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IFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the reeenit • _IA heavy gales some of the boats of th diffe e rent Nationa lwrecks. LifeboT tit at Institution sa ved 67 person s from Committee of the Institution earnestly Al' PEAL to tin e public for ASSIST ANuE to enable them to meet the coo - tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 121 lif eb , at estat - lishments. Contributions are received by all the Londo and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lew!: s, at the Institution, 1-1., J ohn-street, Adelphi, IV.C. _ ROYAL ENGLISH OPER.L, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the ManatTement W. Harrison of 3nson .83 Louisa Pyne and Mr. TILTS EVENING, Wallace's Romantic Opera, THF; DESERT FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne Messrs. IV. H. Weiss, H. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison_ To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE., Miss Thirlwall and Mr• H. Corri. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Thmmence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.— Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. 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This daylat Two o'clock 52 Barometer-30.19. Wind—South ; moderate, and fine. • - - -1; A tij i t* elle`Nk_Nwcz,A lll. 4 44,44 e, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 1863. According to the advices now brought to us from the American seat of war, almost simultaneously, by !Etna and the Damascus, events, there, at the central point of all, really do appear for once to be very imminent, The last date brings the tidings from New York down to the 9th of November. According to which latest intelligence, the Federals under General MEADE had at length advanced in earnest against the Confederates under General LEE. The latter having had his forces previously diminished by 30,000 men, and being consequently enormously outnumbered, the telegram says " overwhelmingly outnumbered," had been compelled there and then to hurry back across the Rappahannock, before the general ad vance of the main army of the North, leaving, as ho did so, several cannon, and as many, it is said, as nearly two thousand prisoners in the hands of the Federals. This occurred, it should be borne in mind, on the Saturday. Upon the following day, the Sunday that is, the Federals in their turn also crossed over the Rappahannock, the Confederates falling back before them towards Culpepper. While these movements were being made respectively by the two opposing Com manders-in-Chief—with regard to General BURN SIDE circumstances were falling out, as it happened, quite differently. T wo o f hi s a d vance d pos i t i ons Lad fallen into the possession of the Confederates, and, _with those two positi ons , th e h a lf o f t wo regi me there stationed. President DAVIs was re ported to have just then visited Charleston, and to havewasknaccordi ng pro nouncedit impregnable. Fort S um t er have ea o cc w u n mbed cordln g to the last a c c oun t s , no t t o TuomA , had been erroneo us ly i n ti ma t e d General known t o b e Stills _force s were no l ess certa i n l y a ve r y p er il ous s i tuat i on at Chattanooga, th e co ; ederate s h ar d b y st ill stea dil y holding their pasitiott :t Lookout Mountain. Such in brief was the general si tuation. In the midst o f which that amazing little Mr. SEWARD, was, to express the thing acour,ta:ll speech through the war truniY pet'delivering a peace speech was assert ing quite confidently, i n this until his conviction that there could be no peat© states o t r Mr. LINCOLN asserting thirs. was President of the whole United States_ more accurately to put it—Re-United SEWARD (wonderful man !) while remarking that he himself anticipated (So lik e l y !) the early submission of the insurgents, " when"—this being the last nasal twang from the Federal Stamp at Washingt on—. " when there would be peace, and the ang e l s in Heaven might tune their harps to the symphony of such a peace !" What was that preposterous ejaculation nightly convulsing the Haymarket audience with laughter during the whole of last season, otherwise during the long triumph of Mr. SOTIIERN as Lord DUNDREARY what was that utterly ridiculous ejaculation marking one of the most telling exits of our American Cousin, as played by Mr. BUCKSTONE ? It is alone appli cable at the tail of this celestial rhodomontade of Mr. SEWARD. That same amazing man (Mr. SEWARD), Mr. BUCKSTONE, could alone cap with anothe r such ejeculation as that of his well-re membered " Je-rusalem !" The news from New Zealand is now looked for with an interest not generally attaching to colonial intelligence. T he war, which seems now to be regarded on both sides as a final struggle between the natives and th e settlers for supremacy, has not advanced much further since the receipt of our last advices, but nearly the whole of the tribes are now involved in the struggle. Wi th the exception of the tribes living north of the Auckland isthmus and a few chiefs among the southern districts, all the population has risen against native English rule. Many of them have entered the lists f rom fear of the Waikatos, who are the ringleader s , s i nce they suppose that if the Waikatos succeed in the strug g l e they would exterminate all who hid refused to join them. The agents of the Maori King are actively engaged in endeavouring to shake the allegiance of those tribes that still remain faithful to our rule, bat as yet unsuccessfully. The confis cation of the lands of the hostile tribes is at present the chief question of the day, and the colonists are almost unanimous in desiring the threatened seizure to be carried into effect. It would certainly be an effectual mode of punishing the rebels, and would give a double security to the colonists by re placing those treacherous neighbours by armed Europeans , well qualified to hold th e ir ground. Excellent and effectual as this mode of dealing with the Maoris might be in some respects, there are unques tionably some difficulties attending it, as it will be au awkward matter to co nfiscate the property of the guilty parties without inflicting some hardships on neutral tribes who have either stood aloof from the contest altogether or ranked themselves on our side. The native tenures of land is unfortunately very intricate, and its possession is a point on which the Maoris are peculiarly susceptible. Still, not withstanding all these drawbacks, there is no ques tion that the confiscation of many of the native lands is an act not only advisable but necessary to the preservation of the colony. It is proposed to form a chain of military settlements throughout the principal native districts, each settlement consisting of 100 men. This dispersion of European forces throughout the country will serve more than any thing else to check the plots and conspiracies of the natives. Any combined hostile movement on their part will be rendered quite impossible by means of these watchposts. When the war is at an end the Occupants of these outposts will be employed in the construction of roads, connecting one settlement With the other, and breaking into the heart of those native wilds, whose intricacies have proved the best protection to the natives. That the Go vernment have pretty well determined upon the measure of confiscation is shown by their promising volunteers grants of land in the Waikato district. The description given of the native position shows clearly the extreme difficulty which there is in dealing with them on their own ground, more especially as, however much inferior to Europeans in open fight, they can offer a desperate and prolonged resistance when safely entrenched. They are at present encamped upon a hill sloping steeply towards a river's bank which only offers one spot for landing, being very much broken. On either side the hill is defended by impenetrable swamps, while the opposite bank is also too swampy for the planting of cannon. In the rear are more swamps, streams, and forests, described as forming a perfect labyrinth, so that it will be admitted that the position has been well selected. Notwithstanding the network of swamp and forest, however, it is considered most probable that General CAMERON will endeavour to take the position from the rear. He is bridging the rivers and making other preparations, with a vieiv to an assault on Meri-Merl, as the locality of the encamp. meat is called. The engagement will be a severe one, as the natives muster in a force, it is said, amounting to near 2,000 men. These are armed with muskets, provided with every description of projectiles, and a striking proof of the ingenuity of the natives, and their readiness of resources, is given by an incident connected with the question of am munition. They were greatly in need of percus sion caps, and altogether at a loss to supply the deficiency. Bat necessity is the mother of invention, and before long a native woman was found endeavouring to purchase a large quantity of brass eyelet holes, such as are used for lacing, with the object, it was discovered, of converting them into percussion caps, by means of a common lucifer thrust firmly into the hole ! It will not do to de spise these antagonists, as though, of course, in• ferior to European soldiers in action, they mint)/ from their quickness, invention, and skill, be classed among the general order of savages. Our British soldiers are too ept to underrate them, as was proved the other day, when a party at work in the woods very imprudently piled their arms up and left them unguarded. As might have been expected, the natives took advantage of this oversight to possess themselves of the guns. Such occurrences, it is to be hoped, will teach our men a very necessary lesson. A bushman would not have left his guns without a watch. To miscalculate your enemy's power of resistance is a very common and a very serious error, and it is one into which British forces, not well versed in the character of the Maoris, are very likely to fall. It is a mistake, too, which may be made by civilians as well as by military men, and those who anticipate that one battle, however sanguinary, will terminate the war will probably be disappointed. The natives will, no doubt, as long as possible, avoid a pitched battle, but will try to maintain a guerilla warfare, harassing the English, and murdering the outlying settlers. It is a grievous hindrance to the otherwise thriving fortunes of the colony, for although the settlers have responded nobly to the appeal of the Government, the call to arms of every male capable of bearing them must press heavily on the resources of a young settlement. The arrival of reinforce ments from India is eagerly looked for, and great expectations are excited by the proposed employ ment of the Sikhs, who are considered peculiarly well fitted to deal with the Maoris. Australia, as we anticipated, has come boldly to the rescue, and the chief object of interest in certain districts is tLe equipmeat and departure of the volunteers for New Zealand. The offer of land in return for military service was an excellent thought, as it not only affords a powerful incentive to the volunteering spirit, but it serves to people the country with those best qualified to protect themselves and the settle ments. A thousand of such men are now, we are told, on their way from Sydney, and many more are needed and may be looked for. The next mail will probably bring us news of the attack on Meri-meri, mud will we hope chronicle a decisive success on the Pact of the bravo and much enduring settlers. co : f ile . a o lf:ir of the Africa has caused considerable ecee r io l tio io many quarters, and been the means of who are cogllmuch diversity of opinion among those conduct the less a fleeted with naval matters. It is harddoubt- Thiel for Placed in so awkward a position— toreputation t o be have hi s an subject of inquiry, and to encounter the adverse opinion of his judges. Yet, _s that the decision of the granting all this, i t e i Z s in vi n h ch care and caution rialted, ber! life is at stake, Court is a correct o ne. property is cannot be adopted in terests at home being m i xed and whets u P inlathes important in terests transactions. Of course there are many captains Who do the same continually, and in most cases escape r any serious consequences ; bat that does not sanction the fact vert of carelessness being inexcu sable, and of ina 4 en ey causing the most serious risks to those committed to the care of the commander of the vessel. The h a b it of proceeding at the ordinary rate of speed without being certain of the distance from the land is a very dangerous practice. It is of no avail for the masters of vessels to quote precedents, for what may be all right at one time is not sure o' being so at another, and no tediousness of examination, and no time spent in detail, should be regarded as unneces sary care or overdue caution. It is the ordinary custom with men in dealing with i,ffa::rs of any moment to select such cases as have proved to be of some serious nature as examples In future prece dent and warning. Of course by this means many notable instances of dereliction of duty are passed over, because they have not produced casualties, and thence detection. Thi s seem i ng anomaly it is v e ry di fficult to avoid, and per h aps i t is idle to expect t h a t it can be done altogether. There is one thing to say, that the more stringent the conduct, and the more severe the penalties of the Court, the greater chance is there that same de terring influence be interposed and some restrain ing power put upon the future arrangements of those captains who are entrusted with so grave a responsibility. Taking all things into consi deration, it must appear that the adjudicators in this case had no other alternative than to inflict a stern sentence. They had to take cognisance of a breach of discipline, and to consider what amount of blame attached itself to one who, vested with authority end charged with responsibility, had in some measure failed in due care, and exhibited a recklessness that cost dear to many, and might have proved fatal to all. Considering the points of the case, then, it appears that no other than an adverse decision could have been come to, and if so the penalty inflicted is not such a severe one as some would make out. It would be a want of respect for the importance of the service, and a condoning of injuries inflicted on the vital interests of the community, if any one acknow ledged act of carelessness was indemnified as a single false step passed over in a slurring or smuggling manner. Baneful as this most untoward event must bo to the friends and well-wishers of Captain STONE, it must be borne in mind by them that those whom they regard as cruel judges are in a very difficult position. It would not do for them to shirk inquiry, or to alter their deci sion, because the character of the individual ar raigned before them was of the highest order, or in consequence of the accused party possessing vast talents and great experience. It is theirs to take cognisance of facts and note actions, and then to de liver a fair and impartial judgment. The conduct of officers, the due attention to the regulations of the service, the safety of thousands, the welfare of pri vate interests, the claims of mercantile property, all call for, and claim some sure and steadfast promise of inflexibility and decision, It seems, therefore, very uncalled for that so much opposition a should have arisen in consequence of the decision in the case of Captain STONE. Neither of the two attempts made to reverse the finding or the Court and to reinstate the accused in his former position without any delay, can certify that he is innocent of the accusations that have been brought against him. Reference to past merit and previous services is not a valid reason, nor does it furnish a sufficient excuse for reversing the decrees of those who have atten tively considered the question, and judged according to the best of their ability. It is begging the ques- tion to declare that a fault must not be visited with I grave consequences, because the offender has previously been expert in his profession and suc cessful in his ventures. Without doubting the , accuracy of the testimony brought forward on be half of Captain STONE, or questioning the correct ness of the flattering opinion pronounced upon his services, it must be stated that the conclusion de duced by the petitioners does not follow from their premises. if he made two hundred voyages with success, and then from want of due care failed in achieving the like happy result on a subsequent occasion, those who suffer by the mischance, and those who sit in judgment on the affair, do not concern themselves with the many but with the one. It has been shown that due precautions were not adopted when circum stances called for them, and that at a perilous part the accused party did not slacken his speed nor " use his lead." Surely, from such well proved statements the Court were right in coming to their conclusion, and it is to be regretted that so much bitterness has been excited, and so mach censure directed against its finding. It was the more incumbent upon the judges of the Court of Inquiry to exercise a strict supervision, because many serious evils have occurred from want of care on the part of captains. In the case of the " Orpheus," which was wrecked on the Manakau Bar when starting on her voyage to England, the fault was with the captain, who had neglected to provide himself with a pilot, which was an indis pensable precaution to have adopted in so dangerous locality ; also in the melancholy affair of the loss of the Anglo Saxon great censure was attributed to the captain, inasmuch as he did not slacken his speed nor adopt due precautions. It is, therefore, easy to understand, and not difficult to explain how and why the finding of the Court in the case of Captain STONE should have been what it was, but it is not always possible to convince people of the ❑ecessity of strict investigation, and extreme mea sures, when their feelings are concerned and their interests involved. Those who adjudicate are, how ever, to be pitied if, when they do their best, they meet with misrepresentation, and are vilified when they deserve appreciation. The cause of truth, and the claims of society, are best vindicated when those in authority go on steadily and securely, looking neither to the right nor to the left, but persisting in their straight line of inquiry, and acting there upon to the best of their endeavours, and with honest purpose and upright minds. Misrepresen tations always await those thus circumstanced, and their decisions must often cause disappointment, but individual feelings must succumb to general good, and particular ideas cannot be suffered to in terfere with the carrying out of public claims, and the representation of the interests of the com munity. These must reign paramount, or all trials would become a mockery, and justice a byword and a reproach. A LOST HEIR.—A paragraph in an Australian newspaper lately appeared, headed " Wanted, a Baronet," the paragraph being an advertisement for a Mr. Hughes, who by the death of a relative had come into a baronetcy. The lost heir has been found near Ballarat. The Ballarat Star says :—" A gentleman of Cardigan, on read. ing the paragraph, at once remembered where the baronet was located. He proceeded to Bunker's Hill, and there discovered the person so long sought after in a very poor and miserable position. He narrated to him the object of his visit, and showed him the paragraph wherein it was stated that he had become the lucky heir to a baronetcy alai considerable landed property. Sir Frederick was by no means astonished, as he was fully aware that, sooner or later, should he not die before the late holder of the property, he would fall in for it and the title. The change, however, is a welcome one, as it appears that Sir Frederick when plain Mr. Hughes followed the humble avocation of a woodcutter at Bunker's Hill, and while felling a tree one day it toppled over sooner than he expected, and, falling upon him, broke one of his legs. This accident has ren• dered him a cripple for life. While confined to his bed the family fell into very distressed circumstances, and until last week his wife, now Lady Hughes, was in the habit of re ceiving outdoor relief from the Benevolent Asylum. Being a person of superior education she opened a school at Bunker's Hill, and by this means was partly enabled to support the family." THE ALABAMA.—The Hiawatha (Flindt), ar rived at Colombo, Ceylon, on the 2d ult., from Ganjam, re- Ported having met the Confederate steamer Alabama in the Ba y of Bengal, she signalled her, and immediately on re ceiling an answer set sail with all steam on hoisting French colours. ha d f e e , ru days:t OU t a s i g d o e a t hdeuewl took placef batants were a stu dent and a m ilit ary o ffi cer. The weapons were pistols. The first ball fi re d by the officer broke the atlisooTuen corn.ran• student's thigh b one. Re now lies in a dangerous state, Ber l i i n n t.h e J h f and indeed is not expected to recover. The cause of offence w as that at a the student, ac p cidentlyromenado concert the officer , in passing by knocked his cigar out of his mouth, and, not apologising instantly, was at once challenged by the offended youth, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SPAIN. MADRID, Nov, 14. The Correspondencia of to-day says :—" The re ply given by the Spanish Government to the letter addressed by the Emperor Napoleon to the Queen of Spain upon the necessity for assembling an European Congress, confines itself to manifesting the same earnest desire as the chief of the French Government to clearly define rights, and make all possible efforts to assure the peace of Europe. With this sole and exclusive object, the Spanish Govern ment will not consider it inexpedient to send a re presentative to the Congress projected by the Em peror Napoleon." PORTUGAL. LISBON, Nov. 17. Senhor Antonio Jose de Avila has been appointed the delegate to be present on the part of the King of Portugal at the Paris Congress. A friendly compromise between the Government and Mr. Lindsay is reported, FRANCE AND RUSSIA. PARIS, Nov. 18. The statement published by a London paper that Baron de Budberg had stated to M. Drouyn de Lhnys, as Prince Gortsahakoff's reply, that Russia would participate in the Congress, but not until after the pacification of Poland, is entirely un founded. .--- FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 17.—The market has been in the most complete state of stagnation, and prices can scarcely be considered anything more than nominal. Threes, for the Account, opened at 67120 c, receded to 671 15c, and are now again at 671 20c. 1110- bilier have_ slightly rcc2ded, being now quoted at I,oBlf 25c, Railway shares are equally inanimate. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 95 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month C7 1 0 Credit Alobilier 1075 Do. end month 1077 50 Bank Shares 33.50 Credit F oncier 1275 Roman I Italian Loan 72 Do. end month 72 10 New ditto ...... 72 Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes. n n 53 25 Home Debt .. 5l 50 Deferred .... - VATS. RAIL Cash. Account. 9SO .. 978 75 980 .. 980 .. -_ Orleans Northern ..• • New ditto — ..•-• . ... • • Lyons and Mediterranean 953 75 .. 955 ___ New, ditto . 908 75 .. Geneva 5Ol 25 .. Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian .... 400 .. 402 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona LITERATURE, Aytoun's "Lays," Superbly Illustrated, Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and other Poems. By William Edmonstoune Aytoun, D.C.L. With Illustrations, by Joseph Noel Paton, R.S.A. One Vol., pp. 268. Wm. Blackwood and Sons. As a rule, it is only the truest poetry that comes to be thas magnificently illustrated. Occasional exceptions there are to the contrary. But even then, according to the whimsical old saying, those very exceptions to the contrary have actually their advantage, for inasmuch as they serve to " prove the rule," meaning by that, of coarse, to point or emphasise it. An accomplished banker, for example, ,like the late Samuel Rogers, gifted by fortune with wealth, and by nature with refined tastes at once in art and in literature—one of those happy-go lucky Coquetters with the Muse who can jot down their rhythmical fancies, so to speak, upon bank -notes, and have them bound afterwards, if they so please it, in lieu of morocco, in cloth of gold—a man thus gracefully endowed in intellect, and bountifully in means, may, just for once in a way, for the gratification of a personal whim, afford the world the wonder, and him self the luxury, of causing the publication of a very indifferent, comparatively speaking a posi tively insignificant, poem, in one of those sump tuous editions that ought to be reserved solely for the real treasures of poetic literature. Of this violation of the fitness of things, "Rogers's Italy," the resplendently illustrated edition of it, that is, may be regarded as perhaps the most striking ex emplar that could be particularised. " Very pretty poetry, Mr. Pope, but not Homer," was the cynical sneer addressed to the translator of the "Iliad" and the " Odyssey." " Very pretty versification, but not poetry," might certainly have been ad dressed to Mr. Rogers, on the earliest issue of his maundering rhymes about that beautiful land which ought to have been regarded by him as under a kind of literary taboo (at any rate for writers of his calibre), after the wondrous completion of Childe Harold's " Pilgrimage." It was, at the very least, a preposterous misap plication of one art to another, to the extent of an extravagantly disproportioned adornment—the lavishing, npon a literary nonentity like "Rogers's Italy," of those lovely engravings from sketches made by the first artists of the day—one of them J. M. W. Turner, the first artist of any day as a land scape painter—embellishments suitable, by reason of their exceeding beauty, for the decoration alone of one of the world's greatest masterpieces! Very rarely again, a mistaken popularity will lead to a some what similar result, as in the instance of an ele gantly embellished edition published a few years since, of Mr. Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy. Re verting to our first remark, however—as a rule, it is only the truest poetry that wins for itself the glory and honour of these superbly illustrated editions— editions that, coming to a poet in his own life time, must be to him the realisation of a sort of Euthanasia. Here, in this magnificent edition of Professor Aytoun's "Lays of the Scottish Cava liers," is a precise and veritable case-in-point. For here are, in very deed, the true ingots or doubloons of poetry, rung out with the genuine ring, in these, esounding verses—the mere artistic adornment here "is but the guinea stamp," the noble text of the book itself is "the gold for a' that !" Coming in any shape, or in any size, or under any aspect—how the true poetry, like the true gold, is ever sure of its welcome among the children of men, the whole world knows. "Professor Aytoun's Lays of the Scottish Cavalers" were thus welcomed years ago, when published for the first time, at un• certain intervals in the pages of Blackwood's Maga zine. Eventually, when the series had been brought to a close in Maga, they were collected together and reissued from the press, in that collective form, as a separate publication. Since,then, in various shapes and sizes, they have passed through several large editions, and have all the while widened and widened in their popularity. Finally, as if to crown the long-recognised fact of their success, as if to give at last some fitting honour to the great Scotch ballad-writer's reputation, they ap pear, so to speak, in this magnificent apparel, the poet's singing robe receiving at length, as it were, the significant symbol of the purple hem. Here, at any rate, the adornments and decorations are not misplaced. " The Execution of Montrose," as sung by Professor Aytoun, has long since assumed its place among the national poems of Scotland. "The Heart of the Bruce," as chaunted by Aytoun, is one of the cherished gems of Scottish Literature. " Edinburgh after Flodden," as recounted by him, is hardly to be thought of, is certainly not to be read aloud, by any patriot Scot, without tears, those tears-of-sound at least called so exquisitely, les larmes dans la voix. In how many of the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" may we not recognise readily enough, upon casually turning over these same thickly-gilten leaves, richly bound, exquisitely printed, and still more exquisitely embellished— line after line, each of which has already grown into household words, by reason of a general appre ciation of their intrinsic worth, those "jewels five words long," as the Poet-Laureate has quaintly but beautifully called them, " that on the stretched fore-finger of all Time sparkle for ever !" Familiar vei sea for example, in these noble Lays, such, let us say, as— " They knew so sad a messenger, Some ghastly news must bring, And all of them were fathers, And their sons were with the King !" [nstances, however, these, which it were idle here to multiply. Hardly a page bet yields them, some times even abundantly. It was a happy selection, therefore, the one here made by the eminent pub lishing firm to whose enterprise modern literature s under so many obligations —th e distinguished house to which we are indebted for the great monthly magazine, Maga, as it is called par excel lence, for writers like Wilson, and Pollok, and Ali son, and Moir, for books like " Tom Cringle's Log" and " Ten Thousand a Year "—it was an especially happy choice, we say, that led the Messrs, Black wood to the enterprise which has just now resulted in this singularly beautiful volume. In the mere getting up of the book even, the utmost care has manifestly been taken—the effect of this care being, we should suppose, all that the author himself could well desire. The shattered glaive upon the cover, the royal crown above the thistle, the crossed claymores interwoven with the scroll, bearing upon it the haughty national device, Nemo me impune lacessit—mere external decorations like these evidence the delicate touches of grace which have been applied, even in such minute de tails, to the accessories of the publication. The embellishments scattered through the letterpress, while of variable excellence, are almost all of them worthy of the skilled pencil and imaginative power of the eminent artist, Joseph Noel Paton of the Roy al Scotch Academy, from whom they have, nearly all of them, emanated. Nearly all of them, we say, because some few of the designs are from the hand of Waller Paton. As indicative of the precautions, taken by the publishers with a view to ensure these designs of the Messrs. Paton being engraved upon wood in the highest style of art, it will be as well perhaps to give here the names of at least nine among the engravers to whose cunning implements the ori ginal sketches have been entrusted : to wit—John Thompson, W. J. Linton, W. Thomas, J. W. Whym per, J. Cooper, W. T. Green, J. Adams, E. Evans, and Dalziels Brothers. The merit of the illustrations, as we have said, is variable —as, indeed, among so many, could alone in reason have beer, expected. Several among them, however, are wonderfully fine in their vigour and animation. About the very finest in the book, to our fancy, being the one at page 91, where the Warrior Chief on his black charger fl tshes by at full gallop over the heather, waving his brand, and crying out to his followers, over his right shoulder, as he bids them charge with him into the deadly strife of Killie crankie! A not h er l ove l y p i cture i s prefixed at page 105 to the " Widow of Glencoe." The pre fix, again, at page 85, to " The Burial March of Dundee" is a worthy illustration i t o that moura fu). chaunt of Aytoun. Montrose, n the tumbril or death-cart, on his way to e xecution, at p. 34, haunts en after the molt = the memory, as we read on , even after we cannot casual glance at it. One logo lh SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1863. GREECE. A letter from Athens, dated the 6th November, says:— "The festivities of the reception of the King have lasted for three days without the slightest disturb ance of public order; no guns were fired off in the interior of the city. In a moral point of view this is certainly a great victory which the people have achieved over themselves, and upon which they must be congratulated. On the evening before and on the evening after the festivities his INlajesty visited various parts or the town in an open car raige and on foot, accompanied only by his two officers in attendance, and was loudly cheered wherever he appeared. " The ceremony of taking the Royal oath took place within 24 hours after the Sovereign's arrival. On Saturday, precisely at noon, a salvo of 21 guns announced the arrival of the King at the National Assembly. The President of that Assembly, at the head of a deputation of 20 representatives, received his Majesty at the great gate outside the enclosure, and conducted him into the Hall of Assembly, " Having taken his place on the estrade of the President, made use of for the occasion, and having on his left the President Moraitinis, the King bowed to the representatives and requested them to be seated, he himself remaining standing and un covered, a position which he maintained throughout the whole sitting. After short allocutions from the Metropolitan Bishop and from the President of the Assembly, one of the secretaries of the bureau handed the text of the oath to his Majesty, who advanced to the table in front of him, placed his right hand upon the Gospel, and in a sonorous voice took the oath in Greek as follows : " In the name of the consubstantial and indi visible Trinity I swear to protect the dominant reli gion of the Greeks, to maintain and to defend the independence, the autonomy, and the integrity of the Greek State, and to observe its laws.' "A salvo of 101 guns announced to the people that the solemn engagement had been contracted by the King of the Hellenes, and was the signal for a regular outburst of enthusiasm, in the midst of which the King returned to his Palace. Oa this occasion, as when he landed, the King wore the uniform of a Greek Admiral and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Saviour, " On the Monday following the King, in the uni form of a General of Infantry, accompanied by the Minister of IVar, Major-General Hahn, and a supe rior officer from each branch of the service, proceeded to the Polygon, where he passed i❑ review the University phalanx, the National Guard and garri son of Athens. The immense affluence of spectators and the total absence of all police ,or gendar merie to keep order naturally spoilt the ensemble of the spectacle in some degree, causing some con fusion and impeding the manoeuvring of the troops. " In an order of the day the King has expressed his satisfactio❑ to the different troops, the follow ing passage in which has give❑ great satisfaction— " The King wishes to inform all superior and subaltern officers that it is his firm resolution to maintain order and discipline in all the corps, and that he counts upon the sincere, constant, and en lightened support of the officers to attain that end.' " Various measures already indicate the mo desty of character and simplicity of habits of King George I. Thus he has ordered the sump tuous dais which had been erected for him in the Cathedral t o b e remove d, saying to the Minister of Public Wor s hip th a t ' In the temple of the Lord all men were equal, and a simple stall would suffice for Lim in future.' " His Majesty has not brought a private chap lain with him. On Sunday he proceeded to church on foot, and listened to Divine Service in deep de votion. His Maje,,ty makes numerous excursions on foot and horseback,sometimes in a small phaeton, which he drives himself generally, only accom panied by two officers on duty." " LORD DUNDREARY" AND THE BARBER'S BOY. —The Bath Chronicle tells a curious story. Mr. Sothern (Lord Dundreary) went to the shop of a fashion able hairdresser, where he was attended to by an assistant, who opened a lively conversation on the merits of the great actor who was announced to appear that evening, The assistant, of course, was not aware that he was dressing the head of Lord Dandreary himself. Ho told the astonished actor that Sothern was an amazingly clever fellow—inimi able, in point of tact ; " but, sir, he is a great scamp—a great scamp, sir. He ran away from home, ruined his parents by his extravagance, turned his family out of doors, and brought his father's grey hairs with sot row to the grave," Mr. Sothern's son, an intelligent youth of nine or ten, listened with considerable astonishment to the assistant's garrulous scandal, and smiling asked his father whether he had ever seen this naughty actor. Mr, Sothern replied that he certainly had seen him in America, but had never heard so extraordinary a story about him before. GENERAL LEWCHINE is 1130 first modiste general we have read of who issues books of fashions. The order of the day for the Polish ladies runs thus—" The bonnet must be worn of mixed colours, or, if black, must be set off with flowers and ribbons, but not white ribbons. White or black feathers in black hats are forbidden, Black cloaks may be worn if lined with any colour but black or white. Black gloves, veils black or black and white, Um brellas, shawls, handkerchiefs, or burnous, are strictly pro hibited.—By order, Lewchine." He might as well have added the costume of the hangman and gaoler, and told ue how long blood-red dye will be the mode iu Poland. but regret in regard to this superb gift-book— the omission of yet one other embellishment as a frontispiece. As a frontispiece to the work, it should be said, indeed, there is no illustration whatever—in itself, as it appears to us, a curious oversight. But what more appropriate illustration as a frontispiece could possibly have been supplied to the edition, by way of completing it, than a likeness' of the true-hearted poet, the Author of these " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers." That, especially, we regard as an oversight—as the one oversight in this highly elaborated publication. Otherwise, as an illustrated edition of the Llys and of the minor Poems, the book, as a gift-book, is just "one entire and perfect chrysolite." Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. Orders have been received by the authorities at Sheerness dockyard that the Amphion, 35, .: , crew steam frigate, re cently purchased by Messrs. Williams and Co., is to be given up to that firm, with her machinery and boilers. All rigging and stores are to be returned to the dockyard. The Caledonia, 35, screw iron-cased ship, 4,125 tons, 1,900 horse power, has been removed from her moorings into the large basin of Sheerness dockyard, where a num ber of workmen have been placed upon her. She will be brought forward with all despatch for the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve. A considerable portion of the granite sides at the entrance to No. 2 dock at Chatham has been cut away in order to allow of the Achilles being floated out without hanging at the sides. The remainder of the dock entrance will be cut away on the removal of the caisson, which will be taken from its present position about a fortnight before the time fixed for undocking the iron frigate. This arrangement will entail considerable labour on the dockyard officials, who, together with a staff of workmen, will be required to attend at the dockyard both day and night, as the Achilles will float on the rise of each tide, and will afterwards re quire shoring up every time she is lifted. The iron ram Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, got up steam yesterday morning in Hamosza and proceeded into Plymouth Sound, where she saluted the flag of Port Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle. The iron ship Black Prince, Capt. James F. B. \Vain wright, was removed yesterday from the Prince's Dock, in Devonport dockyard, and placed in the stream in Hamoaze. By the promotion of Capt. Charles Henry Mason Buckle, C. 8., to flag rank, by the demise of Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair, a captain's good service pension is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., Vice. President of the Council of Military Education, resumed his duties on Monday last, after a short leave of absence. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander C. T. Curme Co the Adventure, vice Lethbridge, promoted ; Staff Commander John Stok . es to the Hydra; Lieut, Archibald L. Douglas to the Aurora; D. H. Wilder, master, to the Aurora; the Rev. J. J. Harrison, chaplain and naval instructor, to the War rior, vice Jackson, superseded at his own request; James N. Dick, surgeon, to the Hydra; John Millard, second master, to the Hydra; John J, Hayward, paymaster, to the Hydra ; Harry J. Miller, master's assistant, to the Wasp; Henry W. Andrews, assist.-paymaymaster, to the Hydra; John Weis, engineer, to the Wasp; George Boyd and James Murray, assist.-engineers, to the Wasp. The above appointments to the Hydra were made at Malta on the 10th inst. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. SOUTH-EASTERN. The usual notices of intended application to Parliament have been given by this company for power to extend the Mid-Kent Rallway to Addiscombe-road, Croydon, and from thence to the Caterham Railway. To make a branch from the Tunbridge wells direct line at Otford to Westerhani. They also propose to make a branch from the Tunbridge wells and Hastings Railway at Battle to Eastbourne. To make extensions to Cranbrook, renterden, Appledore, Hythe, and Sandgate. To raise additional capital for those purposes, and for the purchase of the Mid-Kent Railway. Power to make working agreements with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and to dissolve the Mid-Kent Railway Company. METROPOLITAN. This company has given notices of application to Parlia ment for power to extend the railway from Paddington to Notting-hill, Kensington, and Brompton, and to raise addi tional capital. Also for power to extend the railway from Finsbury to Trinity-square, Tower to raise additional capital for the purpose, and to make arrangements with the Metropolitan Board of Works, the Commissioners of Sewers, and any vestry or district Board. They also propose to ap ply for power to extend the time for the purchase of lands and completion of works on the authorised lines. To make a now railway from the main line near the King's-cross station to the Midland Extension at er near Skinner's-place, Euston .road. To alter and divert a portion of the existing railway from the Metropolitan Railway at King's•cross to the down line of the Great Northern near the Great Northern Hotel. To widen and improve the line near Freed street; to raise additional capital, and to make arrangements with the Midland Railway Company. Also to apply for power to withdraw the money deposited with the Court of Chancery in respect of the Finsbury Extension Railway. TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION. Notice of application to Parliament has been given for making a railway from the above authorised line in the Holloway-road to Euston-road and the east end of Villiers street, Strand. A branch to the Middle Wharf, Adelphi, terminating by a junction with the Charing •cross Railway near the north end of the bridge. Also branches to the Mid land Extension line and to the Euston-road. A branch to the London and North-Western near the Hampstead-road, power to raise further capital, and to enable the Midland, the Great Northern, the Great Eastern, the London and North-Western,and the South-Eastern Railway Companies to subscribe towards and hold shares in the undertaking. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways, including rents, tolls duty, &c., from July 1 to November 8, 1863, amounted to £115,331, as against £113,350 for the corre sponding period of 1862. The proportion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from July 1 to November 8, amounted to £12,783, as against £11,816 for the corresponding period of 1862, and the expenses to £6,011, as against £5,136. LONDON DOCK. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Manning in the chair. The Secretary read the heads of an agreement with the St. Katharine Dock Company, which stated that the two companies were to be amalgamated under the name of the London and St. Katharine Dock Company. Application was to be made to Parliament for the requisite powers. An agree ment had been entered into provisionally with the lessees of the Victoria Dock for the purchase of the dock surplus lands and other property. They proposed to ask for power to raise £1,062,000 to cover the cost of the Victoria Dock, and also to regulate the old debenture debt. The CHAIRMAN stated that the London Dock consisted of an estate of 100 acres, of which 40 were water; and the Victoria Dock consisted of an estate of 600 acres, of which 200 acres were water. A formal resolution approving the agreement and authorising the directors to apply to Parliament for the requisite powers to carry out the arrange ment entered into with the other companies, was unani mously adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman con eluded the proceedings. MARKETS —This Days MARK-LANE. The arrivals of home grown wheat fresh up to our market this morning were very moderate. Selected parcels changed hands steadily, at fully Monday's currencies. Inferior pro duce was in slow request, yet previous quotations were supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was tolerably large. The trade generally was firm, at fully pre vious currencies. Fine American spring wheat was rather dearer. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, at full quotations. Good and fine malting barley moved off steadily, at ex treme rates. Other kinds of barley were in slow request, at previous quotations. The malt trade was tolerably firm. In prices no material change took place. The supply of oats was moderato. Most descriptions were in fair average request, and the value of fine corn had an upward tendency. Beans moved off steadily, at full prices. Peas ruled steady, on former terms. American flour was in steady request, and fine brands commanded the extreme rates of Monday. Town and country made floor was firm in price. Tu o j a s i Malt. WEEK. Flout. vv e L it s t i a v r e L: I.:conch.-- 950 2,470 I 1780 1 0 l 610 t 1 00 _ Irish — 3,330 660 sks Foreign...— l,lOO 2,410 brls. WIIITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the de mand ruler inactive, at the annexed rates : Beef, from 2s ed to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal ' 3s 6d to 48 4 d; and p ork, 3s 4 d to 4 s 4 d per 81 b8 by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade for all kinds of hops, yet no material change has taken place in prices, compared with our previous report. MESSRS, LONGMAN.B GRAND EDITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, with designs from the old masters, may be shortly expected, _ onrt - axmc_ TIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 17. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince o Prussia, attended by Captain Von Schweinitz, arrived at Windsor Castle last night at a little after eight o'clock. The Crown Princess accompanied the Princo from London. Colonel H. Ponsonby attended his lioyal High ness from Dover. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, drove in the grounds this morning• Her Majesty held a Council this afternoon, which was attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. W. Gladstone• At the council Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday, the Ist December. Mr. Helps, the clerk of the council, attended. Earl Granville and Lord Palmerston had audiences of the Queen. Lord Cremorne has succeeded Lord de Tabley as Lord in Waiting. THE AUSTRIAN EMBASSY.—His Excellency th e Austrian Ambfu Bader and the Countess Apponyi hairs re' turned to Chandos-house from Austria, where they ha te been staying for the last three months. LORD AND LADY HERRIES and Hon. Mis fies Maxwell are on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Gerard at their seat, Garswood-park. Anecdote of the French Elections. A letter from Paris says—Tue brother of a hig h functionary in Paris was started for one o f the northern districts at the last general election, whic h began on Sunday, May 31. It is superfluous t ° observe that a person with his nearest relative in s ° exalted a station was not an Opposition candidate. Being powerfully seconded in his canvass by all t he , officials, he was ret u rned by 29,067 vo t e s. One 01 the most active of his agents happened to be in t he principal town of the district at the moment the peasants had just left the church after hearing Oi se ' About one hundred of them were standing is groups near the spot where the polling was going on. They were simple-looking, fair - complexione d and round-faced--the very men on whom the el °- queues of a bustling and devoted partisan would b° likely to tell. He accosted them, inquired aft er their health and that of their mothers and sisters, wives and children,in the most affectionate mann er, and ended by asking them whether they would ta pe a little refreshment after their walk on a warm d° l ' They smiled consent, and accepted the invitation with many thanks. Adjourning to a publichonee close by, the hospitable stranger ordered the pu bli• can to regale them plentifully with bread, chees e ' sausages, and wine. The order was complied wi th ; and they ate and drank their fill am id p ro f u sione ° thanks. " It is not to me you owe thanks," said their generous entertainer ; "it is to M. X---, v 3°so affection for honest men like you is known to all the country round, and who never think of you With out tears in his eyes." " M. X-- is very good to think of us, and 7 13 should be delighted to thank him in person for g' s : ing us such a good breakfast, only we don't Ittl e " where to find him." " My good friends, there is no occasion to gi" yourselves any trouble. Mr. X-, w ho is the wealthiest man living, is the Government candidate for the district ; and if you really wish to show Yo ur gratitude, you have only to step over the way and drop your tickets in the ballot-box." The peasants looked at each other with a very puzzled air. "We would, sir, do that, or anythOg else, to please so hospitable a gentleman ; but, we are sorry to say, we cannot vote." " Cannot vote! How is that ? What do you mean ? You haven't lost your civic rights, I hope ? You look much too honest to have ever incurred such a misfortune." "We are honest men, Sir, and we have never done anything against the law; but the truth of the matter is, we cannot vote because we are not French' men ; we are Belgians." " Belgians ! And you have eaten whole Ail°lne tres of my sausages, and drunk an entire cask of wine, and all for nothing ! You are a pack of --- R d What he said was not heard, for he ran off aln d the laughter of the bystanders, vexed and asha l l: and swearing, like Maitre Corbeau, " o'o l ' tie " prendrait plus." The Belgians returned to their._ homes with high notions of French hospitality', but since that day the impulsive agent cannot bear the sight of a Belgian. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE• PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17. The steamship Indiana, last from the Ca p e °f Good Hope on the 9th of October, passed up C han. nel off here to-day. She brings 53 passengers, Cape mails, and a carg ° consisting of tea, cotton, linseed, hides, Her news from the Cape is 89 days later than th at brought by the Saxon, the mail steamer' arrived. Considerable feeling was still being ellaibited in the Western Provinces against the intended h°ld ing of Parliament, at Graham's Town. A new feature had also arisen in this discussion from a large meeting having been held at Graaf R eine, where it was unanimously resolved to present eu address to the Governor, expressing an opinion that littenbage was better fitted for the seat of Parlia ment than Graham's Town. s t r e T n h g e t hfrwointthietrhediuslttriereitosr wveierew m of us s t e e c r u i r n i g ng al a l t p h e t r if manent removal of the Government from Cape Town to Graham s Town. Some of the Midleoad districts were holding similar views in favour of Uitenhage. The Western Province was taking strenuous exertions to meet this coming struggle' The weather in the colony continued extreme 1 / favourable. The grain crops, vineyards, s'° d orchards were admirably advanced. Some slight damage had been done by hailstorms, yet there h ag every prospect of a harvest unsurpassed in ithil n " dance for several years. The Governer had refused to mediate between the Gamaras and Hottentots, who were at war in 1/4- marlan d. The railway to Wellington was expected to 1 / 6 3 finished by the end of October. A railway from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage was proposed. Baines's and Chapman's expedition to the Zini besi had failed. They were returning to the Cap° after having lost all their animals, and had 18 native servants murdered by the Matables. Dr. Gell, of Somerset, East, had died, and left over 18 (P) for the endowment of a college in the Eastern Province. A speculator named Marcus had failed, with liabilities over £B,OOO. The Caroline Coventry, from Shanghai, with th e 31st Regiment for England, arrived at the Ctili e on the 6th of October. The Mauritius and 03° Roman had not arrived out. The Confederate cruisers had not been seen sil le : the 25th of Septemb er . T we l ve of the A l a b a ll ls ' crew had deserted. CABINET COUEClL. — Summonses were is sued t the erd EarlPa litmuesrssetloln:esotffiercdi yesterday for a Cabinet Council, to-morrow afternoon, 11 a tt y l r a e t s t i h de e n F c o e r i e n ig Dz o w fu n c in et g•str eet. The Earl of Clarendon had an interview 'w it :: gardens. On Sunday last the Rev. W. Brown10:11:1ell'Al: a clergyman from Torquay, was publicly received into Catholic church, by Dr. Newman, at the Oratory, dg baston. k ith M. BERRYER amuses himself every evening be a game at piquet or whist—two games in Nilhiell fears 119 rivals, for he plays them to perfection. morning he is fond of a game at billiards, in whi ch ' Li la ever, he meets his superior in M. Odillon Barrot. DS c ho re is great at chess, and M. Persigny at b illiards. the tastes and accomplishments of the diplomatists. The Royal Academy will, w e are glad to e u admit female students. The contr ar y had been statoeh_. , neously. 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