The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-14 00:00:00

TEIEATRE. ROYAL DRURY - LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, will ba produced an entirely new and original Comedy, by Edmund Falconer, Author of " Extremes," " Woman." " Peep o'Day," &c., entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Romance of the Nursery, in which Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G. Edmore, F. Charles. Neville ; MHO Charlotte Situn.Jers, Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs Ed mund Falconer. assisted by other artist s, will perform. Atter the Comedy will be presented A DAY WE LL SPENT, principal characters by favourite members of the Company. Box-othcc open from Ten till Five daily. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. tossee, Mr. George Vinim.; Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte. Mr. W alter Montgomery ; Damas, Mr. C. Fitz james ; Pauline, Miss Kate Saville. To conclude with THE POST BOY. Mr. Sefton Parry. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 'l' El IS EVENING, CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Mr. A. "Wood (Ills first appearance). Followed by THE TRAGEDY QUEEN. Mrs. Stirling. Atter which, at 4-past 8 o'clock. the new drama of THE _HAUNTED MAN; OR, THE G. ()ST'S BARGAIN, in 'which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of - he Great Spectral Illusion. M essrs. A. Wood, H. Phillips, Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with a new comic drama, THE HEN AND CHICKENS ; or, A Sign of Affection. Messrs. Billing - ton, H. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss 11. Simms. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Leigh Murray, Followed by (19th time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN 11131 OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DA'.—Morning, 2h. 45:n.—Afternoon, 2h. 58m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 3h. 16m.—Afternoon, 3h. 30m The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 14, 1863. THEILNIONETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 64 Barometer-30.29. Wind—W.; moderate, and fine. 4 r ., A, v jg „SUIT LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 1863. In the midst of all the sanguinary horrors and confusion of this most lamentable war in North America, the one blessing which we have all felt so mi„eht result from it, is alre a dy hopeful, from the first , apparent as a thing inevitable. It is not only now before us all, as the spectators of the struggle, as a matter of mere vague expectation. It is even n o w partially assured—it is already in process of realisation. The belligerents themselves have, within this present year of grace, 1863, guaran teed it, so to speak, es a result that can now by no possibility be evaded. They have, in their several ways, rendered it an unavoidable consequence of the fierce struggle in which they are engaged. The one has done this, it may be said, negatively : the other positively. Each has fully committed himself to it. In neither instance, is there an open left for withdrawal from the course upon which they have both alike entered quite deliberately—the one 'with the best grace possible, the other with about the worst. And that course, in each instance, so dissimilar, so apparently trending in opposite direc tions, after that seeming divergence, end at the same beneficent goal—Emancipation. President LINCOLN at the commencement of the present year, holding up the Banner of Emancipa tion as a. 'ehreat before the Confederates, issued a proclamation virtually declaring the boon to be penal in its character and in its consequence. In the hands of that irritated ruler of the Federals— worsted as all his plans had been then, from the very outset of the war, by those bewildering Secessionists, the rebels as their enemies call them, the Confede rates as they call themselves—in the weak but spasmodic grasp of Mr. LINCOLN, that white and blessed Banner of Emancipation, blackened by the thunder of the fratricidal war in which it was raised, and stained by the blood of the numerous battle fields through which it had been trailed, appeared to the recognition at once of both North and South, and to the horror of all Europe, even When viewing it remotely from the opposite shores of the Atlantic, as a malignant and almost despair ing signal for the transformation of a Civil into a Servile war ! Or, rather, it should be said, for the enhancement of the atrocity of the one by the addition to it of all the scarcely definable fero- Cities of the other ! Several months have, since then, elapsed, and we all know the feeble conse quences of that most desperate of all the many desperate ventures of the Federal PRESIDENT. We know, so far as Mr. LINCOLN'S proclamation itself is concerned, that, month after month, it ap peared powerless in the way of giving rise to any appreciable consequences at all, great or small, raped or tardy, goof, bad, or indifferent. The Pearls chaunted by the infatuated be lievers M Federalism as the 70t1 0 - 70) of the Abolition tat, month after month, here received no kind or • Justification whatsoever. Similarly, it might be said,that,with the advance of time, thefears of those who dreaded the effect of Mr. LINCOLN'S signal for a Servile War, faded out most happily, first of all little by little, but afterwards rapidly and altogether. i re eoe one undeniable step, how ever, which was taken by Mr. LINCOLN, in the very act of issuing his historical proclamation— (darkly or brightly hi s t orical it matters nothing)— was a step in advance, a ate D that could not be re traced. By taking that step, . esui hiltay_,elt ..lng . that pro c!amation, he had pledged and his Govern ment, he had permanently and . uemistakeaoly Government of the ' ' T ' r tb, the Govern thenceforth, coute pledged the went of the Federals, to maintain, qui coute, to the life and to the death, the • - principles of Aboliti on, the cause of Emancipation. No mat ter how mean the motive prompting hi m to the act, the act itself W3B accomplished. Mr. LINCOLN had done for spite, had done out of despair, h ad ... done in fury, had done for what you will—that which he and his predecessors had never had the heart to do previously in obedience to the prompt ings of eit,her conscience or magnanimity. Preside at DAvis, after the lapse of nearly three quarters of a year has only just now, and therefore quite delib erately,responded to the challenge thrown out to Malt by that proc!amation of Mr. LINCOLN on the let of last Janulry. And how has the Con- federate C7dvernment reiponded to that challenge of the Feder ),1 Governtnen of the North in reference to the futl ire treatment the black copulation of both Nort born and Souther n S rates ? By a resolution pledging . President Davis awl his colleagues no less securely a ad permanently to tNe great and sacred cause held, dm • to the heart and slonscience of every earnest A boliti onist. The calling out by the South of 5 00,000 nege nes—upon the promise of each one amongst them r 2.ceiving, not only a plot of land at the close of tin war, but his emancipation from slavery at the date of his enlistment—is the vir tual pledging of the Confederate States to the abolition of sla very altogether. So that, already, this otherwise, most deplorable war is yielding 80 me happy -r :salts, even in the midst of the anguish and desolation it is producing, and of which it is likely, alas ! still for an indefinite period to be prodnctivp. The invitation which the Emperor of AUSTRIA addressed to the King of DENMARK bidding him to the Conference of German Potentates, recently held at Frankfort, was, as we all know, declined, by King FREDERICK. The terms of his refusal are now before us, reprinted from the Europe, and they will be studied with some interest by politicians and statesmen. The task which his Danish MAJESTY had before him was a delicate and diffi cult one. He naturally felt it to be impossible to be present at the Congress among his enemies of the Confederation. It was true that his arch-ad versary, Prussia, would not be represented, but there were plenty of minor Powers quite ready to fight her battles, and to make themselves disagree able to the ruler de facto of Schleswig. It was, too, unfitting the dignity of an independent and reigning Sovereign to attend personally at a Con gress consisting principally of the members of that Diet who had but a short time back announced their intention of invading his dominions. If he con sulted dignity, he would angrily resent their inter ference and embroil himself still further with the rulers of States more powerful than his own. If he listened to prudence, and attempted conciliation, he would be called upon to make hasty pledges to tie himself down by restrictions and admissions which would make his case still worse. From very dif ferent motives than those which actuated the Kiug of PRUSSIA and his ill-omened advisers, King FREDERICK of Denmark resolved to refrain from visiting Frankfort. It was necessary, however, that all courtesy should be observed in declining the invitation of FRANCIS JOSEPH, and accordingly we find that the Danish KING is profuse in his assurances of sympathy in the cause and of favour able prognostications as to the result. Nothing would be more agreeable to him, he declares, than to take part in the proceedings, since he is "sin cerely interested" in the results, which, he believes, will be " salutary to the whole of Germany." H e flatters himself that the Austrian KAISER will a ppreciate the motives which guide him in his re fusal, and declares that he will follow the course of events with lively solicitude, and ex presses his conviction that, owing to the favourable inauguration o f t h e meet i ng under the Imperial auspices, there is good reason to hope for a satisfactory conclusion. After this well turned compliment he takes the opportunity to allude delicately to his own position, and very ingeniously contrives to identify himself in his maintenance of Danish rights with the Austrian EMPEROR in his new schemes of reform. "In times past I have already testified my desire of co-operating with re gard to the Dachies of Holstein and Lauenburg in a development of the Germanic Confederation, which should reconcile the exigencies of the day with the imprescriptible rights of the Sovereigns, and I am convinced that the high sagacity of your imperial MAJESTY will succeed in attaining this object." He goes on to say that he has grounds for hoping for a speedy conclusion of the negotiations now pending with the Confederation with regard to the constitutional position of the Duchies, and he is the more anxious for such a termination as it will enable him to associate himself in matters concern ing his German territories with the new arrange ments. His Majesty of DENMARK thus carefully avoids putting himself in opposition to the views of his powerful correspondent ; and, indeed, it is pro bable that he is inclined to participate in them to some degree. He is not likely to look too favour ably on the constitution of that Confederation which has already cost him so much trouble ; and under a new settlement of affairs the King of DENMARK might obtain a more satisfactory position, and secure a recognition of his indepen dent rights. If he could gain the support of the Austrian EMPEROR, the situation of affairs would be very much altered, and it is not impossible that, with a view to humbling Prussian pretensions, Vienna might give some indirect countenance to Copenhagen. It is true that it was asserted that Austrian troops were to put into practice the threat ened " Federal execution" in Schleswig ; but Austria is not the power really concerned in the possession of Kiel. The Danish KING must see with some satisfaction the increasing complexity of German affairs. Austria has undertaken the inau guration of this comprehensive amendment of the Constitution. Prussia is involved in a domestic crisis which threatens serious consequences ; while the smaller States are divided between anxiously debating what parts they shall play between the two chief actors and in apprehensively regarding the steps France takes towards the Rhine. Among these various and conflicting interests which have grown rapidly in importance during the past six months, Denmark stands a better chance of being left unmolested for the time. It is almost doubtful whether the alliance with England can be ranked among the deterrent agencies, seeing that Earl RUSSELL'S erratic and inconsistent policy appears to be influenced by no such considerations. Lord PAL. MERSTON'S manly and straightforward exposition of the real design and object of the Prussian policy may possibly have had weight with the cautious members of the Confederation, and certainly the Danish KING will not fail to give his friends and allies an opportunity of assisting him. The dignity and decision with which ho has " held his own" against the unfounded pretensions of Garman ag gressors have never faltered whether in addressing a firm yet temperate remonstrance to the Diet, in dealing with his refractory subjects of Holstein, in rejecting the " pretended friendship" of Earl RUS SELL'S preposterous suggestions, or in replying to the courtesies of the Austrian EMPEROR. By his resolute maintenance of his unquestionable rights, at the same tima that he has studiously avoided giving his adversaries any just ground of offence, he has secured the sympathies of all right thinking and independent men. He may rest assured that whatever the sentiments of the English Govern ment, the English nation will not suffer him to rest unaided should foreign aid be called for, s;nce the independence of Denmark is to them a ques tion 01 the fi rs t i m p or t ance , w h e th er as regar d s ing th e p o li tical adjustment of Europe, or as a mat ter of equ i ty and right. ,ord STANLrE: p ied on Thursday at the res-ddis tribution of pi by the Preston School referringA He commenced by o at the Preston School of Art. to the progress made r f t otr d m u a ri t n t o g n i o t f s w fi h v fire which years' this existence. He then went lordship . considero of how h themade an e larger some subject of" that art for the how far it Preston School exists." Hi s far arc interesting remarks on the quest i on detail, and ought the origin and is cultivi.ted in this country, an d He went into this matter in pre. to be. sonic(' his hearers with a resume of progress of art in various phases of society. I n early and rude states there was little leisure for any wants to be attended to. but those W hi c h rslatoi to " safety and subsistence. While nations were struggling for their existence they had no time to tldnk of anything beyond actual necessities; they hail no more refined wants than those of the animal na tore. They built only for shelter and defence, an d if they adorned anything it was their persons att 1 weapons. But when they aimed at a higher THE; SON, LONDON, state there arose that discontent of their position which in some degree is the cause of progress. The reason and tho imagination exercised themselves, and they began to desire, not only to live securely, but to understand what was about them, and to gratify the love of beauty, which seems nziversal. There is a bad and barbarous art, the same as there exists a rude and primitive literature; but there is no nation that has long existed securely that has not had something it meant for literature, and also something which it meant for art." This is a very true definition of the rise and progress of art in the infancy of nations, and serves to typify its necessity to every state that atall progress in its existence, or that o enough to carry on indepen dentlyni s t a powerfuli n s the germs e rm so f of others. Lor d STANLEY then went on to c explain the first appearance of artistic creations. They were always distinguished for vastness, but gradually came the higher development of taste and when the feeling for art reached this stage it became popular, !and was the " property and spo - session of an entire nation." As an illustration of this, he went on to show how things that were sumptuous and splendid might yet not show to ad vantage beside articles which, inferior in intrinsic value, were to the eye of taste more characteristic of beauty. As for architecture, you might look, un fortunately, in many English towns at some building of cote, to raise which estates have been sold, and yet some simpler edifice at not a hundredth part of the cost may strike " the eye as conforming to those rules of beauty from which the more sumptuous edifice departs." This is the right way to impress upon the minds of others the inherent principles of art, that its triumphs do not depend upon the dis play of money or the lavishness of the style em ployed, but that humble efforts may in their way be more successful. Lord F. —TANLEY forcibly brought out his meaning in these words:— " What is the result of all this ? why that art ought not to be, cannot be, the mere plaything of luxury or the slave of wealth." He then expatiated on the universality of the prin ciples of art, which were unlimited in extent, and not confined to narrow bcundaries, or influenced by sordid motives. "I hardly understand a man of sense and feeling," he said, " setting great store on pleasures which cannot be shared by the great bulk—at least, of educated men. We value art, we honour it, we seek to promote it, be- cause it is in its nature universal—popular in the true sense—bQcause, like all sources of enjoyment, which are intellectual, not material, it belongs to all those, and to those only, who have within themselves the power to appreciate it—who arc students and scholars, not merely pur chasers and patrons." His lordship next commented on the necessity of art, especially in the present day, to counteract the growing tendencies of the age to monetary considerations alone. From the lawyer, with his briefs, to the operative who tends the loom and those who labour, all take to one serious pur suit, and keep to it during the greater part of their lives. However good for society this may be, it is injurious to the individual, for the absorption begets a narrowness, and also produces a craving for excitement and pleasure. To gratify these feelings is a difficult thing, and well it is that art can do so much. His lordship remarked on th© great improvements that had been made by Eng lish manufacturers of late years. I\l. CHEVALIER, in his report on the late Exhibition, had mentioned this striking and satisfactory movement. kle even dreaded lest the pre-eminence of France, in the regions of taste, might be injured by the progress and skill exhibited by English workmen. Some , other French gentlemen have expressed themselves to this effect, and attributed the success to the Schools of Design. Finally, Lord STANLEY made some admirable remarks on the absurd notions that prevail in some quarters regard ing the impossibility of English taste being culti vated. There is no want of a love of beauty in the English mind, remarked his lordship. No people in Europe, except the Dutch, were so sensitive to dirt and disorder, negligence and slovenliness, as the English. If it is too early to boast, it is also too early to give up. At one time a gentleman im ported his pictures as he imported his wine, from necessity, for no English school of painting existed. It was therefore patent to observation that England had during the present generation made great and rapid progress. "In promoting theseschools of design intended for the better culture of art, we are sup plying a real want, and representing the real ten dency of our time." It is satisfactory when those in a high position come forward like Lord STANLEY to afford their assistance towards carrying out those interesting and important objects. It is to be hopad that his earnest and impressive words will not be thrown away upon those to whom they were addressed, but that they will persevere in their efforts, and by their success inspire others to follow their example. The benefits that accrue to a country from the right understanding and true ap preciation of art are incalculable, and no efforts should be spared to encourage its progress. ANOTHER COLONELCY VACANT !—The colonelcy of the 2d Life Guards is again vacant by the death of Earl Beauchamp, who enjoyed the honour only for a few months. Ws believe it is the rule, that none but peers shall have the colonelcies of the Household Cavalry, and the accompanying Court office of Gold Stick in Waiting. It may be fairly presumed then, that the Marquis of Tweed dale is not unlikely to be the new colonel, as he is the only peer who is a full general. Ile was never a cavalry officer, but neither were Lord Gough, nor Lord Seaton, nor other possessors of these posts. Long and distinguished service has been generally held to furnish a c!aim, irrespectively of ,the arm of the service in which it was rendered, and these qualifications Lord Tweeddale very well fulfils— Army and .Nary Gazette. CAMPDEN HOUSE—we have from the Court Journal—Somewhere about the middle of the last century, became a fashionable ladies' boarding school. Here George Selwyn visited a protegee of his, Mdlle. Fagniani, who married the late Marquis of Hertford. Campden House, which had fallen into the hands of a Mr. Pitt, continued to be a boarding -school up to a considerable period of the present century. Mr. Wolley's residence there has lately been made known to the public. Offering no comment upon the trial, we content ourselves with con• gratulating Mr. Wolley on the result, which we consider was a moat just one. When leaving Croydon, Mr. Wolley and Miss Coape were loudly cheered by the populace. The bells at Kensington rang when the news reached there of the verdict ; and the neighbourhood of Notting-hill seemed delighted at the result of this protracted trial. And last, though not least, nearly all the numerous friends and tic. quaintances who partook of the hospitality of Campden wa rmly expressed their sympathy at th e H result.ouee have TIIE RUSSIAN ANSWER AND COMING REFORMS. —lf we are well informed (says the Independance), and we believe we are, the _Russian answer which is ex• pected in London, Paris, and Vienna, whilst maintaining the principles already laid down by ItusE la in previous despatches, and reiterated in the last article of the iSt.. _Petersburg Journal, will likewise contain an indication of the reforms projected by the Government of the Cz tr. These reforms will consist of the introduction of the prin ciple of decentralisation, on representative bases, into the administration of the empire. Provincial institu tions, similar to those of the arrondissement and departmental councils of France will be established. The members will be chosen by election. The functions of these councils will be more extensive than the similar ones in France, and will more resemble iu character those of the provincial councils in Belgium. With respect to Poland theinstitutions indicated in the treaties of 1815, with per ' haps some extension, will be granted, but only alter its St. part of Petersburg, foreigners, but its pacification, and whh out the least mixture of interference on the The con t e a n u t s s w a e r r e will already s ooknnboew known sent from the:Governments of France, England, and Austria, and have given entire satisfaction to two of them, the meaning of which ie that the third will also have to accept them. CANADA. MO - NDAY EVENING Le , '" l4l PTEMPEP 14 1,;(1`1 .3 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DRURY LANE THEATRE, MONTREAL, SEPT, 3. Mr. Sicotte'd motion of want of confidence in the Ministry has been defeated in the Assembly by a majority of 63 against GO votes. THE CHANNEL FLEET. LIVERPOOL, SEPT, 14. The Channel fleet arrived at the bar at three o'clock this morning, and will come up the Mersey at noon. The winter season of this national establishment commenced on Saturday evening, under the management of Messrs, Falconer and Cnatterton. Although in the company the names of many of the favourites of last season are not to be found, yet amongst those already engaged by the combined management we have Messrs. Walter Lacy, Ryder, Addison, G. Belmore, Charles, Barrett, and Neville, Misses C. Saunders, Murray, Rose Leclerq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. Mr. Phelps is also under en gogement to Messrs. Falconer end Chatterton, and the piece in preparation for this gentleman is Lord Byron's tragedy of Manfred, which is to be produced with extraordinary splen dour. The opening piece on Saturday was a three act comedy frcw the pen of Mr. Falconer, entitled entitled " Nature's above Art," the plot of which is certainly neither brief nor simple. On the contrary, it is difficult, nay almost impossible, to see the intention of the author, yet as nearly as we could make it out it is as follows. An elderly country gentleman, one Mr. Mordaunt, residing in Warwickshire, is awaiting the return of his son Edgar from his travels, when, through the mysteri ous hints of a certain romantic chambermaid, one Sally Stiggins, we begin to imagine the above men tioned Edgar is not that personage. This impres sion is strengthened when we find that Mr. Edgar, instead of applying the proceeds of the large cheques he has been in the habit of receiving from Mr. Mordaunt in improving his intellectual capacities, has been squandering t hem in low life and dissipation with a member of the P.R., one Bill Puddick, and another individual, a little more polished but not less unscrupulous, a Mr. Meander Wilderspoon. Before the conclusion of the first act the doubt re lative to Edgar being Mordaunt's son becomes a certainty, and then arrives an interesting young lady, Miss Ellen Lacy, with a companion and schoolfellow, Blanche Maydew,at the Squire's home. Blanche is a foundling, and when the old man en• deavours to recollect where he has seen ber before, we begin to suspect that she is the personage whose arrival is so anxiously lcoked for. In the second act we expect to find the identity of Blanche Msydew established, but it is not so, and again we are left to puzzle ourselves who the " real Simon Pure" is. We now learn that just at the time Squire Mordaunt's lady became a mother, Mrs. Stiggins, a domestic in the service, also gave birth to a daughter, and both infants being females, we are informed by the housekeeper that a change of babies took place, and that the romantic and heroic Sally Stiggins is no other than the daughter of Squire Mordaunt. Sally now assumes high impor tance, and ,the once wealthy Edgar now sinks into comparative poverty, at the same time his name, of course, changes from that of highsoundingMordaunt to that of vulgar Stiggins. Sally, now a lady, finds she cannot stoop to marry Edgar Stiggins, and not withstanding the appeals of her or adored lover, she gives him the cold shoulder. All seems going on satisfactorily when a Mr. Oldacre arrives at the hall, and he creates the utmost consternation by his informing them that the child, imagined to be a girl, was in fact ale ; then the fortunes of Sally begin to decline, and Edgar thinks there's yet a chance left for him. The complicated matter, how ever, is taken in hand in the third act by the house keeper, and she calls in an aged nurse who declares that a mistake has been made about the change, that the son of Squire Mordaunt is n other than Meander Wilderspoon, who, during the action of the piece, has become a penitent and re formed gentleman, and whose identity can be esta blished by the mark of a pickled walnut (!)on his left arm. Blanche Maydew turns out to be the lost daughter of Mr. Oldacre, and everything ends to the satisfaction of all parties engaged in the play, if not to those who have been witnessing its representa tion "before the curtain." We must say that great perplexity evidently prevailed amongst the audience, and they seemed inclined to agree in the opinion expressed byßillPuddick,when he exclaimed "I'm blessed if I know who's who, or what's what." Mr. Lacy, Mr. Addison, Mr. Ryder, and Mr. G. Bohnore sustained capitally the respective parts of Meander Wilderspoon, Bill Puddick, Squire Mor daunt, and Edgar; whilst Miss Charlotte Saunders IS Sally Stiggins, and Mrs. Falconer as the house keeper, acted with their accustomed spirit and effect. The great fault of the piece is over-elabo ration, but when the play has undergone the com pression that usually takes place after a first repre sentation there seems to be no reason why "Nature's above Art" should not become attrac tive, notwithstanding its peculiar construction. The good old Lyceum farce, " A Day Well Spent," in which in for mer days poor Wiench and Oxbcrry used inthe old time todelight the public, brought the entertainments to a very satisfe.ctory conclusion. Mr. Falconer received a very hearty and enthu siastic welcome on his appeariez before the curtain to acknowledge the honour of " a call," and every person present seemed to be animated with the wish and desire that his present season may result in a solid and substantial success. FRANCE. M. DE PERSIGNY CREATED A DUKE. PARIS, SUNDAY. M. de Persigny has been created a duke, in testi mony of regard for the services ha has rendered to the state, and for his pzrsonal devotion to the Emperor. BOURSE, Sept.l2.—The market has much changed from the tone it exhibited yesterday. Stock has been freely offered, and prices have generally re ceded. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f. 85c. Railway Shares are also quoted lower. The market again improved a little towards the close, and left off as follows :- 4 per Cents .. 96 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 Credit Mobilier 1187 50 Do. end month 1192 50 Bank Shares 3380 Credit Fonder l4lO Italian Loan 73 50 Do. end month 73 80 New ditto Do. end month 73 55 Russian Austrian Spanie,h Threes — Home Debt BAILWAY6. Cash. Account. Orleann 1045 .. 104 5 Northern - New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1057 50 .. 1007 50 Geneva 497 50 .. 7 Southern 746 25 .. 742 DO Western Eastern Sardinian 427 50 .. 427 50 Austrian. Lon.bard North of Spain ...... Saragossa. Ditto to Barcelona RUSSIA. The following is a translation of the article in the Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 9th Septem ber, a telegr a phi e summary of w hi c h h as a lready appeared :—" We have more t h a n once pointed out the manwavres of som e organs o f the press to drive public opini on i nto a path which can only lead to deception. Th us, when the secon d d espatc h es of the three Courts respecting the affairs of Poland were forwarded to St. Petersburg, the foreign news papers vied with each other in promulgating a report that the Russian Government accepted the proposi tions made to it with some insignificant modifica tions. Hopes were thus engendered which we re not in keeping with the real state of affairs, and when the truth became known the inevitable explana tions which followed were turned to account in the most hostile manner by the very men who had propagated the rumours. At the time we warned our reader to be cautious in believing them. We fulfil a similar duty to-day by putting them on their guard against rumours of a similar nature. The foreign press is launching forth into the wildest conjectures respecting the projects of the R ussian Government as reg ar d s P olan d and Germany. Radical reforms are sp o k en o f , w hich are to be im mediately introduced into the kingdom of the em pire; new alliances are hinted at respecting the affairs of Germany. The conclusions which are drawn from them are as false as the premises. The position taken by the St. P e t ers b urg Cabinet rela tive the unanimous a the n im o a u ff s a i s r e s n f m ehte f Russia, cco Poland, in a clear, and there is not an ythi ng to in dicate an incli nation to deviate f rom it. T he sen timents of the Sovereign tow ar d s hi s P o li s h su bjects have not undergone any chan ge . B u t, i n his solicitude for i r a da perfectly clear, withct their welfare, his Majesty has declared that be con sidered it his first duty to proceed to the re-estab lishment of material order. The experience of the last two years has sufficiently proved that nothing solid can be erected upon ground upset by anarchi cal passions. As regards the diplomatic question, the Imperial Government remains resolved to fulfil its international obligations, but also to maintain the rights of Russia within the limits of treaties. "As regards the affairs of Germany, the St. Petersburg Cabinet follows them with all that in terest which they deserve ; but also with that benevolent reserve which appertains to its tra ditions and to its inter ests. Russia can but wish for the union and strength of Germany on the basis of the rights and interests of al. the States e! which it consists. She has no more need to provide against dangers which might result for her th an Germany has to guard agai nst dan g ers comin g from Russia. The rumours whi ch have been cir culated are, therefore, unfounded. They testify extreme levity, if not malicious premeditation: At all events, they can only serve to naisiead public opinion, Lind for our part we think that the mission of t h e journalist is not to participate in en error w i th a view to certain objects of political cAyverness, but to endeavour sincerely to ascertain and ou h , aestiy to declare the truth." MODERN ARTILLEDs,...__In th is i o urnal the atten tionnof a c h a l l g ib r i e •e la s which to us of the Government authorities has b een ca ll ed again Americans anda n g a a v i n o o t to n the strn e l': e a d r rc°at cannon and on D guns. The are known only as of theoretical and probable attainmet t, and they have armed batteries hundreds of miles horn their arsenals with the most powerful guns ever used hi war, which have been carried by sea and in st ormy waters to the enemy's shor es . Before such projectiles as these gunscarry the breaching of masonry, whether of b r i c k or stone, is but a question of short time. And in the face of these facts we are obliged to record that . our sc i entific officers are of opinion that our best gun for breaching purposes is the old 68-pounder ! Why, we know what th at can d o. W e know that at 3,5J0 yards its fire would be about as effectual as that of Mons Meg. These trials at 200 yards aro perfectly fatuous, if no other results than these, or such as these, be gained by them. it is of no use saying Sum ter was of brick ; it was at least as good woile as most of our existing fortifications, and infinitely less easy "to splinter up" than a work of granit e or rabble masonry. In substance it very much resembled our martello towers on the beach at Hyth e• Have we an.• gun which could breach one of these at 3,500 yards ? Do, pray, gentlemen of the Ordnance committee bestir yourselves, and get us a gun with such results. Let Mr.Whitworth or SirW. Armstrong, Capt. Pallisser, Capt. Blakeley, Mr. Bashloy Britten, Mr. Thomas, any one, give us a gun as good and as cheap as the Parrott to begin with, and then we can rest content while you are going on With your exper i men t s. O ne thing is certain —that any forts which may be assailed by such artillery as the Americans have employed at Sumter must be faced with iron plates. We are yet in doubt as to the mode in which stone works can be coated with iron, but it is obvious that mere masonry will not stand unprotected against the heaviest order of rifled projectiles. Do not let us pooh-pooh the Americans. If we are wise it is the last thing resultich seemed to indicate that large shot we ought to do. Our artillerist s t hi n k t h ey are wrong i n t h e ma tter of the Dahlgren guns ; f or b reach i ng purposes they may be, but unquestionably the Ad m i ra lt y wou ld b e ra th er nervous side of the Warrior, at 200 y ards' distance, notwithstanding the with comparatively low char ges of powder were inefficient. The authorities have had no ex per i ence o f t h e effect of such shot as Dahlgrens propel. They have not the guns to dis exe N med dis charge them. U'hen next the Ordnance officers and gentle men meet let them apply their minds to the little experi ments the Americans have been making for their benefit at Sumter. It is astounding to see what progress has been made in artillery since the Crimean war. It is undeniable that the establishment of a few of Brigadier Gillmoro's bat teries before Sebastopol, on Oct. 17, 1854, instead of the " tremendous armament" of which Lord Granville boasted would have "knocked the place into a cocked hat" in 24 hours„—Army and Earl' G az3itc. THE FRENCH IRON -CLAD FRIGATE MAGENTA. —The France publishes the following naval :— ,6 The iron-clad frigate Magenta has just terminated her experi mental trips at Brest in presence of the commission presided over by Commandant Dieudonne, and they have been com pletely successful. On the oth she took on board 300 seamen and officers, and went into the roadstead. On the following morning she left for Cherbourg to take part in the move ments which are to take place there. The Magenta is, like the Solferiae, armed with a spur, and great interest conse• quently attaches to the maLreuvres she sill go through." TERRIBLE INCREASE OF PAUPERISM. The annual report of the Poor Law Board, chews that during the last year, which ended March 25th, 1862, the sum of £6,077,927 was expended for the relief of the poor, being an increaso of £295,984 as compared with the year preceding, SURREY THEATRE, Messrs. Shepherd and Jars Anderson on Satnr day commenced their winter campaign with great success ; and, fron - i the strict manner in which Mr. Shepherd redeems all his managerial promises, a brilliant season seems certain. The house was crowded in every part, and each old favourite as he made his entry on the stage.received at once a warm and hearty welcome. The great performance of the evening was the first representation of a grand romantic melodrama ; entitled "The Scottish Chief; or, the Maid of Etlerslie," Of course the principal part, Sir William Wallace, fell to the lot of Mr. James Anderson; and, if the applause of a first night can be taken as a criterion, Mr Shepherd will have no cause to regre t the co-partnership he has entered into. Ali , ; Pauncefort acted the heroine (Helen Marr) C the intense delight of the audience, and without etopping to particularise the efforts of each artiste engaged in the play, we can truthfully say they acquitted themselves in a most satisfactory manner. The piece has been mounted with all that care and minuteness that of late has been such a distin guished feature in the management of the Surrey, and in no former instance have Messrs. C. Brew and J. Johnson, the scenic artists,shown more brilliantly their proficiency in stage illusion. Planche's pretty little piece, " The Loan of a Lover," in which Mr. Therne, Miss Esther Jacobs, and Miss E. Webster took part, brought the evening's enter• tainments to a pleasant conclusion. A new serio comic drama is, we perceive, underlined for Satur day next, in which Mr. Shepherd will sustain the leading part. RIVER STEAMERS, —A correspondent of the City Press writes :—Of late years considerable improve merits have been made in al l ki nds of public conveyances save one. Railway carriages have been rendered more comfortable, but still there is room for further imp rovement in that respect ; omnibuses have under gone considerable reform ; and as the London General Omnibus Con:pany are now paying a five per cent. dividend, an d hope to have a larger dividend in future, perhaps we shall get even more commodious vehicles than now, with civil conductors, and drivers who will not go on until a passenger has had time to get off the step ; the new cab company have turned out some decent vehicles and Jehus to match ; all our means of locomolion have improved to :some extent, save, as I said, one—the river steam h.)ats. They remain as inconvenient and uncomfortable as ever, 'rake a trip up the river in one . If you remain on deck, you sit on an uncomfortable and betwixt your knees and those of your vis-ci•vis the space is so small that you are nearly dragged off your seat where anyone pasts by ; you are half roasted by the heat from the boiler, or half starved by the sickening va pours; and if you hare the good fortune to escape these contingencies, you stand a good chance of getting your leg broken or your foot crushed by the gangways or the ropes when you get off the boat. if you go below you find a cabin with bare boards and bare seats, dirty little windows which you cannot see out of, but by which the Thames water can enter freely, to your great discomfiture, and the whole place has a close, suffocating smell about it. Some time ago there appeared a prospect of these grievances being put an end to. A company was to supply uc with roomy steam boats after the American plan, propelled by quick engines, tended by civil servants, and quick in their journeys. Whether the proposed company ever came to anything, or whether it was wound up, or what becamo of it, I cannot say, but of this I feel convinced, that an exc:d lent field for the investment of capital is here presented, and the wonder is that monied men have n(4 taken advan tage of it, ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER: -ig., -_ Arthur Schopenhauer was born at DanfzTe, February 22d, 1788. To his father, a wealthy merchant of great practical ability and force of character, it was his habit to trace the development of his own marked ethical temperament, as to the influence of his mother he was led by his theory of mental organisation to attribute the germ of his no less striking faculties of intellect. Johanna Schopenhauer, distinguished for her voluminous romances, her social genius, her somewhat wild, not to say Bohemian ideas of life, and powers of imagination and wit which made a slave of Goethe, could hardly fail to stamp the mind of her son with some impress of her peculiar idiosyncrasy. The atmosphere in which he was reared fostered this ❑ative influence. Precocious in talent, he was early thrown among a social circle of which the leading lights were such as the Schlegels. Klopstock, Rei marus, the Staiils, Goethe, and Wieland, Puckler Maskau, and, at one especial period, Nelson and Lady Hamilton. Expelled by the outbreak of the French Revolution from their own city, the family started upon a round of travel through Belgium, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain—an advan tage which a youth of such quickness and obser vation did not fail to turn to account in the acqui sition of modern languages, a lively horror of popular insurrections, and an intense love of English habits and institutions. His father, himself some what of an original, recommended to him at this early period the habitual reading of the Times newspaper, as the most faithful and living picture of society and the world at large. And to this practice he adhered to the day of his death, having the paper transmitted to him punctually wherever he was. At Gottingen he studied side by side with Bunsen, under the direction of G. E. Schultze, chiefly in the direction of Plato and Kant. Medi cine formed also one of his pursuits. His life was from the first one of solitude and reserve. In 1811 he repaired to Berlin for the teaching of Fichte, to which, however, he shortly became inveterately opposed. The example of his mother ruining her children by dissipation, added to the rather prosaic scandals of her connexion with Goethe, is said to have contributed to that cynicism which he ever felt, or affected to feel for women. We bear of him, notwithstanding, enjoying life, both at Venice and Dresden, after a truly Byronian model-1n Italia mille e tre. The great work of his life, "Die Welt els Wille and Vorstelinng," was first pub lished at Leipzig in 1819. It is strangely in keep ing with the cold and cynic element of his character that on the eve of its appearance he started on a tour to Rome and Naples, where he passed above a year, heedless apparently of the fortune of a book which contained his whole original system of meta physics. After a short term of profess :rship at Berlin, he resumed his travels in Italy till the year 1825. Flying in 1831 from the cholera, which carried off Hegel at Berlin, he finally established himself at Frankfort, in company with a female servant and a shock-dog, its comfortable apartments on the quay of behone-Aussicht. His life was that of a classic sage, regulated by maxims of prudence, comfort, and supreme self-regard, to which end his means and resources were husbanded with parsimo nious care. Without pretending to stoical absti nence from the good things of life, his rule was that of Seneca and M. Aurelius—nafuranz sequz. His confident expectation was, by this reginze of healthy physical activity, to live to a hundred years, but death surprised him, in the form of a pulmonary attack, at the immature age of 72. With those who disliked him —and they were many —Schopenhauer passed for a morose, selfish, and crusty old bachelor, a fanatic in his opinions, and dictatorial in laying down his crotchets. To the few who admired him and penetrated his reserve, he seemed a creative and inspired genius, to whose serene, unruffled in tellect truth had revealed herself in the final posi tive forms of philosophy, science, and art. Amongst these, M. Foucher do Careil was admitted to an ex ceptional degree of intimacy, and has drawn for us a friendly yet discriminating portrait of the sage. For the men and books of his country he cherished an equal contempt. English, and, above all French, authors attracted his sympathies and filled his lib rary. Next to Kant, he used to aver, Helvetius an Cabanis marked epochs in his life. It ibelais, rattily read in Germany, was another of his favou rite... Ho almost blushed to be a German, taunting his metaphysical countrymen with looking into the clouds for what they had always under their feet. " The word ' idea," he would say, "so clear and precise to a French or English understanding, sets a German off in a balloon/ His conversation struck M. de Cariel at their first meeting at a table d'hote at Frankfort. He was then in the last year of his life, an old man, with a clear blue eye, thin sarcastic lips, an immense forehead fringed with long white tufts on either temple, and an expression of mingled nobility and malice. His laced frill and white cravat recalled the image of an elderly gen tleman of the time of Louis XV. Like most men who are constituzionally shy and reserved, he was most at home, next to a few intimates, in the society of utter strangers. A brilliant talker, jealous of contradiction, quick and petulant in tone and ges ture, of rich and unerring memory, and measured while easy precision of phrase, he exhibited much of the conversational cleverness, as he anticipated many of the special opinions, of the late Mr. Buckle, His was the same vast erudition, the bookish know ledge, at the same time devoid of pedantry, which characterised Montaigne. A lover of order and clearness, ebseurantisnz was with him the unpar donable sin. His philosophy, like that of Socrates, formed one with his life, and his special demon was humour, that modern analogue of the Socratic irony. His method of analysis and observation was the same. At the base of the metaphysical and moral system of Schopenhauer lay the peculiar idea of Will. This, he would boast, was his great dis covery.—Saturday Review. Stonewall Jackson's Personal Appearance. This redoubtable chieftain was no less a subject of interest to his enemies than to his friends. In eery Federal account is apparent the intense anxiety his presence and movements created. During the battles a Federal captain, who had been taken prisoner, was reclining under a tree, when General Lee and staff rode by. The captain, struck with the dignified and soldierly appearance of the General, languidly inquired who he was, and expressed unfeigned admiration at his fine figure on horseback. Soon after General Jackson rode by, and the weary prisoner again proffered his inquiries. " That's glorious Old Stonewall !' exclaimed the guard, cheering lustily as his eve followed the hero. Up sprung the recumbent prisoner, and, gazing curiously until the General was out of sight, lay down again, with an expres sion of disappointment, muttering, " Well, he ain't much for looks anyhow !" The awkward figure of Jackson upon horseback has been the subject of frequent merriment. He usually rode in a l oose, shambling attitude, and was very indifferent about his dress and appearance. On one occas i on he approached a squad of soldiers at dusk, his horse floundering along the mire, and himself reeling in the saddle, like a drunken man; so that one of the soldiers, not recognising him, shouted, as he passed, " I say, old fellow, you look as if you knew where to help yourself to liquor; 1 wish you would hand me so me." . . . On first ,jJining the army of the ShenaiAoah, the horse General Jackson rode was said to be very characteriitic of himself, " plain beast that went straight ahead and minded its own business, an excellent quadruped, that was shot under him ; after which un elegant mare was presented to the General. This was a nigh-strung, visionary animal, who cut capers, and threw her rider, and was soon discarded foe a third, a more controllable creattree, 13ut the General never ceased to regret the logs of his first steed.—" The Hero's Life," just published by Chapman and Rail. THE SOUND OF TnuNDER , is caused by the sepa ration of the atmosphere by the electric fluid, and the excessive rapidity of the separation• force counteracts what would otherwise be the neutralising effect of the air's elasticity. Similarly, the smack of a whip is not effected by the coming together of the atmosphere, but by its rapid separation, inasmuch as otherwise a less quick stroke or the wave of the Land would occasion a considerable sound. tv z ::7 7 3‘, \kg " 11 - 1-..,, e rr , r..... fffig7:!):t '' •*V r '•=- 11 ' - lit A 40, 11 viv -:-.." -, --,-- , - , '":" . r . ;= ,c,t,..-_Trl.V,:tiqg -"'"V, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Sept 12. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Helena, drove in the grounds this morning. Her Majesty held a Council this afternoon, which was attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of New castle, Viscount Palmerston, and ►he Right Hon. Sir George Grey. At the Council Parliament was ordered to be fur• ther prorogued from the 14th of October next. Mr. Arthur Helps attended as Clerk of the Council. The Hon. H. Elliot was presented to her Majesty at an audience. Sir Andrew Buchanan had an audience of her Majesty. Earl Granville and Viscount Palmerston had audiences of the Queen. SUNDAY. The Qaeen, their Royal Highnesses. Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. J. Ellison preached the sermon. Count Gleichen visited the Queen. Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Andrew Buchanan, and Mr. Helps, the Clerk of the Council, left the Paddington. terminus by a special train on the Great Western Railway at 20 minutes past 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon to attend the Queen at Windsor Castle. Ihe Ministers left Windsor by a special train at 4 o'clock on their return to town. This evening, at 6 o'clock, the Queen and Royal Family will leave Windsor, and proc2ed by the usual route to Balmoral, whence the return of the Court to Windsor is fixed for the Bth of October. On Thursday afternoon, soon after the arrival of her Majesty at Windsor Castle, the Queen and royal children visited Herne's Oak, which had not been removed. Since the downfall of this venerable relic it has Leen religiously guarded by keepers until her Majesty's pleasure should be known as to its ultimate destination. During the late storm. which peered over Windsor another fine old oak was struck down by the lightning. —Court Journal. On Friday her Majesty visited the Mausoleum at Frogruore, and expressed her k atis fa c lion at the progr(!..,:s of the works. The Prince and Princess of Wales will shortly return frorr`•• Scotland to Sandringham Hall, his Royal Highness's seat in Norfolk. King Victcr Emmanuel is now hunting the gaz,qle in the Valdieri. The King of the Belgians will go to Austria in the month of November, and will pass the winter in a villa near Venice. The Royal Family of Orleans are at present dispersed in all directions. Prince de Joinville is in Swit zerland, and the Duc do Chartres in Mecklenburg, where he and his bride are on a visit to the Grand Duke. The Comte de Paris is at Tunbridge Wells, with the venerable Queen Amelie, and the Duke de Nemours has gone to join his family in Spain. The Pope has just presented to the Museum of the Capitole, the colossal statue of the Empress Faustina, from the time of the Antonines, recently found at the villa Massino, which has been acquired by the new railway com pany. This is the statue which is of such extreme elegance and beauty, and which has, besides that, preserved all the gilding and colouring, It has now been placed in the Gladiator-room. His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman is announced to lecture at the Hartley Institution, on the 16th instant, at Southampton. As if alarmed by Sir Wm. Armstrong's recent threat as to the exhaustion of England's coal supply, the Duke of Sutherland is engaged in experimenting near the river Skiach in searches for albertite, a substance resem bling coal. The magnificent memorial window in honour of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, was completed on Saturday last. PROBABILITIES OF ANOTHER JAPANESE WAR ! It is rumoured, and we believe with truth, that the state of affairs in Japan has determined the Government to increase the force in China by ono regiment, which will be available for the protection of British subjects in the .domi aloes of the Tycoon. The 31st Regiment was sent home inconsiderately, just at the moment they were wanted for this purpose, through a not very enlightened observance of the letter of his instructions from home by General Brown. The 31st, we believe, will now be replaced by one of the battalions that lately sailed for India. Whichever of them can be first made available will be sent on to China instead of landing in India. Either the 2d battalion of the 20th or the 21st would have this duty allotted to it, as the 2d bat talion 19th and the 36th sailed long after, and the 2d bat talion 25th were to laud at Ceylon to enable the 50th to go on to New Zealand. Between the change thus rendered necessary, and the diversion of the 50th from Madras, the Indian establishment will be left two battalions short of its proper proportions. Our new system of Indian reliefs ren ders any reduction of this kind undesirable, and accordingly two regiments from England will, in all likelihood, be at once sent out. The two first on the roster are the 55th, at Portsmouth, and the 76th, at Aidershott ; and most pro bably these two corps w ill be placed under orders for Madras within a few days from the present time,--Arnly and Nary Gazette. AN INVITING OLD LANDLADY.—“ 6 Whu wants me ? A stranger, I answered, wanting lodgings. Rea, mon I whu are ye ? let's hae a look at ye Well, was my reply, a man at present somewhat lonely in the world, wanting a home, and a kind old mother who will be very good to me, and accept a little kindness in return: dare you take me in ? Hech, mon alive I I'm ber just a puir lonely old body mysen, and know what it is both to went kindness and gie it : dun ye stay out of neets, and come home drunk ?' Oh, no I there's not much danger of that, for I'm there or thereabout a teetotaller : what are your terms ? Six shillings a week, and find yersen, and they're two o'th' nicest rooms i' aw Derbyshire ; and aw've got some o'th' nicest pictures in em, and the best collection o' minerals yo'n ever seen; an aw'n got the front door made up to keep awth' beggars and riff-rag out; an th' finest rose-tree up th' house end y'n ever seen; a good garden an' the best milk free th' nicest cow i' aw'th neigh. bourhood.' "—Spencer sail's Days in _Derbyshire. " JOHNNY WHO UPSET THE COACH !"—We re gret to state that on Wednesday evening, as Earl Russell was passing through Coupar-Angus on his way to Meiltlec.ur Rouse from Dundee, where he had been taking a prominent part in the formal opening of the Baxter Park, au accident occurred which might have been attended with serious consequences. As the noble earl's carriage, contain. ing himself, the countess, Lady Victoria Russell, and Lord Amberley, was passing the Cross at Coupar-Angus, about nine o'clock, one of the wheel horses stepped on the cause way and came down heavily, breading the pole and startling the other horses. This produced considerable fear and com motion both among th e di s ti ngu i s h e d occu pants in thecar ria;e,w andd speedilyalso among collected, w e h w n o adopted t o ra i se t h o f a ll en h orse an d to secure h e n tly a t c n c . ient. e safety of the noble e ar l an d f am il y . M ir. Chisholm , etter-carri er , e h: e i , t i f s r:d w t et h r pm d p A at once threw open the carriage door and got the occupants out, who immediately made anxious inquiries as to the tp Aims In n (M r . ex tent of the damage done to the carriage and horses, and espe cially as to the safety n of u the postilion . to he Perth The n o bl e ear l and te family were then co Penny's) by Mr. Gardener, inspector of po or , w h ere every d the attention was shown to them, Another pole having been obtained for the carriage, two horses were attached, when the distinguished party proceeded on their journey, after hating ex pressed their thanks f or the kindness shown them by the people. As they drove o ff t h ey were loudly cheered by the crowd. The detection l asted about au hour. We are h a ppy to be able to stat e th at the noble earl and his family sustained no bodily injuries, though from the nature of the accident they must have felt considerably alarmed. The postilion, who appears to have been slightly hurt, was able after a little time to resume his duty.—Dundee .zidver trscr. More than 12,000,000 cockchafers have been destroyed this year in the canton of Bale, in Switzerland. The amount paid by the authorities as premiums tor their destruction has exceeded 1,0001. DR. HOOK ON " BAD COPy."—The chairman of the Slaugham harvest home dinner on Friday said the dean had preached a magnificent sermon to them, and he (the chaitman) was very sorry he was not now pr . esent, but he was compelled to leave a short time ago in order to catch an early tr a i n . B e f ore th e d ean wen t ho asked him whether, if they wished it, he would pint the sermon. The answer the dean made was that he should not say " No," but should leave it to them, upon which he (the chairmen) at once said Yts." He told the dean he thought they could sell 100, and he believed they would print it. With respect to the copy of the sermon he offered to the (lean to get it written out plain for the printers. The dean made answer and said that would never do, he would write it out badly himself. Upon his asking the dean why, ho _ . explained that if the copy was plain, it would he put into the hands of the worst compositors, whereas it it was written badly tho best, hands wculd get it, and the work would be better done, (Laughter,)—,East ,Sussex Arows. _~~ the h ave Will Provi emu I\re,; titri nl b lark 141881 tiir ii Th I. °r tl ebEtra ne ss , Indi a B rad vhii, I_,Eise 'tra ns ha ll; mode Th, Flats T o . at pr, It 7311 a re ran , b e cal It i ma rks 6 ett il Three been Bus I) itt, Ditty B ank U„ s I ndia ll itil 4-'44 Ditt Ditt Ditt Ditt Ditt I)itt Tarki! Diu Diu Ditt. Litt Ott Ditt Dirt v Pnez nitt I , ) itt uitt, D elia Ditt t ete] Itatiat eorißr,l Diu Of 20,0( invo