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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1863. 111........................... ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARD EN. Under the Manacrement of 31iss arrison. L ou isa Fyne and Mr. W. H THIS EVENING, Wdi see's Romantic Opera, THE DESERT FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. 11. Weiss, 11. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. —Doors open at half-past Seven. lommence at Eight. ___.-------- H EATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and I'. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. After which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, M-ag,reson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Heath, - Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss 'litter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. r itiN cEss , S THEATRR.—Great 'nceess of HERRMANN. P REST IDIGITATEIT K. ITER HERRMANN has the honour to announce that, in conse nuence t the great success and flatterimr recept on he has with, he will continue his Performances, EVERT .EVENINLi. Commencing at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE RIVALS: Mr. Chippendale. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Rogers, Mr.W. Farren, Mr. Cl trs, Mr. Braid ; Mesdames Snowdon, L. Angel, E. Fitzwilliam, Terry, Sze. Atter which, TILE BENGAL TIGER.: Mr. Alfred Wigan And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI. — S o lo Pnnnrintor and Manager, M 7. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. •3ti At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported .# Messrs. Arthur Stirlinz, H. Phillips. Billiteitosnu,Pstuart, j o:Wood, Eburne, Mi ss H . Si mms an d M rs . Billington_ss to conclude with CATCHING AN lIEIILES S Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. 3/ ISS BATEMAN.—LEAI-1.--The celebrated -11._ young* American Actress, Miss RAT of havinp: ob an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH. tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wi.nessed for many years , an d the profound i created by her impersonation of the character t LEAH o upon a c owded audience hAvino• b ee n completely ratified he entire by the Daily unanimous v e r uot and critical a p p r ova Pit", the Manager ot the NEW ADELPHI THEATRE has the honour to announce that Miss BAT EMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEA.LI EVERY EVENING till further notice. ROYAL STRAND T HEATRE. Manae,er, 3lr. W. H. Swanboroug h . THIS EVENING, TURN HIM OUT. Mr. C. Fenton. Alter which. MITHAIFS CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parseile, Belford , Turner,Mlss K.Saville, and bliss Manders Followed by THE. MOTTO, " FM ALL THERE." M essrs -Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan:- Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. Commence at 7. -EIRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'' c ontaining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an b e had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rifts DA-Y.—Morning,: 6h. 10 m. —Afternoon, 6h. 38m. To- k toralow.-Morning . , 7h. Bm.—Afternoon, 7 h. 43m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 19, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 59 Barometer -30.08. Wind—South-West ; moderate, and cloudy. til ~~~~ :~~~~ ~- Suit LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1863. During this long vacation it can hardly be said that there has been any lack whatever of exciting and interesting topics, whether for casual conver sation or for more deliberate comment under the hand of the journalist. 'Fee two sanguinary civil wars so long desolating important portions of the old world and of the new—eastwards in Poland, westwards in North America—have all this while been continued more:or less fiercely and uninter ruptedly between the respective belligerents. Another still further away, yonder in the far East, in the remote archipelago of the Japanese, has become, during the last few months, more and more visibly a thing inevitable. Within the last few weeks we have learnt, through the latest tidings from Mexico, that the contest there at any rate has, ostensibly at least, been brought to a close. Though, while hearing this satisfac tory account, there are probably but very few, indeed, amongst us who would be half disposed to place implicit reliance upon it—looking rather to the probabilities of a stormy future there in Mexico as the all but unavoidable sequel of Marshal FOREY'S victories. And this—whether the new crown and sceptre be actually assumed or eventually declined by the Archduke, now the Emperor Elect of Mexico, MAXIMILIAN. Within the last few days only, come lamentable tidings to us from our antipodes, to the effect that a new war with the .Maories—another of those little wars that the old Duke of WELLINGTON so wisely bore in such very peculiar abhorrence—has actually begun, must perforce be resolutely persisted in, and, as promptly as may be in any way practicable, carried to a close, in New Zsaland. Meanwhile the Diplo macy of Great Britain has been busily at work in various othe r di rections. A policy of the most incongruous character being carried out, upon the meet contradictory and confusing system, by the noble Earl at the Head of the Foreign Department. A s a Reformer, as a Parliamentary Reformer, we might almost say so far as pretension goes, as the Parliamentary Reformer, Lord RUS3ELL for a second time in his career has made good his claim to the prefix of Finality, this time by emblazoning u pon his battered shi e ld of statesmanship the meek device—` Rest and Ba Thankful." For the utter ance of which same comfortable recommendation— comfortable to a man in power, though not by any mean s comfortable or comforting to the aspi r i ng acd ambitious people who put him there, people who were deluded int o so doing by the " dodge" of his specious R esolutiots for the utterance, we say, of that (for him, m ay be, though not for others) very comfortable recommendation, Earl RUSSELL may be quite cer tain that he himself w ill be allowed ver y li ttle rest indeed, and that the people themselves will be any thing thus by the m ere thing but thank ful. soporific iv fluences of place and its perquisites into profound inaction as a Reformer, Lord RUSSELL has for months past been busier than ever, if that be possible, as a diplomatist. And his activity in this way in the energetic conduct of the affairs of his Department, possesses at any rate the charm belonging to that quality which is ss to proverbially declar ed to be so peculiarly pleasing --to wit, variety. Never before, per ha p s, has there been such diversity of method simultane, ously displayed in dealings with several distinct powers on the part of an naglish Foreign Secretary. To describe the tone, so to speak, of the policy of Earl T? -.USSELL, in his ever profoundly responsible position as Foreign Secretary, as of late alternately truckling to the so called great passers, and truculent towards the quasi weak Ones, Would hardly be any exoeee ration at all as eSpre Sa i ve of a contrast that ' has latterly become q uit e fli grtlut and notorioeS. In a correspondence of no doubt perfect lucidity and exceeding ingenuity, the noble lord can adroitly con trive, it is true, to lengthen out a series of futile, and therefore to the particular nati ona li ty Which h a ppens to be the sufferer, of all but total, assuredly of met cruelly injurious negotiatioea. These negotiations that have recently been taki ng place, that is to say, between the Government of England and the Government of ltuseia in re spect to Poland, at the very time that the P o li s h provinces of the Cz.ut are being desolated by his pitiless troopers and their attendant hang men and wielders of the knout. In Italy the con fusion is , moreover, likely to become worse con founded, by the same noble earl's faithful regard to his ovi a family interests—the only thing effected since Pa rliament was prorogued in August being—to what end ? Simply the substitution of an ELLIOT for a HUDSON as Ambassador at the Court of Turin. In reference to Schleswig-Holstein —it can hardly be, as yet obliterated from the least retentive memory here in England how, in abrupt violation of what had, been previously, until then, as it might almost ''ae called the traditional policy of our rulers in regar d'to that particular European difficulty, Lord Rr;SSELL addressed a most haughty and arrogant h e.espatch, in the interests of Germany, to the Danish I this at the very time when the Danes and the English were brought into more than ever intimate alliancefblyvtAhLezhs andappy marriage of H. R. H. the Prince of Strangest o e r s y t contrast of all, however, H. R. H. the Princess aAmt.oEnx. these A• S co n trad ma nifestations on the p art of Earl RUSSELL'S diplo macy—the most startling and painful of all these violent and glaring contrasts—there is on the one hand the obstinate haughtiness displayed, under very questionable circumstances, towards the Government of Brazil, and there is, on the other hand, the weak and timorous concession under yet more questionable circumstances (in another sense) to those unnatural revilers of England and the Eng lish, the Federals of North America, and their bung ling rulers at Washington. If only in remembrance of these two widely contrasting displays of his policy as a Diplomatist—the rupture with Brazil, and the seizure of the steam rams at Liverpool— if only in remembrance of those two in cidents, and always of the noble lord's histo rical "dodge" in regard to those well known Resolutions of his which brought about the last change in the British Government—Earl RUSSELL, we repeat, may be quite certain of this, that come what may, England, whatever else she may do in regard to himself and his colleagues, will not Rest, will not be Thankful. The proverb that "no news is good news" is often true of public affairs as well as of private life. The ordinary peaceful progress of a State supplies no startling intelligence, no communications of deep and thrilling interest. It is in times of warfare and struggle, of revolution and internal convulsion, that every incident has weight, every trivial par ticular rises into importance. In such seasons the ordinary pursuits and interests of peaceful days sink into insignificance, as the histories of former times are for the most part too busy with the nar ratives of foreign and domestic conflicts, to have much space to spare for any account of the condition of the people. It is, therefore, a very favourable sign when we receive no more exciting intelligence from our Indian possessions than assurance of the increasing importance of the tea trade and matters of local intelligence. The year has been one of extreme political dullness, but such years often play a more important part in the internal development of a country than the stormy and troubled seasons which fill a more prominent place in its annals. The rapid extension of the tea trade, which has been especially noticeable in the past twelve months, cannot be considered by the political economist as a matter of insignificance. A large and valuable trade has been lately developing itself in India, which promises to give a stimulus to exertion, an employment to: the people, a safe investment to capital, and an important addition to the resources of the nation. The most desponding financiers can hardly despair of the future of India with such statistics before them as those recently compiled on the subject of the tea trade, and it is difficult to exaggerate the importance of its rapid and pro• sperous growth as a means of encouraging specula. tors to invest their capital in the cultivation of Indian lands. Assam has long been known as a tea producing country from the indigenous plant that bears its name, which some persons esteem very highly. It is only lately, however, that any great extension of the area of cultivation has been attempted. In accordance with the stand-still policy which usually presided in Leadenhall-street, thousands of acres were left waste, while a very little reflection might have told the authorities that, if tea was native in Assam, it was worth making the experiment of growing it in Hindostan. Districts, which subsequent experi ence have shown to be admirably fitted for tea plantations, were esteemed so valueless by our wise predecessors, that, after the conclusion of the Ne paulese war, some trouble was taken to find out the heirs of the former possessors. In Kumaon and Gur whal, which border on the Nepaulese frontier, and lie to the north of Rohilcund, are 19,00 square miles, which are at present yielding the absurdly inadequate sum of 120,000 per annum to the State —little more than a pound a year for every square mile from provinces, part of which, according to Dr. lAMESON, " is destined to become one of the great centres of the tea cultivation in the Hima layas." This gentleman, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens at Seharnupore, on the border of the Punjaub, has been the chief promoter of the Government experiments. He presided over the first plantations in the North-East, and has subse quently been very instrumental in extending the tea cultivation, by distributing seed free of charge, and supplying trained Chinese and Indian work men. The success of the Government plantations in the Punjaub and North-West has been very great, but not more so than that attending private experiments. Tea bids fair to become the staple product of India, and the Chinese are likely to find thei r ne i g hb aurs very dangerous rivals before long. In the P un j au b alone, partial as is the cultivation, there are 9,518 acres of tea plantations, which, when they are all brought under cultivation, it is calc u l a t e d will yield 2,453,400 lbs. In the Punjaub a smaller system India, the natives btehinegio of trade prevails than elsewhere in tion of tea in Umritsur albonn.seuinas consumers. The to a great extent, both the cultivators and t o T b h e e I c o 7 o consump tion b p s - . carry the trade across the l'nhg annually. Effo r t s are bzet frontier, and with a view to this result Dr. JAIL made,however, to ranle hundred packages of sa he intends °N has made up a as presents to the wandering' merchants r cyhhai which who bring wool from Thibet. If this Ech e , n e s tbe successful, and a market is opened for Indian in Central Asia there will be no lack of empl oy : natives or profit for the cultivators in thatt for the quarter. One of the chief natives in this nei • ghbourh oo d has 5,000 acres of land, each acre capable of f , 300 lbs. of tea, consequ en tl y h • fielding 0 le ex pected to export 1,500,000 lbs. from his velle:y. alone. This native leas his own factory, and competes with the English settlers in every p ,- ..ticular, so that if his example be followed the, tea trade is likely to do us double service by diverting the minds of the native chiefs from disaffection and rebellion into the safer and more profitable spheres of action which depend on peace and stable government for their success. In the north-western provinces the tea prospects are equally promising. The extensive valley of Dehra Doou will, according to Dr. JAME SON'S anticipations, be, in a few years, a sheet of tea plants. In this part there are twenty owners besid es Government, o f w h om seven are natives. The province of Gur what, on the Himalaya slopes, if fully cultivated, would, according to the report, "not only supply the whole of the Ldiau market, :a s r 6 in a g er t e r s ac o t f were cultivated from the hills of the Punjaub to the but that of Europe also with tea." A p p o l u a n n d t s a . tion n in it sold, recently, for ten thousande npolarnthta-wtioesntse, r a n n provinces a c alone f t h h a e v t e e a 3 . B b , border of Nepaal, and yielded 100 lbs. per acre, which we have seen is far below what may be expected, the total produce would be according to Dr. JAMESON'S estimate, 930,000,000 lbs. annually, or as much as the export of all China. The facilities for the tea culture are even greater on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas, where the in digenous plant grows abundantly. Darjeeling, which has been known as a tea-bearing district for the last two years, lies almost directly north of Calcutta, and only needs the further extension of the railway to develope its trade still more fully. Cachar, in the same direction, produced 500,0001b5. of tea from 31 plantations in one year, according to the official repot t two years ago. We may, there fore, conclude that that amount has very consider• ably increased since then. In the matter of export to England, Assam is the most favoured, having a direct water communication with Calcutta by means of the Brahmapootra. With suoh facts before them, however, we can hardly doubt that even the Indian Government will press forward the extension of the means of internal communication. With the excep tion of Sir CHARLES WOOD'S obstinate adhesion to the old system of land tax and waste land regula tions, the authorities have hitherto shown every desire to encourage the cultivation of tea. The surprising succeca which has attended all such enter prises must serve to encourage the most hesitating and dubious observer, although it is true the success of the Godavery water works has not been able to stimulate the ruling powers to further action. It is difficult to overrate the value to India in every way of such an important addition to her exports, and we can only hope that every possible facility and encouragement will be given to the cultivator and the merchant. ho reception which Colonel LAMAR met with at the Chertsey Agricultural Society goes far to con tradict the assertions made by some relative to the state of feeling in this country on American affairs. Almost the whole company rose to drink the toast, which included the Colonel's name among the visitors present at the entertainment. Through out the course of his remarks he was loudly cheered, and altogether his reception was a most enthusiastic one. Some points referred to in this discourse are worthy of notice, and it is especially satisfactory to meet with some authentic representation of events, after the confused and conflicting statements which have appeared from those who are only half informed of the facts they attempt to explain. The Colonel commenced by appropriately alluding to the cordial reception ho had met with, and declared that it was the more gratifyin g to him because it had been awarded by farmers. The reason for this he explained, by stating that he came from a country of farmers. A man never speaks to greater advantage than when he is defending his country from attack, or celebrating its merits, as the case may be. Thus these earnest words seem a fitting introduction to a speech which was designed expressly to set forw ar d t h e rights of the Seces sionists and expose th e f rauds and fallacies o f t h e ir opponents. " His co un t ry was not, as they had been told, one of indolent, dissolute, and w ealthy planters; but of indep en d ent, intelligent free men, nearly one-half of th em owning the land which they culti va t e d , and nearly all of them seeing in eac h up -turned sod of th e ir fallow-ground, that w hi c h was more prec i ous to them than the g o ld o f C al i fornia, the spark l e o f in dependence, and of personal liberty." There is much truth in this asseveration, whatever aspersions may be cast upon its veracity by indignant dis claimers. It is the spirit of self-reliance and the real love of independence which have sustained the Confederates in their unequal struggle, and im parted to their thinned ranks and decaying strength an ever-sp r i ng i ng endurance, and a vita li ty that gave courage t o meet t h e emergency. H a d the in habitants of the S out h b een such recreants , o r such tame-spirit e d an d ruthless tyrants as they ha d b e en described t o us i n many places, as they f i gure d in historical sketches, and gloomed darkly in the pages of narratives, they never could have achieved half of their heroic efforts, or any of their hard fought encounters. It is somewhat curious to notice that in exact proportion as the Southerners have gained upon general attention and admiration their adversaries have deteriorated. The feet is, that the Northerners were taken upon trust, as it were, before the outbreak of this trying and exposi tory confli c t. Wi thout too closely scann i ng , or t oo rr inutely part i cularising the shades of c h arac t er and distinctions of feeling, people in general seemed to fancy that their boastful assertions and bragging professions were connected in some way w ith the will to do, and the power to bear, when it came to the point, Experience has shown far otherwise, and many of the skirmishes, engagements, and rencontres that have been chronicled in the annals of the war, have robbed self-complacency of its triumph, and exposed the deceptiv e c h aracter of vaunted freemen. Colonel LAMAR very forcibly pourtrayed the glaring incon sistencies that were apparent in the Government of Washington. He said that none of the great bul warks of English liberty were to be found in the Northern States. Certainly there are good grounds for this remark, when we note the instances brought forward of some official arrangements, which are more closely assimilated with despotic sway and tyrannical interference than with any attempt at freedom, however insufficient may bo its outline and limited its scope. The Secretary of State had boasted that he was eble, by touching a bell on tis right hand, to imprison a citizen in the distant State of Michigan, and also, that I - a y touching another bell on his left hand, he ',Jould imprison a citizen in New Hampshire or 7alaine_ Well might the speaker exclaim, aft"er recapitulating these anomalies, that freedom 'was not the object sought after by the United 'states Government. A grim despotism glare-a (aver the land, liberty ',stood naked and defence ) ess, cowering before it. Spies, police officers, raid p rci vost-marshals were the ministers of the Government.'" This is a stern and sombre pie ture to diver of the model Republic of the Western world. We wonder what Mr. BRIGHT would say to such a treasonable declaration concerning his i''.olised States, which were to have furnished us with Et copy of social advantages a few years back, and of whose virtues and merits he seemed ready to discourse the livelong day. Putting aside the vexed question of the right of seces sion the advantages of abolition, and j ud ging the F e d era l s b y themselves, taking a review o rtheir proceedings in the civil war, it is an undisputed fact that they have proved faithless to their professions ef freedom, and that their who b le conduct , ma a p eople, and career as a State, have gross violet' ion of the principles, and a prostitution of the nam e o f that liberty which it was onc e th e i • proudest boast that they main tained immaculate and Unstained before th e nat i ons glimpse given • of the state of things across the Potomac certainly redounded to the credit of the people there. The general feel ing of spontaneity that prevailed, the perfect order that reigned in the internal arrangements, coupled I with the uniformity of action and concert of move ment in external action, all presented a strong con trast to the former representation. The advocate of the Confederate States might with just pride compare the sketches he had given, and assert that he wished Englishmen "to decide whi c h were the representatives of American or Anglican liberty and constitutionality," I❑ conclusion Col. LAMAR referred to the question of slavery, and said that if ever the time came when the negroes required and deserved freedom, the South would be ready to confer it on them. In this he was touching upon a subject that involves the most important considerations, and in which lies the true source of strength for the future, if it is but rightly comprehended. The time that sees the " day-star of liberty rise" will be a benign and blessed epoch. The South will acquire new vigour and win respect for her magnanimity, as she has acquired admiration for her bravery, from those who watch the issue of this fitful strife. At all events, it seems a significant fact that one of the Confede rate army should have been accorded that welcome which England only awards to the brave who have been true in the trying time of defeat, and stood the searching test of victory, It is well known that no such a climax as Bull's Run ever deterio rated from the military reputation of the Confede rates; bat the sympathy of this country is awakened by the thought that victory did not convert their legions into ruffians, and no orders unbecoming Christian and civilised States ever emanated from the generals or were obeyed by the ranks of those whose foes call them cruel and callous, but who have taught their enemies a lesson that their best friends might pray and beseech them to follow with advantage to their reputation and credit to their cause. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 18, The Empress of the French arrived at the Royal Palace at 8 o'clock this evening. An immense crowd assembled at the railway terminus, and in the streets through which her Majesty passed, and gave her a cordial reception. THE lONIAN ISLES. TRIESTE, OCT. 18. The lonian Parliament has resolved, by a vote of 33 to 3, that the protectorate of England over the lonian Islands shall cease immediately, the Senate be dissolved, and the lonian Islands forthwith be annexed to Greece. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, OCT. 19. Letters received here from Warsaw, dated 18th inst., state that the Government has ordered civi lians to give up all arms and permits for the posses sion of arms till the next day. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 19. M. Rouher has been appointed Minister of State, and M. Rouland President of the Council of State. A decree has been issued fixing three as the num ber of Nice-presidents of the Council of State. The vice-presidents will exercise in regard to the Senate and Corps Legislatif the powers determined by Article 51 of the Constitution. MM. Forcade-Laroquette and Chaix d'Estange have been appointed vice-presidents of the Council of State, and M. Vintry, Governor of the Bank, honorary vice-president. BOURSE, Oct. 17.—The market opened at a further decline, but after a time again recovered. Tbrees, for the Account, are now unvaried at 671. 25c. Mobilier remains up to the present time un changed. Railway Shares are quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 95 50 Do. eral 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 25 Credit Mobiher 1142 50 Do, end month 1140 Bank Shares 3390 Credit k oneier 1310 $d IL' Italian Loan 73 40 Do. end month 74 15 Now ditto Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 53 Florae Debt rAirs. Cash. Account. Orleans 978 75 .. 975 Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 967 50 New ditto Geneva 498 75 .. Southern 692 60 .. 695 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian .. Lorphard North of Spain Saragossa 640 640 Ditto to Barcelona FUNERAL OF M. BILLAULT, The funeral of M. Billault took place this day. The religious service was celebrated at 11 o'clock in the ancient Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, with the solemn and imposing ceremonies usual on such occasions. There was a large attendance of senators, deputies, and functionaries of every branch of the public service, and several members of the Diplomatic Body were present. The inside of the c hurch was hung with black, and along the tapes try were shields with the cipher of the deceased in the centre. The body, which had been lying for two days in state in the hotel of the Minister, was removed at 11 o'clock to the church, which is close at hand, followed by those who had been specially invited. At a quarter to 1 o ' clock the magnificent hearse, drawn by six horses in black and silver trappings and lofty plumes, left the church and moved along by the Rue de Rivoli and Place du Louvre to the Boulevard de Sebastopol, and thence to the Cemetery of Mont Parnasse, on the left bank of the Seine. The avenues in the neighbourhood of the Louvre and the streets on its passage were thronged with people; in the Rue de Rivoli troops and National Guards lined the way. The funeral of the Minister, who was Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and Senator, was the same as that accorded to a Field Marshall. A large body of troops, infantry, ca valry, and artillery, with drums muffled and colours veiled with crape, formed the cortege. Salutes were fired from the Invalides at 7 o'clock in the morn ing, and repeated every hour till the departure of the procession from the church, and two salutes of 15 guns each, the fret when th© cortege left the church, and the second when the coffin was lowered into the grave. The Emperor's carriage, with four horses, and servants in state liveries, immediately followed the hearse, and then came a goodly num ber of mourning coaches and several private car riages. The Mounted Guards of Paris and Gendar merie accompanied the convoy, followed by the battalions and the artillery ; the procession was closed by a squadron of dragoons. No people show more respect to the dead than the French. When a funeral is met in the streets, however humble it may be, and in whatever quarter of the city, every one stands still as it passes, and uncovers. IVhen the hearse containing the remains of M. Billault can3ein view, the crowds paid it their mute homage. The Pall-bearers were MM. Baroche, Rouher, and Rouland, the colleagues of the late 'Minister, and M. Alfred Leroux, Vice-president of the Legislative Corps. It is, Perhaps, owing to a feeling of delicacy to wards his late Minister that the Emperor has not yet announced the choice he has made of a succes sor to NI. Billault. It is most likely that the choice has been already made, though the Emperor keeps it to himself. The impatience of the public shows the great interest they feel about the matter. All agree both as to the difficulty of finding a man , and the importance of the circumstances under which he will have to meet the Chambers. The condition of Poland ; the question of war or peace ; the expe dition to Mexico, so costly in men and money, and prolonged beyond all calculation ; the intermi nable Roman question; the finances, and the :nternal administration of the country, to which the result of the elections has given renewed interest—all these will have to be explained, discussed, and defended in presence of men, few in number, no doubt, but strong in intellect and rich in experience, and lot easily deluded or intimidated. It is useless to specu late as to the person likely to be chosen from among the candidates in favour. The Emperor rarely com. municates his intentions in these matters to any' body; he loves to take people by surprise; so in th e c h anges he made after the late elect i ons , and he will p ro b a bl y d o so now, he did DEATH OP MR. DAVID WADDINGTON. — Th is gentleman, who was some years ago and for several I years chairman of the Eastern Counties, now the Great Eastena Railway, died on Mond a y at t h e age o f 53, after a short illnossathis House at Bickley. Mr. Waddington was a man of a strong active mind, and possessed an amazing energy and an untiri n g ind us t ry i n whatever h e nu clei took. He an earnestswasnot what could be c a ll e d an eloquent, b u t certainly energetic speaker. He seldom spoke upon any subject with which he was not well conversant, and hence he commanded attention, and was a powerful advocate ana a formidable opponent. Mr. 'Waddington had had great railway experience and been connected with several railway companies. He h a d b een chairman of the M anc h e ster and Birmingham Railway, and at his death was chairman of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway, the state of whose affairs he had ardently devoted himself to improve, and was about to present a statement of, when his premature end cut short his labours, His death therefore must be a serious loss to the Company. For some years he represented Mal don in the House of Commons. THE SISIIURE OE LAIRD' —llerapath' s Journal. s SIIIPS. — A cor respondent writes so follows ! Notwithstand ing the ibphistry of Sir Roundell Palmer and others, the question is —Has the seizure of these vessels been legal ? If legal, then the Ministers of the Crown have done their duty ; but if illegal (as is the public opinion), they have broken the laws of the country, and ought therefore to be held amenable, No post facto legislation can make right what is wro ng- If the Northerns can freely buy and ex port from our towns the material of war, why should not the Confederates have the same privilege ? Vessels of war can do no more hurt than Greek fire, Armstrong guns, or other contraband articles of war. What, then, is the duty of Englishmen ? Simply to follow the conduct of their ancestors, and declare, in terms not to be misunderstood, that their motto is, as of old, " Nolumus loges Aright° mutari," and that both Lords and Commons will carry out this, There must be no cowering to Yankee bombast. England must act towards the Confederate States as she acted towards Belgium, Naples, Modena, and Tuscany, when the will of the people was ag ainst their sovereigns, as that of the South is against Mr. Lincoln. HUDSON'S BAY MONOPOLY, —A "Canadian" asks the following question :--The public would be glad to learn what are the rights of this company in British North Ame rica, and what lands they possess ? The Canadians claim a large portion of the country, while the people of England say that the company have no legal right to any part ex cept that toward the shores of Hudson's Bay. Can any of your readers inform me on the matter? I ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. —Three elections took place on Saturday. Sir Roundell Palmer, the Attorney- General, and Mr. Collier, the Solicitor. General, were re elected without opposition for Richmond and Plymouth, respectively; while Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, a supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, was allowed to walk over the course at Reading, THE MAYFAIR MAGAZINE i 8 the name of a new illustrated magazine about to make its appearance in Janu• icy, under the editorial charge of Miss Brown, RUSSIA. A letter from Warsaw states that General Berg has left for St. Petersburg in consequence of a dis pute which he has had with General Korff. Numerous bodies of troops are said to be on the march for Courland, Livonia, and Lithuania, where they are to be stationed along the shores of the Baltic. POLAND. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Renter's office from the Russian Consul-General in London;— , g WARSAW, OCT. 18. " This morning the Hotel de Ville was discovered to be on fire in three places simultaneously in the interior of the archive department, parts of which are separated by interior courts. "No doubt is entertained of this fire being the work of incendiaries. "All the treasure-chests, securities, account-books, and valuable objects have been saved." Napoleon the Great as a Subaltern. Few people pass throng - h the Rue de l'Universite without remarking at No. 71 a large gateway at which a sentinel is stationed. It was formerly the Hotel de Noailles-Mouchy, and is now a depot for documents connected with the War .office. On the evening of the 24th of February, 1848, a number of insurgents, imagining from the inscription "Depot de la Guerre" over the gateway that fire arms were deposited there, were about to force an entrance, when General Pelet, director of the depot, explained to the crowd the nature of the establish ment and the great importance of the documents contained in it to a number of families. The people understood the General and withdrew. On the first and second floors aro arranged documents relating to private individuals. One room is specially devoted to those referring to Marshals and Generals of the army. Among them is a book bound in green morocco leather, bearing the name "Napoleon Bonaparte." The first document which figures in it is a statement of his military services prepared in the usual form, next a copy of his baptismal registry in Latin, bearing a stamp with the inscription " Island of Corsica," " One Halfpenny." Next comes a certificate of poverty—a diploma signed d'Hozier de Sevigny, countersigned by the judge at-arms of French nobility, attesting that Napoleon de Buonaparte, born the 15th August, 1769, is possessed of the nobility necessary for being ad mitted among the number of gentlemen for whose education his Majesty provides in the Royal Mili tary Colleges. Then follow in succession the various orders of service addressed to him in h is character of officer and General in the army. A report addressed to the Committee of Public Safety, on the 22d Vendcmiaire of the year 4, by the Commissioners for the organisation and direction of the army and navy, is of opinion that " General Buonaparte may be authorized to pass on his demand to the service of Turkey with two officers of artillery, Major Sougis and Captain Marmont." Some autograph letters of the young officer are to be found in this book. One of them, addressed to M. Lesanequer, first clerk in the Artillery and Engineer Department at the War-office, is in the following terms : " Sir,—A stranger in Paris without any acquaintance, my only hope is in you. The friendship you expressed for me induces me to hope that you will use it for me. " I find that I am about to be removed from my regiment to another, which afflicts me in every point of view. . . while there are some officers who follow me immediately that would exchange without difficulty. . . I have a brother with me who is intended for the regiment. I have undertaken his education, which would become impossible in another regiment. "If the arrangement had been published I would not have troubled you, because in that case there would be nothing for me but to obey. But as the matter rests, 1 flatter myself that you will please to interest yourself I for me. __ "I will retain a grateful recollection of your kindness. 46 With respect, Sir, your very humble and very obedient servant, " BUONAPARTE, Lieutenant in the Regiment of La fere. " Atixonne, June 3, 1791." Another letter addressed to Messieurs the Ad ministrators of Versailles, the Ist of September, 1792, petitions in favour of his sister, Marianne Bonaparte, of whom he is the guardian, and who is without an asylum in consequence of thesuppression of the establishment of St. Louis, and Rho prays for the allowance of 20 sous a league to which she is entitled, to tal se h er to t h e mun i c i pa lity of Ajaccio, the place of her birth. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING AT EDINBURGH. —The Social 'Science Revi,:w, published last Saturday, con tains a complete account of all the papers read in the vari ous sections at the above meeting, but more particularly a verbatim report of the masterly address delivered by Lord Brougham at the opening of the proceedings. HEINE'S " BOOK OF SONGS" has just reacbed its twenty-second edition. LITERATURE, Florian's Husband. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackott. This is a brilliant work, beautifully written, evd filled with very happily discriminated portraits. Our expectations during the earlier chapters were great, but as we proceeded they were materially diminished, and, we regret to say, not realised by the conclusion. The striving after sensational effect, or the ambition to produce a melodramatic excite ment, has proved a fatal source of error on the part of the author of this new novel. He can be natural, he can be pathetic, he can imbue his characters with a certain air of vitality, and infuse into his narrative a spirit at once tender and elevating, but he has preferred to make these merits—and they are but common merits—subordinate to an artificial, unnatural craving for effect. The story of Florian is one of the most improbable, and the idea of her husband one of the most impossible that it has ever been the ill•fortune of a noveiist to con ceive. We do not wish to betray the secret of the story, which is guarded with a most sedulous appear ance of mystery, but which, nevertheless, to ourselves, too much accustomed to such my steries, was from the first no secret whatever. We do not wish to betray it to the uninitiated, or we would dwell more at length upon the absurd incongruity of the plot, and the utter improbability of its hero. We prefer to dwell rather upon the attractive characteristics of the book, which, with all its faults and follies, is sufficiently alluring. The story is narrated by one Gerald Gesaler, who describes himself as of a prosaic nature, which could feel neither the pleasures of imagination nor of memory, an assertion not car ried out by his history, as the following incident may testify : LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. One day, many years before the time my story begins, I met a young lady in this wood—a fair lovely botanist, with " her slight fingers full of leaves and flowers." Her violets fell as she attempted to get over the stile. I hastened for ward, picked up the flowers, and helped the lady to the other side. She thanked me both with her tones and with her looks. I leant on the style, and watched her yearningly until she disappeared down the sunny road, as if I could could have called her back. I ran alter her. I pray you spare your sneers, for dreamy youth at such times feels ever lonely. I claimed her as if she were a part of mine 01 me. I cannot defioe a feeling for which there is neither defitti don nor reason. All have experienced the uncontrollable impulse of their own emotions—a sort of insanity some times seizing the heart, while the mind and brain are sound. I met her after this almost daily for years ; and never without those looks which need no words to express the emotions of the heart, for it is notonly a Siddons, a Kemble, or a Kean that can make silence eloquent. This woman filled my whole soul. Love thought her beautiful, and imagined her perfect. I dreamed of her perpetually, and until this hour her image has stood be tween me and every other love. She came to me day after day. As she passed, I would nit for worlds have lost a motion of her hand, or a rustle of her garments. I was a fool, but my folly was joy and transport to me. In my moments of reason I smiled at the feeling as evanescent first love; as a thing that would pass away for ever when the bubbles of romance my lover's fancy wrought would burst, and mingle with the base and beggarly elements of common feelings. Years and years after, I tell you to be ware : first love—dream love, mad love, if you will—any thing that is love, is more mortal than you think. The heroine, Florian, is a very charming, unselfish girl, who acts throughout from a most mistaken spirit of self-sacrifice. Here is a glimpse of FLORIAN'S TRIALS. " Whether you love me or not," he continued, " is not the question at issue. If the plea of not loving me exists now, it must have existed at the time of our engagement ; and as it was not mentioned then as a barrier, it ought not to be mentioned as a barrier now. If you urge this plea, I will not accept it; it would be folly, and not justice, to do so. Perhaps you have formed some attachment ; perhaps it is the old trick of being off with the old love before being on with the new. But I will not consider that plea as ad missible either. Justice demands that you should only be my wife. I will never abandon my claim on you; I will not be the victim, neither will I let you be the victim, of a eaprice or a folly ; if you are fickle and whimsical, I will not let your fickleness and whimsicality injure yourself or me. Do you comprehend what I have said, Florian? and what inference do you draw from it ?'' There was a moment's silence, and my heart beat loudly; for my fate, as well as Philip's, hung upon her reply. " What inference do you draw, Florian?" repeated Philip. " That you will show me no mercy in my bitter trial," said she. " What mercy do you seek, Florian r said ho. "Freedom I" she exclaimed, clasping her hands like a captive or a slave. "And what will you do with it ?" asked he, bitterly. "_Marry, and give it to another, I suppose? No 1 that mercy to you would be none to myself. My heart is suffer ing unendurable pangs in consequence of our fickleness. No, Florian, it is impossible; you pray in vain to me; I cannot give you up." " You will not give me ?" cried she ; " say it again." " I will say it a thousand times I" exclaimed ho ; " while lam a man I'll say i-; while I live I'll say it I I have strong passions. I have accustomed myself to sweet, deli cious dreams, which you alone can realise. The love which I feel for you is not only a passion, but a long, inveterate habit, which I cannot throwlaway or live without. I tell you, Florian Ryder, that you must be my wife. Ido not coerce you, but I keep you to a promise. You dare not break this vow of yours, for my heart is bound to it, and you will trample on both in trampling on one. You dare not." " What if I am forced to dare it ?" she exclaimed. Many further passages we might give, but both author and readers will prefer that we should leave the mystery unrevealed, and the secret unspoken. Census of the British Empire, 1861. Part I. England and Wales. Pp. 115. Harrison. Within these few pages (no more than 115 in all) how wonderful a condensation ! A statistical microcosm. The work, in order to complete it, will run to three parts altogether. Here, in the first, we have the pick of the choicest particulars in regard to England and Wales—the pick, that is, of the choicest of those particulars which were collected two years ago in such astounding abundance, and with such perfectly reliable accuracy, in the carrying out of the last census, the Census of 1861. Under the comprehensive head, "England and Wales," we learn here at a g;ance all about the Anglo-Saxon Race in that kingdom and principality—about the population of cities, boroughs, and towns—about the comparison of health, the epochs of life, the procreation of mankind, the disposing of the dead, the growth of London, the complication of its com missariat, and the multiplication of its inhabitants, Altogether a wonderful little repertory of vitally important and deeply interesting information. As giving us the cream its way last Cen sus , t h e publica tion here noticed is in way really invaluable. FUNERAL OF A RUSSIAN OFFICER.—Dr. Alexis Georghesky, chief surgeon of his Imperial Rus sian Majesty's screw steam frigate Olega, 51 guns, now in the Sound, died on j l o V in e e d d ne i s at d t ay morning, on board Cronstadt, Septemter j' been n s e uffering of a t e h rly from an affection of r i t . t s t t h h e , r an su d d h de a n d l the ;hroat. The remains Plymouth ae e deceased yesterti.qy interred at the b : o r r i a p l s e Cem e t o e ffi r y c . e r were The b p o ri a n r c d ip t a h l e l e `a h r .i t p. of the burial the steamer Contractor, service was performed on which h as then l taken . an board Captain Andreet ' and the ship's chap w lai s n, a y s m w g ell s a l s on a g l s a i rg e e . number of officers, ,sailors, and marines, also came ashore. They were landed at D:illbay pier shortly before three o'clock a in ud th c e a a r f r t i c a r g n e o s oz avi T n h g e b , e l : e o rt dy was then put into a hearse , provided for the officers, the funeral cortege proceeded to the cemetery. On arriving at the gates the party alighted, and formed a procession, and a small party of the ship's c.-ew acting as choristers commenced chanting. Thi s wa s continued while the procession advanced to the g rave, which wao dug in front of the chapel. The ship's chaplain then perfo:med the customary offices, and the lid of the coffin was rerJoved, disclosing the body of the deceased, who was habite.d in his full uniform. A censer containing incense was waved repeatedly over the body, filling the air with perfume. The coffin was afterwards closed, and a handful of earth was thrown upon it by the priest. The coffin was then lowered into the grave, and a party of marines, about 30 in number, tired three volleys over the grave. The ceremony being concluded, the procession left the ground. The deceased was much respected on board his vessel and in the fleet. A Greek moss is to bo erected over his grave. The ship is expected to sail this evening for the Mediterranean.— fres!ern Morning News. MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL FROM AmEnicx.—The following mail steamers are due at Liver pool this week from America and Canada, viz. :—The Bohemian, with dates from Quebec to the 10th instant, m6y be looked for at Londonderry in the course of to-morrow (Tuesday) ; the City of Manchester from New York, also on the 10th inst., will no doubt reach Queenstown on Wed nesday next; and the Cunard steamer Europa, from Boston on the 14th, and Halifax early on the morning of the 16th, I may be looked fer at Queenstown on Saturday next. " MIXPICKLES" is the title of a new humorous and satirical weekly journal, to be started at Leipzic on the Ist of January. - Nt.s.pyity thrnrt 0111/hrt THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, OCt. 16. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess of Hesse and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday to Loch Bulig. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by Baroness Schenck and Captain Westerweller, dined with the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia at Abergeldie. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGIIAM, Oct. 18. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prince Christian, and Prince Frederick, with their gentlemen in waiting, went out shooting yesterday, and met with abundance of sport. This morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian, the Prince Frederick, and the Princess Dagmar, attended by the Honourable Mrs. W. Grey, Lieutenant-General Knolly.e, Captain Grey, and Dr. Holtzman, attended Divine service at the little ahurch at Sandringham. The Rev. G. B. Mozon, rector, officiated, and preached a sermon ; but few persons were present, and the utmost de corum was observed. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Denmark leaves Sandringham to-morrow, en route for Oxford, where the prince will resume his studies. The royal party will bo augmented by the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Duke of Montrose has left town for Buch anan Castle, N B. The E Arl of Powis, accompanied by the Countess of Powis and. Ladies Lucy and Harriet Herbert, left Berkeley-square on Saturday for Powis Castle, Mont gomeryshire. The Eirl of Ellenborongh, after attending the funeral of Lord Lyndhurst, left town for Southam House, his seat, near Cheltenham. The Earl of Straffurd arrived in town on Satur day from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes- bury at Savernake Park, near Marlborough. _ _ The Earl and Countess of Jermyn are prolonging their stay at his lordship's shooting box in Ross shire. They are expected to join the Marquis of Bristol and family at Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmonds, next month. The Countess of Leicester has arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Holkham Hall, Norfolk. The Countess Alexandre and Madlle. Kodrofskoy have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris. His Excellency M. Balcarce, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Re. public to the Court of St. James's, has arrived at Maurigy'a Rotel from Paris. The Coant de Furstenstein, Chamberlain to the Crown Princees of Prussia, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Berlin. His Excellency the Comte de Nesselrode has left Maurigy's Hotel for St. Petersburg. Lord Brougham has returned to Brougham Hall from attending the Social Science Congress at Edinburgh. The noble and learned lord, after a short rest at his country seat, will come to London on his way to Cannes, where, as usual, he intends to pass the winter months. The Hon. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Maxwell have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Canada. Advocate General Sydney Smith is staying at the Brunswick Hotel for a short time before leaving for Madras. Mr. and Mrs. Bischoffsheim and family have left their residence in Grafton-street, Piccadilly, for Hyde Hall, Hertfordshire, for the season. ERNEST COUNT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, the professed son of the first Emperor and the lately deceased Countess Kielmansegge of Dresden, has written his me moirs—a stately volume of 400 folio pages—and is anxious to find a publisher. THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE has added the following names to its already ample catalogue :—Rev. Dr. Adler (Chief Rabbi), the Rev. W. Brock, E. Chapman, Esq., C. L. Kenney, Esq., A. Mac millan, E,q., Prof. Owen, and C. Whiting, Esq.—At the last general meeting of the Committee it was unanimously resolved that Mr. Macready should be invited to act as a Vice-President, and that gentleman has accepted the invi tation. The movement is said to be making satisfactory progress in Dublin and Edinburgh, Birmingham, Brighton, Canterbury, Glasgow t Manchester, Newcastle. on-Tyno, and other places of leading importance. THE KING OF POLAND'S TITLES.—The follow ing were the titles enjoyed by Frederick Augustus King of Poland, in 1746 :—His Most High Excellency, All. Powerful Prince and Master, His H. E. R. R. R. (whatever that may be) Frederick Augustus King en Poland, Grand Duke in Lithuania, of Reussen, Prussia, Manovia, Samogitia, Knovia, Volhynia, Podolia, Pod lachia, Lufiand, Smolensko, Sereria, and Zschernichovia, &c., Duke of Saxony, Julich, Cloves, and Berg, also of Engem and Westphalia, High Marshal and Hereditary Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Landgraf in Thurin gen, Margraf of Meissen, also of Upper and Lower Lausitz, Burggraf of Magdeburg, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Marck-Ravensberg, Barby, and Hanau, Mas ter of Ravenstein, &c., &c.—Court Journal. ANOTHER VICTIM OF AFRICA.--Young Mr. Richard Thornton, of the Royal School of Mines, who volunteered to accompany Dr. Livingstone as geologist and topographer, died on the 21st of April, on the Shire, of dysentery and fever. DANIEL DE FOE'S SURNAME has, by its Gallium prefix, led to his being surmised by many poople to have been of French extraction. The fact, howev,er, has been established that he was the son of James Foe, a butcher in the parish of Cripplegate. Whether the foreign prefix to his name was adopted from a mere fancy of his own, from the idea of enhancing his consequence or dis guising his identity—if not, as his enemies would have it, from blind dislike to being thought an Englishman—it is certa;x that no truer English heart and no truer word painter of English character has ever lived. His own favourite designation—that of the " True-born English man"—befitted no man better. THE KING OF THE GREEKS on Sunday week attended a Greek Mass at the Greek Church in the City. As a Lutheran he, of course, denied Transubstantia tion, but professed to believe in the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son ; as a Greek he now denies the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son, but professes belief in Transubstantiation. Which—it has been pertinently asked (his Majesty may perhaps think impertinently)—which does he really believe, or does he believe either? CRICKETTING.—ID. addition to a quick eye, calculation, agility, and courage, this game requires a great self-control. It exercise the character and strength of mind, those truly British virtues ; for the first quality of a good player is not to let himself be disturbed either by difficulties or success.—Esquiros' " English at liome." AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.—About a twelve month since, when disaster everywhere overtook the Union arms, a young lady scarco 19, just from an academy in a sister state, conceived the idea that she was destined. by Providence to lead our armies to victory and our nation through successful war. It was at first thought by her parents—a highly respectable family—that her mind was weakened simply by reading continual accounts of reverses to our arms, and they treated her as they would a sick child. This only had the effect of making her more demonstrative, and her enthusiastic declaration and. apparent sincerity gave the family great anxiety. It wsa finally resolved upon to take her to Michigan. An old. maiden aunt accompanied the fair enthusiast, and for weeks Ann Arbor became their home. But travel had no effect upon the girl. The stern command of her aunt alone prevented her from making her way to Washington to solicit an interview with the President, for the purpose of getting command of the United States army. Finally, the infatuated girl, finding no sympAthy among her friends, resolved to enter the army disguised as a drummer boy, dreaming that her destiny would be worked out by such a mode. She joined the drum corps of a Michigan regiment at Detroit, her sex known only to he,-self, and succeeded in getting with her regiment to the army of the Cumber land. How the poor girl survived the hardships of the Kentucky campaign, where strong men fell in numbers, must for ever remain a mystery. 'rho i eriment to which she was attached had a place in the divisimi of the gallant Iran Cleve, and during the bloody 'tattle of Al tat Sunday the 4 air girl fell, piered in the left lido with a ,N 1 inie ball, and w:ien borne to the i•urgeoren tent her sex was discovered. She was told by the surgeon that her woun d was mortal, and advised to give hor name, that her family• might be in forruea of her fate. Thi s s h e finally, though. reluctantly) consented to do.—B roo kl yii THE GROWTH OF LlFE (A A 'eu s ' s iT u o n r Alv l CE et . w - B" ..Frotn the published baiance-sheets of 40 life assuraiice p, c ,l o ic tn ie - s panieosffnor financialthewbeupsaisntess transactedy ea it sasapp followsearß : that_t N e ,:i aggre gate w e issued, 31,670, assuring £15,248,860, producing in new premiums £445,055. As there are about 200 life as surauce companies in the United Kingdom doing good business these figures may fairly be quadrupled, when the foh'owing appears as the accession of new business for the past year : —New policies issued, 116,630; sums assured, £60,995,440; yielding a new premium income of £1,780,220. We find that the 40 offices paid in claims during the 12 mouths the large sum of £2,7;;2,176 ; and if this amount is also quad rupled it gives nearly eleven millions sterling as the tots amount paid to the survivors of deceased policyholders in a single year I—lnsurance ,Record. hit Moor Port' A listr 13e1 gir Dutch Diti Prenc Canso Ditt Lai Probe w eq of bees niai and and We dull BCC' Alo3 char Lora are i Bani 3 per 3 per New New New 5 per Awl Dii India Dit Dit Dit Dit Dit Dit nit Dii na n k Uous( India Each Dit Dit Amsti 13 razi Dit Dit Rue•a nit Crib& flit Dii DaniA Dii Dutc] Dit New Dit llit Perul Dit Dit bit Utrsasi Lit Dit *rd i 1 Dit " ) Pani _Oit Diii SPani Sued Turk Dtz Dit Dit Dit Dit Vcne: Jilt .1 >i