The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-31 00:00:00

lI ER M.A.JESTY'S THEATRE. POSINIVELY THE LAST NIGHT. REDUCED PRICES. THIS EVENING (Saturday', Oct. 31, will be repeated ounod's celebriLted Opera, FAEST. Titiens, Trebelli, T3CCBIIi ; Santley, Boss', Casaboni, Sims Reeves. Conductor —Signor AMU. ss . ; B o xes, ss. ; Dress Circle , 7 s. ; Orchestra Stalls , Pit, 3; Ga llery, 2s. Private Boxes from Half - a - Guinea upwards. Commence at Eight o'clock. Restrictions to Evening Dress not enforced. Box-office of the Theatre (under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent), open this clay from Ten till Five. • R OYAL ENGLISI - 1. OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and • Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Willace'i Romantic Opera, THE DEsr,RT FLoWER: Miss Louisa Yyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri A. Cook, and W. Harrison. conductor. Mr. A Mellua.—Doors open at half-past bcycn. 4- ommence at Eight. rg.ll-IEATRE ROYAL I)RURY- LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. At'er which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, 'MANFRED. Messrs. helps, Ryucr, Rayner, M -agreson, Ward, S, encer ; Miss Heath, Miss t 4:. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss latter, Miss Ci3ely Not, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI RKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVEMNG, OUR MARY ANNE. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER,. Mr. Charle s Mathews. M e ssrs. Charles F o llowed by THE GOLDEN FLE ECY: Mathew. , , Compton,WeAhersby, , tc.; Mesd ames C. MAthews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. And MY lIUSBANWS GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. PECHTER begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Public that the above lfneatre will OPP:N TO EW CIA, T SATURDAY, with a ne w Drama, en titled BEL D a Love Story, in Four Acts, in which Mr. FecliteGr.N.vjfolrldaapn pear, supported by Messrs. trough .m , S. Emer y , and F. Charles ; Miss IC-ate Terry, Miss Lavenue, Al re. Lee and Miss Elsworthy Monday, will be opened on Oct. 26, from The Box-offic e eleven till five. -------- —LEA. EL—The celebrated M. lss BATENIAN. American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, havinn• young e ranee in the New Drama of LEAH ob an her first aPP '. most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has tamed the been witnes sed for many years, and the profound Impression created by her impersonation of the character ot LEAH upon a c(owded audience la,tvinz been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval of H t the T E en A t T ire n l E )at h ' a ly s rres s, the Manater of the NEW ADELPIII the honour to announce that Mss BATEMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEA LI EVERY EVENING till f urt h er N notice. Lw THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manaczer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: 3lrs. Stirlinog. 4.t 8, the New Drama of LEAH :.Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billing - ton, Stuart, A. Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billing - ton. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. PRINCESS'S THE ATRE.--HERRMANN, PRESTIDIGATATEUR.—Great SUCC3SB of Herr mann Performances.—" tie always keeps as close to his public as he can, and courts their vigilance, that his superior dexterity may be leuitim :tely triumphant." Times, Oct 27. His celebrated FISH, RING, HAT, and MONEY TRICK, EVERY EVeNING. Constant change of programme. Commencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Ciock. First Grand 3lorning Performance TO-MORROW at 3. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HEM OE r. Mr. C. Fenton. After which, CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by THE )LOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, H. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. Commence at 7. pliE THUM EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, zan be had Every Evening of . _ G. R. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 411. 36m.—Afternoon, 4h. 54m. To-ptottsow.-Morning, sh. 12m.—Afternoon, sh. 33w. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 31, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5l Barometer-29.48. Wind—S.-South-West; strong breeze, and fine weather. tit 7L-Xir ,*llll-, LONDON, SATURDAY, °Cf. 31, 1863. Non-intervention—admirable though it is under the majority of circumstances as a guiding principle of international law—becomes almost a crime on the part of great Powers like France and England when carried out obdurately to the very last ex tremity. "A clear stage and no favour" in the meaning of lion-intervention. But when—as in the instance of the United States of North America, a wealthy and populous nation becomes split asunder, rent suddenly in twain, divided upon the right hand and upon the left by a line of demarcation as distinct as that destined to be drawn between the goats and the sheep in the symbolic language of the Apoca lypse—when a vast country is abandoned thus to a brutal carnage, giving no augury whatever of its termination, until either side shall have been utterly destroyed and swept from the face of the earth—the dogged main tenance of the principle of non-intervention, coute qui coute, by great nations looking on, becomes worse than Quixotic, becomes, as we have said, little less than a Crime. It is all idle, to talk per petually about the sacred duty of neutrality. The relations of states, n intimate, com mercially, politically, even, be it said, socially, that no country can suffer from the devas tations caused by a sanguinary and protracted civil war, without surrouee gicto.untries suffering more or less in consequenc e , there fore, to say that an internalo w s preposterous, ar like this one in North America, though n o ther side of the O cean, conducted on th e no affair of ours. It is an affair of ours, It effects us intimately, painfully, disastrou s l y in an It affects our pe cuniar y inte rests. It affectsmy ways. our com merce. It affects our manufactureas.r maintain otherwise would be sim p l y an bsu England ttY; The Cotton Famine i n the north of every syllable of what we have here be en asserting, emphases We owe to the insensate folly, and to the brutal arrogance, out of which this deplorable civil war h as grown, the lamentable sufferings endured by our own inoffensive manufacturing population, or rather, just Low, our would -be-manufacturing population, in Lancashire. Between the bel ligerents in America, when regarded by us in the abstract—that is in reference to the origin of this war still raging there to their mutual destruction there is for us but little indeed to choose. They are to U 3 but as six and half-a-dozen. For inasmuch as Slavery is upheld as an institution by the Southern Govern ment, we have no sympathy whatever, upon that 0 . 0 0 vital point, with the Southern Government. It theis North.--not circumstance that the war was begun by orth—not for the purpose of putting an end to Slavery (thou g h even th en we canno t thi n k f or ono instant that the triumph of the Abolition Cause is one to be brought about by the brutal egency of main force, at the point of at the m the sword and of th e b e y one t, mu zzle of the rifle and of the cannon, at the explosion of shells,andat the hellish raging of G ree k Fire) —it is because this execrable war was begun by the North, by the Fed rsi not for the emanci pation of the Negro, b ut for the subjugation of the white freemen in the South, for hebri ng i ng of them b a ck to the Union they had with perfect r i g ht aban doned and repndiated—it is for that the feelings and sympathies ofEngland ason that became, at the very ou tset of the struggle, alienated from the Government a t Washin gton. , rh e extra ordinary contrast presented to view subsequently by the belligerents, in the ir ver y o pp os ite moths of carrying on the war--into which, remember, the South had been dragged by the North—alienated the popular sympathies still further and further from the Federals, and drew those sympathies more and more closely towards the Confederates- And it was so far natural, to begin with, that it should 'nave been thus—the conflict when it commence I biJing ore in which the combatants were so disp rorJortioned to each other. " Hit one of your own size" seemed to be the instinctive remonstrance floating across the Atlantic from Europe, certain%y from Ragland, towards Washington. It was (so far as appearances went) an attack made by the Bt7:ong upon the weak, by the armed upon the un armed, by the great (in size) upon the small, by the score upon the unit. Subsequent events have 'if nded only to enhance our admiration of the assai:te d, by reason of the astonishing manner in which they have con trived to hold their own, and m or e than merely to holdtheir armed, w a gainst their numerous, - gigantic, fully a n td in many w rye (certainly in wea l t h and in numbers), formidable assailants. Neverthe less, for all that—marvel ious as the stand taken b 3 t he South has be en and.still is—the war i nto wh i ch they have from n ee idtsratnilaa drag g ed by the North s eems now as f a raway urination as ev er i t did . T he b bloodshed still ciintinues, there, at a fearful rate. The squandering of countless lives and of incalcul able treasure still stretches out before us in a perspective that has its vanishing point in the vague future. Non-intervention, as a • rtzle, we still regard as a principle very admirable and very beneficent. But it is a rule, like all other rules, havin g except i ons — to prove i t. I nsomuch are we begi nn i ng to realise this truth in regard to the principle or rule of non-intervention that we are every day beginning to recognise more and more clearly the possibility of the time coming in the pro gress of this miserable war in America when the duty for England and France will be—intervention. There seems to be some infatuation in the minds of Ministers with regard to the steam rams in the Mersey. It was quite against the popular feeling that any interposition was made at all in regard to these vessels, but to proceed to such extremities as have lately been adopted is really quite uncalled for. It would appear as if our Government were trying to copy the manners of continental despots in their harsh and hard proceedings in this unfortunate affair. After Mr. LAIRD had given his word that no steps should be taken in the matter of these vessels in dispute until the affair had been properly adjudicated, it is an unwarrantable insult to take them out of Messrs. LAIRD'S hands, and still more to put in armed men. We have come to something certainly when to suit the fancies of fatuists for peace at home, and answer the ends of bullying tyrants abroad, the premises of our merchants are to be taken by storm. "The officers and marines entered Messrs. LAIRD'S yard fully armed." No wonder that a protest has been made against these uncalled-for measures, and that the general feeling about the place is extreme indignation. It seems such extraordinary conduct that it is hardly to be credited. It often occurs that when a party or a Government feel particularly safe, and their tenure seems well established, that by a sudden caprice or ill-judged act all strength and stability vanish, and the immaculate and, impregnable ministry be come like the baseless fabric of a vision. Lord PALMERSTON some time back was in the position of one of these invincibles, but he so mismanaged things that, in the House, which he led with a majority of a hundred at his beck and call, he could not obtain a hearing. Let Earl RUSSELL look to his position, it has become insecure, for he is presuming upon it. He is old in experience, and skilled in politics, but he has yet to learn the temper, and study the spirit of Englishmen if he imagines that they will tamely submit to these insults, and brook this impertinent interference which, at the bidding of ill-advisers, he is putting upon us. The general sentiment of the people will be against him, and no Minister can stand such opposition. Because the Americans cannot manage their own affairs, and regulate the principles of the Constitution of their own country, is that a reason why their wishes are to reign para mount here, and their influence to be insinuated into the Council Chambers of our Ministers, and rule the decrees and regulations of our statesmen. If he is to become the exponent of such principles our Foreign Secretary has degenerated from the spirit of his race, but at any rate he had better take heed to his ways, for when the Parliament reas sembles it will not eanction his present proceedings. It is one of those extravagant notions that from time to time gain the ascendant among politicians, but while statesmen who represent the spirit of their country with accuracy and intelligence, will always decline to take up, believing them to be " inimical to the independence of a community, and interfering unduly with the liberties of the subject." It is quite time that some inquiry should be made about the very arbitrary and tyrannical conduct pursued by the Duke of SOMERSET at the recent election for Totnes. It is true that the Ministers who came in on purpose to pass a Reform Bill found it very convenient not to do so, but still did not think it worth while to go out and make a disturbance again. The great pioneer of progress, 1 the \Vhig champion woo had resolved to remain in the House of Commons until he had reformed its abuses and changed its mechanism, thought fit to retire from the sphere and to proceed to the " prim benches of the upper school." Still there must have been some infatuated individuals who thought we were much safer with the present Administration in power, and all that sort of thing. Let these learn that the darkest days of Toryism cannot show more strange devices to terrify and to in timidate. When a man is literally turned out of his house it seems as if things had, indeed, pro ceeded to extremities. The coolness which dictates such a course is most unaccountable, and yet there arc not wanting many proofs of this harshness. It would have been bad enough in any man holding large estates to use his power like that, but in the case of a Mi nister it is quite distressing. Ho can entertain no idea of his responsibilities ; all he thinks of is the political influence to be obtained. Oee poor man asked for time, but was told that it His pa t t h h e et r i e c to a r p t_ pe , a , l i t e o x p p a e s e t t s y e o r u - . vwiaesesimonploysseibalelled forth to clear out to-morrow;'whothintkhaetvery hthis is sec v o nd i c a r t i y m to i s p may for t call h . it but a j t o h k e e y when the in g unhappyfitly o rid tiy estimate personal influence and public influence t mora lity will tell theoh‘eulios hvraghthtye landlord is a ques ti o n of grave consequ ence. It is a sad thing to be driven from one's home to suit the fan cies of a prejudiced politician ; and ;he vc,ice of Mr. 'TURF'S, as he utters his pathetic app ea l s, may find an echo when and where it is least expected. It is a matter of notoriety that the once great Liberal majority is on the decline. Sometimes, at elections, one candidate after the other is returned who is adverse to this Administration. Only the other day the possessor of a largo estate, and one in some way connected with the Ministry, used im mense influence to return a candidate of the right sort. He failed utterly, and sad were the disasters he encountered in the fray. Is this to be wondered at when, among the actual membeis of the Cabi net, there is found such a disregard for fair play, and such an attempt to browbeat and intimidate the very men who are called at el,tions free-born Englishmen, and the men whose birthright is in dependence. If a Conservative peer or a wealthy commoner had comported themselves with the vehemence and violence of the two here cited, what would have been said ? There is a great virtue in consistency, and let some of the rhetoric that would have been showered plentifully upon these sup posed delinquents, be employed against the present innovators of the system, as at present constituted. It is . bad enough to employ stringent measures to induce "votes" to be registered, but to act in a bitter and revengeful frame of mind is a solecism in good feeling, and perfectly inimical to the tastes and temper of the nation at large. It is to be hoped that some zealous and honest reformer will turn aside from the attack upon the lawful enemies, and direct their energies to the best purpose, of expos ing the process by whica free and independent Eng. lishmen are not allowed to possess the right to vote as it suits their wishes. lithe management of Tot nes is a matter for officials to plume themselves upon, no wonder Earl RUSSELL so readily with drew his Reform Bill, for he could hardly have put in a clause about the "regulation" of such convenient little boroughs, for fear of exciting the ridicule of unreasonable and impertinent opponents. The accounts received from Japan are not with out importance. Against our will almost we have been drawn into a war which is certainly not of our seeking, but which we could not possibly have avoided, unless we meant to leave every European resident or visitor in Japan to the mercy of a gene ral massacre. It will be remembered that subse quently to the signing of the treaty matters ap peared to go on smoothly for a time, but it was not long before the hostility and treachery of the na tive feelings towards us began to show themselves unmistakably. The murder of the sentries, the attack on the Consul's house—above all, the unpro voked and wanton assassination of Mr. RICIIARDSON by the retainers of one of the great Daimios, all tended to convince the unprejudiced observer that English life would not be worth much in the Japanese Empire, unless some means were found of overawing the treacherous and inhospitable inha bitants. Formal complaint, accompanied by a demand for compensation and the punishment of the murderers, was at once laid before the ruling power. Less could scarcely have been done, whether from regard to the injured relatives, or from the desire to extort the respect due to the representa tives of the - Western Powers. Still, moderate as the demand must have appeared to the Eastern imagination', it was not granted. The Tycoon got out of the difficulty by assuring the English repre sentative that he would have been most, willing and eager to redress his wrongs and to obtain compen sation had one of his meaner subjects been involved in the tragedy; but the fact was, that over the great Daimios or powerful nobles he had no power, and however ready he might be to pay the fine demanded, he could not undertake to surrender the assassins. Upon this it was determined, very wisely and justly, to take the punishment of Prince SATSUMA into our own hands; and accordingly the fleet under the command of Admiral KUPER sailed for Kagosima, his stronghold. The Bay of Ka gosima is represented as a most beautiful spot, being from seven to eight miles broad at the en trance, with a deep channel. The vessels anchored off the town in 21 fathoms of water. There was a long line of forts visible, which were full of men, SATSUMA'S flag was flying over them, and behind them lay several large junks. It was not long before inquiries Legan, ano several communications passed between the Ad miral and the shore, but no satisfactory terms could be come to. There was consequently no choice left to the Admiral but the literal fulfilment of his orders, and accordingly three screw steamers lying in the bay were seized and brought out. As a further proof of the natural quickness and adroit ness of the Japanese, we may mention that they are no contemptible gunners, and that during the short but sharp passage of arms between us their firing was rapid, and made with excellent precision. The Japanese English papers give, as might be expected, very full accounts of the expedition, which must have produced a forcible effect on the Daimio and his retainers, having resulted in the total destruc tion of Kagosima and the firing of the shipping. It was expected that the seizure of the vessels, which were new and valuable ones, having lately been pur chased from ourselves, would have intimidated the enemy ; but no sooner did they see the screw steamers towed off than their batteries opened fire upon the fleet. Upon this the Admiral signalled to the vessels in charge of the prizes to burn them and come into action, which was accordingly done. The value of these steamers, without their cargoes, was 300,000 dollars—a loss which cannot be very agreeable to Prince SATSUMA. Having formed into line of battle at about 400 yards' range, the English ships opened fire, and in three-quarters of an hour the Japanese deserted their guns. In the course of the engagement the town took fire, and five large junks were also fired by one of our vessels. They were moored off some factories, which took fire also. Towards night, when the high wind had fanned the flames, they are described as extending over a mile in length, and being of considerable breadth also. On Sunday :morning the scene was one of desolation and ruin. The town and factories were still burning. The steamers and junks had sunk, and all around were traces of the work of destruction. It is unfortunate that in all such cases the innocent must suffer with the guilty, and that the inhabitants of Kagosima should have had to bear the consequences of their master's wrongdoing. If he and his retainers could have been bombarded in their retreat, if the loss of life and property could have been restricted to his ports and vessels, it would have been more just as well as more humane. Still the attack was not under.. taken without reason, nor was it commenced with out giving fair time for compromise and surrender. When the fleet anchored off Kagosima, two days were given to the Daimio to come to an agreement. Secure behind his forts, as he thought, he would not assent to the English terms, and the conse quences must therefore rest with him. On our side we have to deplore the loss of many brave officers and men, two of the former—Captain JOSLING and Commander WlLMOT—being killed on the bridge of the Euryalus as they stood beside the Admiral, who narrowly escaped. The flag-ship suffered most severely during the engagement, but her greatest disaster was the loss of these two able and respected officers. 'We must hope that this severe lesson will bring the Daimios to reason, and secure foreign residents from attack and murder . There is always much to regret and contend against in the just dealings of civilised nations with such peoples as the Japanese, whose semi-civilisation renders them more insolent and more utterly re gardless of the faith of treaties and the laws of nations than a b so l u t e b ar b ar i ans. T he P r i nce SAT place, and hi s presumption tyfor r 1 any stuete must now bitt er l y repen t hi s cruelty in the good an effect as to obviate the and we t rust th i s encounter may have so se r c s o t nd andobstinacynecess further bloodshed. EFFECTS OF THE GoLI) D IScovERIES.—The total produce amounts already to nearly i 30 U,000,000, and of this our trade with the East alone has already carried off about £1.20,000,000. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1863. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] AMERICA. (Per the Persia,) NEW YORK, OCT. 21 (Morning). General Meade is advancing from the front of Washington. General Lee is retreating, but his object is not positively known. General Rosencranz has been superseded by Gen. Thomas. General Grant has been appointed to superintend all further operations. President Lincoln has called for 300,000 volun- teers. Gold has declined to 46. No special cause is assigned, except speculation. (From the Special Correspondent of the limes.) NEW YORK, OCT. 19, 5 p.m. It 'is still asserted from Washington, under date of the 17th and 18..:11 inst., that no general engage ment had occurred between the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia. During Saturday and Sunday Washington was filled with conflicting rumours of General Lee's whereabouts and intentions, as well as those of General Meade. At one time General Lee was reportEd to have crossed the Potomac near Lees burgh, and to be advancing into Maryland, but this has since been contradic'ed. Another account stated that General Meade's whole army bad re tired within the defences of the capital. This also has been denied ; the belief, however, exists that the lines of the two armies are but little changed from their positions of Friday last. The cavalry under Mosley continue to operate it the rear of Gen. Meade, capturing solitary officers and small squads of men. Mr. Lincoln, notwithstanding his assertion in his correspondence with Governor Seymour, in August last, that the volunteering system had been proved so far exhausted as to be inade quate for procuring soldiers, issued a proclamation on the 17th instant calling upon the Governors of several States to furnish immediately their quotas of 300,000 new volunteers to serve for three years or the war. The necessity Mr. Lincoln assigns for this fresh demand is the depletion of the armies which will occur during the coming year through the expiration of the terms of service of the troops now in the field. The proclamation adds that should any of the State fail to raise the quota assigned to them before the sth of January, 1864, a draught will be made on that day in such States to make up the deficiency. The New York Times, in support of the call, says : —" Even though Rosencranz had defeated Bragg at Chattanooga —even though Meade had met and dis comfitted Lee on the Rapidan—even though Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and Wilmington were in our hands,—it would not be safe to permit our armies to lose their strength. We should still have heavy bodies of rebels posted through the Rebel States, at points from the James River to the Mississippi, and even beyond it ; we should still have to show a front of power in the midst of a re bellious and disaffected population. The moneys received by the Government in pay ment of the 300 dols. fee for exemption from the late draught are said to already amount to 9,000,000 dols., which it is thought will be increased by 2,000,000 dols. additional. Report alleges that the whole sum will be applied to recruiting purpose 3, under the present call of the President for vo!unteers. CONINIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1501. Exchange, 168. United States' Sixes, registered, 1881, 108; Treasury, 7-30 Notes, 1061. New York Central Railway, 1331 ; Erie, 1087 ; Illinois Central, 1231. Cotton, 90c. Breadstuffs unsettled. Provisions heavy. Sugars firm, at 12 to 12. OCT. 20, 5 P.M. The despatches from the Army of the Potomac and Washington, both to the 19th inst., convey no information of the position and actual movements of General Lee. Reconnaissances in all directions report no considerable force of Confederates dis covered, and the consequent conclusion is that Gen. Lee, having failed in an endeavour to interpose his army between that of General Meade and of Washington, and having consumed the limited supplies with which alone he could encumber his men upon so hasty a march, has fallen back to a point nearer his base of operations. The rumours that the Confederate advance was designed to inaugurate another invasion of Mary land and Pennsylvania are not borne out by any ascertained facts. It is thought, in some quarters, that General Lee's real plan at the outset was to drive General Meade back to the Potomac, and then himself retire to the Rappahannock, destroy ing the railways on his return, thereby retarding Mtlade's movements of pursuit, and gaining time until the heavy rains of autumn should set in, which would, for the third time force the Army of the Potcmao into winter quarters—" mud-bound" north of the Rappahannock, giving Richmond an additional six months' security from attack from the Northern approach, On Sunday, the 18th, the Confederates surprised and took possession of Charleston, in 'Virginia, eight miles from Harper's ferry, captured 400 of the Ist Maryland Regiment stationed there, and then withdrew. They were subsequently pursued by the Federal cavalry, a , 41 a few of their prisoners taken from them, together with several of their own men. The Federal General Crook has submitted offici ally, an account of his encounters with General Wheeler's cavalry in Tennessee, previously reported through other channels. He claims to have de feated Gen. Wheeler in three engagements, in one of which, at Farmington, he captured 1,000 small arms and 40 prisoners. The Tribune asserts that it has trustworthy authority for stating that Gen. Rosencrans is about to be removed from the command of the Army of the Cumberland. It adds that his successor has not yet been publicly announced. The Chattanooga Robel, of a late date, reports the arrival of President Davis at General Bragg's headquarters. The object of his visit was believed to be the investigation of the causes of disagreement which, it is alleged, exist between General Bragg and his officers. Mr. Davis was received by the troops with the greatest enthusiasm. The steamer Thomas, from Port Royal on the 16th inst., reports all quiet at Charleston at that date. The steamer Douro, which was captured last spring by the Federal steamer quaker City, con demned, sold, and taken to the British provinces, was run ashore on the North Carolina coast, and burnt, on the 11th inst., by the Federal steamer Mansell:tend. The Douro was endeavouring to run the blockade from Wilmington, with a valuable cargo of cotton, tobacco, turpentine, and resin. In consequence of the directions of the British Consuls at Richmond and Charleston to British subjects taken by conscription into the Confederate army, to throw down their arms if required to engage in actual conflict with the Federal forces, the exercise of the functions of office of these COn. suls has been suspended by President Davis, and themselves ordered to quit the Confederacy as quickly as possible. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1491. Exchange, 1641. United States' Sixes, 1881, 108 ; Treasury 7.35 Notes, 107 i ; New York Central Railway, 1351 ; Erie, 108 i ; Illinois Central, 124 g. _ . Cotton, 86e. Breadstuffs irregular. Provisions less active. Sugars quiet. Coffee inactive. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 11 A.M. The latest despatches from Virginia report that General Lee's whole army has returned to the south side of the Rappahannock. The Confederates here so thoroughly destroyed the Orange and Alexandria railway, from Manassas to Rappahannock Station (a distance of 20 miles), that the repairs can only be effected at the rate of one mile per day. It is stated that Gen. Burnside has possession of 40 miles of the East Tennessee Railway, and is ad vancing upon Lynchburg, Virginia, Gen. Lee's base of supplies, having already reached Abingdon,which has necessitated the hasty falling back of Gen. Lee. Despatches from Louisville, of the 20th, declare Gen. Thomas the successor of Gen. Rosencranz. Gen. Grant has been put in supreme command of the departments and armies of the Cumberland, the Tennessee, and the Ohio. Gen. Rosencranz is ordered to proceed to Cin cinnatti, and report by letter to the Adjutant- General at Washington. The steamer Fulton, from Charleston bar, '7.30 p.m., on the 19th, reports no change in the quiet state of affairs. Governor Seymour yesterday issued a proclama tion in the response to the President's call for volun teers. He asserted that the Federal military situa tion in Virginia and Tennessee was most critical ; that the armies were threatened with serious dis aster fcr want of adequate force, and declared that it was the duty of all citizens, and that he should expect it of them, as well as of all State officials, to give efficient and cheerful aid in the furtherance of the appeal of the President. Mr. Vallandigham has addressed a letter to the democracy of Ohio, urging them to bear their recent defeat with patience, and to preserve their interest in the principles which they have declared. He affirms that he will ever be stedfast to those principles and true to the Constitution and to the State and country of his birth. Gold, 146. The Persia takes 294,516 dols. in specie. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. THORN, OCT. 31. An imperial ukase, dated from Livadia, the 13th inst., assigns pensions to the widows and orphans of officials assassinated in Poland. bT. PETERSBURG, OCT. 26. The Invalide Russe publishes advices from War saw stating that on the night of the 20th inst. the police in that capital surprised a clandestine litho grapbic press at work for the National Government. Seven lithographic stones and four workmen were seized. The same paper publishes reports of numerous encounters between the Russian troops and the in surgents upon the Bth inst. on the left bank of the Nimen, near the village of Ritnitz. A large num ber of the insurgents perished in the flames. On the 10th, in the forest of Borki, upon the boundaries of the districts of Priy3ny and Kobryn, near Onikchty, a convoy was suddenly attacked by the insurgents. After killing and wounding several soldiers, they succeeded in obtaining possession of the convoy and baggage. Some thirty trailleurs, escorting Colonel Trofimoff, were also attacked by the Poles,but the Russians received reinforcements, and the insurgents were repulsed. Lieut.-General Balaklanoff has sent several columns through the majority of the districts com posing the Government of Augustow. A column of the Quaid, commanded by Major-General Baria tynaki, encountered a band of 200 insurgents, led by Ostrog, near Lake Pezerinki. The Poles lost 30 prisoners, besides five killed, and many drowned in the lake. The Invalid° states that the Russians did not lose a man. The Russian papers announce that the Heredi tary Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrowitch will arrive at Moscow from the Crimea on the 29th, and at Tzsrskoe-Selo on the Ist or 2d November. It is believed that he will be followed in a few days by the Emperor Alexander and all the Court. POSEN, OCT. 25. The Warsaw correspondent of the Posener Zeitung states that General Berg has given orders to atop the issue of passports for foreign parts. This measure is felt as a peculiar hardship by men of business who have taken out passports within the last few days. These persons have vainly appealed to M. Ostrowski, the Minister of the Interior, for permits of departure, alleging that no law can have retro-active force. Young Count Plater, who was upon the point of leaving with a legally obtained passport, has been arrested at the railway station. It is said that the police found upon him prohibited books and photographs. Three spies have been poignarded in Warsaw during the last week, but the assassins contrived to escape. The Russians threaten to make a terrible example. It is feared that their ♦engeance will fall upon Count Stanislas Zamoyski, son of Count Andrew, whom they accuse of a guilty knowledge of the recent attempt upon the life of Gen Berg. CRACOW, OCT. 27. The Warsaw correspondent of the Czas reports as follows of the state of discipline among the Rus- siart troops :-- "A soldier left the ranks yesterday in front of the railway station, and going up to his captain, abused him in the most violent terms. The cap tain ordered the man to be silent and return to his duty. The order not being obeyed, the officer called upon the comrades of the mutineer to arrest the delinquent, but no one stirred. The captain was obliged to procure the assistance of another company before he could get the man away. It is by no means rare for the Russian soldiers to retort upon their officers the coarse and brutal language which the latter use. Occasionally also they have recourse to their arms. The men accuse the officers of appropriating an unfair proportion of the booty taken from the unfortunate Poles. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FRIDAY. The result of the elections of 34i: members to the new Prussian Chamber of Deputies is uow known. The numerical strength of the different political parties represented among this number of members is as follows: Liberals Conservatives • • • • • • O Clerical Polish members Uncertain The result of seven elections is not yet known. ---- ITALY. TUIIIN, OCT. 51. Upon his return his Majesty will remain a few days in Tuscany. The Ministers of the Interior, Foreign Affaire, Justice, and the Marine will accompany the King during his journey to Naples. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 31. News has been received here, via St. Nazaire, from Vera Cruz to the Ist inst. Intelligence from Mexico to the 27th September states that the condition of affairs is favourable, that numerous adhesions to the French interven tion are being given in, and that the organisation of the rural militia is being developed. Great disorders existed among the adherents of Juarez, the majority of the Governors disavowing his authority. Marshal Forey has addressed a letter to the Em peror, describing the present state of affairs, and waking some observations upon the stipulation of the Archduke Maximilian that he will only defi ❑itely accept the crown upon the adhesion of the majority of the Mexican States. This adhesion, Marshal Forey says, may perhaps be considered already accomplished, the populations of all places from which the adherents of Juarez are absent hav ing spontaneously recognised the French inter vention. PARIS, OCT, 30 (Evening). The Empress arrived here at three o'clock this morning. The Nation of this evening says that Lord Napier was to hand Prince Gortschakoff, on Wed nesday, a despatch conciliatory in contents and form. The despatch terminates thus :—" Russia must not forget that the rights of the Poles are written upon the same treaty which gave Poland to Russia." General Bedean is dead. The Courrier du Dimanche says that Earl Rus sell has sent a despatch to St. Petersburg, the argu ments of which are less positive than those of his preceding notes. According to the Courrier the present despatch does not affirm that Russia has forfeited her treaty rights to Poland. The Courrier also states that France was not disposed to adhere to the English despatch on account of its insignifi cance. CHERBOURG, OCT. 30 (Evening.) The Confederate steamer Georgia has arrived here to revictual and take in coal. BOURSE, Oct. 30.—The market retains the firm ness which was visible yesterday, but with only a slight further improvement, Threes for the Account, being now at 67f. 10c. Railway shares without variation. The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 95 30 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1107 50 Do, end month 1105 Bank Shares — Credit Fancier 1295 Roman BAIL` Orleans Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New, ditto Geneva .. Southern .. Western Eastern •• • • Sardinian Austrian Lorrberd North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona Italian Loan 73 40 Do. end month 73 20 New ditto Do, end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.„ 'dome Debt Deferred VAYI. Cash. Account. 981 25 .. 982 50 975 - .. 975 - 950 - .. 940 - 498 75 .. - 690 - .. 690 -- 515 - .. 415 -- 507 50 .. 508 75 415 - 413 75 415 - 412 50 561 25 .. 561 25 540 - .. 537 50 632 50 .. 632 50 340 - .. 340 - THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, OCT. 31. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena, from the Brazils, has arrived here, and will leave for Southampton at 8 a.m. to-day, with 57 passengers, £25,573 specie, 250 barrels tapioca, 48 bales cotton, 653 rolls tobacco, and 175 packages of sundries. (By telegraph from Lisbon.) RIO DE JANEIRO, OCT. 9. Exchange on London, 27i to 27-:. Coffee, 7,500 to 8,300 reis ; shipments since the departure of the last mail, 94,052 bags, including 46,850 bags for the Channel; sales, 115,900 bags k stock, 110,000 bags. Freight, 40s. to 455. BAHIA, OCT. 13. Exchange on London was quoted 274- to 271 Cotton, 23,000 to 24,000 reis. Sugar, 2,000 to 2,400 reis ; brown, 1,900 reis. PERNAMBUCO, OCT. 15. Exchange on London, 271 to 28. Sugar, 3,000 reis ; browns, 1,800 reis. Cotton, 23,500 to 23,800 reis. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Beam left this port for Bahia on the 13th inst. MARKETS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables at our market was was seasonably good. The trade ruled firm at the follow- jag rates : s. d. s. d. Pine app. 6 0 to es 8 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0 Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 s. d. s d Mulberries, pr pt..o 9to 1 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 6 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 5 oto 6 0 Peaches.. Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Melon's ...... 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 01 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 6to 3 6 Pears, per do .... 1 9to 4 0 Oranges, per 100..8 oto 14 0 Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 8 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 0 Strawberries prpt 0 oto 0 0 , VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, pdo 0 Ito 2 6 ld ditto 1 6to 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 1 oto 1 6 I Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz t oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 70 oto 110 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 2to 0 4 Idushrooms,p ptl. 1 oto 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 3 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 0 Mint and savory.. 0 3to 0 4 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas,n.-sv. 1 3to 2 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach 0 6to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 4 T ur nip radishes 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkey poults, 4s to 7s Od ; geese, 5s Od to 8s each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to 3s Od ; partridges, is 3d to 2s Od; woodcocks, Os to 4s Od; snipes, is to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to is 6d ; widgeons, Os Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os Od to Os 10d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Od ; English, is to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, Oa Od to lOs Od ; French do., 7s Od to 8s 6d per 100; leverets, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, 2s 3d to 2s 6d each. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s Od • clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 145 per load. Demand inactive, CUMBERLAND.---MeadOW hay, £3 Os to £4 8s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 8 s to £ 1 16s p©g load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £ 3 Os to £ 4 5a ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £ 1 6s to £l. 148 per load. A full average supply. BILLINGSGATE . Salmon, Os 8d to is Od ; trout, Od to Os eels,. bd to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 8s Od to 12s ; cod, 3s Od eon, 12s Od ; 23 Od to Os Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, Is to 45 Ocl ; crabs, 6d to 38 Od • plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to 2s 6cl' per pair ; common oysters, 106 to ad B ; natives, 608 to 63s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 6s • hdocks, 4s to 128 ; s melts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Od per dozen ; mackerel, 00s per 100 ; fresh • to Os herrings, 8s to 00a per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. and lamb, Oa Od a NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; ve 3s 8d to 48 6d ; pork, 318 d to 4s 6d ; Od per Sibs by the earcase. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 43 6d ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 4d, and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 70 , of household do., 5d to 60 per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d ; 831 b to 961 b, 4d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, Cd to shd ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 41d to 54d. Horse hides, lOs Od to I:2s Od ; calf skins, light, 3s Oil to 4s Od; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s Od to lls Od; half-breds, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; Downs, bs Od to 6s Od; lambs, 06 Od to Oe Od; sheallings, O Od to Os Od, TiraiTni° a4A. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Oct. 30, Her Majesty, accompanied by her. Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria left Bucking ingham Palace this morning for Dover, to embark for the Continent. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRP;GHAM, Oct. 30. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with the Right Hon. Earl Granville, Admiral Seymour, Lieut.-General Knollys, Captain Grey, the Hon. R. C. Meade, Dr. Holtzman, and Mr. Fisher, went out yesterday partridge shooting on the Wolverton and Babingley side of the estate. The royal party found plenty of game. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Christian, and her Royal Highness the Princess Dagmar, attended by the Countess of Morton and the Countess Revent. low, drove and rode to Wolverton yesterday after noon. Their Reyal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary intend to leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Saturday next, to pass a few weeks at Brighton. Prince Ladislas Czartoryski and the princess (Duchess d'Amparo) have left London for Paris. The Marchioness of Salisbury and Ladies Cecil left Hatfield House, Hants, yesterday, to pass a week with Mr. Hastings Russell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell, at Oakley-park, near Bedford. _ The Earl and Countess de Grey arrived at their residence in Carlton-gardens, last evening, from Studley Royal, near Ripon. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have been entertaining a succession of guests at High Clare Castle, near Newbury. The Countess (Dow.) of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Fane, have returned to town from a tour of visits. The Countess (Dow.) of Jersey and Lady Harriet Ponsonby arrived in Berkeley-square yesterday from Brighton. Viscount Cranbourne and Mr. Edward C, John son arrived in town yesterday from a continental tour. Lord Edward St. Maur left town yesterday on a tour of visits, Le Baron Kahn and M. A'rnheim have returned to the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Scotland, on their way to Paris. The Hon. Wilkin Simpkins, of the United States, and Mrs. and the Misses Simpkins, have left the Bruns wick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. The Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson, M.P., and Mrs. Gibson have sustained a painful bereavement by the death of their eldest son at Hong Kong, intelligence of whose death was :eceived yesterday morning by the tele graph. _ Among the fashionables sojourning at Newmar ket during the week have been the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Eel and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, Lord and Lady George Manners, and Mr. G. W. and Lady Mary Craven. MARRIAGE OF THE MARQUIS OF TULLIBARDINE. —The marrisge of the Marquis of Tullibardine, only son of the Duke of Athole, with Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, of that Ilk, was solemnised at Mon crieffe-house on Thursday. THE IRONCLAD PRINCE CONSORT. DUBLIN, Oct. 30. The iron-clad frigate Prince Consort, Captain Vesey, is lying off Kingstown greatly disabled, having encountered a fearful gale in the Channel. Sha has sprung a leak, and is nearly filled with water. Bat for the great exertions of her officers and crew it is said she would have sunk in the Channel. All her boats, guns, &c., are in confusion, and several of the crew have been seriously injured. She put in this morning, and soon after anchoring parted her cables, and was obliged to drop a second anchor, by which she now rides, about a mile and a half from the East Pier. There was seven feet of water in her yesterday. The pumps have only gained an inch. IMPORTANT LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Blackett announce the following in their List of forthcoming New Works :—" Life of Josiah Wedg wood," from his Private Correspondence and Family Papers, in the possession of Joseph Mayer, Esq , by Eliza Meteyard, 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits and numerous Dins trations.—" Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne, illustrated from the Papers at Kimbolton, by the Duke of Manchester, 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits.—" Agnes," by Mrs. Oliphant, author of "The Life of Edward Irving, &e., 3 vols.—" A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years' Service among the Wild Tribes of Khondistan, for the Sup' pression of Human Sacrifice," by Major-General Jong Campbell, 0.13., Bvo., with Illustrations.—" The Wife's Evidence," by W. G. Wills, author of " Notice to Quit," &c., 3 vols.—" Memoirs of Jane Cameron, Female Con' vict," by the author of " Female Life in Prison," 2 vols.--' A New Story, by Mrs. Hewitt, 3 vols.—" Barbara's His' tory," by Amelia B. Edwards, 3 vols.--.:" The Destiny of Nations as indicated in Prophecy," by the Rev. John Cum." ming, D.D., 1 vol.—" The Queen of the County," by 0 16 author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids," 3 vols.- - i t New Story of English Life, by the Rev. J. M. Bellew. -- A cheap Edition of " Lost and Saved," by the Hon. Ml' s ' Norton, 1 vol.—" Wildfire," by Walter Thornbury, 3 vd ls ' My Step-Father's Home," by Lady Blake, 3 vols. MR. GEORGE MEREDITH.—We are in the pre sent day, says the Saturday _Review, overrun by clever writers of fiction, and of that species of verse which is spun from the same kind of intellectual web that produe fiction. But the names of English novelists and versifiers now living who may be said to unite real originality of thought and aim with conspicuous cleverness in workman' ship are almost few enough to be counted on the fiagers• Among these few Mr. George Meredith unquestionably , holds a place. His novel of " Evan Harrington," which appeared three or jour years ago, contained some of the most purely original conceptions that have been attempt ed by any writer of novels of character for a low; time pes t ' The same may be said of the volume of poems which to has, like frofeirsor Kingsley, Miss Muloch, Mr. Farrar!, and half a score more, as in duty bound, composed eha' published. He is in the habit of genuinely drawing fr°ixl. his own resources of observation and reflection, and his strong thought and quaint expression remind us, hero 1 1- "' there—though at a considerable interval—of Robert Bro'sva: ing. In skill of phrase and rhyme he is quite as happy 86 his greater contemporary, and often less obscure. GIUGLINI'S WHIMSICAL LIBERALITY TO native FELLOW-TOWN SM EN.—Signor and Giuglini is a Urbino. t / of Fano, a pretty town, like its sisters 4 o r ri of lire in the It has had the courage to spend heed would hs na native town. w fo n r . :namuguration of which erection of a handsome thTeahtere 'citthizens of Fano wrote to took p ace last month. Giuglini, asking to know r n e i g a u h l t a . r c T on h t e ra c c o t n in tr : wasoiountd accep 'aging, tor, being a o t for s• ' • With the whim of an artist, t b,hwe interestin g r m ep u lciehd he e h o a t they did well to askssg how singing r an p u r ac o nh f e s ho s e i c o c n , he could not sing gratis for any one, afye n ha w im -t t o w w o n p s e m n e c n e . be made, and the managers of the theatre must bind them" fellow-townsmen. i t t G s h h ie en u H n n i ,t s : i i e n : ll w l v d i w e e r a s e e Td y c l:s oi observed v th e e d s h a i l s a t r e y i n n:t e h:e l o i gtrar twopence, e e s a tt withh e a t r was subscribed in due form, and each evening that he Bahl; e punctuality bs Lio tf Europeso o r x i whi ch b uti4 o not even for his p MAKE A SERMON.—Clergymen a re night. expected to have a fresh sermon ready every Sund a y' says a Saturday Reviewer. It i s b e o f a prescr ib e d and to detain the congregation during a proper and dece nt space of time, We all know how the ordinary clergym an meets the demand. He has half an hour's sermon to fill 111) ' and very little to say. For the first ten minutes he raantfE° pretty well ; and with reading the verses that come before the text, and th en th ose th a t conic after, and so putting ' in exactly its right pl ace , an d w h a t with reproducing th°e , f) obvious thoughts on the subjeet that may be found in L'l3",. commentary, he gets on very comfortably. Bu t then P; begins to be aware of a lack of matter. He can , however i turn his barrel-organ, and he goes through the proce what he calls viewing the matter in another light. The_tert he says the same thing over again in slightly cit_ti a e: 10 words. So 20 minutes slip by, and th en for the 1,, minutes he makes, as he says, a pr actical applicatio:7l a pleasant fiction the congregation are supposed, Bur in6 . l2 ,t the preceding part of the discourse, to have imagined a t all this instruction concerned some, w h o lly reino.taeoe.h absent set of people, such as th e Jews or the Egyp 0A Europe in the last century, or their neighbours in h _ 10 minutes that nio, effect, to assure them during the last the barrel" a mistake, and that it applies to them; and so laved for parish. The preacher is therefore able, with considetr.a.b.il: organ is once more turned, and the familiar tune la which u . !: is the third tiroe, while the keener attention with wll a : a l i b i. of now heard gives it, as is not unreasonably hoped, novelty, FRUIT. / , "