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H EAT RE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. - TManag. rs, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. The Public; is respectfully informed that there will be NO PERFORM, N.NCE THIS _EVENING, in consequence of the Stage being required tor the -cenic itehearsal of Lord Byron's Choral 'ira-,.Tedy of MANFRED, to he produced TO MORROW EVENING- (Saturday), Oct.—Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. "nIRINCESS'S TITEATRE.—Great Success of IiERRMANN. PRESTIDIGITATELTR. lIERR HERRMANN has the honour to announce that, in conse quence of the ;rent success and fl a ttering recept on he h as Ina w ith. he will continue his Performances, EVERY INENING. until further notice. Commencing at Eight. ROYAL HAYNIARKET.- fr ITEATRE Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, to commence at 7, w i t h AN UNLUCKY 3IOKLAL : Mr. William Farren, 31113 s M. Harris, &c. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of FINESSE ; or, spy and . minter Spy: char.cters by Mr. _Alfred Wigan, Mr. Ch , ppendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Backstou, ; jilrs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, and firs. Alfred Wigan. Concluding with TURNING TIIE TABLES. On Monday, Oct. 26. Mr. and Mrs. CiziAS. MATHEWS will return to the London stage. W .tHEATRE-ROYAL, A:DELPHI.— sole pronrunor and Manager, Ito. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TitAGERY QUEEN : 3lrs. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported Messrs.A•thur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, A. Wood, hburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : 31 's s Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—The ce lebrated young American Actress, Mi ss RATE MAN, having ou her first appe arance i n the New Drama of LEAH ob tained the most triumphant and enthusiasti c success that has been wi nessed for many years, and the p rofound impression created by her impersonation of the character ot LEAH upon a., c owded audience hAvintr been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval ot the entire Oaily " P ros, the llanafzer ot the NEW ADEL P HI THEATRE has the honour to announce that 3l,es BAT EMAN will appear in the New D rama o f LEAR EVERY EVENING till further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING (Ist time) MIRIAM'''. CRIME. Messrs. Honey, p ar seue, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Followed by THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." M essrs. Honey, Turner, K. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with WH ERE'Sommence YO U at 7 R WIFE. Mr. Belford. C. rAE THIRD EDITION OF " THE suN Containingthe Latest SPORTING INTELLIGEM:i: be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tirts DAT,—Morning, 11d. 5931.—Afternoon, h. m. To-goE.T.tow.-Morning, 12h. 26m.—Afternoon, 12h. 49m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 9, 1863, THERMOMETER. This clay at Two o'clock 58 Barometer -29.61. Wind—North-Eaaterly ; moderate, and cloudy, f -igeb.47 eyzoxti„. 4.4. LONDON, FRIDAY, ocr. 9, 1863. Bit by bit the Tory majority is increasing. Of this, there can no longer be any reasonable doubt. The present Ministers, on their acces sion to power four years ago, by means of what Sir HuGlr CAIRNS called in exceedingly plain Rog lisp " a dodge"—began their political speculation, as one may say, with a very small capital, indeed, in the way of votes. The division that actually landed them in power only just turned the balance of that political plank on which party is ever playing the game of see-saw between Govern ment and Opposition. The balance, even then at that turning point, was little more than just nomi nal. The clear majority was so very juvenile in poiut of fact, that one might say it was only just in its teens. It was a majority, in truth, so small that it was only a trifle better than no majority what ever. The minority confronting it, if not furnish ing quite six to every half-dczen opposed to it, was really and truly so very nearly upon a level with its victors, numerically, that it might the most fairly have been designated at the outset merely the second bast. Gradually, however, even the small clear majority appertaining to the in-coming Government began to dwindle and fade away, until the point of equilibrium was eventually reached. The Conservative Reaction has unmis takably since then gone on steadily—slowly it may bs—but steadily, increasing. A laugh at first was raised by the apologists of her Majesty's present Ministers, when people began to whisper about the phrase of—Conservative Reaction. The fact that there was any Reaction of the kind was confidently and indignantly denied. All the while the Reaction, really in progress, while Ministerialists were laughing at it, went on increasing until it even tually compelled them, as the phrase is, to laugh on the other side of their mouths; and, so laughing, to recognise it ; and, so laughing, to ac knowledge frankly that, in spite of themselves, they did recognise it. A Lib eral member dies, and into his place slips adroitly enough a new tooth-and.nail Conservative. A supporter of the Government resigns for one reason or an other—his constituency is bagged immediately by the vigilant promoters of the interests of the Opposition. A partisan of the Cabinet—or of one of the most conspicuous members of the Cabinet, probably its veteran leader —is re warded for his long years of faithful adherence to the Liberal cause by his promotion to a coronet and e rmine, in other words to a seat in the Upper House _forthwith, into his seat in the Lower House, glides as alarmingly as the Ghost of BANQUO to the won• Bering eyes of MACBETH, not a Liberal, not a Ninisterialist, no Whig, no new adherent of the prime Minister, but one diametrically the reverse, an opponent to Lord PALMERsTON, and to all around Lord J) ME RSTON. Thus, pushing f rom t h e i r stools Liberal after Liberal, Conservative after Conser vative has m ustered on the bench es b e hi nd Mr. DISRAELI. The time has long pa sse d b y co uld pretend, far a moment, when anyone that, with a pal ty q uestion of an y decided kind brought forward in the House of Commons, the present Ministers could by any chance whatever muster a maj or ity, a clear m a J )ritY of one ! The Opposition has been to dif4 " ll tY with the q uestion in t he re g ular c '' rne across any such course things. To drag in by ,e_a party question head and shoulder., would only, could O nly bear the flag ran t con struction „ of being another infallibly i n r ah 'e at c o a n se "'bee" part, and mu st, q uite . dubbed thencefort h that most dubiou s Politica'l triumph, a triumph won by mere factious o pposition. The guiding policy of the Opposition, fo r Borne time past, therefore, has manifestly been to a ti lt patie n tl y, as pa ti e nt l y as men might wa i t who a already in the palm of their they covet the p riz ands, so th a t t h ey h av e o u n o l l y icy to w e i lo th m se t t h h e eir , word s , gr asp it . Th e fingers,itiottie inorder r word as until the opportunity sh ou ld been t o t arry naturally present it . se lf—not be dragged fo rwar d , not be actually P made by them, but, in the regul ar course of political events, as we have said, pr esent itself for theirtc4l acceptance. The longer this policy is continued, the more certain it is of proving successful in the en d, The opportunity is sure to arise sooner or l a t e r And meanwhile, by merely waiting, th e Tory Opposition is winning for itself not simply, as it is really still doing from time to time, new votes, as in this recent instance of the election down at Coventry, but—what ie better than votes to them, with the community at large, an increasing reputa tion for prudence, and almost, we might go the length of saying, for magnanimity. A specimen of American eloquence has just been afforded us in the address of the Rev. H. WARD BEECHER, in the Cobden Hotel, Glasgow. This gentleman is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his earnest, uncompromising advocacy of temperance and abolition, and accordingly some of the sriecipal temperance men of the Scottish City took the occasion of his visit to improvise an assembly in his honour. It was of course expected that Mr. BEECIIER S. hould address the meeting, and although it was expressly declartehe general declared that no political feeling called them together, des to i r the e w t a g o s pi c r , a t o i c fied cup , y f i o n r g t h a e n v is m i i t n o plunged boldly d r andae know in s bold ne a or n te d e tp o be outspokenhis va on m ud ri a ae n bn n ley e e r .. O ' e h d f a g t t h e c d e o m h ms speech T a n i e d w e i i e e n l t f a w ea e b st o c It was illogical, rash, and one-sided. Its argu ments were unsound, its assertions preposterous, and its religious allusions, to say the least of it , decidedly irreverent, even allowing for the freedom of American discourse. Mr. BEECIIER began, as was natural, by complimenting the Scotch, and commenting on the many points of resemblance between them and the New Englanders. But when we come to the instances of similarity which he gives, we are almost inclined to think he is speaking satirically. " That union of moral senti ment, that intellectual progress, together with that mild and yielding disposition tohich characterise both sides, convince me that I am here at home." It is the first time that we have heard either North Britons or New Englanders celebrated for their mild and yielding qualities, and certainly present events do not show much of them in our transat lantic friends, at all events. Where a little further on Mr. BEECIIER declares that the Federals will rather give " the last child they have and the last penny they possess" than relinquish a war already hopeless, he does not give a very striking proof either of their amiability or their readiness to yield to conviction l The religious declamation of Mr. BEECHER, though doubtless earnest and sincere, seems sadly oat of place to English taste when it precedes such declarations as those we have just quoted. We are not slow to appreciate the grand and lofty spirit of patriots dying for their country, or the heroism which strives to the last to defend its hearths and homes from the invader, but there is nothing in the American war to inspire such sen timents. It is one of the darkest and most melan choly passages in modern history; fought by a people who have always boasted of their practical and matter-of-fact tendencies, it carries out that view by being utterly divested of lofty idea or good and noble purpose. We may sympathise with the determined resistance of the South, and its unflinch ing courage, but the Southerners were not forced into war by the oppression of a King BOMBA or the atrocities sanctioned by a GORTSCHAKOFF. On the part of the North it is a struggle for supremacy, actuated by mercenary motives; a lavish expendi ture of men and money, a reckless sacrifice of the peace and welfare and progress of the State to sel fish ends. The great question of slavery, which some enthusiasts would have us believe lies at the root of this strife, has been worked for their own ends by both combatants. The North talk loudly of its iniquity—just discovered since the tide of fortune turned against them—the South uphold it hardily. The North would gladly retract the famous Abolition Emancipation on condition of the re-establishment of the Union, the South are bent on preserving their "domestic institution." And in the midst of this struggle constitutional liberty and civil right go down; free speech brings the speaker into trouble, opposition to the Govern ment entails imprisonment or exile. A forced conscription carries a whole train of evils with it. Conscripts refuse to serve, or find substitutes who enlist for the sake of the bounty, desert, are re captured, and shot. Murmurs, not loud but deep, are heard, until the popular discontent is silenced by exaggerated accounts of victory or infinitessimal pictures of defeats. And in the face of all this, Mr. BEECHER talks to us of " GOD sending his angel of war," of a feeling in the North "as ex tensive as the atmosphere, as deep as the ocean, as immoveable as the mountains," against the divi sion of the Union. He says, "We all feel this is not man's work, but GOD'S ; and we feel that we shall follow His footsteps to the end.'' Truly, if this is his idea of supplying the needs of want, sorrow, or suffering which he tells us is his mission ; if this is his mode of displaying that religion of universal love which he declares to be burning in his soul, his intentions are better than his practice. He has upheld the cause of abolition, he tells us, when to do so was to incur exclusion from society, and to peril life and limb, and he merits our applause for so doing, but such Abolitionists hinder rather than further their cause at the present crisis. They refuse to acknowledge facts which are patent to the eyes of all unpreju diced men, and persist in talking as if the rights of the negro, instead of the mercantile interests of the Northern States, were the true origin of the war. Let the South offer to rejoin the Union to-morrow, on condition that the maintenance of slavery is guaranteed to them, and we shall soon see the value of the Federal fervour on behalf of humanity, end the rights of man. Mr. BEECHER himself was fain to admit that the immortal proc'amation was not altogether disinterested, and that it was only be cause " the rebels became so potent, and their aims se alarming" that the PRESIDENT had recourse to it. This he considers especially the work of Providence, and the language in which he describes it, after c ‘ms‘ a w.v v n uos d rth i d d ebsn l y be destroyed, t admitting afiberesect rai nom yteehdeii their s origin, is worth quoting,-- with hta hands, they hands h roo e uste G a lt r irk e e at Dr agon must outstretched and man, Let r everberated a l l itsthroughout the and whole with a world,Te voice c r w i e h d i , h " This is aa iheot considering d horrors, rho go real te hel st l a ." te of too strong, att e n nor in which Hhe e eaven is dragged in t o b© the rs m on a s h il e ble for the iniq u iti es of man is still worse. Whenp we remember the total absenc e of humanity and good faith which h as characterised tohf eB acts UTLER, the Northern Governm en t, t h e tyranny of the submersion of the l an d s round Vickeburg, th e s h ells falling under the protectin g yellow flag, the G ree k fire poured into Charleston, we can but feel indig nant astonishment that the most fervent enthusiasm should carry Mr. BEECHER 60 far as to expres s the feelings of the Northern people in the most sacred o f prayers, and to compare their present self-in flicted trial to the euffei ings of Gethsemane, Such language ma y suit the exaggerated t as t e o f Mr. B EE CHER'S co-en thusiaste, but it will not favourably public. impress the English The speeches at the Manchester Southern Jude. pendent Association are well worthy of perusal,and will be aura to interest our readers. Lard WHARN CLIFFE took the chair, and delivered a very sensible disc ourse on the important subject b efore them. He stated that some erroneous reports had been circu ated rel at take that oivpe to their proceedinfo, and he must had Portunity to contradict the m. The y sever those attributed interested motive s to _ o ppos e d to them. All ho Ns iONd was to THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1863. claim for himself and those who were of his opi nion the " credit of doing what they believed to be right." This is assuredly the undenied and undis poted privilege of Englishmen, and it is going out of the prescribed routine to interfere with it. The object of this meeting was to announce the amalga mation of the Central Association for the Recogni tion of the Confederate States and the old association called the Southern Club. The name about to be given to the united associations was the " Southern Independence Association." In reference to Earl RUSSELL'S declaration that there was a great prepon derance of those Rho sympathised with the North over the number of those who favoured the South, Lord WIIARNCLIFFE aptly remarked that this proved the truth of what he had before said, that the minds of their statesmen must be under a great deception, when they could make such statements. He had no hesitation in giving it as his opinion that there was not any thing like one-third of the population of England in favour of the North. Many will corroborate this statement, and only the devoted adherents of Earl RUSSELL can be persuaded to credit his ex travagant assertion. It would hardly be exaggera tion to say that the direct opposite to the Foreign Secretary's calculation would be the correct one. At a meeting in Birmingham, where Mr. BRIGHT made somegrand oration, while the audience cheered his oratory, they received his political arguments with silence. Meanwhile Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, who was of the opposite opinion, was greatly ap plauded. The backbone of this association was "the recognition of the South, and the forma tion of terms of amity with that distin guished nation." Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid par ticular stress upon the unfounded imputation that the South were encouraging slavery, and that the charge had been made against those who supported that struggling nation that they aided or abetted the work. He thought they should try to remove this impression, because many influential bodies were against it. The fact is, that where there iS the semblance of a foundation for misrepresentation , opponents are too prone to take advantage of the opportunity, and to turn it to suit their own views. The notion of the American contest being a "you of slavery" is downright absurd as to argument, and flagrantly unjust as to principle. All who un derstand the American question will acknowledg e the error of the assertion that Lord Ix.rHARstchIFF E was so wisely anxious to refute, and so stop th e mischievous spread of the calumny. The no ble chairman also drew attention to the results that would ensue from the subjugation of the South by the North. Ho spoke advisedly, for he had twice visited the country, and he declared that the shave was in a much worse position in the North than in the South ; the negroes were shunned on all sides, and regarded as pariahs and outcasts. In the south, on the contrary, the blacks and whites were to gether side by side. This fact was abundantly proved in the late insurrection at New York, w here a hundred blacks were kill e d i n co ld bl oo d. The noble lord justly o b serve d that the ruling spirit of the war h a d go t b eyond i ndepen d en ce and empire; the North were goaded on b y re venge' Lastly, the noble ch a i rman spo k e of the policy of conciliating the South, declaring that goon there would be a war with th e U n i te d S tates un less they changed their tone tow ar d s us, an d that t hen most assuredly our best def ence wou ld b e in having might secured the friendship of th e S ou th. They hereaftez hope to effect a gradual extinction of slavery, and by the recognition of the South they would do another good act by "putting the curb upon the violence of th e mos t mischiev ous nation on the face of the earth." Lord WIJARN CLIFIE'S address was a most admirable one, and deserves to be treated with attention. Had we at an earlier period p u t th ese precep t s into practice the result wo u ld h ave b een t h at we s h o uld now be reaping inestimable and incalculable advantages ; and how many of our working classes would have been spared dreadful sufferings and a cruel position ? It is to be trusted that this Association will go on and prosper, and the more disseminated are its principles, the deeper rooted its ideas, and the more extended its views, the better will it be for the pro sperity of the community, and the more conducive to the honour of the country. Mr. SPENCE, who spoke subsequently at the meeting, very properly animadverted upon the unfairness of the declara tion of the advocates of the Federal cause, that a large majority was on their side, for in the higher classes it was indisputable that there was a balance in favour of the South; and as for the working men, many times had deputations from them come forward to " protest against the colour given to their opinions, and to urge the hold ing of m eet i ngs i n favour of the Sout h." The Fe deral pa r t y h a d now organised an agitation, and they must therefore meet them with their own weapons, Mr. SPENCE also said that the conflict ing accounts daily received of the victories gained alternately, seemed to prove that some other agency was wanted to stop the terrible tide of bloodshed. "This evil could not be reached but by the action and influence of some third party, some Eur o p ean P ower. " There i s g reat truth i n this, and all who subscribe to these sentiments should now stand forth to uphold t h em , t o carry out their tenets, and to forward their projects. It will be a blessing to humanity to stop the spread of the most cruel civil war that has yet afflicted the human race, and it this benevolent and beneficent work is to be accomplished by any European nation, why should E ng l and b 3 slow to move , an d back ward in maki ng any effort, This is not a suitable position to be assumed by a country that should be first and forem os t i n all great undertakings, that should lead the van in the march of progress, the guide and guardian of less favoured lands. - OUR NATIONAL LITERATURE. Our National Literature has been admirably well mapped out in the Reader, upon the follow ing ingenious scheme:-.- I. LITERARY HISTORY OF THESE ISLANDS ANTECEDENT TO ENGLISH LITERATURE PROPER, B.C. 55, A.D. 1250. 1. The Roman Period : B.C. 55, A D. 450.—Traces (if any) of Britanno-Latin Literature, and of Native Celtic. 2. The .Anglo-Saxon Period : A.D. 450, A.D. 1066. Celtic Literature, Cymric or Gaelic (so far as traces exist)—Latin Writings of Natives of Britain—and Anglo-Saxon Literature. 3. The Anglo -.A orman Period : A.D. 1066, A D. 1250. —Continued Celtic Literature—Latin Writings of Natives of Britain, whether Celts, Anglo- Saxons, or Normans—Norman-French Litera ture—Anglo-Saxon Literature continued as Semi -Saxon or English. 11. HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE PROPER (WITH CELTIC,LATIN ; AND FOR A TIME NORMAN-FRENCH, CONTINUED AS ADJUNCTS). Period 1. From 1250 to 1400—Chaucer. ~ 2. From 1400 to 1580—Or to about the middle of Elizabeth's reign. ~ 3. From 1580 to 1625—The so-called Eliza bethan Period, including the reign of dames I,—Period of Spencer, Bacon, Shakspere, and their contemporaries. ), 4. From 1625 to 1688 —Including the reign of Charles I , the era of the Common . , 5. Froma Revo l ut i on l Per i o d 688 tov tal7B9the French - - wealth, and th e re i gns of Charlesll. and dames 11. Orfr e o h m ß t e h v e ol E u n ti g o l n i — sh what is calle g d ue ' l YTh c g w ith :" R e i s g i ll o t n e d e i fth Cen tury." ~ 6. From 1789 to the present time (susceptible, of course, like the other periods, of sub divisions). LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 9. The Honiteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the September account : THE BOMBAY MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ceylon, Captain Evans, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 132 passengers, 5 packages of specie, value £990, and 1,374 packages of cargo, including 1,126 bales of raw silk, value £lOO,OOO sterling. The Ceylon experienced from Cape St. Vincent to Finisterre strong northerly winds and heavy head sea. Across the Bay of Biscay north-westerly winds, unsettled weather, with heavy westerly swell, and low barometer. Her Majesty's ships Revenge, Meanee, Pysche, Phoebe, and Foxhound were at Malta. At Gibral tar the Prncris, also the Italian steam frigates Vic tor Emmanuel, Garibaldi, Regina, Carlo Alberto, Maria Adelaide, Duc de Geneva, and two others. The Ceylon spoke on the 29th ult, H.M.S. Chanti cleer ; on the 30th, H.M.S. Orontes ; on the Ist inst. the s.s. Poonah ; and on the sth the s.s. Pera, and an English barque showing V.F.8.C., steering north-•west, desired to be reported all well. The British brig Flying Cloud, from Odessa, ar rived at Gibraltar on the 25th. The master reports that on the 24th August, whilst rounding Cape St. Angelo, in the Morea, intending to take the service passage between the mainland and the island of Cergio, he saw and heard three volleys of musketry fired at a distance of not more than half a mile from his ship. The master believed that the firing was from pirates attacking some vessel, and immediately put his ship about and stood out to sea. He also reports that the barque, Waterloo, the only vessel in company with the Flying Cloud, that day en tered the Channel about an hour before him, and he therefore entertained fears as to her safety. The sailing of the war sloop Consuelo, with amu nition for Algeciras and Malaga, had been counter manded in consequence of the favourable answer to the ultimatum demanded by the Spanish Govern ment from that of the Emperor of Morocco. The British barque, Eliza Kinch, bound to Santos, passed Gibraltar on the 2d; she picked up, on Sept. 30, the boat of the schooner Ann (of Troon), which vessel foundered i❑ lat. 38 44 N., long. 4.22, being then 10 days from Girgenti, with a cargo of sulphur, bound to Cork or Falmouth. The Eliza Kinch cast off the boat at the entrance of the bay of Gibraltar, and proceeded on her voyage. GIBRALTAR, OCT. 4. The following British vessels have arrived here since the 25tt. ult.:--The schooner Manx Minx, 25 days from Hull ; brigantine Conquest, 14 days from Newport ; t,chobner Braes o' Moray, 17 days from Cardiff ; brigantine Jessy, 21 days from Cardiff ; steamer Melbourne, 6 days from Cardiff ; cutter Pride, 20 days from Liverpool ; schooner Elizabeth, 17 days from Newport; schooner Messenger, 21 days from Liverpool ; brig Lightning, 22 days from Newcastle ; steamer lonia, 17 days from Liverpool ; steamer Amazon, 10 days from London ; steamer Poonab, 8 days from Southampton; steamer Bri tannia, 7 days from London; steamer British Queen, 6 days from Liverpool ; steamer Tripoli, 6 days from Liverpool ; and steamer Ellora, 5 days from Southampton. Exchanges are voted, on London, 90 days' date, 49i to 13-16ths; Paris, 5f 27f; Marseilles, 5t 28c; Genoa, of 29c ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par to prem.; Seville, par to a prem. ; Malaga, prem.; Barcelona, I- prem.; and Cadiz, Almeira, Valencia, and Alicant, par. Presentation of the Coventry Address to - - H It.H, the Princess of Wales. (THIS DAY ) The deputation from Coventry, headed by the Mayor (Thomas Soden, Esq.) had the honour of an audience to day, to present to her Royal Highness the congratulatory address, executed in woven fabric, as a means of repre senting the capabilities of the Coventry loom, the skill of its workmen, and also to show that although the city had passed through an ordeal of unparalleled severity, yet that the misfortune had not had the effect of damping either the energy or the loyalty of its citizens. As a specimen of English manufacture, the address is probably the most elaborate and wonderful piece of work ever produced by the looms of Coventry. The text, which is written in the Gothic hand of this period, is enclosed on all sides by a border of interlaced golden branches, which form a series of clasped medallions, in which are introduced alternately, the badge and monogram of the Prince of Wales. Between the medallions the symmetry of the border is pre served by sprays of leaves and flowers, of various colours. In the centre of the border, at the top, are the arms of the City of Coventry—per pale,gules, and vert, an elephant, on his back a castle triple•towered, or, surmounted by the crest, a cat, or. On each side of the shield is an ortrich feather with the motto " Icb Dien," as represented on early seals. These plumes have been always associated with the arms of the City, in remembrance of the intimate connexion which it was its honour to enjoy with Edward the Black Prince. The banners on each aide represent the " Danne brog," the national standazd of Denmark. At the foot of the design are the Sword and Mace--the civic insig nia; on the dexter side of which are arms of the Prince of Wales—England quartering Scotland and Ireland, with an inescutcheon of Saxony; and over all a label of three points, the distinctive mark of the eldest son. On the sinister side are the arms of the kingdom of Denmark —or, semee of hearts, gules, three lions passant, aaure. In the execution of the work two 900 Jacquard machines have been employed, carrying 2,138 cords, and requiring 16,372 cards; and the shuttle has had to traverse, in completing the whole design, from 10,000 to 11,000 times. The casket containing the address is another triumph of Coventry skill, and founded, like the enrichment of the address itself, on historical examples; the period chosen is the era comprising British, Saxon, Scandinavian art, when Danish history became so closely woven with Bri tish, and Danish kings reigned in England. The details of silver filagree, the lobed crystals, amethysts, carbuncles, and ivory, with which it is enriched, are in keeping with many beautiful remains exhibited in the Loan Museum of 1862; and the national museums and private cabinets of England and Denmark contain many choice examples of this character. " Tennyson's Idylls of the Bing," based upon British periods of history, is chosen for the illustration; the design, by Tenniel, represents the crowning portion of Enid's devotion to her wounded hus band, the Prince Gerant. Her Royal Highness and suite having entered the re ception-room, and the formal introduction made, the mayor then presented the address, which was as follows : " To HEB, ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. " May it please your Royal Highness,— " We, the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of Coventry in Council assembled, beg to express to your Royal Highness our warmest congratulations upon your Royal Highness's marriage with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. " We join with all our hearts in the general welcome of your Royal Hi g h ness t o this country—a welcome which will have been to your Royal Highness the most grateful proof of the satisfaction with which the august alliance is every where regarded. " We rejoice that while it renews an intimate connection between the Royal Families of Denmark and England, it is also hailed with enthusiasm by the peopleof both nations —a unison of feeling which cannot fail to promote the good: will and friendly intercourse so long subsisting between them. " Our ardent prayer is that the event may be blessed with happiness to your Royal Highness and the Prince, imparting jqy to our beloved Queen and wide-spread benefits to this kingdom, " Given under our Common Seal the 24th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1863. "THOS, SODEN', Mayor (Common Seal)." The address was received in the most gracious manner, and then a splendid watch, of Coventry manufacture, was presented by Miss Soden (daughter of the Mayor) on the part of the ladies of the City. This present, like the address, was another splendid spe cimen of Covent r y t aste. On the back of t h e case was en graved a monogram surmounted by the Princess's crown, the former comp ose d of brilliants an d ros e diamonds, the latter of brilliants, rose diamonds, rubies, and emeralds ; on the case there are in all 60 brilliants and 64 rose dia• monds. The dial is of chased gold, with black painted hours. THE £2,500 ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL.—SamueI Hey Parker, the young man who robbed his employers, Messrs. Chambers, Holder, and Co., of Liverpool, of £2,500 (but afterwards returned £1,500), has escaped punishment by his musters declining to prosecute. DECREASE. Cash in band Treasury balance fl Advances INCREASE. Bank notes Current accounts Bills discounted not yet due .... 58 The Paris papers of to-day publish a telegram dated Constantinople, Bth October, stating that the Budget was adopted by the Grand Council on Sunday last. A Polish expedition has successfully disembarked at Vardar in Circassia. The Conseitutionnel of this morning publishes an article signed by M. Limayrac, headed "Poland under the Protection of Europe." The writer says :—" The uncertainty and un easiness which exist in the public mind cannot be prolonged without inconvenience. We should not be pre-occupied with certain impossible compli cations. The isolated action of France could alone have given rise to such fears, In view of the European concert which has been established, these fears are contrary to good sense and an ana chronism. The negociations promoted by France have succeeded in placing Poland under the pro tection of Europe. Such a policy is neither ineffec tual nor unfruitful. When written international law and public opinion are both on the side of a noble cause, its triumph is certain." " The present policy of France has rallied Europe around her. In 1840, on the contrary, France was under the ban of the Great Powers. The Emperor's Government understands the im portance of having rallied England and Austria to the cause of Poland, and will not be turned away by any excitement from the path he has chosen, but will continue to fulfil all his duties towards the noble cause of Poland without involving the fortune of France, whi c h b e l ongs to F rance a l one. " M. Limay rac energetically opposes isolated ac tion on the part of France, and any comparison on the part of France in 1840 and 1863. Ire con tinues : GREECE. The following telegram has been receiTed at Mr, Reuter's office from the Greek Consul General in London : SYRIA, OCT. 8. The National Assembly has received with enthu siasm the resolution of the lonian Parliament in favour of union with Greece. The National Assembly proceeded in a body to the Cathedral, where a " Te Deum" was performed, The joy of the population is extreme. (Signed) CALLIGAS, Minister of Foreign Affairs. SPAIN, MADRID, OCT. 9. Public attention is much occupied with the in surrection i❑ St. Domingo. The Peublo publishes an article advocating the abolition of slavery in the Spanish colonies by means of an indemnity to the slave-owners. POLAND. BRESLAU, OCT. 8. According to advices received here from Warsaw, a workman emp!oyed in the factory of Mr. Evans, a British subject, has been shot by the Russians in the factory yard for making grenades. The factory has been closed by order of General Berg, and is to remain so until Mr. Evans shall have paid a fine of 1,500 roubles. CRACOW, OCT. 9. A sanguinary engagement has taken place at Roezanow. A large number of persons hive been enlisted in the palatinate of Kalisch for the insurrectionary army. DENMARK. BERLIN, OCT, 9. Accordin g t o a dvices recei ve d h ere f ro m Copen hagen, Prince Christian, in drinking the health of the King at a Court dinner, expressed in the name of the nation its willingness to shed its blood in de fence of the independence of Denmark. The King, in reply, said that he desired peace, but that he reckoned on his people in case it should not be pos sible to maintain it. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Euxine, with the above mails, left Alexan dria for Marseilles at 11 a.m. on the 7th inst. The Poonah, with the heavy portion of the mails, sailed for Southampton at 5 p.m. the same day• The Candia brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 4th inst. OUTWARD MAIL OP THE 20-26TH JUNE• The Northam reached Sydney on the 14th of August. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, COVENTRY. The polling commenced at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and resulted, as will be seen below, in the return of Mr. Treherne, the Conservative candidate, who has undou btedl y been all along the favourite of the mob. From a ve r y earl y hour in the morning until the close of the poll the excite ment was intense, but although there was a great deal of clamour and noise, and much of that peculiar kind of abuse which is c haracteristic of all places where the suffrage is vested in the " freemen," there was no serious mischief done by either party , The first statement issued was b y Mr. Treherne's committee : NINE O'CLOCK. Treherne .. 610 I Peel .• HALP-PAST NINE O'CLOCK. Treherne , , 884 I Peel .. .. 582 ELEVEN O'CLOC K. Treherne .. 1,35 4 I Peel .. .. 1,004 At this period of th e d ay man y of the out - voters began to arr ive from Birmi ng h am an d ether towns, and the next s t a tement, the fir s t i ssued b y Mr. Peel's committee, was at HALF •PAST TEN O'CLOCK. Treherne .. 1,560 I Peel .. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Treherne .. 1 ,785 i Peel • . TWELVE O'CLOCK. At this hour Mr.Troherne's committee issued the follow ing : Treherp e .. 1,920 I Peel .. ONE O'CLOCK. Treherne *. 2,008 I Peel • • • . 1,795 At this time it seemed to be taken for granted that the Conservative candidate must win. The following was the statement at 44' .. = .. 1,281 .. 1,567 .. 1,664 he Treherne official E d ec . 2 l a r T a , t i l i l o 6 l :l E 0 7 1 c 'r ° o c e l l". 2 w ade by the MayOCirlalT few minutes before five o'clock— Treherno .. 9 ,263 I Peel .. 2,129 The anmuncernent of the numbers was received with much apparent satisfaction. The number of voters on the register is about 5,000, but it has been reduced by removals, &c. Mr. Treherne and Mr. Peel addressed their supporters from the windows of their respective hotels. Such is the result of this election, somewhat unexpected by the Liberal party, who were fortunate in having as their candidate a villa so cl ose ly allied to one of the greatest of English statesmen of modern times ; but, strange as it may appear, Free Trade lost Mr. Peel his election. MR. SEIRLEY BRoORS has a novel on the stocks, to be hunched with the new Year. LITERATURE. Erenings at Home. By Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Bar bauld. One vol., pp. 212. Longman and Co. Another delightful nursery clessic has here been added to that series of charming story-hooks now being published, in quarterly volurnettes, by the Messrs. Longman, under the title, collectively, of J. S. Laurie's Shilling Entertaining Library. Half a dozen good reasons we have now had for praising this most welcome collection of narratives— " Beloved as fable and bolieved as truth :" to wit, "Robinsrm Crusoe," " Gulliver's Travels," " Christmas Stories," " Sendford and Merton," "The History of the Plague of London," and now, completing the half dozen, this welcome re-issue of that celebrated " Juvenile Budget of Miscellanies," better known by its old lamiliar name of " Evenings at Home." What Mr. and Mrs. Howitt were, not so very many years back to ourselves when we were children, what they still are to our own children, while yet these are children, Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld were to the children of an earlier generation. The clever, simple-hearted, fiction-weaving husband and wife of to-day, in other words, have been but the re petition, in an entirely new way, of the clever, simple-hearted, fiction-weaving brother and sister of yesterday. As Mr. Thackeray says of Swift, that he strode into the nursery with the step of an Ogre, our fathers might have said, on the contrary, of Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld, we ourselves might say again, now-a-days, of William and Mary Howitt, that they come hand in hand among the little people like dear old friends — friends, as they are, welcomed there, whenever they cross the threshold, with childish prattle, and— better than smiles—with peals of gleeful laughter. They come there, this man and wife, this brother and sister, like a sort of Gaffer and Gammer Grethel—a couple to be made much of in the cosiest of arm chairs, confronting each other in the snug gest of corners, upon the opposite sides of the nur sery hearth on a winter's night; to be clustered about alternately, and listened to with breathless interest by the bright-eyed boys and girls for whom they ring out their merry rhymes, or tell in clear and comprehensible prose the funniest tales about Tom, Dick, or Harry, Kitty, Polly, or Susan. As pretty a gathering together of these same charming stories in prose and verse as any of them ever yet jotted down upon paper, for the de light of the youngsters, is this very juvenile Budget of Miscellanies yclepped the "Evenings at Home." Such evenings! Oue while, for example, we are laughing at " Tit for Tat," where the sagacious ele phant, having had a cocoa-nut cracked upon his skull by his driver, another day, in his turn, cracks a cocoa nut upon the driver's (cracking skull and nut together, as it happens) by way of retaliation ! Another while, again, we are laughing at "Phatheon junior" wildly careering with his gig and tandem, halter - skelter, through the village fair, among pigs, poultry, and apple-women, until spilt, et the close of his disastrous escapade, plump into the muddiest of ditches ! Linnet and goldfinch, swallow and tortoise, lapdog and monkey, dove and phoenix, eyes and no eyes, flying and swimming, adventures of a cat, and story of a little dog—these are among the subjects here commented upon for our entertainment. And even, we may say, many "children of a larger growth" than such as are usually to be found trotting about in knickerbockers, or trundled along the streets in perambu lators, might lis'en with advantage to Dr. Aikin end Mrs. Barbauld as they here, alternately, prattle in prose and verse ! Certain of this—both young and old—that from these storied pages of " Evenings at Home" innocent sources of mirth and delightful morsels of information are attainable by all who list—literally—at pleasure ! Ye doubt whether any prettier edition of this dear old book was ever printed than the one now procurable from the Great House in the Row, at the " ridiculously small amount" of one shilling. A ccmpanion volume it is, of course, in every way to its five predecessors already enumerated, and already noticed by us, as they deserved to be noticed, at the time of their pub lication, in the columns of our journal. Brit, in one particular, there is observable, in regard to this addition of a sixth volume, to Mr. Laurie's series of illustrated story-books, a merit beyond that dis coverable, at any rate in so marked a way, in the majority of its predecessors. Tce embellishments here introduced by " S." into this fresher instal ment of the Entertaining Library possessing the distinctive merit of peculiar animation. The frontispiece affords a remarkable instance of this with its pencilled memorial of jehu's destructive slapdash, with his high-mettled, runaway ponies, in among the jumbled herd of squealing pigs and piglings. Capital, too, in its way, is the humorous delineation of the upset of the carrier's cart, and the indoor glimpse of that rascally tame Raven, who coolly walked off, for the purpose of after wards as coolly walking into, the bag of meal be. longing to Robinet, the peasant of Lorraine. THE TIME-GUN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sirt,—l have just returned from Paris, and when there I succeeded in procuring from the best authority (news. Le Roy and Son, watchmakers to the. King of the French) a history of the Time-Gun in the Palais Royale. The following translation of this document may be intresting to your readers, more particularly as Time. Guns will in all likelihood be ere long placed in every impGrtant town of the kingdom. I was gratified to find on my recent visit to Newcastle and Shields, the great satisfaction the inhabi• tants of these towns have with their audible signal, and that Sunderland is contemplating to have one, also Aber deen. I was glad during my visit to the continent to see from the Times that Glasgow has established a Time-Gun. I am informed that four are spoken of for London, one to be placed on the Tower, another on the Regent's Park, Hyde Park, and St. James'. I may here mention that it was from this small Time-Gun in Paris I got the notion, nearly 20 years ago, of an audible bignal, and which has been so happily established in our own city.—l am, &c., JOHN HHWAT. Edinburgh, 12, St. Andrew-square, 7th October, 1863. [TRANSLATION.] The celebrated cannon of the Palais Royale was made in 1819 by a gunsmith of the Rue Richelieu, who proposed to the Duke of Orleans, afterwards King Louis Philippe, to establish it in the garden of the Palais Royale. It was placed there that same year on the site where it is to this day. It cost 300 f. Its form is that of a howitzer ; the diameter of the inside is five centimetres. It is loaded with 50 grammes (the unit French weight) of powder, costing Bf. the kilogramme (1,000 grammes), each shot therefore costing about 20c. The noise of the firing cannot be heard d y w fie an i ot t ehf h ewt rahe allows weather). hwo p ewe p ra e s) r ... beyond the buildings of the Palais Royale. It i s fi rm l y fixed s . a u wkT p heh o i u n ca htsaeepoosehvfdeeterlhst the cannon a sr l ser a o e nmi f tn g oof r vrn a eo n dm: i t a. e set , a ef wt n ei dhan inclemency v mt i e .ht r e,3 e ni cap, t th o It is set facing the east, to indicate by its detonation the passage of the sun over the meridian of Paris. A lens or magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun, which sets fire to the powder. That lens is moveable upon a gra duated marked semicircle ; thus it can be displaced high or low, according to the height of the sun above the horizon, each degree corresponding to a displacement of five days. The administration of the palace give 150 francs a-year to the gunsmith, who is the inventor o f it, to take care of it, and to keep it in working order as long as the state o f the atmosphere permits. The co nditions im p osed upon him for his service do not seem to be very strict, and the adminis tration do not seem to attach much importance to the exec • titudo of his duty. Amateurs who come to the garden to await the detonation, in order to put their watches correct, are apt to register great variations. The majority do not reckon the difference between the real time and the me an time ; and we must say t hat the gunsmith himself does not know or that he does not seem to trouble himself muc about it. At the moment which we write these lines (Sep tember, 1863), the sun passed the meridian at Paris at 11h 51w 235, and we see the gunsmith upon the point of setting his cannon at 11h 56m, that is four minutes after the pas sage of the sun. We hear the detonation at 12h 4in 30s mean time, while it ought to have been heard at 11h 51ro 225. This complaisant toleration has given rise to the fol lowing popular saying—" The cannon of the Palais Royal e is good (boo) to tell the time to the soldiers and nurse maids." We hope that the members of the Observatory at Paris determine to take as a model the regularity and pre cision of the cannon at Edinburgh. THE LOSS OF A HULL STEAMER,—The loss of the screw steamer Zealand, of Hull, with her cap tain (William Lewis) and six of Vr crew, app ears now, by the continued absence of any tidings of the ship or her crew, to be all but certain. THE COLOSSAL MAP OF LONDON now being issued by the Messrs, Cassell, the eminent publishers, is on the magnificent scale of Able inches to the mile. k: Taul, t,..,,,,,, ! ... c , 4 , ,--- 4--4-, lunkt t THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct. 7. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon, the Queen, accompanied by the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Princess Louise, drove round by the Lynn of Muich. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, and Prince Arthur, rode up the Glen of :Ulrich and drove back from Alt-na-Guithasach. The King of the Greeks, His Majesty the King of the Greeks, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut. Fuoch and Capt. Grey, wont yesterday morn ing to Richmond Park, and spent the day shooting, in company with his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Last evening the King of the Greeks and the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the perform bn ce at the Haymarket Theatre with their presence. The suite in attendance consisted of Baron Gnl dencrone, Captain Grey, and the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. M. Jean G, Cladda had an audience of the King of the Greeks on Wednesday, at Marlborough House. Mr. George Papayanni, Mr. Constantine Ralli, and Mr. A. G. Eumorfopulo have been deputed by the members of the Greek community resident in Liverpool to present an address to his Majesty George King of the Greeks. The presentation will take place at Marlborough House on Saturday morning. The original of the address is in Greek. The Princess of Wales, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, took a carriage drive yesterday forenoon, and in thu afternoon took an airing in an open carriage. Memorial of the late Prince Consort. ABERDEEN, Thursday Evening. A statno of the late Prince Consort, subscribed for by the noblemen and gentry of the county and city of Aberdeen, has just been completed by Baron Marochetti, and received here. It was intended that the statue should be inaugurated this week, and her Majesty having been informed of the cir cumstance, the Lord Provost (Mr. Alex. Anderson) has had the honour to receive the following commu nication from the Hon. General Grey : " Balmoral, Oct. 8, 6 a.m. "My dear Lord Provost,—l am now desired by the Queen to let you know that it is her Majesty's intention to at►_end the uncovering of the statue of the Prince Consort on Fri day next. " Most painful a 3 the effort will be to her Majesty, and entirely unequal as she feels to the exertion, yet she cannot allow this memorial to her beloved husband to be inaugurated at Aberdeen, during her stay at Balmoral, without wishing to show by her presence as well her own unbounded love and respect as her heartfelt apprecia tion of this mark of affection of the people if Aberdeen for one who dearly loved their country, and considered the few weeks he pent annually among them as some of the hap piest of the year. " The Queen is sure she may trust to your best endea vours, and to the kind feelings of the people, to make her reception in Aberdeen as little trying to her as possible, so that she may be better able to get through her part in what must be to her a distressing and yet a gratifying ceremony.—l remain, my dear Lord Provost, yours very faithfully, 4 : C. GREY. " The Lord Provost of Aberdeen." The inauguration has, however, by desire of her MajLsty, expressed this afternoon, been postponed till Tuesday, the 13th. Health of Lord Lyndhurst. The following bulletin was issued this morn ing : " Friday, Oct. 9. "Lord Lyndhurst has had a better night, and this morning he is not so weak. " Trios. HAWKSLEY, M.D. Prince William of Hesse-Darmstadt will arrive in London this evening, and after a short stay will proceed to Balmoral on a visit to her Majesty. Apartments have been engaged for his highness and suite at Thomas's Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's. Tee Duke of Newcastle has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Clumber, Notts. The Duke and Duchess de Chartres, travelling under the name of the Count and Countess de Villiers have arrived at Vienna. HAYMARKET TllEATßE.—Their Royal Highs nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the King of the Greeks, honoured the performances with their presence, last evening, to see the Countess of Gifford's comedy of " Finesse," and remained for the farce of " Turning the Tables." ADELPHI THEATRE.—The suite of his Majesty the King of the Greeks honoured the performances, last evening, with their patronage. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Falkland Islands and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS.—EDINBURGII, Thursday.—The sittings of the Social Science Con gress were resumed this morning by Lord Curriehill, one of the judges of the Court of Session, delivering an introduc • tory address as president of the department of Jarispru deuce. Prince Alfred was present, and was received with lone. cheers, the whole assembly rising to receive his Royal Highness as he entered the hall. Lord Brougham and Mr. Joseph Napier were also among the gentlemen present. The departments met immediately after the close of the address of Lord Curriehill, and were all well attended dur ing the day. Prince Alfred was present in several of the sections, and listened with interest to a discussion which took place on an important paper contributed by Miss Nightingale, upon the cause of the excessive mortality in our Indian army. FINANCES OF RUSSIA.—The total revenue of the empire is calculated at £44,374,248, of which nearly £8,000,000 is raised from the serfs, and £18,000,000 from the monoply of the manufacture of brandy, The expendi ture is a little more than two millions more, of which £7,756,598 goes to the debt, £1,000,000 to the Court and dependents, £665,871 to the Church, £15,225,111 to the Army, £2,911,404 to the Navy, and £3,818,000 to Finance, £1,882,000 to pensions,Xl,3o4,o3) to public works, and only £578,104 to instruction. A SNEEZE is absurdly described in one of the halfpenny journals a common-sense attempt, by Nature, established, to get rid, by a gush of air mechani cally emitted through the nose, of some offending sub stance. To this end she calls into spasmodic action the various muscles, but chiefly the diaphragm, that are con can well sneeze ; to it. it. Th e resu lt ce r reason, ned i volition, t of h a e s xp n i o r t a h ti i o n n g . being wholly independent of reason, is due to the reflex nervo us function. T vx.ttßY OF OCCASIONAL HUGGER-MUGGER is thus described by a Saturday Reviewer.—The liberty of dispensing with a hundred conventional necessi ties which belongs to lodgings in a crowded watering-place and to a sauntering out-of-door life —the feeling of roughing it, in careless defiance of home restraints—often imparts quite as keen an exhilaration, for a day or two at least, as the tumbling waves themselves. It is, for most people, the nearest practicable approach to that infantine dream of per fect felicity—life in a travelling caravan, with feather-bed and blankets inside and a chimney at top. Many a reader has warmed to that scene of genial hugger-mugger in. " David Copperfleld," where the hero gives a dinner, and an almost law leg of mutton offers an occasion for Mr. Micawber's talents in this line. He calls for a gridiron, and the formal company arrangements of the table are in stantly broken up in 'a joyful confusion of hissing, splutter ing chops, shirt-sleeves, and laughter. But Dam ocles' sword hangs over all these surreptitious joys, and it falls here most appropriately in the form of somebody's servant. It is, if we remember right, the villain of the story who keeps a butler, and this man enters when the fun in at its highest, and paralyses the guilty assembly by the mere terror of his presence. And, in fact, servants are the great bugbears of all lovers of hugger-mugger for the mere com fort of it. If people anticipate their servants' duties they are generally careful that the actual perpetrator of the for bidden toil should be anonymous. If a man carries his own portmanteau to his room, he would rather that the servant whose business it was to take it should not know how it came there. Servants, in fact, are quite right to despise any form of hugger-mugger, and to have pretty stringent ideas, too, as to what constitutes it, for this is necessary to their own sense of importance. If masters once helped themselves, their vocation would be gone, and the honours and credit of their profession extinguished. To be sure, a lazy fellow is willing that anybody should do his work for hire, but he does not the less despise the doer as one who feels himself unworthy of his services ; while he bestows all his willing attendance upon those who recognise his office and place, and accept the restraints, While they exact the privileges of their own, 91 In 1C ha ha at an Ei GI vi ar( 13] Cri Bal 3 pi 3 p E Nei Ind Bra , D tgy Gre Mea Per Por It us Sarc Spai Spat fir,' Itali on E Di