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On the Ist o I October will be published, a Third and Cheap Edition, price 10s. 6d., OBSCURIE DISEASES of the BRAIN and MIND. 13: t FORBES IVINsLow, D.C.L. Lon n : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. WHEAT ItE ROYAL DRURY - LANE.- ..R. Manager s, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the new and original Comedy, by Ed mund Fat one r, entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Ro mance of the I ursery : Mesers.W a lter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G. B elmore, F. Charles. Neville; Miss Charlotte 3aun , fere, Mit 1,4 Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and rs. Edmund . Falconer. To conclude: with A DAY WELL SPENT : Messrs. G. Belmore, F. ( :harles ; Mesdaraes Murray, Harfleur, and C. Weston. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Prices as usual. ROYA•L PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lossee, Mr. George Vining. Open undET the Management of Mr. Walter Itfontgomery. THIS EVEIs4ING, THE LADY OF LYONS . Claude M e lnotte. Vk alter Ment2omery ; Darns, Mr. C. Fit z - James ; l'auidae, Miss Kate Saville. To be followed by FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7. NW THEATRE-BO YAL, ADELPHL 6ole Proprietor and Manazer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENLNG, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN. • Mrs. Stirling - . Followed by the new comic drama, THE HEN AND CHICKENS ; or, A Sign of Affection. Messrs. Billing-ton, R. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss H. Simms. After which, at )-past 8 o'clock, the new drama of THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, THE G OST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of 'he Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. A. Wood, R. PhliMps, Sefton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Mr. A. Wood. OYAL STRAND THEATRE Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr Leigh Murray. Followed by (53d time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, P. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. 31HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 55m.—Afternoon, sh. 16m. To-moßnow.-Morning, Oh. 35m.—Afternoon, sh. 58m. The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 17, 1863, nent part she has taken in framing international laws, would naturally be supposed to be correctly informed as to the rights of belligerents and neu trals. Such, however, is not the case. The legis lature is completely at fault in the matter, while American spies are suffered to pry into the private yards of our ship-builders, and through the agency of a few infatuated, or more probably interested, individuals, to memoralise the Foreign Secretary in order to stop the building of certain ships of who. e ulterior destination they entertain suspicions. Earl RUSSELL properly replied to an application of this sort that the Executive could not act upon suspicions, and for the moment the matter dropped. We refer to the two iron-clad steamers nearly com pleted in the yard of Messrs. LAIRD and Co., at Birkenhead. The destination of these vessels is not manifest. They are simply being built according to an order which the builders consider they have a perfect right to carry out. It appears. however, that orders have been issued to detain the vessels until a searching investigation has taken place con cerning them. Had any hint been thrown out that a commercial fraud was intended, or any evasion of customs duties designed, the case would be plain enough, but no such charge is brought forward. The avowed object of this detention is that it is suspected that these ships are intended directly ate ec s t t lyo s r . indirectly f or th e serv i ce o f t h e C on federate A similar charge was brought against iv n g stt e h n e in erAlhex andra, and alth oug h the verdict was favour in the Court of Exche quer , yetb from law suitsythe tedi ous procrastination almost in separable verdict has shaspe remainsrovepro t:n! in nat th l i e s as c t o , un a t g ry ai , n t s h d against her; vheerr; for in durance vile until a reference can be made to the court of appeal. By this el v s e u r st sustai n nd m d a y heavy losses by failing t o sheinpmb;iliedtee a r s mode of proceeding ves sels according to contract. Oar laws ought surely to be so constructed that they can be understood by the simplest individual, and should not necessitate a costly action to decipher their meaning every time it is thought necessary to bring exceptional cases into operation. The inconvenience to which the trade of this country has been put in various ways for more than two years, by the fratricidal war in America, is in a great measure attributable to the vacillating and pusillanimous conduct of our Minis. ters. They have acted throughout, with one me morable exception, as if they wished to do right, but were more afraid to do wrong, i.e., offend the Northern States. Let us act according to law by all means, only let the law be distinctly laid down that we may conform strictly to the letter of it. It it be ruled that neutrals may only supply one of he belligerents with munitions of war, let it be so proclaimed, no matter how absurd or unjust such a regulation may seem. Though we should certainly be laughed at by the world, we should be acting a more dignified part than we are now doing. We profess an impartial neutrality, and virtually by the acts of our Legislature we ignore as far as possible the rights of the Southern Confederacy while we minister to the requirements of the tyrannical North. Were we really neutral both sides would fare alike. On these terms we might, at the request of the North, decline to forward supplies to the Southerners; but, at the same time, in justice to the Confederates, we ought to veto the exportation of contraband of war to the Northern States. This would be strict neutrality; bat we do not think that such a rigid practice of our professions would please either side, any more than it would satisfy our merchants at home. The French Government is not tied down by red tapism like oar own, and the ruling power in that country has taken a bolder and more straight forward course. The Florida has been for some time lying in the Government harbour at Brest, undergoing such repairs as she requires, and it is officially stated in the Moniteur that she is not to be considered as a privateer, but as an ordinary vessel of war belonging to the military marine of the Confederate States. No doubt the prospect of this recognition had something to do with Brest being preferred by the commander of the Florida to Southampton, where, before now, Confederate cruisers, although unacknowledged, have met with every courtesy and protection. This recognition of a solitary cruiser, though of but little moment in itself, is of vast importance asjforeshadowing what is to follow—it is the advanced guard of the French recognition of Southern independence. That the attitude likely to be assumed by France has for some time been well understood by the Americans, is manifested by the bitter invectives hurled against her by the Northern press. That the greater inde pendence and decision of her Government is also appreciated by the South, is likely to be shown to the cost of our shipbuilders by the transfer to French dockyards of orders that would otherwise have been given on this side of the Channel. There are at present several steamships of war now build ing in Prance under similar conditions to those at Birkenhead. Two now in course of construction in a private yard at Nantes are designed, it is said, for 22 guns each, with engines of 600. horse power, while their speed is proposed to reach the extent of 14 knots an hour. A condition of the contract for these vessels is said to be, that they shall be de livered to theowners 20 miles out at sea. The rumour of such a stipulation in our pert of the world would at once have aroused minister, ambassador, agent, judge, inspector, and Manchester men. Very cer tainly the news that the ships were to be made over to their owners at sea would have prevented them from ever leaving the docks, since by the ingenious I and subtle logic which distinguish our authorities, it is the height of impropriety to consign a war vessel to the Confederates, while Sheffield, Bir mingham, and the black country may despatch unlimited shiploads of arms and ammunition to the Northern States, without in the least outstepping the bounds of constitutional law and right. It is a pity that some of the more eminent of our peace at-any-price men are not large shipbuilders, when we should have the satisfaction of seeing their con victions and consistency put to a severer test than at present ! The part which England is playing in this matter is certainly not much to her credit or profit. Consistency always commands respect, and so does fearless independence of opinion and action ; but a timorous, time-serving of a Power, which it seems we are afraid to provoke, is neither likely to conciliate nor to impress. But let France take the glory of being the first to do tardy justice to the efforts of a brave and struggling people, and Eng land humbly follow in her footsteps. The Yankees will certainly not hate England less, but they will re s p ect p ranee the more. / It is a com mon custom, or practice b a , Lain individuals, to discard it available for their particular served the purpose of eer practice when any institution, advantage. This is nuance cf the more especially the case if thev practice tends to the benefit of 'attic. • others with whom their own interests clash, or whom t h ey fear as future rivals in any profession, trade, or enterprise. This feeling is shown when ntiit i 8 no longer in a very marked degree by the colonists of New South Wales, Victoria a n d South Au s t ra li a , Tasmania and New Zealand, i n regard to the importation of convict labour into Western Australia. The question has been so often before the public that we will not weary our readers with going over old arguments; but while erro neous statements are continually emanating from the pens of gentlemen who are considered to be well-informed upon the subject, some remarks upon the true state of the case may not be out of place. In the first instance, when towards the end of the last century it was decided to form a convict set tlement at Port Jackson, or as that depot was generally called, Botany Bay, the country was but thinly inhabited by a few wandering tribes of savages, and covered in many parts by dense forests, and intersected at intervals by lofty ranges of mountains. By the forced labour of the male factors the country was gradually cleared around the settlement, roads were cut through the solid rock or carried across swamps, and the country, by degrees, opened out for emigration, In course of time New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land became thriving colonks. Cattle and sheep in creased to an unprecedented extent, and speculative settlers looked for runs for their flocks and herds less remote from the coast than the back districts to which their extending prosperity and the in creasing population of the colony gradually drove them. Thus a small settlement was made at Mel bourne, on the mainland side of Bass's Straits. Meanwhile, agriculturists, many of them Germans, settled further to the westward of where the country was held open. The prosperity of the colonies steadily increased, and the desirability of dispens ing with convict labour was discussed in many quarters when the discovery of gold, first in New South Wales, and dirently afterwards in Victoria, changed the destiny of the colonies. Hundreds of thousands flocked in from California and Europe, and among these adventurers a pretty fair sprink ling of roughs, and others of a questionable cha racter. The gold mania could supply the gaols in abundance without the assistance of Millbank or Pentonville. It was, therefore, quite natural that the inhabitants of the south-eastern colonies should refuse admission to English malefactors. These reasonable requirements were at once acceded to by the home authorities, and for a time the co lonies were satisfied. In the meantime a small colony had been slowly struggling into existence on the western coast of the vast continent, distant some two thousand miles from South Australia, the nearest of the eastern colonies, but separated from it by barren wastes and trackless deserts. There the soil had but few attractions for the emi grants, access to the interior was difficult from the want of roads, and it seemed only fair to the colo nists that the home authorities should give them the same assistance that bad been rendered to the settlers in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Again, England was unable to distribute her criminals satisfactorily at home; the ticket-of leave system, which had answered very well in Australia, where there was a full demand for labour, would not work for home. The released convicts, unable to obtain work, or in cases where they had obtained it, after discharged, on account of their former history becoming known to their employers through the well-meant but officious information of the police, had nothing left them but to return to their old pursuits. Therefore, when it became known that the co:onists of Western Australia would be lad to receive long-sentenced men, the Govern ment were but too happy to meet them half-way. A cargo or two of these unfortunates were shipped off, and all seemed to promise well until the eastern colonies rose in arms to veto the proceedings, because they were not in accordance with the sovereign will of two or three colonies in the south-eastern extre mity of a vast continent, who, if their territories are vast in proportion to their populations, are, com bined, but a patch in a vast region of which they form integral parts. These colonies, except in their relation to E :glaod, are as independent of each other as are the various continental nations of Europe. What would Europe say, if Swed( n, having agreed to receive our convicts, France or Italy, or the Sublime Porte were to interfere, declaring that English convicts must be kept at home for fear that they might escape from Sweden, and trouble them with their presence. Ridiculous as this may seem, it would be more rational than the absurd demand made by the upstart colonies, who, not content with the above assumption, would deny England the right to found penal settlements 1 on the yet but casually explored region on the North-Western and Northern coast of Australia. The sooner these gentlemen who, no matter what be their motives, whether they be sincere or deluded, or obtrusive and impertinent, who inundate the Press with voluminous and wonderful letters on the ruin which the transportation of felons to distant parts of Australia will bring upon their own loved spots at its other extremities, be taught to mind their own business the better for all parties. Why, the Yankees, with all their bluster and bounce, do not come up to this. The smartest nation in all creation has not denied to us the right to send convicts to Ca nada, and, when they can pay their own passage, re ceive them kindly until they misbehave themselves. We have not paid any special attention in the above to the supposed cause of complaint, ground less as it is, namely, the injury which the moral status of the old colonies would sustain by the in troduction of convict labour at a distance of some two thousand miles and upwards from the South Eastern Australian colonies, and double that dis tance from New Zealand, to open up the mineral wealth, which we are informed upon undoubted authority exists in Western and North-Western Australia. We simply wish to draw attention to the absurd presumption of a few colonies arrogating to themselves the right to sanction or negative the enactments of the Home Government regarding a colony with which they have no connection, and over which they hold no jurisdiction. Nor can we see by what right theyintertfoeruetiwliistehththoeseaputohrotirointy of her Britannic MAJESTY of unreclaimed territory, as yet a wilderness, which she may think fit to turn to account for the benefit of her subjects. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Last night Mr. Walter Montgomery appeared in "StillL o n d w o n a t e i n rs T R o u m n T D a y e l e o p r aandd mfoirr a t h b l e e first comedy,time Colman's play " The Iron Chest." In the former he sustained the part of John Mildmay, and in the latter that of Sir Edward Mortimer, and it is but justice to say, that a more admirable performance has not been given during his brief management at the Princess's. The opposite nature of the two characters represented, to en ordinary actor would have been an insurmountable difficulty, but with Mr. Montgomery the circumstance only tended to show the versatility of his genius. His John Mild may was everything that could be desired, and it entirely removed the impression that only one per son on the London stage could effectually embody the part. As Sir Edward Mortimer Mr. Mont gomery has immensely added to his reputation, and proved beyond alt dispute that in eccentric comedy, as well as in the higher walks of tragedy, he pos. Eesses powers of no ordinary description. To-mor row evening, being the last night of his term, he takes his benefit, on which occasion ho will appear as Virginius, and Captain Frank in the laughable farce of " Bamboozling," and it is to be hoped his exertions will be rewarded by an over flowing audience. CONTRACT FOR RUM.—The Government contract for 50,000 gallon s rum was taken by the undermentioned firm—Meyers. Thomas Lowndes and Co., and Mr, Alfred Lamb. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock .. 66 Barometer -30.26. Wind—West; fine. „.„ ~4 Ant LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1863, As last year is remembered as the Exhibition Year, next year is likely enough to be borne in recollection afterwards as the SHAISPEARE Year. The arrangements now making betimes for the cele bration of the three hundredth anniversary of the Great Poet's Birth, it is satisfactory already to know, are all this while in about the very best hands to which they could well by possibility have been entrusted. The most active and indefatigable amongst the energetic promoters of the enter prise, are precisely the very men best qualified to have undertaken the responsibility of its manage ment. To recognise this upon the instant it is only necessary to glance down the names of those more particularly entrusted with these responsibili ties of management. Eventually, it is understood, the presidency of the committee will be accepted by his Royal Highness the Heir to the Throne of these realms. Already as Vice-Presidents, there have been collected together, as it were, in the choicest cluster, the very pick among the representative men of the age. There is an archbishop of the English Church Establishment. There is one of the noblest, as he is also one of the most learned and accomplished among our great patricians, his Grace the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. There is the one great living Poet. There is the greatest of all our great English Humourists, hap pily also in the land of the living. A more jadi cious selection could hardly have been made, more over, than has been made in the choice of those empowered by the Committee to act as Secretaries in the three departments into which the otherwise bewilderingly complicated organisation has been distributed. One among that cluster of sec retaries, time secretary, in fact, among the secretaries, the principal originator and orga niser, we believe, of the whole scheme of this wable and affecting demonstration, is suffi ciently well known to every educated person in. England as a man of letters of the very highest attainments, to render his mere name a gua rantee that the project will be carried out as it ought to be carried out! Will be a demonstration worthy at once of the Great Poet whose birth, three hundred years ago, it will com memorate, and of the Great Nation by which his name is borne in such loving remembrance. Now that the COMMITTEE itself may be regarded as tolerably complete, we publish, in another part of onr impression of this morning, a full catalogue of those now numbered up (certainly it will be allowed numbered to a goodly number indeed) as compriaing it. The representation in this com- rfiittee of all the various classes, or sections, or di.visions of the educated community, has been espe cially aimed at, it will be observed, in the process 14 its composition. n IL period of very little more than seven months Nv intervenes between the present moment and the tricentenary anniversary we are all looking forward tn--namely, the 231 of April, 1864 sam eca r io sity is beginnin g to be felt, and even expr ese eul as to what may be the ge neral natur e , celebration, a spect, and consequ e nces of its nd as to all this, even now there are glimmering intimations, here and there, of what may reasonably be a nticipated in respect to the general character of the d emonstration. Through out not only all England , r. we will say, the whole of the United Kingdom, but far and wide in every portion of the British rnpire, in all quar ters of the habitable globe, t h e day is to be borne in especia l remembr ance duly com memorated. In th is wa y , let na 1,4114 that on the 23d of April next, from every villa ge steeple i n the land the bells may be r inging ansa th e f i e fluttering. London, as the ca p ital o f the gaga empire, is to have its grand commemorative mon ument. Stratford-upon-Avon will be the scene of a reverent and affectionate pilgrimage. The Crystal Palace at Sydenham will be the metropolitan rendezvous for the celebrants of the anniversary. Medals wi be struck as suitable memorials of the event Many if not all of tLe arts will vie in doing suit -- able ho nour to the occasion—sculpture, m usic, ora tory, at l east, will do so. And the extent of the advance of England's intelligence as an educated community during these last three hundred years will be signally indicated by the national character imparted to this unexampled commemoration of a Poet's birthday. 1 - 77 ft has before now been remarked with some show of truth that the laws of England have been framed so as rather to frustrate the ends of justice th an t o forward them ; and in many instances the adage proves correct which says that the law is a spider's web, through which large flies break, while little ones are caught and hopelessly entangled. E ng _ land, from her high position and from the promi.. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 18, 1862. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. THE FRENCH NOTE TO RUSSIA. PARIS, SEPT. 18. The following is a summary of Ile despach ad dressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, on the 3d of August. M. Drouyn de Lhuys sees with regret the substi tution of inadmissible propositions by Prince Gort schakoff in place of the demands of the Powet s. He maintains that the agitation in Poland is not revo lutionary, but is the result of a condition of affairs ' which has lasted nearly a century, and has contri buted more than any other conjuncture to main tain revolution in Europe. "It is of incontestable notoriety." continues M. Drouyn de Lhuys, " that the entire Polish nation is connected with the insurrection. Throughout Europe public opinion has encouraged the three Powers to persevere in the path upon which they have entered. It would be obstinately clinging to a fatal illusion to continue to explain the redoubt able convulsions which render Poland by reasons so little in harmony with the testimony of history." M. Drouyn de Lhuys persists in believing that the immediate development of a wide system of concessions would satisfy the sentiments of the nation. He denies that the dignity of a great em pire is int ereste d i n th e cont i nuat i on o f an unequa l struggle, intervene e f and for the mai s n e t t a tl i e n m s settlement of the ig Polish ht otth question. Powers to n M. Drouyn de Lhuys further regrets to be obliged to state the futility of the efforts of the Powers to induceßassia to bring about a favourable solution of the Polish question, which continually gives rise to fresh complicatiocs, and says :—" The Cabinet of St. Petersburg, in claiming absolute in dependence fo r it s resolut i ons, l eaves us entire liberty in our judgment and conduct. We will avail ourselves of this liberty of action." M. Drouyn de Lhuya concludes by making Russia responsible for the serious consequences which may result from the prolongation of troubles in Poland. A memo ranium accompanies the note, demonotrating the right of the Powers to intervene in the settlement of the Polish question, and to endeavour to place Polish rights upon a more independent basis, as de tailed by the treaties of 1815. The Paris papers publish intelligence from Sumatra, telegegraphed from Suez, announcirg that Dutch men-of-war had been desputched to chastise the native chiefs who had torn down the Dutch flag. The same papers state that the ship Ocean Mail has beeen lost. Alfred de Vigny, the well-known author and member of the Academy, is dead. . . BOURSE, Sept. 17.—The market has been inani mate, but the quotations of yesterday maintained Threes for the account being now unvaried at 68f. 15c. Railway Share Maiket heavy, and with a decline on some of the lines. The market closed as It per Cent 5....... 95 95 Do. end month.... Italian L0an...... 74 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ... .. . 68 25 Sew ditto ....... — Do. end month.... 68 25 Do, end month -- Credit M0bi1ier....1205 Russian Do, end m0nth....1206 25 Austrian .. B4 50 Bank Shares 3100 Spanish Threes.,.. Credit k °lacier l4OO Home Debt .. — Li ILWAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans 1032 50 .. 1035 -- Northern New ditto -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1037 50 .. 1035 Geneva.. 497 50 .. Southern Western Eastern .... .. 515 -- .. —. Sardinian . 432 50 .. 432 50 Austrian Lon.bard ...... 575 •• 5 7 3 75 North of Spain ........ 560 .. 560 -- Saragossa. ............. 668 75 .. 667 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... .. 367 50 THE POLISH INSURRECTION, CRACOW, SEPT. 18, Intelligence from Podlachia to the 7th -instant states that the insurgent leader Lutyski has Bur . prised the enemy at Chotyez, and defeated hi m after a three hours' engagement. General Mouravieff has had a peasant named Zybert hanged at Popielo. AUSTRIA, VIENNA, SEPT. 18 The Lower House of Re ichsrath h aving protest e d against the arrest of Dep ut y Ro gawski as a n i n . fringement of me mbers' privileges, he has been already set at liberty. TUE STEAM RAM MAGENTA.---A co rrespondent of the. Opinion Nationale su pp lie s the follo w i ng de . scri orfa_ m bo l:l ti a o g o e h n i t p a_i —al,: This v esse l , " sayst is t o say, she has i he wri i ptio . n ter, of ,t,h.e s a st i r : nothing in common with those strange-looking machines, those Monitors, &c., invented by the Americans. When seen from a distance in the midst of a squadr on she might in some measure be taken for an ordinary vessel, only lower in the water; but a nearer a pproach discl ose some unknown fea tures. Higher out of the water forward than aft, she pre sents the appearance of an enormous black mass, insensible to the action of the w aves on which th e other vessels near her gracefully movs ; n o streaks indicating her rows of teeth; scarcely any masts, very sharp both at stem and stern, terminating a t each end lite a wedge, and having at . her bows an immense spur or plough s h are — t h ose are the differences shown at the still . fir st glance, r st glanc e , b ut w h en you go on her deck they became apparent. Her masts are those of a steam corvette, with only the rigging indispens ably necessary to keep them standing. In combat, every thing is reduced to the lowe r Masts. Th e b oats, i nstea d o f being suspended to davits outside, are on deck, which is I, flush from stem to stern, and -4) guns are to be seen, with the exception of two bow-ch asers. Nearly amidships by the side of the funnel, is an ironclad shot-proof kind of turret, which contains the means Of communicating with all the other parts of the vessel for the transmission of or ders for working her, and for the fire of her guns. In action every one goes below, and this turret alone is occupied by the captain, a nother officer, some signal men, and a few sharpshooters. It is from this turret that all the orders are given. From the upper deck you descend into the gun decks, two in number, each having 24 rifled and breech-loading guns. Those pieces thro w 68-pound shot with an ordinary eharga of 51b of powder. All the armed part of the vessels down to below the water line is ironclad, but the casing does not extend quite to the sleet or to the stern, as in the Gloire and Normandie frigates, the parts not ironclad are used— those aft for the cabins of the officers, and those forward for t h e quarters of the crew, the cooking, and the hospital—an i n novation of material importance as regards the health of the sailors. In the ironclad vessels first built everthing was sacrificed to solidity, and the openings left for giving air and light were so few that those vessels were regular ovens. Every one remembers what the crew of the Nor mandie suffered when so placed under the burning sun of Mexico. The engin e of the Magenta is similar to that of the Napoleon, and has a steam force of about 2,700 horse. Under full steam she can make from 13 to 14 knots an hour. Her screw has six, brancbes. The consumption of coal is 140 tons a day, and she can stow away from 700 to 800 tons. Moreover, her spur weighs 15 tons," A WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN KILLED IN SIBLEY'S EXPEDITION. — Among tt e slain in General Sibley'i• expedition was John Beemer, a wealthy Englishman, a graduate of Oxford, and formerly an officer on the staff of Lord Raglan. Re had come from England on a Buffalo hunt in the North-West and took a nominal position on , General Sibley's staff to gratify his taste of adventure. Sent on reconnoitering service, he was caught in an ambuscade and slsot down with iron-headed arrows, the savages scalp ing him and hacking off one side of his head while he was yet alive. Ile leave s a splendid yacht and a large library in New York. REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—It is stated that Sir E. Pihaer, one of the present Conservative members for West Kent, has determined upon retiring from the representation of the county. A HALE OLD DIGNITARY.—The Dean of Win chester, who is in his eighty-eighth year, lately left Bishops gate Rectory, after breakfast, for London, where, in the church of St. George, Hanover-square, he officiated in the baptism of his infant, great-granochild, the daughter of P M.P. for Colchester, and atter the e - re 0. Papillon, Esq,, mony returned to Bishepstoko to dinner, being a journey, in going and returning, of more than 150 miles. AUSTRALIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) The Madrid Constitutional says : The engage ment with the Moors appears to have originated in the reluctance with which the tribes viewed their lands transferred to the Spaniards. Parties of con victs had been for some time employed in filling up the ditches and levelling old Moorish works in the newly ceded district, and cutting dewn the prickly pear hedges. The Riffians viewed these proceed ings with an unfriendly eye, and continue to call the soil theirs after it has been ceded to Spain, assembled in great numbers, and attacked the convict guard, the governor sent for reinforce- meats and upon some companies of the V ergara and Fijo de• Centa Regiments coming upon the ground, the Moors were driven back. Desultory firing between the Moors and Spanish troops was kept up till sunset, when the latter withdrew to the fort. The 94 Moorish prisoners turn out to have been Moors who were inside the walls of Melilla for the purpose of trading when the attack was made outside, and who were detained as a measure of precaution. GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 13. The following British ships ha\ e arrived here since the last mail :—steamer Ripon, 5 days from Southampton ; steamer Windermere, 71-- days from Cardiff; schooner Grape, 12 days from Liverpool; brigantine Mary Herbert, 21 days from Newport; schooner Marwood, 18 days from Liverpool; schooner Carria Bell, 17 days from Liverpool. Exchange on London-90 days' date is 49:- to I; Psris, sf. 29c.; Marseilles, sf. 28e. to 29c.; Genoa, sf. 29c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par; Cadiz, par; Seville, par to I die.; Malaga, par to prem.; Bar celona, '`l, prem.; Almeira, die.; Valencia, pa r; Alicant, par. Freight unchanged. ORIGIN OF TIIE SYMBOLS OF NUMBERS AND MEASURES.—Tan, as the radix of numerical compu tation, has been raised to the dignity it now holds by the circurzstance of its expressing the number of n man's fingers. A digit is a finger's breadth; an inch, the length of the thumb; a nail, from the tip of the middle joint of the longest finger; a p a l m , th e breadth of four fingers; a hand, th e fist, with the thumb uppermost; a span, the space between tips of thumb and fingers extended to the utmost; a foot that of a man ; a cubit, from the elbow to the end of the longest finger; a yard, girth of a man's body ; a step, when each foot advances alternately; apace, two steps; a fathom, width to which a man's arms and hands can tatend. WORKING MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE, ST. MARTIN-IN•TLIE-FIELDS.—On Monday, July 20, 1863, a pub is meeting was held at St. Martin's Hall, the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.8., in the chair, at which it was resolved that a club and institute should be formed in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the purpose of providing rooms for social conversation, newspapers, Library, classes, popular lectures, readings, entertainments, games, and refreshments for the working classes. It is hoped that the club will be opened by Michaelmas. NEW WINDSOR REGISTRATION. The revision of the lists of voters for this borough took place at the Guildhall, Windsor, on Wednesday, before Henry Blencowe Churchill, Esq., the barrister appointed to hold the same. Messrs. C. S. Vouls, G. H. Long, and C. T. Phillips, appeared for the Conservatives, and the Liberals were represented by Mr. B. C. Durant. In the parish of Olewer the Conservatives made six claims, of which three were allowed, and three failed ; the Liberals made and sus tained three claims. In the same parish, the Conservatives made four objections, all of which were sustained, and the Liberals made 12 objections, of which 5 were successful and 7 failed. In the parish of New Windsor, the Conservatives made 14 claims, of which 12 were al:owed and two failed • and the Liberals made 2 claims, of which 1 was successfu l and the other faded. The objections made by the Conser vatives in New Windsor parish were 10 in number, of which 9 were sustained and 1 failed. Th e Liberals made 12 objections in that parish, of which 7 were successful and 5 failed. The result of the revision is therefore as follows : —Conservative claims allowed—Clewer 3, New Windsor 12, total 15. Liberal claiva allowed—Clewer 3, New Windsor 1, total 4; C onservat i ve gain on claims, 11. Coneervative objections all owe d—Cl ewer 4, New Windsor 9, total 13. Liberal objections allowed—Clewer 5, New Windso 7, total 12 ; C onservative gain ou objections, 1; total Conservative gain, 12. _ . M. LEON FoUCAULT, of Paris, has succeeded i❑ measuring the absolute velocity of light by means of the "turning mirror "—an experiinental determination of no little interest and significance. He concludes that it cannot differ much from two hundred and ninty-eight (pillions of French metres per second, or 135,170 En zlish miles, which is a notable diminution upon the velocity pre viously derived from astronomical data alone. The time which light requires to travel from the sun to the earth is known with great precision; at the mean distance of the latter it is rather less than Brnin. 18sec., and if this number be combined with M. Foucault's measure of the velocity it will be evident that the received distance is too great by about one thirtieth part—that light, in fact, has not so far to travel before it reaches the earth as gcneially supposed. LADEN-BADEN has seldom been so full of visitc.i . s as during the present year, the number last week in the 1 city being 31,000. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails arrived this morning. She brings 86 passen gers, four packages specie, value £19,140, 10 packages valuables, value £53,880, also 880 packages general cargo, including 665 bales raw silk, value £60,000. The Pera spoke off Lisbon on the 14th, the Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena, bound for the Brazils, and off Cape Roca the English yacht Columbine, steering northward, end, on the 17th, off the Start, spoke the American ship Constel lation, steering west. Her Majesty's ships Pyscbe, Queen, and Hiber nia were at Malta, and at Gibraltar the Procris, Redpole, the American frigate Constellation, and the Italian corvettes Valarosa, Eurydice frigate, and Re Galantuomo, The Spanish Government have ordered for the eventualities of the service the assembling in the pert of Malaga r)t the war steamers Busnoventina, Alerta, Lepanto, and Ceres, and the Alava and Santa Teresa at Alicante, on account of the recent occurrences at Melilla. The Spanish frigate Esperanza and sloop Con cordia arrived at Cadiz on the 9th. The Spanish screw-frigate Petronila, 34 guns, was wrecked on the Bth ult. while entering the port of Mariel in the waters of the Havanah. The crew succeeded in taking out the guns and stores, but the hull and machinery was expected to be lost. Her Majesty's troop-ship Orontes left Gibraltar on the 9th with the 2d battalion of 7th Fusiliers for Malta. The effects of the short supply of rain last season was beginning to be severely felt in the country about Tangier, where nearly all the wells and springs are dried up. Intelligence from Malaga says that the Spanish Government intends sending a division of 5,000 men to Melilla in order to effect a settlement of the boundary question, and keep the Ruffians in check. Three Spanish war steamers were at Malaga, and others were expected there, to convey the troops. It was also stated that the Spanish Government had demanded from the Emperor of Morocco the presence of a body of Moorish troops at Melilla to chastise the Ruffians for their recent aggression, and to prevent the Spanish garrison being molested in its occupation of the new limits. A Malaga letter says that the late attack was in con sequence of the Riff tribe not having received from the Sultan the promised in demnity for the ceded lands. The Gibraltar Cdrontcle adds : If this were so, one can hardly blame the Riffians. They were clearly entitled to receive the stipulated price before they allowed the Spaniards to enter upon the permanent occu pation of their lands, and might well demur to exchange the material guarantee for his Sheriffiaa Majesty' s I, 0. U. TTEE„ Rev. Henry Allon Herr Hans Christian Ander sen. R. Ansdell, Esq., A,R.A. Rev. Dr. Angus E. H. Baily, Esq,, R.A. M. W. Balfe, Esq. G Linna3us Banks, Esq. Henry N. Barnett, Esq. Thos. Bazley, Esq.. M.P. Robert Bell, Esq. Rev. J. M. Bellew Jules Benedict, Esq. J. Bennett, Esq, F RA S. Professor S. Bennett, D.M. Bayle Bernard, Esq. M. Louis Blanc E• L. Blanchard, Esq. Sidney L. Blanchard, Esq. Algernon Borthwick, Esq. Sir C. R. Boughton, Bart. C. H. Bracebridge, Esq. Rev. Prof. Brewer, M.A. Sir David Brewster Shirley Brooks, Esq. Right Hon. Lt.rd Justice Knight Bruce Leicester Buckingham, Esq. J. B. Buckstone, Esq. Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne ; Bart., G.O, H. Lieut.-Col. J. G. Burns Rev. Samuel Butcher, D.D H. J, Byron, Esq. B. B. Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S The Earl of Carlisle, K G. Robert Chambers, Esq. The Earl of Clarendon, K.G The Duke of Cleveland, K.G. Herr Albert Cohn. C. J, Coleman, Esq. J. P Collier, Esq, F,R.S. E. W. Cooke, Esq, A.R A. W. D Cooper, Esq, F.S.A. F. W. Cosens, Esq. Joseph Cowan, Esq., Jun. The Right Hon. W. F. Cow per, M.P. J. Stirling Coyne, Esq. William Creswick, Esq. George Cruikshank, Esq. George Dawson, Esq., M.A. Le Chevalier de Chatelain Lord de L'lsle and Dudley Duke or Devonshire, K.G. Edward Dicey, Esq. Charles Dickens, Esq. Sir C. Wentworth Mike, Bt, Professor Dingelstedt W. H. Dixon, Esq , F.S.A. Dr John Doran, F.S,A Members of the Dramatic Authors' Society James Dugdale, Esq. Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl The Mayor of Durham Joseph Durham, Esq. Rev. Alexander Dyce Sir Culling E , rehey, Bart. Viscount Eversley William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Thomas Feed, Esq., A.R.A. Charles Fechter, Esq. J. Henry Foley, Esq., R.A. J. Hain Friswell, Esq. W. E. Frost, Esq , A.R.A. F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A. M. Louis Gallait Ernest Gambart, Esq. Richard Garnett, Esq. F. W. Gibbs, Esq , C.B. Geo. Goodwin, Esq , F.R.S C. W. Goodwin, Esq., M.A G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P. James Grant, Esq. Earl Granville, K.G. Thomas C. Grattan, Esq. The very Rev. Dean Graves D.D. Professor J. C. Greenwood B.A. C. Lewis Gruneisen, Esq. M. Guizot Frederick Haines, Esq. F.S.A. J. Chandler Haliburton Esq., M.P. Andrew Halliday, Esq. J. G. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S N. E. S. A. Hamilton, Esq Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B. T. Duffas Hardy, Esq. Rev. Wm. Harness, M,A. S. A, Hart, Esq., R,A, J. A. Heraud, Esq. Jams Hole, Esq. R. Stayner Holford, Esq., M.P. John Hollingshead, Esq. The very Rev. Dr. Hook, Dean of Chichester. A. J. Beresford Hope, Esq., F.S.A. Lord Houghton The Earl Howe, G.C.H. Henry Huth, Esq. J. C. Jeaffreson, Esq. Blanchard Jerrold, Esq. SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • 120, Pall-Mall, S.W., Sept. 17, 1863. SlR,—The following note from Mr. Squier, of Dover, with enclosure signed Adolphus Francis, has been sent to me, as one of the Secretaries of the National Shakespeare Committee:— Gentlemen,— Can you inform me if the enclosed is a genuine affair ? I am : gentlemen, yours truly, J. D. SQUIER, Wellington Hall, Dover, Sept. 16, 1863. 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde• park, 26th August, 1865. Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Committee promoting a National Monument to Shakespeare't a to solicit the gratui tous use of your hall for one evening during the ensuing session, for the purpose of giving a Dramatic Reading in aid of the funds of this noble movement. Should you concur in the desire to honour the bard of all time, and are disposed to give your co-operation, I beg you will kindly name an evening in September or October that will be suit able for your institution and locality. The selection will be made from the programme approved by their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and performed with great eclat under their august patronage at Drury lane Theatre, June 30.—Waiting your early reply, I am yours faithfully, ADOLPHUS FRANCIS, Hon. Secretary. As the same sort of question has been asked from other quarters besides Dover, I beg of your ciurtesy to reply publicly, and once for all. The National Shakespeare Committee, of which the Archbishop of York, the Duke of Manchester, the Earls of Carlisle and Stanhope, Mr. Charles Dickens, and Mr. Tennyson are vice-presidents, have no knowledge whatever of Mr. Adolphus Francis' Entertainment. Mr. Francis is not one of their secretaries, nor has he any authority whatever to act in their name.--Your obedient servant, W. HEPWORTH DIXON, SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION. It is proposed that the three hundredth birthday of Shakespeare shall be commemorated under the highest sanction, with the aid of all classes of the poet's countrymen and admirers, on the 23d of April, 1864, by laying the first stone of a monument in a conspicuous part of London. In order to effect this commemoration in a manner which shall be in some degree worthy of Shakespeare and of the country, a committee of noblemen and gentlemen have charged themselves with the duty of inviting the patronage of her Majesty, the presidency of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the co-operation of corporate bodies, special committees, and eminent men of all ranks and professions. Patron-- President—. Vice-Presidents—The LoriArchbishp of York; the Duke of Manchester: the Earl of Carlisle, K.G.; the Ear Stanhope ; Charles Dickens, Esq. ;Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet Laureate. General Secretaries—W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq., F.S.A J. O. Halllwell, Esq., F,R.B, Colonial Secretaries—Sir Richard Graves Macdonnel Dramatic Secretaries—J. Linnaeus Banks, Esq. Treasurers—Sir Richard I Tite, Esq., M.P.; F. W. Co, Bankers —Messrs. Coutts Henry Johnson, Esq Charles Kean, Esq, F.S.A. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., M,P Charles Kent, Esq. Sir Richard C. Kirby, C.B. Charles Knight, Esq. J. Knight, Esq. William Leaf, Esq. Mark Lemon, Esq. Edward Levy ; Esq. Jonas Levy, Esq. Lord Lindsay Lord Londesborough The Rt. Hon. Lard Bishop of London The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London George Lovell, Esq. Samuel Lucas, Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart., M P. P. MacDowell, Esq., R.A Chas. Mackay, Esq., L.L.D George Maclean, Esq. G. A. Macfarren, Esq. Sir R, G. Macdonnell, C.B D. Maclise, Esq , W. C. Macready, Esq. The Duke of Manchester The Rt. Hon. Lord J. Man. ners, M.P. W. C. Marshall, Esq., R.A Henry Marston, Esq. Westland Marston, Esq. LL,D. C. P. Matthews, Esq. Herman Merivale, Esq.,C.B, E. G. Monk, D.M., Oxon. Henry Morley, Esq. Lora Neaves rhe:Dukeot Newcastle, K.G. C. Newdegate, Esq , M.P. Sir C. Nicholson, Bart. B. Oliviera, Esq F.R.S., F.S.A Henry Ottley, Esq. John Oxenford, Esq. F. Ouvry, E sq., Treas. F. S.A . Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. Samuel Phelps, Esq. J R. Planche, Esq., F.S.A. Lord Chief Baron Pollock Sir James Prior, R.N. Thomas Purnell, Esq. The Very Rev. Dean Ramsay The Right Hon. Viscount Raynham, M.P. W. W. Reade, Esq. Henry Reeve, Esq., F.S.A. Sims Reeves, Esq. B. W. Richard son,Esq.,M.D, John Richards-,n, E,q. Dr. E F. Rimbault, F.S.A. David Roberts, Esq., R.A. J. Forbes Robertson, Esq. George Rose, E,q. ' The Earl Russell, K.G. Wm. Howard Russell, LL.D, Msjr-Gen. Sabine,Pres. R. S. Lord Bishop of St. David's G. Augusta Sala, Esq. Alderman Salomons, M.P. The Earl of Sandwich Wiliam Sawyer, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq , M.P. M. R. Sharp, Esq. H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P. The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot The Mayor of Shrewsbury Earl Stanhope, Pres. 6.A. The Mayor of Stratford-on- Avon J. Palgrave Simpson, Esq. U. Stanfield, Esq., R A. The Rev. Canon Stanley D.D. W. J. Stewart, Esq. Charles Swain, Esq. J. A. Symington, Esq. Lord Talbot; de Malanide Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet Lau, eats W. J. Thorns, Esq., F.S.A F. Guest Tomlins, Esq. J. L. Toole, Esq. W. S. W. Vaux, Esq. Lord Vernon Henry Vizetelly, Esq. Thomas Walker, Esq. W. Vincent Wallace, Esq. J. F. Waller, Esq., LL.D. Robert Walters, Esq. E. M. Ward, E.g., RA. Benjamin Webster, Esq, Prof. R. Westmacott, Esq. Alfred Wigan, Esq. J. Wilkinson, Esq., F.S.A. J. Crawford Wilson, Esq. The Lord Bishop of Wor cester Thomas Wright, Esq., 11.1 . A. I W.4d.f81- in Wynne, Esq., M.P. The Lord Archbishop of York The Right Hon. S. H. Wal pole, M.P. Wm. Tite, Esq., M.P. GLORIFICATION OF SUCCESS !—A Saturday Re viewer actually remarks as follows :—" It is pro bably hardly possible for a Roman Catholic to understand how deeply rooted in all Protestant countries is the notion that to succeed in life is a kind of religious duty, that the divine commands apply at least as much to the present life as to any other, and that temporal prosperity is thus not only the natural consequence of obedience to them, but the best evidence of it " So that, according to the Satut day Review's notion of things, if you ever see a man who has failed, or is in adversity, the natural inference is, you may no sure he is a scoundrel I THE SOLAR PARALLAX.—Mr. Russell Hind thu , enumerates a few of the numerical changes which will follow up on th e su b stitution of M. Le Verr i er ' s so l ar parallax (B w i n . 95 sec.) for that of Professor Encke, on which reli ance h as so long been placed. The eart h' s mean distance from the sun becomes 91,328,600 miles;leing a reduction of 4,036,000. The circumference of her orbit, 5 99,194,000 miles, being a diminu'ion of 25,360,000, Her mean hourly velocity 65,460 miles. The diameter of the sun 850,100 miles, whim is smaller by nearly 38,000. The distances, velocities, and dimensions of all the members of the planetary system of course require similar cor rect i ons if we wi s h t o express t h em i n m il es ; in the case of Nep tune, the mean distance is diminished by 30 times th e amount of correction to that of the earth, or about 122 millions of miles. The velocity of light is decreased by 8,000 miles per second, and becomes 183,470 if based upon astronomic,' data alone. These numbers will ill us t rate t h, great importance that attaches to a precis© knowl e d ge of the sun's parallax, in our appreciation of the various dis tances and dimensions in the solar system, Charles Nicholson, Bart,; Sir I, C.B. Stirling Coyne, Esq.; G, Charles Kirby, C. 13.; William sens, Rsq: md Co., Strand, London. COMM HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 15. At about ten minutes to 12 o'clock the carriages returned, and this time, to the astonishment of the crowd, bis Grace the Duke of Athole himself ap peared, along with the duchess, accompanying her Majesty. He was closely wrapped up, and looked alarming ill. In the boat-carriage were the Princess Helena, the Hon. General Grey, the Lady Augusta Bruce, the Marquis of Tullibardine, Mrs. Drummond of Megginch, and Miss Evans. On entering the station, her Majesty recognised and spoke to Mrs. Drummond and to the Hon. T. C. Bruce, chairman of the Perth and Inverness Railway Company. She expressed to Mr. Bruce her entire satisfaction with the arrangements on the new line, and the pleasure she had felt at passing through such magnificent scenery ; and then took leave of the Duke and Duchess of Athole. She first took leave of her grace by kissing her on the cheek and extending her hand to her, which the duchess respectfully kissed, curt seying as she did so. Her Majesty then turned to the duke, and extended her hand to him, which, with a deep reverence, he also kissed. Her Majesty then gave them a parting bow, and was assisted into the Royal saloon, in front of which the Duke and Duchess of Athole stood for a minute or two till the train was in motion. Still no cheer was raised by the crowd, and, in obedience to her Majesty's wishes, none would have been raised, but the noble duke, removing his hat, called for a hurrah for the Queen. Three very cordial cheers were then given, in the midst of which the Royal train moved slowly away.—Dun dee Advertiser. Arrangements have been made at Balmoral for 'her Majesty to stay there a month; but doubtless the length of the sojourn in the North will entirely depend upon the continuance of fine weather.----Court Journal. Count Bernstoff, the Prussian Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, has arrived at Berlin from Carlsbad, and may be expected to return to London within a few days. The Bavarian Minister and Baroness de C e tto have arrived at Brighton. Count Nesselrode has left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to Mr. Francis Charles Hastings Russell, M.P., at Endsleigh, Tavistock ; and to the Marquis of Bath, at Longleate, "Wilts. Count Renard has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Berlin. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbory and. the Countess Henrietta Danneskiold Samson are expected shortly to leave Jerveaux Abbey, Yorkshire, for Tottenham Park, Wilts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will entertain a succession of visitors next month at Hatfield House, Herts, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will enter tain a select party next week at Broadlands, Hants. Viscount Ingestre, M.P., and Viscountess Ingestro have left Brighton for Ingestre Hall, Stafford. Lord Brougham is staying a t Brougham Hall, but leaves there the week after next for Edinburgh. The noble and learned lord, who is in eicellent health, will com plete his 85th year to-morrow. Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., has arrived in town: from a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Londes borough have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Fulcham, Gleniela, his lord shiL'osrsdhoaonti:gLqiudayrteLrysnidnhPuerrstht sihnitreei; f the ensuing l i d n Y shea e d a f il3 o3 dto prolong their res idence in Tunbridge Wells until the close o mo nth, or the first week in N ovem b er. e s ne a a n rr d o w t , h t e he Hon. seat 0 f A L l a i d s y s sto L no o r rd haN a e n l d eft L ia Moleeworth. The Right Hon. Sir Hamilton Seymour, the Hon. Lady Seymour, and the Misses Seymour, have left Port Elliott for Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. Major• General W. F. Forster, military secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, resumed his duties at the Horse Guards on 'Wednesday last, atter a tew weeks' leave of absence. L'RINCE ALFRED and one of the Danish Princes It is expected will be present at one of the concluding meet ings of the Social Science Association, which is to assemble in Edinburgh on the 7th of October. TUE NATIONAL SEAKSP ERE FUND.—Ou Monday evening, with a view of adding to the funds of the, National Shakspere Memorial Committee, Miss Edith. Heraud and Herr Kruger commence a series of Shakspe ian entertainmen►s, of the most attractive description, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Strand. The programme issued is of the most attractive character, but when the intrinsic merit of the Shaksperian cause is added to it, it is to be hoped that the success is merits will ensure a brilliant success. A MULREADY EXHIBITION IN 1861.—1 t is pro posed to ho]d, in the spring of next year, at the South Ken ugton Museum, as complete a collection of ail works of renlready as it is possible to get together. (6214 41'1' 19iDiFP • Tar The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prin cess Beatrice, and attended by Lady Churchill, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut.-Gen. Hon. Charles Grey, Major General Seymour, klajor Cowell, Mr. Buff, and Dr. Senner, arrived at Balmoral at 20 minutes past 6 p.m. Her Majesty was received at the Castle by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. After remaining some time at Perth for break fast, the Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lieut.-Gea. Hon. C. Grey, proceeded to Blair Castle, and honoured the Duke and Duchess of Athole with a short visit. Her Majesty incurred this additional fatigue purposely to see the Duke, whose precari ous state of health precluded his coming to meet the Queen at Perth, as he had wished. His Grace, however, accompanied her Majesty with the Duchess to the station at Blair. The last time her Majesty was at Blair was ia October, 1861, in company with the Prince Cory sort. The Queen returned to Stanley junction at 12.4 5 p.m., where the rest of the Royal family joined her Majesty. The Queen's Visit to the Duke of Athole. On Monday night a telegram was received Blair-Athole to the effect that on the following morning her Majesty intended to pay a visit to his grace the Duke of Athole at Blair Castle , where that nobleman is at present suffering under a severe affliction. On Tuesday morning the tidings of the intended Royal visit oozed out in Blair' Athole, and by half-past ten o'clock—the hour at which the Royal train was expected to arrive--a crowd of about 200 people had assembled outside the railway station. At ten o'clock about a score of the duke's ghillies, in Highland costume, were marched to the station, at the entracte to which they were arranged as a guard of honour ; and, within a few minutes of the advertised time for the arrival of the train, a couple of carriages and pairs arrived from Blair Castle, the first being a boat carriage for her Majesty's suite, and the second an open carriage, containing her Grace the Duchess of Athole, and her son, the Marquis of Tullibardine. Panctual to the moment the Royal train arrived. The Queen was received by the Duchess of Athole (whom she saluted with a kiss), the Marquis of Tullibardine, Mr. Drummond, of Megginch, and Mr. W. Evans, of Eton—the latter two gentlemen being at present on a visit at Blair Castle. As the Queen kissed the duchess, and graciously extended her hand to her, the latter was deeply affected, and , unable to control her emotions, burst into tears. A length of cloth of the Athole tartan pattern had been laid across the platform from the Royal saloon to the steps of the carriage in waiting, on which her Majesty stepped. She was only accompanied by General the Hon. Charles Grey, the Princess Helena, and the Lady Augusta Bruce —Prince Alfred and the Princess Louisa having remained in Perth. Her Majesty was then handed into the barouche by General Grey, and motioned the Duchess of Athole to be seated beside her on the right. The word had been previously given from the station that all should be as quiet as possible, but as the carriage drove off every head was un covered, and her Majesty acknowledged the silent wave of salutation on each side by one or two Bowe• In the following carriage were the Princess Helene? the Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Charles Grey and the Marquis of Tullibardine. Both carriage drove eastward to the principal entrance to th Castle, and remained absent about an hour. 84 c o , /,d Atm Nei D .cer t , '"Pa 121 ,1:i v et Be 4 Duti Fret Itali 04 80 Ditti ^I uni 1 ) .5' T hi p(