The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-26 00:00:00

H EFORITR M GI A tAjNDE P ER FORMANCES OF orERA. TY'S T ATR E. the late General Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS ' PATRICK NAPIER—the Greatest Soldier of modem 4LYIESDID4,INT-Iga'Sridays, Oct. 26, will be performed times, perhaps of any time (HANNIBAL bei Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. the only Great Captain who is aerie - Titiens, Trebelli, T,ccani Bossi, Santley, Sims Reeves. brought into comparison with him) NAPOLE To-morrow (Tuesday). et ° AUAT. These Repre sentations must be necessarily thus limited to performed miracles in the field, particularly in his four, on account ot the final departure of the great Artistes for the Continent. 'is, ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Orchestra Stalls, .retcampaign and in his last campaign by .t one, in 12 1 . '1 Pit, 6 55 . . ;G. Boxes, Private Boxes from Hall-a-Guinea first Italian campaign in 1797, and in his won ulTZ-ii.enee at Eight o'clock. Restrictions to Evening Dress derful campaign upon the soil of Franc not enforced,. paign of 1814, by what was called " par lUiplying his Theatre e (under the Box office ot the ofsuperintendencer. the cam- Commence open daily from Ten till Five. forces" by the marvellous rapidity of l'.is movements. , If by the late achievements of L'iIiGSTREET still greater wonders in that way 1.1% , 7Q been accom plished, it is attributable, of course, to the fact that now there is, in ai d of the strategist, what NAPOLEON had not in 1 .is time—the railway sys tem ! None the less adaa arable is the daring of the designs of LEE as a etrs ate gist , in transferring t o and fro, along a distance of four hundred miles, the whole corps of troops uric ler the command of LONG STREET. To and fro, over a distance in all of not, much less than a thousan d miles, LONGSTREET'S corps has been whirled like a tremendous shuttle. And, with so perfect aconceal cc ent of the design meditated, and with such a ready swiftness in the execution of it, that in this moving to and fro of a whole corps of troops, between LEE'S retain army on the banks of the Rapidan and BRAGG'S army four hundred miles away on the southern frontier of Tennessee, it has been like the passing hither and thither, quietly at LEE'S bidding, of a solitary messenger. The oppo nent of the two Confederate armies has in each instance been surprised. ROSENCRANZ has been driven back, his army routed in part, the rest of it being fairly "trapped" at Chattanooga. MEADE four hundred miles away heti: Chattanooga (himself con fronting the main army under LEE) has scarcely realized to his dismaythe predicament into which his brother Federal ROSENCRANZ has been outmance uvred—when BRAGG'S auxi iary having accom plished his purpose at Chattanooga is back again with his chief, corps and all—and the Federal Commander awakes suddenly to the knowledge that what LEE had contrived by the aid of his lieutenant LONGSTREET, in regard r 0 ROSENCRANZ, LEE has again cont rived no less effectually and by the very same agency in regard to MEADE himself. Insomuch does this now actually turn out to be the case that upon the re turn of LONGSTREET'S corps—that is to say upon the forward movement at last, in a body, by order of LEE, of the whole Confederate army on the banks of the Rapidan, upon the forward movement of LEE'S whole army from the Rapi dan northwards (LEE doing this directly his lieutenant LONGSTREET has returned from the borders of Tennessee), the unfortunate Feder& Commander-in-Chief finds himself outmanceuvred still more completely and unmistakeably than by LEE'S designs had even been ROSENCRANZ. MEADE, in effect, we now learn, had found no alternative but to escape from a disas trous discomfiture by an instant retreat. The Federal army had withdrawn bodily and with such precipitation that all that could not be carried away with them had to be burnt. They have recrossed the Rappahannock. They have withdrawn, en masse, northwards. LEE resuming his old position upon that field already twice fatal to the Federals, as the scene, for them, of two dis astrous Yankee Battles of the Spurs—the now world-famous field of Bull Run. Such is the latest " situation," in respect to the relative position of the main armies of the American belligerents. Such is the latest result of the warlike designs of that great master of strategy, General LEE. His an tagonists have had to beat a hasty retreat. He him self takes new ground upon old ground —at Bull Run. The Confederates will fight there with the prestige of victory—the Federals with a damning recollection o ['defeat. LetMEADE turn out to be beaten there at Bull Run—as is probable.—and the capital of Washington will be open to the Confederates. Like the Centurion in the Gospel, LEE has but to say to any among these lieutenants of his, " Go there and he geeth, do this and he doeth it." And certainly the one who has been of late the most conspicuous of them all in the faithful fulfilment of his great leader's designs, the most conspicuous amongst them, at least, since the lamented death of glorious " Old STONEWALL," is that LONGSTREET, who (certainly as yet) knows no turning ! - nOYAL ENGLISH. OPERA, JUI) COVENT-GARDEN. Under the .Management Of Miss Louisa Pyrae and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENI'G, IVALice's Romantic Opera, THE DT:sr:fa FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Nessrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Coaductor. Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven. utunrueuce at Eight. 11 HEAT RE ROYAL D RUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. Great and continued success of the production of Lord Byron's MANFRED, generally acknowledged by the press and the public to he one of the most complete and legitimate triumphs of a combination of artistic capabilities presented on the stage for many years. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), October the 20th. and during the weer, the uertormances will commence with the Comedietts, byJohn Oxenford.l4:sq., of GONE TO TE principal characters by Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Neville, Mr. spencer, and Miss Murray. Atter which, commencing at a Quarter before Eight o'clock, Lord Byron's Ch ora l Tragedy ot MANFRED. M or tals : Manfred, Mr. Phelps; Abbot of St. Mauric , Mr. Ryder; a Chamois Hunter, Mr. A. .Rayner ; Manuel (an aced e Retainer),of 31r. Neville ; Herman l a young Domestic in the Cast ds• Immortals Manfred), Mr. G. Weston ; Retainers, Messrs. Bedford, Weaver, Kirk, Wilson, Smith, and Edwa_r r. • Arimanes (Ruler of the Evil A gencies), od ; (Spirit of the Ether), Miss Emma Hey Warde • Ariel of the Stars), Miss Louisa Hitter; Heywood n e 1:1 ( s e p s i P r i e t r 'of (Spiritthe Water Miss Poole ; 3leserima (SP! ilrit9f 331r.mssJitk 'Miss Cicely Nott; Auster (Spirit of the storm) , rs; übes (Spirit of tarocn (spirit of the Earth), Mr. Meag the the shadow of Night), Mr. Ryesde:Tiotanoe:(oSfivderintg Mountains), Mr. G. Spencer ;eotnce), Mrs. Edmund Falconer ; ClomNthaewandmis bliss Atropos- c. Nweseaten, Three Destinies—Miss Em Miss heath—her Sth appear °Tn'L Atkinson, ache i and Miss Murray ; the Phantom of s, Miss Rose Le clerc; ; the Witch of the Alp , Norris, J. ante at at this Theatre ; EvilAsgencies and Spirit Spectres of the Weird World, 3lessrl: T. H 3 a l r a ti rt e h u e r ws, J. , our, 5 's s blrs 3 3 1 I o elvale Mrs. mac"liss 'CY ni 8 and Gent em 1 en of the Choir and the Warlow, and the Lad Bal let. Order an,dtchliiicaroacatlelerryofith3eisacneinreeryd,,,. CAasettlel..—SScceennee Studio and Go inel • The the Chalet of Summit the the Chamois 2: a Precipic e and, Glaciers near of Jung frau. Act 11. cene Peas. Beene 2: The Steinbach, a Hunter and A l p one of toe Lower Valleys among the Alp. Wst e rfall , and hin t o in cliff's, the haunt of the Witch of th e °N"-T---hi:nnli3ow's rays still arcn the torrent with the many hues of e Alps. h e aven, and roll the sheeted silver's wavin g column o'er the crits's perpendicular." Scene 3 : The snow rs a Summit of the Junsfrau , by Moonlight. Scene 4: The 1I all and of Arimanes in the Nether World, paint e d by 311, Danson on. Act IlL—Scene 1: Terrace and E xter i or of Ca stle. Scene 2 : The Turret Studio, the M ag i an ' s Mid ht Ilaun" shook d Illumined by a Thu n d erstorm, and t dually Destroyed by 14Ias ling Bolt and CrashingAvalanehe. Last S cene : A Snowy Alpine Waste or Wi l d erness. Pro pra— m, me of the Souls and Choruses —A c t I . —S cene 1 : Mys tical Responses of Viewless Spirits to the Magian's Invoca tion. list Solo, "Mortal to thy biddin g b ow ' d, " Miss Emma jeseyw ; 2nd Solo, "In the blue nepth of the waters" Mi s s Poole ; 3rd Solo, " I am the r id er of the wind, " Mr. Swift ; Septette, Misses Poole, Hey wood , Cicely Nott, Mr. Swift, and short's; The Impre catio n—Solo, "When the Moon is on tie Wave," Miss Cicel y Nott ; Solo, "Th ugh thy Slumber may be deep," Miss Poole ; Chorus, by the whole Choir. Act. 11.— cene 3 ; Solo and Chorus, " The Captive Usurper," Miss Cicely Nott and Chorus ; Song, " The Ship sailed on, the Ship sailed fast ," Miss Emma Heywood. S ene 4—Grand Choral Hymn of t he Evil Agencies, " Hail to our Master, Prince of Earth and Air," solo verses by Mr. Swift, chorus by full Choir ; Ju bilant Chorus and accompanying Dance, by full Choir and the Ballet. Act llL—Last Scene : Grand Dual Chorus ot Goo d and Evil Spirits, by the Principal Singers and Full Choir. The general action of the tragedy arranged by Mr. Phe ips. The incidental dances designed and directed by Mr. Cor mask. Costumes from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq., and from Flaxman's Illustrations t Cisssical and lilythological Conceptions. Machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and Assistants. Gas Illuminations by Mr. J. Hinckley. Spectral illusions by Mr. Cox, under the direction of Mr. Telbin. The wholes oft he entirely new scenery designed and principally painted by Mr. W. Telbin, assisted by his son, Mr. 11. Telbin. 's he Hall of Arimanes painted by Mr. Danson and Sons. The increased orchestra and present arraneement ot the music, orininaliy composed by Sir Henry Bishop, under the direc tion of Mr. Barnard. The choir under the direction of Mr. Charles Beale.- To conclude with the Musical Farce of A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Spencer, and G. Belmorc, Miss Heath, Miss fi. Leclerq, and Miss Murray. —Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 215., £1 his. 6d., £2 2s , £3 35., and .£4 4s. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, 35. ' • Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 65. No half-price. Bsx office open from Ten to Five daily. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. Phelps. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVE SING, OUB. 151A.RY ANNE. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. Followed by T FIE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, ; Mesdames C. MAthews, L, Keeley. Griffith, &c. And MY HUSBAND'S G [I OST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECIITER begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Public that the above Theatre will OPEN on SATUR DA.Y next, with a new Drama, entitled BEL DEMt)NIA, a Love Story, in Four Acts, in which Mr. Fechter will ap pear, supported by Me.srs. Brou;rh , ,m, S. Emery, G. Jordan, and F. Charles ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss Lavenue, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The 13 , x-office will be opened on Monday, Oct. 20, from eleven till five. ArISS BATE MAN.—LE A FL—The celebrated young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH ob tained the most triumphan r and enthusiastic success that has been wi , nessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character of LEAII upon a crowded audience hivino• been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily Press, the Nlanager of the NEW ADEL THEATRE has the honour to announce that Mss BAT EMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEAH EVERY EVENING till further notice. NEW THE ATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI.- Sots Fronriator and nanazer. M 7. ft Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TLIAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. &t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. Arthur R. Phillips, Billinfton, Stuart, A Wood, Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. HER R ANN.-PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Immense Success.—" The Tricks and Feats of Herr Herrmann are nearly all of the most astonishing and incpm prehensible kind. His aleignt-of -hand feats are really mar vellous, and the ease, finish, and accuracy of his tricks are Such : , as have n ever b e f ore b een w it nesse d i n t hi s coun t ry. "— nud4rd, Sept. 29. Herrmann in his MONEY TRICK, EitY EVLNING. "A New System of Making Ple,ty of alone, The memory of a great man must be ranked among the noblest possessions of his country, and it is a possession common to all his countrymen. The more numerous and distinguished the names in her annals, the higher rank a country holds in the story of the past, and the prouder the position she occupies in the present. England is rich in great men in arms, in arts, in science, in literature, in statecraft, in philosophy, in philan thropy, and the names recorded on the memorial tablets in her great cathedrals may bear com parison with those of any nation in the civilised world. Sometimes she has not know❑ or acknow ledged their merits until the recognition was too late to do them service ; often the panegyrics on their tombstones were the first words of public praise that reached them. Envy and prejudice, poverty and misfortune have tuo often stood in the way of those born to rule or influence their kind ; but some, more fortunate, if not more gifted, have won the applause of their fellows while still living to hear it, and have been placed among the seats of honour whil e y e t th e p o sition was of , value. They have received the meed of well earned confidence and distinction during their lives, and over their graves men of all ranks, creeds, and parties have united in tributes of approval and expressions of regret. Such sentiments are never more appropriate, or more impressive than when uttered at the birth-place of the one who has gone to hi s grave f u ll o f h onours . Th e f act t hat irl the c areer w hi c h h as fill e d a mar k e d p l ace the history of th 3 time opened unpretendingly among themselves, gives to the speakers a per -83u41 interest in its meridian and its close. The remembrance politics, tnoYk played a ba st' [ their his the great man who has since part in the broad arena of war, or e first faltering steps along They feel with an individual shßare to each of the citizens satisf u his subsequent achievements. ;tion that when his fortunes are traced in coming in terest on the unattractievars men will look with in , known as his birthplace an e d ity a , r o i r the quiet village. proud of the reflected honour , ---Y home. They are hasten to adorn strangers Perhaps was b anino g them• With some such f ee li ngs th orn pal inhabit ants of the county of L,,,,aux assembled 8 Princi pal week in the Merchant's Hall, at Glas gow, wi h a view to do h onour to the memory of Lo rd CLYD E. The monument which they proposed to erect to him was not intended to be especially costl y i n its nature, but wits meant to includ e a lar g e number of subscribers, with the view of g the widespread respect and admiration iv i nexpression to g for the brave Scottish chieftain now laid to his rest. The meet ing was large and unanimous, as befitted such an assembly in Sir COLIN CAMPBELL' 0 native city. A fitting oration for such an occasion was delivered by one who was no unworthy chronicler of Lord CLYDE'S fame and achievements. Sir ARCIIIBALD AlasoN, in an eloquent address, alluded to his °W4 personal friendship for the departed soldier, and paid due honour to his memory. Not at such a time or place, he said, could he give a summary of the deeds of the late Fie d Marshal, or even men tion the chief events in a career which extended " from the time when ho joined the British army in 180 S, amidst the wooded cliffs of Portugal, on the eve of the battle of Vimiera, to when he trampled under foot the last embers of the Sepoy insurrec tion beneath the shadow of the mountains of Ne paul." But although Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON did not attempt such a task as this, he could dwell on the personal characteristics and substantial virtues of his friend ; he could testify to the simplicity, the generosity, the absence of all those mean and en vious feelings which sometimes shadow the nobility of men who have achieved eminence. He could dilate upon the high sense of duty which animated Lord CLYDE, his promptness and willingness to act in his country's service ; his modesty, which was so great as to lead to misapprehension and pre- vent him from doing himself justice. Sir ARCUI BALD could also dojustice to the merits of the Gene ral who, ever ready to hazard his own life, was always sparing of his soldiers. The young officer who led the forlorn hope at St. Sebastian was the same leader, it is true, whose " thin red line" ex cited the wonder of friends and foes at Balakiava, but he was also the commander who exhausted every combixation in his endeavour to accomplish a necessary end with the least possible sacrifice of men. His capacities as Commander-in-Chief can only bq estimated by the last act in his long mili- tary career--the final subjugation of the Sepoy mutiny. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON cited several in stances to prove that, however influence or preju dice might succeed in putting others before him when times were fair, in the moment of emergency and peril, when real efficiency was needed, he was at once turned to. The most remarkable occasion of this sort is fresh in all our recollections, and we ail remember, too, the characteristic reply to the ques tion, when he could be ready to start for India— " To-morrow morning." Arrived there, there was no sign of haste or rashness to be found in the im petuous soldier. Some, indeed, blamed him for dilatoriness and over-caution, but he heeded them not, but went on his way steadily till the end was won. It was an officeof no small responsibility and danger, for, in the wards of his eulogist at the Glasgow meeting, when marching from Cawnporc to Lucknow, " He bore the fate of India on his sword's point, for he was marching with 6,000 men —our last reserve—to assail 60,000, intrenched to the teeth, in the capital of Oude, with 15,000 vic torious rebels threatening his rear and communica tions." Such recollections may well animate his countrymen to do honour to his fame, and in no more fitting spot could they raise his memorial than in the streets of his native city. Among social improvers there ere few who rank higher, or whose rank exercise a more beneficial influence on the community, than those who address themselves to the wants and privations of the in mates of workhouses. There is no class of institu tion at present existing in the metropolis or through out the country that stands in greater need of care and attention than these receptacles for the desti tute. It may be said of them, lasciente agni speranza vir cleentrale. While hospitals are price less boons to the poor and suffering, and while even prisons and gaols are often rendered positive places of relief, as regards physical comforts, it has been proved by close investigation and attested by not able witnesses that the werkhouse is per 8e; as it were, among those establishments that receive a large share of our populat i on. Th i s i n f er iority is especially to be regretted, because for the most part those who become denizens within its walls are com pelled so to do in consequence of great misfortunes having befallen them, or of sickness depriving them of the means of supporting themselves. The paper read by Miss TWINING at the Social Science Con gress at Edi n b urg h goes f ar to s h ow th e g reat neces sity that prevails for some remedial measures to be adopted. It seems a strange and a sad thing that in this wealthy and benevolent land, so many charities should abound, and yet that by some unaccountable mischance no provision should be made for a class that particu larly deserves our commiseration. There are many painful ordeals to be gone through in the treatment of disease, many anxious moments of sus pense to be endured during its fluctuations, but nothing else can so afflict the sufferer as to be told that hope is past. The human mind naturally shrinks from the contemplation of such a dreary and dismal prospect. It seems hard, then, to reflect that there is no alleviation whatever afforded to those unhappy beings who are dismissed from the hospital as incurable. They are compelled, almost without exception, to proceed to the workhouse, where their condition is truly deplorable. There is great truth in the remark of Miss TWINING that it "certainly seems strange that, thoughtful and liberal as we have been in these countries about the temporarily sick, we have bestowed so little thought in inquiring what becomes of all those incurably sick persons who are annually dismissed from hos pitals." It is of no use to question the records of the past, but it will be of the most service if we avoid the recurrence of this unfortunate neglect for the future. It s t an d s t o reason t h a t one of the fi rs t evils to b e rect ifi e d i s that glaring error mentioned in thi s p aper referred to, namely, t h e pract i ce o f em ployinguntrained pauper nurses, and these, too, with. out a superintendent to watch their proceeding s . Hapless is the lot of the unhappy victims to lingering maladies, to be subjected to so many of those minor aillictions which, in the time of sickness and de pression, assume a form of magnitude, and are a grievous burthen. The Workhouse Visiting &clay has endeavoured to relieve same of the sufferings alluded to by timely snggestions, and the introduc tion of sympathising visitors. Also an admirable proposal was made, which, in some instances, has been found to be most efficacious—namely, to place the incurable in a separate ward, where they might obtain more attention and voluntary relief, without creating jealousy among the other inmates. The plan suggested by Miss TWINING bids fair to miti gate the worst part of the evils now so prevalent. It is that a ward should be set apart for those who are able to pay a small sum, or whose friends can pay for them. Here they would have nearly all the advantages of an hospital, and with the continued care that cannot be afforded in those institutions many of the poor sufferers, whose recovery is now deemed hopeless, would very likely be restored to comparative health, or be enabled to gain their own livelihood. At present there are many in this position, and if they contribute their sma ll st i pen d to their support, they receive no " distinction whatever" from those who Pay nothi ng. The 5 ncurable wards, betore ret ell ed affli cted to, w ill Partially supply the wants of the destitute claw, and t h us these numerous and grievously fair Way of seeing better day s . S ure l y if one c l ass members o f t h e commun i ty w i ll be in a morn than anot her claims our p i ty, mer i ts our con sieration, and de serves our exertions, it is the in curable in workhouses. situated, in t oo As at p resen t th ey are ma ny case s t h ey seem enduring a y, e o far as r egards the core " state as monstrous, and a posi t i on as forlorn, as any that can effitct humanity. " has shut them froni day ' A night everlasting c ommencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Clock. R ° YAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug - h. ~ T a A r a i s t i e i S EVLN TURN EMI OUP. Mr. C. Fenton. which, NI T ur n A IV C RIME. Messrs. G. Honey, I poi e i le Iloitord,er, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. lloner*, tl THE NTOTTO, " FM ALL THERE." Messrs. borough, Pvier•Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan- White. F —llo4 e B , Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny Commence at 7, in HE TRI,RI) E Containing the Lteat D ITION OF c, S PORTING INTELLIGENt THE SUN,' an be had Every Evening ot (.4• R. No. GlatlsTlP.,, Nr.vra AdExT, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. 4, ___---- HIGH WATER AT LOND Tins DAL—Morning, l h. 21 ON BRIDGE. m ' '— Afternoon, lh. 44m. To-Nronßow.-Morning, 1211. 5 n ,......, ' St en:loon, 2h. 23m. The Weather—Sun Of_ 63. THERMOMETER: This day at Two 0'c10ck........ Barometer---30.00. ...... 56 Wind—North-West; moderate, p. 1 14 very fine. 11 11 b, , • s a ; 674111- 3V) LONDON, MONDAY, OCF. 26, 1863. As a strategist stands at the present at the very head an d gallant profession. Genera' LEA His pre-eminenceoifnlitihsanto:waY is frankly recognised alike by the soldiers of the old w orld and of the new. Fiold is rendered His greatness as a Captain in the conspicuously visible even tothe unprotlssional the multitude, less by the number and s plendour of s li e utenants his vi c t or i es , th an by th e f ac t that his have proved themselves so many paladinF, and that Set a ll t hi s wh i le, even the most illustrious amongst them, are men whose fame is but subsidiary to his atilt grander and loftier reputation. Paladins, ere they not, those lieutenants of LEE P—leaders of brigades and of divisions such as BEAUREGARD, and JOHN STON, and BRAGG, and JACKSON, and last, but not least in the glorious eitalogue, General LONG STREET. The feat but so very rEcently accomplished by LONGSTREET—accomplisLed by him, remember, as the one intrusted to carry out the pro found and daring strategic designs of the Great Glnfederate C3mmandPr—stands at this momen t, as we feel tolerably certain it will long r:,,inain hereafter, unparalleled in the annals of war. The Greatest Soldier of modern times, perhaps of any times, me aning, of course,N AeoLEoN the Great —ant. _it 1 i s not we who so speak o f him, but he is su spoken o f in a classic master p iece by the grand est military writer Who one as eloq uent Ls T A CITUS and as entl2ruifng pas LUTAIICI I , th e v e te ran historian oh.0 h. 1 the Peninsular NI., THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 26, 1863, forts, the enjoyments, or the kindly sympathies that elevate and adorn humanity. Great credit is due to those who have hitherto so strenuously laboured to better their lives, and to soothe their weary passage to the grave. We know of such that their praise is not of men, but the society whose humble members they struggle to benefit, should not be unmindful of their efforts, and above all should endeavour to fol low their good example. There may have been some partial excuse for the neglect that has hitherto prevailed from the ignorance that has existed in regard to the unhappy position of these "incur ables," but that reason will not now be valid when the subject has been brought so prominently for ward, and it is earnestly to be trusted that on moral and social grounds the claim now put forward may be acknowledged and recognised. It is truly stated i❑ this paper that in our own ranks of life such suf ferers are deserving of every care and thought, and their position in a humble sphere serves but to in crease their misery and misfortune. The charity of the benevolent and the attention of the authorities ought to be put in requisition at once to forward the interests of a large and needy portion of the inhabi tants of this wealthy and populous country. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. B UCHAREST, OCT. 26. The Chambers have been summoned to meet upon the 15th November. The chief military conamzndants have been ap pointed, viz., General Floresco, for Bucharest ; Colonel Mano, for Jassy; and Colonel Conloglou, for Grohova. A new Cabinet has been formed under the presi dency of M. Cogalintchano, composed as follows : President of the Council and 1 m. Cogahntchano. Ministe r o f t h e I n t er i or .... } Ministe r o f Fi nance ... M. S teege. Ministe r f or F ore i gn A ff a i rs M. Rosetti. Ministe r o f J ust i ce and C omp - M. B. Ilarian. troller ad interim " Minister of Instruction and .... ~ ~ Public W ors hi p . ... j ai. bolintiniano. Minister of Pubic W0rk3.... M. Orbesco. Minister of War .. ~, General Jacovoki. General Floresco is charged with the general inspection of the army. AGRAM, OCT. 26, The Agranzer Zeitung of to-day states that appre hensions are entertained of an impending conflict between Turkey, Servia, and Montenegro. The signal is expected to be given by Bosnia, which is in a EtAte of great affection. SWITZERLAND. TRIUMPH OF THE RADICAL PARTY. GENEVA, OCT. 26. The elections of the National Council have taken place. The list of candidates of the Radical party com prised amongst others MM. Ftzy, Vantier, Challet, and Vuy. The majority of these candidates have been elected, The Radical party is in orposition to the Grand Council, TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 25. The question of the Budget is settled. The surplum is to remain undiminished. It has been decided that the Imperial Bank will Pay the November dividends upon the Consolides in London and Paris. FRANCE. BoußsE, Oct. 21.--The market has again be come heavy, and the business done has been at lower prices. Threes, for the Account, opened at 67f sc, and are now at 67f 71c. Mobilier Shares are slightly lower. Railway Shares rather offered, and of the lines have raceded. Toe market closed as follows : It per Cents. 95 25 Italian Loan 73 30 Do, end month.... Do. end month 73 3 per Cents .. 67 20 New ditto — Do. end month.... 67 10 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1115 Russian no , end m0nth....1115 Austrian Bank Shares — Spanish Threes.... Credit Fancier Roman .. 78 25 Deferred RAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean ; 955 .. 958 75 New ditto Geneva 495 .. Southern 687 5 9 Western •. • Eastern .• • . Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... 417 50 417 59 562 50 .. 563 75 540 - .. 540 -- 635 - 635 - 340 - .. 342 50 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, A short series of performances commenced on Saturday evening with the brilliantly successful opera of " Faust." The house was crowded from the parterre to the uppermost passage in the rear of the loftiest seat in the amphitheatre, and numbers were sent away from sheer incapacity of the vast space of Her Majesty's Theatre to contain the visitors. This is a very gratifying fact, as it shows most unmistakeably that, notwithstanding the dull period of the year, good music and good singing, although in a foreign language, will invariably attract " the million." The cast of the opera in eluded, as before, Mdlle, Titiens and Trebelli as Margarita and Siebel, Mdmo. Taccani as Martha, Santley a s V a l ent i ne, Si gnor Boss i (i n p l ac e of Gas sier) as Mephistopheles, and, to the regret of the immense audience, Signor Volpini as Faust, in plane of Sims Reeves, whose nun-appearance was occa sioned by his not having recovered from the hoarse ness under which he has been labouring for some time. The opera was given in splendid style by the above artistes—Volpini receiving the most en thusiastic applause for the manner in which ho sung the music of Faust, receiving it as he did with only a couple of hours' notice. The grand march and chorus of victory, " Gloria immurtaie," . was splendidly performed u nder the direction of S ignor Arditi. To-night " Faust" is to be repeated. _ - SURREY THEATRE, On Saturday Shakspear's play, " The Winter's Tale," was produced here in a manner deserving the highest approbaticn, and at the same time reflect ing the greatest credit upon the joint lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and James Anderson. It has been said that the taste of the play-goers on the other side of the water has been vitiated, and that Shakspear has been voted a bore; but could he who holds thi s o pi n i on b ut h ave seen the tremendous gal leryas they w ere with pit and boxes, filled of th e S urrey, t h e spac ious com pact masses, and upon the countenance of each attention plainly visible, he would at once admit that he laboured under a mistake. The acting of Mr. Anderson as Leontas was of more than ordinary excellence, and Miss Pauncefort's Hermione will add greatly to her reputation. Mrs. Gordon, from America, and Mr. Russell beta made their first appearance in the play, and from the opportunity we had of judging of their abilities, they bid fair to become highly useful members of the company. Miss S. Webster made a most interesting Perdita, and Florizel was well represented by M. Fernandez. At the conclusion of the play the last new nautical drama, "Poor Tom : or, Farewell my trim-built Wherry," was performed, in which Mr. Shepherd capitally sustained the bravo and jolly Jack tar to the life; the part of his sweetheart was also prettily sang and acted by Miss Jacobs, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, -dr MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A RIOT IN SILVER -STREET, GOLDEN -SQUARE.—AT- TACK ON THE POLlCE.—Shortly after Mr. Knox took his seat on the bench this morning, the following charges, arising out of a riot which took place in Silver-street, Gol den-square, on Saturday night, and again yesterday after noon, between a number of Scotch bakers and Irish tailors were brought on : Daniel M'Carthagan, Irish tailor, was charged with assaulting Thomas Cole, 220 C, and John Staines, 123 C. Cole said—l was at du►y on Saturday night in Silver street, when I saw a crowd of between 500 and 600 persons behaving in a very disorderly manner. I went to take a person into custody, when the prisoner struck me a violent blow on the cheek, knocking me down. I was thus pre vented from taking the person into custody. Staines—l saw the prisoner strike Cole, and on assisting Cole in taking the prisoner into custody, the prisoner struck me. He was very violent all the way to the station, and had been drinking, Prisoner—l am very sorry. I was only in the affair five minutes. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for one month's hard labour. Christopher Hennessy, tailor, was next charged with riotous conduct and assaulting police-constable John West, 210 C. West—l was in Silver-street on Saturday night with Sergeant Smith, 1 C, when the prisot;Ler without my inter fering with him struck me and violently kicked me on the ankle, and knocked Tay hat off. The prisoner was drunk. Wm. Barker, 77 C—l saw the prisoner strike the lase witness, who had not touched him. The prisoner said he had a wife and family to support. Mr. Knox--I am very sorry for your wife and family, but these disturbances have been going on for the past two or three weeks. Prisoner said there had been a row going on between the tailors and bakers. Committed for a month. THAMES. STRANGE HALLUCINATION BY A Sharp, a servant girl, aged 16 years, was brought befere Mr. Part ridge, charged with stealing Bs. 4d. in silver and copper, moneys belonging to Mrs. Dixon How. The prisoner had been in the service of Mt s. Clara How, a lady residing in Stainsby-road. A few days since the girl was entrusted by her mistress with a halt-sovereign to pay a butcher's bill. She returned to her mistress after a few minutes' absence, and said she had lost the money, Her story was doubted at the time, but Mrs. How, who is a kind-hearted lady, overlooked the affair. While Mrs. Dixon was at tea on Thursday last the girl absconded. Soon afterwards Mrs. How's children discovered that a box in the parlour had been forced open, and called their mother's attention to it. Mrs. How then missed Bs. 4d. from the box, which contained a much larger sum. She also missed a black leather bag from a cupboard in her bedroom. Mrs. How went in search of her servant, and the mother of the girl assisted her in doing so. The girl was found in the house of a friend, and upon seeing her mistress she opened a window, jumped into the street, and made her escape. She was afterwards captured by a police-constable as she was making preparations to go to Liverpool with the black leather bag she had stolen in her possession. It contained three cotton dresses and several other things belonging to the prisoner and articles of trifling value the property of Mrs. How. The mother of the girl said her husband was a cooper. The prisoner was the eldest of eight children. The girl had been in five situations, kept each of them five months only, and left for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool. Mr. Partridge—Liverpool. What does she want there ? The Mother—l don't know, sir, indeed. She has a strange fancy to go to Liverpool, although she has no rela tives or connections there. When she has been in a situa tion five months she becomes low spirited and desponding, and wishes to go to Liverpool. Mr. Partridge—These fits come over her periodically. The Mother—Yes, air, she is thinking of Liverpool morning, noon, and night. She only took sufficient money from Mrs. How to enable her to proceed to Liverpool, She might have taken more. Mrs. How said that was really the case. She had no wish the poor girl should be sent to prison. Mr. Partridge —I think I must do so for a short time. The Mother—l have to implore you not to send my child to a prison. Her father and myself will do all we can to keep her out of harm's way in future. She is not 16 until next April. She would not think of robbing any one if she had not fancied going to Liverpool. She started one morning for Liverpool with Prayer-book and Bible in her hands, and we brought her back. Mr. Partridge said he would remand the girl at present for one week, and he would decide what was to be done with her when she was brought up again. LITERATURE. Tara : A Mahratta Tale. By Captain Meadows Taylor, author of " Confessions of a Thug," &c. Three vols. Blackwood. Never since the wondrous tale of " Alroy" was written, has an English novel been more thoroughly imbued with the spirit of Eastern Romance. Capt. Taylor has fairly transported himself, and his readers also, into the age and place of which he writes. The illusion throughout is perfect. We take part in the home life of the Bramhuns some two centuries back, we witness the frantic worship of the Hindu goddess, and are, for the time, almost carried away by the wild phrensy of the excited and exalted Tara. Later on " The fierce Mahratta swordsman and the Mussulman Ameer " appear upon the scene, and the interest, although not less thrilling, becomes more human, and the crafty wiles of Asiatic intrigue alternate with scenes of blood and carnage. The story possesses a powerful interest throughout, and the lovely face and lovely character of Tara gleams like a silver thread throughout the intricate maze of the momen tous and, at times, most stirring narrative. Like a calm clear dawn, unconscious of coming tempest, the opening chapters introduce us to a charming picture of domestic life in that far-off age and country. Here is a passing glimpse a A HINDU INTERIOR. Enter the Shastree's house at any time, and you were at once struck with its great neatness. The floor was always plastered with liquid clay by the women -servants when he was absent at the temple for morning worship, and retained a cool freshness while it dried, and, indeed, during the day. It was generally decorated by pretty designs in white and red chalk powder dropped between the finger and thumb, in the execution of which both mother and daughter were very expert and accomplished. The Shastree's seat, which was, in fact, a small raised dais at one side of the large room, was usually decked with flowers, while, upon the floor before it, the greatest artistic skill was expended in ornament by Tara and her mother. Above it were pictures of favourite divinities, painted in distemper colour : the amorous blue-throated Krishna playing to the damsels of Muttra ; the solemn four -armed Ganesha, sitting with a grave Elephant's head on his shoulders; the beautiful Lakshmee and Suruswitti, the goddesses of wealth and learning, the objects of household adoration : and the terrible six- arme d B howani in her contest w i t h the demon Maheshwur, in commemoration of which the temple had been erected— all surrounded by wreaths of flowers inter woven with delicate border patterns ;—had been partly executed by the Shastree himself, and partly by Tara, who followed his tastes and accomplishments after a pretty fashion. Thus decorated, the dais had a cheerful effect in the room: and choice and intimate friends only were admit ted to the privilege of sitting upon it. The house itself was perhaps in no degree remarkable, Outside, facing the street, was a high wall, with a large door within a projecting porch or archway, which had a seat on either hand as you entered. The door-frame was richly carved, and on each side a horse's head projected from the upper corner. Above the door, in a space left for the purpose, was written in red Sanscrit letters, " Sreo Martund Prussunn," "The holy Martund protects ;" and Martund was one of the appellations of Siva. Thii legend was surrounded by wreaths of flowers in the same colour; and across the whole was a garland of mango leaves now withered, which had hung there since the last festival. As you entered the court, the principal room was before you, on the basement of the house, which you ascended by three steps. It was a wide open verandah, extending the width of the court, supported upon seven wooden pillars, also richly carved, on which cross square capitals were fixed, and from these beams were laid to form the roof, This verandah was double ; the inner portion being raised a step above the other to form a dais, and at each end of the inner portion were two small rooms in the corners, one of which was the Shastree's library. The whole of these verandahs could be shut in closely by heavy curtains of quilled cotton, neatly ornamented by devices of birds and flowers, which hung between the pillars ; but usually all was open, or closed only by transparent blinds of split cane suspended outside. Having a northern aspect, this room was always cool, and was the ordinary resort of the Shastree. Here he re ceived his friends and neighbours, held disputations and in structed his pupils. The women seldom entered it except in the evenings when undisturbed : for though un secluded from men a certain degree of reserve and retire ment is always stbservable in the women of Hindu families. There was no ornament about the main apartment except the Shastree's dais, and the borders painted abou t the niches and architraves of the doors; but it was kep t a pure white, and was scrupulously clean. Such is the early home of Tara, daughter of Vyas Shastree, priest of the Bramhuns, and here is a portrait of the heroine herself :-- TARA. Do yo u e x pect that her complexion will be fair like that of our own northern girls P Ah, no 1 that would not har monise with the dress of the country; and yet it is very fair. Not a deep rich olive, but what seems at first glance pale and colourless; yet the skin is so glossy and trans - parent that the warm glow of her blood is suffused under it with the least passing emotion or excitement, which, as it fades, leaves, as )ou think, a more beautiful tint behind. And the features harmonised with the colour. To a casual observer their expression was almost one of habitual sadness, yet it was not so in reality; there was calm, which as yet had known no rude roiling—a sweetness that was index to a simple, loving, trustful mind. True, she had cares beyond those of ordinary household occurrences, and these had no doubt increased the pensive expression always remarkable. So her countenance was not easy to describe ; nor could you account very well for the patient, care enduring look which met you from one so young. What every one saw first, were the soft brown eyes, shaded with long eyelashes which rested upon the cheek. Ordinarily perhaps, or if seen when cast down, these eyes appeared nowise remarkable; yet it passing emotioks were noticed, they closed when she was merry, till only a bright spark of light remained glistening through the long lashes ; and again, if surprise, wonder, or admiration were excited, they suddenly expanded, so that one looked into a depth of clear glowing colour, violet and brown, the expression of which could not be fathomed, But habitually they were modest , pensive, and gentle—. full of intelligence, and seemed to cor• respond with a low musical cadence of voice perfectly natural, yet, assisted, perhaps, by the habit of reading and studying aloud, which she has learned from her father, Ia those calm eyes there was as yet no passion of any kind. Some suffering, perhaps, but no rough awakening to the reality of life. The rest of her face left nothing to be desired. The Bramhuns of Western India usually possess features more European in their character than those of the same sect in other parts of the country, and in this respect the women share them with the men, if they do not, indeed, exceed them. So Tara had a soft oval face, with small full lips and mouth, a thin straight nose with nostrils almost trans parent, which seemed to obey the passing emotions of her countenance. Though the features were soft, they were neither insipid nor weak in character; on the contrary, they appeared full of a woman's best strength—endurance and patience; while, in the full glossy chin and throat, enough of determination was expressed to show firmness and con • sistency of no common order. Except the eyes, perhaps, there, was no feature of the face which could be called exactly beautiful, yet the whole combined to create an ex pression 'which was irresistibly interesting and charming ; and where all harmonised, separate portions were not re marked. Every movement of her lithe form was displayed by the soft silk drapery which fell over it in those graceful folds which we see expressed in ancient statues, and it was cast in those full yet delicately-rounded proportions which sculptors have beat loved to imitate. Standing as she was, the girl had fallen into an attitude which was most ex pressive : her head raised and turned to meet her mother's entrance : a delicate naked foot, with a chain anklet of gold resting on it, put out from beneath her robe : her eyes open, yet not to their full width : and her lips apart, disclos ing the even glistening teeth—she appeared, in her arrested movement, as if she waited some further communication from her mother, or had herself one to make before she stirred. A shadow may well rest upon the brow of Tara. According to native custom, she had been married in childhood, at the age of six years, to the son of some friend of her father. The death of the bride groom, three years afterwards, left Tara a widow! —a name of disgrace and reproach among her coun trymen. As yet her loving parents had brought her up as though no such calamity had befallen her, but the time was approaching when certain ceremnial rites must be performed, and Tara's girlish happiness would be at an end for ever. Unexpected and marvellous are the various mis fortunes that befall her. The ardour of her enthu siastic temperament at first saves her from the de graded position of a Hindu widow, and she is for a time regarded as an inspired votary of the goddess. A yet more direful persecution, however, follows her footsteps, in the unholy love of Moro Tremmull, the evil genius of Tara's life. Saved, in the first instance, from his power by the happy advent of the Moorish horsemen, Tara, later on, is again within his grasp. Then it is that, dreading a yet , more fearful fate, the excited girl, standing by the altar of her divinity, demands, with eager accents, the Hindu. widow's privilege of Suttee—the awful death by fire to which so many hapless and mad dened women have before now been consigned. Then, towards the close of the third volume—for Captain Taylor understands the art of working the interest of the reader up to a climax—the follow ing vivid scene occurs, an admirable specimen of the effective style of the narration : THE COMING DOOM. She reached the pile, now covered with fluttering pennons and streamers—orange, white, and crimson—and thousands of garlands, which the people had hung or thrown upon it as votive offerings since the morning—and the litter was set down for her to alight. It was with difficulty the crowd was kept back so as to form a space round the pile which would admit of her passing in procession ; but it was cleared at last by the Bramhtens, and the people hung back awe struck and staring at the beauty of the victim. Tara looked at the pile; but there was that strange I ecstacy glowing in her eyes which appeared to have ren dered her unconscious of its purport or of all else about her. Sometimes she cast up her eyes with a strange bright smile, and nodded as if she were saying, as perhaps she did, "I come, I come." Again she looked round her dreamily. The roar of the people's voices, the clash of cymbals, the shrill screams of the pipes and horns, the hoarse braying of trumpets, and the continuous beating of deep-toned drums were around her, drowning the sound of words, and the bitter sobs and low shrieks of her mother and Radha at her side. Her father's spirit seemed to have risen to the need of the occasion, for he stood near her, joining the solemn chant, which blended with and softened the rude music. As she stood, the Bramhuns worshipped her and poured libations before her and on her feet, touched her forehead with sacred colour, and put fresh garlands over her neck. Then the last procession was formed, in which she would walk round the pile thrice, and ascend it, as her last act of ceremonial observance. Now, and before she had to take off her ornaments, she turned her full gaze on it, and they thought, who were watching her, that she seemed to com prehend its purpose. A huge platform of logs, black with oil and grease that had been poured upon them, strewed with camphor and frankincense, which had been scattered lavishly by the people in their votive offerings, and smeared with red powder. A rude step had been made for Tara to asoend by, and on the stimruit some bright cloths were laid as a bed, where she might recline, upon which a small e ffigy of a man, rudely conceived and dressed, had been placed. Her marriage -bed in the spiritual sense of the sacrifice, on which, through fire, she would be united to her husband. The whole was garish, hideous, and cruel. Face to face with death so horrible, so imminent, the girl seemed to shiver and gasp suddenly, and sank down swooning. Vishnu Pundit and another old Bramhun, raised her up, " It must not be," they said to each other in a whisper ; " she must not fail now, else shame will come upon us." Bat Tara's fate is not thus decided! However, we will reveal no more. The lovers of sensation may here indulge their favourite sentiments after the most legitimate fashion, and acquire historical knowledge in the midst of romantic excitement. In the very interesting introduction, Captain Taylor tells us that, so far back as 1839, in a conversation with Professor Wilson, he (Captain Taylor) sketched out the outline of this tale, which is actually founded`upon historical fact. Professor Wilson de sired him to write a story to that effect for Black wood's Magazine, but many accidents then pre vented the carrying out of that design. At length, nearly a quarter of a century later, the history of Tara is presented to the public, and we doubt not that it will now excite in the minds of many readers the same feelings of interest and admiration with which, in its early infancy, it was regarded by the Great Critic of the North. the Pocket Date Book. By William L. R. Cates. One vol., pp. '252. Chapman and Hall. A wonderful repertory of information ! And, what is more, a work of reference in the accuracy of every individual entry com prised within which, the most implicit re liance may be placed at once and unhesitat ingly. It comes to us, moreover, this little volume, with the avowed and emphatic approval of one eminently well qualified to estimate the merits or demerits of such a compilation, and one, too, who in the instance immediately under notice, has had peculiar opportunities for so doing. Mr Cates' Book of Dates—" which," as Mr. Peggotty observed under similar circumstances, "is rhyme, though I didn't mean W" --appears before the public, in point of fact, with a Prefatory Approval, dated from Windsor Castle, by Mr. Woodward, the learned Royal Librarian, and now Editor of the Fine Arts Quarterly as well. The work we are now re ferring to, it appears from Mr. Woodward's brief but perfectly sufficient preface, has undergone a careful scrutiny by himself, both in manuscript and in print before publication, that is in the proof sheet. As a series of classified tables of Dates, the work appears, of course, as all such works should appear, unencumbered i❑ any p art by a notification of the authorities consulted b 3 the compiler. Yet, for all that, we have the satis faction of learning, through Mr. Woodward (who has seen the "MSS." and the "Proofs "), that the compiler has certainly and conscientiously through out consulted the most reliable sources of information. As we have said, the work is classified : but—we should add at once—very simply and briefly clas sified. There are two main divisions—Part 1., Ancient; Part IL, Modern. Each of these Parts again is halved in its turn : here giving us the Historical, here the Biographical. The Ancient Historical Division has six separate sections—the Ancient Biographical Division four. Whereas—by reason of the superior copiousness of the materials stored up since the Christian Epoch—while the Modern Biographical Division has nine sections in all, the Modern Historical Division has as many as thirty-one ! A noble, resplendent, marvellous catalogue. As a matter, of course, however, furnishing (as that first section does undoubtedly) by far the most extended list of the kind anywhere to be found is the world's annals, these thirty one sec tions of the Modern Historical Division lead of: with the Popes. The record of the Sovereign Pon tiffs, here given, however, we observe at once be gins, oddly enough, with the beginning of the third century, when it might just as well have begun with the beginning of the first. It might far more reasonably have been made complete while the chronologist wits about it. St. Linus is as per fectly authenticated a personage as St. Severus The year 63 is as reliable a starting point of the sequel to the Acts as the year 202. The martyrdom under Severus is certainly not one jot more strictly historical than is the crucifixion under Tiberius Caesar. It is not however as the swallowing of the great and the subsequent declining to swallow the camel : it is rather than anything of that kind, as the gulping of a whole caravan of camels and then the declining of a very few additional drome daries. However, though still, as in this instance, incomplete at several points, the outline of it is wonderfully comprehensive, and the filling up of that clear bound outline even yet more wonderfully minute. Ia subsequent editions any compara tively insignificant histories may be readily enough filled up—while a judicious erasure here and there of entirely superfluous information may, at the same time, be boldly ad ventured upon by the compiler. A single exemplar of each—that is, of any erasure of super fluous matter, on the one hand, and of any additional information, in regard to whatever has been over looked, upon the other—will, for our present purpose, be perfectly sufficient. Under the head, " Eminent Men" (in the modern Biographical Divi sion ), it should be added also in the title of the heading, " And Women"—we cannot in any way perceive the interest or utility of such an entry as— " Byron Anne Isabella, Lady Noel, widow of Lord Byron, 1793--1860." While it is surely a strange oversight, indeed, on the part of the compiler to have no mention whatever, under the head "Modern Statesmen," of one of the most resplendently distinguished modern statesman in our own country (tho Byron of politics, we might almost call him), the rarely gifted and still lamented Earl of Durham. A man who, had he survived till now, instead of being cut off, as he unhappily was, in the very flower and glory of his manhood, would doubtless have held for years, possibly at this moment, the supreme post of the Premiership. Skimming the cream from the thirtieth section of the first divi sion of Part 11., what marvels are there not arrayed before us in this most acceptable little volume of Mr. Cates' when we can jot down upon a mere incidental glance along his records in that one sub division, the following as among the very pick of MODERN INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. Yrs. Mariners' Compass .. .. 1300 Gunpowder .. 1250 Paper .. .. • . 1270 Spectacles .. .. 1290 Cannon .. .. .. .. ~ .. 1300 Printing 1440 Diving, Bell ' • .. 1550 Air Gun .. .. .. .. .. .. 1600 Thermometer, by Galileo .. 1603 Telescope, by Galileo 1 609 Microscope, by Galileo .. .. 1610 Logarithens, by Napier .. 1614 Circulation of the blood, by Harvey .. 1620 Barometer, by Torricelli .. • • • • 1645 Air Pump, by Otto Guericke: 1650 Law of Gravitation, by Newton .. .. 1665 Phosphorus, by Brandt 1663 Watch-spring, by Huyghens 1675 Ruins of Pompeii .. 1689 Steam Engine, by Newcombe 1705 Blowpipe 1740 Achromatic Telescope, by James Dollond .. 1759 Spinning Jenny, by Hargreaves 1760 Spinning Machine, by Arkwright 1769 Balloons, by the Montgolfiers .. 1782 Bramah Lock .. .. .. .. .. 1784 Argand Lamp 1787 Life Boat, by Greathoad 178 9 Stereotyping 1800 Jacquard Loom .. .. • 1806 Safety Lamp, by Davy 3816 Kaleidoscope, by Brewster .. • . 1817 Calculating Machine, by Babbage.. .. 1822 Steel Pens .. 1825 Steam Gun, by Perkins .. .. 1825 Locomotive, by George* Stephenson 1829 [*Mr. Cates, p. 126, puts it by a strange lapsus Robert Stephenson.] Lucifer Matches Screw Propeller, by Smith and Ericsson .. Electric Telegraph Stereoscope, by Wheatstone •• Lenticular Stereoscope, by Brewster Electrotype Daguerreotype • . . Steam Hammer, by Nasmyth Gun Cotton Revolver, by Colt Chloroform, by Simpson .. Spectral analysis, by Kirchof and Bunsen .. 1830 1836 1837 1838 1849 1839 18 39 1842 1846 1850 1850 1860 •• ea •• •• 1. 04 _ . The book is a very hive of information, with rich stores of the honey of knowledge packed away, as it were in cells especially contrived for the re ception of each individual little drop. A very para dise for bee readers of all kinds, whether those flaunting drones who are too idle for such honey hunting themselves, preferring much to have it thus collected together for their enjoyment, or whether, on the contrary, it,be those " humble" "busy" ones who, in the midst of their own habitual toils, taste perhaps with a keener relish than any others could do, the luxury of a casual sip, here, on the sly— namely, the professional man, thescholar, the work ing man of letters, in effect any one seriously and assiduously engaged in the whirling work of this age of perpetual industry. THE CHAWiIS-HUNTER, Mr. Charles Boner, has started on a tour through Transylvania, the wild sports of which country will give full occupation to his gun, as the little known manners and customs will serve to employ his pen. _ _ " WATERLOO CLARK"—that is Mr. John Clark, so called from his " Scenes from the Battle of Waterloo," sketched by him on the field itself immediately after the battle—died a few days ago at Edinburgh in his 92d year. THE CONCERTS OF MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CHOIR will begin on the 4th (being the anniversary of Mendels sohn's death), with a Mendelssohn Evening. " THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT."---The Spectator laughs good-humouredly at the Hon. H. Winter Davis, of Baltimore, who revels in the idea of Admi ral Dupont sending his " bombshells over the dame of St. Paul's, and the ruins of London-bridge tumbling into the. stream below I" Evidently, says our contemporary, Mr. Davis wishes to play into the hands of Lord Macaulay's "Maori," who from his broken arch will paint the picture, while Admiral Dupont realises it. Bat if the shells are to fly over the dome of St. Paul's the elevation of the mortars will be somewhat unpractical, like that of Mr. Winter. Davis's oratorical artillery. TUE LYCEUM THEATRE, after extensive altera tions, will open on the 31st inst with " Bel Der,nonio (Mr. Fechter as the hero), when we believe Mr. G. F. Neville, 0. young acts: of great promise and provincial reputation, will make his first how to a London audience. He is a younger brother of the talented H. Neville, who has made himself famous in the " Ticket-of-Leave Man." The news of the meeting of German Ministers at Nurem berg was a surprise, and no pleasant one, to the Prussian Government, whose diplomatic agents are not generatly renowned for correctness and rapidity of information--not very surprising, if we consider the way in which some of them arc appointed. We hear that Gen. Willison, whoeo projected appointment to Turin caused so much controversy , and was finally sent to Rome, is about to return home, not having been found adequate to the duties of the situation. It is added that he is not to be reinstated in the post he for merly held at Court, and which it was understood would for a certain time be kept open for him. The King, it or pears, lately wished to appoint one of his aides-de-camP Minister at the Hague, that post being vacant, but M. v° l Bismark positively objected to a persistence in the pion °f converting respectable generals into bad ministers plen i r °.. tentiary,