The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

On the 'lst of Oc tot icr will be published, a Third and Cheap Edition, price 10s. 6d., OBSCURII DISEASES of the BRAIN and MIND. P:y FORBES WiNsLow, DLD., D.C.L. Lon' don : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. rr . HEA .TRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. Man' alters, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS LVENING, the new and original Comedy, by Ed mund Fa'roner, entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Ro mance of the Nursery Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, O. Delmore, F. Charles. Neville Miss Charlotte 3auwers. Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and rs E. Imund Falconer. To cc ,nclude with A DAY WELL SPENT : Messrs. G. Belmo - :e, F. Charles; Mesdames Murray, Harlieur, and C. Weste .n. - Boy :-office open from Ten till Five daily. Prices as usual. IttOYAL PR I NC F S S ' S T HEATRE, I,,ssee, Mr. George Vining -Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. .THIS EVENING. THE LADY OF LYONS. Clande llamas, Mr. C. Fit z - Mi Inotte, 31r. V% alter Montgomery; •• Pauline, Miss Kate Saville. jat ies , • '1 o be followed by FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7. icKW T EATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL— tioIe Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN. Mrs, Stirling-. Followed by the new comic drama, THE HEN AND cf I ICK KNS ; or, A Sign of Affection. Messrs. Billington, R. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss H. Simms. fter which, at i-past 8 o'clock, the new drama of THE , UNTED MAN; OR, THE G 0S1"S BARGAIN, in will he exhibited Professor Pet per's adaptation of the Great , Spectrai Illusion. Messrs. A. Wood, R. Phillips, Sett on C. J. Smith; 3lrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Mr. A, Wood. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr Leigh Murray. Followed by (53d time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanboroug - h, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. TIIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," .1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS De.Y.—Morning, 4h. 55m.—Afternoon, sh. 16m. To-monyrow.-Doming, sh. 35m.—Afternoon, oh. 58m. The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 17, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 66 Barometer-30.26. Wind—Nest; fine. 7 at t SITU LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1863. As last year is remembered as the Exhibition Year, next year is likely enough to be borne in recollection afterwards as the SFIAKSPEARE Year. The , arrangements now making betimes for the cele bration of the three hundredth anniversary of the Great Pont's Birth, it is satisfactory already to knew, are all this while in about the very best ha ads to which they could well by possibility have been entrusted. The most active and indefatigable amongst the energetic promoters of the enter pr'ese, are precisely the very men best qualified to have undertaken the responsibility of its manage ment. To recognise this upon the instant it is only necessary to glance down the names of those more particularly entrusted with these responsibili ties of management. Eventually, it is understood, the presidency of the committee will be accepted by his. Royal Highness the Heir to the Throne of these rea.luns. Already as Vice-Presidents, there have been collected together, as it were, in the choicest cluster, the very pick among the representative men of the age. There is an archbishop of the English Church Establishment. There is one of the noblest, as he is also one of the most learned and accomplished among our great patricians, his Grace the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. There is the one great living Poet. There is the greatest of all our great English Humourists, hap pily also in the land of the living. A more judi cious selection could hardly have been made, more over, than has been made in the choice of those empowered by the Committee to act as Secretaries in the three departments into which the otherwise bewilderingly complicated organisation has been distributed. One among that cluster of sec retaries, the secretary, in fact, among the secretaries, the principal originator and orga niser, we believe, of the whole scheme of (his noble and affecting demonstration, is suffi ciently well known to every educated perso❑ in England as a man of letters of the very highest attainments, to render his mere name a gua rantee that the project will be carried oui as it ought to be carried out! Will be a demonstration worthy at once of the Great Poet whose birth, three hundred years ego, it will com memorate, and of the Great Nation by which his name is borne in such loving remembrance. Now that the COMMITTEE itself may be regarded as tolerably complete, we publish, in another part of our impression of this morning, a full catalogue of those now numbered up (certainly it will be allowed numbered to a goodly number indeed) as comprising it. The representation in this com mittee of all the various classes, or sections, o r divisions of the educated community, has been espe cially aimed at, it will be observed, in the process of its composition. As a period of very little more than seven months now intervenes between the present moment and the tricentenary anniversary we are all looking forward to—namely, the 23d of April, 1864 some curiosity is beginning to be felt, and even expressed, as to what may be the ge neral nature, aspect, and consequences of its celebration. And as to all this, even now there are glimmering intimations, here and there, of what may reasonably be anticipated in respect to the general character of the demonstration. Through out not only all England, or, w e will say, the whole of the United Kingdom, but far and wide in every portion of the British Empire, in all quar ters of the habitable globe, the happy day is to be borne in especial remembrance and duly com memorated. In this way, let us hope, that o n th e 23d of Ap r il nex t, f rom ev ery village steepl e i n the land the bells may be ringing and the s ags fluttering. London, as the capital of the empire, is to have its grand commemorative monument. Stratford-upon-Avon will be the scene of a reverent and affectionate pilgrimag e . The Crystal Palace at Sy denham will be the metropolitan rendezvous for the celebrants of the anniversary. Medals wil be struck as suitable memorials of the event. Many if not all of te arts will vie in doing suit ab!e honour to the occasion—sculpture, music, ora tory, at least, will do so. And the extent of the advance of England's intelligence as an educated community during these last three hundred years will be signally indicated by the national character imparted to this unexampled commemoration of a Poet's birthday. It has before now been remarked with some show of truth that the laws of England have been framed so as rather to frustrate the ends of justice than to forward them ; and in many instances the adage proves correct which says that the law is a spider's web, through which large flies break, while little ones are caught and hopelessly entangled. Eng land, from her high position and from the promi- nent part she has taken in framing international laws, would naturally be supposed to be correctly informed as to the rights of belligerents and neu trals. Such, however, is not the case. The legis lature is completely at fault in the matter, while American spies are suffered to pry into the private yards of our ship - builders, and through the agency of a few infatuated, or more probably interested, individuals, to niemoralise the Foreign Secretary in order to stop the building of certain ships of who. e ulterior destination they entertain suspicions. Earl RUSSELL properly replied to an application of this sort that the Executive could not act upon suspicions, and for the moment the matter dropped. We refer to the two iron-clad steamers nearly com pleted in the yard of Messrs. LAIRD and Co., at Birkenhead. The destination of these vessels is not manifest. They are simply being built according to an order which the builders consider they have a perfect right to carry out. It appears. however, that orders have been issued to detain the vessels until a searching investigation has taken place con cerning them. Had any hint been thrown out that a commercial fraud was intended, or any evasion of customs duties designed, the case would be plain enough, but no such charge is brought forward. The avowed object of this detention is that it is suspected that these ships are intended directly or indirectly for the service of the Confederate States. A similar charge was brought against the Alex andra, and a lth oug h th e verdict was given in her favour in the Court of Exchequer, yet by the tedi ous procrastination almost inseparable from law suits in this country, the verdict has proved, pro tem. at least, against her ; for she remains in durance vile until a reference can be made to the court of appeal. By this shipbuilders may sustain mode of proceeding heavy losses by failing to co m p le te and deliver ves sels according to contract. Our laws ought surely to be so constructed that they can be understood by the simplest individual, and should not necessitate a costly action to decipher their meaning every time it is thought necessary to bring exceptional cases into operation. The inconvenience to which the trade of this country has been put in various ways for more than two years, by the fratricidal war in America, is in a great measure attributable to the vacillating and pusillanimous conduct of our Minis ters. They have acted throughout, with one me morable exception, as if they wished to do right, but were more afraid to do wrong, i.e., offend the Northern States. Let us act according to law by all means, only let the lew be distinctly laid down that we may conform strictly to the letter of it. It it be rated that neutrals may only supply one Of the belligerents with munitions of war, let it be so proclaimed, no matter how absurd or unjust such a regulation may seem. Though we should certainly be laughed at by the world, we should be acting a more dignified part than we are now doing. We profess an impartial neutrality, and virtually by the acts of our Legislature we ignore as far as possible the rights of the Southern Confederacy while we minister to the requirements of the tyrannical North. Were we really neutral both sides would fare alike. On these terms we might, at the request of the North, decline to forward supplies to the Southerners; but, at the same time, in justice to the Confederates, we ought to veto the exportation of contraband of war to the Northern States. This would be strict neutrality ; but we do not think that such a rigid practice of our professions would please either side, any more than it would satisfy our merchants at home. The French Government is not tied down by red tapism like our own, and the ruling power in that country has taken a bolder and more straight forward course. The Florida has been for some time lying in the Government harbour at Brest, undergoing such repairs as she requires, and it is officially stated in the .11 - oniteur that she is not to be considered as a privateer, but as an ordinary vessel of war belonging to the military marine of the Confederate States. No doubt the prospect of this recognition had something to do with Brest being preferred by the commander of the Florida to Southampton, where, before now, Confederate cruisers, although unacknowledged, have met with every courtesy and protection. This recognition of a solitary cruiser, though of but little moment in itself, is of vast importance asiforeshadowing what is to follow—it is the advanced guard of the French recognition of Southern independence. That the attitude likely to be essumed by France has for some time been well understood by the Americans, is manifested by the bitter invectives hurled against her by the Northern press. That the greater inde pendence and decision of her Government is also appreciated by the South, is likely to be shown to the cost of our shipbuilders by the transfer to French dockyards of orders that would otherwise have been given on this side of the Channel. Toere are at present several steamships of war now build ing in France under similar conditions to those at Birkenhead. Two now in course of construction in a private yard at Nantes are designed, it is said, for 22 guns each, with engines of 600. horse power, while their speed is proposed to reach the extent of 14 knots an hour. A condition of the contract for these vessels is said to be, that they shall be de livered to theovvners 20 miles out at sea. The rumour of such a stipulation in our part of the world would at once have aroused minister, ambassador, agent, fudge, inspector, and Manchester men. Very cer tainly the news that the ships were to be made over to their owners at sea would have prevented them from ever leaving the docks, since by the ingenious and subtle logic which distinguish oar authorities, it is the height of impropriety to consign a war vessel to the Confederates, while Sheffield, Bir mingham, and the black country may despatch unlimited shiploads of arms and ammunition to the Northern States, without in the least outstepping the bounds of constitutional law and right. It is a pity that some of the more eminent of our peace at-any-price men are not larg e shipb u ild ers, w h en we should have the satisfaction of seeing their con victions and consistency put to a severer test than at present ! The part which England is playing in this matter is certainly not much to her credit or profit. Consistency always commands respect, and so does fearless independence of opinion and action ; bat a timorous, time-serving of a Power, which it seems we are afraid to provoke, is neither likely to conciliate nor to impress. But let France take the glory of being the first to do tardy justice to the efforts of a brave and struggling people, and Eng land will humbly follow is her footsteps. The Yankees will certainly not hate England lees, but they will respect France the more. It is a common practice when any institution, cus t om , or practice has served the purpose of cer tain individuals, to discard it when it is no lonaev available fur their particular ad vantage. This is more especially the case if the cont i nuance cf the practice tends to the benefit of others with whom their own interests clash, or whom they fear as future rivals in any prufession, trade, or enterpri se . This feeling is shown in a very marked degree by the colonists of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, in regard to the importation of convict labour into Western Australia. The question has been so often before the public that we will not weary our read9rs - THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 18, 18&. with going over old arguments; but while erro neous statements are continually emanating from the pens of gentlemen who are considered to be well-informed upon the subject, some remarks upon the true state of the case may not be out of place. In the first instance, when towards the end of the last century it was decided to form a convict set tlement at Port Jackson, or as that depot was generally called, Botany Bay, the country was but thinly inhabited by a few wandering tribes of savages, and covered in many parts by dense forests, and intersected at intervals by lofty ranges of mountains. By the forced labour of the male factors the country was gradually cleared around the settlement, roads were cut through the solid rock or carried across swamps, and the country, by degrees, opened out for emigration, In course of time New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land became thriving colonies. Cattle and sheep in creased to an unprecedented extent, and speculative settlers looked for runs for their flacks and herds less remote from the coast than the back districts to which their extending prosperity and the in creasing population of the colony gradually drove them. Thus a small settlement was made at Mel bourne, on the mainland side of Bass's Straits. Meanwhile, agriculturists, many of them Germans, settled further te the westward of where the country was held open. The prosperity of the colonies steadily increased, and the desirability of dispens ing with convict labot.r was discussed in many quarters when the discovery of gold, first in New South 'Wales, and directly afterwards in Victoria, changed the destiny of the colonies. Hundreds of thousands flocked in from California and Europe, and among these adventurers a pretty fair sprink ling of roughs, and others of a questionable cha racter. The gold mania could supply the gaols in abundance without the assistance of Millbank or Pentonville. It was, therefore, quite natural that the inhabitants of tee south-eastern colonies should refuse admission to English malefactors. These reasonable requirements were at once acceded to by the home authorities, and for a time the co• lonies were satisfied. In the meantime a small colony had been slowly struggling into existence on the western coast of the vast continent, distant some two thousand miles from South Australia, the nearest of the eastern colonies, but separated from it by barren wastes and trackless deserts. There the soil had but few attractions for the emi grants, access to the interior was difficult from the want of roads, and it seemed only fair to the colo nists that the home authorities should give them the same assistance that had been rendered to the settlers in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Again, England was linable to distribute her criminals satisfactorily at home ; the ticket-of leave system, which had answered very well in Australia, where there was a full demand for labour, would not work for home. The released convicts, unable to obtain work, 01 in cases where they had obtained it, after discharged, on account of their former history becoming known to their employers through the well-meant but officious information of the police, had nothing left them but to return to their old pursuits. Therefore, when it became known that the colonists of 'Western Australia would be clad to receive long-sentenced men, the Govern ment were but too happy to meet them half-way. &cargo or two of these unfortunates were shipped off, and all seemed to promise well until the eastern colonies rose in arms to veto the proceedings, because they were not in accordance with the sovereign will of two or three colonies in the south-eastern extre mity of a vast continent, who, if their territories are vast in proportion to their populations, are, com bined, but a patch in a vast region of which they form integral harts. These colonies, except in their relation to England, are as independent of each other as are the various continental nations of Europe. What would Europe say, if Sweden, having agreed to receive our convicts, France or Italy, or the Sublime Porte were to interfere, declaring that English convicts must be kept at home for fear that they might escape from Sweden, and trouble them with their presence. Ridiculous as this may seem, it would be more rational than the absurd demand made by the upstart colonies, who, not content with the above assumption, would deny England the right to found penal settlements on the yet but casually explored region on the North - Western and Northern coast of Australia. The sooner these gentlemen who, no matter what be their motives, whether they be sincere or deluded, or obtrusive and impertinent, who inundate the Press with voluminous and wonderful letters on the ruin which the transportation of felons to distant parts of Australia will bring upon their own loved spots at its other extremities, be taught to mind their own business the better for all parties. Why, the Yankees, with all theirbluster and bounce, do not come up to this. The smartest nation in all creation has not denied to us the right to send convicts to Ca nada, and, when they can pay their own passage, re ceive them kindly until they misbehave themselves. We have not paid any special attention in the above to the supposed cause of complaint, ground less as it is, namely, the injury which the moral status of the old colonies would sustain by the in troduction of convict labour at a distance of some two thousand miles and upwards from the South Eastern Australian colonies, and double that dis tance from New Zealand, to open up the mineral wealth, which we are informed up on un d oubted ply of authority exists i n Western. and North-W estern wish afe w to c o draw loni e s attention arrog a t arrogating the absurd Australia. presumptionWe s to themselves the right to sanction or negative the enactments of the Home Government regardi ng a colony with which they have no connection, and over which they hold no jurisdiction. Nor can we see by what right they interfere with the authority of her Britannic MAJESTY to utilise those portione of unreclaimed territory, as yet a wilderness, which s h e may think fit to turn to account for the benefit of her subjects. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. THE FRENCH NOTE TO RUSSIA. PARIS, SEPT. 18. The following is a summary of the despach ad dressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, on the 3d of August. M. Drouyn de Limys sees with regret the substi tution of inadmissible propositions by Prince Gort schakoff in place of the demands of the Powers. He maintains that the agitation in Poland is not revo lutionary, but is the result of a condition of affairs which has lasted nearly a century, and has contri buted more than any other conjuncture to main tain revolution in Europe. "It is of incontestable notoriety." continues M. Drouyn de Lhuys, " that the entire Polish nation is connected with the insurrection. Throughout Europe public opinion has encouraged the three Powers to persevere in the path upon which they have entered. It would be obstinately clinging to a fatal illusion to continue to explain the redoubt able convulsions which render Poland by reasons so little in harmony with the testimony of history." M. Drouyn de [buys persists in believing that the immediate development of a wide system of concessions would satisfy the sentiments of the nation. He denies that the dignity of a great em pire is interested in the continuation of an unequal struggle, and maintains the right of the Powers to intervene for the settlement of the Polish question. M. Drouyn de Lhuys further regrets to be obliged to state the futility of the efforts of the Powers to induceßussia to bring about a favourable : solution of the Polish que s ti on , which continually gives rise to fresh complicati oc s, and says —'`The Cabinet of St. Petersburg, in claiming absolute in dependence for its resolutions, leaves us entire liberty in our judgment and conduct. We will avail ourselves of this liberty of action." M. Drouyn de Lhuys concludes by making Russia responsible for the serious consequences which may result from the prolongation of troubles in Poland. A memo randum accompanies the note, demonstrating the right of the Powers to intervene in the settlement of the Polish question, and to endeavour to place Polish rights upon a more independent basis, as de tailed by the treaties of 1815. The Paris papers publish intelligence from Sumatra, telegegraphed from Suer, announcirg that Dutch men-of-war had been despatched to chastise the native chiefs who had torn down the Dutch flag, The same papers state that the ship Ocean Mail has beeen lost. Alfred de Vigny, th e we ll-known author End member of the A ca d emy, i s dead. BourtsE, Sept. 17.—The market has been inani mate, but the quotations of yesterday maintained Threes for the account being now unvar;ed at 68f. 15e. Railway Share Maiket heavy, and with a decline on some of the lines. The market closed as follows: It per Cents 95 95 Do. end month ___ 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 25 Credit 111 obilier 1205 Igo. end month 1206 25 Bank Shares 3100 Italian L0an...... 74 Do. end month.... New ditto ....... . Do. end month.... Russian ........ 93 Austrian ........ 84 50 Spanieh Threes.... Home Debt ...... Credit } oncier 1406 RA IL' 'A.YB. Cash. Account. Orleans 1032 50 .. 10 35 Northern New ditto Lyonsand Mediterranean 1037 50 .. 1035 Geneva .. 497 742 50 .. Southern .. Western •• „ -- -635 .. 537 50 Eastern ..„ - •• Sardinian Austrian lAlTrbard North of Spain .... Saragossa, Ditto to Barcelona THE POLISS INSURRECTION. CRACOW, SETT. 18. IntLlligence from Podlachia to the 7th instant, states that the insurgent leader Lutyski has Bur. prised the enemy at Chotyez, and defeated him, after a three hours' engagement. o. General hanged at named General Mouravieff has had a peasant Popiel. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 18. The Lower Houseofßeiehsratohhwayskinis an havin g protested against the arrest cf Deputy Rga a f r l r i a g de ymseenttaotflibmeermtyb.ers' privileges, he has been M A GEN TA. ----A correspondent / 0 supplies the following de magenta :—" This vessel," says _ o f...battle ship that is to say, she has those strange-looking machines, of T t i n t:o 6 ;l:2 A : A lt- tt A t i‘t i r : scriptiou of the steam midst of a squadron she might in some ordinary vessel, nthoetheeiorgiteiro, common m a o li t r: w e• ail those Monitors, &c., invented by the Americans. When seen approach disclose some unknown fea only lower in the m fro o m asu a r d e i be stan ta c k e e i n n t fo h r e an f an enortnous black mass, insensible t h e water forward than aft, she pre en which the other vessels near no streaks indicating her rows of water;tures. cents thbelluaitgpaphea‘l'iteraemarileteer of* to the action of the waves first 04 4 Very sharp both at stem and stern, terminating at each end like a wedge, and having at her teet h gracefully Scarcely her bows an immense spur Or p l oughshare —those are the the e ill more apparent. Her masts are glance, but when you go on with only the rigging indispens dhieffredreenokcetsh ey shown booo m at o them s tanding. In combat, every- The boats, instead of being suspended to davits outside, are on deck, which is flush from stem to stern, and 33 -° guns are to be seen, with the exception of two bow-chasers. Nearly amidships by the i ronclad shot-proof kind of inve ssel for the t rans mi ss i o n of or sis the theall means of communicating with allturret, d side h otheroef the whichn parfunnel,ts oa ders for working her, and f -°t the fire o f h er guns . I n ac ti on every one goes be , and this t urret a l one i s occup i ed b y the captain, another officer, some signal men, atti a few sharpshooters. It is from this turret that all the orders are given. From the upper deck you descend into the gun decks, two in nu mber, each h av i ng guns . Those pieces throw 68_ 24 rifled and breech-loading pound shot with an ordinary thugs of 51 b o f p o wder. All the armed part o f th e vesse l s down to below the water lin e i s i ronclad, but the easing does n ot extend quite to the ste m or to the stern, as in the (,Moireand Normandie frigates, th e parts not ironclad are used— those aft for the cabins of th e officers, and those forward for the quarters of the crew, the cooking, and the hospital—an innovation of material importance as regards the health of the sailors. In the ironclad vessels first built everthing was sacrificed to solidity, and the openings left for giving air and light were so few that those vessels were regular ovens. Every one remembers what the crew of the th , N a p o l e on, an d h as a nor mandie suffered when so placed under the burning sun of Mexico. The engine of t h e Magenta is Aiittiltir to that of stew Under full steam she ca,, IF tom 6? snout 2,700 horse. - make from 13 to 14 knots an hour. Her B erelY 11 '": six branches The consumption of coal is 1 4 0 `one a day, and she can stow aWay from 100 to 800 tons. Moreover, her tpir 'Weighs li tellitt i A VVRAttiA t NbLISHMAN KILLED IN SIBLZY' Eii'EbITION,— A mong tL'e Cain in 6enehl :bley' expedition was 'Join ibn',V.3 2 ., a wealthy Englishman, a grodilafo of 16 ) , fol-a, and formerly an officer on the staff of 1, 0 4.4 itagtn. He h a d coma from England on a Buffalo hunt in the North-Weat, and took a nominal position on General Sibley's staff to gratify his taste of turcenthre. Sent on reconnoitering service, he was caught in an arebuscad, and allot down with iron -headed arrows, the savages scalp ing him and hacking off one side of his head While he wes yet elite. He leav es a splendid yac h t an d a large lib rary in New Itork. REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—It is stated that Sir E. Filiner, one 'of the present Conservative members for West Kent, has detet2ised upon retiring from the representation of the county. A HALE OLD DIGNITARY.—The Dean of Win chester,who is in his eighty-eighth year, lately left Bishops gate Rectory, after breakfast, for London, where, in the church of St. George, Hanover-square, he officiated in the baptism of hie infant great-grandchild, the daughter of P. 0 . Papillon, Esq., M.P. for Colchester, and after the cere mony returned to Bishopstoke to dinner, being a journey, gait - and returning, of more than 150 miles. AUSTRALIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails arrived this morning. She brings 86 passen gers, four packages specie, value £19,140, 10 packages valuables, value £53,880, also 880 packages general cargo, including 665 bales raw silk, value £60,000. Thu Pera spoke off Lisbon on the 14th, the Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena, bound for the Brazils, and off Cape Roca the English yacht Columbine, steering northward, and, on the 17th, off the Start, spoke the American ship Constel- lation, steering west. Her Majesty's ships Pysche, Queen, and Hiber nia were at Malta, and at Gibraltar the Procris, Redpole, the American frigate Constellation, and the Italian corvettes Valarosa, Eurydice frigate, and Re Galantuomo. The Spanish Government have ordered for the eventualities of the service the assembling in the pert of Malaga 't the war steamers Bunoventina, Alerta, Lepanto, and Ceres, and the Alava and Santa Teresa at Alicante, on account of the recent occurrences at Melilla. The Spanish frigate Esperanza and sloop Con cordia arrived at Cadiz on the 9th. The Spanish screw-frigate Petronila, 34 guns, was wrecked on the Bth ult. while entering the port of Mariel in the waters of the Havanah. The crew succeeded in taking out the guns and stores, but the hull and machinery was expected to be lost. Her Majesty's troop-ship Orontes left Gibraltar on the 9th with the 2d battalion of 7th Fusiliers for Malta. The effects of the short supply of rain last season was beginning to be severely felt in the country about Tangier, where nearly all the wells and springs are dried up. Intelligence from Malaga says that the Spanish Government intends sending a division of 5,000 men to Mellila in order to effect a settlement of the boundary question, and keep the Ruffians in check. Three Spanish War steamers were at Malaga, and others were expected there, to convey the troops. It was also stated that the Spanish Government had demanded from the Emperor of Morocco the presence of a body of Moorish troops at Melilla to chastise the Ruffians for their recent aggression, and to prevent the Spanish garrison being molested in its occupation of the new limits. A Malaga letter says that the late attack was in con sequence of the Riff tribe not having received from the Sultan the promised in demnity for the ceded lands. The Gibraltar Cdronzcle adds: If this were so, one can hardly blame the Riffians. They were clearly entitled to receive the stipulated price before they allowed the Spaniards to enter upon the permanent occu pation of their lands, and might well demur to exchange the material guarantee for his Sheriffian Majesty's I. 0. U. The Madrid Constitutional says : The engage ment with the Moors appears to have originated in the reluctance with which the tribes viewed their lands transferred to the Spaniards. Parties of con victs had been for some time employed in filling up the ditches and levelling old Moorish works in the newly ceded district, and cutting dewn the prickly pear hedges. The Riff ins viewed these proceed ings with an unfriendly eye, and continue to call the soil theirs after it hats been ceded to Spain, assembled in great numbers, and attacked the convict guard, the governor sent for reinforce ments and upon some companies of the Vergara and Fijo de Centa Regiments coming upon the ground, the Moors were driven back. Desultory firing between the Moors and Spanish troops was kept np till sunset, when th© latter withdrew to the fort. The 94 Moorish prisoners turn out to have been Moors who were inside the walls of Melilla for the purpose of trading when the attack was made outside, and who were detained as a measure of precaution. GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 13. The following British ships base arrived here since the last mail :—steamer Ripon, 5 days from Southampton; steamer Windermere, 71 days from Cardiff; schooner Grape, 12 days from Liverpool ; brigantine Mary Herbert, 21 days from Newport; schooner Mar wood, 18 days from Liverpool; schooner Carria Bell, 17 days from Liverpool. Exchange on London-90 days' date is 492 to 4; Paris, sf. 29c.; Marseilles, sf. 28c. to 29c.; Genoa, sf. 29c.; Madrid, 8 days' eight, par; Cadiz, par; Seville, par to - 1 4- die.; Malaga, par to prem.; Bar celona, =tl prem.; Almeira, y die.; Valencia, par; Alicant, par. Freight unchanged. ORIGIN OP THE SYMBOLS OF NUMBERS AND MMASURES.—Ten, as the radii of numerical compu tation, has been raised to the dignity it iloW holds by the circumstance of its expressing the number of a Matt's fingers. A digit is a finger's breadth; an inch, the length of the thumb; a nail, from the tip of the middle joint of the longest finger; a palm, the breadth of four fingers; a hand, the fist, with the thumb uppermost; a span, the space between tips of thumb and fingers extended to the utmost; a foal that of a man; a cubit, from the elbow to the end of the longest finger; a yard, girth of a rash's body; a step, when each foot advances alternately; apace, tWo steps ; a fathom, width to which a man's arms and hands can extend. WOR/sINGI MEN'S CLtll AND INSTITUTE, ST. MARTIN-IN•THE-FIELDS.---an Monday, July 20, 1863, a pub is meeting was held at St. MartiteS Hall, the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.8., in the chair, nt which it was resolved that a club and institute should be form4P.l in the parish of St, Martin-in•the-Fields, for the purpose of providing rooms for social conversation, newspapers, library, classes, popular lectures, readings, entertainments, games, and refreshments for the working classes. It is hoped that the club will be opened by Michaelmas. NEW WlNDsolt , IttOISTEAVort. The revision of the lists of voters for this borough took place at the GUildhall, Windsor, oh Wednesday, betOrS Henry Blencowe Churchill, Vsq., the hdriister appointed to libld the swim. Messrs. C. S. Vouls, G. H. LoEg, Ond C. T. d p r imigd 410 Clinservatives, and the Liberals were represented by Mr. B. O. biligitti in the parish of Clewer the Conserfatites made six claims, al whisk three were allowed, and three failed ; the Liberals made and sus tained three claims. In the same patishi the Gonser*atiVes made fottr objections, all of which were sustained, &Rd the Liberals made 12 objectiohs i Whitths Were successful and 7 failed. In the parish of New 'Windsor, tl : i6 OondervatiVes made 14 el . aiiilei of which 12 were al:owed and twd felled ; and the Liberals ritailti 2 etairat, of which 1 was successful and the Other farle'd. the objections made by the Conser vatives in Voir Windsor parish Weft 16 It number, of which 9 were sustained and I failed. The Liberals made 12 objections in that parish, of which 7 were stiegiessftil and 5 failed. The result of the revision is therefore as follows --Conservative claims ailov>ed ,, - - -Clewer 3, New Windsor 12, total 15, Liberal clair..s allowed—T . l.o*er 4, New Windsor total 4 ; Conservative gain on clairdsi 11; Conservative objections allowed—Clewer 4, New Windsor 9, total 13, Liberal objections allowed—Clewer 5, 18ew Windsor T, total 12; Comervative gain on objections, 1; total Conservative galii, 11= _ _ M. LEON FOUCAULT, of Paris, has Vie Medea. in measuring the at:isolate velocity of light by means of the "turning mirror "—an e7Ol,erimental determination of no little interest and significance. I - Te concludes that it cannot differ ranch from two hundred and hintreight millions of French metres per seoond, or 18.5,170 Vn-4•11211 miles, Which is a notable diminiition upon the velocity pre viously derived from astronomical data elope. The time which light requires to travel from the sun to the earth is itnown with great precision; at the mean distance of the latter it rath6r less than Bmin. 18sec., and if this number be combined with I} Foucault's measure of the velocity it will be evident that the rec;:i.;":" 4 distance is too great by about one thirtieth part—that light, in Nt, has not so far to travel before it reaches the earth as genetally supposed. BADEN-BADEN has seldom beer so full of visitors as during the present year ; the nu' ',/er lest wed; in the city _irkg 31 om SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 120, Pall-Mall, S.W., Sept. 17, 1863 Sia,—The following note from Mr. Squier, of Dover, with enclosure signed Adolphus Francis, has been sent to me, as one of the Secretaries of the National Shakespeare Committee : Gentlemen,-- Can you inform me if the enclosed is a genuine affair ? I am, gentlemen, yours truly, J. D. SCIUIER. Wellington Hall, Dover, Sept. 16, 1863. 43, Cumberland street, Hyde park, 26th August, 1863. Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Committee promoting a National Monument to Sltalcespeare;to solicit the gratui tous use of your hall for one evening during the ensuing session, for the purpose of giving a Dramatic Reading in aid of the funds of this noble movement. Should you concur i❑ the desire to honour the bard of all time, and are disposed to give your co-operation, I beg you will kindly name an evening in September or October that will be suit abla for your institution and locality. The selection will be made from the programme tip/moved by their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and performed with great eclat under their august patronage at Drury lane Theatre, June 30.—Waiting your early reply, I am yours faithfully, ADOLPHUS FRANCIS, Hon. Secretary. As the same sort of question has been asked from other quarters besides Dover, I beg of your ciurtesy to reply publicly, and once for all, The National Shakespeare Committee, of which the Archbishop of York, the Duke of Manchester, the Earls of Carlisle and Stanhope, Mr. Charles Dickens, and Mr. Tennyson are vice-presidents, have no knowledge whatever of Mr. Adolphus Francis' Entertainment. Mr. Francis is not one of their secretaries, nor has he any authority whatever to act in their name.—Your obedient servant, W. HEPWOItTH DIXON. CfurtN N Cinnbr. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 15. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prin cess Beatrice, and attended by Lady Churchill, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut.-Gen. Hon. Charles Grey, Major-General Seymour, Nlajor Cowell, Mr. Buff, and Dr. Jenner, arrived at Balmoral at 20 minutes past 6 p.m. Her Majesty was received at the Castle by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. After remaining some time at Perth for break fast, the Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lieut.-Geo. lion. C. grey, proceeded to Blair Castle, and honoured the Duke and Duchess of Athole with a short visit. Her Majesty incurred this additional fatigue purposely to see the Duke, whose precari ous state of health precluded his coming to meet the Queen at Perth, as he had wished. His Grace, however, accompanied her Majesty with the Duchess to the station at Blair. The last time her Majesty was at Blair was ill October, 1861, in company with the Prince Con sort. The Queen returned to Stanley junction at 12.45 p.m., where the rest of the Royal family joined her Majesty. The Queen's Visit to the Duke of Athole. On Monday night a telegram was received in. Blair-Athole to the effect that on the following morning her Majesty intended to pay a visit to his grace the Duke of Athole at Blair Castle, where that nobleman is at present suffering under a severe affliction. On Tuesday morning the tidings of the intended Royal visit oozed out in Blair- Athole, and by half-past ten o'clock—the hour at which the Royal train was expected to arrive—a crowd of about 200 people had assembled outside the railway station. At ten o'clock about a score of the duke's ghillies, in Highland costume, were marched to the station, at the entracte to which they were arranged as a guard of honour ; and, within a few minutes of the advertised time for the arrival of the train, a couple of carriages and pairs arrived from Blair Castle, the first being a boat carriage for her M,,jesty's suite, and the second an open carriage, containing her Grace the Duchess of Athole, and her son, the Marquis of Tullibardine. Punctual to the moment the Royal train arrived. The Queen was received by the Duchess of Athole (whom she saluted with a kiss), the Marquis of Tullibardine, Mr. Drummond, of Megginch, and Mr. W. Evans, of Eton—the latter two gentlemen being at present on a visit at Blair Castle. As the Queen kissed the duchess, and graciously extended her hand to her, the latter was deeply affected, and, unable to control her emotions, burst into tears. A length of cloth of the Athole tartan pattern had been laid across the platform from the Royal saloon to the steps of the carriage in waiting, on which her Majesty stepped. She was only accompanied by General the Hon. Charles Grey, the Princess Helena, and the Lady Augusta Bruce—Prince Alfred and the Princess Louisa having remained in Perth. Her Majesty was then handed into the barouche by General Grey, and motioned the Duchess of Athol° to be seated beside her on the right. The word had been previously given from the station that all should be as quiet as possible, but as the carriage drove off every head was un covered, and her Majesty acknowledged the silent wave of salutation on each side by one or two bows• In the following carriage were the Princess Helena, the Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Charles Grey and the Marquis of Tullibardine. Both carriage drove eastward to the principal entrance to th Castle, and remained absent about an hour. At about ten minutes to 12 o'clock the carriages returned, and this time, to the astonishment of the crowd, his Grace the Duke of Athole himself ap peared, along with the duchess, accompanying her Majesty. He was closely wrapped up, and looked alarming ill. In the boat-carriage were the Princess Helena, the Hon. General Grey, the Lady Augusts Bruce, the Marquis of Tullibardine, Mrs. Drummond of Megginch, and Miss Evans, On entering the station, her Majesty recognised and spoke to Mrs. Drummond and to the Hon. T. C. Bruce, chairman of the Perth and Inverness Railway Company. She expressed to Mr. Bruce her entire satisfaction with the arrangements on the new line, and the pleasure she had felt at passing through such magnificent scenery ; and then took leave of the Duke and Duchess of Athole. She first took leave of her grace by kissing her on the cheek and extending her hand to her, which the duchess respectfully kissed, curt seying as she did so. Her Majesty then turned to the duke, and extended her hand to him, which, with a deep reverence, he also kissed. Her Majesty then gave them a parting bow, and was assisted into the, Royal saloon, in front of which the Duke and Duchess of Athole stood for a minute or two till the train was in motion. Still no cheer was raised by the crowd, and, in obedience to her Majesty's wishes, none would have been raised, but the noble duke, removing his hat, called for a hurrah for the Queen. Three very cordial cheers were then given, in the midst of which the Royal train moved slowly away.—Dundee Advertaser. Arrangements have been made at Balmoral for her Majesty to stay there a month; but doubtless the length of the sojourn in the North will entirely depend upon the continuance of fine weather.—Court Journal. Count Bernetoff, the Prussian Ambassador i tt the Court of St. James's, has arrived at Berlin from Carlsbad , and may be expected to return to London within a few days. The Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Ce tto have arrived at Brighton. Count Nesselrode has left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to Mr. Francis Charles Hastings Russell, M.P., la Endsleigh, Tavistock; and to the Marquis of Bath, ftt Longleate, Wilts. Count Renard has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Berlin. _ _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbnry and the Countess Henrietta Danneskiold Samson are expected shortly to leave Jerveaux Abbey, Yorkshire, for Tottenham. Park, Wilts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will entertain a succession of visitors next month at Iliad& House, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will enter tain a select party next week at Broadlands, Hants. Viscount Ingestre, M.P., and Viscountess Ingestre have left Brighton for Ingestre Hall, Stafford. Lord Brougham is staying at Brougham H all, but leaves there the week after next for Edinburgh. 'Cho noble and learned lord, who is in excellent health, will co m . plete his 85th year tomorrow. Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., has arrived in town from a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Londesborough have left Thomas's; Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Fuleham, Gleniela, his lord • ship's shooting quarters in Perthshire, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst intend to prolong their residence in Tunbridge Wells until the close of the ensuing month, or the first week in November. Lord and Lady Catmoys and the Hon. Miss Stoner hasp left Minshead for Pencarrow, the seat of Lad)' Molesworth. The Right lion. Sir Hamilton Seymour, the Roll. Lady Seymour, and the Misses Seymour, have left Port Elliott for Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. Mai or- General W. F. Forster, military secretary to his Royal Highness the Puke of Cambridge, resumed his duties at the Horse Guards on Wednesday last, atter a few weeks' leave of absence. PRINCE *ALFRED and one of the Danish _Princes it is expected will be present at one of the concluding meet ings of the Social Science Association, which is to assonble in Edinburgh on the 7th of October. T H E NATIONAL SHAKSP ERE FUN D.-0 tA Mond.ly evening, with a view of adding to the funds of he National Shakspere Memorial Committee, Miss Edith Heraud and Herr Kruger commence a s eries of Shakspe ian entertainments, of the most attractive description, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William- s treet, Strand. The programme issucd is of the most attractive character, but when the intrinsic merit of the Shaksperian cause is added to it, it is to be hoped that the success it merits will ensure , a brilliant success. A NIULREADY EN.IIIBITION IN 1861.—1 t is pro posed to hold, in the spring of next year, at the South Kew. ngton '',„;-aseurn, as complete a collection of the works uE Mtereed.Y 45 it is Ec.ssbl(l togotwr, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lt night Mr. Walter Mont gomery a forthe ppeared "Still W aters Run Deep, and as first time in Lond on i n Tom Taylor's play " The Iro n C hest. " In the former he sustained the part of Joh n M ildmay, and in the o o m f e d s y t , r Edward M ortimer, and it is but justice to say, ad mirablee° latter im that ' s c omedy, that a mor e a d mirable performance has not been g iven during h is b rief management at the Princess's. T he opposite nature of the two characters represented, to an ordinary attar 'ould have been an insurmountable difficulty, but viith Mr. Montgomery the circumstanc e O nly t'dhtled to show the versatility of that h i s genius. T / • ;ssotn mud may was everything . er;istcl bB dvairc, and it entirely removed the unPri":-.,ion that tnlv von t o e t. son on the London ".,age could efrectually embody the part. 4 t'iir Edward Mortimer Mr. Mont gOiller7 :,as immensely added to his reputation, and proved beyond all dispute that in eccentric co me d y, as well as in the higher walks of tragedy, he pos sesses powers of no ordinary description. To-mor row evening, being the last night of his term, b e takes his benefit, on which occasion he will appear as Virginias, and Captain Prank in the laughable farce o f "B am b ooz li ng ," and it is to be hoped his exertions will be rewarded by an over flowing audience. __— CONTRACT FOR RUM.—The Government contract for 50,000 gallons rum was taken by the undermentioned firmE—Meeers. Thomas Lowndes and Co., and Mr, Alfred SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION. It is proposed that the three hundredth birthday of Shakespeare shall be commemorated under the highest sanction, with the aid of all classes of the poet's countrymen and admirers, on the 233 of April, 184 by laying the first stone of a monument in a conspicuous part of London. In order to effect this commemoration in a manner which shall be in some degree worthy of Shakespeare and of the country, a committee of noblemen and gentlemen have charged themselves with the duty of inviting the patronage of her Majesty, the presidency of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the co-operation of corporate bodies, special committees, and eminent men of all ranks and professions. Patron— President— Vice-Presidents—The Lord Arehbislip of York; the Duke of Manchester: the Earl of Carlisle, K.G. ; the Ear Stanhope ; Charles Dickens, Esq. ; Alfred Tennyson, Esq. , Poet Laureate. General Secretaries—W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq., F.S.A. J. 0. Halll well, Esq., F.R.S. Colonial Secretaries—Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart.; Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell, C.B. Dramatic Secretaries—J. Stirling Coyne, Esq.; G. Linnaeus Banks, Esq. Treasurers—Sir Richard Charles Kirby, C. 8.; William Tite, Esq., M.P. ; F. W. Cosens, Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand, London. COMMDTTEE. Rev. Henry Allen Herr Hans Christian Ander sen. R. Ansdell, Esq., A,R.A. Rev. Dr. Angus E. H. Baily, Esq,, R A. M. W. Balfe, Esq. G. Lim:lams Banks, Esq. Henry N. Barnett, Esq. Thos. Baxley, Esq.. M,P. Robert Bell, Esq. Rev. J. M. Bellew Jules Benedict, Esq. J. Bennett, Esq, F R.A.S. Professor S. Bennett, DM. Bayle Bernard, Esq. M. Louis Blanc E. L. Blanchard, Esq. Sidney L. Blanchard, Esq. Algernon Borthwick, Esq. Sir C. R. Boughton, Bart, C. H. Bracebridge, Esq. Rev. Prof. Brewer, M.A. Sir David Brewster Shirley Brooks, Esq. 'Right Hon. L,.rd Justice Knight Bruce Leicester Buckingham, Esq. J. B. Buckstone, Esq. Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Bart.. G.C. Lieut.-Col. J. G. Burns Rev. Samuel Butcher, D.D. H. J. Byron, Esq. B. B. Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S. The Earl of Carlisle, K.G. Robert Chambers, Esq. The Earl of Clarendon, K.G. The Duke of Cleveland, K.G. Herr Albert Cohn. C. J, Coleman, Esq. J. P. Collier, Esq, F.R.S. E. W. Cooke, Esq, A.,R, A. W. D Cooper, Esq, F.S,A. F. W. Cosens, Esq. Joseph Cowan, Esq., J un. The Right Hon. W. F. Cow per, M.P. J. Stirling Coyne, Esq. William Creswick, Esq. George Cruikshank, Esq. George Dawson, Esq., M.A. Le Chevalier de Chatelain Lord de L'lsle and Dudley Duke of Devonshire, K.G. Edward Dicey, Esq. Charles Dickens, Esq. Sir C. Wentworth Mike, Bt, Professor Dingelstedt W. H. Dixon, Esq , F.S.A. Dr John Doran, F.S,A Members of the Dramatic Authors' Society James Dugdale, Esq. Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl The Mayor of Durham Joseph Durham, Esq. Rev. Alexander Dyce Sir Culling E-rdiey, Bart. Viscount Evereley William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Thomas Faed, Esq., A.R.A. Charles Fechter, Esq. J. Henry Foley, Esq., R.A. J. Hain Friswell, Esq. W. E. Frost, Esq , A.R.A. F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A. M. Louis Gallsit Ernest Gambart, Esq. Richard Garnett, Esq. F. W. Gibbs, Esq , C.B. Geo. Goodwin, Esq., F.R.S C. W. Goodwin, Esq., M.A G. 8,. Goschen, Esq., M.P. James Grant, Esq. Earl Granville, K.G. Thomas C. Grattan, Esq. The very Rev. Dean Graves, D.P. Professor J. C, Greenwood, B.A. C. Lewis Gruneisen, Esq. Guizot Fredetiek Haines, Esq., F.S.A. J. Chandler Haliburton, Esq., M.P. k'ldrew Halliday, Esq. Y.O.i'lalliwell, Esq., F.R.S X. E. S. A. Hamilton, Esq Sir Robert hlauilton, Bart., K.C.B. T. Duffas Hardy', Esq. Rev. Wrn. Harness, M,A. S. A. Hart, Esq., R,A. I. A. Heraud, Esq. James Hole, Esq. R. Stayner Holtord, Esq., Hvnry Johnson, Esq Charles Kean, Esq, Sir FitzrovKellv, Q.C., M,P Charles Kent, Esq. Sir Richard C. Kirby, C.B. Charles Knight, Esq. J. Knight, Esq. William Leaf, Esq. Mark Lemon, Esq. Edward Levy ; Esq. Jonas Levy, Esq. Lord Lindsay Lord Londesborough The Rt. Hon. Lord Bishop _ of London The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London George Lovell, Esq. Samuel Lucas, Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir E. B. Lytton Bart., M P. P. MacDowell, Esq., R.A. Chas. Mackay, Esq., L.L.D. George Maclean, Esq. G. A. Macfarren, Esq. Sir. R. G. Macdonnell, C.B. D. Maclise, Esq , R.A. W. C. Macready, Esq. The Duke of Manchester The Rt. Hon. Lord J. Man- ners, M.P. W. C. Marshall, Esq., R.A Henry Marston, Esq. Westland Marston, Esq, . LL,D. C. P. Matthews, Esq. Herman Merivale, Esq.,C.B. E. G. Monk, D.M., Oxon. Henry Morley, Esq. Lord Neaves Thc:Dukeot Newcastle, K.G. C. Newdegate, Esq., M.P. Sir C. Nicholson, Bart. B. Oliviera, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Henry Ottley, Esq. Jahn Oxenford, Esq. F.Ouvry,Esq.,Treas.F.S.A. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. Samuel Phelps, Esq. J. R. Planche, Esq., F.S.A. Lord Chief Baron Pollock Sir James Prior, R.N. Thomas Purnell, Esq. The Very Rev. Dean Ramsay The Right Hon. Viscount Raynhaw, M.P. W. W. Reade, Esq. Henry Reeve, Esq., F.S.A. Sims Reeves, Esq. B. W. Richardson,Esq•,M.D. John Richardson, Esq. Dr. E F. Rimbault, F.S.A. David Roberts, Esq., R.A. J. Forbes Robertson, Esq. George Rose, Esq. The Earl Russell, K.G. Wm. Howard Russell, LL.D. Majr-Gen. Sabine,Pres. R.S. Lord Bishop of St. David's G. Augusta Sala, Esq Alderman Salomons, M.P. The Earl of Sandwich Wiliam Sawyer, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq , M.P. M. R. Sharp, Esq. H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P. The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot The Mayor of Shrewsbury Earl Stanhope, Pres. S.A. The Mayor of Stratford-on- Avon J. Palgrave Simpson, Esq. G. Stanfield, Esq., R A. The Rev. Canon Stanley D.D. W. J. Stewart, Esq. Charles Swain, Esq. IJ. A. Symington, Esq. Lord Talbot de Malahide Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet. Laureate W. J. Thorns, Esq., F.S.A. F. Guest Tomlins, Esq. .1. L. Toole, Esq. W. S. W. Vaux, Esq. Lord Vernon Henry Vizetelly, Esq. Thomas Walker, Esq. W. Vincent Wallace, Esq. J. F. Waller, Esq., LL.D. Robert Walters, Esq. E. M. Ward, E.q., R.A. Benjatnln Webster, Esq. Prof. R. Westmacott, Esq. Alfred Wigan, Esq. S. Wilkinson, Esq., F.S. A. J. Crawford Wilson, Esq. Tho Lord Bishop of Wor cestt,r Thoutas Wright, Esq., 111, A„, M.P: - John Hollingshead, Esq. The very Rev. Dr. Hook, :Dean of Chichester. A. J. Ikresford Hope, Esq., F W, Waskin E. Wynne, Esq., Lord ticrto..Aton The Earl Hdve, Henry Huth, EPq. J. C. Jeaffreson, Esq. Blanchard Jerrold. Esq. The Lord Arc sh o es of York The Riglit on.. Wal pole, M.P. Tate, Esq., GLonineATiorir OF SUCCESS !—A SAturday Re viewer actually remarks as follows :—" It is pro possihle for a Roman Catholic to undsrstand how deeply f o oted in all Protestant countries is the notion that, to succeed in Ilft isa' kind' of religious duty, that the di,ine commands apply at itttst as mtiehk to the present life as to any other, and that temporal prosperity is thus not only the natural consequence of obedience to them, but the best evidence of it " So that, according to the Satio day Review's notion of things, if you ever see a man who has failed, or is in adversity, the natural inference is, you may De obi's }le is a scoundrell _ _ „ THE 17)07.:17 PARALLAX.--Mr. Russell Hind thus enumerates a fevi , of the numerical changes which will follow upon the substitution of M. Le Verrier's solar parallax (Btuin. 95sec.) for that of Professor Encke, on which reliance has so long been placed. The earth's mean distance from the sun becomes 91,328,600 miles, being a reduction of 4.036,000. The circumference of her orbit, 599,194,000 miles, being a diminteion of 25,360,000. Her mean hourly velocity 65,460 miles. The diameter of the 8',0,100 miles, which is smaller by nearly 38,000. The distances, velocities, and di,nensions of all the members of the planetary system of course require similar corrections if we wish to express them in miles; in the case of Nep tune, the mean distance is diminished by 30 times the amount of correction to that of the earth, or about 122 millions of miles. The velocity of light is decreased by 8,000 miles per second, and becomes 183,470 if based upon astronomical data alone. These numbers will illustrate the great importance that attaches to a precise knowledge of the sun's parallax, in our appreciation of tbs various die , tanc , es and &least= ill the solar syateut, hal Ate 1 1 / 4 10 Ne, eat 13p,e Spa Del F£ ItE, co r Pol lip, Iwo Th