The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

AZ R. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at F fight. I{(.)YAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND VOLUNTEER NIGHT. Mdile. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. Levy, M. Arban, Mr H . ughe,s, M. tionLisse.iu Ali Ben Sou-alThle, and Mr. Santley (fora feNy nights only), This Evening. e Sel,ction. Orchestra of One H un dred Performers, and the Band of the Coldstream Guards. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELL ON. P rom enade. ,mphithcatre.Stalls, and Amp xes, £1 Is. and hithea're, One ; Dress Circle, 2 s. ed. ; Private Bo 10s. 6d. On Thursday next, a STOR NIGHT, when will be per formed the Symphony, "ThUe Power of Sound." Mr. Santley wi.l sing one of Spohr's favourite Compositions. On Friday next, a MEVERBEER NIGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Wining. 'fin E s EVNING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE sTREET3 OF LONDON. Messrs. J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. ForreAter. and Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss F ,nny Gwynne. N.w THEA fRE-Ito 'AL, ADELN - 11.- Bole Prourietor and Mainzer, Mr. B. Webster. Tuts EVENING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Philips, And Miss W.Jolgar. ONE TOUCH OF NA PURE. Messrs. Webster, Billing ton, Ebuine, C. J. Smith, and Miss H. Sims. A. WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J. L. Toole and B Ellington. VIE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. `tenon.L. Toole, P. Bed ford, R. Romer, R. Phillips, and Mr s. A. Commence at 7. OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. jL Mana,er, Mr. Benjamin Webster. ENIIN f TA.LENT AND COMEDY. This p pular withal OPEN for the Winter Seison THIS EVENING, (eeGiad time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's ighly_-successtul and original Comedy of HOW %WILL TiIEY GET OCT oF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Lang, hable Travestie of FAUS T AND MA.RTGhUoEseitleeTiEe.: To c onclude w ith LNDER THE ROSE. brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. Mrs. Stirling,,, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son. Mr. Asnley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberiain, Mr. Joan stone, Mr. 11. Montague, Miss Cotterel , Miss Fanny Joseph Miss Patti Josephs, &c. So. Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kintoch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director , Mr. F. Webster. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING SILK DRESSES, suitAtle for the country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out pace of only lis. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 217, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon Teach a far ureater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, lovite their numerous patrons to take adv-intage of the stock they have on hand, which they cm now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b, more Co tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217,2.19, ant 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. I Double ..205. per ton. 'Top 225. „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, south Wharf, raddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke 155. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lent FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _IL Containing' the Latest SPORTING LNTELLIGENCE, 1141-1 . /De had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by jiiNRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. 1.1101 - 1 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TINS DAY. — Morning, 102. 2033.—Afternoon, 11h. Om. ro-mons.ow.-Morning, 11h. 40m.—Afternoon, h. m. tilt° - = pet* Lwo LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 1864. Now that the first sensation created by the Bank in raising it - s rate of discount to nine per cent. is somewhat moderated, people have time to wonder what can be the cause of that rise. There is no war, no panic, nor any apparent reason for one ; then why is money so dear ? Was not the Act of 1844 passed to keep the money market in a healthy con dition, and yet there is as much flue:nation as ever? Surely there must be something wrong in the act itself, else why should the evil which it was in. tended to cure be as frequent as before its enact ment, while we hear no cause assigned, but that the Bank must take care of itself. That may ap pear to be sound doctrine, but the Act of 1844 was intended to take care of the public, yet the public are as much at the mercy of circumstances es ever, while the bank makes more profit as the public interests are sacrificed to increase that profit. Now, if the doctor is to pocket more fees as the patient suffers more, and yet fails to prescribe a cure, either from ignorance of the disease or from a reluctance to risk his character for knowledge, while his fees are being largely increased, should not more or better advice be called in to ascertain the disease or to propose a remedy ? That is the usual course in private life, and whatever is sound in the individual case cannot be far wrong in the general. The public is composed of individuals, and as the unit makes up the many, what is considered good for the one cannot be bad for the whole. Such reasoning is often met by evasion, for what cannot be fairly answered may be met with doubts as to its expediency as to the time and the peculiar cir. cumstances of the ease, or other matters best known to those whose interest it is that nobody should know, for though the knowledge of a disease is half its cure, the knowledge in the present case would, we are told, be fraught with great public danger. And 53 inquiry is baffl,d, and the disease allowed to run its course on the assurance that the patient will come round by degrees, for his constitution is sound, and all will be as it was before. Just so. The publio are none the wiser Save in their pockets being poorer and their confidence rather shaken in their monetary physician, whose wisdom • mystery of his doielgssa."lna rently magnified by the - inquiries are put off w i th creasingserious looks and a hint that any explanation at this particular juncture would be very prejudicial to public Credit, and peo ple had better suspend their mi sg i vings a tittle while longer to see the course of event s . The Bank Act of 1844 was thought to be so framed as to meet all contingencies, being foanded on th e ex perienee of the past , and able to provide f or the future. But since it has been in operation, it has not realised expectation nor satisfied public opinion. What with reserves of notes on one hand, and gold in the issue department on the other, the pub lic are kept in doubt as to the real position of affairs. ,Matters look better or worse just as rumour points the finger of Euspicion one way or the other, and the funds go up or down just as the barometer is influenced by the weather, and so the rate of discount increases or as the amount of gold or bullion or diminishes in the coffers of the Bank. But the true cause of disturbance is the fiction of making a fixed standard for the price of gold, while every other commodity rises or fulls Recording to the de mand. Why ehereld the value of gold be Bled at £:3 17e. 101 1 . the ounce when its real commercial value is worth or Di—frequently much more? We talk of freedom of trade—its immense benefits and the expansion of trade resulting therefrom, and yet wo withhold that freedom from the very soul of all—the pivot on which commerce, trafle, and ritYiC credit torn. It seems a mockery of fie elem. Teen, again, the amount of the circulation is far too limited for the public wants. - We are chained down to the extent of our commerce in 1844 while it has increased more tha n threefold, and is still expanding. Why nut enlarge the medium of value accordingly ? But this does not rest with the Bank directors; it is the duty of the Government, and Government will not move unless pressed by public opinion. There is another item which seems to hamper the action of the Bank with regard to the circulation. The Govern ment owe it a debt of fifteen millions, which is set down as public security, and fetters the Bank, while it paralyses the freedom of the Government_ It were far better to pay off that debt and leave both parties free and in lependent agents, which they are not at present, nor ever will be while the Act of 1844 remains unrepealed. Indeed, its operation has been suspended on two or three occasions by the pressure of circumstances, and the Government appealed to for aid, Surely such necs3ity ought not to occur if the law were sound and competent to meet the requirements for which it was made. Mr GLADSTONE is a great advocate for free trade, and deserves well of the public for his exertions in that direction, but his labours avail little while he leaves money fettered. He has a glorious field now open for his ambition. Free trade in money will do more to raise the cha■ racter of this country, and to increase its resources than all he has yet achieved by his commercial treaties, and we trust he will boldly take up the subject. By the operation of the Act now in force the public are made to pay twice as much for discount as they would otherwise, and the Bank profits just in the same pro. portion. The Bank issues notes of five pounds and upwards for the convenience of commerce—why not paper of a smaller amount for the benefit of trade? Scotland has been converted from a wil derness into a garden by the agency of one-pound notes. Why should England be debarred from the use of a medium which has so greatly benefited a sister country ? We have gold as the currency, and whenever the amount becomes low the Bank raises its value, in order to check its circulation, and this paralyses trade. We do not blame the Bank directors, it is the system we condemn. The authorities of the Bank are placed in a very unenviable position by the very necessities of their responsibility, but it is the public who suffer. Let us hope that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will not allow another session to pass without an endeavour to remedy so great an evil. It will doubtless be a matter of no surprise to many readers to learn that the Government has de clined to interfere in the case of the Georgia. It is only in keeping with the rest of their conduct throughout the whole course of the American War, but still it is most irritating to reflect how much England is rcbhed of her prestige by the pusillani mous conduct of her officials is high places. The fact is that do what they may, the Federals go on unchecked, and every principle of justice and every notion of honour are sacrificed to their cause, and then our Ministers hare the assurance to go about prating of their successful management of the affair, and laud and magnify their preservation of a strict neutrality. The Government at Washington would indeed be hard to please if they murmured at the treatment they have received at our hands, and as for the Confederates, their complaints have been frequent at the inconsistency of the policy of our Cabinet. Their murmurs, not loud but deep, have never been attended to ; and in the face of all comments, in spite of all remonstrances at home, Earl RUSSELL has gone on his way until he evi dently thinks that he can do as he pleases and say what he likes. They who take a clear and compre hensire view of the matter will, however, pass a very different judgment upon his actions, and their criticisms will certainly not conduce to his credit or redound to his praise. Tue decided step taken in the affair of the Trent was a striking contrast to subsequent proceedings. It was the exception that has proved the rule—" the first, the last, the best" effort made in the cause of the rights of others, and cur own national honour. It is dis graceful that the Georgia should be abandoned to its fate in this sneaking fashion, and great incon sistency has bee❑ observable throughout the pro gress of this affair. If the vessel were not legally ours, it ought not to have been registered as the property of an Englishma❑ ; but that being done, it was.,the bounden duty of the Government to afford protection to its owner. The fact mast be that no such attempt was apprehended on the part of the Federate as to make her a capture, but that having taken place, it is now decreed that there is nothing to be done but to submit to the doctrine of chances. The owners must sustain the injury, and the country endure the insult, while our Foreign Secretary conjures us to "rest and be thankful" for the happy and glorious consequences of perfect neutrality. There are some things which are estimable in therasolves, but, carried on by unscrupulous people, become positive nuisances. The theory and prac tice of Benefit Societies often do not correspond, and the results of such failures are most lamentable, There are few ways of losing money more vexatious and annoying than to be deprived of it by fraud, and it is indeed deplorable when the working man's savings are taken from him, and he loses the stock on which he bad hoped to fallback in times of trial. It is con3tantly occurring that some delinqu en t is brought up on the charge of misappropriating sums intended for useful purposes. The worst of it is that the sufferers do not recover their money, for the law can only inflict a penalty that visits the crime upon the offender, but does not possess the means of restitution. Too much care and caution cannot be taken to guard against the frauds of these un principled speculators, and it is a very bad practice to join those societies which are started by publi, cans—they are often failures, and the matter is arranged for the purpose of speculation. Large sums are made by the contributions of poor widows and inexperienced persons. It:is most despicable thus to trade upon the earnings of the working classes, and if any feature of a crime can be more degradi ng t h an anot h er, an d more h ate f ul i n the sight of Heaven, it must be that class which sucks in the m i tes of the poor, and appropriates the dearly prla!d and h a n rd , taken t o i nquire y earned products of their toil. It Seem s strange that more trouble is not into the character of the affair b e f ore j oining the society, but if there were no simpl e p ersona to be not be able t o reap their dupedpre th sentp e ro knavesliac w o harvests. uld Mr. GLADSTONE'S new act • ra certainly called for, and it is earnestly to be trusted that it will be carried into effect, so that the work- Mg d upes who are provident to put by for an evil day may n o t incur the risk of being plundered of their treasures. In no case can they lose by the regulation s of this act, and thus ull fear of swindling secretaries and crafty treasurers will be avoided. After the many painful experiences which have taken place, it will be the fault of the insurers themselves if they WilEngiy incur the same risks that have proved so fatal to othcre. lAt them wait to see the waking of the new act before they venture upon these private or,atterrPo; at all evente, be more tardy in 0 demands their acquicscenco to t h nds of those who go . that will benefit society about to get members for a them nominally, but practically, it i s to be feared, seeking whom they may devour. It is a true saying that forewarned is forearmed; and since so many serious cane have occurred that too clearly demon strate the frauds praetised by many of these this• nomers entitled benefit societies, it 1. shoves those whose money depends upon their own health and strength to look to their earnings, end not suffer them to be swept into the coffers of greedy and grasping speculators, but turn a deaf ear to the flattering tales so prodigally vouchsafed, and ponder the matter over before making the venture. One sows that another may reap, and surely sufficient sufferers have trod the way to point out its dangers to those who, from ignorance and inexperience, may wish to become their successors. The risk is too great to permit the experiment to be carelessly made. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. No 111. Its Vast and Symmetrical Proportions. Familiar though many may imagine themselves to be with the magnitude mad the harmony of the proportions upon which this Aladdin's Palace of modern civilization has been constructed, we Joubt very much indeed whether to this day either the vastness or the symmetry of those proportions have (saving by a very few) been mo:e thin proximately appreciated. It may be even that the very fact of the visitor's familiarity with the edifice may of itself be foremost among the many reasons why he has hitherto failed to realize either the scope of its dimensions, or the concordant effect produced by their geometricai arrangement. Symmetry, for one thing—as experience has often demonstrated—tends very appreciably to conceal vastness. Hence, Byron in his wonderful description of the first impression produced upon his imagine. Lion upon passing under the great porch of St. Peter's, at 'tome, exclaims in a sort of amaze ment— "Enter—its grandeur overwhelms you not l" Accounting for this, immediately afterwards, by the suggestion that your own capability of appreciation must needs have been affected by " tne genius of the spot," must have in a man ner, upon crossing the threshold, "grown colossal." Again—size of itself is a something purely relative. To an animalcule a flea is a behemoth. Compared with the San " the great Globe" itself is but as a currant to a melon. And so—the mere cir cumstance that the Palace and the Gardens have been, respectively end together, contrived through out (as they have been) with an especial regard to the exquisite balance or symmetry of their propor tions, may account, in a great measure, for the fact of the vastness of many of those proportions, certainly of the whole resulting from them having as yet been no more than just partially appreciated or realised. We would here, however, simply with a view to the better realisation, at last, of the size of The Crystal Palace itself and of the GArdens surrounding it—we would here, we say, purely to that end, set forth with the statement—that the Grouuds embrace within them upwards of Two Hundred Acres, and that,in the shape of the Crystal Palace itself, one continuous length of very nearly Three-Quarters-of-a-mile, has been covered over with a ransparent framework of iron•and-gloss ! More than Two Hundred Acres, the Gardens and Park ! Nearly three quarters of a mile, the Palace itself, with its wings and its colon nade ! Remembering, however, that size is in itself, as already remarked, a something purely relative, we may yet further realise to the general apprehension the size of both Gardens and Edifice, but more espe , . cially the size of the latter, by the enumeration of a few particulars, or, still better, by one or two carefully selected comparisons. Everyone who knows anything about either, knows perfectly well that St. Paul's Cathedral, of London, could, so far as the size of it goes, very readily indeed stand within St. Peter's Cathedral at Rome. In the same way, it might be said, not only that the Glass Fane, of 1821—that then world wonder of The Crystal Palace at Hyde Park—might easily, so far as its alio went, stand within the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, but that, really and truly, the fact of the matter stands thus, that the greater part of the one is, in a manner, the lesser part of the otheril In other words, the Nave of the Crystal Palace As It Is—is the exact height of the Centre Transept (in reality the one only Transept) of the Crystal Palace As It SV 35. Here, in effect, precisely as, according to Wordsworth, " the child is father to the man," the acor❑ has grown to be the oak, the stripling has expanded into the Colossus. The whole of the materials of the original Cry• stal Palace having been employed in the construc tion of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham—the lovely original has, by that simple arrangement, been ef fectually preserved and perpetuated. But, together with those historical materials, how much more ma terial of the like kind, glass and iron for ►he most part, has been employed in the carrying out of this magnificent labour of development —a labour at once Cyclopean and 14'atryiike Consisting, as the Palace does, of a, main building 1,608 feet in length, supplemented by wings stretching forth 574 feet additional, the southern wing being connected, moreover, with a colonnade extending down, by a slope of 720 feet, to the plat form of the local railway station—the extreme length of the edifice is, as already remarked, as nearly as possible three-quarters of a mile—or, to be precise, exactly 3,746 feet—three-quarters of a mile of that beautiful transparent order of archi tecture henceforth to be known, for want of a better title, as Modern English ! As to the scale upon which the materials of the Crystal Pelee° have been put together, let this be illustrated, here, very briefly, by a few impressive calculations. It has been Estimated, then, to begin with, that the mere superficial quantity of glees may be set down at;Twenty•five Acres! That, laying the panes side by side, they would extend a distance of nearly fifty miles —say from London to Oxford ! That put end to end they would reach nearly two hundred and fifty say from the Thames to the Tees. A calculation no less inge ❑ious has been made again that the iron columns alone would, if laid end to end, cover a distance of sixteen miles and a quarter—that the weight of iron is nearly 10,000 tons—that the nails alone weigh over a hundred tons and the bolts and rivets nearly two hundred!! Illustrating the size of the building, how. ever, by comparisons rather than by parti. culars such as the foregoing—the two compari sons here immediately after subjoined will be accepted, we should imagine, as of themselves sufficiently suggestive. First of all, that the height from the centre of the arch of the middle transep t to the flooring of the Palace is more (by six feet) than the height of the Monument on Fish-street-hill And, secondly, that the diameter of the Orchestra erected within the building, under the span of the western extremity of that same Central Transept, is exactly double the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral ! As for the geometrical symmetry of the propor tions, alike of the Palace and of the Gardens, that is in truth as readily explicable as it is in itself at once simple and beautiful. Taking eight feet as " the" UNIT regulating the whole of the measure ments of the buildings, and gardens, and fountains, and gravel-walks, and flowe:. beds, horizontally—you have, upon the instant, within your grasp, the clue through all the apparently elaborate mazes of this seemingly most intricate labyrinth! For example—bearing in mind al Nays that a multiple or aubmultiple of eight feet is there in every horiA mtal measurement, alike in the Garden's and in the Palac.:—you 11411 , for instance, that the wings are four times eight feet widt., or thirty-two! That the colonnade is twice eight, or sixteeen ! '['hat the nave is nine times eight or seventy two! That the Centre Tratrept is fift,.'n timus eight, or one hundred and twenty 1 Outside the Palace, along the terraces, ammg the parterre, down the gravel paths, in the midst of the fish ponds and the fountains and the rosaries—every where, regulating the proportion of each horiz3ntal measurement, there is the same mystical unit of eight—as the primary figure, as the germ of the various multiples and sebaaultiples. Tile effect con. sequent upon an adherence to this one marvellously simple arrangement being, that the vastness of the proportions is in a mlnuer luit sight of iu the geometrical symmetry by which those proportions are regulated. Viewing the surrounding landscape from the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1864. summit of one of the gigantic Water Towers—an altitude attainable by an ascent of ten floors, up a spiral staircase of four hundred steps--six counties are brought within the field of vision, the eye turning at pleasure here to the Nore Light, or to Harwich Lighthouse, there to Epsom Downs or Windsor Castle, yonder to the metropolis of three millions, yonder, in the exactly opposite direction, to the solitary landmark of the Knockholt beechee far away among the Kentish cornfields and hop. gardens. Viewing the Palace from wi'hin, and that, too, from the highest coign of 'vantage that can anywhere be there attained to that simple end— the loftiest gallery in the Centre Transept—the gal lery upon a level with which Bondia, in his time, went through more perilous feats than any samphire picker that ever lived—that loftiest gallery of the Centre Transept sffords the most curious peep of all into the interior of our Palace of Glass. The most curious, beyond any doubt, but not by any means the most magnificent. That is al ne obtainable from the top gallery at either ex tremity of the nve—presenting to view at a single glance the whole of that exquisitely beautiful vista of fountains— " Shaking their loosened silver in the sun I" of clambering verdure and unnumbered flowers, of statuary glimpsing hither and thither among the abounding vegetation, of everything calculated to charm the eye in form and in colour, down the whole of that wonderful perspec tive in which art and nature seem for oncemingled harmoniously together ! A perspective arched over and walled on either hand by the delicate tracery of the iron frame- Rork of an eiifice crystalline with those 25 acres of glass already referred to among the mar vellous items particularized in the foregoing statistics. Vibrating as the air was on Saturday when we gazed along the won derful perspective of that glorious nave from the topmost of its southern galleries; vibrating as the air within the Palace was with the sounds of the grand organ rolling to us from the Centre Transept, from the back of the Handel Orchestra, vision and hearing seemed to be, if not satiatee, at least fully and simultaneously filled with an ex quisite senso of satisfaction. Canada—Arrival of the North American. LIVERPOOL, Saturday. The Canadian screw steamer, North American, Captain Kerr, which sailed from Quebec on the 27th ult., arrived at a late hour last evening. The Quebec .Iformeg Chronicle publishes an edi torial on the proposed Federation of the British North American provinces. It says—" The Eren• ing Globe of St. Juhn, N. 8., conceives that those English newspapers which have discussed the Fe deration movement in Canada assume that its suc cess must result in separation from the mother coml. try. We really don't perceive how our New Bruns wick contemporary has fallen into this error. The most we have yet seen in the English journals has been a sketching of the prospective destiny towards which they believe Confederation is a preliminary step. There is nothing either novel or alarming in this. No one for a moment supposes that the Canadas will for ever remain a dependency ; but it is not, therefore, a consequence that the abruption of our British connection is at hand. Indeed, judging from the policy of the Imperial government, and from the doctrine of that school of politicians which it has affieities with,it appears far more probable that se paration will be forced upon us than that we should hastily seek it. And, supposing, for the sake of argument, that the home government, adopting the converse of its policy towards the old American provinces, should give us notice to quit, would it not be well that we should be somewhat provided to assume our new position. Would it not be well that the infant had found its legs before the leading strings . wcre withdrawn ? This necessary self-reliance would be found in the consoious strength, which a Confederation of the whole North American provinces would afford. The position would be greatly improved under either aspect, and immensely so when that event shall arrive which every one acknowledges is only a question of time. Oar confrere says that one of the first steps of the confederate colonies would be to secure for themselves the right to make commercial treaties with other countries.' It is probable that the attempt would be made, but it is much more certain that it would be disallowed. " Our contemporary thinks that when the right to make commercial treaties is secured, the other privileges or rights that pertain to sovereignty will follow. Yes, we believe so too; but we well know that this particular order will not obtain. If ever we get the first it will be after the latter is con ceded to us, and when we shall not have occasion to seek it. The Evening Globe assumes the Eng lish view of a Ceef.dormtion, and asks whether we are sufficiently advanced to walk alone, whether we can do without the tutelage of England, whether we are willing to do without it, whether a closer connection with Canada will compensate for untying the bonds that unite us to England. Who, for example, thinks of separation from England in connection with Confederation P Not Canada or Ca nadians, certainly. There would be as few amongst us here as there would be in New Brunswick to answer in the affirmative; there would, we can as• lure our friend, be as few persons in Canada who would bo willing to give up our British connection for one with his province as would be found there to make a similar sacrifice towards Canada. The proposition is absurd, but because absurd and wholly imaginary not the less dangerous. It is one of those extraneous issues calculated to do much harm with out the possibility of rendering the slightest ser vice, the one being in no wise dependent on the other. Tilers is, however, a much graver question for the lower provinces as well as the upper, than that put by the Globe, and which when the Federation matter is fairly presented to the provinces,' should form a part of the whole. The question of absorption by the American Repub lic—whether that be accomplished by annexatio❑ or by usurpation. To defeat the Confederation of the provinces is to endanger their British connection by American intervention, in a very far greater de gree than any tendency supposed to exist in their projected union. It is impossible to gainsay the fact that the separate colonies are more assailable in their isolated condition than they would be if welded together in Confederation. It ought not, moreover, to be forgotten that the retention of the lower pro vinces would be inapsosible if Canada were Ameri can; and no greater service could be rendered the United States in any designs upon these provinces, than by rejecting the overtures which the Cana dians are now making for a general Confederacy. In such a uaion we believe to exist the integrity of the empire, and the best future of British North America, In a Confederation of the provinces we obtained strength, a nationality, and the elements of a brilliant career. Isolated, our see'ionalism will make us an easy prey to the cupidity of our neighbours." The Seizure of the Georgia, Mr. Bates, the owner of the Georgia, has received the following communication : Foreign-office, Sept. 9. "Sir,—l r.m directed by Earl Russell to inform you, wish reference to your letter of the 27th ult., that her ..)lajesty's Gorerninent ara of opinion that tic else of the Georgia must go before the prize court in the United Statte, and that you must be pros fired to defend your intcrcet therein. " I au], sir, your most obedient, humble servaut, "It. 11A3tmoND. " E,lward B afea, E , q., Liverpool." TITE PRINCE I NIPERIAL.—Tho Emperor and Prince Imperial, Prince Napoleon, and Prince Humbert of Italy aro sa fely housed at St, Cloud. The Int- Imperial Prince rosy after dinner at the camp, and address ing the colonel of the 97th said, " Mon colonel, I comet to report myself. I have orders to join your regiment. Shall I fall in at once ?" his Imperial Highness also " added to the harmony of the evening by volunteering a song, lie gave them— " Tiens, voici rua pipe, voila mon briquet; Et quand La Tulipe fait lo noir trajot, g'lo to euis lu seulo dans le r6giment Avec hi brule-gutulo do ton cher arnaut," with great applause. Ii "entering young" makes a soldier, Napoleon IV. should be worthy of his great historic name, —.Paris LAW in ere ,Daily Telegraph, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent) (Per the Asia, via Cape Ciear, Sept. 12.) NEW YORK, Aug. 30. On Thursday last the Confederates made repeated assaults upon Hancock's corps near Reames, on the Weldon Railroad, without important advantage until 5 p.m., when, by a furious onslaught, they broke his lines, scattered the troops in all directions, capturing many prisoners and cannon, and recover ing possession of all but four miles of the railway. Shortly afterwards Ward's sth Corps came to the rescue, when the battle ceased. The losses in killed and wounded were estimated at 5,000 on either side. On the 28th General Sheridan advanced to Charleston and discovered that the Confederates had disappeared from his front. They are reported to have retired towards Martinsburg. _ . ______. Generals Grant and Sherman have transmitted to Washington extracts from Richmond and Mobile journals of the 27th which report the occupation of Fort Morgan by the Federals, without stating whether it had been surrendered, blown up, or cap tured. The National Democratic Convention for the nomination of President and Vice-President as sembled at Chicago yesterday. _ . To-day Governor Seymour was elected Chairman by ac2lamation, and made a long speech in favour of peace, reconciliation, and a return to the prinft ciples of the Constitution. No nomination is expected before to-morrow. The certificate necessary to obtain the Govern ment warrant for the extradition of Muller has been sent to Washington. Gold market very irregular and lower, owing partly to the Chicago Convention, the anticipation by the Treasury of the interest on the Gold Bonds and various other causes. Yesterday it declined to 235 and rallied to 239; to-day it fell to 234, but closed 234. Sixes, Ragistered 1831, 1081 ; Five-twenties, Coupons, 1101 ; Seven-thirties, 1111 ; New York Centrals, 128; Eries, 1081; Illinois Centrals, 1071. Cotton, 1852. Produce market generally unset tled, in sympathy with gold. ( Via Halifax.) September 1. The Chicago Convention on Tuesday adopted a platform which resolved upon the preservation of the Union and Constitution by conciliation and compromise, and demanded an immediate negotia tion for the armistice and Convention of the States. It also resolved to resist by force any interference by the military at the approaching elections. YeLterday General M'Clellan was nominated for President and the Hon. G. Pendleton for Vice- President by acclamation. Mr. Stanton announces—first, that there have been no late operations at Petersburg, that Sheri dan is still at Charleston, and that the Confederate Generals Forrest, Wheeler, and Morgan have joined forces, and are operating upon Sherman's commu nications. _ . _ September 3. The evacuation of Atlanta by Hood, and the occupation of the city by Sherman, were yesterday officially announced; also a battle between Hood and Sherman at East Point, with a heavy loss to both aides. No details given. Hood is believed to have retired to Macon. Gold, 2411. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 11. Great interest was excited here to-day by the rumour that Muller would arrive by the Asis, which came this evening. Crowds assembled on the quay to catch the first intelligence of the fact, but were disappointed by his non-arrival. He was formally surrendered to the British authorities in New York on the 28th ult., and will arrive in the steamship E - ns, which is due in this port on Tues day evening nest. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston on the 31st ult., and Halifax on the 2d inst., arrived at Queenstown on the 11th inst. at 5 25 p.m. She brings 86 passengers and 21,892 dole. in specie ; landed all the mails and seven passengers, and pro ceeded immediately. All well. NEW YORK, Aug. 27, Evening. Another severe battle has been fought on the Weldon Railroad. The result was indecisive. Gold, 24Si. Aug. 29, Evening. In the severe engagement which took place on the Weldon Railroad, the Federals lost four miles, but•still retain possession of three miles of the line• The losses on both sides were heavy. Admiral Fart-nut hes captured Fort Morgan, Mobile, with the garrison. The nomination of Gen. M'Clellan by the Chicago Convention, on the platform of an armistice and a convention of the States for the adoption of peace maasures is considered certain. The Circuit Court of Nev York has surrendered Muller to the British authorities. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 238. Exchange on London, Bankers Bills, 258. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1281; nois Shares, 1289 ; Eric, 109,1 ; United States' Five , twenty Bonds, 110 a. Cotton, middling upland,lB6c. Breadatuffs heavy Petroleum, crude, 52c ; refined, 850. Aug. 30, morning. A panic has taken place in the money market gold haNi Ig d‘ an( d to 2331. Evening. On Thursday the Confederates attacked Hancock at the south of Reames Station, on the Weldon Railroad. A severe engagement ensued, in which the Federals were forced to relinquish four miles of the railroad: Their loss is estimated at 2,000 men acid nine guns, while that of the Confederates is said to be 5,000 men. _ _ _ Atlanta papers announce that Fort Morgan and the garrison, including Gen. Paige, with all the guns and ammunition, had surrendered to Farragut. Farragut has obtained the services of the men who were engaged by the Confederates in setting the torpedoes, and is now occupied in raising them. Sherman is moving his army to a position on the Macon (Georgia) Railroad, in the rear of Hood's forces. It is reported that Gen. Sherman has occupied Hood's lines of supplies. Col, Kilpatrick has de stroyed 14 miles of the Macon Railroad. Gen. Early has withdrawn from Sheridan's front, retreating towards Richmond. Gen. Sheridan is in pursuit. It is reported that Gen. Butler will supersede Gen. Dixon. Rumours are still current that the Administra tion is making efforts for peace. It is reported from Washington that proposals have been received from Germany for a loan of 1,000,000,000 dole., for 75 years, at 3 per cent ; 20 per cent of the loan is to be paid in coin, 10 per cent in currency, and the balance in outstanding United States' obligations. The destruction of 22 fishing vessels by the Tella. hasEee is denied. The Edinburgh and Now York have arrived ou' COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold. fc . 351'. Stocks dull. New Y ork eentrals,l2Bl ; 127; Erie, 108.1; United States Five-twenty Bonds, 110,k. SEPT. 1 (Evening). The platform adopted by the Chicago Convention is fidelity to the Union, and that public welfare demands the institution of immediate efforts to bring about a cessation of hostilities with a view of summoning a convention of the States, or employ ing other pacific means to restore peace to the country on the basis of the Union. Direct military interference at the approaching elections to be re garded as revolutionary, and resisted accordingly. General Early is reported to be still in Sheridan's front. The Federals have 4,000 men on the mainland a Grant's Pass, Mobile. The Secretary of the Treasur has advertised for bids for 31,000,000 dole., the balance of the 6 per cent. loan of 1881. The Democrats have enthusiastically celebrated he nomination of McClellan. It is officially announced that the peace mission of Jacques and Gilmore to Richmond was not authorised by the Administration. Juarez is reported to have arrived at New Orleans. The Tallahassee has safely entered Wilmington. Gold declined yesterday at 236, but has since recovered, and is now quoted 247 f. NEW YORK, Sept. 1, Evening. The Chicago Convention has nominated General M'Clellan for the Presidency, and Pendleton, of Ohio, for the Vice-Presidency, on the Union and peace platform. A severe engagement has taken place on the Weldon railroad, the result of which was undecisive. Fort Morgan, Mobile, has surrendered. Muller has been surrendered to the British authorities. (Per the Asia, via Crookhaven.) Sept. 3, Morning. Secretary Stanton reports that a corps of General Sherman's army had occupied Atlanta. Sher van's main army had a severe engagement on the Macon road, in which he ie reported to have been successful. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIA. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 2 (Evening). The Confederate cavalry are actively operating in Sherman's rear, 10,000 Confederates with 12 guns are reported to be within 17 miles of Nashville on the Murfrees• boro'-road. Inspector Tanner has received permission from .Washington for the extradition of Muller, The Hecla, Jura, and Europe have arrived out. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 12. The Imperial steam yacht Jerome Napoleon, Princess Clotilde, and Prince Humbert on board, arrived here this morning. The Royal party landed at the docks, when Prince Humbert left by spccial train for London, and the Princs and Prince3s embarked in the steam barge for the Jerome Napoleon. The Bombay and Mauritius Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam. ship Ceylon, Captain Brooks, with the heavy por• tion of the above mails, arrived this morning. She brings 50 passengers, 4 packages specie (value not stated), 82 packages ivory, and 116 packages gene ral merchandise. The Ceylon experienced during her passage from Trafalgar to Cape Finiaterre, head winds and heavy seas; across the Bay of Biscay light winds, hazy, with rain ; and up the Channel westerly winds and dull weather. On the Ist inst. she spoke the steamer Syria, bound for Alexandria, and the steamer Kalivur, steering south by east. On the sth ship Victoria, steering north, and the barque Skopman, standing south. On the 6th her Ma jestys ship Warrior, eastward, for Gibraltar. On the Bth, steamship Melbourne, steering south for Odessa, and the steamer Cadiz standing for Gib raltar. On the 3d inst., in lat. 37 39 N, long. 8 06 E, the Ceylon passed a large war ship, supposed to be her Majesty's ship Meanee. An Egyptian frigate, from Constantinople, with the Sultan's mother on board, arrived at Alexandria on the 27th, and sailed again on the 28th ult. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Gibraltar, Royal Oak, Resistance, Orlando, Supply, and Psyche, were at Malta ; and at Gibraltar the Pro cris a►nd Redpole. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 6. The Spanish screw frigates Villa de Madrid and Carmen, after five days' cruise to try their speed under sail and steam in the Straits and off the coast of Barbary, returned to Cadiz on the 30th ult. Orders had been received in Cadiz from the Mini ster of Marine to despatch the Villa de Madrid to the waters of Peru to reinforce the squadron already there under the command of Admiral Pinzon. The frigate would take is departure im mediately after receiving the sum of 55,000 from the Treasury. The following ships have arrived here since the departure of the last mail :—The steamer Syrian, seven days from Liverpool ; the schooner Tripoli, 61- days from Cardiff; the schooner Confidence, 19 days from Cardiff; the schooner Galatea, 20 days from Liverpool ; the brig Sarah Ann, 23 days from Swansea ; the steamer Stromboli, seven days from Liverpool ; the schooner Catherine, 18 days from Cardiff; the steamer Gibraltar, 71 days from Lon don ; the schooner Arab, 24 days from Cardiff; the brig Ocean, 19 days from Swansea; the brigantine Volant, 19 days from Newport; the schooner Me lodia, 13 days from Cardiff; the steamer Delhi, four days from Southampton. The British barque Princess of Wales arrived on the 4th in 17 days, from Cardiff; on the 28th she lost forctopmast yards, also two men lost overboard. The British brig, James Bales, from Newcastle, arrived on the 4th ; on the Ist she lost foretopmaet yards, &a. The Chronicle of the 29th ult. says :—" The ec centric practice in which the Tarifa batteries have occasionally indulged of firing directly into mer chant ships without any warning gun when the national colours have not been displayed, has, it seems, been brought under the notice of the Madrid government by the ministers of various powers whose ships or seamen have sustained injury by shots from Tarifa. To prevent future irregularities the Spanish Government, as appears by a letter from Signor Pacheco to the British ambassador at Madrid, has ordered through the Captain General of Andalusia, that the following rule is to be ob served at Tarifa, in th© case of vessels passing the island without showing their national colours:— " First, a blank cartridge is to be fired ; 10 minutes afterwards, if this signal is disregarded, a shot is to be sent across the vessel's bows ; and if she die• regards this warning a shot is to be fired at the rigging." The West Coast of Africa. LIVERPOOL, Sept, 11. The West African steamship Athenian arrived in the river at 6 o'clock last evening. She brings ad vices from Benin to July 26 ; Fernando Po, July 31; Cameroons, Aug. 1 ; Old Calabar, Aug. 2; Braes River, Aug. 4; Bonny, Aug. 7; Lagos, Aug 10 ; Cape Coast Castle, Aug. 14; Sierra Leone, Aug. 22 ; Bathurst, Aug. 25 ; Tenerife, Aug. 21 ; and Madeira, Sept. 2. Sho brings 676 ounces of gold dust. Very little trade was doing at Benin, and the river was healthy. The Commodore of the Eng lish fleet on the West Coast was expected daily to blockade the river,,for the purpose of enforcing pay ment of the rine imposed upon the natives sometime ago by the Governor of Lagos, for the outrage upon Dr. Henry's establishment. Trade was very dull at Fernando Po, and the small-pox was prevalent among the natives, al though the Europeans were healthy. At Cameroons trade was Atilt stopped, bat there was a prospect of its being shortly re-opened. Trade at Old Calabar had been stopped for 15 days, in consequence of a native trader refusing to meet a debt that he had agreed to compromise. The Brass River was healthy, and trade pretty brisk. At Bonny trade was lively, the price of palm oil moderate, and the river healthy. In the interior, at Lagos, the war among the na tives was still raging, and likely to continue. The colony was tolerably healthy, but trade very dull. Ou the 29. h of July tl►e hired transport Woo. bycz Bailed from Cape Coast COW, for the West with 380 troops. unrt nli HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 9. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe• Coburg and Princess Helena, drone yesterday to Braemar and the Lynn of De. Sept. 10. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Coburg and the royal family, drove and walked yesterday. PRINCE HUMBERT, THE CROWN PRINCE OF ITALY.—His Excelleuey the Marquis d'Azglio, the Italian Minister, accompanied by the members of the Legation, left town on Saturday in order to receive his Royal Highness Prince Humbert at Southampton. Prince Humbert, who is attended by a numerous suite, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon from Havre, in the yacht of his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. It was ex" 'anted that his Royal Highness would have arrived at the residence of the Italian Minister in Grosvenor-street last evening, for which every preparation had been made, but a l%ter telegram announced that his Royal Highness and retinue would pass the night at the Dolphin Hotel, South' ampton, together with the Italian Minister and the person' net of the Legation. Prince Humbert, accompanied by the Marquis d'Azeglio, will arrive early in the forenoon to-day at the Italian Legation, where his Royal Highness will re side during his sojourn in London. In the evening hie Royal Highness is engaged to dine with Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. On Tuesday his Royal Highness; with the Italian Minister and all the members of his suite, leave for the Doncaster race meeting. His Excellency Count de Farret, accompanied by Count Pereshello and Viscount Balsemao, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Lisbon. The Duchess of Marlborough is staying with her mother, Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, a t Carron Tower, in the North of Scotland. The Earl Vane left Plymouth some days ago fol a cruise in his yacht. The countess and family are staying at her ladyship's seat in Wales. Viscount Hamilton, M.P.,left Scotland on Fridai to join the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn at Barm2 l4 Court, county Tyrone. The noble viscount had been stay' ing with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess ° Wales at Abergeldie Castle until their departUre fur Doll' mark, MR. SANTLEY IN THE ITALIAN OPERA AT BAR' CELONA.—The Orchcaira announces that Mr. Santley, was rumoured some weeks ago, is engaged to sing in Italia% opera at Barcelona during the winter. A MONUMENTAL BUST FOR THE EcurT ol BEIINES —A committee, comprising, amongst others Messrs. J. H. Foley, F. Y. Hurlstone, and J. Woolnel has been formed for the purpose of placing a suitable mono went over the tomb of William Behnes, and of presentiol a bust of the deceased sculptor to the country. These me' morials are assuredly not more than are due to a man of au happy life, but of original and productive genius. CHANTRY'S CHEF.D . CEUVRE, THE LEEPID I( CHILDREN.—The thousands who have admire 4 it in Lichfield Cathedral will regret to learn that th' marble gives signs of premature decay. Already 01 ' figures are pierced in various parts with small holes simile to those made by worms in old wood. The first appea r ances which attracted attention were small purely whi t ' spots which in a short time fall into holes. The disfigure went of so splendid a work of art must be regretted bi all who can appreciate its beauties and the genius of the sculptor. TREMENDOUS HAUL OF FlSll.—One ast week the seine of Tagummina was shot, 01 , so great was the number and we i g ht o f s h a d enclose' therein that all the men in the neighbourhood, who wet; collected for the purpose, could not draw in the net. Vie' efforts were continued for three days and three nights, b u without success. In the meantime, however, four boatload were taken out of it by means of baskets and other co il trivanees, and in the end they had to cut the net, On th third day the fish began to die in great numbers, to $ lOl an extent that the air for some distance along wh et they have been cast by the action cr• the waves is vet: disagreeably impregnated with the odour arising from the' decomposing bodies. had the fishermen succeeded drawing in the seine, it is thought that 40 boats could 0° have held all the fish it contained. All along the coast hag quantities of shad have been seen within the past week." Sktbbereen Eagle. NET AND ROD FISIIING.—The Scotsman says" " Although the net fishing on the Tay and i ll tributaries, which came under the operation of the Led Fisheries Act, 1858, closed on the 2Gth of August last' ) 3 the proprietors and tacksmen of salmon fishing on the Be ' coast, comprehended in the Tay district by the Sair tt °' , Fisheries Act, 1862, are to continue to fish until the 14 nst. This state of matters has arisen from the fact of tP bye-law of the commissioners fixing the annual close-till° of the Tay district not having been conformable to Aot ° Parliament, There is much difference of opinion like° existing as to when the rod fishing in the Tay distri e should cease. Most anglers hold that it does not oei l° till the 10th of October, the period fixed by the by laA 6 the commissioners, On the other hand, it is contends that, as the by-laws of the Salmon Commissioners have° been confirmed by Parliament, therefore the rod ashi,t' must cease, in terms of the Tay Fisheries Act, ]B5B, on L '; 30th September. We understand that the latter vies ) / likely to be adopted by the Tay District Board, which le hold a meeting shortly. With regard to the rod fishing may be stated that, with the rains of last week and the 0' of Monday, the Tay was considerably swollen on Tuesch 4 salmon in large numbers were proceeding up the ril l to the spawning grounds, so that a good rod-fishing set ° , may be expected. In fact, anglers during the past few cit'J have got well-filled baskets." SOLITARY CONFINEMENT BEFORE TRIAL.- -31 , Justice Shea was occupied on Tuesday and Friday las t ' j i the Judges' Chambers, in the case of "The Queen V. s`'. and Cheetham," in which an application was made for b° The defendants had been committed at Manchester wounding, with intent to do some bodily harm, a man riee ie' Wild. They were bric4fmakers, and a strike had OP place. Mr Torr and Mr Chinnery were heard in supPe rtc the application, and it was stated that unless the men W e " , bailed they would be kept for three months in solitary finement before the winter assizes, Mr Sleigh oppose d application, Mr Justice Shoe refused the application. 4 Chinnery repeated that the men would be three urol:' longer in solitary confinement. His lordship said be he nothing to do with the prison regulations. He must 0 0 " the application for bail, Despatches were received - on Saturday at th Colonial office from the Governor of Canada. Despet° l were sent to the Governora of Gibraltar, Malta, Co9 l° " t Hong-Kong, and Labuan. SNUBBING A GOVERNOR.—The Duke of Die l/ castle has recently been snubbing the Governor Bermuda for some opinions ho expressed respecting bloc ado running in the early part of this year. The m'i., portion of the last letter from the Duke on this aulsjO t ii as follows :—" Whatever opinions you may individO, entertain on the points to which you advert, what io e ; petted of you is that you will not, without urgent ocoe s ' or without authority, express opinions affecting the relatol of her Majesty's Government with foreign goveriatue! and countries, and that you will abstain from adoptioD tone and spirit, in alluding to invasions of the rig bt i ' , blockade, which, even as construed and explained by Y o v j self, is, in an officer occupying your position, uojustith and cannot but be injurious to this country in its relati°J with the United States. That the opinions officially e pressed by you should have given rise to angry conaul e l in the United States, which, even if they b e unfair'' , not on that account much less mischievous, is, I the what ordinary forethought would have led you to se tt ' pate. —I have, Sze., NEWCASTLE," SUDDEN DEATH IN A THEATRE.—On TWO ui e ll y , night a young woman who was witnessing the perfor in the Pavilion Theatre suddenly rose from her seat t+° fell backwards, exclaiming, " Oh, my heart 1 .. " 11 00 medical assistance arrive. , she was found to be d e ad, the doctor was of opinion that the deceased had died i f ol disease of the heart. The body was conveyed to the a , t house of the London Hospital, where an inquest wi ll held, 'IRE UNITED KINGDOM RAILWAY OFF.o"" c4ss AND SERVANTS ASSOCIATION.--The fifth O ti o, yearly meeting was hold on Friday last, at the Le° Bridge House hotel; H. B. Sheridan, Esq., ALP , ' i ll et chair. The secretary, Mr. T. Alfred Burr, read the reV it which showed the receipts had been £1,403 183 3d W oo six months, and that after payments for accidents, Scc'' pt expenses, the balance in hand amounted to £ll7. 13- ',10: of £1,400 had been paid for deaths of members and 'lO wives since the Railway Provident Society, which is ‘ O. lO in connexion with the a&ociation,was established. , 4 0 vial meeting was afterwards held, when some alt era" o wore made in the rules, J) ,, putations attended iron e ° of the country districts. CAPTAIN FISIIBOURNE.—We regret to het" e lls Captain Gardiner Fishbout no, R.N., C. 8., 11159 oel je him to reek a temporary change of scene and air, an d ot el at this moment in Switzerland. This, we are iuT uf dip will account for the suspension of his lettems to the I ° journal on guns and ships.--69 - nry and Navy Gazett9; EVIL NEWS FOR MRS. DODD IN CO ' t READE'S " HARD CASIC . —The " Slang Diet i°l3 ,,,ei or the Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and ' V a st' eions of high and Low Society," will be i ss ued i 1.3,0 lb days. It is Bald that many years have been devoted 3:0,0f formation of this work, and that it will contain about words a nd phrases in constant use amongst all ol'issell society, but which are given iu no regular dictionerfi r e 0 title further says " that many of the words have tit') I urology and a few their history traced."