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DANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. , N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , th a t t h ere arc TWO v ACANCIES in the Direction of this rank, occasioned by the retirement of Henri/ 13,rnewall and Wiliam Chapman, 11, sqrs. which will be filled up at the General Meeting on the Bth of becentber next, which will be ma d e an E x t raor di nar y lleeting tor that purpose. follovv BY the terms of the D ee d o f S e ttl ement i t i s requ i re d as s "That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, or to propose some other Proprietor as a Candidate, for the Office of Director, mu Bt, within ten days from the time when the a daertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some writing under his or h r hand, to be left within the same ten Ys at the Office of the Corporation, either his intention to i;ecorn e a Candidate, or the name and place of alyiae of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her." Names of Candldates canno t t h erefore b e rece i ve d a ft e r the Pros By order ot the Court, C. M'NAB, Sccretary, 7 , St. Helen's-place, London, Oct. 26, 1863. Gas Light and Coke Company, Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster, Oct. 24; I DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that, pur suant to the Bth By-Law of this Company, John William Sloper, Esq., .10h , Sale Barker, Esq.. and the William Hopwood, Etq., in Present Auditors, have severally given me notice in writ t,g of their intenttoo to stand for the Office of Auoit or at }] !ection, 4 hich will take at this Office, on FRIDAY, the `" day of isiovexnber next. By order, JOHN ORWELL PIIILLIPS, Secretary. THE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital £2,0 0,000, in 40,000 Shares of £5O each ; First Issue, 20,000 shares, of which Ten Thousand are already sub- Scribed. Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and £2 on Allotment. .Iso future Cau to exceed £5 per Share, and at intervals of not less than three mouths. It is not intended to call up more than £25 per Share. DIRECTORS. Xenophon Balli. Esq., Merchant, London. 'Thomas Dakin, Esq., Alderman, Abchurch-lane. Dugan, Esq., Dublin. IVilliam Bristol. Harford, Esq. (Si r Willi am Mil es, B ar t ., and Co.), I'. D. Iladow, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental steam Navigation Company. George k'. Holroyd, Esq., Director of the London, Chatham, ~and Dover Railway Company. G. .Pr ou Homere, Esq., Merchnt, London. dtoot, Esq , Manche a st er. -,,oseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, Southgate. ' • G. Westmorland, Esq. (Charles Joyce and Co ), London. Alfred Wilson, Esq., Director of the B an k o f L on d on . Mic hael Zarifi, Esq. (Zarifi Bros.), London. BANKERS. T he Bank o f L on d on, Th readneedle-street and Charing-cross. "x William allies, Bart., and Co., Bristol. C. JAUDITORS. IT. John Young, q. sq Esq., 52 Threadneedle-street. E. k lile , t7isrs. Coleman, Turquand, and Co.) SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. 3 lessrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, Aldermanbnry. SOLICITORS IN BRISTOL. Messrs. Daniel and Cox. BROKERS. Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Tnreadneedle-street, E.C. Messrs. Boyle, Low, and Pim, Dublin. SECRETARY PRO TEM. W. c. Wiaterbottom, Esq. Temporary Offices —2l, Threadneedle -street. This Company has been formed with the view of gestating, the development of those constantly-extenoing operations in all departments of trade and commerce, which presents extraordinary a feature in the industrial statistics of this country. The marked success which has at tended the establishment of other Associations of a similar character proves beyond all question that a with field exists for business of this descrip tion. I %hile this Association will assimilate in its principles with Vie lal institutions alluded to, it differs from them in several ma jill f eatures. Witnout excludi ng F ore i gn Investments, it in preference use its resources in affording increased fact f,r the development of all legitimate descriptions of „ftuttierctal e• terpris d Ke ingd om especially in the leading Provincial owns o f the Unite . tt i . n Live. pool arrangements are pending for the formation loYory influential connexion. n s not its purpose to assume the functions which belong d'.9(r.inary banking, but it make cash advances upon the ttlie_sauot all sounu and bona fide . securities, such as Deben . - cl ian % and Dock Warrants, including approved Bills of Ex -1,11. Will extend the benefits of its experience and it fiuence Itgrt_torwarding the successful completion ot all public and whvi Private undertakings, the uti.ity and lucrative character of a qi efl is satisfactorily assured; and with the view . that the e . er e of its operations may be as enlatged possible, it is 1,,,,,Le0ded that the Association shall be represonted at all the at ir aPortant towns by some of the mo-t influential persons No ese plac?s, to be appointed from time to time. p r ° Promotion money has been or will be paid. obt a ,"Pcctuses and forms of application for shares may be a " t ined at "the office - s - of the Company, and . of the brokers, br o k h e solicitors in London, and at the several-offices of the ali o , e rs and so li c i tors in the country. In the event of , no Eli ot n eat bein g made, thedepo,"-IN•wat be returned In full. for, t il t lees iiriber ot shares be allotted than are applied oa' ;', e ,. ( lepostit will be made available towarns the payment Plica a ja l"nent; and ' the Mance; 1.1 any; returned to the ap- To f,ts POR3I OF APPLICATION FOR SARES. rectors of the Mercantile Credit Association Gentle(Limited paid to your Bankers the sum of ch an ,„ I request you to a ll o t me Sh ares in th e Mer b,coie Credit As,ociat on, Limited, and I hereby agree to or n mea member of the Society, and to accept such shares, y ou iess number th a t may be aimed to me; and I request et the shares all:" Place my namd e co e teeh Register o, Members in respect ott . I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 'Same in full Address Usual Signature Date SALE OF OLD STORES, AT THE ROYAL ARMY CLO LUNG DEYARTMENT, PIMLICO. `BAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, 17th October, 1663. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive on or before SATURDAY, 31st inst., Tenders for the Purchase of Unterviceable Stores now lying at the Royal Putty Clothing Department at Pimlico, comprising ' - - - Military Clothing', Great Coats, Tin Ware, Waterproof Articles, Tools, &c., &c. , Illhe Stores may be viewed at K'bulico from 9 to 11 and from to 4 o'clock during the four days previous to the 31st inst. enders must be made upon the proper printed form, k i tlit may be obtained on application at this office, or to the . " 41 7 btorekeeper at Pimlico. Th e I r all of theecret enders .. of State for War reserves the right to reject T THOMAS HOWELL, .. Director at Contracts. ARMY CONTRACtS. P I E NDERS Will be received it this Office until Rho 12 o'clock notin on the 3d *of November, from persons m ay be willitrg to enter into Contracts to supply •BREAD AND MEAT quantities .8 may be required, for the use of Her from" Jes at 's Land Forces stationed in the following ' places, st December, 1863, to 31st May, 1864 Broznpton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. • p e gent's-park and St. J o h n ' s - w ood. .Ntr BarrackChlsea. '• Wel lingtonß arra cks, Buckingham ral.ace, and St. Geo vi 7 eerrr's Barracks. 4 . The To. 2: H ounslow and Kn e ll er Hampton Court, 8. 'Windsor. • • . U. Brighton, with Coat Foris . ham.from Newhaven to Shore -10. Croydon. • • • • 11. Sandhurst • • .. Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stationis or Barracks as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and i 4 o'clock. and Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up 81 2 - neci, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the un der-mentioned • •ffice, under closed envelope (marked on the o - ntside " Tender for Commissariat S u p p li es "), before 12 o'clopk noon on the 3d November next. W. T. POWER, Comm.ssary-General. Deputy Commissary-Gen's OffiCe, 5. Ne s treet sprinc, gardens onds.W., 10tIt' 1863. Oct., ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, T 1863 . ENDERS will b e received at this Office, until 12 o'clock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, V 63, 4 roin persons who maybe wiaing to enter into Contracts to 4uppir _ FLOUR AND MEAT, tlch quttntlties as may be required, from the Ist December. „;. 63 , to • • la' May, MK for the use of her Majesty's Forces "tiqbed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. S eparate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. flt . (inns of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob betned on application at this office, by letter or in person, een the hours of ten and four o'clock. tvi i ne Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and ()tit vered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the be „ Si de ~T ender for Army Supplies,") and no Tenaer will akericed unlqss made on forms obtained from this office, by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat-office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until. 4,, 12 o'cl oc k , noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, to supply persons who may be willing to enter into Contract FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, bar n nica quantities as may be required, from the Ist pecetrl manorB63, to 31st AI ay, 1 . 64, for the use ot Her Majesty stationed at Aldershot Camp,.and within the com utearnlos of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tweenee hou aPPlicwion at this offic e , by l e tt er or in person, be- Trs of ten outside " and four o'clock. cleliverea47,Bniust be properly filled up and signed, and Tend office (under closed envelope, mark e d on th e n oticed untesWer t or Army Supplies"), and no tender will be delivered by t h4Ve on forms obtained from this office, and appointed. A.rfar ir Co CONTRACTS. T ENDERS ' wi,Viajiat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9, 1863. 12 o'ch ck, neon " oe received at this Office, until 1863, f rem persons Nrii, ° °a B URSDAY, the sth November, tra , t to supply Y bo willing to enter into Con- PAILLASSE S iltm v . ENGI/1- R A L ,B, f) STRAW FOR ROYAL In such quantities as ma 3, be'''''t SERVICE, A lders ho er eiquired Pram the Ist December, - 186 3, to 30th November. 1864 r, use of her Majesty's vorees stationed at D.nd t C AP, and within the com tainForms of Tender and Conditoinions of Contract may be ob ed on application at this by letter or in person, u2 „,tviteen the hours of ten and sour o : clock. under elosed en e d- ' n ~ The Tenders mu.t be prop erly ni c i P and signed, and 0-livered at this office ( 2 . iit me "Tender for Supply of str aw), 'e'ooe, marked on the Tender will , s u e noticed unles4 made on forms obtain'eldr.n° gtal nelivered by the hour appointed. 'rota Una offi c e, blt. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND ... trom thereat NEVER FAILING REIT-Eby. 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Alas ! alas ; " they are "friends of the people as long as they may be leaders ; but when more than their panacea Is required, they yell forth the brutalities of physical force ; they lampoon, they jeer, they scoff, and they abuse," or chap-fallen—like " Miss in her teens "—say nothing. Copies have been sent for notices to Zadkiel's, the "Advertiser," " Telegraph," " Observer," " Star," &c., Ivo. It is published i n L on d on b y H a ll and Co., 25, Paternoster-row (not Printing-house-square). T E 0 XFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLA.RA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAIVIBULA. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss ERson, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, H.uish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oi.lier man "I, Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Als,, a Pee formance by Herr SCHAL KENBLiCH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHEsTRE, contain ing a full badd of 40 instruments. I he HALL has just been newly Decorated and . Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " G HOS'F."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor PE pper snd HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "The GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and b sly of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's- latest improvements and effects), REPRESS.NTATIONS EACH EVENI:,G, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by (Tosworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. irt OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST 1 new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissem.-nt—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist —RAPH AE L., DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler. ,Every Evening. Doors Oren at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR 'NICOSIA, the eminent; Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN. Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales," nightly encored. The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the Household Troops. Doors open at S o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENrt 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, moo, Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 y ears old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only)„ STAMP YOUR PAPER, ENVELOPES. INVOICES. &c.. with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. The above would be found useful to youths at school for embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &a The Press complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 95. 6d. Note the Address :—WILL I AM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. 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John Gosnell and eo. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. ('CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of I._} the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. - - - The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee r st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. R "Y AL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at king's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now o f su ffi c i en t magnitude that, with adequate s up p or t , it may b e rendered capable of admitting into its ward s a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have iioo beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out -patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. . Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Ms6.ernian, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.;Herries and Co.;Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and 00. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; J ones L oy d a nd Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and ; Nib W iliams, • Deacon, and Co. ; Overe n d , Gurney, and and at Co. bet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Burned and C o., Li verpoo l the HoapitaL STANFORD S, slum Secretary TUN. / .1N ENV'S PAPER - --e -_ -z CZI ) ~, 1 40 , • , ‘ r---"-- rthe cause „, - • •• • 3, e , , 4N40, et 4 - 64 Zy (01 • 2}r A • a- V • i.\-444.",eit1Y65..'' F •P' • 3 - tt 'ears it v N414 :40 4 - 7 °, and rep 1. Si - Air 6 • OTC- M r 7; e , , I . k • ft 44, ," 11; * k D siT •TVftlt .4 , 0 7:0-.1":".• _ to which he had devoted comparison with this, personal feeli . weighed by any loyal and high-min, had cause enough. Those who for y up to him as their political leader -- _ tive, were now taught to regard him with suspieio n and dislike. He has been grossly naisunderstooa and hence, no doubt, habitually misrepresente d. When France the other day was called to elect representatives, he was an unsuccessful cand.;dato for the situation which seems as much his ow.a of right, as that of O'Connell to be the representative of Catholic Ireland, and it is impossible to doubt that somewhere or other the clergy cc tad have secured his return, To all these causes of (.`e pression must be added that which made him so in his arrival at the Congress of Malines, and 80' early in hi s . d eparture, a tormenting-chronic malady. Moreover, Montalembert cannot look nrward with any certaint y to a political change, such as France has so often s een d uring the last century, end which, would restore hi m to his. ust station in political life. Although not old, his head is already crowned with gwrheeyo(Land i crown rith o e glory,"pfaths o iussat y icse,, Holy) Searyli tu even: i . He m anticipate the restoration o f Parliamentary Govern meat in France, without exp ect i ng that he will to ho a part in it. Ha has exactly r eac h ed the period of life at which our unhappy country man Gibbon, b-istw lancing the advantage and the evils o f increasing.- years, felt compelled against his will t o record that " two circumstances, the abbreviation o f time, and P , the failure of hope, could not but tinge with a browner shade the evening of life." PRICE". • . STAXPED ....sd. firm. Provisions dull. Coffee advancing. Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. (By Telegraph to Cape Race.) NEW YORK, Oct. 16. General Meade ofl3ially reports that on the 14th the enemy attacked his rear-guard, consisting of the second corps, while menacing hire on the flank. After a spirited contest the enemy were repulsed, losing a battery, 5 guns, 2 colours', and 450 pri soners. Th's engagement was stated in the de spatch of the 15th, evening, as occurring at Bris tow's Station. Oa the evening of the 14th Lee attempted to flank Meade by way of Chantilly, and got in his rear through Fairfax Court-house. Lee's attempt was frustrated by General Meade ;falling back to Fairfax. The objects of Lee's advance and the reason for Meade's refusal to accept battle form the subject of much conjecture. Charleston harbour is reported to be effectually closed against the entrance of the ironclads. The steamer Spaulding has been captured. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. How deep a shade of melancholy the political changes of their country have thrown over many o f those who were once the most prominent among th e politicians of the Parliamentary period, may be imagined. It strongly reminds us of the expres sions of Cicero, when he found himself excluded from public life by the success of Cmiar in drawing into his own hands all the power of the FtAte. High minded men who, in 1848, freely risked their lives in the cause of " law and order," may be heard to profess that if civil strife again broke out they would sit by their fireside with out looking out of the window, that the men of our day aro not worthy of liberty, being " sales, hetes et tnechants," such is the natural effect of poli tical disappointment upon men who are conversant only with the natural order. _ _ Money easy. Gold, 537 i per cent. premium. Exchanges on London —bankers' bills, 168. .Stocks steady. New York. Central, 1351 ; 1251; Erie, 1081 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1074. Cotton steady—middling upland, 92c. Oct. 17, Morning. No general engagement is reported from Virginia. Both armies are still confronting each other. Hill's corps moved yesterday from Meade's front in the direction of Leesburg. A Federal reconnais sance was sent to that quarter. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money eaay. Goad, 51 per cent. premium. The Saxonia and City . of London take on' 660,000 dole. Bearing this in mind, let us turn to the conclud ing columns of Montalembert's address, and see how the hope of a Christian not merely "reconciles man to his lot," but fills him in the darkest times with a hope which relates not to himself alone but to his country. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1863. rrtiE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY• Established in 1836. Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, Loudon, E.O PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850: Year. Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums. ) Invested Funds. 18 - ;1 .£54,305 1856 222,279 1861 3A1.130 1862 436,065 £27,157 72,781 135,974 134,703 £502,&'4 821,0h1 1,3 1,4105 1,417,808 The Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862 was £71,24. SWINTON BOULT, Fee - etary t; the Coni. any. JOHN ATKINS, Rcsident :eeretary, London. T HE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. 156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C. Queen Insinance-buildings, Liverpool. Capital ONE MILLION STERLING. At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver pool, on the 21st October, 1864, BERNARD HALL, Esq., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors' Report for the year stated— That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to £70,300 being an increase over the preceding year of 22080 That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three years were and for the past three years being increase in the latter triennial period over the former of That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as a I"ire Reserve Fund, wa5..... 23,427 and the amount added to Life Fund was That during the past five years the Company had paid for Claims The Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3 per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to participating Policy holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65, 70, and even 75 per cent. A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. of contiguous columns. Immediately after the arrival of the Lieut.-Gen. Commanding, the troops were put in motion, the infantry changing position to the left on the first bri gade. The cavalry followed in the same direction, formed line of contiguous columns in rear of the infantry, again changed position to the right and repeated the movements several times. The division then advanced to Eelmoor and marched past, the artillery and cavalry in open column of batteries and squadrons, and the infantry in open column of grand divisions in quick time. The movements and the marching past were admirably performed, and the troops re turned to quarters shortly atter 12 o'clock. The weather was most unfavourable during the great part of the ma nceuvres. LUXURIANT WHISKERS or MOUSTACHES. —My formula forces them to grow heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury to the skin, and a sure remedy for baldness. 13 stamps.— Mr. FOX, Macclesfield. Fox's celebrated Hai, wash Formula, for removing scurf and curling the hair, beven stamps, iDEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib.e, removes singing noises in the head , and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMO.NS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., the Junior Lord of the Admi ralty, has for the present concluded his labours at Ports mouth dockyard. The last part of Mr. Stansfeld's work there was a minute inspection of the steam reserve afloat— the ships composing the reserve in their different classes, the engineers, stokers and others employed on board or at Has -lar, with the particular nature of their duties past and pro • sent, and other details in connection with this important baanch of the service. As a part result of Mr. Stansfeld's inquiry at Portsmouth yard, a commission, of which Admi rat Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., naval commander-in chief at Devonport, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey, late Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth yard, are mem bers, has been formed to report upon the steam reserve of the different yards. The Columbine, 6, straw, Commander Ward, was in. spotted at Spithead on Saturday by Vice-Admiral Sir M Seymour, G.C.8., and afterwards sailed for the Pacific. The Emerald, 35, screw frigate, Capt. A.Cumming, saLed from Spithead on Saturday evening for Sheerness, where she is ordered to dismantle and pay out of commission. of • battle ship Bombay; 2,782 ions; built in the East Indies, and the last of the 80 gun sailing ships con verted at Chatham dockyard to a screw steamer, is ordered to be placed in dock at Chatham to undergo a thorough overhaul and refit, and to be brought forward by the com mencement of next year for commission. She will probably succeed the Nile as the flagship on the North American station. Since her conversion the armament of the Bombay has been reduced from 80 to 67 guns. She is to be fitted to carry a complement of 650 officers and men, including ma• tines. The Chesapeake, 39, 2,377 tons, 400 horse power, attached to the third division of the Chatham steam reserve, is to be placed in the first dock which becomes vacant at Chatham to have her hull examined, and to undergo a thorough overhaul. It is probable that she will be selected to suc ceed the Narcissus, 39, 400 horse power, as the flag ship at the Cape of Good Hope, the Chesapeake, one of the last of the 50 gun sailing frigates converted to screw, not having seen any sery as for some length of time. The lighter Aid, with stores from Chatham, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The screw steam frgate Liverpool, 30, Capt. Rowley Lambert, at Devonport, has discharged her powder, and will to-day be placed in dock to be repaired, refitted, and stored for foreign service. The screw steam gun:vessel Speedwell, 4, Commander Cotton, has left Plymouth for the West Coast of Africa. The screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, having been exa mined at I)evonport, was removed on Saturday into the basin to complete defects incurred when in collision with the merchant ship Duke of Wellington in the Bay of Bis cay. On this occasion the corvette was on the starboard, and not on the port tack as first stated, The Wellington was on the port tack. The screw steam sloop Alert, 17, Capt. Majendie, left Plymouth on Saturday for her station in the Pacific. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Niobe, 28, Capt. Luber, and the Mosquito, 14, Capt, Hassentein, both from Dantsic, an ived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday. These ships, with the Rover, which arrived there on Wednesday, are bound to the island of Madeira. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Commander W. T. F. Jackson, to be an inspecting commander of the Coastguard, vice Murray, su perseded at his own request : Sub-Lieut. John Hope, to the Esk; Henry H. Jauncey, nominated to a naval cadetship; John Watson (A), of the Espoir, promoted to acting first class assist-engineer. THE ARMY. The official inspecti on of the battalion of Royal Marines (Light Infantry) at h ead -quarters, Chatham, by Major- Gen. H. Eyre, commandi ng the forces in that district, ter minated on Saturday. O n t h e previous day the division un der the command of Col.-C ommandant T. Lemon, C. 8., was taken to Chatham lines, wh ere , under the direction of IVlnjor- Gen. Eyre, the men were put th rough a variety of battalion company, and light infantry movements, in order to test the efficiency of the division. During the inspection several of the captains of companies and field-officers were called to the front and directed to manoeuvre the battalion under the immediate eye of the General. In consequence of the illness of Major-Gen. Stransham, the Inspector-General of Royal Marines, the half-yearly inspection has been postponed. A division of the 55th Regiment, comprising the follow ing officers and men, will embark this morning at 7 a.m., on board the Hougomont, hired sailing transport, from Portsmouth dockyard :—Major T. S. Browne, wife, and child; Capt. E. F. Temple and wife; Capt. I'. L. Bellamy, wife, and child ; Lieut. M. M. Gillies and wife. Ensigns F. Baird, T. Cargill, J. E. Lee, A. A. Boggs, W. L. Pitt; Assist.-surg. W. J. Randall and wife; 269 rank and file, 6 drummers, 12 sergeants, 2 staff sergeants, 33 women, and 85 children. The Hougomont will sail from Portsmouth for Madras this evening. The head-quarters of the 55th will embark on board the King Arthur, hired transport, at Portsmouth, about the 30th inst. A detachment of the 76th Regiment, consisting of two companies and the undermentioned officers, has been left at Aldershot to receive volunteers, and on the completion r3K o e6 f mit t nh hi velver st .hf r r e ioc n mh gth of the regim en t w ill proceed to India : Capts. O'Do nog h ue an d G eddes, Lieut. Harding, and En signs Talbott, Waller, an d D e W end, with Assist.-Surg. The 64th R eg i ment, under Lieut-Col. Shute, will shortly AisladberosuhtottottoakGeosthpoerpt,lawcheoorfethite 55thw relieve p iev o e r t t h s e . mouth, this latter regimentWrenn,sSergeant-Major rea b t4 l h n agidonernpaodtte Aldershot, battalion,orders ld e r st ofot,r viceth a e s East. bee n app B o e i r n g t e e a d nt G -M arr ai isO r n Con roy, discharged to out-pension. Brevet-Major Vacher, of the 22d Regiment, has been appointed brigade-major to the garrison at the camp at Colchester in the room of Major Baldwin, who has received orders to join the 31st Reghnont, to which he belongs. Brevet-Major the Hon. C. J. Addington, 38th Regiment, is to join the service companies of that corps, Staff-surg. Bone, of the 10th depot battalion, has been instructed to proceed to Barbadoes. The troops at the camp will march into the surrounding country every Wednesday during the ensuing winter season, and have already begun to do so. Preparations for the court-martial on Lieut.-Col. Crawley are in progress at the Clubhouse at Aldershot. The build ing, which is situated on the rightof the Farnborough-road, opposite the South Camp, will afford every convenience for the purpose. Lieut,-Col.-Crawley visited the camp on Wed nesday. The following officers of the EuniskillenDragoons have arrived in Aldershot :—Captains A. Vier and R, W. Renshaw; Lieutenants R. D. Davies and H. 3. Wallace ; Cornet J. S. Davis, Surgeon G. A. Turnbull, and Quarter master C. Wooden, V.C. In addition to the detachment of Enniskillena, numberingabout 60 non-commissioned officers and men, already quartered at Aldershot, a further detach ment of 60, under the command of Captain F. G. S. Curtis, and accompanied by Cornet W. T. S. Snell, are expected to arrive at the camp to-day. The division at Aldershot was formed up on Claycart ridge, for field manoeuvres, on Wednesday morning, in line AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 25. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, from Boston on the 14th, and Halifax on the 16th, arrived here at 10 15 a.m. She brings 92 passengers and 21,500 dole. The Europa landed all her mails, consisting of 124 sacks, and six passengers, and proceeded a t 10 35 a.m. for Liverp oo l ; a ll well. (Per the Europa.) NEW Yoitx, Oct. 13, Afternoon. General Lee's whole army crossed the Rapidan on the Bth inst., moving towards Madison Court-house, to turn General Meade's right. The Confederates hold all gaps in the Bull Run Mountain. Asharp engagement occurred on t h e 10th inst. between Federal reconnoitrin g party and Stuart's cavalry, near Robertson's rive r , resu l t i ng in a de feat of the Federals, who were pushed b ac k to Cul pepper. General Meade has since then a b an d oned Cul pepper,. and fallen back to th e nor th b an k of the a Rappahannock. iVasbington despatches assert that a combined Land and naval attack against Charleston will shortly take place. EVENING. Chattanooga advices to the 7th inst. report the Confederates to be concentrating artillery on Mis sion Ridge, and to be sending a large cavalry force to harass Rosencranz's rear. General Burnside has been successfully skirmish ing on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The repulse of the Federals above Port Hudson is confirmed. They lost 480 prisoners. General Dana has since advanced against the Confederates, who retreated. The Federals advancing into the Teche country are still occupied in considerable skirmishing. General Blunt has started in pursuit of the Con federates who captured his body guard. Guerillas are still active in Missouri and along the Pacific Railroad. Generals Price and Kirby Smith are reported mov i ng on Little Rock in force. A very sharp correspondence has passed between the British Consul of Savannah and the Governor of Georgia respecting the enlistment of British sub jects. The Richmond Whig st rong l y urges the dism i ssal of British Consuls, because they are only accredited to President Lincoln's Government. The Richmond Dispatch is incensed at the deten' tion of the Confederate ram s , an d o b serves :—" I t England would stop I r i s h emigration, the war would end in three months," The TammanY and Mozart Democratic parties have united. At a citizens' banquet given to the Russians last night at Astor-house the Itubsian Admiral accepted an invitation to*Baltimore. Another Russian steamer has arrived at New York. Admirals Milne and Renau, w ith the officers of the English and French fleets, have visited the public institutions at New Yo r k. Th e a b sence of the Russian Admiral and officers, who were invited, was a subject of much remark. The captain of the ship Robert Peel has pro tested, through Lord Ly ons, a gaLnst her seizure. The steamer Robert Lee, fr om 'Wilmington, has arriv,d at Halifax. The steamer Sumter is reported to be in Wilming ,on harbour. The steamer Bowmansyille, fram Quebec for Ha vannah, calling here in distress, has been seized upon suspicion of being a blockade runner. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Unfavourabl e rumours and tht abeauthentic inform at i on concerning Meade's position eo c f a a u un s t e shY d ; gold to advance to 56J-, this morn ing, since which it has receded, being now quoted 531 per cent. premium. Exchange on London—bankers' bills, 170. Stocks 1261 ; ste ady. New York Central, 135-} Central,: Illinois Erie, 109 a; Six p er C ent. United Spites Bonds, 1071. (By Telegraph to Halifax.) NEW YORK, Oct. 15, Morning. The retreat of General Meade's main army to the Rappahannock was conducted in good order and with little loss. General Burford's and Kilpatrick's cavalry, which covered the rear, had severe engagements with the enemy, ex p er iencing conside ra bl e losses in officers and men. Gregg's cavalry was surrounded while reconnoi tring, and lost 600 men. The New York , limes correspondent rep or t s l as t night that since the 13th General Meade has fallen back from the Rappahannock to the neighbourhood of Manassas Plains, and General Lee's whole force, having crossed the Rappahannock, Was pressing his rear. A battle in the neighbourhood of Ball Run is considered imminent. s Money easy. Gold, s'af per cent. premium. EVENING. An engagement occurred Yesterday b e t ween a large force of Lee's army and General Meade's second corps near Bristow's Station. The result is reported as a decided Union victory, the Confede rates losing one battery and 100 prisoners. Further information concerning the situation in Virginia is anxiously awaited. General Bragg's cavalry is still operating on Nashville, Chattanooga, and the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, to prevent reinforcements or supplies reaching Rosencranz. It is reported that no Western reinforcements have yet reached Chatta nooga. The Confederates are intrenching them selves in force on Burnside's left, and Bragg has thrown a force across the Kiawashee river, upon Burnside's right, compelling him to fall back to beyond Athens, which the Confederates occupy, thus isolating Burnside from Rosencranz. Shelby's guerillas have been defeated in Missouri, losing all their artillery, baggage, and n umerous prisoners. The Federal General Saxton has placed a line upon the North Carolina cotton crop until all the claims of the plantation labourers are paid. Mr. Curtin, the Republican candidate, has been elected governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vallandigham has been defeated in the Ohio election by a large majority. President Davis is making a tour of inspection the South. Earl Russell's Blairgowrie sp eec h has been fa vourably received. The press attributes hi s confir mation of England's neutrality to the great disp la y of the Federal resources. in It is reported that six more Russian vessels are expected here. The French frigate Guerriero is rep airin g in dry dock. _ The steamer Africa put into se John's in distres, having struck near Cape Race. She was h a lf au hour on the rocks. Both ship and cargo a re b aily dentiged, and the ship vise makinie much Wat er . 'The City of Baltimore and the Brtmen h ave arrived out. COMM BRCIAL INTELLIGENCE . Gold has veg fluctuating since Monday, the 12th, between 50 and o 7 per cent. premium. This moat conflicting rep )rts from Virginiatr ibu a t n e d d T to on tl n io es hrly se e e u .Gold is now quotedmu be 56 3 per cent. premium. Exchange on London—bankers' hills, 171. Money easy. Stocks dell- New York Central, 1311; Illinois Central, 1251; Erie, 1081 ; Six per Cont. United States' Bonds, 107. Cotton steady —middling upland, 92c. to 93e. Flour, good inquiry. Wheel declining. Corn very PEDIGREE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNES The Princess of Wales. For the following wonderfully ingenious and beau tiful sketch of the pedigree of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales we are indebted to our fashionable contemporary the Morning Post- At any period the outline given below would have been deeply interesting to the loyal subjects of the Crown. But it is especially of interest at the pre sent moment, when there is every prospect of the early continuance of this august lineage from the Emperors Basil and Constantine, through another generation, according to the welcome announce ment given elsewhere from the columns of the Observer. The pedigree, for which we are indebted to the Morning Post, a_pedigma, indicating the descent of her R o y a l Hi g h ness f rom th e old Em peters of the East, has been traced by Thomas de Meschin, LLD,, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at- Law:— N. Ducas= EmPEROR Constantine IX.,_—_Zudocia John Ducas-, Ducas, 1063 I Caesar EMPEROR Parapinaces =Andionicus =lsaac Comnenus =Manuel Comnenus ,-- I ,,_, 'EMPEROR . John=-Anna Theodora Isaac Comnenus=3lary • I • in. Henry 11. ,-- tez-_- EMPEROR Alexis Comnenus, 1116 Duke of Austria c Tl oni te n o e d n ora us =Cok= F ..... 0h - n ......._ Thz, „..____-- . . EMPEROR Isaac= (Carlo Joannes) I Sabasta- I 1143 crator I of Phila ,-----...., :, • EMPEROR—Constanti n EMPEROR AridroliiCUS delphia Manuel d. of Ray- 1185. From whom 1180 mond, P. descended the Empe of Antioch rors of Trabezond -- EMPEROR Alexis IL 1183 Andr'onicus Angelus=_-Euphrosine EMPEROR Isaa c : Angelus 1195 EMPEROR Alexis Angelus_Euphrosine 1202 Arin;AugeluslThEmepoedroorreoLaf Nice,scar 1222 Irene Lascar=John Ducas Batatza Emperor of Nice, 1255 John Theodore Ducas Lascar=llelen, d. 01 Emperor of Nice, 1258 I Assanes, King of John Emperor of Nice,Bulgaria 1259 Irene Angelus—Philip Emperor of Germany Henry V., Duke of Brabant=Mary, 1240 , EMPEROR Alexis Angelus Henry YE., Duke of Brabant=Misa, d. of Hugh, 1260 I Duke of Burgundy EMPEROR Basil, died 886= EMPEROR LCo= EMPEROR COUStarltine EMPEROR Romanus 11. = I Anne= Wolodomir, Grand Duke of Russia I \--- -r- N Henry 1., King of France,- no rliilip 1., King of France_ Lotiis Louis VII.= Philip ll.= Louis VIII.= Philip Ill.=11(ary ------ King of France I Edward L=Margaret King of England I (second wife) Edreinhl Plantagenet=3largaret, d. of John, Lord Wake Earl of Kent Lady Joan Plantagenet_—_-.Thonias, Earl of Kent Thomas de Kent Ifolland=Alice, d . of Richard, Earl of Arundel Earl of ( Lady Margaret de Holland—John Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset Dlargaret, d. of Sir John Beaucha.-7np;Din Beaufort, - I Duke of Somerset —____., Edmund Tudor, Earl of Riehmoncl=_-Lady Margaret Beaufort .1 H e nry Vll.:=Prineess Elizabeth King of England , d. of Edward IV. Henry vi II. Princess l iargaret,james IV. of Scotland James d. of Francis 1., King of Franco K. of Scotland I Mary Q Scots ilenrY Stuart , L or d D arnley ueen of • jc----Imes /....„Anne, d. of Frederick 11. of Denmark e- --------J Princess Elizabeth Frederic, King o r 1 Bohemia Princess Sophia=Ernest Augustus, Duke of I Brunswick-Ltuienbura Geo Sophia Dorothy , d. of G eo rge William, D u k e of Zello rge L= ,-----" Georg '' e ll.,—..Wilhelinina Carolina, d of I win. Fred.,Hargrave of Brandenburg rrineess Loulsa=Frederiek V., King of Denmark i Princessoulsa tan d g rave Charles of Il esse-Cassel L . Princess Louise Caroline—Frederick Duko of Glticksburg Christian, Prince of Denmark.. L ouise, d . of William. Landgraire of ness e .c ami H.R.U. ALEXANDRA, TIIR PRINCESS OP WALES. "From this night o f s l avery a * Of the Comneni, Gibbon says , fate 0 a sinking ray of freedom, or at least of spirit, ba s ins to emerge. . “pictionary of Ancient Biography Comneni for a while upheld the empire." Comneni were an illustrious Ilyzan- It is observed in Dr. Smith's i :s o n f , Italian origin, and and Mythology," that "The tine family, which in all probabilit, migrated to the East in the time of Ce ta tine the Great or his immediate successors. Several of the other great BYzantine families were likewise of Italian origin, as, for instance, the Ducw. That the n a me ' C omnenus ' was not unknown in Italy i n early times is proved by an inscription on a marble discover e d i n th e walls of the Church of St. Secii n dus at Anieriaj in Italy. Si x Em oannes (John II . ) , perors of the East—lsaac I. Alexis 1., Carlo % Manuel I. Alexis 11., and An d ro nicus I.—all th e Emperors of Trebizond, and a vast number of gener als, statesmen, and author were descended from the family of the Comneni; but, whil e almost all of them w ere di s ti ng uished by the choicest natural gifts, both of mind and of body, man y of them were n o t orious for a laxity of morals, in which they were excelled by none of th eir ~ frivolous coun t rymen. I mp end families, such as the Dlica, the Angell, the Palwolop,l, sever al royal houses i n Europe aini even the reignin g dy nas ty of the ;-,ultans in Turkey, boasted, and still boast, of being descended from the Cornwall • and history down to this very day, the pretensions of a nobl e family in •pran c , to be entitl e d b y descent to the name of Prince s de Con o em have attracted the att en ti o n of historians of repute. A of that family wou ld b e a mo st valuable contributi on to our knowledge of the Greeks during the middle ages. when lek Comneni first became known in history , in the 10th century,l3, e they belonged to th e G ree k nobility in Asia, and th e i r fam seat was at C as t amone. a town in Paphlagonia, near the Bla Sea, where Alexis C omnenus, afterwards emperor, visited the (Duca l e Palace of his a nces t ors d ur i ng the reign of Michael VII, P arapinaces). Towards the c lose of the 10th century t wo Com neni (Manuel and Nicephorus) became conspicuous ' i-, who were Probably brothers, and who are generally called the ancestors of the Comnenian family." N.B.—The names of Emperors in th above pedigree printed in small capitala are Greek Emperors. ;rand Duke Jaroslaus: THE AFRICA. ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, OCt. 17. The divers report that the injury to the Africa is not extensive. She has received very little damage aft, and can easily be made seaworthy. THE OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 25. The R)yal Mail steamship China arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day. She embarked mails, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 4 p.m. ; all well. The Count de Montalembert. We would take the liberty of especially request ing our readers, says a weekly contemporary (the .Register), to observe the answer given by anti cipation by the Count de Montalembert himself (in the second portion of his great speech the other day at Malines) to the objections suggested to many per sons whose opinions deserve great weight, by read ing the first half of his address without the second. It would of course be too much to expect that all will agree with all that he says, even as his meaning is explained by himself. But we do not see that particular objections which have been raised could have been more exactly answered if they had lain before the Count as he wrote. There are few things more remarkable than the confident, joyful, nay, triumphant tone of these anticipations of the condition and prospects of the Church and religion in Europe. For this cannot be mere sanguineness of natural character. It is no thing less than the exultant hope of a Christian. For what he says of himself is true. No man has suffered more than he from dieappointments and re buffs. Three-and-thirty years ago M. de Montalem bert entered public life with the consciousness of t %lents of the first-class, and with the far greater hap piness of a cause worthy of ten-fold more than he could give, and to which he was wholly devoted. He cannot have failed to feel that be was born a great orator. He was heir to a great name, to a seat in the French House of Peers (which, like the Senate in the United States, was far more impor tant than the lower house), and to a future which, judged by French standards, is very considerable. Before his years enabled him to take his seat, he made an impression upon the peers, which has not ' even yet been forgotten, by his speech in defence of liberty of education, when he pronounced for teach ing poor children, without authority from the or gans of the Government. Soon after he became the leader of the Catholic party in Parliament, the in- mate friend and sharer of the counsels of the bis hops and priests who were its life out of doors. English travellers who were electrified by the sacred eloquence of Father Lacordaire from the pulpit of Notre Dame, thought it almost as great a thing to have seen the great layman at its foot. For years he had the joy of seeing the high success of a work in which he was by no means the least important labourer. No English Catholic could possibly be what Montalembert then was ; because there is no other Catholic party large enough to place him in such a position. At last, after 18 years of incessant work, in opposition to the powers of the State and the leading statesmen of France, the National feel ing was so greatly leavened that when the Revolu tion of 1848 came the populace of Paris declared in support of the Church wh i c h in 1830 th e y h a d regarded as their enemy a nd oppressor, a n d th e Ministers of the Republic proposed to the Chambers and carried through it a measure for the fr ee d om o f not all that could be de education which, thoug h sired, was far more than the Catholics had ever hoped to see. As another change, the R e li g i ous Orders, which b a d been driven from F rance , were so openly restored that Father Lacordaire t oo k hi s seat in the Ch amber in his Dominican habit. Th u s far a ll had been victory ; not e as y, i n d ee d, but solid, and so much the dearer, because crown ing a n obstinate long-continued struggle. And what has f o llowed ? Two objects h a d hith erto been i ns eparable in the life of this great and goo d man --the maintenance of free institutions, and parliamentary government, and the uniting all F ren ch Catholics together as loyal subjects, both to sup port these institutions o f th e i r country and to deman d, not as a favour but as a right, that they s hould be enjoyed to the full Catholic Church, no less than by politicians and traders ; that religions worship and education should be as free as political action or political discussion. For many years all Frenchmen had demanded liberty; all French Catholics had demanded its application to reli gion. As the leader in maintaining these prin. ciples he had come to the prime of life, and now that he was approaching tailing years he might expect that the success would make him, for many years to come, one of the most powerful and most useful public men in France. Ail at once came a state of things in which the nation is ruled by one man whose strength is in the support of the army. Very many Catholics, probably the great majority, have become advocates of absolute power, almost if not quite to the extent of laying dawn that a man who professes political libcry can nut be a good Catholic. The effect el this last change Frenchmen at large hes been to make them believe that the Catholic religion is r eally consistent with liberty, and that the loud demands for liberty uttered by French Catholics from 1830 till 1848 were insincere. So strongly was this felt a few years ego, that if another Revolution had then taken place it can hardly be doubted that the bishops, the clergy, and those i i ymen whom it is the fashion to call " clericals" would have been among its first victims. °- f cou rse there were very many Catholics Nv h o felt with Montalembert, but their voice was unheard b e cause the only d a il y Catholic news paper published in Franc e ooj 7 strongly the oppo site side. Under these c i rc umstances it was impossibl e th at M. de Montalembert should not feel that the work of his l if e was being undone and didaonourfA, and ARCHBISHOP WHATELYS SUCCESSOR. The Dublin correspondent of the Times, under date the 24th, has the following edifying observa tions as to the probable successor of the late vener able and gifted Archbishop Whately "A tremendous excitement has been produced among the Evangelical clergy here by the announce ment that Canon Stanley has been offered the mitre of the Archbishop of Dublin. The fact that he is an Englishman is one objection, but this is merged in the dreadful charge of heterodoxy. He is be lieved to be the author of an article in the Edin burgh Review, in which, it is said, he defended the authors of Essays and Reviews. He is accused of being a rank neologist, who does not go the length of Colenso only because he wants the moral courage to avow his convictions. Ho has written a letter to the Bishop of London recommending the abolition of clerical subscriptions. - When referring in his works to the errors of other writers, ho„Studiously avoids expressing what his own opinions are on the disputed pOinfs: From this his Dublin censors infer that he is decidedly unsound in his faith. There is a long indictment against him copied in some of the Protestant journals from the Church. and State Gazette ; and the Daily Express is flooded with letters from the clergy containing sweeping censures, and earnestly protesting against his ap pointment. But no language of his own has been quoted against him. Hitherto the evidence is all:. econdhand. They ,admit his learnioi", his eloquence, the fascination of his style, the excellence of his character; but they deprecate his appointment the more vehemently on account of these dangerous snares which would render the attractions of heresy irresistible. Come what will the clergy have re solved not to allow Lord Palmerston to taint the 7ountain of orthodoxy which has flowed so purely from Trinity College, Dublin. In vain they are re minded that Canon Stanley is the Chaplain of the Queen and of the Prince of Wales and of the Bishop of London, and that he is the Profees3r of Ecclesi astical History in the University of Oxford. So much the worse, they would say, for the Queen, the Prince, and the young clergy ofLondon. They pro test that they will not have Canon Stanley to rule over them, even if their resistance involved the separation of the Church from the State. Any other Canon would be accepted, even an English one. They will give the Premier half a dozen to choose from,—Canon M'Neile, dignissimus ; Canon Boyd, of Paddington ; Canon Miller, of Birmingham. Any one, English or Irish, rather than the neolo gical Canon Stanley." There is not, perhaps, a bishop in Ireland who hoped to step np to the vacant throne ; there is not a dignitary who hoped to wear that bishop's mitre; there is not a clergyman who expected to get that dignitary's place; there is not a friend in the respective circles of those numerous expectant parties who would not be likely to swell the cry of neology and heresy against the New Archbishop of Dublin if Canon Stanley should accept the post, and submit to have his cha racter in the ecclesiastical pillory for several years to come. One clergyman has only ventured to write to a neutral journal, in defence of the ap pointment, and he asks some very pertinent ques tions : " Alas, sir, what is all the splutter in the news papers about? Do the Dublin clergy remember what a howl was raised at the advent of Dr. Whately 32 years ago? Were those frantic pre dictions verified ? Do not many of the clergymen and laymen who opposed him most bitterly now hang their heads, and blush for shame, when they think of that intensely prejudicial opposition. Has anything been said against Canon Stanley which was not virtually said against his predecessofr There is one class, I ad m it, w hi c h h as a r i g ht to t b e o profoundly dissatisfied with th e appointme n t to the case a' I Canon Stanley, such as formerly it h a d in . of Dr. Whately. I mean th e c l ass which 1 see the Established Church annihilated i country. There are thinker s in England—Profound n this and judicious thinkers too, who firm l y jart, or 11 b e lieve that, iY had a narrow-minded High Church man, o ver the see o f ch nar row-minded Evangelical, been se Dublin in 1831, the Established Church would not h quite a stranger And what ar e Canon be existing in Ireland. in the Canon Stanley's faults? shoat him _ as any to him, I perhaps know e t s ii m p l p u h i n hu t g 7 y o f his accusers the trouble of those who write so take Dublin hours till they papers. Will any of his works ? indgme.nt for . 48 1 do not bay they will find hofaysuesroeonkdeidu suspending their in them _ eleg ant scholarship, deep eru dition, and a b (for this is glow of chas t ened f ee li no . admitted onsay they will find all all sides), but I the faith in their purity fib stated. Canon Stanley is ore esisyellts attractively of the Christian ri s sia muc h more a man of the world—much better acquainted with the delicate shades of human cha racter—much less liabl e to be duped by assentation —much better quatifid to maintain Lis exalied posi tion in olegant so Je- i t . o y, and to leaven the magnates of the lend with earnest religious feeling, than the admirable and single-winded - Mutely w as ." Th ere is much trut h i n this. What e l y , w h o may be sr:id, i n the phraseology of the Church of Rome, to have dir,d "in the odour of sanctity, , ' was de "united as a Socinian—a9 oeu who ELnied the in- Ppiration of the Scriptures—wh o was an enemy of the Bible, and an underminer of the faith. His assailants lived to see and to deplore their error re garding that great and good prelate ; and so, no doubt, they would in th e case o f hi s successor. A 'CUTE YANKEE BULL.—An American is re ported to have said that, if he koew that it was predostinat ed that he should be drowned in a particular lake, nobody would ever catch him going within a mile of it. all ho nd he so al EO