson lett town yesterday. The Right Hon. W. Hutt and Mrs. Hutt left town yes terday for Gibside, near Gateshead, Durham. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. Lo.d Kingsdown gave juigniPnt in an appeal from Bengal, "Kaajah Gout Ali v. Ashruffouniss a and others,'' and in an appeal, " the seine parties v Atoned Khan." An'appeal trout the Al miral y Court—the Corinthian (part heard), was concluded, and judgment given by Luro Chelmsford. An appeal from the. Admiral Court—the Falkland and Navigator, was heard. The lords present were—Lord Chelmsford, Lord Kingsduwn, and Lord W.:nsle) dale. Deqatclaes were received yesterday at the Colonial-office rum toe Governors of the West India Islands. PRINCE ARTHUR AT DoLGELLY.—His Royal [ - Lgtiness ascended the lot y Caner Idris, and tth view from the top was all that could be desired. On Mon uay the Royal party visited the Can.brian and Clogau gold and were suown the process of crushing and amal gamating, and some beautiful specimens of gold in guar z were presented to him. Atter extending their journey to the little seaport town of Barwouth, they scrolled to the Precipice .walk and Nannau park. On luesday the High Sheriff of the county, Mr. H. Morgan, called on his Royal Highness. The high Sheriff was attended by his splendid retinue of javelin men. The Cader Idris Rifli Volunteers mustered on the green in front of the Lion Hotel, and were inspected by his Royal Highness. The Royal patty de parted in the High Sheriff's carriage for Carnarvonshire, via Bala and Festiniog. Their Serene Highnesses Prince end Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar are entertaining, during the race week et Goodwood, a select and distinguished company at Molcomb Lodge. The circle includes his Serene Highness Prince Herman of Saxe Weimar, the Duke and Ducuess of Manchester, tue Earl of Derby, the Earl or Coventry, Lord Duukellin and Sir Henry one Lady Sol his des Vcenx. Mete was a dance last night at the lunge, o which the visitors of the Duce and Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood House and a brilliant circle received invitations. The Duke of flutnit(on acid Lora Charles Douglas left town yesterday to juin the Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of Baden), and Lady Mary tiamilton, al Baden Baden. Toe Marquis of Exeter has been detained it, town by indi,position, otherwise the noble marquis would have joined the company visiting the Duke and Duchess Lit Richmond at Goodwood during the race week. Tne Earl 5f St. Litrmaus leaves (013 . 11 tc-day lot his seat, Port Eliot, in Cornwall. Tile Countess of Dunmore and ',idles Murra3 have left tcwn for the family seat in Scotland. Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci and Hon. Misses Vesey left Carlton-house-terrace, on Tuesday, for their seat in Ireland. Lora Stanley, ALP., has retsrned to town from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at ILA field Huuse, Herts. 'foe Mdrenloness of SAlisbury end family intend to leave Haifiel i H-use, Herte, to•morrow, to pass a few weeks at Bournemouth, Toe E ,r 1 and Couutes, of Y,rborough have le town for 13.ockiesbury Park, Lincolnshire. The American Iliad in a Nutshell. BY THOMAS CARLYLE. (New Number of Macmillan for August) PETER ot the North (Lo PAUL ot the Suu h)—" Paul, you uuaceruntable cnouudrel, I hod you hire your servant.. for life, not by the month or year as Idu Yuu are going ,traight to Hell, you ! " PAUL —" Good words, Peter I The riA is my own; am w.iling to :ake ihe risk. Hire you your sk-rvauts by tbr month or the day, and gets raight to Heaven, leave me to my own method." PETER -" No. I won't. I will beat your brains ou first 1" (And is trying dreadfully ever since, but canno ytt manage it ) CRYSTAL PALACE —FIVE SHILLING DAY WEDNESDAY, July 29.—Admissions on payment, 2,532, ditto by sea.on ticket+, 4,237 ; total, 6,819. DEATH OF LORD MACDONALD —After a pro tracted illness, Lind M .cdonald died on Saturda3 tast at Bessingby flail, Yorksl - dre. From his impaired health, the mournful eNent has been no surprise t' his friends. The fate Right Hon. Godfrey Wm. Wentworth Macdonald, Lord l‘la , :donAld, Baron of Slate, county An • Irbil], in the peerage of Ireland, and a bat net of Nova Scotia, wAs the eldest of the two sons of Godfrey, thin, lord, by Louise Maria, daughter of Mr. Farley Edsir. He was born March 7, 1809, consequently he was in the 55 11 year of his age. SUICIDE - WITH CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.—A determined suicide was 'found to have been com mitted by a young married woman, named /*lien Harri 4, this morning, at No. 11, Circus-road-east, Kentisn-town. From what could be gath.red by our reporter, it appear.. that the husband of the d ceased had bought a photographic apparatus and some chemicals, including the cyanide tn potassium, intending to commence business as a photo. graphic artist. The wife last even ng had been out drink ing and returned home about one o'clock this morning and laid down on the bed. About three o'clock she got up, and, without distu, bing her husband, went to the cupboard, took out the bottle containing the cyanide, and drank a large portion—so large a portion, ind..ed, that it made her very sick. This art.used her husband, who, finding what she had done, called for his sister, who was sleeping in an adjoining room. The) at once gave her copious draughts or water, which made her vomit still more, and seemed somewhat to allay her suffe ings. The sister then made her up a bed, and placing her therein, requested her husbano Co. to disturb her. Both of them then left her, without having called in any medical assistance, and went to res again. On toe husband, about seven o'cioca this morning, going to where his wife lay, he was s faded at finding her quite dead and very much discoloured. He knocked vio lently at the street door, arousing the whole neighbourhood. at the same titue shouting " She dead I she's dead I" Medical assistance was at once called in, but of course of ne avail. Information has been forwarded to Dr. Laukester, the coroner, of the occurrence. THE Mit"JEERS FOR MARYLERONE.—Lord Fer tarry and M r. Ha, ve3 LrN is,' he• members for Mart kbune, attended the vestry meeting at St. Prancraa yester. day, and gave an account of their conduct during the ses sion that has just come to a close. BJth gentlemen dealt principally on ;oral topics ; but Lord Fermoy, glancing for a moment at general politics, deprecated the idea of our going to war on behalf of Poland. The meeting, by reso lution, expre,sed their approbation of the conduct of the members. SUICIDE BY PIIoSPHORUS.—An inquest was helo on Tueed ey evening at the London Hnspitat, before Mr. John Humphreys, upon the body of Eleanor L igb, aged 27 years. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the deceased had been in domestic service up to the previ. us Friday, but that sho had given way to drinking. On that day she became so mad that her mistress dhcharged her, giving her 10s., five or six of which she spent in drink. She then w-nt lo the house of a relative, and said, "I have done fur myself. I am poisoned." Assistance was precut ed, and she was convey , d to tae hospital, where she died. Mr. N. Hickford, resident medical cfficer, said that deceased ha', swallowed a quantity of liquid phosphorus. Every remedy was administered, but without avail. It w.s stated that inquiries had been made with the view of ascerteining how ill , deceased had possessed herself of the phosphorus, but without success. No bottle was found wi,h her. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind." THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN of Austtia is again talked of as a probable candidate for the throne of Mexico. What will ba said to this, however, by the Prince Napoleon ? bEA MO: , STERS. The Sedirdlle Toulonnaisse seater that the fi , hermen of the lava of errs have been astonished during the last two or three weeks by the disappearance of flab from their usual haunts off toe coasts, and attributed the fact to the presence of sharks, which fre quently visit those waters in summer. The real cause, how. ever,s, who was , havingaccidentally discovered by a vine - grower of Pert Cr observed tiat his vines in a field on the coast had been ravaged during the night determined to keep watch. He accordingly went about 2 the following morn. log, and was astonished to see a number of marine monsters wallowing in the vineyard. Panic- struck at the sight, he threw down his gun, and ran away as fast as he could. The next night several persons watched, and they soon ascer tained that the monsters were a herd of seals which appear to have taken up their abode in the Bay of Hyeres. The Confederate Mission to Washington, The correspondence between President Davis and the lion. A, H. Stephens, relating to the Confede rate mission to Washington, has bt::en published. It is evident frozn these letters that the of - j - , , ct was rot a political cne, but relerred exclusively to the exchange of prisoners. The following is the letter of President Davis : " Richmond, July 2. " Hon. A. H. Stephens, Richmond, Va. " Sir,—Having accepted your patriotic offer to proceed as a military commissioner under a flag of truca to Washington, you will receive herewith your letter of authotity to the commander-in-chief f the army and navy of the United Ststes. "This letter is signed by me as commander-in chief of the Confederate land and naval forces. " You will perceive, from the terms of the letter, that it is so worded as to avoid any political diffi culties in its reception. Intended exclusively as one of those communications between belligerents which public law recognises as necessary and proper be • ween hostile forces, care has been taken to give no pretext for refusing to receive it on the ground that it would involve a tacit recognition of the indepen dence of the Confederacy. " Your mission is simply one•of humanity, and aas no political aspect. It objection is made to re ctiving your letter on the ground that it is not ad ,ll essud to Abraham Lincoln as Pcesident, instead AcommAnder-in-chicf, &c., then you will present the duplicate letter, whicn is addressed to him as President, and signed by me as Presid« nt. To this ;otter objection may be made on toe ground that I ,m not recognised to be President of the ContederPcy. In this event you will decline any further attempt o confer on the suhj-ct of your mission, as such conference is admiesib:e only on the tooting of per 'ect My recent interviews with you have put you so u ly in posse,sion of my views that it is scarcely neetssery to give you any detailed instructions, even were I at this moment well enough to at tempt it. "My whole process is, it one word, to place this war )n the footing of such as are waged by civilised people in modern times, and to divest it of the savage character which has been impressed on it by our enemies, in spite of all our efforts and protests. War is full enough of unavoidable horrors, under all its aspects, to justify and even to demand, of any Christian ruler who may be unhappily engaged in carrying it on, to seek torestrict itscalatnities, and to divest it of ail unnecessary severities. You will endeavour to establish the cartel for the exchange of prisoners on such a basis as to avoid the constant difficulties and complaints which arise, and to pre vent for the future whet we deem the unfair con duct of our enemies in evading the delivery of the prisoners who fall into their hands; in retarding it by sending them on ei.cuitous routes, and by de •aining them, sometimes for months, in camps and prisons, and in persisting in taking captive non combatants. " Your attention is also called to the unheard-of conduct of Federal officers in driving from their homes entire communities of women and children, as well as of men, whom they find in districts occu pied by their troops, for no other reason than be cause these unfortunates are faithful to the alle giance due to their States, and refuse to take an oath of fidelity to their enemies. The putting to death of unarmed prisoners has been a ground of just complaint in more than one instance, and the recent execution of our officers in Kentucky, for the sole cause that they were engaged in recruiting service In a state which is claimed as still one of the United States, but is also claimed by us as one of the Confederate States, must be re ore,sed by retaliation if not unconditionally aban toned, because it would justify the like execution in every Stare of the Confederacy, and the practice is bat birous, lessly crud, air can only lead to the slaughter of prisoners on both sides, a result too eorrible to contemplate without making every effort to avoid it. OA these and all kit dred subjects you Nil! consider your authority full and ample to make •uch arrangements us will temper the present cruel cuaracter of the contest, Find full confiaence is pieced to your judgment, patriotism, and discretion, that, while ettrr3itig out the objets of your mission, you will take care that the equal rights of the Confede racy be always preserved.—Very respectfully, (S gneri) "JEFFERSON DAVIS.' Mr. Stephens concludes his report by stating: —" Toe effort, for the very many and cogent reasons set forth in your letter of instructions to me, to see if these differences could not be removed, and if a clearer understanding between the parties as to the general conduct of he war could not be arrived at before this extreme measure should be resorted o by either party, was no less in accordance with the dictates of humanity rhan in strict conformity with the usuages of belli gerents in modern times. Deeply impressed as I was with these views and feelings, in undertaking [On mission and asking the conference, I can but express my profound regret at the result of the effort made to obtain it, and I can but entertain the be ,iel that it the conference sought had been granted, mutual good could have been effected by it ; and if this war, so unnatural, so unjust, so unchristian, and so inconsistent with every fundamental prin ciple of American constitutional liberty, r must needs' continue to be waged against us, that at east some of its severer horrors, which now so minently threaten, might have been avoided." Postage on Letters, &c., for India and China, by French Packet, The following arrangements have been made with the French Poet-office by which, after the Ist August next, letters and printed papers may be forwarded to India and China by the French line of mail packets, at the same rates of postage as are chargeable on letters and printed papers cent via Marseilles for conveyance by British packet : Letters addressed to Aden, Ceylon. Madras, Calcutta, and Pond,cherry—Not exceeding loz , 10d ; above oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., to 81; above loz and not exceeding 2 ozs., 3s 4d ; aoove 2 ozs. and nut exceeding 3 ozs., os ; -ach additional ounce, is Bd. Letters addressed, to Cochin China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore —Not ex ceeding # oz., is 4d; above oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s 81; above 1 oz and not exceeding 2 ozs., 5s 4d; above 2 ozs. and not exceeding 3 uzs 8s; each additional ounce, 4. Bd. Newspapers 3d each, not exceeding 4 oz. Other printed papers not exceeding 4 oz., 61. above 4 oxi. and not ex. ceeding 31b, Is ; above ;lb and not exceeding lib, 2s ; every additional alb, is. Leiters, & , . , intended to be forwarded by these packets must be specially addressed—" Franca Mail Packet for Marseilles." Upon letters for Ceylon the postage must be prepaid, but upon those for the British posees.ions in Inui and Hong Kong, the postage may either be paid in advance, Or left to oe paid on delivery, at the option of the sender. In all cases, however, where the postage id not prepaid, al additional rate will be charged on delivery. The prbpa) went of postage on letters for Pondicherry, Saigon (L:ochin China), and Shanghai (at whi , h places France has Post-office agents) is optional, Without any fine for those sent unpaid. The postage on newspapers, books, and other printed papult ann•t in all cases be prepaid according to the regula lieu in force with respect to similar articles sent by the Br it ish packets. The French packets leave Marseilles on the 19th of each month fur Alexandria, in correspondence with a line from Sutz proceeding to Aden, Point-de-Galle, Madras, Cal cutta, Siugapere, Cochin Caine, Hong Kong, and Shang hai. Letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by them must be posted in, or reach London, at the latest in time for the day mail to Fi fume of the 18th. PROPOSED MATNFItUNK UNDhRGROUND RAIL WAY.—A cumpai l ip scheme doeiirtganio r o uan t i 1 11 dw I ar liney. of highly l gentleman is is now in course of formation , for dylis, e t p or ur a pos e e rfec c t a s r y ry st i e n in g o:l ll l u m t ti t t. k h tr e u d coo:un railwayu n ca n is t commenceo T proposedhe p at s T r a a i L n . ford, in the county of Essex, to be carried down the Bow, Mile end, and Whi echapel roads, through the City, down Holborn, Oxford -street, and Bayswater-road, and terminate at Shepberes-bush in the county of Maillesex. In con nection with the construction of this line of railway, it is also suggested that tour lines of rails at the least should be made, and chambers should also be constructed for deposit ing gas and water pipes, telegraph wires, &c., and for any other purposes that way be considered advisable. The result of such a system of communication being carried into effect would be not only to relieve the overcrowded street traffic of the metropolis, but to confer immense ad vantage on the community at large, and the only regret is that the realisation of the grand idea jf Mr. Baylis has been so long delayed. As a commercial speculation there cannot be a doubt of its proving remunerative, and Mr. Baylis has our best wishes for success in his great enterprise. a I v r 1 C " s 3