The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1864. While the Prince and Princess of WALES seem to be prospering in their visit to Denmark, and joie proved in health and spirits on their projected ceerae, it cannot but be felt by many how different it might have been. It is generally a sad task to compare what is with what has been, and the lost chances of the world fill many a gloomy page of its history. Still in this instance of the visit of the Princess of WALES to her own country, it cannot be denied that we have a particular proof of the instability of human greatness, and the insecurity of prosperity under the brightest auspices and most flattering promises that the world can give. While it is a graceful act on the part of the Prince and Princess to visit the spot which is endeared to one by remembrance and the other by associations, the considerations that will henceforth attach to the place must in a degree be fraught with gloom. It must be painful to rt fleet upon the disappointment of the Dines as regards the benefits that they hoped would accrue from the Englieh alliance. It was not thus that they had hoped or expected to welcome back their Princess, and to receive the heir of the English Crown, who had signalled their land by choosing the daughter of their King to be his Queen. It cannot be that the a filleted people of that ill=used and forsaken country can entertain the same feelings towards England now as they experie enced a year ago. They have been taught a bitter lesson of the want of good faith on the part of Eng land, and learned the unwelcome truth that Ger. many, in the hour of her most extreme aggression, is considered more worthy of our support and countenance than they are. The Treaty of 1852, which was expected to do so much good to Denmark, has been given up altogether, and the brave people of the independent little country are to see their possessions torn from them, and their treasures seized, while the English, compelled to acknowledge the injustice of the acts, will not lift a finger on their behalf. Suc h recollections as these u ,t unquestionably cast a blight over the recep. tion of the Prince and Princess, and it is quite idle for the devotees of Germany to say otherwise. Deep sorrow is ever abiding, it exhibits not the wild untutored expressions of excitement, but it knows not the sudden reaction of evanescent de'. pvession. In this generation at least Denmark can never be the some in heart or sentiment as she w ,s when she took leave of ALFX ODRA, on the eve of her bright and p rom i s i ng wedding. It is well to contemplate the subdued pleasure with which the D Ines now meet her whom they parted from under such different circumstances. In many countries it would not have been practicable for this visit to have been performed at all, and cer tainly not during this year. The feeling of dis appoin'ment at false expectations, the sense of mis. placed trust, and the thought of abused confidence would have been all too strong and overpowering, but the Danes resemble the Engli s h in their honest and hearty appreciation of character. They feel that thtic young Princess has never forgotten in the midst of tur triumphs in England that she was the daughter of Denmark, and that the Prince,lead The details of the Chicago Convention prove that its proceedings were the effect of no mere local or sectarian influence, but the expression of the long suppressed feelings of the great mass of the Northern people. The enthusiasm of the assembly knew no bounds, and found ready expression on behalf of any allusion to the restoration of peace and the recognition of civil rights. It was no in significant assembly in point of numbers, for it is said that never before has there been so great a concourse. As ono of the American journals de scribes it, writing on the day of gathering—" In numbers, enthusiasm, sincerity of purpose, aad true patriotism, the great Convention which met here at noon to-day is without precedent in the history of American politics." From every side the people came pouring into the town until the streets were thronged, and the great hotels almost impassable inside. On the Sunday, the day before the opening alone, no less than 27,000 people poured into the town, brought by the eleven different railroads which centre there. Large delegations were con tinually arriving with bands of music, firing salutes in answer to the cheers with which they were greeted. It was calculated that more than a hun dred thousand visitors were in Chicago, and, in ad dition to the regular meeting, large mass meetings were held throughout the day at the chief hotels and in the streets. At night, on the 29th of August, the day of the opening, four immense meetings were held, and slaty thousand persons were in the streets listening to the speeches. The Missouri and Illinois delegations held mass meetings, and " en dorsed M'CLELLAN in the warmest manner." So that the verdict of the great West is unmistakably for peace; but it is not the verdict of the Western States alone, since the New York delegation held a meeting to vote for a nominee, at which the names of four candidates were brought forward, leaving General M'CLELLAN 53 votes; Judge NELs SON, the next in number, 11 ; CHARLES O'CONNOR, 2; and JAMES GUTHRIE, 1. So that the risk' of rivalry from these gentlemen is not a very serious one for M'CLELLAN. Meanwhile, the interior of the great hall was no less animated than the streets of Chicago. The presentation of the credentials by the delegates gave rise to vivid demonstrations of enthusiasm, especially when the representatives of the Western States came forward. But when the delegates from Kentucky advanced to the platform, the whole assembly rose to their feet and cheered for old Kentucky. The recollec tion of the martial law established in that province gave fresh zeal to the cheers that rung to the roof at every allusion to the rights of the people. In recognition of one of the most valuable of those rights —a free press—the Chicago limes received the compliment of a serenade from an immense crowd, and speeches were made in answer to it' declaring that the freedom of the press would here after be maintained at all costs, The address of Governor SEYMOUR was in harmony with his openly proclaimed opinions, and was straightforward, manly, and explicit, It expressed the convictiona which the people of this country earnestly desire to see brought home to the heart of every Aureri. can, and which have been long silently but surely gaining ground, until we see their full strength evidenced in the assembly at Chicago.Fouryeaorws ago, said Governor SEYMOUR, the party which now rules the states had its birth on this opal; let it die where it was born. Fuur years ago a con e ention met in the city of Chicago when the country was peaceful, prosperous, and united. " Its dele gates did not wish to destroy our Government, to overwhelm us with debt, or to drench our land with blood, but they were animated by an ignorance of spiritppoeioele. of our institutione, the character of our and the condition of our land." Al these direful results havo been brought about, and, as Governor Y MOUR truly said, the party in power rhave , marched on step by step to con. elusions which at the outset they the dh o a L v N e shank from in horror. T he refu3a i of LINCOLN Party to entertain the idea of a compromise was especially censured by all ti conditions, it wa s declared,which '1 hey demand par es have nothing to do with the Constitution, and which they have no right to ask. They put obstacles in the Way of all terms of reconciliation, and by the expression of their own vindictive passions have hampered their own cause so much that it is equally impossible for them to restore the Union or to make peace with out it. No word was breathed at Chicago of recog nition or separation of the States. The Union was everywhere spoken of, but peace and conciliation and compromise were upon every one's lips. And conciliation and compromise must lead to that end which we are all hoping to see. When once the sword is sheathed, and the smoke of the battle• field is allowed to clear away, men will look round and count the cost of the war. They will recog nise the utter hopelessness and futility of their efforts to subdue a people as brave, as determined, and far more united and singleminded than them selves. They will see, too, the inconsistency, we might almost say the absurdity, of WASHINGTON'S descendants fighting to enforce the very principles which he spent his life in opposing. It is the principle of independence, the recognition of the rights of States which has made America a nation, and it is those principles which the North must acknowledge in the inevitable recognition of Southern independence, to which the Chicago Con vention is the first decided step. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. No. IV. Its Peerless Capacity as a Music Hall. The Diameter of the Handel Orchestra has already been spcken of as exactly double the dia. meter of the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. From that one consideration alone, it will, upon the in stant, be recognised that, in the mere scope of the arrangements permanently made within the edifice for its various musical performances, the Crystal Palace, as a melodic arena, regarded simply as a Illusio Hall, stands forth, here also, as it does in so many other particulars, altogether unrivalled. The magnitude of the area set apart thus for orches tral purposes —upon a scale so gigantic and hitherto unexampled—is attributable to the gradual after expansion of what was originally a very grand enterprise on the part of the designer. And the drop• ping of the pebble, as one may say, from the which — ring upon ring —there has subsequently expanded, circle upon circle, tier above tier, this magnificent choral and instrumental amphitheatre, was—the carrying out of the project of the First Great Handel Festival in 18371 Since that occasion, the enter prise then happily set on foot has been developed to its present vast and unrivalled dimensions. The Orchestra—thenceforth to be known as the Handel Orchestra—grew and grew until it came at last to oxupy, as it does now, permanently, the whole of the western portion of the Great Central Transept. It has contrived at last to assume such dimensions, there, in fact, that it can be said of it (not by any means extravagantly or hyperbolicall3 ) that, if need were, it could contain within it, and that comfortably seated before their music•stands, the six largest orchestras in the United Kingdom. It could so accommodate those six largest orchestras, and yet, even then, have elbow-room ! In point of fact, no farther back than in 1862, at the Great Handel Festival—then given with a pomp that a pagan might have said must for a certainty (shall we say, for a dead certainty ?) have soothed the manes of the giant composer, nay, that that pagan might almost in the old heathenish classic times have regarded as Handel's Apotheosis—more than Four Thousand vocal and instrumental performers were ranged to. gether, there—immediately below and upon either hand of the great organ—upon the benches of the Handel Orchestra. That superb instrument just mentioned, The Organ—so to speak, the palpitating heart of the whole Orchestra—an organ, expressly built for the Crystal Palace by the Messrs Gray and Davison— it should here be remarked at once at this first mention of it assumes high rank among the noblest specimens yet fabricated in that im perial class of instumentF. It is worth mak ing a journey, indeed, round the upper gallery, inamediaGoly at the back of it, to peer in through an obscure looking door, which there some times stands ajar, at the throng of men standing in a cluster there, working away for the bare life of them at the bellows which give it breath ! Breath to those glorious sounds rolling out day after day, at an appointed hour (according to the varying announcement in each day's programme), under the touch of the master-hand of Mr. James Coward, the Company's Organist. Glorious sounds rolling forth at that touch under the every movement of the accomplished performer's hands from en instrument having an array of Four Rows of Keys—an organ containing within it upwards of Seventy Stops, and consider. ably more than Four Thousand Five Hundred Pipes ! The Stops of this Mammeth Organ, in point of fact, number exactly 74—the Pipes of it no less than 4,598. Hearkening at times to the enormous volumes of sound pouring forth from the instrument, sounds reverberating under the arch of the great transept, and rolling in re-echoing peals, to the right hand and to the left, down the long perspeetive of the Nave, it seems almost incredible that they can emanate from the momentary touch of that one isolated performer. Ranging, as they do, from treble to diapason, varying from trumpets to flageolet, breathing now with the dulcet tones as of a solitary hautboy, now as with a very tumult of horns and ophec:eides, it seems more like . the performance of a whole orchestra than that of a single instru mentalist. Reverting, however, to the mere mechanical arrangements of the interior structure here raised in this western portion of th e G reat Centre Tran • sept, it is especially noticeable among these, how it has come to pass that so signal a triumph has been there won over a world of acoustic difficulties . The secret of the success thus achieved may be increeicloinggnisaerdo,hed in a single Epa over truth, at s t he gls a nce—i e n wood e n r the whole vast area of this unrivalled orchestra. Remem bering that, in the clear span of it, this immenee wooden arch—about the largest timber arch ever constructed—remembering that this spas cions arch is in the clear span of it upwards of One Hundred Feet—that it has a depth of considerably more than Two Hundred, and that, besides this, it rises more than thirty feet in the centre, where it reaches an attitude of upwards of eighty feet from the floor of the Orchestra—it must be allowed to have been very exquisitely adjusted, indeed, in its component parte, vi hen ii comes to be added, after all this, that no lateral pressure whatever has been thrown from it upon the edifice of glass and iron within which the whole of this supplementary framework has, with such wonderful ingenuity, been contrived. That, in other words, it is self-sustaining, upon its own foundations. Here it is, in effect, under this stupendous sound ing -board, that between Four and Five Thousand Performers, vocalists and instrumentalists, can interpret, as nowhere else can be interpreted, nay, for that matter, here it is that they hays so inter preted the sublimest imaginings of the demigodb among our musical composers—a Handel, a Beethoven, a Mendelssolin. As a music-hall in quite another sense, the Crystal Palace is no less, than in the one in which we have been here examining it, wholly and entirely without any competitor. Men aviary of song birds—it is altogether unrivalled. Loitering within the Crystal Palace, of an evening, when the sun is verging westwards, and when the who!e glittering lane, nave and transepts and wings, kindles under the horizontal beams—one may listen there —among the statuary and the verdure—to the notes of all the various song birds that make the Crystal Palace their perpetual haunt, flitting about, hither and thither, free as air under its transparent roof, nesting among the boughs 01 that indoor garden—melodious singers as varied in their skill as the thrush, the robin, the blackbird, and the nightingale. The Prtachership of Archbishop Tenisox'a Chapel, Regent-street, hls been conferred on the Rev, C, R, Gor don, M.A, LATEST IN'TELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. MADRID, SEPT. 13. The Correspondenciz announces that the whole of the Ministry, after holding a conference, deter mined yesterday evening upon tendering their re signation to the President, who has instructed the Queen of their resolution. Her Majesty's acceptance of the resignation is still problematical. The Madrid journals put forward lists for the new Ministry in accordance with their political opinions. - -- MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Eight. ItOY AL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening (Wednesday), Mdlle. C. Patti, Mr. Santley, Mdlle. Krebs, Mr. Levy, Mr. Pollitzer, and Ali Ben Sou-alle, will appear. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, Ind the Band of the Coldstream Guards. The Faust Selection. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One Shilitng ; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. and 10s. ed. To-morrow,Thursday, a SPOHR NlGHT,when will be per formed the Symphony, "The Power of Sound." Mr. Santley wi I sing two of Spohr's favourite Compositions. On Friday next, a MEYERBEER NIGHT. On 3/cnday next, a GOUNOD NIGHT. • HEATRE ROYAL, II AYM ARKET.— Mr. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends aid the public that this The ,tre will c..en BalleMt, onMONDAY next, Sept. 19, to commence a ,. 7 tv.th a e 13 A UCH US AND ARIA DN E, in which the Messrs. s , nd Charles Leclereq, with Miss Caroli Arthur e Adams and Miss Fanny Wright, will appear. After whico, at half-past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera of THE CAST LE 010 ANDALUSIA. Don Caesar, Mr. Weis., who will sing the original songs, "Flow thou regal purple str am," "On by the spur of valour goaded," and " The Wolf ;" Don Alphonso, Mr. Arthur Mathison, with the origin Al song, " The hardy sailor brave the ocean" and " The ba i the ro.e ;" Don Soil_ io, Mr. Chippendale; Don Fer nando, Mr. W. Farren ; spada (a jobber', Mr. Buckstone ; Pedrillo, with " A master I have, and I am his man," Mr. Compton ; Don Juan, Mr. Rogers ; Sanguine, Mr. Braid ; Victoria, Miss Nelly Moore; Catalina, with "Two strings to hi lx) A," Miss Louise Keeley ; Donna Isabel'a,Mrs.Griffiths ; Donna Lorenzo, Madame Weiss, who wills n.;•"Ah ! why do we love ?" (Hatton), "Love is a gentle thing" (Howard 61,)ver‘, and " The lark n.w leaves her watery nest" (Hatton). To be followed by (first time at this Theatre) Morton's Farce of FRIEND WAGJLES. Horatio Waggles (his original character), Mr. Compton. After " Friend Waggles, „ "God save the Queen" will be Sun; by Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. Matthison, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fosbroke, Madame Weiss, and the entire companY• Concluding with A KISS IN TUE DARK. On Monday, Oct. 3, will be produced a version of Alexander Dumas's play of "Mademoiselle de Be lle Isle," the Engli h version by Frances Anne Kemble. in which Madhe. Beatrice Luechesini, of the Odeon and Vaudeville, Faris, will make her first appearance in England. In rehearsal, a new Farce, by the Author of "Box and Cox," in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Water ned Gordon, Miss Snowdo n, and Mrs. E. Fitzwil ianm lawil ppe. The box-office will be oe on Saturday ext, Sept, 17, , under 31 the direction of M. G. Turpin. and daily from 10 t .ll 5 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Tirts EVENING, BORN TO GO . JD LUCK. Paddy O' Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE bTELTS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining., J. W. Ray, D. Fi s her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H Forre.ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma' Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. NEW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL -134)16 Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. For the Benefit of Mr. J. L. Toole. THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. Toole and Billington. After which, first time, STEPHEN DIG GES. Messrs. J. L. bole, K. Phillips, Killington, Stephenson; Mrs. Billing ton, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Allred Mellon. And THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. A. Mellon, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL Manager, S 11 Benjaminr. JAMES'ST Webster.E A T RE. EMINEN r TALENT AND COMEDY. -----• - This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Selson. THIS EVENING (tor the third time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's i~h:y•successial and original CJrnedy of HOW WILL HEY GET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. Mr, Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Asnley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Joint stone, Mr. H. Montague, Miss Cotturel , Miss Fanny Joseph Miss Patti Josephs, &c. &a Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr F. Webster. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now In stock a variety of WASHING SILK DIZEISES, sultan° for the country and seaside, and at the c.caring-out price of only Ile. Ed. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r'sen 15 per cent, and it will soon reach a far greater per-tentage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b more Co3tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILL Co. :SHALL COMPANY'S Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 235. per ton. I Double .20s. per ton. Top 22e. „ De, p 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Weatbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaidron. Terms cash. JOUN SCOTT, Sole .tgent. TIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, p.m be had Every Evening 01 G. It GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by 11 EN RY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T its DAL—Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 1211.40a3. o-mokutow.-Morning, lh. 10m.—Afternoon, lh. 32:n. 117, A A r t : ''ts Ault he the opportunity, would be as willing as be is able to defend their rights. Still the complete overthrow of a nation's hopes cannot take place) without causing a signal change, and the remarks of the Dagbladet are most opportune, and well represent the true circumstances of the case. That journal contrasts the present visit of the Princess with the leave-taking of last year, and points to the moral that is contained in the "enthusiastic demonstrations," and the " silent welcome.' Such facts speak for themselves, and do not need the tongue of 'wisdom to make them plain, nor the voice of eloquence to make them memorable. The Dagbladet truly says that in the expressions of delight at the departure of the Prin• cess there was a double significance, they were meant to celebrate not only a personal, but a national union. Of course, in such a light, the present moment is in every respect different, there is the sound of mourning for the voice of rejoicing, and the bitter feeling of disappointment for the eager expression of hope. There are no roses to scatter before her, because they have all been strewn upon the tombs of the warriors who had fallen. After perusing this epitome of the national senti. ment, it remains to us to reflect upon the causes that have produced such effects, and the actions whose issues have been such deplorable conse quences. Why is it that Denmark is desolated, and the young Princess returns to find the land of her birth wrapt in a pall, and the people rem maining panic-stricken, as it were, in the valley of the shadow of death. Why have the nations of the world beheld a spectacle which has renewed the thoughts of past days of tyranny and oppression in the history of ages gone by. There can be but one answer to all these queries, and that is a painful one to give. The conduct of England has been the cause, the mainspring, and origin of the offence. The fact is that nations, no more than individuals, can play at power ; the strong must show themselves willing to exert their strength, or else it will be of no avail to those whom they may wish to succour. It is very likely that Earl RUSSELL and his colleagues really thought that the moral influence of Great Britain would have some weight in the councils of Europe, but the event has shown how lamentably he was mis taken, and we are left to mourn over his mistake, while the victims reap the bitter fruits of his inca pacity to think and his reluctance to act. This subject of Denmark is an oft-told tale; but it is true, and it cannot be too much dwelt upon. If we are to seek the annals of the past for knowledge the present teaches us still more and better, bat people prefer to comment upon subjects not so per sonal. It will long be a sorrowful era in the annals of England that this spoliation of Denmark should have been permitted ; and indeed the memory of the defalcation will remain a lasting stain upon the fair fame of her rulers. To abandon the weak to the strong is always a base action, but to give up a people who had reason to trust us was indeed dastardly, and no plausible explanation of the affair can do anything to mitigate the nature of the evil, or to lessen the enormity of the conduct according to the reader of truth and honour. PORTUGAL. BANK OF PORTUGAL. LISBON, SErT. 13. The Bank of Portugal, authorised by the Govern. meat, has raised its rate of discount to 7 per cent., an unprecedented measure. The other banks will follow. AUSTRIA. VIENN A, SEPT. 14. The prolongation of the armistice may be con• eidered as tacitly accepted by both belligerents. THE BOMBAY MAIL• MALTA, Sept. 13. The Delhi, with the above mails, will leave Malta at 9 p.m. to-day for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 16th inst. The Malta brought the mails to Suez, arriving thereon the 9th inst, OUTWARD CALCIMA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Manilla, from Southampton on the 4th inst., reached Malta to-day at 11 a.m., and will leave at 6 p.m, for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 13,—Tee market continues with out much animation, and prices well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 67f. 750. Mobilier at 1,017 f. 50c. Railway Market quiet The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents. 92 50 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 75 Italian Loan 67 30 Do. end month 67 45 Ditto Threes — New Mexicau Credit Mobilier 1015 Do. end month 1018 75 Bank Sharea 3400 Credit F oncier — Roman Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Eli:nue Debt Deferred RA IL WAYS. ...___ .• __ Cash. Account. Orleans i . ... 8 95 ..- 895 Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 921 25 .. 927 50 Southern 630 .. 633 75 Western - -- eastern Sardinian Austrian Loirb9.rd North of Spain Saragossa 437 50 .. 400 Ditto to Barcelona Capital Punishment, The correspondent of a contemporary writes as follows : Another instance has been afforded, by the late execution at Leeds, of the levity exhibited base human nature, at the public strangulation of their fellow-creatures. We read that seats were let on a platform raised for the purpose at 2s 6d per spectator, that there wac all the ribaldry and provision of a fair, do. Now, I would ask (as much in the name of common sense as humanity) of what utility are these spec tacles exhibited, and to what extent they deter men from the fearful crime of murder ? Let as agitate this question again and again until the great law of God and man, " Thou shalt do no murder," is at least obeyed by those who now violate its precept. I subj )in a letter of Mr Charles Dickens to a contemporary, which appeared after the exe cution of the Mannings at Horsemonger-lane Gaol. The graphic description of that writer is I think well worth a reprint : CHARLES DICKENS, ESQ , ON THE LATE EXECUTION. Sir,—l was a witness of the execution at Horsemonger lane this morning. I went there with the intention of observing the crcwJ gathered to behold and I had excel lent opportunities of doing so at intervals all through the night, and continuously from daybreak until after the spec tacle was over. I do not address you on the subject with any Intention of discussing the abstract question of capital punishment, or any of the arguments of its opponents or advocates. I simply wish to turn this dreadful experience to some account for the general good, by taking the readiest and most public means of adverting to an intimation given by Sir G. Grey to the last sessien of Parliament, that the Government might be induced to give its support to a measure making the in fl:ction of capital punishment a private solemnity within the prison walls (with such guarantees for the last sentence of the law be'ng inexorably and surely administered as should be satisfactory to the public at large), and of most earnestly beseeching Sir G. Grey, as a solemn duty which he owes to society, and a responsibility which he cannot for ever put away, to originate such n legislative change himself. I believe that a sight so inconceivably awful as the wickedness and levity of the immense crowd collected at that execution this morning could be imagined by no man, and could be presented in no heathen land under the sun. The horrors of the gibbet and of the crime which brought the wretched murderers to it, faded in my mind before the atrocious bearing, looks and language, of the assembled spectators. When I came upon the scene at midnight, the shrillness of the cries and howls that were raised from time to time, denoting that they came from a concourse of boys and girls already assembled in the best places, made my blood run cold. As the night went on, screeching, and laughing, and yelling in strong chorus of parodies on Negro melodies, with substitutions of "Mrs Manning" for "Susannah," and the like, were added to these. When the day dawned, thieves, low prostitutes, ruffians and vagabonds of every kind, flocked on to the ground, with every variety of offensive and foul behaviour, Fightings, faintings, whistlings, imitations of Punch, brutal jokes, tumultuous demonstrations of indecent delight when swooning women were dragged out of the crowd by the police with their dresses disordered, gave a new zest to the general entertainment. When the sun rose brightly—as it did—it gilded thousands upon thousands of upturned faces, so inexpressibly odious in their brutal mirth or cal lousness, that a man had cause to feel ashamed of the shape he wore, and to shrink from himself, as fashioned in the image of the devil. When the two miserable creatures who attracted all this ghastly sight about them were turned quivering into the air, there was no more emotion, no more pity, no more thought that two immortal souls had gone to judgment, no more restraint in any of the previous ob scenities, than if the name of Christ had never been hoard in this world, and there were no belief among men but that they perished like the beasts. I have seen, habitually, some of the worst sources of general contamination and corruption in this country, and I think there are not many phases of London life that could surprise me. lam solemnly convinced that nothing that ingenuity could devise to bo done in this city, in the same compass of time, could work ouch ruin as one public execution, and 1 stand astounded and appalled by the wickedness it exhibits. Ido not believe that any commu nity can prosper where such a scene of horror and demora lisation as was enacted this morning outside Horsemonger lane gaol is presented at the very doors of good citizens, and is parsed by, unknown or forgotten. And when, in our prayers and thanksgivings for the season, we are humbly expressing before God our desire to remove the moral evils of the land, I would ask your readers to con sider whether it is not a time to think of this one, and to root it out am, sir, your faithful servant, CHARLES DICKENS. Devonshire-terrace, Tuesday, Nov. 13. DIE COURT AT BALMORAL.—Oa;Iay her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and their highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, drove front Balmoral, via Inver• cauld-house and Allanquoich, which was reached about 2 p m. Here ponies and men from Balmoral were in waiting, and the wleJle party having mounted, rode up Glenquoich, nearly to the hoary pine forest of the Beachan, which is proximate to the fokit of Ben-a-Bourd, where a sump tuous luncheon was partaken of. After a brief sojourn, and a delightful waltz through the wild and picturesque district around, the royal party returned to Braemar, via Old Mar Lodge and Linn of Dee. At the latter place, a brief stay was made to view the unique beauty and unparalleled scenery that surrounds the Falls, At the Invercauld Arms Hotel horses were changed. Mr Fisher was in prompt attendance, and personally attended to the requirements of the royal party. A large and respectable assemblage of visitors and others lined both sides of the area in front of the hotel, and greeted the royal party with a warm salute, which was very graciously returned by her Majesty and the other occupants of the royal carriage. The horses having been changed, the Queen and party drove on to Balmoral at half-past 6 p.m. The day was delightful, and only a slight shower of rain fell, which in no wise in commoded or marred the enjoyment of the royal sojourners. I —Dtteelo wldee? tiser, AMERICA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, Aug. 30. As was stated, in effect, in my last letter there does not appear that any definite object would be gained by entering into a discussion upon the abstract question raised by the Northern quasi-envoys and their su-called British friends. They persist in the assertion, or opinion, that a most friendly feeling exists towards Great Bri tain and the British people in the United States, or, rather, in that section thereof which these quasisenvoys represent. The question as to the real nature of the active sentiments, as they are called, of any large country would be a compli cated, difficult one to dissertate upon. Assuredly I am not presumptuous encu,;ll to try my hand upon those of the United States, But as the per sons referred to chose to give their opinion to my countrymen, I considered it my duty to give mine; and I here repeat it—merely, however, because the same opinion has al ways been expressed to me by every British person who, like myself, has had reasonable opportunitEes to observe realities for some years in this country. The ruling classes in the Northern States are not only unfriendly to England as a nation, but malig nantly inimical to her commercial and political interests. Having arrived at that conclusion, after as earnest and impartial an inquiry as it was in my power to make, I expressed my opinion, guant. val., and en• tered into detail in your journal, more than two years since. Oa the present occasion my purpose simply is to give again my opinion, bat now a still more experienced one—and to spare your readers my details; but I shall subjoin some extracts from newspapers published in the North, which pro bably will b 3 considered relevant to the "differences of opinion" in question. It is necessary to remark here parenthetically, that no quotations from the New York herald shall be put forward. In consequence of that great organ of public opinion, having the largest circulation in the Northern States,—to use its own modest de soription—being so much oftener quoted by the Bri tish press than its contemporaries, it is only fair to give those a turn. Aloreover, the quasi-envoys and their organisation inEngland avow most vehemently that they repudiate the anti-British proclivities, loud talk, and, they might have added in plain English, the slanderous ; abusive language of the organ aforesaid. Apropos of this repudiation, it reminds me of a story told of a very distinguished and able, but sometimes coarse spoken, Chief Justice of former times. The attorney in a cause objected to some decision or ruling of his lordship, and said, "I protest against" so and so. "Go home, sir," quoth the irate judge, "and protest and be hanged. Now really when these quasiaenvoys, who never utter a word in public, nor publish a line, when they are over here, to even deprecate the course pursued by the Herald—tell their audiences and readers in England that they " repudiate the journal and all its works, one might be inclined to para phrase the rough and ready ejaculations of the Chief Justice, and say, " Go home, gentlemen, and repudiate, and"—cetera desunt. Before giving the extracts referred to, I shall conclude—and gladly—my remarks in connection with the repudiated Herald, by repeating what was said, to the same effect as the following, by me (in The Sun) two years ago :—Many persons here assert that the New York Herald is, quoad its home polities, &c., a corrupt, disreputable journal. I leave those who understand such matters best to decide ; but consider, if it be as stated, that it does not erjoy a monopoly in the respects stated. Be this as it may, there is one thing certain, that the New York Herald has a large circulation in the United States—is anti-British and anti-Canadian, but merely gives expression to the dominant anti pathies of the people among whom it circulates. There are scores of extracts from sundry news papers published in the Northern States before me. There are many, for instance, from the New York Tribune, Evening Post, &c.. that for rabid abuse of England and misinterpretation far exceed in dogged dulness, but equal inapparent malignity, the quasi envoy-repudiate&iferaid. However, as the .New York limes is the avowed organ of the Washing ton Government, I shall give it the first place. After pronouncing eulogistic comments upon Rus sia, and rather the contrary in reference to France and England, the article concludes thus : They imagined that the American Republic had fallen not to rise again; while, Antae ;us-like, it has but touched the earth to rise all the stronger. Never was it surer of the mightiest destiny than now. England, in its prostrate hour, turned against it. She did all she dared to do to make its destruction sure. That is the way in which she repaid its outflow of goodwill towards the heir to her throne. The treachery at first confounded—it then exasperated—it now is coolly accepted as a development of EnglaJd's dispo sition we were fortunate so early to learn. The bewilder ment and the passion are fast subsiding into a fixed, un changeable policy. We accept the new relations which England, in cur sore straits, saw fit to establish ; and it shall go hard with us but that she shall have enough of them before we are through with he-. It is idle to talk about an oblivion of the past. There are crimes which it is not in human nature to forgot, and this is of them ; and democracies proverbially have very tenacious memories. Henceforth American people will recognise no tie to Eng • land. They will consider her the friend of human slavery. the accomplice in the attempt to assassinate free institu tions. and a nation that professes goodwill only to betray in the day of need. They will remember that Russia on the other hand has stool firmly by them through every trial. They will admire her for all cf her grand efforts to enfranchise and elevate her own people, and will take it as an earnest of a grander final commission to infuse fresh blood into Western Ett , ope, and redeem it from the degene racy and decrepitude which seem otherwise inevitable. Young America salutes Young Russia. Let the heathen rage. As a p.ndatat to the " editorial," a sample of the "London Correspondence" of the same journal is giver, : London is hot and dull. The concerts aro over--the theatres closing. Hyde• park is deserted—Rotten-row a solitude. Belgravia and Ty burnia have closed their shutters and are off to the mountains and the sea. The lower classes, left without the good examp' e of their betters, grow drunken an I savage, Men beat their wives; women scratch and bite each other— some swallow ears, some gnaw off fingers. The Cannibal Islands are less savage than this drunken, besotted lower million of London—the saddest, hardest, most repulsive populace, I verily believe, to be found in any civilised country. It was my intention to offer a few more specimens of the style and sentiments of the Northern press— minus the .New York Herald—but as, in some re spects, the above are actually " mild examples," probably your readers may cry "hold, enough!" of such trash; so I shall add one of the instances of clerical attacks on England that are so common in this country, and shall only observe that the reverend orator is represented to be of the " Presbyterian denomination," was chaplain of the Senate, and is, or is to be, the pastor of the," American Congrega tion," or chapel, in Paris. The Rev. Dr. Sunder land, in his sermon delivered on the occasion of the " Fast-day" lately proclaimed by the President, observed, inter alia, of England : " This (slavery) was the apple of discord which perfidious England —never more to stand in the affections of the American people—had thrown among the sisters of the American Union, to divide and plague us. This is the heir-loom we had from the mother country, the source of so much misery, and the pretext of this terrible con vulsion. No doubt England contemplates with complacency the works of her hands to-day.. The young giant, afar a growth and an activity of more than eighty splendid years, begins to feel in his veins the virulence of that deadly poison which has been circulating there. England looks on and exults over the operation. 01. ! thou foul, false, hypocrite of the nations (If ud applause), thou may'st laugh now, hut the hour of thy own retri bution shall come." The logic of the rev. gentleman appears to me about on a par with his charitable teaching ; how ever, the above charitable E xtract pretty fairly represents the tone and spirit in which the " Clergy " of the majority of the inhabitants of the Northern States—at least of those of New Eogland—treat of our country. In the aggregate, the ministers of the Episcopalian, the Roman Catholic Churches, and those of a few other deno minations, refrain from references to political subjects. An Interview with Muller, The correspondent of a contemporary states that he visited Muller in the Tombs Prison, on the 30th ult., by permission of the United States Marshal, and that he and a friend who accompanied him had a long conversation with the prisoner in regard to the explanation he had to offer of the circumstances bearing against him. The following is his report of what passed, for the accuracy of which, how ever, we are unable to vouch : Fortunately we happened to reach there just as Muller was entering the prison yard to take his morning walk. " Well, Muller," remarked one of the bystanders. as he made his appearance, "how do you feel this morning f" He answered readily enough to show that he understood the English language well, although his pronunciation was quite imperfect, " I feel weak and bad; I am sick." And the poor fellow's countenance sustained his words. Since I saw him in court on Saturday last he had been allowed two days of perfect quiet, and after the exciting scenes that he had passed through the irritable reaction had set in. Ho had evidently begun to comprehend the peril of his condition, and to appreciate the consequence of a conviction for the crime with which he stood charged. The same gentleman who had opened the conversation proceeded— " Muller, I understand that you feel confident you can prove an alibi—that you were not upon the Northern Rail way the night Mr Briggs was murdered P" "Yes," he replied, "I was not there." "Yeu have a sister in this country - ?" some one remarked. "I have," he said. "She lives at 139, Nassau-street, but she has not yet been to see me." " Perhaps she does not know that you have arrived ?" "Perhaps not," he replied, " but I have tried to send her word." "Is she married or unmarried f" "She was unmarried when she came to this country," he answered, " 14 years age, but she is now married." The warder of the prison took down her name and ad dress as Muller gave it, and promised to try and find her. Some further conversation ensued regarding the adoption of means to make the prisoner as comfortable as possible while he remained in the prison, and I took advantage of a lull in the conversation to remark to him that I expected to write to England to-day, and would gladly do my best to make public any statement ha might desire regarding his whereabouts upon the night Mr Briggs was murdered. At first he did not seem to understand me, apparently supposing that I desired his version of the fact for publication here, as he answered that ha did not care to have anything said—his counsel knew all the circumstances. A casual allusion to a statement I had seen in some of the London papers to the effect that the German societies were interesting themselves in his case, and endeavouring to gather testimony for his defence, seemed to give him the correct idea of my object, and he at once proceeded to say that on the night of Mr Briggs's murder he left his boarding place shortly after sup per, rode to London-bridge, as he was troubled with a lame leg, a cart having run over his foot a few days previously and bruised it ; that he walked across London-bridge and took another omnibus to Camberwell New-road. Going iato a publichouse in that locality he drank a glass of beer, and remained there until half-past nine, when he again took an omnibus to return to London-bridge. On recrossing the bridge and going to the Royal Exchange, which he reached about ten o'clock, he found that the last omnibus had left, and he was obliged to walk home. In consequence of the lameness of his foot it was eleven o'clock before he reached there, and all the folks had gone to bed. He made his way to his room as soon as possible, and saw none of them until the next morning. I toll Muller, after he had completed this statement, that touch curiosity was felt to know how he came in pos session of the hat and watch which were said to belong to Mr Briggs. He promptly answered that he purchased the hat at a shop in London a year ago. The watch he stated he bought of a pedlar on the docks the Monday before he sailed. The vessel left port on Fr;day, and he narrated the circum stances as follows :—Tho pedlar had rings and other trinkets for sale, and upon Muller's stepping up to look at them he offered him this watch. Muller had but four pounds and three half-crowns in his pocket, money which he had been saving up to purchase his passage ticket to America, and when the pedlar offered him the watch for £5, he replied by effiring Xi for it. This was refused, and Muller turned to go away, but he had taken such a fancy to the watch that ho determined to purchase it if he could by the payment of all the money in his possession (four pounds, three half. crowns), and this the pedlar finally accepted. When he got the watch in his possession he said he was afraid that it might be worthless, and so went to Mr. Death's, in Cheapside, to exchange the chain, thinking that if this proved to be pure gold the watch also must be as valuable as it seemed to be, "Then," said I, "Mr Death's statement was correct. You bartered the chain with him P" "Yes," Muller answered. "had you heard of Mr Briggs's murder," I asked, " when y3u bought the watch ?" "I had," he replied ; " but I did not think of the watch being his." " How was it you happened to take passage for America just at that time?" " Oh," said he, "I had been intending for some time to come here, to follow my trade, and had given my landlady notice a fortnight before that I meant to leave." "Another question," I said. "You have just told me that you gave all the money you had for the watch ; where did you raise funds to pay for your passage ticket ?" "1 pawned the watch chain," he answered, "and after wards sold the ticket." " Certainly," I replied, "that could not have been suffi cient." 64 No," said he, " I had a gold watch before I purchased the one said to belong to Mr Briggs, which I sold, and which brought me sufficient." You will remember that several of the witnesses who have testified before the London tribunals have stated that Muller had no gold watch previous to the time that he se cured possession of Mr Briggs's, Bearing this fact in mind I did not think it worth while to push my inquiries further, and, after a few unimportant remarks, took leave of Muller. During the conversation he bore himself with great compo sure, and was never at a loss to answer any questions that I put to him. He was dressed in the same clothes he wore in court, with the single exception that he was without a coat. His shirt had apparently just come from the hands of the washerwoman, and was consequently clean. His pants were threadbare, but were neatly brushed, and on the whole his appearance was as much in his favour as it could have been expected to be. As I turned to leave the "Tombs," the warden remarked, " He is a hard caso, you may depend upon it—his mouth shows that," HORRIBLE CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morn ing, at 8 o'clock, a charwoman employed in clean ing out the first class ladies' waiting room on the departure platform of the Great Western Railway Station, Padding ton, found under a sofa the dead body of a fine female child in long clothes, and tied up in an apron, the string of which was twisted tightly round the child's neck. Informa tion was at once given to Mr Durdle, chief inspector of the railway company's police, who ordered the body to be taken to the Paddington police station, when it was examined by Mr J. S, Beale, surgeon, of Porter's-road, Paddington, who said the child was about seven days old, had been remarkably healthy, and had ,been dead about three hours. At the time the babe was found there was a lady in an adjoining first class ladies' waiting room, who on being interrogated by Mr Durdle, stated that she had come to the station to see a lady oil by the 6 a.m, train, and that she had been resting herself since that time. The lady gave her name and address, and Mr Durdle finding them to be correct ho allowed her to go at large. The matter is now in the hands of Inspector Everton and Ser geant Hawtree, cf the D division. LIMITS OF HUMAN POWER.—It is, on the One hand, rash and unphilosophical to attempt to set limits to the ultimate power of man over inorganic nature, and it is unprofitable, on the other, to speculate on what may be accomplished by the discovery of now unknown and unimagined natural forces, or even by the invention of new arts and new processes. But since we have seen aerosta- Lion, the motive power of elastic vapours, the wonders of modern telegraphy, the destructive explosiveness of gun po ?Icier, and even of a substance so harmless, unresisting, and inert as cotton, nothing in the way of mechanical achievement seems impossible, and it is hard to restrain the imagination from wandering forward a couple of gene rations to an epoch when our descendants shall have ad vanced as far beyond us in physical conquest, as we have marched beyond the tropics erected by our grandfathers. I must therefore be understood to mean only, that no agencies now known to man and directed by him seem adequate to the reducing of great Alpine precipices to such slopes as would enable them to support a veget able clothing, or to the covering of largo extents of de nuded rock with earth, and planting upon them a forest growth. But among the mysteries which science is yet to reveal, there may be still undiscovered methods of accomplishing even grander wonders than these. Mecha nical philosophers have suggested the possibility of accu mulating and treasuring up for human use some of the greater natural forces, which the action of the elements puts forth with such astonishing energy. Could we gather and bind, and make subservient to our control, the power which a West Indian hurricane exerts through a small area in one continuous blast, or the momentum expended by the waves, in a tempestuous winter, upon the break water of Cherbourg, or the lifting power of the tide, for a month, at the head of the Bay of Fundy, or the pressure of a square mile of tea water at the depth of 5,000 fathoms, or a moment of the might of an earthquake or a volcano, our age—which moves no mountains and casts them into the sea by faith alone—might hope to scarp the rugged walls of the Alps and Pyrenees and Mount Taurus, rube the- t once more in a vegetation as rich as that of their pris tine woods, and turn their wt , sting torrents into refreshing streams. —Nan and Nature, by G. P. _Marsh. The number of visitors ut the Patent Museum South Kensington, for the week ending Sept. 10, was 2,322; total number hinee the opening 01 the 111113e1,101.1 free daily (12th May, 1858), 819,010. :f , - 4. • HER MAJESTY BALMORAL, Sept. 1 2 . The Queen, accompanied by the Princess 'idols and attended by the Hon. Mrs Bruce, drove ° li Saturday to Alt-na-Guithasach, and went to th e Dhu Loch. Sir Charles Wood left the Castle on Saturday' Her Majesty, with the Duchess of Saxe-Cobu r g and Princess Helena, attended Divine service at 0 16 parish church of Crathie yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Mr Stephen of Renfrew officiated. The Duke of Hamilton arrived at mansion to Arlington-street yesterday morning from Baden-Baden' The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland and Ler" t' Albert Levescn Gower arrived at Stafford House) James's, last evening, from the Continent. Tae Marquis of Bristol and Ladies Hervey a re among the arrivals at Baden-Baden. The Earl and Countess of Yarborougb, who ofill to town on Monday last from Brocklesby, Lincohashire ,le ' yesterday on a continental tour. The Count de Comminges Guitand, Fcench M ll bassador at the Belgian. Court, has left the Hotel Mirabelli' for Brussels. Lord Rendlesham has taken the house of the la t i e , Mrs Clifton, in Grosvenor-square, for a term of years!. It" lordship takes possession in the course of the month' Lord West has passed through town on his 0 1 to visit Lord and Lady Frederick Gordon Hallyburtont Scotland. Lord Napier, British Ambassador at St. Pet er :: burg, and Lady Napier have arrived in London from Itilei3l BAroness Adolphe de Rothschild has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent. Lady Georgina Pane has arrived in tow° fr°' n, Weymouth. Admiral the Hon. Edward Howard and Mrs, Howard have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-squarer r, Holker Hall, Newton. in.Cartmel. The Hon. George Cecil 0. Bridgeman, third of Viscount and Viscountess Newport, has just entered ll° Ist Life Guards. Lady Middleton has arrived at the Quee nl Hotel, Upper Norwood. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELA r I —The funeral of the late Duke of Cl e veland t° ° place yesterday at St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, D 111.11 3: and, in accordance with the fe e li ngs o f th e D uc h es s of land, there was as little display as was consistent with 14; character of the ceremony. It was not generally kill ? until Monday that th e f unera l wou ld t a k e p l ace o n fbe) lowing day, but the number of people present from ,, adjoining districts was almost as great as when the for duke was interred, only a few months ago. The deal of the late nobleman has taken every one by surprise, tln a much regret is expressed at the occurrence, not o nly , 4 the tenantry, but by all residing in th e v i c i n ity of Pt' s '', Since he assumed the title he has been mos t liberal to t; former, and, although his residence at the castle has bey, but brief, he has been much respected. The fact of the having past into three hands in so short a time, and t- it present successor being the third brother who has take the successively, has been a theme of much comment iu north. Shortly after the d oors o f th e o ld church Fa opened it was filled, with the exception of the pews r etain for the mourners; and along the road leading from 11 ' 8 1 11 ; Castle to Staindrop there was a large assemblage of sPe n ,, - 6 1 tors. The ter aatry of the deceased nobleman were p e rrri „P„t to join the procession, and the number who thus test their respect was very considerable. The funeral cot idgel e m Raby Castle at half-past eleven in the morning, the _ . ,° 6 " 1 , riages arriving by the west entrance and leaving by the e'",, o The hearse was drawn by four horses, and bore the dtcsall e v ii i coat-of-arms and monogram. The Duchess of Clevet 6 and the present duke were the chief mourners. its,, - 1 funeral precession reached the ch urc h, a b ou t 12 o'cloo 4 ;/, was met at the entrance to the churchyard by the I -o 'l, C. Lipscomb, rector of Staindrop, Rev. J. Parker, ReY . l , 6 Wright, &o. Th e o ffi ce f or th e d ea d was rec it e d as ' l 4 coffin was borne to the church, the " Dead March in Sa n ,1 being played by the organist ; and w h en th e whirl P ih - 6 been placed on a raised platform erected to receive it, service for the dead, in which the choir took part, was C O 7 I , menced--- the Rev. H. C. Lipscomb officiating. At its n° elusion the body was conveyed t o th e mauso l eum built l' 31 o t, the late duke's predecessor, and whi c h con t a i ns the rag° of several members of his family. Lord Essex on tin Game of Croquet' In a letter to a contemporary his lordship says :—SeT er ; of my friends having expressed a wish that I should et B d circumstances connected with the " injunction" lately igl t/c e j against me at the suit of Captain Mayne Reid, I shalli% greatly obliged if you can find space in your paper O r few lines. its o Early in July I first was informed that Captain Reid about to take some steps against me on the ground of cer.,"sia ; A i rules on croquet by an " Old Hand" being an infringe b e d of his copyright to a similar work. At that time I " t o never seen his work, and was so impressed with the t t : i t , groundlessness of his complaint, and his inability to an S6 lO it, that I wrote, perhaps, somewhat hastily to that eft e°t 4l his solicitors. Very shortly after I did see his work, t i° immediately wrote to him, stating that I had then deaedo for the first time ; that the " Rules by an Old Hand' t o • not written or compiled by me, but for me by a ladlf " 4 - e d self a great authority and adept in the ga me , b u t unYe r 'i in the laws of copyright, and entirely i gnoran t that ' 0 was transgressing them in taking what she had taken f , r° ,ll Captain Reid's work. For myself I said that never (t"Lo the moment I was then writi ng ) h av i ng seen hi s wo rk, I Did quite ignorant as to 1.. s having been pirated" by the 4‘ s c i g Hand." I candidly admitted to Captain Reid that so had (inalvertently) been done hi m , I ex p resse d 011 0 - • gret thereat and my readiness to make him any ; , 00, sonable compensation. (I subsequently offared him which he insisted should be increased to £125, and the P':,;l ment of his lawyer's expenses.) I, moreover, gave Jai tii i e word and assurance that I would recall all copies in cir e :ol tion, give a true account of all that had been issued) ." 3 1 issue no more, although doing so suddenly at once rijl :eii put me to much inconvenience. I must own that had I k os the aggrieved party, and the aggressor, being a n ge _ tle° o and an honest man, had thus candidly admitted he ha ti .d b : to in the wrong and had given such assurance as I ge"'",,li Captain Reid, I should have been fully satisfied, and eV" have at once stayed all further proceedings. i That gentleman apparently was not thus easily ea- f 2 ,, 0 r He determined to push his advantage to the uttaosflA ct e sued with his lawyers and counsel to Hampshire fa° p g Chancellor, who was there enjoying his vacation, g ai ;. i ii) thereby nothing beyond what I have already volunt 6 :ol cede' to him, beyond the satisfaction of giving hie so licl an apology for sending in a bill of charges of £13 5 . The bill of costs, however, I am about to submit l i p scrutiny of the taxing master in the hope and belie' he will reduce it to somewhat more reasonable limits. ht WINDSOR CASTLE.—During the last fortn i g" t number of workmen have Lean engaged in eas e ing a portion of the road an d f oo t wa y on the north ei ci ni e the Castle-hill, near the eastern end of the Royal ng house, of Wolsey C a stl e , w hi c h i s b e i ng r epaired :" ..40 ' memorial to the late Prince Consort, In this work the have laid bare a portion of the ancient foundation e f chapel, which consists of a bed ot chalk concrete seta ° in thickness, hard and well laid. Leading foom the up the hill near the Lord Chamberlain's-office a deep t re e p has been cut, and in digging this portions of an at el tjt building have been discovered two or three feet belov`A level of the roadway opposite the Deanery. These rely; consist of what appear to ho two st o n e j a mbs f0r 12i . 13 01 small window, which probably li g ht e d a na rrow s tet : e re leading underground. Close by a v au lt h as been disc o ', if and broken into. This vault lies u n d er th e ground e' e d, Deanery. It is built of red bricks, which retain their fr t y ness of colour, while from a small opeiling in the vi c31 , 0 % water from the surface above would seem to have heelli stantly trickling, as the vault is exceedingly damp' ,0 1 however, stated that the position of thi s vau lt, thoUg' o o generally known, was acciAentally discovered isonle too back. The floor is paved with red brick, and on being: 4,,` t iel with a hard substanc e g i ves f or th a h o ll ow sou nd, c 1" was yet another vault b enea th. Th e nor th end, ' would seem to lead beneath the Deanary, is bricked 11 . 11 0 0 the only present entrance is that i n the b o ttom of the tr'ol, There is also at the north end of the arched morn 5 , 1 15 01 trap-door, the wood of which is rotten with age and e C TORPEDOES It MOBILE BAY.—" I saw ° li tfi these inventions," says the correspondent ° I o p _Yetv York Tribune. "It consisted of a tin case, it lt3 r I like a large coffee-pot or boiler, holding, perhaps, 1° c) ra tie l gallons. The lower half of this consisted of an air 01 %0 1 by means of a transverse partition, and the u pper, or figs end was filled with powder. Upon the end of a r ° , 6 , c ol inside this, and in contact with the powdar, is plac e° - .0 which is to be exploded by means of a hammer, A hie held suspended outside ot the tin case of powders ; a0 hammer is passed through a spiral spring that o per a Del When the torpedo is sunk the hammer is elevated, 613 Bg there by a peg placed FO as to hold it up. To 0 2115 . 13 0 00 1 attached a float, which, by moving the peg when a P . O O boat draws the Erie attached to it, lets down the su - Aenly with a sharp blow upon that part of the "" just inside of which the cap is placed, and explodes 1" tb presto I the harm is done. Fortunately for „ i barnacles gather so soon on any of these contrl y f i ,, 0 13 to soon rend er th e ac ti on o f th e hammer inapoto 3i ,," the sal. water quickly corrodes the tin cases apeufo-ed the powder , otherwi s e our fleet wonld not have asc" easily as it did in getting into Mobile Bay." ~e d th The Bishop of Bath and Wells has institu, ten I Rev. Sydney East, Vicar of Northover, near Il°beaoit. the Rectory of Wheathill, near Castle Carey) S°l32e r