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AFESSRS. JAY and CO. have now on show i_ the most unique and perfect assortment of BONNETS, wich their Managerhis has selected in Paris, and broegught b h ick with to t Est,i blis h m ent.-247, Rent street. — ONNET'S SILKS a LYON. --Every Article of .54 commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manu f acture r. and the more perfect the production the grater • is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of i dentification in England ; but th e fallacy of such an assertion is expos d by the very trade mark of _the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at th,e end of each pieee :—"Manufacture de C J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon et a Injuneux." Wear guaranteed: ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, W4llace's Romantic Opera, THE DESERT FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven. ommence at Eidht. ripEl EATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. T HIS E VENING the rerformance . s‘;ill co . mmence with the Comedietta 01' .J1)/IN BOHR : John Dobbs, Mr. G. F. Ne ville; Peter r • aternoster, Mr. G. Beldiore 4, other characters by Mr. j. Neville, Mr.,Warde, Misses Hartleur, and Murray. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRRI). 3lessrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, M.-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; :Miss !Leath, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Lcclrrcq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss /titter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce (never acted), by John Oxenford,l4:sq., entitled BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal characters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Leclerq. HEATRE ROYAL HAY ARKET. - Sole Lessee and Mana7er, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVE .N ING, OUR MARY ANNE. After which, at half-past 7 (Ist time), A. BULL IN A CHINA Bli 01'. Messrs. Charles 11Iathews, Compton, Clark, Rogers, and Gordon ; Mesdames Lindley, Wright, Fitz- William, Hill, &c. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Eveninz until further notice. THIS EVENING, to commence with a Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, Fsq., entitled UNCLE BABY Mess s. J. G. Shore, Widdicombe, Charles, Miss P. Leclercl, and Carlotta Leclercq. At ter which, at a Quarter -past Eight, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's Italian Chronicle,," by John Broug:ham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brataharn, Emery , Ray mond, Sloreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett,l Andrews Sims; Miss Kate Terry, Lavenu e , rB d Miss Elsworthy. T) EL ; a LOVE STORY, i n T we l ve Tableaux. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Nola l'ronriotor and htanazer. Mr.R. Wohater. HIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. At Sz, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirlim, R. _Phillips, Billiunlon, Stuart, Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS: Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. iss RATEMAN.—LEA ft—The triumphant 111 and enthusiastic success of the great tragh artiste, Mist; BATE3IAN, on her first appearance in the character of I,NA H , in the new live aq Drama of that title. having been nii. - rhtly repeated, and even exceeded during the last four weeks, amidst the applause and tears of crowded audiences, and tbeprofounq impression created upon all who have wit nessed the touching• impersonation by Miss Bateman of the heat-hroken Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani mous verdict and critical approval of the entire press, the anager ot the NEW ADEL I'l THEATRE has the honour to announce that Mois BATSMAN will appear in the New Dra ma of LEA El EVERY EVENING till urther notice ; and In order to meet, as far as possible, the increasing demand for stalls, has added two more rows to those previously existing. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Man azer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. _THIS EVENING, FAINT lIEAttT NEVER WON FAIR LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray. After which, MIR fAIF.4 CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. To conclude with WHERE'i YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. Commence at 7. FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Contalnino• the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, WI be had Every Eventw_r, of G. IL GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 11h. 3m.—Afternoon, 11h. 32m. ro-moituow.-Mortking, 1111. 59m.—Afternoon, h. m. The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 7, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5O Barometer-30.08. Wind—South-Nest; light, with heavy rain. *J (414.11,, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 7, 1863. The Foremost European Question now is as to whether there can be held this Grand Congress proposed by the French Rat PEROR in his MAJESTY'S great speech on Thursday afternoon. The next question being, of course, as to whether, supposing the Congress should turn out to be practicable, any thing whatever even then could come of it. Both these problems are now of very dubious solution. NAPOLEON 111. by his proposition has certainly a woke the long silence with very con !iderable effect: but the effect with which he ha sdone s o , w hil e it i s th us very cons id era bl e , i s also unhappily very bewildering. The echoes of th e n . °posit ion are as con f use d an d con f us i ng as well Could, Euro be. Far and wide thr oug h ou t Pe i as the sound and significance of the Speech containing that notable proposition expand and expand, like enlarging circles when a pebble is dropped into smo oth water—wave upon wave of public opinion spread outwa r d and outward with a sirt of monotonous t variation. The earliest im pression produced upon came in fragmentary reading the S p eech, as it of t rams flashed by electri city under the w a t ers ins impression that it w ehann e l, was a fleet cai scrutiny— evening in S -coed thought, up„ a Ominous of war. (and this dictated our rem ar k s refu l a vi. lel reference to the speech a s las t —deliberate second thoughts appeared to consthra. us to th e re cognition in th e s p eech of a decidedly p mani festo. The sequence of impressions i n regard to the s p eech p roduced u p on o ur tkie7 m a y in orn ing contempor ar y , a pp ears to have been e xactly — the reverse. Yesterday it commented upon the PEROR'S speech as a speech eminently pacific __ while to-day, it has 80 far modified i ts opinions as to write of it as a speech eon _ taming th oug hts and purp oses very threat ening indeed to the peace of Christendom. A reconsideration of the drift of the Speech, par ticularly towards its conclusion, impresses us more and more with the belief indicated by our remarks ofyesterday. Our conviction being that the Speech is ---to put it, as briefly as possible, in a phrase — Pacific contingently ! Here is a tranquilising or reassuring proposition put forth by the French I . ? ztrEn.oft., but within that peaceful proposal there is latent, easily to be recogn i se d, re ady to leap forth —i n the contingency of a refusa l , i n the ev ent, that is, of the Congress his MAJESTY Speaks of, proving impracticable alto gether, or if practicable, productive of no bene ficial result af ter wards—a threat ! It is a very " nut to creek" that the French EMPEROR has now thrown t o Europe and one - that, accordingly as the Powersof Europe may deal with it, may turn out to be full of the m il k of human kindness, or ex plode like a very bombshell, scattering around it terror and destruction. The general feeling of this co -7---- - - ith. nntrY about the to itself aft er th e American war is beginning o man ner of Englishmen in publi c a d vo cates of Federalism, the upholders meetings. gs. The Union, the denunciators o f slaver y ,have ha d their own way long enough, it scow, , and the friend s o f Southern independence and a divisio n of the Stat es ate now coming boldly forward. A few nights ago a meet. lag was held in Stockport—a town once supposed to bo one of the strongholds of. the Manchester sehool—for the avowed purpose of forwarding the cause of the South. The assembly itself was in some way connected with the Southern Indepen dence Association, and the resolutions proposed and carried at it were unquestionably indicative of sympathy with the Confederates. A very large con course was gathered together, and the audience did not show themselves disposed to favour the time honoured maxim of audi alteram partem, for one portion resented every word in favour of the slave holders, while the other half was equally unwilling to hear anything about neutrality. Nevertheless, in spite of an introductory uproar and occasional disturbance, the meeting was net without its im portance, and it may be ranked among the signs of the times. Englishmen are growing tired of this murderous and purposeless war. They see their commerce sacrificed, their trade injured, and a whole world of interests and occupations disarranged, in order that the North may go on fighting for an idea ; for if the hope of a restored Union and re newed Northern supremacy had ever a chance of more substantial development it has long since passed into the shadowy and intangible realm of " ideas." We should hardly have expected our prosaic and matter-of-fact Transatlantic cousins to have entered the lists thus vigorously in behalf of an unattainable end, but the sweets of profit and power have been too pleasant to be willingly re linquished. The Federals who watch with jealous eye every indication of feeling in this country, will see with some dissatisfaction the account of the pro ceedings at Stockport. The speech of the evening was made by Mr. SPENCE, who seconded a reso lution, to the effect that, considering the injury done by the continuance of the war, and the little hope that existed of its speedy termination, the meeting urged upon the Government the desir ability of communicating with the other European powers with a view to obtaining a restoration of peace. In supporting this motion Mr. SPENCE observed that he sympathised with both North and South ; and although this declaration was politely greeted with cries of " gammon" by his uncompromising hearers, such a state of feeling is by no means impossible. When we reflect indeed upon the severe losses entailed upon both sides, and of the sacrifices necessitated by the maintenance of the struggle, of the bravery shown in those terrible encounters that have cost so much bloodshed and suffering, of the desolated homes and mourning widows, it is difficult to withhold our pity from either side. But the sympathy which Mr. SPENCE spoke of was something more. Ho intended pro bably to convey the impression that ho felt with the North in the opposition to slavery, which they at least profess, while he wished the Southerners success in their struggle for independence. Allud ing to the distress occasioned among our own ope ratives by the struggle, Mr. SPENCE said that they had been told " that the North was pursuing a war 'or the purpose of emancipating the negroes, and that it was their business to suffer." That would be very right if it were true, he added, and forth with he proceeded to recapitulate those reasons which hinder England from putting too much faith in Northern professions of sudden abolition fervour. It is not so very long since the PRESIDENT, now the idol of Abolitionists, stated that he had no in tention of interfering with the " domestic institu tion, and therefore we may be excused for accord- ing a very doubtful credence to his virtuous efforts to break the fetters of the slave, especially as he can conveniently shut one eye to the faults of his friends, allies, and supporters, while he keeps the other turned on the wickedness of his adversaries. Still, however little we may trust in virtue so very opportune, an English audience is always impatient of any attempt to defend slavery. They feel, justly enough, that no leniency or indulgence on the part of the master can affect the principle of a man's right over his fellow man, and therefore are equally indisposed to favour Mr. BEECHER and Mr. SPENCE on this matter. But when the latter gentleman avows himself to have bee❑ always a strong oppo nent of slavery, and to retain the same sentiments now it is unfair and unreasonable to refuse to bear him state facts which came under his own personal observation. He maintains that, as a rule, the slaves are kindly treated ; and although if they were lodged in palaces slavery would still be a great wrong, there is no good and valid reason is making out things worse than they are. The Anti-slavery cause is too strong to need exaggera tion. It rests on truth ; on the inherent and in alienable rights of man, on the claim of all races to the great common gift of liberty. As one of the American poets has truly said— - we cannot hem The hope of being frea With parallels of latitude, With mountain range or sea. 1 The unreasoning enthusiasm which will hear of nothing but immediate wholesale abolition, without regard to the ultimate fate of the negroes or to the other difficulties of the case, which will see in slave owners nothing but brutal tyrants, and in slaves innocent and virtuous martyrs, this kind of senti ment, only too common among well-meaning and high-principled persons, puts obstacles in the way rather than takes them from it. Mr. SPENCE said truly enough that the only means of emancipating the negro would be when the Southern people fol lowed the example set by England years ago, and saw that the day for slavery had gone by. If the South was made an independent power the death-knell of slavery would be sounded ; for when a new nation entered into the union of nations the power of public opinion would predominate and slavery would be abolished, as it was in England and in . the colonies of France. That suc h w ill b e the final Issue of this protracted and disastrous struggle we c annot but hope. It would be bad indeed for a nation to pass through such an ordeal without reap• ing some rich and abiding fruits. The the state is some satisfaction in the reflection that ernosew:::ll:4 . society at of Bethnal - green has at last engaged the attenti on _. 01 the authorities. Doubtless some time made may elapse before condition, and very striking, alterations are difficulties in the ltion, and there must perforce be something, and t : e ay, but still any beginning is stronger m ust be th u e l ' d re facts that are elicited the for the better. Th e re f ir e to make some change as te li th t of the inspector of police ex ist, and the dangerous speaks volumes naturee eff of the evils that produce. ac The negle c t of the houses which they must w is h a ich er t u h e e l poor are so d ensely extreme injury on wrong, and inflicts seriou s large. It is quite evident that too too little is drawn from the rents of these s nstead of The poor have to p a y be y ond their menu s houses.they cannot find vouchers for their r espectab t l • use ity and because their posse ssions are not su —eienti; m large to secure confidence. If such a lamentable state 1 of things must continue until some , one has hit Upon the remedy, at least good accomir odation and sa n i_ tart' arrangements should be scrupulously attended to. Judging from the evidence (If eye-witnesses, it would appear that the reverse of t his is the case, for it is only surprising that fevers ar 3 ever out of the place, exposed as its inhabitants tare to such an as semblage of horrors, and such discomforts of all kinds. P er h aps th e worst f ea t t .r o in the case, an d l ikely to prove the most prolific , of disease, is the custom of letting the undergro arid rooms. These are altogether unfit and it i., for the purp a WS of habitation, shacking to think of farrillit 38 being crowded TfIE SUN, LONDON, SATU ROAM EVEN G, NOVE:iii - j.'2,a 7, 1863. into them. The damp walls and ceilings, the bad condition of the drainage, and numerous other evils, continue to render these abodes about as deleterious to health, comfort, and even life, as could well be im agined. No wonder a poor infant died of the effects of the impure air in ono of these wretched tene ments. Dr. PEARCE has reeoinmended the most extensive attention in the way of cleansing and renovating the places, and it is to be hoped that all these wise measures will be at once adopted, and the greatest care exercised for the future to prevent the recurrence of these fearful calamities. Five children and their p aren t s crow d e d i nto a sma ll room in hot weather, with the little air that pene trated into the apartment laden with impurities, is an awful thing t 3 contemplate. It is only surpris ing that more victims did not swell the ranks of the little sufferer; but it is astonishing how much the human frame can endure. Yet if fatal results did not ensue in many cases, the bad seed was germinating, and in a short time its deadly influ ence would be seen. The weak would go forth from that spot to drag out a wretched existence, and shortly pine away and perish. Those who were strong enough to shake off the recent overpowering effects of the blighting atmosphere will still be far from uncontaminated. The outbreak of disease will have been avoided perhaps, but the pernicious effects will be deeply implanted in the system, and harm will have been done by the sojourn in these sad localities, and other similar ones, that long years may not eradicate. Thus, from generation to generation the curse descends, aud, to a great extent, the chances of health for the future are sadly impaired. To think this to happen through carelessness is dreadful, but it becomes of graver moment to notice indifference supervenes when action, spontaneous and decided, is so urgently called for and so impera tively needed. In the acceunt given some time back of the miseries endured by some dwellers in these loathsome abodes, it was equally painful and provoking to hear of the shuffling and unwilling ness of the responsible parties. Whatever was wanted something else must be attended to, and the urgent entreaties and indignant remonstrances of the parties concerned produced no effect, and gained no favourable response. Besides the want of drainage and the faulty state of all sanitary arrange • ments, additional nuisances were obtruded upon the lodgers. A rag shop, where eight pigs are kept, and a copper employed to melt fat, are very un called-for applications. An order is required for their removal, and, of course, such things are diffi cult to attain, and there aro few who can or will find time and exercise patience to procure them. In some of the back rooms a pony and donkey have been kept. No wonder that those who inspected them have declared that they are not fit for human habitation. It is really scandalous that such abuses should exist at all, but that they should go on from day to day, and yet no notice be taken by the proper authorities, is almost incredible. Even if some alterations for the better are made, it can not be forgotten that it was only compulsion that has made any one attend to this urgent distress. Until life was miserably sacrificed in the midst of most wretched inflictions, no representations could induce any authority to mitigate the evils that pressed upon the poor, the sick, and the children with a severity that strong men could not have endured. It must be feasible to make such emen dations or alterations in the present system as shall ensure the non-recurrence of fatal grievous casual ties. No respectable or humane person but will re joice at the assistance afforded him to inspect or receive a report of the state of the dwellings of the poor, who are crowded into places that more closely resemble holes than habitations. A writer on the dwellings of the poor in London very truly put the case in its signifieent bearings before the reader, by euggesting, that to understand the position of the dwellers in the wretched tenements they should be visited and examined. Then a true opinion could be formed of the discomforts, and it is argued if a passing glimpse so disgusts and dispirits one, " should we not pity the fate of those who are des tined to have no other homes than these till they are called upon to enter the common home of our race." Some such considerations as these would do much good among the class well calculated to render essential service to the cause of improve ment. The bulk of the work and the onus of the responsibility rest with those who are actually or actively concerned in the affair. Common justice demands the rectifying of the practice that bids twelve shillings a week be charged for places that are not fit to go into, much less to live in. Solemn warnings have been given, and surely it is not too much to expect attention to be paid to them before they are reminded of their duty by the terrific visitations of— " The painful family of death, Moro hideous than their Queen !" LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 7, 10.20 A.M. The 'Bank of France has raised its rate of dis count from 5 to 6 per cent. CAPE OP GOOD HOPE. FALMOUTH, Nov. 7. The Union Company's steamer Cambrian left this port at five o'clock this morning with the mails for the Cape of Good Hope. She takes out 127 sacks of mails, 90 passengers, and £50,000 sterling in specie. The Prince Consort arrived this morning from Kingston. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 7. The .11Ionileur of this morning says the Govern ment does not intend to abolish the tax upon horses and carriages. Marshal Forey's farewell to the Mexicans and the French army has been published. It concludes by saying, " If the chances of war should place you again under my orders when you return to France I shall be happy to find myself at the head of the valiant soldiers of Mexico." The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed by M. Limazrac, saying he is convinced that governments nations have suffered too long fromastat n e of a aff dairsnolong er correspon di ng to new wants and desires, to reject the idea of a Congress. Th e result of this step will be argument succeeding antagonism, true peace, and not that factitious condition always Within a hair's breadth of war. PARIS, Nov. 6. The bulletin of this morning's Moniteur pub lishes an account of the opening of the French Chambers, concluding as follows : "The Empero r ' s s p eec h was interrupt e d b y the most vehement acclamations, and terminated amidst repeated shouts of Vivo l'Empereur.' The speech will not fail to re-echo loudly throughout France and the whole of Europe." The Senate and Corps Legislatif will meet to-day to receive a communication from the Government to the Corps Legislatif. The Patric of this evening contains an article in praise of the Emperor's speech, and ending thus— " The dilemma of peace or war is stated. It is a cry which modern Europe utters to the ancient coalescing Courts—a cry which re-echoes at Berlin, at Vienna, at Rome, and at Venice. It is a cry which Poland accompanies with her sobs. It is a warning giving by imperial France while boldly hoisting the flag of liberty. " Let us not attempt to predict the reply of the Europe of 1815. Our part is to wait. Let us be proud of finding in the language of the Emperor the thought of a great people. We feel that the future constantly belongs to sovereigns faithful to their origin, and if ourpatriotism is able to exclaim loudly, The treaties of 1815 have ceased to exist !' our generosity is able to add—' Poland will soon have ceased to suffer !' " In the Opinion Nationale of this evening, M Guerolt speaks in similar terms. The Presse publishes an article by M. de Girardin, declaring that the imperial speech desires the peace of the world, but affirms that many people consider it as the announcement of war. The P, esse never theless continues to consider the speech as of a pacific tendency. The IVord thinks the Emperor's speech the most considerable and significant fact in favour of peace which has transpired for a year. In the Siecle, M. Havin believes there is a possi bility of war expressed in the speech, if the kings of Europe do not give just satisfaction to their sub jects. La France of this evening says :—" We are in a position to announce that the declarations con tained i❑ the imperial speech will immediately be followed by diplomatic overtures. The Emperor Napoleon will address a letter to the Sovereigns who are friends and allies of France, to submit a project of European arbitration for their approval. An European congress may be considered as being convoked. We shall know in a few days whether the pr3posal is accepted or rejected. The Polish dispute is now merged in the European question." The official yellow book will not be distributed among the senators and deputies until Monday. In to-day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif M. de Morny commented upon the address of the Emperor. He said that nobody appreciated this admirable and liberal speech more than himself, because he had been brought up to admire English society, where individual and absolute liberty inspire the people with a feeling of dignity and independence—where liberty of associations develops personal initiative —whore the most extended political liberty is moderated by religious respect for the law, and by public sound judgment. England, however, has taken years to realise these benefits. Revolutions in France have never been turned to the advantage of durable liberty, Freedom can only be established peacefully by a good understanding between a liberal Sovereign and an Assembly of moderate views. He would endeavour to maintai❑ this good understanding. M. de Morny, in conclusion, said that he had seen with satisfaction that popular suffrage had elected former parliamentary celebrities. Their adhesion was a homage rendered to the present form of go vernment. He esteemed them too much to doubt the loyalty of their intentions. A. public sitting will take place to-morrow to verify the elections of the members. TEE BOURSE, Nov. G.—The arrival of the Eng lish funds with an advance had a slight effect for a time, and prices improved. They have since, how ever, again receded, Threes being now at 66f. 95c, Railway Shares heavy, and many of the lines lower. The market closed as follows per Cents .. 95 10 Do. end month.... Italian Loan 73 Do. end month 72 80 New ditto Do. end month.... -- Russian Austrian 3 per Cents - 66 85 Do. end month CG 90 Credit Mobilier.... 1072 50 Do. end m0nth....1075 Spanish Threes . 0 . , [Tome Debt .. Deferred RAILWAYS. Bank Shares - - - 3375 Credit Fonder —1260 Roman Cash. Account. Orleans 972 50 .. 975 Northern .... 982 50 .. 975 New ditto Lyons and Mediturraneun New ditto Geneva Southern Western Eastern ..., Sardinian Austrian Lon. bard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 970 .. va n -9 50 905 497 50 .. - - 680 - . . 687 50 515 - -- 480 - 490 -- 405 - 405 - 407 50 .. 407 50 530 - .. 533 75 535 - 537 50 625 - 617 50 THE SUSPECTED MURDER AND ROBBERY IN SHOREDITCH.—Yesterday morning Mr. Humphreys resumed, for the fourth time, the inquiry, at the Princess Royal Tavern, Paul-street, Shoreditch, relative to the mysterious death of Edward Vial, aged 37 years, the Ger man sausage dealer who died from violence inflicted on him on the night of the 21st of September, while on his way home. No evidence, it appeared, could be obtained posi tively showing how the injuries were inflicted which led to his death. The coroner, consequently, thought it was use less adjourning the inquiry again, it was clear that the man hadibeen attacked as ho was on his way home, and robbed of the meney that he had gained by his sales for the evening. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of" Wil ful murder" against tome person yr persons unknown: LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON-1863. The following are lists of candidates who passed tho re spective examinations indicated : SECOND B.A. ExAmINA.Tros. FIRST DIVIS;ON. Armstrong, Richard Acland, Manchester New and Uni versity—Bevan, Llewelyn David, New--Bilton, Charles, King's—Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, Manchester New and University—Busk, Edward Henry, University—Car penter, Joseph Estlin, University and Manchester New— Chinnock, Edward James, New—Deane, George, Cheshunt —Evans, David, University and Bala—Field, William, Cheshunt—Hunter, Robert, University--Joseph, George Solomon, University—Lean, William Scarnell, University —Ledger, Edmund, private study—Lister, Alfred, private study—Magnus, Philip, University—Mendes, Lewis Adonijah, Regent's Park—Phillips, Charles Henry, pri vate study—Rollit, Albert Kaye, King's—Smales, John Bumby, Wesley, Sheffield—Tagg, Arundel, University— Turner, George Lyon, Cheshunt—Wilkins, Augustus Samuel, University—Woolston, Wm. Henry, University. SECOND DIVISION. Abrahams, Louis Barnett,, University—Ainsworth, John Stirling, Man. New and University—Austiss, George William, private study—Atkins, Thomas Be Courcy, King's—Bailey, Robert, private study—Blake, Joseph Pearson, Western—Barrett, James, King's—Blackle, James Morell, New—Brown, George William, University— Chubb, Theophilus, Wesleyan, Richmond—Cock, John Thomas, private study—Cooper, John Forster, University —Curwen, Matthew, private study—Davies, Chas. Butler, Trinity, Cambridge—Davis, William, Lancashire Inde pendent—Easterby, William, sell tuition—Fryer, John Firth, private study—Gardner, Henry Snook, private study --.Godefroi, Henry, University—Graham, John, private study—Hannah, Thomas Holmes, private study Hudson, Josiah, Wesleyan, Richmond Hughes, William Henry, private tuition—Kitson, John Hawthorn, University Hall Klamborowski, Adolphus, S. Griffith, Esq—Melson, John Waller, Queen's, Birmingham—Morgan, William Carey, private tuition— Morris, henry, Epsom—Muxlow, Thomas, private study— Osier, William Charming, University Hall—Page, William, Regent's-park--Pearson, Samuel, Ne w—Pileher, Richard, Man. New and University—Potts, John Faulkner, Owen's and University—Rayner, Edwin, Owen's—Reynolds, Thou, private study—Rochford, James Fagan, private tuition— Sayer, Edward James, private tuition—Smith, Christo pher, Episc. T. Inst., Edinburgh—StockensttLim, Andries, King's—Thomas, John, private stud —Weltch, Henry Wil li'un, private study—Wood, Rev. John, private study — Wood, John, Owen's—Woodman, Joseph Vere, King's. SECOND B,Sc. EXAMINATION (ENTIRE). FIRST DIVISION. Birkenhead, Edward llesketh, Royal School of Mines— iversi Dixon, Edward Maxwell, private study—Foster, Clement LuenNeve, Royal School of Mines—Knox, George Walter, Chymistry tYMill s , Edmund James, Royal College of . Barret, Edward Louis, St, Bartholomew' SECOND DIVISION. Broughton, John, St, Bartholomew's Hospital—Bruce, Alexander (First 11B), University —Flight, y Flight, Walter, Queenwood—Pringle, Quintin, private study. •IC CIMIISTRY AND GEOLOUY AND PALYON ORGAIN TOLOGY ONLY. 9 Hospital— FIRST DIVISION, Fuld, Eredericli gec'riA 13 1 4 ' , It°74 school of Mines. The Glorious Noctes Anibrosiaum, The Master-piece of Professor Wilson. A New Edition, in Four Volumes. Vols. I. and IL Wm. Blackwood and Sons. It is like the realisation, at lust, of the Quadrature of the Circle—(that magic circle of the Great Pro fessor's wit and wisdom, the good brown glossy supper-table in that old Tavern, whilom at the back of the Register-office, in the City of Edinburgh)— the issue of this popular edition, in Four Volumes, of the world-famous Noctes Ambrosial:re. The pub lication of such a work, in such a form, at such a price, and that, too, piecemeal, part by part, volume by volume, so as to place the edition within reach of all classes of the reading community, is, in simplest truth, to our mind, nothing less than an event in modern literature. For what, in point of fact, are these Noctes Ambrosianue ? It is not simply, as above intimated, that the work is the Great Work, the undoubted Master-piece of John Wilson, under his familiar pseudonym of Christopher North. It is that the Noctes constitute in reality about the most remarkable literary production of an age that we now look back to as in some sort Augustan in its character. Among all the literary productions of that remarkable period, the Noctes, as a whole, for the diversity of its merits, for the comprehensive ness of its survey, for its abounding fun and frolic, its glittering wit, its racy humour, its frequent bursts of an eloquence alternately tender and masculine, its prodigality of whimsical conceits, its interminable freaks and flights of the imagination--stands forth :pre-eminent. Master piece though it is, it appears to have risen gradually, and as one may say without any delibe rate premeditation. It grew up, so to speak, like an oak, from the acorn and the sapling. Neverthe less, it partook, in the rapid ity of its development, that is when it had once really begun growing in earnest, of the nature of Jack's beanstalk in the fairy tale. And this, with more aptness in the similitude than might be at first apparent—conducting those who climbed it to a region quite as marvellous and as far removed above the grosser atmosphere of this nether world of commonplace ! It is noticeable of the Noctes Ambrosiance that they were produced in the very middle of the period which has now elapsed of this nineteenth century. Between 1822 and 1835 they were begun and ended. Christopher, it is tree, dressed in his " Shooting Jacket" afterwards. Chris topher, later on, in his old age, like other veterans, went "Under Canvass." But Christopher in his prime, in his glory, in the heyday of his wonderful powers, in the halcyon epoch when his every faculty was at its best, Christopher with the crutch handy at one elbow and the steaming jug at the other, Old Kit North seated at the board of Mr. Ambrose, the tavern keeper, with Bronte coiled at his feet upon the hearthrug, with Timothy Tickler on one side, (that halo and venerable giant with the silver hair and the ruddy cheek !) and The Ettrick Shepherd on t'other) that wonderful Shepherd who wee as far beyond his flesh and blood prototype as Shakspere's Falstaff must have been beyond his ! the Christopher North, the North that is of the Noctes Anzbrosiance, " flourished' as th© good old phrase has it, about 1822-1835. As a conversa tional record, as a collection of table talk—the book is as wonderful in its way as Boswell's. Only that here the talk is in Dialogue, not in Monologue. And, what is more, it is a continuous and protracted succession of extraordinary dialogues among inter locutors, two at least among whom (North and the Shepherd) would have been worthy of being interlocutors with Dr. Johnson. All this converse of the Noctes, moreover, being the pure out-pouring of one man's imagination. The play of the Great Professor's genius throughout these Scottish Night's Entertainments at the hostelry of Good man Ambrose, is:surelyas marvellous a display of in tellectuel vivacity as any literature in the wide world can show. From the mere versatility of the power revealed throughout the Noctes Arnbrosian cc, and that, moreover, with an almost bewildering con fusion in the very order or rather disorder of the revelation of the versatility, we know hardly where to turn for anything like a parallel. There has been mention made very recently in the discursive, and too often superficial, even be it said, of fribbling Reminiscences of Lord William Lennox, of ; a Swell Dinner, of more than a quarter of a century back, down at Greenwich, where Edmund Kean, the Tragedian, was entertained as the hero of the night by the late Earl Fitzbardinge, and where that Protean actor " in his time," in a very brief interval indeed upon that evening, " played many parts," to the wonder ing delight of his patrician host and associates. Declaiming fragments of Othello, and Richard 111., and Sir Giles Overreach, singing to his own accom paniment on the piano a simple English ballad, fencing as in the death scene of Hamlet, dancing as Harlequin! A jumble and medley of performances —nevertheless—as nothing to those of Christopher North in the Noctes Ambrosiance. Intellectual feats, chiefly WOO derful where they are achieved nominally by the Shepherd. Professor Wilson, in these Nights of Ambrose, plays with a thought as Shakspere plays with a word. It is perpetually a marvel of mental jugglery we are watching in the play of converse among these' inexhaustible imaginary interlocutors —so many dazzling feats, as it were, of high-art legerdemain. And the work, in its way, is a very microcosm. It sweeps the whole horizon of know ledge. The ball of wit kept up on the perpetual play of these conversations—as the glittering shaft of a fountain " shaking its loosened silver in the sun" might do with some rosy-golden fruit—is, so to speak—orbicular. It comprises within itself all that is typical of this varied world of human life. Religion and polities, literature, art, science, sports and pastimes, prose in every imaginable style, poetry pathetic and humorous, all are here heaped together in profusion and confusion, littered out in these inexhaustible dialogues "in most admired disorder," ranging, in the tone of them, not simply from the grave to the gay, or from the lively to the severe, but rising one while to tragical power (as in the Shepherd's narrative of his Dream in a Hell, or his account of the Military Execution he had once witnessed), and sinking at another to the fantastic babble of burlesque (passim) continually crossing to and fro, the boundary line between the sublime and the ridiculous. That Christopher North was the alter ego of Professor Wilson, every body knows; and, knowing, 'delights to bear in remembrance. That Timothy Tickler was the Professor's uncle on the mother's side, good, worthy, excellent, old Mr. Robert Sym, sometime Writer to the Signet, born in 1750, retiring into private life in 1775, and dying in 1844 at the patriarchal age of ninety four —it is pleasant and interesting to learn from the Editor's preliminary announcement• The Pre face, that is signed simply "J. F. F.," dated from " West Park, St. Andrews," as far back as the 18th of July, 1855, when the Nodes were first collected together. Above all, it is agreeable to bear in mind while enjoying the " witching hours" of these Nodes, that in James Hogg, the author of the " Queen's Wake," is die• cernible the actual living germ, or faintly-indicated outline of a prototype of the immortal Shepherd of 'hose aforesaid Noctes Ambrosiance. But it is the glory of Professor Wilson to have entirely sur passed, to have utterly eclipsed by his imaginary creations "Tickler" and the " Shepherd," the veritable living nod breathing originals. One only speaker, intellect, presence can we find here in no one dagreE surpassed or eclipsed. Through the noble utterances, the comprehensive genius, the lordly form of Christopher North, we recognise the grander voice, the wider mind, the loftier aspect of John Wilson, of Black- wood's Magazine. None but himself could be his parallel. Honour to the great Professor's memory. He was a Saul amongst the meu of his generation by a head and shoulders. The swifter running, the roe-like leaper, the daring swimmer, the adroit angler, the stripling,, the youth, the man of middle age, endowed with larger and keener capacities than other men to enjoy the delights and giories of life—came in the fuilneas of time, and in the fullness of his great powers, to enjoy yet more (happily during many long years of honour and respect among his fellow men in Edinburgh) the admiration and the affection of yet another generation of men, of a select portion of OX that youth of a nation Disraeli, the younger, has finely called the Trustees of Posterity ! A younger generation, whose delight it was to hang upon the burning words that fell from the lips of John Wilson, as for so long and memorable an interval the Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Univer sity of Edinburgh. The silvery yellow hair, the stalwart manly frame, the ringing accents, the filming eye, even the slovenly sit of the rusty old professorial gown hanging awry upon those broad shoulders, are still 'borne :tenderly and lovingly in recollection. Gone though he is from amongst us, he yet lives, this noble creature, this true man, this brave, bold critic—he yet lives in the Nodes Ambrosiance. Open the pages anywhere, and you re cognise as vividly as you would that of an old friend, whose voice greets pm through the half opened doorway, you cannot but recognise, upon the instant, the strong full tones of the voice .of Professor Wilson. Hear him thus, through the lips of the Shepherd, breathing forth that wondrous descrip tion of— " A &EGER-THAT IS AN OPFISHER--a' wavin wi' white plumes, glitterin wi' gowd, and ringin wi' iron— gallopin on a grey horse, that caves (tosses) the foam frae its fiery nostrils, wi' a mane o' clouds, and a tail that flows like a cataract; moustachies about the mouth like a de vourin cannibal, and proud fierce een, that seem glowerin for an enemy into the distant horrison—his long swurd swinging in the scabbard wi' a fearsome clatter aneath Bellerophon's belly—and his doup dunshin (bumping) doun among the spats o' a teeger's skin, or that e' a leopard the sound o' the trumpet gangs up to the sky, answered by the rampaugin Arab's 'ha, ha,' . . . leddies frae balconies, startin up, and, wi' palpitatin hearts, sendin looks o' love and languishment after the Flyin Dragon!" On opening the book upon the chance of lighting upon some homelier passage, what have we lighted upon but a glorification of good eating, enough to make our mouth water as we note the gusto wish which the, Shepherd smacks his lips over it as he discourses : "Could beef and greens send up in their steam your soul to heaven . . The greediest gluttony becomes a virtue. Eating for eating's sake the most sacred o' household duties. The sweat drops that stand on your brow while your jaws are chinkin' is beautifu' as the dew on the moun tain at sunrise. The music o' knives and forks like that o' 'flutes and soft recorders ;' and think, sir, oh think ! hoo the imagination is roosed by the power o' contrast between the gor•cock lyin' we his buttered breast on the braid o' his back on a bed o' brown toasted bread, and whurrin awa in vain doun the wund afore the death shot, and then tepee!. teerie, head-ovar•heels, :in the blue lift, and doun on the greensward or the blooming heather a battered and bluidly bunch o' plummage, gorgeous and glorious still in the death-thraws, your only bird o' Paradise !" Or, for a touch of the broadly humorous, let us plunge with Tickler and the Shepherd into the seething salt water for a strong swim against the turmoil of the wash caused by a passing steamer : Tickler.--• Keep your mouth shut, James, till we're out of the swell. Shevherd.—Em—hem—umph—humph—whoo—whoo— whurr—whurr—herrachvacherach. Tickler.- 7 Whsy whsy whsy whugh —whugh shugh—shugh—prugh—ptsugh—pru g h. Shepherd.—lt's lang tin' I've drank aae muckle saut water at ae sittin'—at ao soomin', I mean—as I hae dune, sir, sin' that steamboat gaed by. Sho does indeed kick up a deevil o' a rumpus. Tickler.-- \Vhoo whoo whoof—. wht oo whroo— whroof•—proof—ptroof—sptrf Shepherd.—Ao thing I maim tell you, sir, and that's gin you tak the cramp noo, you maunna expeck ony assist ance free me —no, gin you were my ain faither. This bates a' the swalls I Confound the James Watt, quoth I. Enough, we close the book with a sense of gratitude mingled with our admiration. We breathe a beni son upon the memory of John Wilson. We place among the classic favourites upon our bookshelves —within easy reach whenever we list to turn to those pages through the eloquent voices from which we can even hear the beatings of a great human heart—the Noctes Ambrosiance. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) FOREIGN OYFICE —The Vice-Consulship at Guayra, Venezuela, has become vacant by the death of Mr. Arthur C. Kqrtright, salary £3OO. WAR OFFlCE—Deputy-Assistant Commissary- General Edward Turnbull, from halt-pay, has been appointed to be deputy-arsistant comnissary-general, vice Wrentinore, deceased. Mr. Edward Lionel Scott has been appointed a temporary clerk in the accountant-general's office, London. Mr. Edward Stoney has been appointed an assistant-war der, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr. James Gunn has been appointed civil assistant in the Survey Department, Edin burgh, Mr. Frederick Joyce has been appointed civil as• sistant in the Survey Department, Dublin. Mr. Francis John Thomas Walsh has been appointed civil assistant in rho Survey Department, Dublin. Mr. Samuel H. White home has been appointed a clerk in the Commissariat De partment, Jamaica. THE ADMIRALTY—The office of clerk of the cheque, Greenwich Hospital, has become vacant by the death of Mr. It. Haig; salary, £5OO. A vacancy for a lieutenant in Greenwich Hospital has been caused by the death of Lieut. B. J. Loveless, salary, ..-C230. Mr. Edward Chas. Algernon Capel has been appointed a clerk in the Dockyard, Malta. ADMIRALTY REGISTRY—Mr. E. D. Campbell has been appointed a clerk, London. EDUCATION OFFICE—Mr. James MacKenzie has been appointed an inspector's assistant, London. Mr. William Taylor has been appointed an inspector's assistant, Loudon. THE POST OFFICE—Mr. Geo. P, Lindley has been ap pointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr. William Foxall has been appointed a clerk at Stoke-on-Trent. Mr. Wm. Clarke has been appointed a sorting clerk, Derby. Toon-Law BOARD—Mr. Alfred Douglas Adrain has been appointed a supplemental clerk, London. PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE—Mr. Alfred Harrison has been appointed a clerk, London. REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE—Mr. Thomas llartwell Mayhew has been appointed a clerk, London. COURT or PROBATE—Mr Henry A. Walbancke has been appointed a copying clerk. Mr William James Heard, supernumerary clerk, has been promoted to be a general assistant clerk, vice Mr Herbert Francis Lascelles promoted. CUSTOMS—Mr J. Coyle, examining officer, Cardiff, has been promoted to be examining officer at Falmouth. Mr Charles Innes has been appointed clerk at Greenock. Mr Samuel Longman has been appointed supernumerary clerk, London Docks. Mr. Charles Pugh has been appointed examining officer, London. Mr Thomas Cameron has been appointed outdoor officer, Greenock. Mr John Hartley has been appointed outdoor officer, London. Mr Michael Moy lan has been appointed outdoor officer, London. Mr Win. Fry has been promoted from 4th to 3d class, outdoor officers, London. Mr James Johnston has been promoted from sth to 4th class, outdoor officers, London, Mr R. T. Lilley has been promoted from sth to 4th class, outdoor officers, Lon don. Mr William Moatyn has been promoted from sth to 4th class outdoor officers, London. INLAND REVENUE-- Stamps and Tax Branch—Mr Charles Mahony has been appointed clerk in the Comptrql ler's Department, Dublin. Mr George Jolley, supernume rary surveyor of taxes, has been promoted to be a surveyor, and appointed to the Monmouth district, Excise Branch —Mr William Mosey, oflter, Reigate division, Sussex col lection, has been appointed to London, East, Ist division, London, East, collection. Mr Leona rd Leigh, officer, Lon don, East, Ist division, London, East, collection, has been appointed to Reigate division, Sussex collection. Mr Class. East, second clerk, Dorset collection, has been appointed first clerk, Dorset collection. Mr Edward Dowling Stanley, 2d class assistant, London, North, collection, has been ap pointed Ist class assistant, Inverury, Ist division, Aberdeen collection. Mr James Finn, 2,1 class assistant, Northampton collection, has been appointed Ist class assistant, Bridgend, 3d division, Argyle collection. Mr Warwick Henry Mann, 2d class assistant, Plymouth collection, has been appointed Ist class assistant, Tullamore, Ist division, Birr collection. IRELAND—Mr John E. Madden has been appointed junior clerk to the judge of the Landed Estates Omit. THE EAST INDIES—Mr T. B. Tracey, assistant magis trate and collector at Azirrigurh, has been appointed to offi ciate as a joint magistrate and deputy collector. Mr A. Mackenzie has been appointed to be assistant to the magis trate and collector of Shahabad, and to exercise the powers of a sub-magistrate of the 2d class. Mr G. M. Currie has been appointed to be assistant to the magistrate and collec tor of Nuddes, and to exercise the powers of a sub-magis trate of the 2d class. Mr J. Stewart has been appointed to be assistant to the magistrate and collector of Bhaugulpore, and to exercise the powers of a subordinate magistrate of the 2d class. Mr G. E. Wakefield, assistant commissioner,has been appointed to officiate as depu t y : has Sirsa, N.W.P. The Roy. T. Y. Mitchinson been ap pointed chaplain of Subathoe, N.W.P. timeß . a o g l4 o l, sE4lVfao:oTuiri; t e C O s i M n I g C e r V s o u c d A d l e a n s i T y . —A short A. became totally derivehdiomfsselir wife, and and nd consequently t.amly. i n o f thisthe mea ns of supporting extremity, Mr. Charles Mo rton, of the Oxford Music Hall, opened a s ubscription list in his hall, with the v i ew to raise the nucleus of a small capital with which to start Mrs. Hollingsworth in business. The general esteem enter tained for the unfortunate artist, together with the vivid recollection olgenial talents unobtrusively displayed, elicited a very handsome response from friends and strangers, but still not to the full extent commensurate with the benevolent object contemplated. It is desirable that the fulfilment of the intention to place Mrs, Hollingsworth in a self-sup po t ing position should not longer be d e l aye d ; and subset iptionrs, in addition to those already made at the Oxford Music Hall, may bo paid to the publisher of this paper, and will be duly acknowledged, diurrt GM OIFfJ gitalbr. , HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 6, Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, and Colonel H. F. Ponsonby, w en t t o London yesterday evening and honoured the per formance at the Adelplai Theatre with their presence. ___ Her M ajesty the Queen drove out in the after- noon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINOHAM, Nov. 6. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, Major Teesdale, and Count Furstenstein went out shooting yesterday at Wolferton, till the rain, which was very heavy, put an end to the sport. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and the Crown Princess of Prussia, attended by the Countess of Morton and the Countess Hohenthal, drove out. Mr. Odo Russell arrived at Sandringham yester day afternoon. The Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Prussia, with Admiral Seymour, Major Teesdale, Count Furstenstein, and Captain Leucadon, went out shooting to-day. The Princesses drove out. The Prince of Wales will not spend his birthday at Windsor Castle, but will entertain the members of the royal family and, it is believed, the Queen, at Sandringham. A large party are expected to arrive by special ,rain to-marrow. The tenantry and school children will partake of ,he hospitality of the Prince of Wales on Monday. The Duke of Argyll, accompanied by the duchess and family, is expected to arrive in town on Tuesday from Inverary Castle, N.B. The Duke of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, from Tat bet, N. 8., yesterday, The, duchess and family have arrived at Lilleshall Park, Salop. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland is daily improving in health. The Marchioness of Salisbury and Ladies Cecil have returned to Hatfield House, Herts, from visiting Mr. Hasting Russell, ALP„ and Lady Elizabeth Russell at Oakley Park, Beds. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have arrived at their residence in Pall-mall from Savernake Park, near Marlborough, Wilts. We are informed that there is no foundation for the statement that the Countess Dowager of Tankerville is suffering from indisposition. Lord Brougham is expected to leave Grafton street today or Monday for Paris, on his way to Cannes, whero ho will pass the winter. Count Merlin and M. de Bonville have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brussels. Mr. and Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor and family have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square from Erlestoke Park. General and Madame de la Veire have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln's departure for the Continent has been prematurely announced. The countess has been indisposed, which has delayed the in tended movements of the family. The Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford have arrived in town from Ashridge Park, Herts, and on Monday go to Southampton. They will embark on the following day for Madeira, where they purpose to reside about six months. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived at Calverley Park, Cheshire, from visiting Sir Ed ward and Lady Caroline Kerrison, at their seat in Norfolk. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have arrived at Clifton Lodge, county Meath, from England. STORM, OR CHEMICAL WEATHER. GLASSES, have been known for more than a hundred years. They used to be sold on old London-bridge, They are kept for sale at this day at most instrument makers' shops, and also by many country jewellers, Admiral Fitzroy has trecom mended their use in his " Weather Book." The composi tion of the matter in the storm• glass is kept secret by the makers; but receipts are nevertheless published. The composition given in the "Weather Book" is, "camphor, nitrate of potassium, and sal ammoniac, partly dissolved by alcohol, with water and some air, in a hermetically sealed glass vial. Other receipts are given in various works, and the writer has known a very good storm-glass made by simply dissolving camphor in spirits of turpentine, and putting the saturated solution, with excess of camphor, in a common corked vial." As the uSe of the storm-glass is so general, and is recommended on so high authority as that of Admiral Fitzroy as on aid in judging of probable forthcoming changes of the weather, the recent experiments upon its action . by Mr. C. Tomlinson have considerable in. terest and importance. This experimenter has found that the indications of the so-called storm-glass as to weather aro totally worthless—that, in fact, the weather has no effect upon it whatever, except so far as changes of the weather are accompanied by changes of temperature, the crystalline appearance in the storm-glass being influenced by the latter alone. CURIOUS STAGE DIRECTIONS appended to Dry den's perversion of Shakespeare's " Tempest "The front of the stage," says the copy of 1669, "is opened, and the band of 24 ♦iolins,with the harpsichals and theorbos which accompany the voices, are placed within the pit and the stage. While the overture is playing, the curtain rises and discovers a new frontispiece joined to the great pylasters on each side of the stage. This frontispiece is a noble arch, supported by large wreath'd columns of the Corinthian order. The wreathings of these columns are beautified by roses wound around them, and several Cupids flying about them. On the cornice, just over the capitals, sits on either side a figure, with a trumpet in one hand and a palm in the other, representing Fame. A little further on, on the same cornice, on each side of a compass-pedi. went, are a lion and a unicorn, the supporters of the royal arms of England. In the middle of the arch are several angels, holding the king's arms, as if they were placing them in the midst of the compass-pediment. Behind this is the scene, which represents a thick cloudy sky, a very rocky coast, and a tempestuous sea in perpetual agi tation. This tempest (supposed to be raised by magic) has many dreadful objects in it, as several spirits in horrid shapes flying down amongst the sailors, then rising and crossing in the air ; and when the ship is sinking, the whole house is darkened, and a shower of fire falls upon 'em. This is accompanied with lightning and several claps of thunder to the end of the storm." MR. ALEXANDER SAIITH"S DEFENCE OF PLA GIARISAI.—(From a paper on " Literary Work," in Good Words),—" The main body of the poem, or the novel, or the essay, consists necessarily of ideas which the writer did not originate—which he found ready made to his hand, which have, in one shape or the other, been used before; and his merit consists in the new forms in which he is able to work up the old material. He calls in the worn, scoeins it,ot thought, melte it down in secr e t cruc ibl es , and re-issues bearing a fresh superscriptio n an d a n ew value. Thought r g y h o t u s: s a , n e d ve w ry o b r o k d s y w ' s ith o is ur ili t in h e oU new thoughts s be but th e t ei h e artistse sculptor h works with his clays. The world does not need of artist is not required to pro vide his own material s . I f a much as it needs that old thoughts re -cast. The man makes bricks, he is provided with clay ; i f a man finertra i s t, te h tu e e is tb al e l r o e w i e e d e si g t r te e r al emanelvtains,gadnodwnof pigments.old p fo a r n i d n s a t a ss n o c c e i::t:: brprraceinnulzthaeksa.ep:Absolute novelty of idea, in a poem for instance, is felt as a disturbance, because it is devoid of the sweetness " charmingly g is l y si explicit, ple candid, and cool. The touch of deprecation of novelty of aidnePch"arinaeteristio. But Mr. Smith not only propounds his theory, he repeats and insists upon it. Again, he of acquaint a an p c o e e s n h l i says The thought is only a part of the poem or the essay, and the commonest part. What in a work of art is really valuable is the art. The statue that is only worth the weight of its metal is a very poor statue indeed. The matter does not so much lie in the idea as in the use that is made of the idea. In literature, the how a thing is said is of more importance than the thing itself. A thought, no In ' ire than n human being, is independent of this. Thought, if left to itself, will dissipate and die. Style preserves it as balsams preserve Pharaoh. Fine phrases are, after all, the most valuable things." EXCELLENT PLAN FOR PREVENTING TUE EX TENSION OF FIRES IN BUILDINGS, suggested by Mrs. Lockhart, of Kensington.—Like most good sugges tions, it is very simple. The plan is to raise the doorways a few inches above the flooring, so that when water is thrown in at the windows of any floor, it cannot run out of the apartment. In this way the floors above the fire can be kept fi ern igniting, and the conflagration isolated in the place where it originates. MR. ANTHONY TROLLOPE, it has lately been well remarked by one of our weekly contemporaries, is one of the few novolists who make us forget the labour of criticism in our enjoyment of their books. 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