The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-06 00:00:00

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT —The MODERN AUGUSTUS, ,te., in FUN This Week. One Penny. BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or 'manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the gr-ater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following . interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofrach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., h Lyon eta Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. .2_ Nights of Performance -Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. FAUST (In English). Lemmens-Sherrington, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, 3larchesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor —Signor Arditi. Commence at Eight. Box-office of the Theatre open daily. Tickets, also, at Messrs. Chappell a nd Co. ' s, 50, New Bond street. HER M AJESTY'S THEATRE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE OF FAUST (In English). MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15. To commence at Two o'clock. Lemmens-Sherrington, Toccata, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marchesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor —Signor Arditi. Prices of adassion same as to the Evening Performance. ROYAL ENG LIS H OPE RA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the ManazeW. ment of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Harrison. TIIIS EVENING, BLANCHE DE NEVERS. Miss L. Fyne, Mr. W. Harrison, &c. Atter which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of unprecedented maznific,ence, = ntitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENTING, the Pe: fOrmances will enrnmonep with e New Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled 7IIGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames, and Misses R. Leclercq. Atzinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of. the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons. Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. awaits ; Columbines, Madame lioleno and Misses Gunnies. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DENIOZ , TIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with - a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, .51qreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Lezlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A tter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken f ro m Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond , Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss M. Henrade, Miss E. Lavenu, rs. Lee, and Iliss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either to.- play bills or for the sate keeping of hat• and cloaks, and to at the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone. Chippendale, Braid. Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &e. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c Atter which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton. Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. - F pl O YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- ..BA) Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUI N LITTLE TOM TUCKER; Or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't know what to do. NEW THEATRE-RD YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Mana , er, Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRA.NCAIS: Mr J L. Toole, At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate- Inan, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Forttmio and his Seven Ai agi3 Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, rt. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolzar, miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY ATISS BATERAN. NIGHT, 10IISS BATF,MAN.—LEAH.—Tats EVENING. the I tCth appearance of the greatTracric Actress, Mies BATEMAN, in the character of L VAIL In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prit:cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it wilt be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank And fashion.—The New Comedy of TEE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling - , Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. .l. L. Toile, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews' Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs , Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Maniews. Tilts 107•ENING. and daring' the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, tin entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Buckinc item, Esq., entitled THE SILVER TANI N G : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John wone. Mr. Montague ; Mrs e harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristiccharacter of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. 1,3 QYAL STRAND THEATRE. 110 Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, 'UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Ildford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sze. Followed by MARGATE SAND 3. Commence at 7. THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BIM b. had Every Evening of G. R. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from tbelr own Collieries. 31arquis' 26s. per ton. 1 Double 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nuts.. Os. „ Deep NS ell screened and delivered within five miles of their De- Pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Cone Terms cash. ...._ JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. IIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tills IN —4Y.—Morning, 12h. 30m.—Afternoon, 12h. 59m. ro-moß acm.-'horsing, lh. 26m.—Afternoon, lh. 54m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 6, 1864, THERMOMETER. This day at T wo o ' clock Bar orneter-30.11. Wind—N - I 'V.; moderate, with snow f -14 .0 (w 1 ; 41 1 111 ' 1-t - • 'l°4 8 . 1864 LONDON, SATURDA Y, FEB. Not the least interesting feature of the opening night of a Parliamentary Session are the political challenges known as notices of motions. As straws indicate how the wind blows, so these brief intima tions of the subjects abut to be brought forward afford us some opportunity of judgiog of the future of the campaign. From their number, character, and degree of importance we may measure the chance" of a dull or a busy session, and form some conjentuYe es to the projects of the opposition and the plans of the Government. The notices given c.n Thursday foretell the opening of one question of importance and interest. The notices given y Mr. BRAND on behalf of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would seem to show a desire on the put of the Government to conciliate certain class es. Conscious perhaps of the coming struggle of partie a, they wi s h to secure the agricultural interest, an d consequently propose to bring forward a bill tx) amend the present law so as to admit the use cif mr.lt in feeding cattle. This long promised altera lion will be very advantageous to farmers, and will We may hope, tend to improve the quality an d lessen the price of butcher's merit, especially i Ireland. The announcement of a bill to alter the mode of collecting the land, assessed, and income taxes will be received with some curiosity and ex- pectation—people naturally concluding that any change, with regard to the Income Tax, would be for the better. The distribution of Naval Prize Money, a matter which very urgently demands reform, and which we have repeatedly brought before the notice of the public, is also to be looked to ; while the Home Secretary, startled by the out cry produced by his late proceedings with regard to capital punishments, intends, no later than next Monday, to move for leave to bring in a bill relating to Criminal Lunatics, and shortly after, t o propose some amendment of the Penal Servitude Acts. Honourable members, however, were not to be pacified by' fair promises, and quickly notice after notice, almost all of them in some way reflect ing upon the present Administration, warned the occupants of the Treasury Bench that there were " breakers ahead." Certainly, to judge from the activity displayed on the opening night, the mem bers of the Lower House are determined to make amends for the " Do-nothing Session" of last year. Foreign and domestic affairs alike court inquiry, and leaving the great chiefs of the respective parties to attack the Ministerial position on the great points of European importance, the less prominent members hastened to give promise of carrying on P guerilla warfare on their own account. Mr. FITZGEKALD, we are glad to see, has given notice that he will, next Friday, call attention to the circumstances attending the capture of British ships, two being captured at Matamoros, and another (the Saxon) within the limits of nur own colony of Good Hope. This troublesome motion will be preceded by an other, reflecting on our conduct in Japan, while we are not surprised to find that the state of affairs in China will call forth two distinct questions—one of them to be put by Mr. FORSTER, asking for particu lars of the outrages at Soochow, and the other by Mr. LIDDELL, referring to the failure of Captain OSBORNE'S naval expedition. The question of do mestic reform, only one degree less obnoxious to the Government than criticisms on foreign affairs, is not likely to be left in abeyance. Mr. LOCKE KING has already given notice of his annual appeal on behalf of the extension of the county fran chise; Mr. BAINES intimates that he shall move for leave to bring in a bill for a similar extension in boroughs, and Mr. DoDSON will move for a select committee to inquire into the present system of registration of county voters. We cannot doubt but that some genuine reformer, who has the real interests of the cause at heart, will step forward as champion of the Ballot, and put professing Liberals to that uncompromising test. In naval affairs the Government will be called to account for their inaction at Holyhead; while in the military department we are glad to find Mr. FORTESCUE already calling attention to the Alder shott court-martial. The Poor Law Board, the Civil Service, the Criminal Law, the Educational grants, and the Charity Commissioners are all to be subjects of criticism, while Mr. M. GIBsoN is about to move the appoiatment of a Select Com mittee to deal with the new Railway Mania. Set ting aside, therefore, those great topics of debate, which are likely to agitate the political world for some weeks to come, and without regarding the momentous question of peace or war, now so im peratively thrust upon our notice, we may antici pate that honourable members will not suffer the National Assembly this year to pass its time pro fitlessly away. Many of the topics announced for debate and inquiry in these notices of motion have been prominently brought forward during the recess, and the public will be glad to see them be come the subjects of full and free discussion in its House of Popular Representatives. It is some satisfaction to find that if the sayings of diplomatists and the counsels of Ministers are of no avail in exercising an influence on foreign nations, the prospect of the Parlia ment assembling has wrought some effect. M. BIsMARK has foresight enough to be conscious o the danger of debate, and though he treats his own Chamber in a sufficiently curt style, and acts with a marked want of respect, he is prescient enough to show a different bearing in so far as regards the English Senate. Thus we find that a despatch was sent over just before the sitting of the House, which purported to be the bearer of friendly intentions, and to guarantee the security of Denmark from any vital in jury being inflicted. Lord PALMERSTON made great capital of this intelligence, and, amid the loud cheers of the House, proclaimed its auspicious advent, and certified as to its happy augury. This was all very well, so far as it went, bat when the first excitement had gone by, it was discovered that the grandeur of this proclamation was, after all, rather meretricious, and that the satisfaction experienced on the receipt of the tidings was but of an evanescent nature. Sir .T. PAKIN TON, whose discretion and discernment have often before done good service to the cause of straight forwardness, came to the rescue, and requested that some explanation might be afforded to the House regarding the document in question. The result of the inquiry fully justified the sus picions entertained by the right hon. baronet as to the construction put upon the communication by the noble lord being the correct one. Mr. LAYARD read the despatch, and a more complex and inex plicit message can hardly be imagined. It seems pretty clear, however, to all who wish to see the drift of it, that Prussia intends to carry out the game to the conclusion, but for expediency just sends this despatch to quiet the fears of the Eng lish Cabinet, or perhaps with a prophetic spirit to enable the Ministers to make " capital" out of it in the debate and discussion on these affairs. Well might Mr. WHITESIDE ask Mr. LAYARD to be good enough to explain the document which he had read, as it appeared to require great elucidation. He went on to say that " He could not understand how that paper assisted the noble viscount at the head of the Government." Nor anyone else either, except to afford a handle and make a fair show of pro priety. No one can more dexterously turn a cir cumstance to his own advantage than the Premier, but in this instance he has signally failed to prove his assertion; and he must have acknowledged to himself that his felicitous document did not bear the light of day, and would not stand a viva voce examination. The only gratifying reflection regard ing the whole affair is, as has been previously speci fied, the assurance conveyed by the transmission of this despatch that the Berlin Cabinet has some linger ing idea of the importance of English opinion at this critical juncture. So far so good; and it will be well for the prosperity of all concerned if this feel ing predominates more fully in the future, and if foreign statesmen recognise the necessity of con forming more to the wishes, and y i e ldi ng oftener to the suggestions of this country. It will be a great point gained if the principle is fully established and the precedent fairly laid down thatthteseopinion of England is to co unt for something in he end less bickerings and countless dissensions that mar the peace of Europe and threaten to entangle all surrounding States in the fracas. H a d Lord PALMERSTON, in the case of this despatch, followed the course he adopted in THE SUN, LO DON ; SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1861. regard to another affair, and commissioned Mr. GLADSTONE to explain his speech, or rather to give quite a contrary interpretation to it, that astute and sagacious unraveller of mysteries would have been puzzled to make out wherein consisted the special cause for satisfaction in the perusal of the despatch, which, read in its entirety, offers no ground for re joicing. Fallacious as were the arguments of the Premier upon this topic, it is certain that a source of interest is to be found in the fact that this com munication was made on the day of the assemblage of Parliament. The intention was to propitiate, but the Ministers and Statesmen of all foreign States have much to learn if they think that they can act with impunity, and then make believe to pu t away the obnoxious part of their attempt. Such subterfuges do not, and will not suit the people of this country, and the sooner these convenient communications are sifted the better. It is one thing for the name of a dis patch to cut a grand figure when dexterously intro duced into a spiteful speech by a practised hand and another for its contents to satisfy those who pull it' to pieces and examine its contents in sober earnestness. The vague and misty enunciation o policy foreshadowed in thia last achievement Of f BISMARK'S inspiration bears more affinity to what Mr. DISRAELI characterised as an " adroit man ceuvre," than what the declaration of one minister to another should be in the period of a momentous epoch, a statement that should not only be fair seeming in its pretensions, but that should possess the requisite amount of candour and straightforwardness. In the Standard of Thursday there is a letter on he subject of Transportation to Western Australia, which well deserves attention, and sets forth some arguments that are of great weight and cogency. In the first place reference is made to the notion of some that life sentences are not numerous enough to render them available for Western Australia. In reply to this, it is truly remarked that there is great need of attention in the matter o hese same sentences. and it is in every respet most desirable that Western Australia should come in as an auxiliary for the greater frequency of long sentences, not that the terms should be made to suit the requirements of abroad. Two hings are very essential to study in determining he success of any plan of penal servitude, and they are to note effect on the criminals, and the effect on others that is produced by the iacarce, It is well known that at present very is done in the way of deterring, either as regards the prisoners or the class from whom they spring, and to whom they must return when the period of their detention has ex pired. ration. To remedy this glaring defect in our penal system should be the especial care as it is the bounden duty of all concerned. Unfortu• nately the authorities treat the whole affair in too negligent a style, and exhibit an amount of pre _ ndice, and act with a pertinacity that proves rata to the cause of improvement, and puts an effeetua stoppage on the progress of those who make ener getic efforts for the amelioration of the present eye tern. Great changes introduced in a hurried man ner are always very objectionable, but there can be no reason wby care and attention should not be devoted to the due consideration of the case. Mr. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUMOURED EVACUATION OF SLESWIG. HAMBURG, FLE. 6, 11.30. A.M. No news from the theatre of war has been re. ceived here for the last three days. It is stated that the Prussians have formed a cor don in Sleswig, and allow no war intelligence to pass. Severe fighting is supposed to be going on, as numbers of wounded are constantly brought into Rendsburg. HAMBURG, Feb. 6, 12.20 P.M. It is stated here that the town of Sleswig has been evacuated by the Danes, and that Mis sunde has been taken. AMERICA. - (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTIA. CAPE CLEAR, Friday. The royal mail steamer Scotia, from New York, passed Cape Clear, at about half-past two p.m. She was intercepted by the Magnetic Telegraph Com pany's boat, and having thrown telegraphic de spatches overboard, she proceeded immediately for Queenstown and Liverpool, all well. QUEENSTOWN, Friday Night. The royal mail steamer Scotia, which sailed from New York on the 27th ult. arrived off the harbour. She brings 114 passengers, and 547,662 dols. in s pecie. Having landed mails and 11 passengers, she proceeded for Liverpool; all well. She experienced easterly minds throughout the voyage. NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (Evening). The Federal officersewho arrived at Cincinnati on the 24th from Knoxville, reported that General Longstreet had been reinforced by 20,000 men, and that he was advancing on Knoxville, pushing the Federals before him. Advices from Nashville, how ever, assert that General Longstreet's movement was only to recover the forage ground occupied by the Federals, and that is he is now returning. The Chattanooga correspondent of the World asserts that General Longstreet's plan of campaign is to endeavour to capture Knoxville and move im mediately into Central Kentucky to obtain supplies, and by this means to force General Grant to evacuate Chattanooga. A correspondence has taken place betwee❑ Gen. Longstreet and Gen. Foster, at Knoxville, concern ing the circulation of President Lincoln's procla mation of amnesty among Gen. Longstreet's troops. Gen. Longstreet says—" If the object in view is to hasten the day of peace, 1: suggest the propriety of the Federal Government communicating their views on this subject through me rather than through handbills circulated among the soldiers." General Foster replied, accepting the suggestion, and said it would have been more courteous to send docu ments for circulation through Gen. Longstreet, and enclosed 20 copies of the proclamation, relying on Gen. Longstreet's desire for peace to give them publicity. The guerilla Gen. Morgan was at Atlanta, in order to organise cavalry to cut off the communica tion between Chattanooga and Knoxville, or make a raid into Kentucky. He made a speech declaring that the Federals must evacuate Chattanooga. There was considerable excitement at Louisville concerning the anticipated Confederate raid, it being asserted that the Confederates would enter Kentucky at three different points. Union refugees, who have returned to East Ten nessee, are reported to be committing atrocities, and murdering Southern residents. NEW YORK, Jan. 27. The news is generally unimportant. The shelling of Charleston still continues. Dejection in the Southern army appears to be becoming universal. The Federals have made a successful raid upon the James River, and captured large quantities of stores, The Confederate Vice• President Stephens is dan gerously ill at Augusta, in Georgia. The house of President Davis, at Richmond, has been set fire to and robbed. _ . Vv The Federal General Grant arrived in St. Louis on the 26th. General Rosencranz was expected there on the 27th. Mr. Fernando Wood has spoken strongly, in the House of Representatives, in favour of peace, de. daring that the aaministration opposed the restora tion of the Union, and favoured the maintenance of war for partisan advantage. He said the most damnable deeds were perpetrated under the plea of patriotism; The Republican members of the New Jersey Legislature have nominated Mr. Lincoln for the P residency. Advices from Charleston to 23d state that the Federals were throwing one shell into the city every five minutes, night and diy. The Damascus has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 27 Money tight. Gold, 571 ptn. Exchange on London, 172 ; on Paris, 3.221. Stocks lower ; New York Central, 1351; Illinois, 126 ; Erie, 1071 ; 6 per Cent. U. S. Bonds, 1051. • Thackeray's Likeness, --.3 ,- The last, and in some respects the best, be yond all doubt the most interesting Likeness of Thackeray, is the little carte de visite half-profile photographed very beautifully by S. Ayling, of 495, New Oxford-street, from a drawin g (now the property of Chief Baron Pollock) taken very recently (from the life) by the skilled crayon of Samuel Laurence. The famous portrait of Thackeray taken by S. Laurence years ago—the portrait so admirably engraved by Holl and so eloquently eulogised by Charlotte Bronte—is known, of course, long since, to almost every one. But the same artist's second limning of our great humourist, the one now so very charmingly and opportunely photographed by Mr. Ayling, possesses in some particulars a superior attraction even to that more highly elaborated work of art. It shows us—this thrice-welcome carte de visite — Thackeray as he was shortly before his lamented death, Lightly sketched though the portraiture is, it is pronounced by the most intimate friends of the deceased to be—among all the pictures taken of him—the most lifelike. Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage for 1864. Always admirably good, Debrett's Peerage- 7 "The British Bib e," as poor Thackeray calls it in his witty Book of Snobs—is better than ever in this its latest issue. It is more complete, this edi• tion of it for 1864, than any one of its predecessors. It appears to have been more carefully revised. It is as compact as any such publication can possibly contrive to be, with a due regard to comprehensive ness. It is illustrated profusely with heraldic designs. It is arranged.alphabetically. Its abbreviations are perfectly clear and comprehensible throughout. And altogether, for three half-crowns, the purchaser, in it, obtains the most reliable repertory of information any where procurable in regard to every one directly related to, or forming an integral portion of, that Aristocracy of ours, known, in common parlance, as the Upper Ten Thousand. Yet so wonderfully diffi cult must be the task of securing strict accuracy in a compilation, made up of materials so perpetually fluctuating—a task as difficult in its way as that of taking a faithful sketch of a pattern in a kaleidoscope, when the kaleidoscope is being perpetually shaken— that even here, in this most recently and most care• fully revised edition of Debrett, we note sparsely sprinkled among the contents, infinitesimal errors of facts,s)ips of the pen, slips of the press. For example, the venerable Bishop of Exeter is spoken of, at page 225, as the " son of Mr. John Phillpotts, Esq., of Bridgewater." Again, at page 149, Earl Nelson's coat-of arms (supporters and all) is found to be be wilderingly, introduced in its proper place, topsy turvy. While, immediately above it, as if that particular page of the work had somehow been un luckily overlooked in the correcting of the proof. sheets, the motto of the Napier's, " Ready, aye Ready," is oddly enough translated into "Without Stain !" Another while, if we turn the literacy microscope of hypercritism upon the volume, solely with an eye to test the correctness of the typography we may instance, at page 16, an announcement (that would rather tend to puzzle a Foreigner) in re_ spect to the marriage of the Duchess of Inver ness, to the effect that the legality of her grace's marriage with H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex " was not sanctioned by the English aw"—the I having slipped up inadvertently a couple cf lines higher and thence never having been brought down again ! As a whole, however, the work is really a marvel of accuracy. Ap pended to the original contents, moreover, it is only fair to add, before closing our notice of this new Edition of Debrett for the current year, that besides the full and copious Peerage and Baronetage, et cetera, the volume now at our elbow comprises within it all the various orders of knight hood, together with many most acceptable explana tions (for the unlearned) of Heraldic figtires and terms, such as--•points of the escutcheon, tinctures, furs, charges, and roundles ; dexter, sinister, fess, and nombril ; gules, purpure, or, and argent ; ermine, ermines, and erminois ; passant, rampant, couchant, and retardant ; bruised, couped, roussant, and adorsed ; bezant, pomey, galpe, and torteaux. The statement meets with some credit. HAMBURG, FEB. 6, 2 P.M. The news of the evacuation of Sleswig appears :o be confirmed. The allies are now said to have entered the city at 5.30 this morning. Nothing has been heard from Missunde. A telegram received here from Kiel dated yes :erday evening, says : "The hilly ground in front of the Missunde line has been taken by the Prussians. "The Austrians have advanced to Johrdorf." HAMBURG, FEE. 4. Advices received here from Kiel this morning by the 136rsenhalle, state that the object of the engage ment at Missunde on Tuesd a y (th e 2d) was a reconnaissance to discover the strength of the Danes, and what likelihood there was of their resistance. The Prussians were prevented by the fog from seeing the lower Danish entrenchments. The Danes on the other hand were quite able to observe the masses of Prussian troops. The Prussians thus came too near the heavy artillery of the enemy. Two Danish sorties were repulsed. The loss of the Danes is not known, but they left a few prisoners in the hands of the Germans The Prussians lost five officers killed and 15 to 20 wounded, with 20 to 30 men killed. The total loss in killed and wounded was from 120 to 130 men. PROCLAMATION OF DUKE FREDERICK AT HOLM, RENDSBURG, FEB. 5, Evening. Duke Frederick has been enthusiastically pro claimed at Holm and in the vicinity. Nothing new is reported from the theasre of war. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 6. The Minister of Finance will open a subscription to-day for a new lottery loan of 40 millions of florins (£4,000,000). The :oan will not bear interest, but will be re deemable within 55 years, by periodical drawings with prizes. FRANCE. At the ball on Wednesday night at the Tuileries the Emperor is reported to have said to the group of Marshals and Generals with whom he was con versing, "It appears that they have begun to exchange cannon shots in the North ; let them go on, gentlemen—let them go on ; it is no affair of ours, our policy should be non-intervention ;" and those whom he addressed seemed to agree with him. The motive for the inaction of the English and French Governments is said to be the assurance given that the war will be strictly local. The Italian Minister of the Interior has just pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies at Turin a bill for extending the law of public safety to the whole kingdom. At the request of the communal council of Vienna, the direction of the Imperial Opera of that city is having a metallic curtain manufac tured, for the purpose of separating the audience part of the theatre from the stage, in case a fire should break out. The Hon. Charles A. Murray, H.B.M. Minister at the Court of Saxony, gave a ball at Dresden on the Ist, in honour of the birth of an heir to their R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, The King and the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family honoured the fete with their presence; it was at tended by the members of the Corps Diplomatique and the elite of the German and foreign society in Dresden. His Majesty opened the ball with Mrs. Murray, and it was kept up with great spirit until four in the morning. The Vienna Gazette denies the assertion made by several journals, that Austria is about to send fresh troops into Holstein. The quinquennial prize of 1,000 thalers in gold, founded in 1844, for the best work on the history of Germany, has been this year awarded to M. Haeusser, for his history of that country since the death of Frederick the Great. The robbery of the Duke of Brunswick's diamonds has become complicated by a new incident. Since the jewels were taken from Shaw's person, they have remained in custody at the Correctional Police. After the condemnation of the guilty party, the Duke applied for the property, but could not obtain possession of it, in consequence of an opposition having been lodged in the name of the reigning Duke, who claims a great part of the jewels as belonging to the Crown of Brunswick. BOURSE, Feb. s.—The market has undergone a complete change, and to dullness has succeeded great buoyancy, an improvement to be mainly attri buted to the arrival of the English funds with an advance of t. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 40c. Mobilier have reached 1,000 f., at which they are firm. Railway Shares in demand, and generally quoted higher. - The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows : • 4t per Cents. .. 95 3() Italian L oan 6B 05 Do. end month.... Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 so Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier 997 50 R ussian ,_ .^ Do, end month 1010 50 Austrian.. — Bank Shams 3300 Spanieh Threes.... 50 Credit } oncier Home Debt Roman BSILWATI3. Cash. 905 942 50 .. 947 50 Account. Orleans Northern► New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 932 50 .. 931 25 1S ditto_ ••••• • • Southern ...... 652 50 .. 655 Western Eastern Sardinian ...... 378 75 .. 377 50 Austrian Lotrbard North of Spain - Saragossa 572 50 .. 571 25 Ditto to Barcelona ANECDOTE OF THE POET ROGERS, as related by Charles Dickens—in reference to Mrs. Carlyle and Mrs. Procter.—" You know, I dare say, that, foe a year or so before his death, he wandered and lost himself, like one of the Children in the Wood, grown up there and grown down again. He had Mrs. Procter and Mrs. Carlyle to breakfast with him, one morning—only those two. Bath excessively talkative, very quick and c'ever, and bent on entertaining him. "When Mrs. Carlyle had flashed and shone before him for about three-quariersof an hour on one subject, he turned his poor old eyes on Mrs. Procter, and, pointing to the brilliant discourser with his poor old finger, said (indignantly), 'Who is she ?' Upon this, Mrs. Proc ter, cutting in, delivered—(it is her own story)—a neat ora tion on the life and writings of Carlyle, and enlightened him in her happiest and airiest manner ; all of which he heard, staring in the dreariest silence, and then said (indignantly as before), " And who are you ?' Three of the steamers conTrising the AD lo- Three steam squadron—viz., the Pekin, China, and Tien tsin—have passed through the Straits of Sunda, en route to England. Captain Sherard Osborn was on Ward the Tien tsin. BAKER, in this letter referred to, sets forward se veral statements which seem to be very conclusive in so far as regards the advisability of the Australian scheme, and it would be well if proper regard were given to those reflections, and heed paid to the suggestions, instead of merely glancing at them in a cursory fashion, and declaring that they will not do, and that we had better keep to the old course of procedure, which has worked very well on the whole. The plan here proposed, that the length of a sentence should depend more upon the number of previous convictions than on the amount stolen, or the manner of the theft, is a very admir able one. What can be more inconsistent than the practice now in vogue of sentencing the same pri soner scores of times, and at last finding out, after the lapse of years, that the adminis tration of the law has proved a mockery of justice, and that far from holding out a deterring influence, imprisonment is rather sought after occasionally as affording a temporary refuge or refreshment when funds are low and pros pects dull with the professional thief and the har dened offender. A more strict set of rules would in reality be the most merciful thing that could be done for the criminals themselves, and must in time effect a beneficial change. Setting aside particular cases, where more stringent measures will be requ site at the outset, it is proposed that the duration of the sentences should run as follows :—" All first convictions to receive a sentence of ten days; all second convictions should entail a very long impri sonment, say one or two years; a third conviction should be met by seven years penal servitude, a fourth by penal servitude for life, and a fifth by transportation to Western Australia." There seem great advantages in this suggestion, and it is of paramount importance that some very decisive steps be taken to prevent the habits of the criminals from becoming so confirmed as they unhappily ara at present. The certainty, that each time he is brought up before the Court, he will greatly aug ment his punishment, must exercise a great influ ence on the mind cf the lawless outcast, and so far as human means can work on the hardened heart, the corrupt mind and the perverted under• standing exercise a preventive power and work a remedial agency that in itself will do wonders. The evils of the present system are aptly displayed in the statistics of the prisons as regards the cases of reconvictions. Thus, we learn that in one year, " 1,085 males and 2,963 females were committed for the eleventh time and oftener, and that 9,256 persons had been convicted for more than a fifth time." Surely such proofs are sufficient to show that some change is imperatively called for; and the sooner some remedial measure is adopted the better for the interests of society and the wiser and kinder for the unhappy individuals themselves. To remain quies cent under a state of things that seems to hold out a premium for crime is a serious error, and the precepts of divine inculcation, added to the best evidences of human wisdom, enjoin and urge upon us to put aside ignorant pre judice and banish slothful indifference, and to rise up and fight the good fight against evil, which is the highest and holiest struggle in which human nature can take part. All successes gained in that cause are benefits and blessings bestowed on man kind ; and they who trample down the vices that degrade, and crush out thu sins that defile the souls of their fellow-creatures, are gaining a vietory whose results will not end with the finite things around them. Greater than him that taketh a city are they who assail the strongholds of vice, and drive forth the destroyer of all that is good from the society in which it has taken a fatal hold. To do this is to be " more than conqueror" in so far as regards the general acceptation of that term. DEATH OF MR. TILBURY, the CO2ADIAN.—Our readers will receive with great regret the intel ligence of the ditcease of Mr. Tilbury, the popular and re spected comedian, after a few weeks' severe illness. He had so long secu red the regard of a great number of friends that inquiries aft er his health were mt •.de daily by those who knew him persor tally, and ',hose only t tcquainted with him in his profession al capacity evinced almost equal interest in their old favor vite.—Era. INDIA. On the arrival of the Bombay mail we have ad vices from Bombay to January 14, and from Cal cutta to January 5. Sir John Lawrence arrived at Madras on the 9th ult., but did not land on account of the heavy surf. His nomination to the post of governor-general ap pears to have given general satisfaction in India. Immediately after his installation he will proceed to Lahore to carry out the programme arranged by Lord Elgin. _ The frontier war, as already announced, is com pletely terminated, and the Times of India says ' that all the objects for which it was undertaken have been accomplished. " The Bonnever men," it adds, " whose opposition caused us to turn aside from our main object, and to subdue whom cost us thirty officers and about seven hundred and forty men in killed and wounded, became as true and faithful friends as they had been brave enemies, and actually fought our final battle for us. The whole of the Punjaub, and the district and border of Peshawur, are perfectly quiet. The new ruler of Afghanistan have given proof of a desire for a good understand ing between his country and British India. There never was a time, perhaps, where there was less cause for apprehension in regard to India than at the present." Sir Hugh Rosa was expected at Peshawur, on the 30th Dec., to arrange for the location of the several corps on their retiring from the frontier service. A Camp of Exercise will be formed at Rawul Pindee. Sir Charles Trevelyan has gone on a tour to the N.W. Provinces to recruit his health, which was suffering from overwork. Sir N. Chamberlain is improving in health. General St. Patrick Lawrence, C. 8., Governor- General's Agent for the Rajpootana States, has been requested by Government to present the insignia of the Star of India to H. IL the Maharajah of Jey poor. The ceremony was to take place at Jeypoor about the 20th ult. The Government of India has formally recognised Sirdar Shere Ali Khcin as Arneer of Affglaanistan. It is stated that the Commander in Chief of India has applied to the Government of India for an in crease in the native army. The line of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company from Surat to Bombay will probably be opened for public traffic in the month of March next. The wife of a Brahmin in Mey war, unwilling to go through the religious sacrifice of suttee, on the death of her husband, was seized violently by her relations, and tortured and burned. The parties were seized and sentenced by Mr. Eden, the poli tical agent, to transportation for periods of two and three years. PRESENT STATE OF HERRING FISHERIES.—The trade of Great Britain has steadily risen since the beginning of the century from about 100,000 to nearly 700,000 barrels, the exports for most years being something like one-third. In 1849, a year of remarkable abundance, the quantity of cured herrings amounted to 1,151,979 barrels, 942,617 from the Scottish, and 209,362 from the English coast. In 1862 the total quantity wa,746,518 barrels.-111r. s Book on the herring. TUE CRINOLINE STEEL TRAFFlC.—Crinolines form an increasing item of railway traffic. Not loss than 100 tons of crinolines are carried over the Man chester, Sheffield, and LincolnshiN3 Railway weekly. Shef field is the principal seat of the manufacture—the fabrica tion of this delicate article giving employment to a largo number of its population. Taking the average weight of each set of crinoline steel hoops at half a pound, the above quantity of steel shows a production of about half a million crinolines per week, independent of what passes from Shef field by other routes. The quantity of steel hoops thus manufactured weekly to enlarge the seeming proportions of th e fair sex, if joined together in a continuous wire, would almost compass the globe.—Railway News, Dr. Guthrie's Anecdotes. The Rev. Dr. Guthrie's `.‘ Anecdotes and StoriA" have been published in a little volume of 216 pages by the Messrs. Houlston and Wright. The copy before us has inscribed upon the title-page second Thousand. As the production, as containing within it some of the very choicest productions, of a Genuine Original, one would rather have expected to see it announced as the twenty-second thousand. Although we are about the farthest removed that can well be imagined from coming under the mere title of one among the disciples of Dr. Guthri& of Edinburgh, we cannot help admiring in him the good heart of a gocd man, of a very remarkable man indeed—a hard-working philanthropist—a rugged yet poetical inculcator of morality, endowed with a rare gift of homely eloquence, with nerves thrilling, and veins throbbing, and a heart beating with the tenderest sensibilities. Even where the opinions to which he gives utter ance are just diametrically opposed to our own, we can't for the life of us help regarding Dr. Guthrie with a respectful and almost affectionate admira tion. And this simply because in him we needs must recognise a man thoroughly in earnest, one perpetually burning to do good to his fellow creatures according to the dictates of his conscience. The Austrian and Prussian Ultimatum, BERLIN, Feb. 2. The folowing is the text of the ultimatum ad dressed by the Prussian and Austrian Ambassadors at Copenhagen to the Danish Government upon the 16th ult. It is addressed to Chamberlain von Quaade, the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs:— Copenhagen, Jan, 16 The Governments of Austria and Prussia had hoped that the common constitution for Denmark and Schleswig, sanctioned by his Majesty King Christian IX., and ap pointed to take effect from the Ist January, 1864, would have been suspended before that date. This hope has not been fulfilled. The constitution came into opera tion upon the Ist of January of the present year, and the incorporation of Schleswig was thereby accomplished. The Danish Government has thus unequi vocally broken the obligations which it undertook in 1852 as well towards the German Confederation as in especial towards the two great German Powers, and has thereby created a position of affairs which cannot be regarded as justified by treaties, The abovenamed two Powers owe it to themselves and to the Federal Diet, in consequence of the part they took in those proceedings the result of which was also approved by the Federal Diet at their recommendation—not to allow this position to continue. They address, therefore, to the Danish Government once more an express summons to withdraw the constitution of the 18th November, 1863, which rests upon no legal foun dation, and thus at any rate to restore the preceding status quo as the necessary preliminary to every further nego tiation. Should the Danish Government not comply with this summons, the two above-named Powers will find them selves compelled to make use of the means at their command for restoration of the status Quo and security of the Duchy of Schleswig against illegal union with the kingdom of Denmark. The undersigned ambassadors of the two Powers, who, although not formally accredited, act in this matter by special commission of their Governments, are directed to require the withdrawal of the constitution of Nov. 18 of last year, and to leave Copenhagen in case of not receiving an intimation in the course of the 18th inst. that such a step has been taken. The undersigned embrace this opportunity of express ing, &c. (Signed) BRENNER. BALAN SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR. SAM COWELL.—The admirers of this popular vocalist will be pained to hear that at this moment he is entirely prostrated from severe indisposition. This gentlemen—who is now sojourn ing at the town of Blandtord, in Dorsetshire—was at one time the genius of the age in the peculiar calling that he had marked out for himself. By his clear and musical voice and irresistible humour, blended with that refinement so charming in comic melody, he rendered himself universally the lion of the time, and it is sad to think that for the last six months society has been deprived of a delightful and heart-spiriting enjoyment. Mr. Cowell's medical advisers entertain serious doubts as to his recovery, though it is hoped that the spring of the year may rastore this prince o good humour to his wonted strength and spirits,—Era. ~.. .~ O lipyv 611114 .*--7 tiro 04' , r 4 , 4, HER MAJESTY. OsBoRNEOFeh' Her Majesty the Queen yesterday o pened th ell o school at Whippingham, which has recently be erected by her Majesty's command. ;, ora l The Queen was accompanie d by th e- ce" Serena Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Fr°..6 Leopold, and Princess Beatrice , and her Highness Princess Hohenlohe. The Rev. George Prothero, rector of Ni r b i P Pip n g : ham, received the Queen at the entrance, Be ere ld cog' b w ducted her Majesty to the schoolroo m' children, about 300 in number, were assenibld od st y where tea was provided for them. Il er l‘eft'j t e bee remained at the school for som e time; an returned to Osborne. Ely the In attendance were . the Marchioness of Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the equerries, and go:100°111 waiting. - The Prince of Wales. re' His Po al Highness the Prince of Wales 11891105 sent at the Windsor steeplechases yesterdsY. royal highness, accompanied by ape, m a jor 'r e° t o a fter C.B., ia arrived on the course a few minutes o'clock in a pair-horse brougham, which drell:titiPted front of the enclosure, where the Prince a b ; g s ol and proceeded to the smaller stand, taking ° w oo by the side of Prince Edward of Sase-Weilnsei had already arrived. The Prince's spPell r9nc i t - , of hailed with enthusiastic cheers. The P u ioo el Manchester, the Earl of Sefton, Liel it ' -u° l the R Baillie, Major Wombwell, and the offi cers °' ertl Royal Horse Guards and Grenadier Gear°' also present. _•_-- Rank of the Royal Vau* (From the Gazette of last _Evening) vev.3. WHITEHALL, ' ~,,teet The Queen has been pleased, by letter ° ! a f oi under the Great Seal, to declare her r 0 9 311 „ 1 ; 4' pleasure that besides the children of the s° °f of these realms, the children of the solo ° * bo fe, boal title, or Sovereign of Great Britain and Ireland, and at all times hold and enjoy, the se' „ it allir attribute of " Royal Highness," with their ' - . r re , dignity of princf or princess prefixed to thei t itlO spective Christian, names, or with their ° tbe i t i 0 4 of honour; and further to declare he r W a i ct• llls pleasure that the Earl Marshal of Eng l d - 'iett e l deputy for the time being, do cause the °s" g 0 ° i patent to be recorded in her Majesty's Co-, vie d s l ' Arms to the end that the officers of arr as ' 11 others may take due notice thereof. c O nl. co .tot Their Royal High Dunile" Thee ' rr _.- esses the bridge and Princess Mary visited the 013'1:01c05981 ; ght. h ni t ° l The Archbishop of .Canterbury an d -e icg t°l; Longley have arrived at Lambeth Pa l a ce froml fiei Park, Croydon. 0 1 " a select l'he c l i ) r u cl k e e a a t n d d in D ne u r c l h as e t ss ev o e f Sutherland ente 6t* 00 04 James's. Earl of Glasgow has nin e ct a t/fse'' The hall Hotel, n ot „ e , The Earl and Lady Constance Grc ele v,, lc C ' arrived in town for the season from Caper"' 5 The Countess of Uxbrid has arrived 0 shire. lia t st. % G v e e or g e ' go understand Georg e 's that a . . 9 art left fatt Stafferthel"7 ' ang ea d br oo tween Captain Walsh, of TheinHararylsatiguegsly gent, litt Countess Ferrets. Stitjsti Lord Adolpus Vane Tempest an d 31 ° 11"; Vane Tempest have arrived at their residence iii Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Basset have arr li ea " square from Wynyard Park. ~,11. I tO Rome for the winter from Tehidy Park, Corn"- eo fe te!, jie ttt Sir Henry and Lady Fletcher hav° - V Farrance's Hotel from Fennard Souse) 54ePt°11. Som si e r rse j t o sh h i n re 1e h e of the Portland Clarenceh7ontdel,LSloudythspeai,lflooraandfaitiilLfe. '614 _,,,-, DEATH OF PROCTOR, THE PO ETS~ pir e t :a week the school of light and elegan t liter n il e 11.°.he ...-- Niiss England has suffered a heavy loss--not t o{ b 7 0 4 , 111 :t . ripenedslc.eoifr Cornwall,'' to aa ll i dll a ,e m m. rh e o a l n o d ve p t e h r e fe b c e te a d uti c t a .u r l ee a r nd h t a i s ae le t f r t t :: l : o 7:: l : 4 i' ruit of life-long labour, but of one who h 9O e- h pec w e is mi,,s of A rare promise, and some of natural esee lle o f '' • l iii l'agidaevePtorotchteer,wotrhide tehledefisrtstolparuogol;Worw,coBo:l.; fa l r' that was in her, the critics recognised in tbe Il e a i lao t ' o e 84::Alic theiSicilian o i c r . w ,a orthy daughter of a worthy sire. On Por tly l.lleSscl ; ll tll erf inst., she died at 32, Weymouth-street, s ''' clo to Adelaide Anne Proctor was born about 1 835 ' 01 0 ° 4 0' ci eGs u at i er t ed t e me d ne)a a , known ß to the world as "Barry Cornwall," t° his a , '" si r o yan Waller Procter, to professional cirelesilooviroof •• ner of lunacy, was Byron's form, fellow circa[ ttil e i sib) l i 'a l s i v a ot n hf Bo S cre t o of r f y o r , English songs, &c., and, having " Mirandola" (1821, acted with g eat oucceof- Thudi for tile er iti i il l` ric° many years, till 1860, the office of conimissiee. tr l' iet of Miss Proctor first became known to the 1, / . l A ° jtl ii t yl l and Legends," published 1858-61, and 11 f ' l eo,' P Verse" (1862). In her poems there ism eel l , ° 0,50 1 P;VO tenderness and grace, and not a little of b it3 co lle cl ; / :aplriatemraartyielisfek,etero C(,olei,,t, 1861 she undertook the editorship of a v olere ° ga te °. IgioinFealood o f he.,c,,, Victoria Regia," consisting of poetry frore 9.P. - 0 0 tributors, from Alfred Tennyson to Ise Crei; be o ° ol o LISZT, THE PIANIST, is reported by bc , relig o d papers still in Rome, absorbed entireli by pee( practices, and likely to become a monk' , r il e , ll •o3 rf3or tV) seals, in the castle of Altenburg, near " - , T y:io 4 ol sesses, they add, certain musical treasures, e of tv 10 last ßee t t h h o r v e e e n y ,s ear p s ia h n a o 7 sot d made seen b y dßaryoladigvillto.o O t ,i 13 1:10 d;: 11 ,;c 0 i. ~1 /1. : d '"'" rent 40' selected (in the year 1819) as a present for d oe' (t or poser, by J. B. Cramer and his scholar, er e p lan e ehe et . Also Mozart's piano, made of oak, a e uil ,,, t e - sicle e ;it) i)fl c form), with a compass of only 41 octaves. m o o, t i 4 organ-stop, of the value of L 3 7 5. modern masterpiece of Erard's--a grand P bo d til ti , 4 It is c l°u • O F will ever return to Weimar. 0 14 10 1; .., $0 h ti i if THE DROESHOUT ETCHING OF oce tc. - por eil ' supposed to have been made after El 0 01" by Richard Burbage, the theatricalsrnae'd Dare' spare's life. The eyes have a peculia worn 06001P.:0,, look. In his London days, we may et, se ,' p 0 / 201 1 :0 a hard-working man. He looked more PL t1 ; 1 00 , - 00 c , doubt, after ho bad retired to Strattord-00-`-ora 010,4 enjoyed his leisure and the country air. oli o l t,. 1 4 ; read the beneficial effects of this change Brie e g „ r i i 1° 4.9 0 .A between the London portrait and the Strat';9o to ' po ir , ti are the other differences between them verY 0 be i f, e of If, as is not unlikely, Burbage drew 110trsig 0 1 ' l3 OO , in the costume of some theatrical per t, the o f 110 11 , 13 0 11 0 ,4 0 hair which fall in a mass on either side,oe bee; have been a sort of wig, and his face trisY_doebo9,„eo(l4; for the stage, more closely than he aftervlet off 007,010",,,, it when he lived at Stratford as condition. The expression of his fee° , bat l i , °t iv o „ Ile picture is candid, serene, and Intel This, a lso ' l3 0 4 0 ';,:0 a goldn; tb Pry p oil i ` o than that of the Stratford %List. Tt lis ' t e t t e t ' i' 111 :1 1 0 t ic i, 4 might fairly expect in a portrait of hirn 9 ' tici w ith . .. t ll O Ol was occupied tivith poetic authorship s oy certenp, of business of his profession. It is Cosmostolertablie svegifj his latter years, he led an easy O,OO ( t. are e 0 eschewed those literary labours whit nrio Jed of the flesh. as r ra The Lela ,- 0 1 %0 0 ' ASTRONOMICAL PRIZE.---,--- , i 0 yOP or p lo- i l i o the French Academy has been Ibis inf li , s o ef of to M. Chacornac, for his observations a v ert , t ot 1010300 p It will be in the recollection of oua O a c orlrr c o ri o i d celebrated American optician, for his famous 181-inch object-glas C er es, ! ea rs of tbi o ale therewith. The four small phinets iefireiepe! JO: Aloe. and discos oefeei,, Vesta were discovered in the first se.vsei."s) S. : ra , V ri , 0 , tury. Thirty-eight years later (in half' ot teriv disc i:1 0 0 0o covered Astrea, A year and e ,doa set e o di il° to tb wit t ' ,0' covered the small planet Ilebe. T _ e ra ._„,oe j , once drew the attention of astronel..o44 ow' , ide a 'AO . Since that epoch, each year has en [dined 0 1 ' . o f tD ° 41 1 ; planets. Several savaias baud ent ,, r tue a tb° ° ,, tb°l o l o strutting maps more coinprehenei" Anio°ei 0 1 0 1 0 a denry of Berlin—the only ow e il'of.usy;:rk, we 00 u l o pde li i i , were occupied with this spee 2 ° s ~r.. Val °. or o° o , o o that worthy veteran of science, i ild w ee e,.. eo ed 40 0 4 , the construction of celestial woo , a ,00 ott: r. C11:0.00,;, his projects by M. Chacornac, wl i° il l e s. •`"twi iiterio!,l 1 D iar6 o „, of (0) P , .it i taut to the Observatory 0 tio,• 0 c ie• 2,000 t ity of 0 t la showed great activity in the e so 4 ,,,t4 of o e t , and in the collection of an iron°'l,,eratieli_oz.g li t op el! t ` .l ,, likely to conduce, later, to the P . r o vki D ie " lip tio e e_ t oll' o i maps. He came in 1851 to contie7olbis.ecirogo ;Delo versity of Paris. Several nurab r n v tilt° 0:1 0 ' 40 0 1 ,4 idi' be l O W , l' f ' d anent. The exactness of these ~.._.,„ pin 0 tit ian'. i ca- der by astronomers who haVe used toe'''_;l. 0 3c _,, i0 0 .oc lo ~ been published from 1355 to 18_6:bos 1960ti0e,0, ct o f th e ' o r, l's63l' c ,P small planets—and,in respe ...,etaltne i f , 1 s fas I ifs nothing to desire. The six t e ll ‘s i 12 Fe 1)0 9 co rt , et e, " ti e r ti sented to the Academy on th T ot s. O i l plO t pe c t iotl, ° 4 more than 12,000 stars. Wi al _ e d i sillodegoolecoro strutting his maps, he disGove,lo the A.ll,_ol' April, 1863, he made kn 0011,..,,, in !,,op , phenomenon of a variable LlT'cbgeorP Taurus. We thus re e that .el. his reward. 4 0 , „ Ttiere i, rArat ice ? _villa a d t and 8 - lee erities. it hant ap Yeet 41 t he there was S ipco cl °led The at 41 ,_ -01 uo 11 4 m, nt P r t - -ac ) 14el t, b litte, Coz i