The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-05 00:00:00

ITERRNIANN, PRESTIDIGITATEUR.— PRINCESs"S THEATRE.—HERR HERRMANN'S Performances, EVERY EVENING, at Eight. In Two Pv.rts—as given by him in all the principal Theatres and Opera Houses of the Continent of Europe and America. The whole of the Marvellous Illusions entirely new, and Invented by E err Herrmann. Prices of admission as usuaL Doors open at half -past 7. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, TIIE DEAL BOATMAN: Messrs. G. Belmore, F. Charles; Miss It. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. To conclude with the new and original Comedy, by Ed mund Fal , nner, entitled NATIT RE'S ABOVE ART : A Ro mance of the Nursery : M essrs.Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G. Belmore, F. Charles. Neville; Miss Charlotte Saunders. Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. Box-office open trom Ten till Five daily. Prices as usual. Commence at 7. Now ready, 620 pp., post evo., Third and Cheap Edition, price 10s. 6d., OBSCURE DISEASES of the BRAIN and MIND. By FORBES IVINsLow, D.C.L. LondJn : Robert Hardwieke, 192, Piccadilly. T HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, to commence at 7, with AN UN LUCKY MORTAL : Mr. William Farren, Miss 31. Harris, &c. After which, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of FINESSE ; or, Spy and tounter Spy: characters by mr. , Alfred Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, M r. H owe, 31r. Bucksto ne 31rs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan* Concluding with TURING THE TABLES. wi o ll n re 3 t l u o rn nd t a, o y th Oc e L t. o 2 n 6, M r. dn and Mrs. CU stage. -A' • MATIIEWS NE" THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII. Sole Pronrietor and Mane-War. M. B. y THIS EVEND7G, at 7, THE Ti-tA GEp QU EEN ' Mrs. Webster. Stirling. At 8, the New Drama of LEAII : Miss Bateinan,esup_peosrstresd by Mr. Arthur Stirling (his 3d appearance her ), rti H. R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, A. d' hberne, ss . Simms and Mrs. Billing - ton. rsG- AN HEIRESS : Miss To conclude with CATCII-- Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. MISS BATEMAN.--LEA.H.—The celebrated young American Actress, bliss BATEMAN, having on her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH. ob tained th e mo st triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wi nes sed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character at LEAH upon a crowded audience. having been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval ot the entire Daily Press, the aanager ot the NEW ADELPIII THEATRE has the honour to an that Miss BAT EMAN will appear In the New Drama of LEA EI EV ERY EVENING till further notice. - OYAL STRAND THEATRE. manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TOIS EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Bel ford, Miss Simpson. Followed by (67th time) THE MOTTO, "FM ALL TILE itE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; 3Tesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria isimpson, Wallace, ana Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Tamer, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. rffiHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' I_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GIANIE, NEVIS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ryde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 15m.—Afternoon,: 712. 43m. To-amaitow.-Morning, Bd. 20m.—Afternoon, Bh. 29m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 5, 1863, THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 6l Barometer-29.95. Wind—South-Westerly ; light, and cloudy. 2, 7 , tq .7 4 tr. 4 1, 41*,, N Zit Pro LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1863. Another day's later news from New York, bring ing events down to the 24th ultimo inclusively, will be seen, by- our string of telegrams, to have just Low reached these shores, per the Adriatic. Scarcely any information of any particular interest, will be found to have been added thereby to our last batch of in• telligence from the American seat of war; but what scraps of additional information have now reached us, are so far of importance that they fully confirm the accounts previously received, in refer ence to the severe discomfiture of General ROSEN. CRANZ, in Tennessee. Not only is it thus with re gard to this epitome of the latest incidents of the fierce struggle for supremacy still continued with so much ferocity between the American forces of the North and the South—but the confirmation now received of the defeat of ROSENCRANZ comes to us (by a mere coincidence, it is true, but still a very startling one of its kind), simultaneously with the receipt of tidings from other quarters, tidings having about them a very warlike and im pressive significance. There may be some thing very consolatory to Earl RUSSELL— though we can hardly conjecture that it will be so to any other person in the United Kingdom—to find it stated in one of these latest American tele grams, per the Adriatic, in so many honeyed words, words the honey upon which must turn, however, to gall and wormwood upon the palates of every pa triotic Engli s h man amongst us, having any regard for what has been finely called the chastity of our honour as a great and independent State—" It is semi-officially announced that the Government e., at Washington] have received advices from England that the Confederate rams would not be allowed to sail. This has created a kindly feeling [blandly adds the Telegram] on the part of the Fee deral Government towards England." Agreeable news, we repeat, this may be regarded as, by the noble Earl her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary : but acceptable in any way whatever, we are certain it cannot by possibility prove to be, to any one else in the three Kingdoms. While there comes to us from the west this almost insulting announcement of the " kindly feeling" excited in our benalf throughout the Federal States by what is, strictly speaking, very much like an act of pusillanimity on the part of our Government, there comes to us from the exactly o pposite direction from beyond the narrow boundary o f the waters of the Channel, an intimation sig nificant enough in its way—That if under the guid ance of Lord RUSSELL'S councils England is pre pared to sit down meekly, without a word in reply, after the severe rebuke addressed to him by Prince GORTSCLIANOFF, the pride of France, the amour propre of the French empire, will not admit of its receiving a precisely similar rebuff, without any such astounding evidence of submission. L a Fr ance (the journa l that it is, not the country) may sing small, does, in - effect, discuss the Pollen diffi culty with 'beta breath in the awful presence of this last thunderous missive from the hand of Prince G " T settexoee. _La ran do this, is doing this, lied.e the inspira t ion F oc fe may that high imperialist, e M. DE LA e l euxetortNlEßE. So far the dark clouds lately hanging over the councils of the Government may se em to be di es i pat if we d come to look ex clusively in that e direction. But look elsewhere amongst the organ s of the press, yonder, at Paris, and those thun der-eh: nu b, w ill be seen to be so far from dissipated that they are i n other quarters loomi ng u p P more darkly and more ominously than ever. Listen to M. GEEOULT, for example, instead of only to .11. I) LA GUERONNIERE. 'rear what L'Opinion Nationale , has to say upon this momentous cl, the name of the newsp aper, we ar te,io, i n this instance, is exactly i3odhiblcsea:ttlilli:tene;Yof cae i n t r s d. c haracter ! "Let England and Austria," ex c laims tbatjournal, (exclaims, in other wor d s, th e National Opinion of France) " put up if they choose with Russian insults—we will not accept them. We are sick of protocols, verbiage, and empty talk_ we require acts. In the name of outraged humanity we demand that the successor of NAPOLEON should glove flung down by Russia: we d eman d pick up the war!" Or, to give the very words in full, of which the f oreg oing are the mere epitomised translation--, rAngieterre, que l'Autriche acceptent si vela leur convient, les insultes de la Rusaie ; qsant et nous acceptors nous, nous ne les acoeptu ns P 4;") encore moins les odieux spectacles dont la Russia noes condamne a devenir les timoins. Assez de depeches, assez de protocoles, assez de paroles, assez de phrases; noes demandons des actes. Au nom de l'humanite outragee, de l'equilibre European compromis, nous demandons an successeur de NAPOLEON I. de relever le gant de la Russie ; nous demandons la guel.re." Scan dalised in an extraordinary deg zee La France (again, remember, the journal, not the country) appears to be with this outsper.king on the part of its contemporary. It argues t:re matter mildly with M. GEROULT, suavely offari•ag him the leek to chew at his leisure. Instead, however, of masticating which proffered delicr.cy the said M. GEROULT reiterates, in yet stronger words, if that be possible, his views of what is actually due to the honour of France under the circumstances. And, while yet the discussion continues to be maintained thus hotly among our Paris contemporaries—comes to us the rumour that the Imperial Government has sent notes to the Cabinets of both London and Vienna, stating that France at least cannot possibly leave the last Russian despatch unanswered ! While such is the situation, or the reputed situation of things, in regard to the temper of French diplomacy —while things are looking darkly enough at the Bourse, to force the Threes to 63 and the Consols to 93, other incidents of some significance also in their turn come to light—throwing a lurid glare upon the future. Ten new iron-clad frigates are known to be all but finished at this moment at Cherbourg. Cavalry and artillery horses are at the same time being bought up in great numbers by the French Government. Matamoras—we knew that the other day —was occupied by the French troops pretty much about the same time that BRAGG was defeating:RosENcßANz. And now, the Richmond Dispatch tells us in a number brought to us by the Adriatic, that the Confederate Govern ment has recently effected:a loan of 100,000,000 francs in France upon the security of the cotton now in the Confederate States. England, meekly stopping the steam rams at Liverpiol, and thereby winning a " kindly feeling" from the defeated and partially panic-stricken Federals at New York and Washington —England, evidencing a disposition, under the inspiration of Earl RUSSELL'S slightly muddled policy, to submit, in exemplary silence, to the rating she has recently received from the Foreign,Minister of the Autocrat —England now beholds her French ally assuming, in regard to Russia on the one hand, in regard to America on the other, an attitude somewhat more befitting by its 'vigour, without being as yet one atom more warlike in its character, the position held by France, as (side by side with England) fore most among the great Powers of Christendom, Mr. ROEBUCK'S speeches are always worth perusing. Even when the eloquent but erratic speaker is led away by some fantastic notion, he can always throw a vigour into his style, and a vivacity into his discourse that impress and in terest all hearers. On Thursday !est he delivered au address on " _Education," in the Congregational School-room, at Swanage. The hon. and learned member commenced by stating that he had some hesitation in addressing them upon that occasion, for his business in life had not been to descant upon matters of education. He would endeavour, however," he said, "to assist those who were making it their object to admire the spread of education, and first he would speak to the work ing men. He would then say to them that their lives would be purer, better, and more virtuous if they obtained the benefits of education. He said he did not site GEORGE STEPHENSON as an example because his life was almost a miracle, but he men tioned him to the working men in the North of England, who, "at eighteen years of age, did not know how to write, but taught himself everything that he knew, acquired a great fortune, and was, in feet, the father of all the railways in England." Mr. ROEBUCK then passed on to remark on the dif ference of races, and said that we were among the foremost of mankind, and England had shown in all her classes the greatest possible greatness to which man can rise. Therefore he would say to the working men of this country that they were possessed " of great intellect which GOD had given them, but from the want of education had not the power of using it, it was, indeed, like the bright diamond hidden in a dark cave." After this stirring appeal to his hearers, the hon. and learned member com pared the pleasures of an educated and an unedu cated man. The ignorant man had some hours to himself—how did he employ that leisure ? Un fortunately the answer must be, in sensual enjoy ments for the most part. Now the educated man had multitudinous enjoyments. He could say for himself that if any one had come to him in his youth and said, "I will give you a fortune on con dition that you never learn to read," he would have repelled the gift, and said that it was as nothing in comparison with what he must forfeit. These similes and illustrations are of great value in a discourse like this; they bring before the mind the full force of what the speaker seeks to impart, but may not be able to exemplify so well in dry detail or tame assertion. Besides, when one is addressing an ignorant and uncultivated audience, the greatest care is requisite in order that the subject-matter before them may not pall upon their attention, that it may be rendered attractive to them, and thus keep alive their interest, which, if not accomplished, all becomes a sombre failure. Mr. ROEBUCK said that ho had often thought that a book was better than a friend. No matter what happened around yroouus, afrbioeonkci. He was a lways oueais a o n ne e d qu s a o b m le e , c a a m lm u , se a m n dengtenhey stating that he was one of that terrible class called " Radicals,"but that his Radicalism did not consist in pulling everybody down, but his desire was to He considered that all the raise everybody up. pleasures of civilised life could be gained by all classes, but they could only be won by the improve ment of the intellect. He must tell them that foreigners had remarked that though no country came up to ours in liberty, yet that the distinction hoedthan p in t that land between ranks was gre n at e er on the Continent. soon this barrier would be broken down, he thought that those h e was addressing we e lay. ing down the groundwork that would make English men a " band of brothers," " which would ma k e them present a front that the world could not put down, and make them, indeed, the leaders of man kind." This is sound sense and admirable reason ing on the fart of the speaker. Education is the great division between classes and ranks, it consti tutes a barrier that no wealth can pass, and that no expe di e ncy can remove. The true disciples of pro tllthoeenmcoeuanrasgeinthtahteilreveplolewreorf, have done this they will have s o r c e i s a obstacles will th en d b o y w a e l secure that when they done far more to benefit and bless their fellow countrymen than if they foll owed the advice meneofde who are not fit to legislate for them selves, because - raa°g'iles, and insisted en bringing forward they and that cul have not learn e d the self-command censured the plan tare import v, aye s, and th e h um ility that only superiorknowledge eallP to work at seven years of age. bestow.a Mr. ROEBUCK then justly of sendi ng c hildren He said it was throwing away their resources, and living neon their capital. lit' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1863 mentioned an interesting anecdote concerning a boy who was sent out as a servant to one of our consuls at a port in the Mediterranean. When he got there the consul found him so advanced in many things that he made him his secretary. Thus proving that education could elevate in every sense of the word. Mr. ROEBUCK concluded his interesting address by descanting upon the duties of the upper classes towards the class below them. He said that it was not only that they had great means in being wealthy, but their advantages of position gave them means by example. If these earnest words were more acted upon there is no doubt that great and good results would follow, and both sides would be the gainers; the rich would have won a more honourable renown than all the trappings of grandeur can be stow, and the poor would have obtained a treasure that could not vanish like the shifting gifts of for tune, and leave sorrow and disappointment behind. If they were to mix more with the labouring classes —and where better than in the school P—if they were to mix more with and take more interest in the existence of their fellowmen who live around them, their presence would be as the sun shining upon the cold earth, bring up and vivifying the seed that is within it. Agricultural meetings are being held all over the country, with earying claims upon our atten tion. The one nearest home, however, is by no means the least interesting, and the annual fes tivities of the Middlesex Agricultural Association were honoured by the presence of one of the most learned and respected occupiers of the Eng lish Bench. The Lord Chief Baron POLLOCK, in acknowledging the toast which coupled his name with the Judges of England, remarked that he had taken the chair at the very first meeting of the Association. That event, it is true, is so far removed from the present day that the venerable speaker expressed his conviction that few of those then gathered around him would be able to re collect that he presided at their earliest • feast. From having assisted at the inauguration o f the Society, he has probably since followed its fortunes with some degree of interest, having, we find, fille d the office of chairman on more th an one subse quent occasion. Baron POLLOCK admitted that he wa s not much addicted to agricultural pursuits, and , indeed, such a taste would not be very easily in dulged, if possessed, by our learned Judges. Th eir science is of a deeper and sterner soil---the element s they have to contend against are more difficu lt to deal with than untimely frosts or blighti n g winds, and, anxious as may b e t h e farm er's labours to gather in a good supply of food for man and beast, the public responsibilities of a j ud g e press as heavily on the owner as any individual cares can do. It is a very diff erent order o f facul ties which is demanded for th e qu i et cultivat i o n of Mother Earth and for the p res i dency of a Cour t of Criminal Law; and, altho ug h t h e hero of ant i qu ity is not the only one wh o t urne d for mental refresh ment and relaxation t o th e humbler but no less scarcely necessary toil, the two li nes of life are harmonious or sympatheti c . I t i s sometimes , how ever, very advantage ous t o h ear the opin i on of a comparative stranger on our work and our war' that we may learn how it appears to the uninitiated, and what is their imp ress i on of our excellence s and defects. A mind so e n li g h tened and so rare ly gifted as that of our Chief Baron could not, m oreover, have failed to refleat up on th e general prosp ects and progress of an all-i m p ortant profession. He con fessed himself that " h e h a d not altogether ne glected other studies than th ose wh i ch belonge d to his school and college, nor had he entirely confin ed his purposes as a l aw y er to t h e dry details o f his pro fession, but he had studied other miners w hich had afforded hi m t h e d e li ght of an enlightene d exist ence." On th ese grounds, then, Chief Baron POLLOCK was well q ua lifi ed to deal w i t h the sub jects brought before him at an agricultural meet ing, and his remar k s were received with the respect and attention due alike to his position and his attainments. T ue college life to w hi c h he re ferred was th e occas i on of one of the mos t interest ing incidents i n our academical anna l s , a nd th e high honours which rewarded his diligen ce at its close were happily only forerunners of the gifts which fortune h a d i n store for him in l a ter life. In contrast to the general tone of congratu l a tion and compliment co mmon at these feasts, the L or d Chi e f Baron told his hearers that he considered their science a little behind the age. Althoughry the first art ever culti va t e d b y man, and the art except onl war which has b den k ept up in all agriculture ages) has never been among the first to profit by the march of mind and the extension o f knowledge. Great thing s h ave l ately been done in th is res p ect, and time-wo rn p re j u di ces have so rapid l y succum b e d to advancin g i n t e lli gence that it may se em a strange moment for censu r i ng want of progress . Still our friends th e f armers will not be the wo rse for being reminded th a t, much as they have done, more yet remains to d o , an d i n spite of steam p l oug h s an d artificial manure, Baron POLLOCK was right when he said that th e f our sciences of minera l og y, meteo rology, chemistry, and mechanics h a ve as yet done little for agriculture iii comp a rison with w ha t may bs expected from them. According to his views, perhaps the l east k nown of these branches o f know ledge is the o ne t h at most concerns the farmer, and it is at least an original and striking suggestion. Meteorology, he cons i ders, might become " one o f the greatest exponents to teach f ar mers when it would be prop er t o cultivate one descr i pt i on o f pro duce rather tha n another. At the present moment t h e study of meteorology as an agricultural science was entirely neglect e d, b ut who could dou b t t h at if d ue attention was p a id, and a proper recor d ma d e o f t h e various chan ges i n recurring s easons, such an accumulation of experience woul d b e o bt a i ne d as would enable the farme r to judge beforehand in what manner he should direct his industry and his course of crops." In alluding to the recent appli cation of machinery to agriculture, Baron PoeLocK remarked that there was no longer any fear of ex citing riots by the use of machinery. It is a curious and satisfactory fact, mentioned before now by our public speakers, and referred to by the learned Judge, that, accordi ng to exper i ence, w h erever the introduction of machinery has displaced one labourer it has necessitated the employment of two others. In support of this assertion the learned Judge mentioned an incident that had occurred in his own experience that bore a similar moral. At the time of the first opening of railways he filled the offiea of Attorney-General, and in that capacity was pr esent when a deputation of postmasters ap pealed to Mr. ( JOULBURN for a r e d uc ti on o f t h e post-horse Their pl ea was that the duty would be so duty,littl little that it would scarcely be worth collecting owing to the great innovation of steam locomotion. But Mr. GOULBURN assured them that so far from there having been a reduction in the number of post-horses used in consequence of rail way Another of th e i nc i dents which traffi c , the duty had a m c t a u r a k t e l d y h d i s o u A b t l t e o d r ney- Generalship was the outbreak of the famous Rebecca riots in Wales, but the learned Judge claimed the gratitude of his neighbours, since, in spite of his official position at the time of the dis turbances, he had succeeded in removing a toll-bar from their vicinity!! Greatly as this service may have been appreciated by his own locality, the re- putation of the Chief Baron happily rests on a broader foundation, and the greetings so unani mously accorded him on Friday night were not only in welcome to the respected neighbour, but in recog nition of those high qualities and that eminent learning which should always distinguish an Eng lish judge. THE KING OF THE GREEKS. His Majesty George 1., King of the Greeks accompanied by Count Sponneck, arrived at Brussels on Saturday, the 3d inst., at 5 a.m. His Majesty's suite were awaiting his arrival at the N ort h ern R a ilway station, having preceded him. Two supe rior Belgian officers were also in attendance to welcome him in the name of King Leopold. King George alighted at the Hotel de Bellevue, where apartments had been retained for him. A number of Greeks having inquired at the hotel when it would be convenient for his Majesty to receive them, the King ordered them to be admitted at once, and received them in the most cordial and gracious manner. The Count of Flan ders and the Dake of Brabant paid an early visit to the young King. In the evening there was a grand banquet at Court. Among the invited was M. Chris topoulo, ex-Minister of Interior of Greece, who is staying at Brussels. King George was to leave yesterday (Sunday) at 8 a.m. His suite now con sists of his Excellency Count Sponneck, Baron de punch, Baron de Guldncrown, an d M . Loith,Aides de-Camp ; Dr. Philimon and P ro f essor Kcepen. We have been favoured with the following tele gram from the Philhellenic Committee:— BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Morning). " His Majesty the King of the Greeks leaves Brussels this morning at 6 a.m. via Calais, for Lon don. His Majesty is expected to arrive in town this evening." MR, SERGEANT SHEE. Our contemporary the Morning Advertiser, after quoting in its impression of to-day the para graph given by us on Saturday from the Law limes in reference to the late legal appointments, observes " We entirely agree with our law contemporary that an ast of greater injustice than that of passing over Mr. Sergeant Shea was never committed by any Government. For years the learned sergeant has not only been at the head of his profession, but it is admitted on ail hands that no one in West minster Hall possesses in a more eminent degree the leading qualities necessary for the Bench. To pass him over in favour of a gentleman of no note is, therefore, an outrage on all those principles of jus tice which ought to guide the conduct of Govern ment in making their judicial appointments." THE NEW LEGAL CHANGES.—On Saturday the Hon. Mr. Baron (late Sergeant) Pigott, of Sherfield Hill, near Basingstoke, was sworn in as one of the Puisne Barons of the Court of Exchequer, before the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor, at his private mansion, Hackwood Park, Basingstoke. At the same time Sir Roundel' Palmer, Q.C., the late Solicitor-General, took the oaths as Attorney-General; and Mr. R. P. Collier, Q.C., one of the members for Plymouth, was also sworn in on his appoint ment to the office of Solicitor-General. The two latter appointments create vacancies for the boroughs of Rich mond and Plymouth. Both the hon. and learned gentle men have issued addresses to their respective constituents, offering themselves for re•election.—Observer. OZONE is still a mysterious agent. If we do not yet actually comprehend the fullness of its agency, Mr. W. C. Barder has, after eight years' study, discovered something of its wh erea b out. Wi n d, w hi c h ha s recently come over the sea , h e tells us, i s a l mos t i nvar i i bly h eav ily charged with n one while land breezes bring but little of it on their breath. A GOOD AMERICAN PUN about Prince Alfred is mentioned by Manhattan in the midst of the dismay caused throughout the North by the news of the disastrous defeat of Rosencranz in Tennessee. It is this :—" Why would not his Royal Highness Prince Alfred have anything to de with foreign Greece ?" The an swer b e i ng, "B ecause hi s R o y a l E n glish Highness preferred his own domestic and native Ile." MUNIFICENCE OF PARSEE LONDON MERCHANTS. —An eminent Parsee merchant firm iu the City of London, has presented £2,000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, through its chairman, Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., to enable it to form a lifeboat establishment on the English coast, and permanently to keep it up. Their firm is now under dissolution, and in order to show their gratitude to the people of this great metropolis, from whom they have received for many years every courtesy, they have presented this munificent amount to one of England's greatest and noblest benevolent institutions, whose lifeboats know of no distinction of race or religion when their ser vices are requi re d d u ring the s t orm to save the drowning shipwrecked sailor. Between 500 and 600 lives are thus saved every year by its lifeboats, and by the crews of shore boats to whom it grants rewards for tneir gallant exertions. The eminent philosopher, Sir David Brewster, has just written in a popular miscellany :—" In order to enable the Lifeboat Institution to maintain its existing life fleet of 125 boats in a state of efficiency, and to place a lifeboat on every danger -0118 shore, the public must add liberally to its funds. There is not a family i n the land th at h as no t a relative or a friend exposed to the dangers of the sea ; and there is not a family or an individual that can escape from the obligation of contributing to the grandest and holiest of our societies — the National Lifeboat Institution. If it is a high privilege and a still higher duty to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to heal the sick, and to teach the ignorant, it is surely a higher privilege, and a higher duty still, to save from sudden death li ves th a t h ave l ong to live an d that are to live for ever." How " STONEWALL " JACKSON BECAME A SOLDIER. —When Jackson was in his 19th year, the member of Congress for that section of Virginia had a presentation to the military academy at West Point, in the State of New York, which was offered to, b u t declined by, a boy in th e ne i g hb our h oo d. Jackson as seized with an eager desire to avail himself of such an unusual advantage, for he had imbib e d a great ambiti on to b ecome a soldier. In vain his uncl e a tt em pted to di ssua d e him • i n vain did hi s friends point out th e deficien c i es o f hi s ow n education, and the obstacle his age presented, he being near ly three years beyond that usual on admi ss i on . Nothing daunted, though fully alive to these drawbacks, the youth resolved to go, and set to work to prepare himself for the ordeal. One day, i n a pelting rain, he burst into the office of a friend—an intimate acquaintance of _M . r. Hayes, th e mem b e r of C ongress w h o c ould procure him the cadetship. The rain was streaming from his clothes, and he was in the hi g h es t s t a te of excitem ent His friends, starting and wondering at his unexpected. appearance, inquired what had brought him hither in such a s t orm. Y oung J ackson blurted ou t his errand. He wanted a letter o f i n t roduction t o Mr. Hayes , at Washington —be was going to set off for that place immediately—being desirous to o bt a in the cadets hi p , and fearing his opportunity would be lost. His friend regarded the schem e as an utter absurdity, said that Jac kson could never st an d th e pre li m i nary e °Lation, and many other discouraging things. Jackson was hopeful and importunate and finally obtained the letter. That very evening he bor rowed a horse to ride to Clarksburg, where the stage, proba bly a weekly one, was about to start on its eastern journey. He mounted the steed ' • a negro boy, who was to ride back and return it safely t o the owner, b e i n g perched behin d him. Thus and then did th e youthful aspirant take leave of his na tive county. Heavy rains had been falling for weeks, as rains can fall only in Western Virzi n i a , and the roads i n such a state as th e y can b e nowhere else. Not much business was transacted in those parts • no t many people t ravelled in those days, a n d i n such weather. An hour before or after time was of no great moment, and the postmaster, with prudent foresight, had despatched la's mail bags and the great unwieldy st age that conveyed them over those toil some roads, a f u ll h our before the usual. time. No m clucement could te mpt young Jackson to brea k his promise, and the negro boy was duly sent back with the borrowed horse ; nor was he himself to be easily turned from his pur pose; so in the midst of such rain and such mud, he set off, on foot, in pursuit of the stage•iFour miles an hour is toler able travelli ng a t t h e b est o f t imes in those mountain dis tricts; but this was a toilsome march on a dark stormy night, and thirteen weary miles were traversed before the youth overtook the stage. I am not ac curately informed how far this said stage was bound towards Richmond or Washi n g ton, either city being neareing near upon 200 miles from his hom e, and several days jour ney over the mountains. Proba bl y he indulged in this mode of travelling only as far as Romley, or at most to Winchester, or to Staunton, in the Valley. It would ap pear that his first introductions w ere to be obtained at the State capital, Richmond, for we hear of his being there; but one thing is certain—that he carried his scanty wardrobe in hand, a n d ma de the gre ater p art of his long journey on foot ; f or we aro assured th at on his arrival at Washington, he presented his letter, " all muddy as he was" to Mr. H a y es, who rece ived hire kindly, and, in his turn, presented him to the Secretary of War, who re warded his praiseworthy ambition and perseverance by granting the much-coveted presentation.—life of " Stone • wall Jackson." THEATRICAL Os PITS.—" A new nautical drama," says the Sunday Times, "is in active rehearsal at the Surrey. Mr. Leigh Murray will shortly re-appear at the Strand i n a new and or i g inal character. The Lyceum is definitiyely fixed to open, on Saturday, 24th October:: LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] REPLY OF THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN TO THE MEXICAN DEPUTATION. MIRAMAR, OCt. 3. The Mexican deputation was received this morn ng by the Archduke Maximilian. _ _ Don Gutierez de Etrada spoke in the name of the deputation. The Archduke in reply said : "The wishes of the Mexican Assembly of Nota bles have touched me deeply. It cannot but be exceedingly flattering for our House that they have turned their eyes to the descendants of Charles V. "Although the mission of maintaining the inde pendence and welfare of Mexico on a solid founda tion, and with free institutions, i 3 a most noble one, I must, nevertheless, in complete accordance with the views of the Emperor Napoleon, declare that the monarchy cannot be re-established on a legi timate and firm basis without a spontaneous ex pression of the wishes of the whole nation. " I must make my acceptance of the throne de pendent upon a plebiscite of the whole country. On the other hand, it would be my duty to ask for guarantees which are indispensable to secure Mexico against the dangers which threaten her integrity and independence. " Should these guarantees be obtained, and the universal vote of the nation be given in my favour, I am ready to accept the Crown, subject to the approval of the Emperor, my brother. " In case Providence should call me to this high mission, I must at once declare that it is my firm intention to open the path of progress by a Con stitution, as was done by my brother, and after the complete pacification of the country, to seal the fundamental law with an oath. "By such means only can a new and really national policy be called into existence, by which all parties, forgetting old disputes, would co•operate with me in raising Mexico to a prominent rank among nations. Carry back with you these frank declarations to your fellow-citizens, and act in such a manner that it may become possible for the nation to declare what form of government it desires to have." It is believed that the conditions of the Arch • duke's acceptance of the Crown are the same as those named in October, 1861, according to which he considers the co-operation of France and Eng land to be the only means by which order can be re-established, and that a free manifestation of the wish of the whole nation is absolutely necessary. The Archduke stated in conversation with the members of the deputation that he would only accept the Crown if all these conditions were ful filled, and that he would now await their fulfil ment. SYRIA. PARIS, OCT. 5. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The state of affairs of Syria is still unsatisfactory. " Bands of Druses, escaped from Hauran, have appeared near Damascus, and intercept the cara vans of provisions and merchandise." RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 5. The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day publishes an article on the opinion pronounced by the English and French press relative to the' passages in the Russian Memorandum of the 26th .September refer ring to the events of 1812 and 1814. The Journal de St. Petersburg says :—" These reminiscences have not been brought forward by the Russian Government, which was drawn to this ground in spite of itself. The Powers having made the treaties of 1815 the point of departure for their diplomatic intervention, the Russian Government was compelled to state what bearing it attaches to them by recalling the circumstances of the past, and by speaking of reverses which belong to the domain of history. But it would be an anachro nism to invoke the recollection of the Holy Alli ance. The efforts of the English and French press to represent the dignity of each other's country as being engaged neutralise themselves mutually." BRESLAU, Ocr. 5. The Commissariat Department of Warsaw has been informed that 50,000 fresh troops will shortly arrive in the Kingdom of Poland, and remain there during the winter months. Every little town will be garrisoned. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct: 3.—The market has been heavy, and Stock having been offered, the business done shows a decline on yesterday's quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 65c. Mobilier has also receded, being now at 1,165 fr. Railway Shares are also on the declining scale. The market closed as follows : It per Cents. 96 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 60 Credit Mobilier 1163 75 Do. end month 1165 Bank Shares 3335 Credit .Foncier 1325 Italian Loan 73 30 Do. end month 73 55 New ditto ...... 73 45 Do. end month 74 30 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes., Rome Debt .. vAYS. Cash. Account. 1017 50 .. 1015 990 .. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1020 .. 995 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 420 .. 412 50 Austrian Lotrbard North of Spain ..... Saragossa.. 650 .. 600 Ditto to Barcelona PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter declares that German diplomatists in various States are occupied with the task of re futing the memorial addressed to the King of Prus sia by his Ministers on the subject of the Frankfort Congress. "That reply," ad.ls the letter, "will entail no small amount of labour ; it will require weeks of deliberation and a long exchange of de spatches. The Austrian Cabinet is to perform the duty of reporter; the document on leaving its hands is to be submitted to several Courts interested, and on receiving their approbation will be forwarded to Berlin in the form of a collective note." THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE. — The names of the Count de Montalembert, Charles Reed, Esq., and John Leighton, Esq., have been added to the National Shakspeare Committee during this past week. In a cordial letter addressed to Mr. Linnaeus Banks, one of the honorary secretaries of the National Shakspeare Committee, the illustrious Count de Montalem bert says :—" Paris, Sept. 21, 1863. Sir, —Different cir cumstances of a painful nature have prevented my sooner answering the letter you did me the honour of addressing to me in June last, relating to the Tercentenary of Shak. speare's birth. I can but teel extremely flattered that the Provisional Shakspeare Committee should have thought of me, and shall be deeply honoured to see my name enlisted amongst those who wish to pay homage to the greatest genius of England, and perhaps of modern Europe. Pray, therefore, inform me of what I am to do, in order to respond to the views of the committee, besides giving the use of my name.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, with sincere re gard and sympathy, your obliged and obedient servant, Le Count de Montalembert." Intimations having been re ceived from Dublin, Glasgow, and other most important cities, that their inhabitants desire to help the cause, the Athencelon announces that steps are being taken to establish in various parts of the kingdom local committees in aid of the committee sitting in Pall-Mall. On Tuesday last, for example, a working men's meeting was held in the Philo sophical Institution, Birmingham, to take into consideration the question of erecting a national monument to Shakspeare on the occasion of the approaching tercentenary, when the following resolution was adopted by the meeting :—" That it is desirable that the working men of Birmingham should co-operate with the London committee for the purpose of erecting a national monument in commemoration of the an niversary of the three-hundredth birthday of Shakspeare ; and that this meeting pledges itself to assist in raising sub scriptions for that purpose." It is suitable enough that the working men of Warwickshire should set the example, no doubt to be followed by the working men and all other men throughout the land, LITERATURE. Ned Locksley ; the Etonian. Two Vols. Bentley. "Tender-hearted, yet strong-souled, just in rule, brave in war, serving God," such is the character of Edward Locksley, one of the most delightful and loveable heroes that we have read of for many a long day. Numerous readers will elose the second volume, which ends his eventful history, with pro• found emotion, mingled, as in our own instance, with a feeling of indignation against the author for the melancholy ending he has given to what might have been a most charming and gratifying story. The slip between the cup and the lip which befalls poor Edward on his return from his Indian campaign, when, almost within sight of his beloved home, he falls in with his cousin, the artful, designing Keane Burkitt, the evil genius of the book, is singularly tantalising. At the same time the author of this very clever story is no doubt aware that, however much novel readers may delight in a happy-ending tale, where " all goes merry as a marriage bell," and " all's well that ends well," yet there is an indes cribable charm, as the Bride of Lammermoor can testify, about a story with a pathetic close. We dismiss the happy lovers when the curtain falls, but our memories are strangely haunted by the spirits of those whose misfortunes have been able to call forth our tears. We doubt whether ever little Nell and dear little Paul, charming as they undoubtedly are, would maintain so firm a hold upon our affections, were it not for the exceeding pathos which lingers round their early graves. All these reflections we have called up to reconcile us to the close of the story of " Ned Locksley" with which, to say the truth, we have been grievously disappointed—with the close of the story, that is to say, not with the story itself. Ned Locksley had fairly won our deepest interest and admiration by reason of his frank, tender -hearted, chivalrous, and manly charac teristics. His is not the character, in truth, of an ordinary novel-hero. There is something original and attractive about him from the days of his early boyhood. The opening chapters are capi tally described. The two home-pictures at the Locksleys and at Cransleigh are very charming. Edward is blessed with a tender-hearted, but when occasion requires it, a strong-souled mother, and a father from whom he inherits his frank and fearless temperament. He grows up in close companionship with Philip, Earl of Cransfield, the only son of a widowed mother, who does her best to supply a father's place to him, and who wisely considers the friendship of Edward Locksley, the best gift she can ensure to her young son. The opening scene is a specimen of the happy boyish life of the two heroes. " THE DOMESTIC TELL I" " Capital 1 But it wasn't on a live boy's head, though ?" " What odds if it had been ?" " All the odds in the world, Ned. Funk makes a fel low's hand shake." " Stop a bit, then, and I'll try again with Tommy Wil mot. Here I Tommy ! Tommy! " But when it was expla , ned to Tommy, the gardener's son, that he was to stand blindfold whilst Master Locksley shot a bolt at an apple on his head, he manifested an unac countable repugnance. In vain was he shown two apples spitted in succession by the marksman's skill : in vain was he made acquainted with the story of the gallant Switzer's boy : in vain was an offer made to dispense with the brass ferule on the bolt. Then bribes were tried, a new sixpence and a bag of marbles. Then came hard words : "he was a muff :" "he was a monkey." Lastly, lam sorry to say, came threats, whereat he threw himself upon his back on the turf, kick ing and screaming for " Mammy I" " Ugh I the little toad I" said both his tormentors, with the most ingenuous indignation. "I have it, though," said the Earl, after a pause. "Let's get Mrs. Locksley's big china jar out of the back drawing room, stick it on a stool with the apple atop. It's no end of funky to shoot at." It was indeed. Even Ned's recklessness quailed. " A nice boy you are," quoth his lordship ; risk Tommy Wilmot's life or eyes and funk the crockery I Well !" This was more than Ned could stand. Indoors he went, and brought out the jar in one hand, a tall stool in the other. On a lid squatted a grinding dragon with a smooth round pate. Thereon a pippin was then craftily poised, and the Earl stepped off the distance at which they had been shooting before. Their weapon was a cross-bow, their bolt of wood tipped with a brass ferule. Ned took aim so steadily that his companion muttered, " He'll do it now." So, perhaps, he would, but for a saucy may-fly and a hungry swallow. The may-fly danced right in the line of aim ; the swallow darted, snapped at and seized her. The gleam of the bird's glossy back dazzled Ned's eye too late to check the finger on the trigger. Off went the head of the golden dragon of the dynasty of Ming. The jar is happily mended, but Ned's " uncompro mising honesty" makes a full confession necessary. So identified are the two boys in all their relation ships that Lady Constance, the elder sister of the young earl, considers Ned as much her brother as she does Phil. Not so the young Etonian, as the following scene discloses : " SEEING IS KNOWING. ° Soon she went forward, and over the slope, away. Ned quick as thought, pressed upward from the other side. He reached the spot. Her footprint was yet fresh upon the moss. He knelt down and kissed it passionately twice or thrice, gathered a few shreds of the moss where his lips had touched her footmark; picked a few floating rose-leaves from the water, and put both tenderly into his breast. " Ned l" He turned at the dear voice of one who was almost his mother too. Lady Cransdale sat on a marble seat close by, where she had been iu conversation with her daughter. "Ned I dear Ned ! Come here, and let me know at once what meaning there is in what I have just seen you do ?" So he sat down beside her, and forced himself to speak, and told her what it meant, in the simplest, strongest words that he could find. He was so frank and manly, in his genuine and deep emotion, that it cut her to the quick ; for she dearly loved the lad. Her long-lost Philip's early ten derness for him, her own obedient adoption of it, all her indulgent motherliness in proof—to think that all should end in having toiled him thus I The meshes were self wrought, perhaps ; but what of that ? She felt that they were wrought in with living fibres of a true loving heart. No unravelling was possible; they must be rent. Her mournful firmness was the only consolation she could give him. She put on no idle affectation that his hurt was slight; she was no fool to think nor Hypocrite to feign it. She had known and loved him all his life long as a boy, and had held him up to that hour, for no more. But when he had opened out his heal t in its honesty, she saw and owned him for a man—with a man's capacity to suffer, she prayed it might be with a man's strength to bear. "You have been dreaming, Ned. So, indeed, have I ; dreaming or blind. But open your eyes as mine are open now, and see for yourself that you have dreamt what can not be." It cannot be, for Constance has an older and more suitable love in Lord Royston, and the disappointed youth turns with double ardour to seek for military glory in India, whither his thoughts had often turned ; but his career had been otherwise ordained by his father. Now, however, it is his mother her self, while her heart is broken at the prospect of a separation, who bids him go. She loves him too well to let his life be embittered by the double dis appointment. Very beautiful and touching is the scene between the father and mother, when the latter earnestly pleads her son's cause; and very beautiful also is the scene between mother and son, with the repetition again and again of a remark, that haunts Edward's memory long afterwards—" only a mother's heart." So Edward goes to India,where stirring adventures await him; but he maintains to the last his dauntless spirit and his affectionate heart. We will not further disclose the secrets of his career, but refer our readers to his very inte resting history. SIR W. ATHERTON.—The Durham Advertiser understands that although ho has resigned the office of Attorney-General, Sir Wm. Atherton intends to retain his scat for the city of Durham. FIELDING'S COTTAGE TREES DESTROYED.—New railroads are still fast rooting up old landmarks. The one on the western road near Shepherd's Bush has recently swept away a group of fine old trees, beneath which Fielding often sat when ho had his abiding place in the cottage hard by. READING ON RAILWAYS INJURIOUS TO THE EYE siGHT.—Mr. Benjamin Travers, the oculist, used to attribute a good share of his well-earned income to the closely-printed double-columned editions of books which used to vex the human eye in his days. Warning was given, with the usual results. A new danger to vision fol lowed, when realing was indulged in by travellers on rail ways. Admonition was soon raised against it, but it was unheeded. The consequent evil has been great, and medi cal men in England and on the continent are striving to counteract it. One especially, Dr. Legrand de Saulle, states that the difficulty to which the eye is put by the shaking of the vehicle, often induces a slight congestion of the retina, and that a persistence in the habit may bring on congestion of the brain. Return of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Marlborough-hous e , Pall-mall, at a quarter past 10 o'clock on Saturday night from the King's cross terminus of the Great Northern Railway. Their Royal Highnesses, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Captain Grey, and the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, left Edinburgh in the forenoon. Yesterday morning the Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine Service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Garden, sub-dean. The anthem was, " Sing we merrily unto God"—Crotch. Captain Grey and the Han. Mrs. W. Grey were in attendance on their Royal Highnesses. The Duke of Cambridge was also present at the service. Captain Grey has relieved Lien t.-Colonel Keppel in his duties as the Equerry in Waiting to tho Prince of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Edinburgh. On Friday evening their itoybl Highnesses dined with the Lord Provost, at his residence in George square. The preparations made by his lordship for the reception of his royal guests were on a scale of great magnitude and magnificence. The nurseries at Inverleith row were liberally laid under contri bution to supply choice evergreens,flowere, and hot house plants for the embellishment of the various apartments. Painters and deccrators took posses sion of the establishment, and lavished their in genuity in novel and effective designs. Mirrors were employed without limitation to magnify and reproduce the splendours of the rooms, and illumi nated stained-glass windows were introduced to heighten the effect of the decorations. The dining room on the ground floor was most magnificently fitted up. One of the windows overlooking the meadows was taken out, and an arbour of beau tiful plants was formed outside which stretched iuto a vista, the end of which seemed an immeasure able distance away. Long waving palm branches were ingeniansly arranged so as to produce a most striking effect; rare tropical plants of the most luxurious foliage, intertwined with delicate tinted flowers, were disposed in the most artistic fashion ; mirrors were placed so as to reproduce the flowers and the plants, and magnify the vista till the eye lost itself in a dim maze of foliage, and the effects of the whole were heightened and magnified by a blaze of light. Towards the upper end of the room a combination of heather and flowers was wrought into an ingenious device, in the centre of which was placed a small fo'untain of clear water. The fur nishings of the dinner table were of the most sump tuous and costly description, and the general ar rangement of the room was most elegant. On the decoration of the drawing room neither labour nor money was spared, and the effect was strikingly magnificent. Adjoining the drawing-room was a boudoir for the Princess, which was most tastefully designed. The roof was concealed by a white lace canopy of fine wavy outline, and the walls were covered with white muslin. The furnishings were extremely elegant, and the whole of the interior fittings realised the idea of a magnificent Oriental tent. The Prince and Princess left Stanley's Hotel about 20 minutes past seven, and drove in a covered carriage to George-square. The announcement that their Royal Highnesses were to dine at the resi dence of the Lord Provost had the effect of drawing together a very large crowd in the square, who cheered the royal couple loudly as they alighted. Their Royal Highnesses were received at the entrance of the mansion by the Lord Provost and Mrs. Graham Lawson. Dinner was served at half-past seven, and on th e com nyin preciselysembg the Lord Provost h a d th e h onour aasl of conducting the Princess to the dining-room, and ahis Royal Highness the Prince conducted Mrs. Graham Lawson. The band of the 3d Hussars was stationed in a temporary apartment adjoining the drawing-room, and played selections of music during dinner. The Lord Provost also gave an evening party at half past nine. The Prince and Princess remained for about an hour in the drawing-room, and listened with much apparent pleasure to several pieces of music played on the pianoforte by some of the ladies present. Their Royal Highnesses departed about 11 o'clock, and the company left shortly afterwards. The Court Circular states that orders were sent to Windsor Castle to have all the rooms usually occupied by her Majesty and the Royal family in readiness by the 17th inst. On Wednesday last the Queen caused to be presented to the Windsor Dispensary portraits of herself and the Prince Consort, admirably lithographed by Vinter, from the last paintings her Majesty and the Prince Consort sat fcr to Winterhalter. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves. leave the duchess's chateau at Rumpenheim, near Frankfort, either on Wed nesday or Thursday next, for their residence at St, James's Palace, on their way to Kew. The Duke of Rutland has arrived in town from his seat in Derbyshire. The Earl and Countess Russell and the Ladies Russell intend to leave ➢Tinto House, near Hawick, Rox burghshire, where they have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Minto, for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. The Earl and Countess of Erroll and family have arrived in Grafton•street from Slains Castle, Aberdeen shire. Lord Brougham will leave Brougham Hall to morrow for Edinburgh, to preside at the annual meeting of the Social Science Congress. The noble and learned lord will be the guest of the Lord Provost during his sojourn in that city. The Marquis d'Alterre and party have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Newmarket. Lady Katherine Wigram died on Wednesday last, at St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire. The deceased lady was the youngest of the two daughters of Thomas, fourth Earl of Selkirk, by Jean, only daughter of Mr. James W edderburn Colville, and consequently sister of the present peer. Her ladyship, who was in her 47th year, married, in January, 1849, Mr. Loftus Tottenham Wigram, c c ---3kr, r--- A. .., .44.,, A , f , Cart . „,..._-,....„ „... HEALTH OF LORD LYNDHURST. The inquiries to-day at his Lordship's residence, George -street, Hanover-square, were exceedingly numerous. The following is the latest bulletin : " October 5. i; His Lordship passed a tranquil night, his symp toms are much improved, and at present his strength is holding out better than I could have expected. " THOMAS HAWKSLEY 7 M.D." " UNBLEACHED AMERICANS" has become, we are told, among the Yankees, the new title of coloured men, in place of the vulgar word "niggers." TIIE SKELETON would seem to be the favourite ghost—the party so much envied by Sydney Smith on when he l onged to " take off his flesh and sit inhihsot day, bones.,, His pretensions are formidable. He is " all there," as they say let the Strand, with due deductions on the score of "my Lady Worm." He is no masquerader in other men's attire, like those other larcenous and mean spirited ghosts who go about in other people's Chesterfields and Albert watch-guards. His motto is 8 0001. cuique. Being an honest ghost he is undoubtedly entitled to have his claims considered in a fair and candid manner. But modern science, like modern history, or, to speak more accurately, modern-ancient history is analytical, rigorous, and incredulous. A man has been known to pass an old friend unrecognised in the park. How, then, shall he be expected to identity a chapless skull ? But our quarrel with a skeleton-ghost is anatomical rather than moral. A man's osseous system is, we are taught, connected and held toge ther by certain integuments and sinews. W hen these decay the bones fall into E. shapeless heap. has any one ever reflected that it would take a medical student in his third year, and several yards of iron wire, to qualify one of thes e skeleton• ghosts t o s t and for his portrait ? Who ' s to do it, or what is to ju s tif y a ghost in playing the flaneur in this fashion, as it h e had a hospit a l house-surgeon for a valet ? Tricked out, tied together, and made up hke Beau Blum mell going to a drawing-room, the skeleton• ghost is indeed made presentable to civilised society, but at an awful sac rifice of truth and fidelity. We have no objection to huts in a physician's cupboard or in the Museum of the College of Surgeons. But as a skeleton who has picked himself up snd put himself together before assuming this spectral illusion, he is a terrible irapostor,Loidon Review.