The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-14 00:00:00

11............. 1 it opEE.k c /De who is notoriously as sell willed as he is un- VOY AL ENGL 5 . ,, .1.11) COVENT-GARDEN. . questionably and most irritatingly self-opinionated. Under the Mana , 2;ement of 31 Loui sa Fyne and , It has been, at one and the same time, the develop- Mr' W ' li v a t r h rils t s° i s m n Balfe's new o,Dera, THIS EVENING, for t he meat and the exaggeration of a policy as feeble in BLANCH r: DE NEVERS : 31 is 8 rs Louisa ll. P N Y V n e e i's 5 3 . 11 H ". t -no eon. Hiles, miss Emma Heywood; e_ _.,,, • J s . s tionse and W. Harr icon. nets as it has been loud and ostentatious in lan- A. Cook, A. ztt. Albyn, C. Ly.LIMI, Second Act of ' THE DES ,ERT i wage. How Not To Do It is the key to the To conclude with the FLOWER. , whole mystery of it, as it is in effect, _ according to our Great Humourist, the clue &trough the whole labyrinth of Circumlocu tion. Precisely, as in the matter of Reform, Earl RUSSELL now superciliously advises the nation to Rest and be Thankful—so does ha now cynically affect to assume a very grand bearing, indeed, as the representative abroad of English Public Opinion, 7 a very grand bearing, indeed, in the man ner of his diplomatic correspondence ! his negotia tions, first with one foreign power and then with another, al ways ending meanwhile either in a fiasco or in a collapse. Everybody remembers how grossly he blundered in the matter of Schleswig-Holstein months ago. We all have a painful recollection of the anti-climax closing the noble earl's exchange of despatches with Prince GORTCHAKOIT in regard to the affairs of Poland. While, as for his American policy we can but still look painfully askance at that truckling towards the Federals evi denced by the precipitate embargo laid upon certain stoam rams in a shipbuilder's yard at Liverpool To Lord RUSSELL we are indebted for an excess of irritability that has, at one extremity of the earth, led to a rupture of friendly relations with the Brazilian Government, and to an excess of passion that has resulted, at the opposite extremity of the earth, that is in Japan, to the lamentable and, for England, most discreditable destruction, in cold blood, of the unfortunate city of Kagosima. Finally, as the last achievement of Earl RUSSELL in his capacity as chief at the English Fo reign Office, was the result of the recent correspondence between the Governments of Eng land and France, in regard to the EMPEROR S proposition of a Congress. A correspondence so closed that England may be said, thereby, quite plainly and accurately to have assumed a wholly ex ceptional position in regard to France—the position, that is, of a sneering cynic who goes out of his way to be guilty of a gross rudeness where nothing certainly has been in any way called for but the extreme of courtesy. England may be quite right—probably is quite right—in declining to take part in a Congress—but, at any rate, she could have intimated that, as her decision, without doing so in a manner almost insolent, beyond any doubt of it to the very last degree most irritating and super cilous. Remembering all which pleasant illustra tions of the agreeable consequences of our having Lord RUSSELL in authority at the Foreign-office, we cannot but feel an inexpressible satisfaction in reflecting that Parliament will now, in a very little while longer, have come together in February. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven,: T HEA TRE ROYAL DRURY- LAN E. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatter ton. THIS EVENING, her , Majesty's Servants will pr : rform the F arc e of My iIEART IN THE HIGHT,. k.NDS: characters by Mr. .1. Neville : Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Dlr J. Marres ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. er which. Lord Byron's Choral Trazedy, MANE RED. Messrs , r helps, Ryder, Rayner, 31 agreson, Ward, Sp. encer ; Alin, Eburne,Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and. !Mrs. E. Falconer.. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss tatter, AVM 1 Cicely riot.., Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Priimi pal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, 'spencer, A uld G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R.. Leclerq. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer anct F. B. Chatterton. NOTICE.—The Public are respectfully request a I to take notice that the extensive Scenical preparations for he Cnristmas Pantomime will compel the withdrawal. on Satur day, Dec. 19, for a period extending o. er the 1-lolidays, of Lord Byron's MANFRED. THIS EVENING the rertormances will comp 2ence with MY _HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. After which, comma nein.; at a Quarter before Eight o'clock, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy of MANFRED. Mortals: Manfred, Mr. Phelps; Abbot of St. Mauric -, Mr. Ryder ; a Chamois Hunter, Mr. A. Rayner ; Manuel (an aged Retainer), Mr. Neville; Herman (a young Domestic in the Castle of Manfred), Mr. G. Weston ; Retainers, Messrs.. Bedford, Weaver, Kirk, Wilson, Smith, and Edwards. I n mortals : Arimanes (Ruler of the Evil Agencies), Mr. Warde ; Ariel (Spirit of the Ether), Miss Emma Heywood; Hes;per (Spirit of the Stars), Miss Louisa Ritter; Undine (Spirit of the Waters). Miss Poole ; Meserima (Spirit of MemC ry). Miss Cicely Nott ; Auster (Spirit of the Storm), Mr. Slsitt ; As tarotn (infra of the Earth), Mr. Meagersna ; Nubes (Spirito of ftle the Shadow of Night), Mr. Ryder; Titanos ( Spirit Mountains), Mr. G. Spencer; Nemesis (Goddess of Ve n g-eance), 0 Mrs. Edmund Falconer ; Clotho, Lache -is, and Atropos—the mo , th Three Destinies—Miss Emma Atkinson, Rose Miss c_... „ -- :N s s e — ston , and Miss Murray: the Phantom of Astarte, bo 3 r l ae ; Evil Leelerq ; the Witch of the Alps, Agencies and Spirit Spectres ofMitshse 31‘-Vle;i.rd_ Messrs. T. Matthews, J. Morris, J. lv Melville, Mrs. War , World, i i s 8 S)eymour, Miss Harfleur, Mrs. Cormack a—nd Scene h e low, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the C A h o o t Li Ballet. Order and character of thersacue 11, tred's Castle. Scene 1: Studio and Gothic Gallery theotlcnehJamunogis -2 : a Precipice and Glaciers neartenthcehaSl frau. Act 11. -Scene a : h uetmmoti't the Alp:, Lower Valleys among Hunter and Alpine Pass. T Scene 2: The Steinbach, a Waterfall, in one of the and Overhanging, Cliffs, eHaunt of the Witch of the Alps. " The sunbow's raythstill arcn the torrent with the Scene 3 : The z3now many hues of heaven, and rays still the sheeted silver's waving column o'er the crag's e . p ndicumr." capped Summit of the P Jruneo-trau, by Moonlight. Scene I The Hall of Arimanes in the s N o : o th e er : W T o o r rr ld a , oo pa a i n n d te z d x b t y er ll o i l: Danson and e'en. Act T. l ao Turret Studio, the Magian's of Castle. Scene 2 : Mid night Haunt. Shooks nd Illumined by Thunderst m aedvalanche. finally Destroyed by lashing- Bolt and Crashin,A. sr— Last Scene : A Snowy Alpine Waste or Wilde and Choruses gramme of the Songs an s pirits to the MTh e e 1: 31Ys tical Responses ot NI —Act r ,cruness. Pro azian's Invoca tion.depth of the waters,'' ..3tort , al to thy McMinn- bOAVA," Miss E mma Ist Solo, ' In th , e ,i blue Heywood ; 2d Solo, ad Solo, Miss l ' °c ' te ' Swift • am the rider of the , and Chorus; The Impre wind." Mr. N tt. N ' .r. itt Septette, Misses Poole, When the Moon is on the Wave," Hey wood, Cicely , Not t, _ . Miss 1 ' TI Cicely Nott ;so 0, i ‘11'.;11 thy Slumber may be deep," 3 .w s Poole ; Chorus, by the whole Choir. Act. iI.--• cone 3 ; Solo and Chorus, " The Captive Usurper," Miss Cicely Nett an d Chorus ; Song, " The Shit) sailed on, the Shin sailed fast," Miss Emma Heywood. '..ene 4—Grand Choral Hymn of the Evil Agencies, " Hail to our Master, Prince Of Earth a nd Air," solo verses by Mr. Swift, choru s by full Choir • Ju bilant Chorus and accompanying Dance, by full Choir' and the Ballet. Act lll—Last Scene: Grand Dual Chorus of Good and Evil Spirts, by the Principal Singers and Full Choir. The general action of the tragedy arranged by Mr. Phelps. The incid en t a l dances designed and directed lb , Mr. Comack. Costumes from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq., and from Flaxrnan' s Iliustratioss f Classical and Mythological Conceptions. lc ,-,machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and Assistants. vas Illuminations by Mr. J. Hinckley. Spectral illusions by Mr. Cox, un d er t h e direction of Mr. Telbin. Th e w h o l e of the entirely new scenery designed and principally painted by Mr. W. Telbin, assisted by his son, Mr. 11. Telbin. The Hall of Arimanes painted by Mr. Danson and Sons. The increased orchestra and present arrair.t - ement of the music, oricfinally composed by Sir Henry Bishop, under the direc tion of Br. Barnard. The choir under the direction of Mr. Charles Beale. To conclude with BEAUTY on THE BEAST. It is an old saying and a wise one, that extremes meet, and we may see some illustration of the truism every day. In no case is its accuracy more vividly shown than in the similarity existing between despotisms and democracies in many ims portant particulars. The tyranny of the few or of the many tends to much the same result; while constitutional law and civil liberty suffer nearly as much from the one as from the other. The avowed enemies of freedom are scarcely more dangerous than her professed friends —the emphatic protesta tions of the Red Republican do not prevent him from following in the steps of the irresponsible dictator. The experience of all history tends to confirm this doctrine, for independent and outspoken citizens incurred as much risk in the days of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, as under the rule of the veriest despot that ever wielded a sceptre. By common consent the dominion of the friends of the people has been styled the Reign of Terror; and, indeed, it would seem as if the elected sovereigns often feared opposition the most—possibly from the feeling that, being supposed to represent the sentiments of the populace, any suggestion that they were not adequately fulfilling the wishes of the majority must be especially dangerous. The inconsistency of a Republican Government issuing arbitrary laws and confiscating the civil rights of a people, has been latterly strikingly evidenced in the proceedings of the Federal Government. The sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, the imprison ment of peaceable citizens who had dared to lift their voices against the war, the expulsion of Mr. VALLANDIGIIAM—a man of sufficient note to have been elected Governor of a State—have all afforded matter for surprise and regret on this side of the Atlantic. By the latest intelligence it would seem that despotism has proceeded a step further, and that the last onslaught has been made upon the freedom of the press. This step, which is always the herald of oppression, is doubly remarkable in a country like America, in in which the liberty of the Press has long been allowed to degenerate into license. The tone of the American journals, however little in accord ance with the manners and customs of this country, has always been singularly free and outspoken, and the American people are accustomed to comment on men and measures which we should consider libellous. The muffling of the press is, therefore, an extreme measure, and it is, too, strange that it should be deemed necessary when the great body of the journals has been devoted to the cause of the Government. So universal was the feeling for war with the South, that any journalist who ran counter to it had no chance of obtaining a livelihood ; even if his printing-office were left standing, he would have no sale for his papers, and American mobs are by no means patient of opposition. It has been charged against the press and the pulpits of America that they have inflamed the passions of the people, that they have, for the sake of winning popularity and position, stimulated the popular frenzy instead °f striving to counsel moderation and peace. Yet the arbitrary doings of the Federal authorities a ppear to have outstripped the subservience of the Press' and an enforced conscription, probably the precursor of many more, has given occasion to the edict Milla ed t o . A t C o l um b us, K entucky, there has been great vxelternent owing to the enforcement of a conscription Order ocmaa _ issued by General HURLBUT, The same with t d l e l r mined to rule , who is apparently deter an order at Mera strong hand, promulgated phi e at the close of last month, pro hibiting newspapers in his department from discus sing the measures or polity be held of the Government— the editors t o rel.B°llally responsible an y for the violation o f the order. Wh et h er stricterhs arbitrary e s on that enforced conscrip tion is not st ated but such was probably the case. It is a dark d ay for rn America ue ' when such decrees are iss ued. The Norte in fact, are under martial Jaw though gov e State s , rned by their own leaders, and the authorities, civil and _ military, hesitate at nothin g. Such inc id ents Ria a curious commentary on American liberty which some of our professing Liberals wo u ld do well to study. The persistency with which the leaders o f th e M a nchester school cndea vonr still to advocate the superiority of the Tran satlantic ways and manners is really singular i n the face of such facts. M r . C OBDEN , w ho is never at a loss f or a wor d aga i nst t h e press o f hi s own country, would probably approve of the e:ause by which editors are to be held responsible for any infractien of the order. Such a stipulation is cer tainly more just and reasoneble than the decree Private Boxes, its. 6d., 215., £1 Ils. 6d., £2 2s , £3 35., and .44 45.; Stalls, 68. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. No half-price. Box 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 EVENING, A GA HE OF SPECULATION. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Hill, Griffith, &c. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathew 4, Compton,Weathersby, ac. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BifL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY ; Mess•s. Widdicombe, J.G. Shore, Charles ; Miss Le,lerei, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, t aken from Stendhal's " Italian Chronicle ~" by Mr. John Brougham. Principal cuarac ter by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Bronzham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Airs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. QT. JAMES'S THEATRE-ROYAL, under new Management, will OPEN for the Winter Season on BOXING NIGHT. NEW THE ATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HnRSEBREAKER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. , kt 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Sth NECK of Mims Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, H. Phillips, Bil lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Killington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. 3. L..Toole. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT, MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 63d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. Hone s n T one • tVENING, MIRfAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Nii,n4arselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Follow ed Return of b y (18th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Swanbor,,, l , 6, §es. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames After whiZ a ad Simpson. which, 11.1. NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. ---- ROYAL I DLER'S-WELLS THEATRE, IlLmaoeress Miss Marriott. THIS EyENING, 'i t ',' ND JULIET. Romeo. mi s s Marriott; aid , llercule°E. Mr. ADD ; Friar, Mr. W. D. Gresham ; Juliet , 11,1iR Itt udelbert ; Nurse, Mrs. Wallis. T o conclude with TIIZ O RPIIAN OF GLENCOE. Box-offic e o pen Iron, 11 to 4. -jrHE THIRD F,TA Tio , Conta i n ing the Latest spoiZ OF THE SUN," n be had Ever y Evening of T ING INTELLIGENCE, G. R. GLENIE, N'x v , R ctl„, , r No. 4, Connaught-terrace, 11ple :park.. HIGH WATER AT LoNDO,,, THIS DAY.— Oillingo , ".4° Cs l l, 4h.. M 4h. 20m.—A; 40 Yo-uoßP.ow.-Morning, 511 . s ` l3 * -I 'itartq,, n , sh . LU. • 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec, 14,186 as THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock .................... 1,5 Barometer-30. 37 . Wind —S.-W. ; light, and fino., (-7 , 7 , fa int LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 14, 1863., Ae Mr. COBDEN took occasion to remark the other day, in his most intemperate letter to our principal contemporary, but a very few weeks more and Parliament will have reassembled. Iteasons there are in abundance for its early reassembling ! Foremost among these, the traordinary pass to which our Foreign 114 " i cins have pritik,?l been brought by her M AJESTY ' S Secretary of State for that Department. A sit u at; on many tiir,elir so remarkable, in its w a y, i n that (not by any m e an s unnaturally; rumours recently (not alto ge th er un f oun d e d) got about res 7 that Earl RUSSELL am h ci d ng the Clubs, to the &fleet either been c o n s t ra i ne d to resign, or had again af p t erversely resigned him self, of his ow n t ree posseribly once mo re d one 93 much mischi e f as he n i s tratiln of which he had again tehucould to est'o'‘mdinariy. ability contrived to become the else ;night be th ou g ht of the p r esent Cabinet Whatever those who are not among the numb er otC. ts abinet by avowed partisan supporters, there can hardly b e t Y u' opi n i on s ac to the course now for s ome time past persiste d in by the noble Ear: the Foreign Secretar y. That course has been marked ou t for himself by THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEAIBER 14, 1863. which visits the political offences of the manager on the printer; but the Americans had better take care that their military despots do not go a step or two further, and imitate the example of Prussia a little more closely. In fact, Herr von EISMARK would not be altogether out of place in the LINCOLN Cabinet. The same obstinacy, the same dogged determination to reduce his opponents to his will, the same over looking of popular rights, the same political short sightedness and suicidal policy are characteristic of the administrators alike at Berlin and Washington, although the " go-a-head" Yankees and the delibe rate Germans have otherwise little enough in common. It is to be regretted that men in our own country, whose position and antecedents entitle them to respect, should persist in advocating the excellence of American institutions, apparently entirely oblivious of the fact, that men must draw their own conclusions from such acts as these, and that those conclusions are not likely to be favour able to the training which produces, not only such readers, but the men who suffer them. In a brief note, addressed to the Marquis of HARTINGTON, referring to his recent speech at Haslingden, Mr. COBDEN takes the opportunity of disputing the accuracy of the observations made by the noble lord as to the principles of American education, and the defects in the national character which have been exhibited in the great struggle. The substance of these remarks expressed the views of a good many sound Liberals in this country, and few such will, we trust, be found to applaud the barbarous and tyrannical spirit in which the Northern States have carried on the war. America is no doubt passing through a time of grievous trial. A struggle of Titans is going on, whether for right ends or for wrong, and the acts of both sides must not be harshly judged. Still, with every disposition to leniency, Englishmen have stood aghast at the tales which have reached them of the doings of their own kindred race. It is as if the war were being waged in a spirit which dispensed alike with the chivalry of ancient times and the humanity of modern days, and the triumph of success or the mortification of failure are alike darkened by harsh disregard for the amenities of civilisation. If the Union founded by WAsniNGTom and supported by a host of great and liberal statesmen is to be sup ported by means like this, then, whatever the suc cesses of the Federal arms, its glory has indeed passed away. If the great Republic, the boasted land where royal, ecclesiastical, and titled tyranny were things unknown, is to owe its supremacy to the gagging of the press and the invasion of the rights of citizens, then let the patriots of America cease to hope for the future of their country, for the great strongholds of constitutional law, free thought and free speech, will have been sacrificed to a vain ambition. Whatever our posterity may think of the pre sent age for the good it is doing, they must admit that it is one of enterprise, and that, too, of a gigantic character. We are running a race of rivalry in the art of construction, and destruction to match. We are building or inventing machines of wonderful capacity for good, while our restless genius is busy in forging engines to test their merits with a heartiness of daring and ingenuity worthy of a better purpose. The universal idea seems to be that nothing old can any longer be worth caring for, because in the pride of our might we can pro duce new models altogether beyond comparison. It is so with our ships as with our guns. Our " hearts of oak," that for ages have stood the battle and the breeze and triumphed on the deep, must now give place to another substance—long familiarly sup posed not likely to swim, far less to bear our thun ders over the stormy wave or battle with the foe. But now all these things are undergoing a change, and that a rapid one. How far it may prove for the better, time alone can show, for it is idle to predi cate, however confident may be our belief. Then , again, we are not even agreed upon the best mode of carrying out our new ideas, for the manner is as novel as the matter, so much have circumstances changed the nature of enterprises. Some are for capacity, others for strength, and all for speed, i❑ the construction of our ships. But the how and the wherefore seem to puzzle even the expertest in the multitude of our discordant genius. Invention spurs on one party, while consideration moderates the other. Everyone's idea is naturally the most likely to answer, especially in his own opinion, but the right 'course probably lies in the medium. The difficulty is in the decision, so each rides on his own hobby for better or worse. Perhaps one cause of their diversity of opinion lies in the fact that they are all more or less bewildered in the dilemma o f applying or endeavouring to work out the new mprovements by running in the groove of their old L ideas, from which they find it rather difficult to disentangle themselves. Still it would be idle to advise, for the very reason that any suggestion not iu unison with the " dear novelty" would be scouted as unworthy of notice, for a genius is as stub born as he is inventive, and glories in carrying out his own conception to the very letter. It is the glory of his heart and idol of hiq ambition—he must be all or nothing. If he fail he will persist, and if he succeed all is right, but even then he will do something better yet, and so he may, for progress is the very nature of invention, and hence the won derful achievements of science now, in comparison with former times. But there is another question that enters into the progress of improvement, and that is cost. We may buy gold too dear. Eco nomy is necessary, in large as in small undertak ings. It is an axiom founded in the very works of nature, and the art of man can have no better au thority to guide hia course. Whether the immensity of our present undertakings be in strict accordance with our necessities remains to bo seen ; but "if we can obtain our actual requirements at a lesser cost, it behoves us to bo more careful in our expenditure, for the loss or waste of the present may 193 no con solation for the future, however it may prove a warning. Now in shipbuilding, whatever can be saved is gain, provided the saving do not impair the efficiency. The public have been scandalised for some time back at the expense of our royal dock yards, as compared with the character of our great private establishments. But even in the latter, reforms may be made, not only for their own ad vantage, but also for that of the public. Now, it is clear that if tiny private firm can accomplish any saving in the management of their concerns, self interest will induce their ready acceptance of any reasonable plan that may promise such benefit. No doubt prejudice may operate partially to influ ence this judgment, but that, too, will yield to rea son and time, and the public will eventually pa tronise the cheapest because it is the best, and the best is alw a y s th e c h eapes t i n th e l ong run , as ex perience ha s ever p rove l. W e w ill no t pre t en d t o decid e on one mode of building in preference to ano ther, but w e lik e t o g i ve f a i r p l a y t o a ll comers in the way of i , chena g es cit us, deserving'rPse 11 publicity, and that as much for the ti:napfro;l3sseeedial public good a s for the undoubted and worthy ad the inventor. Among the many of f f late, one has been sent to much for i ts ecomony, c o consideration, mo n y, as f o a r s freedom from prejudice.* It is i ts impartiality „ N ew Mode of Shipbuilding, Cotubining Stren.th 3iiinadcgrEecguoolorsnicktyli:nlwveirtah,r 1,,d a ' p a n t e c ii l l it , y o.ll; o l3.N f eif c 4 o 4l ,ti t.o s ii tr r u tu cti e o ci n i .' ti ' on. By A Re vised, written in a clear, forcibl e , an d f ran k sp i r i t, b y a ! gentleman apparently well-qua:ified to give an opinion 'ipon the matter, being himself a captain in the Royal Navy. He illustrates his mode by a diagram, or midship section of a ves,el, with the proportions requisite for all vessels up to 45 of beam. Bat we will not enter into the details, contenting ourselves rather with the merits of his particular scheme. His object, he says, is to try and establish " iron -framing for all sorts of vessels, combined with wood ceiling and planking, so as to give increase of strength, greater facility of construction, and cheapness beyond all of the pre sent modes of shipbuilding." He goes on to assert ' that those acquainted with the working of a heavy laden vessel, or man-of-war in a gale of wind, must believe that any method of construction which will give to the frames or ribs of the vessel a fixed and permanent stability which no rolling motion shall affect, no loosening of bolts, nor rat tling of timber weaken, must be an improvement upon the present mode of building. He believes that metal framing alone can secure this effect; and further, he says, that by his plan a water tight vessel is formed independent of the outer and main planking. Thus he combines iron with wood, each independent of the other, but yet coalescing into one harmonious whole. This is a great point achieved for the ship's safety, but it does more—it is from 20 to 50 per cent. cheaper. Strength is gained by the iron-framing, which does away with crooked timber, the most expen sive article in the building of a ship. Besides these, iron-frames could be prepared and kept in store all ready to meet any sudden emergency, such as our unfortunate predicament in the Russian war fir the want of gunboats, which were only completed when the war was over, and all the money thrown away, or its precious value suf fered to rot in our splendid dockyards. Cap tain SKINNER thinks that the appearance of is about as un meammearncilaikles,hainppg and their construction i s m ig a h ny tly of a o s ur u c n o s deficient in every good quality. Indeed, so much so that from the wreck returns we lose about 1,100 vessels on an average every year, causing an annual drain upon our resources of one million and a half, to say nothing of the loss of our gallant seamen. Surely such fearful waste ought to startle the powers that be to make provision to arrest so fear ful a loss of life, as well as to preserve the pro perty of the notion committed to their care. The essential requisites to make a serviceable vessel for the home-trade Capt. SKINNER conceives to be— " Great capacity for cargo ; stability under canvas ; fair sailing qualities; light draught of water; form and strength to allow of taking the ground with out injury." Nor is his plan confined to the inte rests of the trading community ; but the Captain frankly admits that the Admiralty (as usual) took objection that his proposed mode of building would not admit of sufficient strength for vessels of war ! and yet this precious Admiralty are now having a dozen modes of building for ships of war, and each mode dissimilar to the other. Why, no invention ever gets a trial at the great Board based upon a " system" that baffles all comprehension, and stoutly forbids all inquiry into its mysterious doings. But the objection is absurd, for the iron frames can be made of any strength required, and of any thickness necessary. But, as the Captain justly observes, " mere thickness of side for resist ing heavy shot is no longer necessary, as the new rifled guns will send their bolts through anything that floats." In fact, the less resistance the larger shot meet with the better, as there will be fewer splinters. The only motions to be provided against in shipbuilding are the rolling and pitching motions, and these are bad enough singly, but when in a man ner combined, they strain and weaken the vessel in opposite directions. Captain SKINNER'S plan will obviate this by preventing the longitudinal motion or pitching from all connection with the rolling, and so save the vessel from straining by disconnecting the ties, making each independent of the other, and yet mutually binding. A vessel thus constructed might roll heavily for months without straining, for neither what is v er ti ca l , nor what is longitudinal so as in shipbuildin g s h ou l d b e fastened together to injure each oth er e i t h er i n rolling or pitching. The vibration caused by the action of the screw would also be done aw a y w i t h or greatly ifm modified, and these desirable andhngging be entirely p reven t e d . N ow requisites, or even a fair portion of them, be attained we cannot but think that Cap tain SKINNER has done good service to his country, and merits the esteem and gratitude of all seafaring men. THE SHAKSPERE COM MITTEE.--The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer has accepted office as a Vice President of the National Shakapere Committee. Among the additions to the general body of the committee are—Erneste de Bunsen, Esq. (Councillor of Legation) and Antonio Panizzi, Esq. (Chief Librarian of the British Mu seum), who have accepted office as Foreign Secretaries to the committee. The other naw members include Sir Robert Phillimore, the Queen's Advocate, J. Winter Jones, Esq., Edmund Yates, Esq., George C. Leighton, Esq., and Hugh W. Diamond, M.D.—Athenceum. UP THE NILE! is in fact taking the place of the old cry "Up the Itiiine !" The Duke of Rutland, the Earl and Countess Scarborough, and Lady Herbert of Lea have already set out to pass the winter in that health restoring climate, and Lord and Lady Gifford are about to follow the example—to give us, let us hope, a second taste of the lion. Impulsia Gushington's experiences. PRECEPTORS.. --At a meetin of theg couCnOciLlLoEfGtE OF FPit P corporation, ECE on the 12th inst., the diploma of licentiate was granted to Mr E. E. Pinches, 8.A., and to Mr F. J. Weightman, A.C.P. The following ladies and gentlemen were elected members of the college :—Mr T. W. Bowman, Grainford Academy, near Darlington; Miss Frances Copley, Margaret-street, Wilmington-square; M. A. liavet, Newton-terrace, Glasgow; Mrs T. G. Kelly, Milton-terrace, Vauxhall-bridge -road ; Mr Phillip Norris, Plas Nant-y-Glyn School, Mold; Mr R. E. Pugh, Trede gar ; Mr W. Read, St. Mary, Newington; Mr M. A. Rees, High Wycombe. The accident which Lady Adine Cowper, second daughter of the Countess Cowper, met with a few days since at Florence, by being thrown from hor horse, has not resulted in the serious injuries reported. We have reason to believe that, beyond some painful contusions, nothing serious has occurred. The countess and daughter, together with the Earl Cowper, were on the eva of leaving Florence for Rome when the accident took place. IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—LYTHAM, NEAR PRESTON, Dec. 11.—About nine o'clock last night, while it was blowing a fresh gale from the west, the master and cr ew o f t h e sc h oo ner Caledonia, of this port, landed her e i n their own boat, an d requ ested the assistance ofjthe lif e b oa t of the Nationa l Lif e b o at Institution to save their vessel, if possible, which had grounded and stru ck heavily whil e enter i ng Lyt h am , a nd which they had aban doned. The lifeboat was at onco manned and launched. The vessel was perceived driving along with the flood tide, but the lifeboat succeeded in putting the crew again on board. She was making much water, but is now aground in com parative safety. The next tido a number of men went on board, and were ultimately successful in getting her off the bank, and in taking her into Preston. As the life boat was returning another vessel was discovered through the darkness to be ashore on the Bay Bank. 'I ha boat was at once pulled to her, when she proved to be the brigan tiine Fettle, of Maryport, bound front Dublin to that port, in ballast. It appeared the compasses had led them astray from their course, for the captain was totally ignorant of his position, supposing himself to be within a short dis tance of his destination. When apprised of his error by the lifcboatmen ho gladly accepted their services, and with their assistance his vessel was safely brought into port the next day. LORD WESTMORELAND'S attack of illness was so onieBbOymore. Auber, serious, that the Parisian doctors who were called in ordered 46 leeches to be applied, and administered two drops of croton oil to the invalid. THE ADDRESS OF THANKS TO e li tit E leci EN:P s E tu ß d O ie ß s i fr h o e m air m ic u a s l i p ca ri l v c il o e m ge p s os i e n rs r , o a n rie t , ho abolition of the exclusive Meyerbeer, David, Gounoci, Rohsassinii,eaennd signed s DR. CHARLES MACKAY, the !ivies' Now York correspondent, before returning to his post, will commit to the press a new volume of his poems , from the Antique, and SkAehes from NatUres" LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRALIA. DOVER, DEC. 13, Messrs. Money Wigram's ship Norfolk, Captain Tonkin, from Melbourne on the 27th September, arrived off here at 9 a.m. to-day. She brings 150 passengers, 60,000 ounces of gold, 630 bales of wool, 146 bales of leather, and a quantity of antimony, silver ore, copper, &c. The Norfolk rounded Cape Horn on the 22d October, and crossed the line on the 17th Novem ber. She experienced fair wind and weather from Melbourne to Cape Horn, where she was detained by an easterly wind for some days. Saw very little ice. Had light baffling winds from the Cape to the Equator, A. good N.E. trade took her to 27 deg. N. Since then had a good deal of N.E. winds. Two deaths and one birth oc curred on the voyage. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 12.—The market has been rather firmer, but without any material improvement as regards the amount of business doing. Threes, for the Account, show a slight advance, being now at 67fr. 30c. Mobilier has risen to 1,057 fr. 90c. Railway Market also more buoyant. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents .. 95 15 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 30 Credit 111obilier 1051 25 Do, end month 1052 50 Bank Shares 3330 Credit Fonder Roman Italian Loan 7l 95 Do. end month 7l 95 New ditto Do. end month.... Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Threes 52 Home Debt Deferred RA IL AYS. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Geneva S )uthern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lotr bard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... Caßh. Account. 973 75 .. 975 972 50 .. 970 937 50 .. 937 50 887 50 .. - - 500 - .. - - 687 50 .. 687 50 510 - .. 507 50 475 - .. 477 50 395 - .. - - 400 - .. 397 50 621 25 .. 625 - 520 - .. 523 - 623 75 .. 621 25 LITERATURE. The Introduction to Anthropology. By Dr. Theo dor Waltz. Vol. I. Edited by J. Frederick Collingwood. Longman and Co. A peculiar interest attaches to this, in many respeots, very remarkable publication. It is the initial volume—let us hope, to begin with—of an extensive library of works of a similar character. It appears under the auspices of the Anthropolo gical Society of London. It is very gracefully and even eloquently inscribed by the editor of the volume to the able Founder and First President of the Association. Not quite one year has even yet passed since the Anthropological Society of London was established. Its commencement, in fact, dates from early in the present year of grace 1863 within which year this same goodly volume appears, not merely with the sanction and approval, but di rectly at the instance and by the authority, of the newly-organised Anthropological Society of London, as the first of a long series of standard works on the science of Anthropology. A more felicitous selec tion could not, we conceive, by any possibility have been made than the very one which has resulted in the publication of the book lying before us as a commencement, For within the compass of the first volume of Dr. Theodor Waitz's Anthropologic der Naturaker is compacted together the most comprehensive and exhaustive survey of the new science, yet contributed, we believe, in any tongue, to European Literature. To the English public generally, how ever, it is a book almost unknown, saving and excepting alone by reputation. Although merely a translation from the German, therefore, the work is virtually, if not an original work, a perfectly new work to the mass of readers in this country. So far as this same rapidly executed translation can be compared and collated with the original, it ap pears to be a version singularly faithful and accu rate is its way—the versimilitude of the work as a translation being judiciously secured, it we might so express it without affectation, rather idiomatically than by giving the author's text word for word, or, in a word, verbatim. Again—it is but fair to Mr. Collingwood, to whose sound judgment and devoted assiduity the conduct of this inaugnrative literary enterprize of the society was, as the event proves, so judiciously entrusted, it is but fair, to Mr. Collingwood, that we should here at once take occasion to remark that if the work, as the first work of the Society, was well chosen, so also, without any doubt of it, was the editor or superintendent of it. Its success, as a translation, here and there very admirably annotated, is evidence, in effect, that the labour of supervision was, in this instance, also especially a labour of love. Mr. Collingwood has acquitted himself more than creditably. The book, as it now appears, is a work of especial value, and also one of very peculiar interest. It thoroughly fulfils its design of affording the reader of it, within a single volume, the very best epitome anywhere to be found of what is the actual "present state" of Anthropo logical Science in Christendom. In this respect, vol. one of the Society's projected Anthropological Library is the direct and immediate realisation or fulfilment of the design shadowed forth in the following eminently suggestive passage from the introductory address of the Society's President:— " In selecting works to be translated, we shall be guided by a desire to introduce books into this country, which, while being useful to the student and teacher, will at the same time help to give the reading public a better appreciation of the object and extent of anthropological science. The Council will .not simply favour the translation of works, in the opinions of which they agree, but will aim at introducing those works which best represent the prevailing opinions respecting Anthropology on the Continent. The importation of foreign ideas and modes of treating our science cannot fail to produce beneficial results." Certainly, beneficial results can hardly fail to be evolved from the timely issuing, thus, from the press, of so very compact and comprehensive a survey of the Science las will here be found to have been given by one of the most skilled Anthropologists in Europe. The Editor expresses a hope, surely not a vain hope, that the handy volume thus put forth as a commencement of the Society's Library may serve as a basis for future research." Professor Waitz, as is but natural, indeed, under the circum• stances with an anthropologist of such keen intelli• gence, of such piercing acumen, and one who has acquired, moreover, such very extensive information, takes a far wider range within his ken than Prichard, and Nott, and Gliddon combined. In regard to the general arrangements of the work as it here appears, it should be remarked that Mr. Collingwood has, with an aye to its general perspi cuity, thrown the numerous references interlard ing the text in the original, down to the bottom of the pages, as footnotes. Dr. Weitz himself, more over, is announced to have contributed to this part of the English version of the first volume of his "Anthropology of Primitive Peoples," several addi tional and perfectly original notes and new autho rities. What greatly enhances the utility of the work as a text-book of the science—we had almost said as the textbook of the science—is the amplifica tion of the a!ready extended table of contents, and the addition to the volume of a copious index—the latter being absolutely invaluable to the work as a work of reference. Shakespeare : a Reprint of the First Edition, the Folio of 1623. Part 11. The Histories. L. Booth. Another volume—(the third) to be published betimes before next year's Tercentenary Anniversary of William Shakspere's birth—will complete this perfectly "unique" tribute to the genius of Eng land's, the World's, greatest Poet and Dramatist. As a tribute we may safely regard this reprint as a work absolutely unexampled cf its kind. A nobler attestation of the fame and glory of a writer I never was offered to any man's reputation. A fac-simile reprint of the first collective edition that was ever printed and published of any author's . works. A reprint of that first edition two hundred years afterwards! Look ing at the dates thereby brought afresh under our consideration, it is almost a matter of anguish to reflect that Shakspere had been dead and buried several years before his works were ever published collectively. The year of his birth was as the pro jected Tercentenary celebration this next year, 1864, has served very vividly to remind the whole world-1564. The Poet survived, as we all know, for as many years as there are weeks in the year— dying on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth day, i.e., on the 23d April, 1616. The First Edition of his Dramatic Works appearing only in 1623, that is seven years afterwards—Shakspere himself never once had the satisfaction of seeing those works published substantially together. Play after play had been printed separately. But never had those plays been grouped into a collection during the author's life. He himself was deprived of that gratification—while the world at large was itself also deprived thereby of the advantage of having those works revised and corrected by the author's own hand upon the occasion of their first passing through the press as a collection. Smaller in size than the folio edition, as it actually appeared in 1623, the reprint before us is, otherwise than in that one particular, an exact Me simile of the original. The very hue and general appearance of the paper, the antique form of the type, the double columned pages, the quaint initial letters, tail-pieces, and heading, the very misprints —all are precisely as they were when the Folio first appeared across the counter of Isaac laggard and Ed. Blount, in 1623. The former volume at this very curious and profoundly interesting reprint con tained the Comedies. The volume here issued from the press as a continuation contains the Histories. The volume completing the work will contain the Tragedies. The work is got up with the greatest possible care, a care extended to it as a reprint in every department. As a Shaksperean publication it is a perfect treasure. Notes of a Cruise in 11,111.5. Fawn en the Western Pacific in 1862. By T. 11. Hood. One Vol., pp. 268. Edmonston and Douglas. As the hero of Moliere's play spoke " prose" without being aware of it, so the writer of this pleasant volume has produced a book, and a very interesting one, without intending it. Disclaiming at the outset of his narrative all intention of "making a book," Mr. Hood refers those who are seeking information respecting New Zealand and the Pacific islands to !' the hundred volumes" already written on the subject. Abundance of in formation is, however, to be obtained from these un pretending " notes," interspersed with anecdotes innumerable. At the very commencement we meet with the following interesting-- ADVENTURE WITH A SHARE. Almost every one who has seen much of salt water has some anecdote to tell about a shark; but the adventure that befel the gunner of the Fawn was more than usually strange: Being a very expert diver, he had been employed to recover the treasure from the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Ave, wrecked a few years ago on the coast of Ceylon. Having, in a gutta-percha dress, made his way into the saloon, he was busy searching for the bullion, when, to his horror, he saw a huge ground-shark come sailing in at the door. With great presence of mind he lay motionless on the locker, and watched it silently and grimly cruising about. One can well imagine his feel ings when he saw its cold green eyes fixed upon him, and felt it pushing against the leaden soles of his boots, and rubbing against his dress, the slightest puncture in which would have been certain destruction. After ten minutes of suspense, which must have seemed an age, during which the monster came back twice or thrice to have another look at him, Mr. Pounds' courage and cool ness were rewarded by seeing him steering his way back as he came. Afterwards he armed himself with a large dagger when he went down to the wreck, from which he recovered altogether £220,000, having spent 850 hours under water. He had some narrow escapes at times, from the opening and shutting of the iron plates of the ship as they worked with the roll of the sea. The air-pipe was twice severed from his helmet ; but fortunately slackening, it warned the people above to lose no time in rescuing him from his peril ous position. One or two large sharks were captured by the crew of the Fawn, and " suffered death," says Mr. Hood, " in a manner nu other creature would Lk subjected to at the hands of English sailors, whose usual tenderness for animals is (not without some reason) utterly wanting in respect to the tiger of the sea." During the cruise here commemorated, the Fawn, leaving Sydney on the 7th May, 1862, proceeded to New Zealand, and after lingering a while at Auckland, visited successfully the Nieue, or Savage Islands, the Samoan group, the Feejee islands, and many other islands of the Western Pacific, until, after touching at Norfolk Island, she finally returned to England on the 6th September. The glimpses afforded us of the natives of these scattered islands,are rendered more effective by the introduction of various illustrations. In one place we have portraits of a heathen warrior and his wife ; in another of some Samoan girls in their usual dress ; of a bride and her bridesmaids ; of chiefs in war costume, ; numbering altogether no less than twenty-one illustrations. While visiting the Samoan islands, Mr. Hood expresses the regret with which he, in common with many other prac tical, common sense Christians, viewed the religion:: animosities which characterise so many self-styled Christians :- 22d June.—Rainy, hot, and oppressive. This daS , we went to the Bethel Church, where certainly we listened to a most unprofitable service. There being no one bold enough to raise the tune, the minister apologized and read the hymns, and then preached a sermon, which was simply a tirade against the "poor Pope," as he called him, and the Catholic missionaries on the island, for withholding the bible from the natives, geologists also receiving their share of the anathemas, being in some mysterious way charge able with the same offence. One regrets much to see how religious differences influence the missionaries of different sects. With regard to the Catholic priests, it might have been supposed thata fellow-feeling of admiration would have induced their opponents to draw a veil over their errors, and that the consideration of a self-sacrificing zeal, equal to their own, would have inspired a more Christian sympathy for all who preach the Cross in the hearts of the sternest enemies to forms and ceremony. But unfortunately the jealousies existing even between the Wesleyans and the clergymen of the London mission, are equally detrimental to the interests of both. The Roman Catholic priests live as frugally as any other missionaries, and the spirit which animates them generally may be safely believed to be that expressed by an old and respected priest living in the interior of Fiji, who, when re monstrated with for not trying to obtain more of the luxuries and even necessaries of life, said to the Consul, "The greater the reward hereafter." Some of the savages with whom we make acquaint ance are not so uncivilised as might be expected. Here, for example, is a sketch of a Samoan native, named— TU-PITA. Tu-Pua came down to the boat with his attendants, carrying four large live pigs, as his present to Captain Cater, articles of food being s as in Japan, the first offering of friendship. He had been fellow passenger in his cabin, with Mr. Williams and myself, for ten days, and his be haviour has always been most correct and considerate. lie had his servant with him, and generally appeared well dressed in various European costumes, of which he seemed to possess an ample wardrobe. To-day, however, he cam( to dinner as a Kannaka chief, in his lava. lava only, apolo gizing, on account of the great heat, for dispensing with clothes above his waist. He would much like to go to England. "My heart is burning," he said, "to see the world. f I had not tried to see as much of Englishmen as possible, I should have been like all the Kannakas, and have thought there was ro country like Samoa." Ho seemed to have a pretty good idea of the relative posi tions of the different countries of Eu ro p e, and asked many questions about the Crimean war. Many other extracts we might select as evidences of the delightful character of this volume, bat the above will be sufficient to attest the interesting nature of the Cruise made by the author on boar, ; H.M.S. Fawn among the Islands of the Pdc"P me. Thpirates of the Foam. A No ve l. B y C, F. Arms trong, Esq., author of " The Two Midship men," &o. Three Vols. Newb y. As may ba inferred from the title, these volurue.s contain a series of desperate adventures and perils by sea and land. The her o i s f oun d i n hi s child hood half-dr owne d on the sands at Ramsgate. A little later on, when travelling in a railway car risge, another traveller shows him a new perfume which he is taking to Rimmel, the great perfumer, and asks his opinion. The unsuspecting hero in hales the perfume, and becomes unconscious! His pockets are immediately rifled, and his fellow traveller decamps at the next station. Soon after wards the luckless adventurer falls into the hands of enemies, who confide him to the care of the captain of a ship bound for Jamaica, as a harmless maniac. This vessel is named the Foam, and the crew prove to be pirates. The recurring adventures are as sur. prising as any we have enumerated, being at the same time of a more desperate and bloodthirsty de• scription. We have said enough, perhaps, to allure some readers, and to deter many others from further acquaintance with the pirates of the Foam. Chapters of College Romance. By Isaac Butt, Esq. , Q.C., MY., author of "History of Italy," &c. First Series. One Vol. Skeet. The learned compiler of these very interesting records bids his readers not to be startled by the title, College Romance. He goes on to give the following very happy definition of his theme "There is romance," he says, " wherever there is deviation from the modes of acting or of thought that are common among men; there is romance wherever there is a disinterested act; wherever there is a hig h and ardent spirit to break through, by one eccentric effusion of its native generosity, the dull monotony of the selfishness of ordinary life. There is romance wherever in terest is sacrificed to feeling—wherever there is love or triendship. Then, why should there not be romance ill College ? Are there not within its walls young hearts ever whom the world has not yet thrown its deadening s pell, to wither up all their feelin gs i n t o th e sear i nse nsibility of what the world calls prudenc e ? A re th ere no t there younglrishmen to whom their nativity h as a tt ac h e d the epith et of wild, and who certainly p ossess th e bi rt h r i g ht of being enthusiastic. There is, then, romance in college, and thesepages will present you with muc h th a t i s sa d, a nd muc h that is gay, chequered ju s t lik e th e wor ld i n w hi c h we live , with all the strange mixtures of m i r th an d m i ser y, with the alternate lights and shad ows o f g l a d ness an d sorro w.' The narratives contained in thi s work are said to be founded on truth. "It h as s o 1 18 P. petted," says Mr. Butt, "that I was much' very much longer an inmate of Alma Mater than falls to the average lot of her sons; and, since I have ceased to sojourn within her chambers, Beni" dent, or perhaps I should say inclination, has throWn me very much into the society of college men. Mani strange incidents have thus come to my knowledge; some of them relating to events in which I took share, others to those that had happened long he' tore my day, and some few that have taken place since. It has often occurred to me that these incl.' dents, if collected together, would form a curious and interesting commentary on the wayward follies and the vain ambition of youth ; and for years lem ployed my leisure hours in collecting materials for such a commentary. On the appearance of a maga zine bearing the name of the University,' it imme diately suggested itself to me that its pag es would be the fittest medium for p r esentil the result of my memoranda to the public. Such is the origin of the histories contained in this volume, the first of the series. The opening story is entitled " The Billiard Table," and chronicles the trials and troubles of a gambler and his victims. It is a stirring narrative, abounding with startling incidents and vivid emotions. No. II.—" Beading for Honours"—relates the melancholy results of an over devotion to study. No. III.—" The Mariner s Son ;" No. IV., " The Murdered Fellow ;" and No. V., " The Segar—Arthur Johns;" are, as the ir names indicate, tales of very different characters, but capable, some of them, of exciting intense interest. BOOKS RECEIVED. A Woman's Ransom. By the author of GrandmotheeB Money. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. For Better for Worse. Edited by Edmund Yates. 2 vols. Maxwell and Co. Anecdotal Memoirs of English Princes. Davenport Adams. 2 vols. Newby. Desk Book of English synonyms. By John f;herer. By W. FI• Groombridge and Sons. A Spring and Summer in Lapland. By an Old Bushman. Groombridge and Sons. How I Won My Spurs. By J. G. Edgar. Illustrated. S. 0. Beeton. The Boy's Own Volume. Illustrated. Edited by the Publisher. S. 0. Beaton. Scenes from the Drama of European History. By W. Davenport Adams. Virtue Brothers and Co. The Tiger Prince. By William Dalton. Virtue Brothers and Co. The Gentlewoman. Chapman and Hall. Knowledge for the Time. By John Timbs. Lockwood and Co. The Life of Goethe. By George Henry Lewes. Seaond Edition. Smith, Elder, and Co. The Sporting Rifle and its Projectiles. By Lieut. lames Forsyth, Smith, Elder, and Co. Lost but Not For Ever. By the Rev, R. W. Vanderkiste. Nisbet and Co. The Last of the Cavaliers. New Edition. Richa rd Bentley. What is Your Name? By Sophy Moody. Riebard Bent ley. The Destiny of Nations : as Indicated in Prophecy. 331 the Rev. John Cumming. Hurst and Blacked. The House of Elmore. By the author of Grandmothcr'S Money. ChApman and Hall. England's Workshops. By Various Writers. Groom- bridge and Sons. - Poems. By B. H. Farquhar. F. Pitman. Ar Marjorie Fleming : a Sketch. By John BrONVII, author of Rab and his Friends. Edmonston an Douglas. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Tbio J)1/3rf The December session of tho Central Criminal Co. art commenced this morning at the Sessions House, Old l3ai uefore the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Aldert 'JO Finnis, the Recorder, Russell Gurney, Esq., Mr. AlderZ Besley, &c. Owing to the short time that has elapsed since the la s; session the calender contained a list of only 50 prisone"' for trial. The , grand jury h av i ng b een sworn , The Recorder, in d e li ver i ng hi s charge, said there were only four cases affecting human life, an d only charge of w ilf u l mur d er, in wh i c h one of theln a a young woman was charged w ith caus i ng t h e d eat h of her infant &lid. The question for the jury in that case was whether that violence was actually inflicted by the prisoner for the potaur pose of causing death, or whether it migh t arise i ignorance and accident. There was also a case in which a woman was charged with the manslaughter of her husband' He thought if they were satisfied the injury was inflicted by the prisoner they would have no difficulty in re turning a true bill. There was also a case in which a sir get at a Music Hall in the neighbourhood of `Yell-close-sq uare was charged with the manslaughter of a mariner. Err the evidence of the surgeon it appeared that had the "e . ,- ceased not been drinking the blows might not ha ve cause, death. If the Jury were satisfied that the death wa s cause' by the blows it would be their duty to send the case for fa!' ther inquiry. The other case of manslaughter was that is which a cabman was charged with causing the death of a° t elderly lady, and the only question in the case wa s whetbe the prisoner was driving in a furious and reckless manner, and thus caused the death of the deceased, or whether it was the result of accident. MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION. Richard Farnham Ridley, a gentlemanly -looking marir aad who had held a commission in one of lI.D ta I. Regimes of Dragoons, and served in the Crimea and Indian `Vary for which he had received medals, was indicted under th e 18th section of the Unnecessary •Oaths Declaration Of under the following circumstances. It appeared that he had applied to Mr. Strutt, a solicitor in Adelphi-terrace, introducing himself as acquainted w ith Mr. Strutt's son, an officer in the army in India, for the purpose of raising a sum of money under his reversional interest under the will of Mr. Farnham, to pay off his debts and, in consequence of his representations, an ap plioti oo was made to th e Britis h Mutual Loan and Inve stmeo, Society in Bridge-street, Blacktriars, for a loan of X 3( ),; £3,003), and the statutory which was afterwards advanced by them on a prozili BB° , r ia d note and mortgage of the reversion (represented to be Ir° r " - out prisoner had previously assigned his interest in ther e ' prisoner guilty, version to Mr. W. F. Newt()of Mayfair,for £l 5O . , eclaration. Is afterwards turn Newton, cle The Jury found the • to eight months ' • imprisonment. and he wits4enterl' DEATH OF Mr. GODFREY, PANDIIIASTER OF TO COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—A large number of our rea ders will hear with regret of the death of M r. Godfrey, 1" veteran bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards, wh iell ; 9°lll° honourable position Ito had filled for nearly 40 y ears. of the most popular instrumentalists o f the day had bee ° under his tutorage. Mr. Godfrey was, W o hear, in his 7 ,5 t 4 year, and had the esteem of his officers, and likewise thcs° under his command. He was only ill a few hours. THE LATE GALE.—M. Leverrier, Director of t 13(? Paris Observatory, states in an article that he has publishl on the late gale, that it assumed the form in Franc 743 a terrific cyclone, whose centre moved southwards. damage effected by it seems to have been fully as g reat No HomE complete without a WILCOX SEWING-NIACHINE. Simple, compact, efficient, durable, noiseless. 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