The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-30 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILE:S a LYON.--Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England he fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos:d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. J - AY, of Reg , ent-street. The following inter , woven mark may be seen at the end of each piece :—" Manus :acture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon eta Inj arieu_x." Wear • guaranteed. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Nights of Performance —Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. FAUST. f(ln English.) THIS EVENING:, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30. Lemmens-Sherrinv,t( n, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marche si, Dussek, and Sims Items. Cond vector—Sign or Arditi. Commence at Ei,l,,ht. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVT3NT-GARDEN. Under the Manac•et nent Harrison Miss arrison Louisa Fyne and 3ir. W. H. _ , THIS EVENING, to .commence with (24th time) an en tirely new Operetta, ent - Tit led FANCIIETTE. Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. W. Harri After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of unprecedented ma , 2;niflcience, c ntitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six---L'ommence at Seven. fir HEATRE ROYAL DRU B Y-L AN E . Managers, Messrs. Edm ond Falconer and „.11- :F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Per will commence with the New Serio-Comic 'Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled BIGHT AND 14011.:1. p r incipal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD rruE SAILOR H. or, The Seven Wonders of, the World. Clowns,, Messrs. Boleno and C. Darlequins, Alessi•s. J. Cormack and S. Columbines, Pantaloons. Messrs. Ns, - Baal] efl and J. aiorris ; Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ictOYAli LYCEUM THEATRE. under the dole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO• (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. T HIS EVENING , the performance will commence with"a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Messrs. 11. Widdicon ibe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, slAireland ; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at El ;ht o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Ta bleaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechtt ;r, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; MiJss M. Henrade, Miss E. Lavenu, Slrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are e ntreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occup: vats of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either tor play bills or tot• the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendant in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-of f ice °pelt daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. /THEATRE ROYAL HAY \I ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, ; Mesthunes Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Fable. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Leace and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING-, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady' of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Prawn ator and Manaccer, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING-, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J L. Toole, At / to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil- Ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. . . - „ To clnelude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Forttmlo and his Seven Magic Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, K. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Wool Ear, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. 3uss 73ATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the Ir3d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unboundcd success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipat character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce feat it w ill be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. It OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. tinder the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with r ank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER. LIN - 3 NG every Evening.—Mr. anCharles Mathews, Mrs.. Stirling, Ntrs. Frank MAth d ews, and Mr. l J. L. Toole every? evening*. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr.. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Thule, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Fiederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Hrs. Charles Mat'news. THIS NVENING, and during the fol'owing Week, at 7, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Buckinz ham, Esq., entitled Ti,E SILVER LINING: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one. Mr. Montague;! Mrs. (_harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews (just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of tin Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To com.dcide with 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Dlr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. Vit! OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. 11) THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, illesdaraes Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sze. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM Our. Commence at 7. 11HE THY_RD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 3an he had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. CO A_LS.—Ttie LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S lIJJ COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' Top. 255. „ Nuts. l9s. „ Deep Well s.:.,reened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbournc Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best CoLe Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. EIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morzing, sh. 48m.—Afternoon, 6h. 4m To-moitsow.-Morning, 6h. 22m.—Afternoon, 6h. 44m The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 30, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 33 Barometer-30.41. Wind—S.S.E.; moderate, and very fine. ,t Amitraittkflt LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 1864. The news from South America relates one of the most appalling accidents ever recorded in the annals of calamity. The Church de la Campania, the large church of Santiago, the capital of Chili, was on the evening of the Bth of December almost entirely cons umed by fire, during a religious ceremonial, when the edifice filled in every part. So dense was the crowd, and so difficult were the means of egress that only two-thirds of the large concourse were en.lblud to escape. Out of 3,000 persons assembled nearly 2,000 are said to have fallen victim s to the flames. Tie scene, as described by an eye-witne ss , is heart-r ending to contemplate even in imagination. though there were three large doors to the eh arch, only one sr. , ,ems to have been available, a n d fat) small side entrances were apparently forgotten iu tiia awful eagerness of the excited crowd. As olwAys happens in such calamities, as happens every time a theatre or any public building is ever suppos ed to be on fire, alt rushed to one outlet, whin was soon hopelessly blocked up by d ea d ;bodies. The spectators outside stood wring ing their hands in helpless condition, unable to azrest the work of destruction going on before their eyes. The United States minister and several other strangers made gallant and perse , iering efforts to rescue same of the struggling victims. An Englishman or American, it is not clearly known which, ventured into the furnace,and while attempt ing to carry out a lady fell hack and perished in the flames. A young lady named ARELLA was more fortunate : after having, in vain, implored the by standers outside to rescue her mother who was within the church, she rushed in herself and, won derful to relate, herself succeeded in bearing out her precious load. While such incidents excite our warmest sympathies with the happy few who were enabled to escape or to rescue those most dear to them, what words can paint the anguish of the thousand bereaved hearts who, on that sad night bewailed the loss of so many loved ones I A few years back a comparatively trifling but to all concerned an appalling accident occurred, it will be remembered at the Surrey Gardens when a large concourse of people were assembled to hear Mr. SPURGEON. At that time great excite ment prevailed, and many means were suggeste dfor ensuring the safety of assembled crowds, wPiother in places of public worship or of amusement. 'Ye are not aware that since that occurrence any available precautionary measures have been adopted. When Covent Garden Theatre was burnt down on the night of the 4th of March,lBs6, every one rejoiced in the providential hour at which the calamity occurred—after the dispersion of the audience. Had the accident happened a few hours earlier, a 'catas trophe similar to that at Chili might have been the result. We are as powerless as were the sad spec tators of that conflagration to afford any help or alleviation to the sad sufferers and survivors of the calamity. While, however, we deplore their loss, the lesson should not be lost upon ourselves. Any similar casualty would find our cmwded assemblies equally embarassed in striving to effect a rapid egress ; and great as are out mechanical skill and our power of constructive invention, the channels of egress fr.= the majority of our public buildings would on emergency be found to be as fatally inaccessible to an excited crowd as were the closcd doors of the. doomed Church of Santiago. The protracted investigation which recently took place before Mr. HENRY at Bow-street Police-office into the murder of the captain and mate and others on hoard the Flowery Land in the South Atlantic Ocean, and the piratical seizure of the vessel by the crew, which resulted in the committal of eight of the number for trial, must be still fresh in the recollection of our readers. In former times piracy was rife on almost every sea, but at present, we are happy to say, piracy, in the old acceptance of the term, is extinct, except in the China seas, and amongst the savages in the remote islands of the Indian Archipelago. What is termed piracy now a-days is rather the seizure of a vessel by her own crew, or a portion of them, than the capture being effected by another ship sailing under the black ensign. We have rarely met with a case in which such cold-blooded murder was perpetrated as by the seamen of the Flowery Land ; and the perpetrators of the outrage will doutless meet with a deserved punishment. Beyond this, however, it is our duty, so far as possible, to prevent the recurrence of such a disaster. The Flowery Land left London, bound for Singapore, in July last, under the command of JOHN SMITH. The crew, with the exception of the first and second mate, and the carpenter, who was a Dane, and a French seaman, were composed of a mixed company of vagabonds, collected from an parts of the globe—Greeks, Turks, Sclavonians, INlalays, and Chinamen. With such an incongru ous colleetion, the captain had much difficulty in getting the ship properly navigated, and after two or three quarrels a portion of the crew sur prised the ship, and having murdered the captain, first mate, and the captain's brother, who was a passenger, they compelled the second mate, whose life they spared for that purpose, to navigate the ship to the South American Coast. Here they landed, after scuttling the ship and disposing of the steward, and one or two others whom they disliked. Yet, strange to say, they spared the lives of the second mate, the carpenter, and the French man, upon whose evidence they have been brought to justice. It is evident that the captain and his officers were at the mercy of the ruffians who composed the crew, when at any time they might determine to attack them. Including the captain's brother, the carpenter, and the Frenchman, there were but six Europeans on board. It is true that had treachery been expected those men, aided by the steward, who was a Malay, and the cook and lamp trimmer, who were Chinamen, might have defended themselves, and carried the vessel into some port, where they could have got rid of the riffraff Brew; but amongst an assemblage, where the conspirators can converse together in an un • known tongue, and mature their plans in secret, detection is very difficult. The captain was cer tainly remiss in not taking more precautions than he seems to have done, knowing the class of men he had to deal with. For this oversight he has paid a heavy penalty, but we consider it a disgrace to this country that a British ship should sail from an English port with such a disreputable ship's com pany. Before the repeal of the Navigation Laws, some sixteen or seventeen years ago, it was compulsory upon all ship-owners to have a eertain number of British seamen and apprentices employed in their vessels, in proportion to their tonnage, but when the Free-trade mania was all powerful, complaints were made by those interested in the cheap carriage of merchandise. They said that the law which virtually excluded foreigners from competing with our shipowners, and likewise compelled the said shipowners to em ploy a certain class of men, who on that account required higher wages than foreign seamen would work for, was unjust, and that shipowners, manu. facturers, and the world at large, were the victims of a monopoly. The agitation was successful, the Navigation Laws were not amended, as they very properly might have been, but they were repealed, and we are now reaping the benefit of our over liberality to those who do not care to meet us half way with concessions. Shipowners, like other men, naturally desire to have their work done as cheaply as possible, and, with the exception of a few large firms, apprentices are considered an unprofitable trouble ; and when no longer compeiled to employ British seamen, they are now too glad to obtain the services of Germans and Spaniards, who will work for less wages, and not be so exigent in their requ;rements as Englishmen. The natural conse quence of this has been that a considerable pro portion of our mercantile navy is manned by foreigners, while Englishmen are compelled either to work for indifferent wages or to seek foreign service, where their natural ability and general rectitude of conduct avail them more than they can do in their own country. America is thus supplied with seamen for her merchant service in the middle of the nineteenth century, as her frigates were manned a t i ts commencement b y the short sighted poli c y of England, although the ever in creasing extent of our commerce and the nautical predilections of our population to a certain degree neutralise the eff.!ets of this syeitem, it cannot be denied that our merchant service, the nursery of our navy, has not been benefited by the repeal of the Navigation Laws. We do not wish that the old exclusive laws should be re-enacted, but we t'aink that certain restrictions might be placed upon s hip o wners, end that they should be again obliged. to carry a certain proportion of British seamen, or at all events not jeopardise the lives of the offireera b y s hi p ping desperadoes from Spanish A ne ,„: ,ca, and other resorts of bravos and cat-throats. T ag _ land has derived much benefit from the dee,,t optaent but we may h ave too much of her free trade palmy, of a good thing. What is good for th d goose ought not to be poison for the gander, i4nd whil e en deavouring to assist the seafairing population of foreign lands, we have no right to endanger the lives and property of our own countrymen. It is not surprising on the eve of the reopening of the Parliamentary campaign to find some mem bers of the • Liberal party assembling to consider the pres',nt condition and future prospects of the cause which they represent. The hour of success is not u.nfrequently the severest test which can be applied either to individuals or to parties. How often do we see a man who has conducted himself with cre dit in a humble station of life, who has borne poverty cheerfully, and faced trouble without flinch ing, suddenly transformed into a totally different character by an unexpected change in his fortunes. Still more frequently do we find the staunch sup porters of a failing cause show equal eagerness to maintain their principles, when they might do so without risk, peril, or inconvenience. The fact of opposition stimulated their energies and sharpened their powers, while their cause in the hour of diffi culty and neglect has few charms for the waverer and time-server. Even so the Liberal party in the last generation could boast of many a noble name and many a gifted leader, could count its fervent partisans and its devoted adherents by the thousand in the days when the Test Act was still in force, Catholic Emancipation the ruin of successive Cabinets, and the idea of a Reformed Parliament still a vision of the future. But the scene is changed; the great questions that agitated men's minds in the days of our last three Kings have all been settled, with the happiest results on the side of enlightened Liberalism. Others springing up since their day have been in turn disposed of, while the continual spread of edu cation, and the improved moral and mental tone of the lower classes, have removed half those dangers which the terrorists of thirty or forty years since perceived in investing the masses with political power. But the experience which tells us of the perils of success, the supineness and insincerity which accompany a mere verbal adhesion to a cause which demands no evidence of membership, which imposes no sacrifice to conviction, has been painfully verified in the history of the English Liberals. With the great body of the press and the people on their side, with their views popularly accepted in a self-governing country, with every opportunity in their reach, and their own party in office for many consecutive years, what use have they made of the opportunity ? What great measures of reform have they organised and introduced, what pledges have they redeemed, what have they done towards the political advancement of the people ? These ques tions are beginning to be asked by the Liberal con stituencies throughout the kingdom, and we appre hend that their representatives will at the next election find it somewhat difficult to answer them, A movement has just begun in Yorkshire, a Liberal county, which may probably extend itself to other places. The committee of the Liberal Registration Society convened a meeting to consider the present position of the Liberal party with respect to the re form question and the approaching general election. It was largely attended, and all were unanimous in moving the first resolution, which denounced in strong but just and appropriate terms the con duct of the so-called leaders of the party. It was as follows :—" That this meeting, consider ing that the unsatisfactory character of the Reform Bill proposed by Lord DERBY was the immediate cause which led to the dissolution of the last Par liament, that the present Government came into power, and that the ,Liberal members of thA present Parliament were returned on the express condition • that they would carry a substantial and honest measure of Parliamentary reform, hereby expresses its disappointment and indignation at the indif ference and bad faith which have betrayed the just hopes of the people and frustrated the expectations which inspired the Liberal party- at the last elec tions." This is not quite in accordance with Earl RUSSELL'S theory that " Rest and be thankful" is the prevailing feeling of the country. Doubtless he spoke his wishes ; doubtless he deprecates too active interest either in reform at home or affairs abroad. He would prefer that matters should be left entirely to his efficient guidance—that our political representation should remain jest where it is, and himself left free to listen to the suggestions of his German friends. The fatal influence exer cised over Earl RUSSELL'S mind by the air of foreign courts has been proved on two memorable occasions. It is only to be regretted that, instead of paying his autumnal visit to Balmoral, he did not take a trip to Copenhagen, when a counter influence might have bean set to work. "Rest and Regret," would be a more fitting motto for the veteran Re former, who has so lamentably failed to keep the promise of former years. The device by which the present Government ousted the Conservatives owed much of its success to the prestige of JOHN Rus- SELL'S name as a Reformer. How far such assis tance would avail on at.other occasion may be ques tioned. The country has long since awoke to the trick that has been played on it. It has asked in vain for the promised Reform Bill; it has complained of the corruption at elections; of the unfair and partial representation of the people, and has not failed to remember that Lord DERBY'S Government did bring in a Bill, which, whatever its failings, had in it the foundation of a substantial and com prehensive measure of reform. These recollections should be reckoned among the opposing agencies by Lord PALMERSIiON'S Cabinet, for they will assuredly find cause to discover too late that the English people, however ready to give credence to the positive promises of eminent and experienced statesmen, are not in the habit of being " taken in" a second time by the same professions. LATEST MTELLIGENCE. LEEITTEE'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Africa, via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, JAN. 19 (Evening). Southern journals announce that the Federals are landing at Morehead City, North Carolina. General Grant reports from Tennessee that the Confederate General Vance had made a raid towards Termille, capturing 23 waggons. Vance was, how ever, pursued, the waggons recaptured, and himself taken prisoner. The reported raid, by Stuart, on Leosburg, was unfounded. Advices from Charleston to the 15th inst. state that the shelling of the city had been continued, causing some slight damage, but no casualties. The Federal fleet were preparing to resist the an ticipated attack by the Confederate rams. The Confederates had erected defences inside Fort Sumter. General Gilmore had temporarily sus pended siege operations, end removed his head quarters to Hilton Head, where an extensive expe dition, including several negro regiments, was fit ting out for embarkation fo! some point not made public. Various rumours attributed the destina tion of the expedition to be the Savannah River, or to attack the railroad between Charleston aid Savannah, with the view of afterwards operating in the rear of Charleston. The Confederates anti cipated an attack on Wilmington. The "Washington correspondent of the New York Times asserts that a campaign against Richmond will be opened in the spring by two large armies, each equal to cope with Lee's army. One of these armies will advance by the Rappahannock, and the other by way of the Peninsula. A large body of Confederates are reported to have cmcentrated at Point Pelee, Canada, to attack Johnstone's Island, Lake Erie, where the Confe derate prisoners are confined. General Grant has arrived at Louisville from Knoxville, having* made the journey by way of Cumberland Gap and Lexington, for the purpose of judging of the capabilities of this route for supply ing Knoxville. He was enthusiastically received in Lexington, but refused to make a speech. Numerous regiments of the Federal army con tinue to re-enlist. General Butler's rule ill Norfolk is represented to be extremely extringent. The city is guarded by negro troops. The Richmond Enquirer urges negotiations with General Butler for an exchange of prisoners, as this would not relieve General Butler from the decree of outlawry, and he would still, if captured, be hung. A system of retaliation has commenced along the North Carolina frontier. Several soldiers have been hung in retaliation by the commanders of the op posing forces. The Richmond Enquirer complains of the action of the Confederate Congress, and says there is danger that Congress in its desire to restore the currency and fill up the army, will bankrupt the eountry and overthrow the framework of society and production. A resolution has been offered in the House of Representatives, that whenever any insurrectionary State shall submit to the Federal authority, hostili ties against such State shall cease, and the people be guaranteed conventional. The resolution was defeated by a vote of 79 to 56. A proposition to raise 100,000 men for 100 days to drive the Confederates out of Virginia, and rescue the Federal prisoners at Richmond, was also defeated. A resolution has been introduced to reduce the duty on paper. The Confederate Congress have resolved that per sons who furnished substitutes will not be exempt Irom military service. It also passed a resolution, pledging the Con federates to perpetual resistance. The Raleigh (North Carolina) journals continue to urge a peaceful settlement with Vae North. The Rielanzond Sentinel remarks that too much impor tance has been given to this fact, as the whole North Carolina press, excepting the Raleigh jour nals, are patriotic and loyal. It is generally conceded that Mr. Lincoln will be the regular Republican nominee for the presidency. The New York Herald asserts that there is a move ment among the Republicans to secure Secretary Stanton's removal from the Cabinet. The New York Tribune asserts that Mr. Adams's diplomatic correspondence sent to Congress will furnish abundant proof of the responsibility of the British Government in the matter of the Confede- rate privateers. The Secretary of the Navy has sent orders to the Provost Marshal of New York that the British blockade violators will, when captured, not be re leased, but detained. A military commission has been appointed to try all persons confined in Forts Lafayette and Warren. The British ship Sylvanus has been captured off Doboy Sound, Georgia, The Columbia has arrived at St. John's. (By telegraph to Halifax.) NEW YORK, JAN 21 (Morning). The Federala have occupied Madisonville on Lake Pontchartrain. General Banks has ordered a State election in Lousiana. He is confident that more than a tenth of the population desire restoration to the Union. He declares void the State laws regarding slavery, and appoints a convention for the revision of the constitution. Arrangements are being made to elect members to Congress. Two companies of Canadian rifles have been sent to Windsor, Canada, it is said, in consequence of the Confederate movements against Johnston Island• The health of Bi&hop Gillis has gradually im proved during the last few days. There has been more ground for anxiety than alarm, and now there are the moss favourable hopes of his recovery.—,Scotsman. 13Isrtor COLENSO'S TRlAL.—People are interested more immediately in the legal question raised by the proceedings at Cape Town which led to the condemna tion of Bishop Colenso and his solemn deposition from the office of bishop by the sentence of his metropolitan, Bishop Gray, on the 16th December. Are the proceedings and the sentence valid, or are they, as was protested on the spot by Bishop Colenso's representative, "a nullity, void of all force and effect ?" This is an important question as regards the constitution of the Church of England in the colonies, and no less important as regards the constitution of the Church of England generally. The prevailing opinion, we believe, is, or at least was some time ago, that no power in the Church can touch Bishop Colenso. By the terms of his appointment to the Bishopric of Natal, it is .aid, he became subject to his metropolitan to the same extent and in the same manner as bishops at home are subject to their metro politans; but then, by the present law of the Church, it is said the power of metropolitans at home over their nomi nally subject bishops is entirely in nubibus—so that each English bishop at the present moment is really independent. —The Roder. FATAL RESULTS OF FRIGHT.—An WAS held in Edward•street, Hoxton, Thursday, touching the death of Jane Howard. 15 years of age, who died suddenly on Friday week ;rom the effects of fright. On the evening of that deceased went into the backyard of her father's house to get some water, and while doing so perceived two men on the roof of the house, She screamed or,,t in terror, and her brother came to her assistance, and was able to see the head of one of the men above the para pet. A body of police was speedily collected, and the roofs of the entire block of houses searched, without the thieves being discovered. In the meantime dm effects of the fright had rendered the girl seriously ill, and in spite of medical assistance she gradually sank, and died on Monday morn • ing. The jury returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased expired from the mortal effects of apoplexy, caused by extreme fright, and her said death arose by misadven ture," The proceeding 3 then terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1864. SANTO DOMINGO. troops for Schleswig, through this town, is ex pected to take place on Sunday. CADIZ, JAN 29. News received here from Santo Domingo an nounces that the steamer Puerto Rio, had landed on the Island 2,500 Spanish soldiers, who had oc cupied Barahona, Nantas, and Neiva. THE DANO-GERMAN DIFFICULTY, MOVEMENT OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS. BRESLAU, JAN. 30. It is stated upon good authority that the direc tors of the Siiesian Railway have received notice to make arrangements for the farther transport of 20,000 Austrian troops. LITERATURE. Court and Society, from Elizabeth, to Anne. Edited from the papers at Kimbolton, by the Duke of Manchester. Two Vols. Hurst and Blackett. It has been of late years not uncommon to bring before the public some of those quaint and ancient records which lie buried in the recesses of our old ancestral houses ; to throw the light cast by some forgotten document, some secret or undeciphered epistle, upon the smooth professions of diplomacy, or the counter intrigues of rival plotters. Such papers are not only interesting in themselves, but they are highly valuable as supplements to the his tory of the time, and commentaries on its leading events and characters, The family documents at Kimbolton extend over a wide range, and include scme of the most stirring and remarkable epochs of our national life. Commen cing with the closing years of the reign of Henry the Seventh, they pass to the busy days of Elizabeth, and thence the various lives which they illustrate bring us in quick succession to the Court, of Charles the First, to the Cabinet of Cromwell, to William 111., to Versailles and St. Germains in the days of the Grand Monarque, and to that group of statesmen, warriors, and men of letters, who distin guished the reign of the insignificant Queen Anne. The greater part of the first volume is occupied by an account of the life and misfortunes of Catharine of Arragon, respecting whom many curious and original documents have been discovered. Kimbol ton was the last dwelling-place of this noble and un fortunate lady, and many traces of her life and death yet linger about its walls. " The room in which she passed away still bears her name. The boudoir which she occupied, on the walls of which she hung her pictures and tapestries, adjoins it. A travelling chest, in which she kept her clothes and jewels, and which has her cypher on the lid, remains at the foot of the grand staircase. A secret passage leading from the White drawing room into the Chapel is said to have been the means by which she escaped from the presence and eluded the observation of her husband's spies." The wing which Catherine occupied is stilt substantially the same, although many subsequent improvers and decorators have defaced the ancient pile. The family seat of the Montagus was originally built by the Mandevilles many readers. in a broad hollow at the crossing of two great roads under the grey shadow of Stonely Priory. It is a retired and primitive place, where even now the Castle is eight miles from a post town, nine from e‘ railway line, while Peterborough, 30 miles off, is the nearest station at which an express train stops. "New corners into such a place are rare. The son succeeds to his father's farm, rides after the pack which his father followed, sends his corn to be ground at the old mill, votes on the same side at a shire election, sits in the same pew at church in which his father and grandfather sat before him. In such a spot, among such a people, a poeti cal legend like that of Queen Catherine's ghost holds a very long lease of life." The spirit of the lonely and discrowned queen is said still to haunt the chapel and passages of her last habitation, but such a tradition is more consonant with the royal lady whom Shakspere has shown to us than with the queen, as she is de scribed in the volumes before us. Of the reign of her daughter Mary, nothing is told us ; but the old story of Elizabeth's lovers is recited at length. A curious fact is mentioned respecting the first State pageant in which that royal lady took a part. We all know the gorgeous ceremonial which closes Shakspere's play of Henry VIII., but few are per haps aware that most of the high personages who assisted at the christening of the little princess came to as violent an end as the baby's mother. Essex and Exeter, Dorset, Rochford, Hussey, all trod the scaffold in turn. Cranmer, the godfather, died at the stake; the Earl of Wiltshire was destined to see his son perish by the executioner's axe ; while the Bari of Darby, whom our chronicler styles the luckiest man in this awfully splendid group, "came off with no worse fortune than having a daughter married to the Lord Stourton, who ward hanged!" Coming to later days we have many such interesting particulars the voluMes be longing, indeed, rather to the curiosities of history than to its graver and more solid parts, The career of Honry Montagu, first Earl of Manchester, is one of the most readable parts of the book. Dur- in s ; his studies for that profession, of which he wr.s afterwards a distinguished member, Henry Mon tagu was entered at the Middle Temple. "There are few Inns of Court," says the writer, "the regis ters of which are inscribed by greater names than those to be found on the books of the Middle Temple. The name of Plowden was perhaps the most cele brated of the predecessors of Montagu, for it be longed to the renowned jurist who is one of the Temple glories. Overbury, against whose mur derers he was to conduct the case which sent some to death, and shrouded others with infamy, and Raleigh, to whose sentence of death he was to award execution, were also members of the Middle Temple, whence the latter dated his poem to Gascoigne." In the great hall the feasts were sometimes en livened by the acting of plays, and on one of these occasions we find mention made of an early per formance of " a play called Twelfth Night.' " The work is evidently the result of a good deal of dili gent labour, although it is almost overcrowded with names and persons not directly connected with the subject in hand. The editor expresses his literary obligations to Mr. Hepworth Dixon and Dr. Doran, and it is easy to trace the smart and occasionally flippant style of the latter in many places. The volumes are illustrated with two or three handsome portraits, and will form a most useful addition to the shelves of the historical student. Plays, By Frances Anne Kemble. One Vol., pp. 582. Longman and Co. In this volume are contained three five act dramas, from the hand of the gifted actress Fanny Kemble. The first is an original work, simply entitled "An English Tragedy," the second is a translation of Schiller's "'Mary Stuart," while the third " Mademoiselle de Belle Isle," is translated from the French of Alexandre Dumas. In the dedi cation of the original drama to the Rev. William Harness, the authoress speaks of it as written be tween twenty and thirty years ago, and says "it then challenged the indulgence of my friends, in spite of its many defects, as the possible promise of better things when I should have attained matnrer powers. I, too," she simply adds, " hoped what my friends were kind enough to expect something better ; but, alas ! this is the only piece of work I have ever finished since the first essays of my school-girl days ; and, therefore, most imperfect as it is, I have nothing better to offer you." We do not wonder that the friends of the young authoress of "the English Tragedy" entertained high expectations of her future abilities as a dramatic writer, for in the conception of the characters, and in the pour tray al of the various emotions called forth by the diversified incidents of the drama, there is manifested a very considerable degree of power. There is a subdued tenderness of feeling in the character of the old Judge, and a charming purity and simpli city in his gentle sister Mary, that contrast vividly with the other characters, some of them the most weak and despicable personages of the drama. The theme of the plot is singularly revolting, especially when detailed by a lady's pen. The principal scene in the third act, which the authoress tell uss is founded on fact, giving her, in effect, the first ides of the whole story, is most repulsive. When we say that the scene in question takes place between the guilty wife of the good Judge and her paramour, Lord Alford, in which the latter counsels his victim to yet further guilt to purchase the good offices of a wealthy rival, we have said enough to show that whatever dramatic power there may in " The English Trag e dy," it i s whol l y unattrac tive in its theme and revolting in its incidents. Autobiography of an English Detective• By _ _ " Watere." Two Vole. - Maxwell and Co. The title of this work is a sufficient evidence of its interesting character. It recounts the experiences of another Mr. Bucket. We caunot say that the incidents recorded are quite on a par with the ad ventures of that prince of detectives, but they are sufficiently varied, and, u ntil the right c lue be re vealed at the right mome nt, suffi c i e ntly bewilder 'ng. In the first volume one of the most tantalising ------------------ . is the history of Sir AViiilatic, an d Lady case of mistaken identity : bethg one of the ow' horribly enthralling in its theme is entitled the murder of Anthony Louvel. By a curious slip ° E, the tongue on the part of the speaker, and of th pen on the part of the writer, the detective, in conversation with a friend, who makes some agame rently incomprehensible remark, exclaims, 1 bt ' l c i . s no skill for the interpretation of riddles"---wheil 'lll whole bus;.ness in life is a constant exercise of relate ssun Devereus,,at . a skill! In the second volume one episcal ° to " Murder under the Microscope," " Lost upon Dartmoor," and a third "One Night in a Gaming-house." Besides which, there aro a S: a : riety of miscellaneous experiences, all wort) or 1- 5 ' animated with a " detective" interest. another .is The House of Elmore.By;he Author of " Gr s f i d ; mother's Money," &c , , &c. One Vol. FP' "•—• Chapman and Hall. A 1-131111 The new volume of Messrs . Chapman an- , b 0 very excellent re-issue of popular novel s contains' ~, exceedingly enthralling,but e i n gularly painfulnar'r tive of the doomed House of Elmore, by the cl ece is author of " Grandmother's Mo ne y ." 5 T his st°rnia a compound of the domestic novel and the 0-14 tional, and as such is likely t o find fac°llr WI , f Otle Ir g and lry Again. By " Old JonataaL“ Vol. Pp. 262, Macintoah. little career volumea and d b e r c e a c m o recounts the clergymen in This s ir youths, who, by patient perseverance, Prci6P_ercli of the Cl2l ' t i i e a pd of England. It is profusely illustrated, earlier chapters are full of instruction• henistories of tsrfedo Rev. Mr. Bellew not the Author of For Ecer' ------,--- To THE efou yEDnorn OF TILE Si7N-. c 16 10 SlR,—Aopy e paper of Thursvad ry, just been sent to me, in which I find a . i ,‘ For 9 ' er ,.ii lengthy review of a novel entitled re Story of English Country Life." Your irie" headed " The Rev. J. M. Bellew's Novel. ° boo b It is only doing justice to the au thor of a te , t he I col ar in question for me to assure you that author, and that I have no idea who "Th e (11 ; 1 ; r 1 - z' oo man" may be. I shall feel obliged to you -,; it is will give prominence to this note, both 19e5ti' i ocl due to the writer of the work in questiov, to because the public ought not to be Misl ed lath error into which your Reviewer has fallen' Sir, your s very obediently, J. ll' . m. 13"1A5 Bristol, Friday, Jan. 29, 1864. [We have the sincerest pleasure in at orice e°- th - ei ,, ing with our Rev. Correspondent's request9l3%ds that we should have this letter inserted ia ° urea' o i without one moment's unnecessary & 111 ,. iO ° we do so none the less readily because the w ) il tiA he alludes to, a mistake arising oat Of 5° v ets is' lucky, but, at the same time, so very O ttirs ;: iu : adveztence on the part of the reviesver, stantly rectified by ourselves in the verY Ilbat impression of our journal, that is to 03 1 whil e recently as yesterday. The reviewer, 110wel‘eirt' • Ve l° Jew's powers the remarkable versatility' °f 00' tat e "vt powers as preacher, journali st, lea o . r, author, and elocutionist, added o ° ric title, at t le, we believe qu i te unnecessarily' oft a list, namely, when speaking of 31 le r. °1 - 40' ia if() as a Theatrical Critic. The Rev. Gen toc are given to understand, never to this ci t/ laDer ever once handled the pen of the critic, ED :ere s n li ce . to art or in reference to lit eri" THE KING OF NAPLE S. The Union contains the following "-----.----- 1 ..' ( a rtie' e ' iv g 0 ' " It:will be remembered that at the begitilitiffeet; last year,King Francis the Second recei ved A of 01 ' ing proof of the fidelity which the pol)°15tf:(151° the provinces of his kingdom maintain tocctlutatio6s in the midst of their cruel sufferings. etliaddre°tell charged to present to his Majesty 10.„.-teclilcr-,1 covered with thousands of signatures e oll6 ' r ived 1 ,. and south of the pharos of Messina, srtooolitit: Rome, to protest in the name of right , 13 :;1 3 1 e 05i , 13 , the hopes and o f ,t,he Again,N eap thisoli and liberty ; anti to express to ' the 50 0 °' the Aspirations of an inin3eo3 - tanyseaarn,dthSiiscipliaatnriso.tie ra_ ra ,o al 0 , 0 . n eetn ell ,,r t ole ° about to be renewed, and the delegates fr° , h eir 1°1 „lo and Palermo were about to set forth on ' j oy pilgrimage, determined to brave t. o ° itaP h is hatred of the Piedrnontese. r thi °f II " The king, actuated by a sentiment vv °- t i e . 0 race, has wished to prevent this me. o i fest %ss be i e rf is notorious that the yoke of cooVes,t le crt le to o pressed upon the people with more susP°etoecat to than ever, during the last few m onts . F ad I t o has been redoubled with the state of 51e ,, e ; 0° , p ; law of the Manutengoli. In proportl" 'eocoP'o Cabinet of Turin feels that the people aro it.i fe t , te; it, in spite of their sufferings, it tighte,°!erLlaltil'i is and its anger augments the rigour of its done i ce. 0 , " Francis the Second has, therefore, 0500611 jg forbidding his most devoted subjects to l os or" selves to inevitable evils. None t he ho ad dr c oif' magnanimous consideration have f i :, 0 00°, 1 . 0° reached his royal hands, and his repaid icilie' eve cated by one of our correspondents' a 0 4) 1 ' 3 o o subjoin, is at once a just reward, " 0 0 ol e o° couragement for the brave Neapolits.o4o looking, like the king himself, for 0° 1 coy' and the emancipation of th eir counll o f ea' " The foilowing is the communicate 10'0 respondent : 00$1 C!, the oti 3 3 " ' Rome, 6th AO 110 11 0 "'T wo deputations had been noll' ill ee ed t ° j ic); at Naples, the other at Palermo, to person to 0 0 for the purpose of conveying in P e lle SsaPccol Francis 11, the loyal addresses of t f t he f e `', l joi and Sicilian people, en the occasio c ;. 00 of It ' o t 0' of the New Year, and at the ea r° 1 5 0 011° oc e before his Majesty the heartreedinges o f 11 15 0 01 1 the sufferings to which both provilic,,,iiies or° flourishing~ kingdom of the Two Ast i b 9 V o ite 0 condemn .ee l putatisoved to 10 'oast il bf a ( 1 " ' The m embers of these de sincere feelil Igs of patriotism, had re t00 0tl° 11 „, i ' o rti' the persecuii ons of the Piedroontese o lt olit o t' o . f 0 the anger of the revolutionary' 513381'0f bear; Pl: that they might have the haPP°e,eowege ° OO tl' their sovereigz.'• in hie exile the : _ l da ft . . o ea; devotion and fid, elity, bat an expre_o ,_°o rgero:oor King arrested Weir departure. I°,olo fa I, ors' actments which ist, , ua day alter day % lia r allt,oll' on the increase, sternation through the fair lands t l `)_. 0 f tri! v go anti are spread/Dog:Loather° op.; They would have reu dered the re tuff aa a (if) diffic ul oc c Gus, if not impossible. d 0 1° cla° l Cations to their native country addresss, an ocs " ' Nevertheless, these, ,the be panying exposition of the bands f the 01 have reached his Majesty' o _0.1;601 °,,, 01 ,0 .0 " ' The former contain all "7 _.,, d tho 'l,taio' 0 nefits once enjoyed, but no \N" los2 "' lette r e l o:' to ti v, a people in the time to como. 'lllareseot e vi ..., 01 P plain statement of actual Lod - P ,inn le t, of t he ''' -te 6 foreboding of the utter ruin - nee- 00 1 ' D e he. condition oi must be their inevitable conseque, h 00 i ._tit t " The sing has replied, thro4 es iie, P t ie that at eO° P 0; that, 'he does not deplore hi .. the pr 0 ta il to servitude of his country ; that , iv ieg e _itif o o , meat, when the world is occupi.eociiii°o7 th e 1 0 6 1 0; peace to Europe, the found ri,,hts o f 5 tiheheid, aspirations of peoples, art 11 to Preserve 0 0 . ;') it is more than ever essevtiaof the 0,3103. 01 , 1 0 , 0;• confidence in the triumPja, __ ati d the I , o f 1 ,, That c ane© is the indepenheecceot.itioteen4oo", of the country, ancl for the a a 7_,l' ve d for desire the moment has now, ~ I' , f i° --b,- to' to ngof --- ----- t erivg t . 0 y id •(0 PALL MALL, JUNIOR, saun _ a cigar i oula 0 0.00 , actively, even as be is doing_. Ii with its hands in its pocket, and couut s ays ecs+l'ily' 4' would U© the most compendious asc,_icti,,, , ~, l'f' i of Mr. Winwood Reade'S " Savage Ail ;t3 t' a er .0 critic in the Spectator. A wr iter ' t y O.'„ 11. MILITARY ENDIJRANCE• h' the grclitesoolcliefil"o. ,1; ington Chronicle says tha t belongs to men over 35 y.eari,.,: wit 6 o . o thosoolvo 0iti0.,,, 30 are ten times on tha sickl,ll3opitalsOvtis e , tile coptlYre endurance of such hardihips a: .. 13 0 , _ 1 0 °° ; g th t ; via:o:o.-irloo° 1)00:0 once ; that the records ot. th%.ol,3sargicato.cc,ooooloo , develop" the fact that, aside! cer tiot A ge, v 0 to , of there under 35 aro as 40 to 1 v t 03 erat© "bid A t i ll a sound man of 40 and 20.—Nissotiri Pesnocrat. • more hard treatment thanofoutee cPtlually 0110 /r ` MEXICO. Advices from Mexico, via Savannah, state that the battle of Morelia, which occurred on the 18th, was a decisive French victory. Nearly all the Mexican leaders Were killed or made prisoners. No farther organised resist an ce on the part of the Mexicans is expected. Juarez fled secretly without any escort to Mon- terey. Tho French had occupied San Luis. The reported capture of Orizaba by the Mexicans is not credited, DENMARK. DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE FREDERICK OF AUG USTENBURG FROM HOLSTEIN. KIEL , lAN. 30. Duke Frederick of Augustenburg left Kiel this morning for Neudorf, in Oldenburg, it is said, for a visit of a few days only, at the invitation of Chamberlain Buchwald. EVACUATION OF THE EiRDNENWERK BY THE DANES. BENDSBURG, SAN. 30. The Commander of the lironenwerk and the Danish battalion have evacuated that fort. The passage of the Austro•Prussian ocenpatioa INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Imperatrice, with the above mails, arrived at Suez on the 22d instant. The Moeris, which took them from Alexandria, has passed Messina, and is expected at Marseilles :co-morrow. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 30. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived ut her anchorage off Netley Hospital. She brings 49 passengers, 2 packages of specie, value not stated, 6 packages of valuables, and 1,834 packages of cargo, of which 1,559 packages are bales of raw silk, value £150,000 sterling. The Pera spoke the following ships during her homeward passage :—On the 19th inst., the Vectis, with the outward Marseilles mails of the 11th Jan.; on the 22d, the Syria, with the outward mails from Southampton of the 12th January, and the screw steamer Arcadia, standing S.E. ; and on the 26th Jan., the Ripon, with the outward mails from Southampton of the 20th January. The Pera experienced fine bright weather, with light variable winds, during the voyage from Alexandria to Finisterre ; N.W. across the bay, and north-easterly winds up channel. Her Majesty's ships Racoon and Psyche, and the French frigate Perdrix were at Alexandria. At Malta: H. M. S. Marlborough, Trafalgar, Phoebe, Resistance, Cossack, Hydra, Firefly, Growler, Hibernia ; and at Gibraltar : the Magi cienne and Procris. Gibraltar, 25th Jan.—The following British vessels have arrived here, on the 22d, steamer Messina, 14 days from Glasgow ; 23d, steamer Asia, 12 days from Loudon ; steamer Amazon, 8 days from London ; bark Evelope, 20 days from Milford; steamer Alexandra, 8 days from London; and on the 24th, schooner Sarah, 18 days from Swansea; brig Village Belle, 17 days from Car diff; and the steamer Syrian, 7/ days from Liverpool. Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days, 50k. ; Paris, 5. 27.; Marseilles, 5. 28.; Genoa, 5. 29, ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, -I prem.; Seville, par to die.; Almeira, par; Alicante, par. Freights un changed. FRANCE. THE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NEW LOAN. PARIS, JAN, 30. The official report of the subscription to the new loan has been issued. It appears that 542,061 persons-134,105 of whom reside in Paris—have subscribed for 219,321,536 francs of rente. The irreducible subscriptions for 6 francs rente amount to 2,409,366 francs. Persons having subscribed for sums of from 10 to 120 francs will have 6 francs rente allotted them. For subscribers for other amounts the allotment will be at the rate of sf. 21c. for every hundred francs subscribed, The report further states that the resources which the loan will provide for the Treasury will more than suffice for the public service, and will enable the Government dating from to-day to suspend the fnulty, granted to subscribers, of paying in ad vance the instalments of the loan not yet due. The report siys in conclusion—" The eagerness of the country to respond to the appeal is a fresh proof of its confidence in the Government of the Em peror, and of the security felt by everybody in the credit of France. The Tloniteur of this morning says that the asser tion that the Bank of France had opened negotia tions with the Bank of Vienna for a loan of 50 millions in bullion is completely inaccurate. BOURSE, Jan. 29.—The market has boen inani mate, but without any material change in prices. For the Account, Threes are unvaried at 66fr. 40c. Mobilier are also unchanged. Railway shares quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows :- 4! per Cents. 95 Do. end month.... Do. end month.... 68 4.5 New ditto .. Do, end month.... Russian Austrian Spatish Threes..: — [tome Debt Deferred Roman . Cash. Account. 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Credit Mobilier....lol6 25 Do, end m0nth....1017 50 Bank Sharos 3275 Credit Foncier ....1225 Italian Loan 6B 65 RilL Orleans Northern 941 25 .. 990 -7 bii 50 : : 917 50 New ditto - • • --- Lyons anti Mediterranean 932 50 .. 935 New ditto . 886 25 .. Southern 655 .. 655 Western Eastern Sardinian 377 50 .. 375 Austrian Lou‘bk.rd North of Spain 488 75 .. 4 8 7 50 Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... 300 .. 300 THE DANISH QUESTION. We believe that th© Governments of Russia, France, and Sweden have signified their willing ness to assent to the proposal which has been recently put forward by the English Government for the joint recognition of the integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark. Tbe same proposition was also submitted to the two great German Powers. We hear that, at Berlin, its acceptance has been made a Cabinet question.-Illorning Post. PICTURESQUE LONDON.—Dc) you know Camden town A sweet spot; the home par excellence of the commercial clerk of from 30s. a week to two fifty a year, an estimable, responsible, hard-working man. I have a word or two, not about the man, but about the houses. Houses all built to meet the requirements of the clerkly world ; they even lock as if they had been m anufactured of dingy blotting paper, and are so fragile that they could be " take none of n out" your with an eraser. Thoroughly resp ectable though low lodgings, or anything of that sort 1 Hensel nice n par iture lour wire blind in window ; ver y shiny, sticky, gummy fur, chairs with American cloth seats, which stick to your trousers ; vase with everlasting flowers, and two china dogs on mantelpiece; very bad, cheap print of three chorister boys (oh, the difference between the sweet youths and the real dirty-nosed choir -boy of a country church !) on the wall; little mat by the door. Nice drawing -roots, all in white maple wood and cane bottoms, with white muslin curtains and a crumb-cloth over the carpet, quite warm and comfortable ; a black beetly kitchen where Maria Jane cooks everything with coal garnish and soot sauce ; and bedrooms which are well described as airy." I vow that I hate Cam den and regard him with loathing. All his terraces —Bayham and Jeffrey, and Brecknock--his " road" and his "villas," his "square," which is horribly pretentious and uncom fortable. He looks so horribly prim and pharasaical, he looks so unlike real hospitality—so unlike oysters for supper, or a cigar and a gla ss of g ro g ; he looks so like a 'late of mixed biscuits, and a glass of sherry at 27a the dozen—so like two formal little dinners in the year, when Jones the greengrocer empties the oyster-sauce down your neck, and a mild evening party whh very weak negus, no flirting, and the drawing-room door under the hostess's bed. I often wonder how jolly Charles Dibdin, the song-writer, who is buried in the graveyard here, can rest in such precincts, and wonder that he does not start up and scare the respectable humbugs living round him with a "Yo-ho 1" chorusl . London &clay. ~:_ t l