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T IFEB OAT SERVICES. — D urin g the recent _ I LA heavy gales some of the boats of the Na ional Lifeboat Imstltution saved 67 persons from different wrecks. The Committee of the Institution earnest y AP PEAL to the public lor ASSISTAN..E to enable +hem to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Inietitution's 125 Inch , at estab lishments. Contributions are receivtd by all the Lon don an d country bank ers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Leis, at the Institution, 14, J Om-street, Adelphi, W.C. SSRS. JAY and CO. have now on show the most unique and perfect assortment of BONNETS, Ifch their Manap:er has selected in Paris, and brought w back With tier to this Establishment. 217, 240, 251, Regent-street. BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.--Every Article of c ommerce takes its title either from the Inventor or it .ou facturer, and the more perfect the production the g r-ater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica ticn in England : but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos • d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. • „ Th ,- * following interwoven mark may be seen at the end of Pact.• piece :—" Manutacture de C. J. bunnet et Cie., it L) on et a Injurieux." Wet!. guaranteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Wißice's Romantic Opera, THE DESERT FLOWER : Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor. Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven. commence at Eight. THEATTHEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.- I RE Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the nertormances will commence with an by Oxenford, Esq., entitled BEAUTY OR THE BE eville, AST. P rin cipal characters by Messrs. Addiso n, G. . N Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss H. Lecicrq. After which, Lord Byron's Chor al Tragedy, M and SpencerMr ; ANFRED. Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, M a greion, Vard, E. Miss Heath. 3liss E. Atkinson , M iss Leclercq, . Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole. Miss tOtter, Miss Cicely Notr, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with a New and Original Farce, by Messrs. W Brough and A. Halliday, entitled MY KART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS characters by Mr. Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harlieur. HEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, LIT rLE DAISY. After which (Ist time), SILKEN FETTERS : Measrs. C. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, .Cc. ; Mesda mes C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HU D'SBANS GHOST. Commence at 7. B _ i LYCEUM THEATRE . RO TJYud,er the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. EL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will b e repeated tY Evening• until further notice. Every Tin.; EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BA 1; : Messrs. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ; miss y. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DE:WONT°, a Love story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendlial's "Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, 31 rs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. 13EL DEMONIO ; a LOVE ST ORY, i n Twelve Tableaux. EW THEATRE-RO fAL, ADELPHL :LI Sole PPOPrieltOr and Itianager, Mr. B, Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. S titling. 4.t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs.Artbur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billinglon, Stuart, A Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billing - ton. fo conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRE6S : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. miss BATENIAN.—LE A ti.—The triumphant _LYI. and enthusiastic success of the great tragic artiste, Bliss BATEMAN, on her first appearance in the character of LEAH, in the new five act Drama of that title, having been nightly repeated, and even exceeded during the last four weeks, amidst the applause and tears of crowded audiences, and the profound impression created upon all who have wit nessed the touching impersonation by Miss Bateman of the heart-broken Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani mous verdict and critical approval of the entire press, the /Manager of the NEW ADEL PHI THEATRE has the honour to announce that Miss BATEMAN will appear in the New Dra ma of LEAH EVERY EVENING till further 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 THEATitt. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Simpson. After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. To conclude with FAINT HEART NEVER WON /AIR LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray. Commence at 7. :111-[E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing- the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, :an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE. NEWS AGENT. No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Titls DAY.—Morning, 3a. 40a:4—Afternoon, 4h. Oa), .....O•MoRRow.-Morning, 4h. °sm.—Afternoon, VI. 47m, The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 14, 1863. THERMOMETER. This dayrat Two o'clock Barometer-30.21. Wind—South-West; light, and cloudy. Zit -4sl SUM LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 14, 1863. " Procrastination," according to the Poet of the Night Thoughts, " is the thief of time"—it might be added, also, of credit. One of the great dis credits attaching to our Government in connection with the Crimean War, at its very commencement, as the helpless manner in whi c h we h a d d r ift e d into bera i t t. A remembrance of th a t s l owness o f deli ion, of that reluctance to take the initiative in anye tauhanging over of importance, has b een a r sen n s s e er during these last few days, with civ gloom almost sinister in its ma j inta l ined he referen ceer to the absolute silence of the Cabi net as tL in respect to the i n t en ti ons e Na SOl proposition. Th a t propositi on was mo mentous enough, certainly, of it s kind, to n ecessitat e decided delay before the answer to it could be late silence—a silen ce :Pen' But total and abso was in every an y likel a y th t at of death, as to what come of it, augured risil:eoofhoefhdis lapse of time, cans • seriously, as to the ing in England no appearance diminution of credit. It bore the propitious seemed to of profound bewilderment. of of a sense be scarcely, in any way, settlement of the difficulty „ d le :; of a distinct satisfactory sett lement of it, Abruptly of all of a is faintly br oken, the gloom is slightly silence di ssipated. rn3olib. A telegram com es tons late in the afte to us the intimati on from Vienna—rather rrng about way for the tidings to arrive —that the Courts of Vienna, Berlin, and London have agreed to ac cept the proposal of a Congress! That the proposal should have been accepted " with certain modifica tions" wasonly of course what could reasonablehav e been expected. The proposition in its original form, as propounded by the French EMPEROR,first of all in his speech to his new Legislature, and afterwards in his circular letter to the European Sovereigns, was so grand, and vast, and almost, one might say, illimitable in its scope, that, in order to render it in any way at all practicable, it required to be narrowed down at least to a definition. Now, how ever, that the Co ngress , so f ar as F rance , Austria, Prussia, and England have already decided it, is to is satisfactory to know that the questions v.us to be submitted to considerati o n must be r© st rieted ai m iyte Quesions, for 108 C now actu a lly a l rea dy p en ding. Polor,d, to exareple, su c h as th ose re l a ti ng t o Schleswig H o l s t e i n , an d to I ta l y, particu larly in reference to Venitia and the Papal States. The mere announsceecestn.n tbeforeh a nd th a t t o t h ose actually pendin g questions rho delib era ti ons o f t h e Congress are to be restricted, seems t o us to ren d er the whole scheme of th e c more capable l ress more f eas ibl e , more practicable, into operation , in fine more secure being carried d naive of good. Another important sti Pofi beingatio pro. n bein g , th4t no St a tes but those directly concer ned entire execution of the Pro g r amme are to in te part in the deliberatio ns of the C ongress. Not whisper, as yet, as to whether the Estem ton , s offer of Paris BB the seat of the Congre ss i s to be accepted! Nevertheless; accepting as Austria, 'Prussia, and England are doing, the proposal of the Congress itself, of course upon certain conditions, with certain preliminary stipulatior s and modifi cations—it is hardly possible that they can hesi tate about the accptance also of the proffered place of rendezvous. The time has gone by for the present when reform meetings were the order of the e,ay.. Mr. BRIGHT'S magic eloquence that was to. rouse the land from one end to another has suddenly col lapsed, and we now hear nothing of the importance of immediate measures being adopted. Still, from time to time, some mere earnest or energetic mem ber comes forward, and the old question is brought up. At the meeting "in Bristol nothing particularly novel or striking "was said , but the observation s are worthy of attention, and it is at all eve n t s m g gained that the subject should be mooted saotaeltllin all. The chairman gave the working classes some very r,ensible advice as to the advisability of on themselves, and showing forth th e re gly ad vantagesin that they have derived from working men's institutes and such like undertakings by their kincreased intelligence and self-control, This is very salutary and sensible exhortation, and the more it is attended to, the better for the improve ment of their social and political welfare. No better arguments can be adduced as to the in creasing of the franchise being right and fitting than to point to the well ordered and intelligent community of those whose predecessors a century ago were lawless, and undisciplined, and totally ; unfit to take any part in the management of affairs. The resolution which was moved by Mr. WILLIAms was an excellent one, and properly expressed the purpose of the meeting, while it did more than that, for it explained the great drawback which exists in the claims of the present Ministry to popularity. "That this meeting, while generally approving the foreign policy of her MAJESTY'S Government, regrets that it has not more energetically promoted those measures of political and ecclesiastical reform which its supporters had a right to expect." This is strong language, but not a bit too forcible, and it would be well if more constituencies followed the example of that of Bristol and made a home-thrust at the policy of an administration that has abjured its principles. It is now more than four years since the Derby Reform measure was rejected by the doggedness and pertinacity of Earl RUSSELL. No half measures for him, no expediency, and no compromise, he could not be content with trusting to the remedial agencies of committees, he must have instant perfection, aut Ccrsar nut nilal was his motto, and though he has since chosen the easiest part of his performance he and his immediate supporters seeia to expect the same deference and to meet the same universal sup port as if he had vanquished the difficulty, and restored the advantages that were promised to the people. His conduct is almost unparalleled in the annals of political duplicity and party manoeuvring, rich as they are in the details and double-dealing and finessing. Notwithstanding some exaggera tion in idea, and extreme notions in the way of proposals, there is much in the discourses that were uttered at this meeting that may attract attention, and win a favourable consideration. For instance, Mr. COSSIIAM made some very decided stateme a is as to the perilous position in which their party were placed by the extraordinary vacillation of its leaders, and their want of purity of purpose and unity of action. He said that he believed that" as a party they would be gone" if they had not better and more marked principles for home reform, and that the liberal Government would sink the party if they went on like this in matters relative to home affairs. This lugubrious prophecy will more likely than not be realised, and it is now an acknowledged fact that the once famous Liberals have not a popular cry with which to go to the hustings. It is well, therefore' that those leaders who have occasioned so much mortification to the more advanced members of the party should occasionally be told of their defalcations, and reminded of their shortcomings, even though the remembrance of the events re ferred to may have faded out of tl:e immediate recollection of the public. Mr. BERKELEY'S speech was spirited and to the point ; the hon. member's views, as he said, were too well known for him to need to divulge them, but his remarks on many points of interest and importance may, nevertheless, re fresh the memory of his auditors, and also the general public, who will read his observations. It is in every way satisfactory that the question of Reform should have been brought foward at this time, because many other affairs of moment have engaged the attention of hon. members at various public meetings, and therefore it is necessary that one of the chief home questions of the day should be considered, since it is never useless to pay a tention to these matters, even if they may no' be coming under notice at once. At all events i is a disgrace to the so-called Liberal Ministry that, after years passed by them in the plenitude of power, any assembly of their countrymen should have occasion to make statements as were uttered at the meeting at Bristol. The speakers have all spoken out in a bold and manly fashion, and with a spirit that does them honour, and, doubtless, many will appreciate their straightfor ward declarations, and concur in the sharp but salutary remarks that have been made by the various speakers at this demonstration. The advance and extension of liberal views among the agricultural classes was strongly marked by the reception accorded to the address of Sir EDWARD DERING, the recently elected Member for East Kent. The hon. baronet remarked that the present flourishing condition of British agriculture shows that when the British farmer is put on his mettle 4 ° is well able to overcome all difficulties and to efoo.espete successfully with the foreigner. What our in i ll eo s it rs have a right to demand, placed as they are DER _ P ra st . itio n with the world, is, as Sir EDWARD re striction. ins ( 1 ) : th3a!tly observes, the opportunity of carry -I:leir o i perations unshackled by official re a logic pointed duty W as, or Co logic or abolition of the malt , and b r ße, the inference t o w hi c h t hi s Kentish farmers, jotyr way of encour agemen t t o t h e the question, the new I uabe r expressed h i s belief e i\s_ted more than any o th ers i n that the time was a pProhehi, hope to have the p r i vile , ,e : f g w h en they might barley to fatten their state of the country, despi te the c i is the American war, was naturall y a ONya cattiluelting their own The prosperous a bu t b rt . m s effect of con gratulation, and truly it may b e ahltoB .: ti 't of coo _ matter of surprise as tha nkfulness to s much a Foreigners will marv el more than ev er at an t i e . buoyancy of our commercial resources when t h ey see the shock that was e x p ected to hal f paupe r i se England gallantly surmounted, and the lesson th us taught will not, we may hope, be altogether profit less. Not many years since the Indian crisi s made a sudden and terrible demand on the re sources of Great .Britain--not SO much of the nation collectively, but on individual capacity and character. Those who were on the spot had to answer for the people, and nobly they bore the test. Far from reversing the system of Government, the mutiny has been the means of confirming o u r au th or i ty and r i vet i ng our ru l e in India. In the same manner has tl.e American Miss THE SUN, LOINDON, 6 r SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1863, I difficulty been bravely and stedfastly met, and the sudden and almost total suspension of one of the chief branches of national trade and commerce has failed to work the evil anticipated. This time we had something to learn as to the mismanagement that had brought the catastrophe upon us, but the elasticity of our resources and the temper and spirit of the people have received a most striking illustra tion. The American war and its apparently hope less progress filled the closing paragraphs of Sir EDWARD BERING'S speech. He professed himself a firm supporter of the South—a sentiment which the audience apparently shared, to judge from the loud applause with which they greeted it. On the vexed question of the rams, the speaker expressed his hope that the Government would pursue a straightfor ward course, and that if the construction of the rams bo proved to be illegal the constructors should suffer the penalties imposed by law ; but that if no such law could be shown to be in existence, we might not be induced by threats to pass any Legis lative enactment to that effect. It is not at all im probable that the early days of next session may witness a debate, or even a trial of strength, on this very point; and it is therefore well for every mem ber fully and clearly to set the case before himself and his constituents. Sir EDWARD DERING'S statement is a just and temperate one, as it would evidently be a most unfair proceeding to alter the laws of the country to render that act culpable which, when committed, was not intended to in fringe the laws of the country. Such meddlesome legislation will not suit the temper of Englishmen, and he will bs an unwise and an impolitic Minister who endangers his place and his reputation by tampering with our sturdy old English laws at the bidding of foreign agents. The ceaseleEs activity of our commercial life un questionably gives great facilities to the crafty and designing, as well as affording opportunities to honest and honourable enterprise. It is a trite say ing, that if there were no fools there would be no knaves; but it is as hopeless to look for a commu nity wholly composed of wise and prudent men, as for a city in which there should be no rogues. The one is as likely as the other, and all that those who are both wise and honest can do is to interfere as far as is consistent with individual liberty of action between the plotter and his dupe. Of the many various kinds of fraudulent money-making now commonly practised among us, there is none perhaps more cruel and disastrous in its results than that perpetrated under the guise of seeming kindness, which takes advantage of a man's necessities and difficulties to involve him in a network from which he is never to escape, except at the price of all he has. The system carried on by many money-lenders is very similar to that pursued by the spider to the unfortunate fly he can entice within his perilous meshes, and the fate prepared for the victim is no less merciless. They entrap the young and thought less beginner, who having outrun his quarter's in come, or wishing to enter upon some expense just above his means, is delighted at the prospect so plausibly held out to him, and walks into the snare with little delay. Then comes the old story, inte rest at ruinous rates, simple and compound, time granted on extravagant conditions, which the miser able debtor is forced to accede to, and as the chain grows tighter and tighter round him, it is pressed more earnestly, for the creditor knows that escape is no longer possible. Many a young man in good position, with fair means for a moderate ambition, has had cause to deplore his first acquaintance with the smooth-spoken gentleman, who so pleasantly promised to help him out of his little temporary embarrassments. A striking instance of the system pursued has just been laid before the public by a gentleman, who tells us that on Monday morning he entered on his duties as clerk at Somerset-house, and on Tuesday, the very day following, he received a letter from one of these money-lenders, assuring him of the easy, convenient, and confidential terms on which ho advanced money to gentlemen in his position. How many would have fallen into the trap, and how close must be the watch kept on all civil appointments and other likely quarters for a fresh supply of credulous dupes. It is a pity that the law cannot be framed to catch some of these harpies tripping, and to punish them as they deserve when caught. HUNTING ACCIDENT. Lord Middleton nearly lost his " first whip" on Monday night. The meet was at Sledmcre, and some of the hounds were scattered, and the first whip remained to get them together. The night was very dark, and being a stranger, this being his first season—he took the country by Wharram home. Behind Wharram Church there are some spring heads, and into one of these horse and rider fell, the horse being uppermost. Both lay in the cold spring water unable to extricate themselves, but, curiously enough, both with heads above water, The hounds in the dark were heard down the valley as far as Wharram station, and by the passengers in the last train on the Driffield Rail. way. As the hounds continued to cry for so long a time, some labourers set off in the direction of the cries to see what was the matter. Here the man who found the pitiable position of the " whip" was prevented rendering him any help by the dogs, which for some time would not permi t man or horse to be touched, and would clearly have worried any one attempting a rescue single-handed. Both man and horse, however, were eventually got out, after two hours' immersion. The " whip" was taken to the nearest house , and was soon able to move about again. The hunter, how ever, a valuable mare, took a great deal of getting round, and seemed by far the worse of the two. Had not assistance arrived man and horse must inevitable have been starved to death. THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE NATIONAL COM MITTEE for the Shakespeare Celebration has been issued, and a public meeting is shortly to bo convened for the purpose of deciding npon the precise course to be fol. lowed, and the form which the Commemoration is to take. At present nothing seems to have been definitely fixed, be yond the affirmation of the general principle that the Com memoration should be effected "in a manner which shall be in some degree worthy of Shakspeare and of the ceuntly," One thing only seems certain, that on the anni versary-day shall be laid " the first stone of a monument in a conspicuous part of London." The list of the committee now put forward contains the names of 276 gentlemen whose names are, for the most part, connected with British literature and art. Among the few foreign names, we notice those of M. Gallait, the great Belgian historical painter, M. Louis Blanc, and M. Fechter, who has done such noble work for Shakespeare. The president and patron are not yet named; but it is not impossible that the name of the Prince of Wales may soon appear in connection with the former office, and that his gracious mother will consent to allow herself to be nominated to the latter post. The vice-presidents are the Archbishop of York, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl Stanhope, Charles Dickens, Esq., W. C. Macready, Etq., and Alfred Tennyson, .Eeq. With reference to the idea of a monu ment, certain writers are adopting the tone of opposing the monument on the ground that Shakespeare's greatness is so unquestioned that he has no need of any monument. This seems to us to ho tantamount to declaring that monu ments should only be erected to the memory of insignificant men, a theory which only insignificant men can be in terested in supporting.—The Queen. MEDICINES : THEIR IMPURITIES AND ADCL TERATIONS.—The Lancet has just commenced the publication of a new series ut investigations, relative to the impurities and adulterations of medicines, giving, as it did in the case of its inquiries respecting the adulteratisn of food, the nam es of the vendors of whom the analysed winkles were, obtained. Th e report i n the lancet of this ie on 4 6 sweet spirit of nitre " —a remedy, perhaps, that thi more extens i vely employed th an any ot h er. I t shows, first, s article, when not adulterated, is usually in a very , itpu annipLes s‘tvaetTee, abouut thatit,,r,t eci :) . y fsaormtehe of greater number e n re un d l i b lu er ted of w t i h th e water, which formed in some cases a fourth, in others a third, and in one instance even half, the so-called spirit; while others, co ntrary to the Wishes and instructions of the College of Physicians, were prepared with me' hylatec spirit, costing about 3s. 6d, p er gallon, in pl ace of spirits of wine at 225. per gallon. Thes e invest; p gati second only in importanc e to those whicons promise h app eared into the e Lancet for so many years relating to food and drink, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Ori ental Steam Navigation Company : MARSEILLES, Nov. 14. The Massilia, with the above mails, arrived here at 7.30 a.m. this day. The mails leave for London by the 11.30 a.m. train. THE EUROPEAN CONGRESS. VIENNA, Nov. 14, The Courts of Vienna, Berlin, and London have agreed to accept the proposal of a Congress under certain modifications. The Ministers of the Great Powers will confine themselves to the consideration of questions at present pending. Only States con cerned in th© entire execution of the programme will have a seat and vote at the Congress. Most positive guarantees for the thorough carrying out of the programme will be required. ITALY, THE NATIONAL BANK OF TURIN. TURIN, Nov, 14, The National Bank of Turin has raised its rate of discount from 7 to 8 per cent. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, POSEN, Nov. 10. The insurrection in the palatinate of Lublin has lately taken a threatening turn for the Russians. General Kruk has ten detachments operating under his orders, commanded respectively by Wierzbicki, Ruszki, Kozlowski, Szydlowski, Krysinski, Le niewski, Sucbodolki, Cryzewicz, Sieukiewicz, and Janosza. In the palatinates of Sandomir and Cracow the detachments of Bosak, Rembajlo, Chmie!ewski, and Czachowski display extreme activity. The recent disasters they have suffered have only retempered their courage and their hopes. In the palatinate of Kalisch several well-armed detachments, among others that of Korytkowski, are under the direction of Colonel Kopernieki. In Cujuria three detachments of cavalry, one of which is commanded by Okoniewski, hold the country successfully against the Russians. In Augustow, notwithstanding the persecutions of General Mouravieff, the insurrection increases daily. Lastly, in the p a l a ti na t e of Pl oc k, i n P odlachia and in Masovia, rec e nt engagements in whi c h t h e Poles have uniformly proved victorious, sufficiently demonstrate the vitality of the insurrection in those regions. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 8. The ltzvalide Russo of yesterday announces that the Emperor left the Castle of Livadia in the Crimea the day before yesterday upon his return to this city. The Empress will leave to-day, remai❑ a night in ;Moscow, and arrive at Tzarskoe-Selo the succeeding day. The Grand Duke Constantine and his wife are again about to go abroad, and will most likely pass through Austria. The Emperor's third brother, the Grand Duke Michael, Viceroy in the Caucasus, will return with his consort to Tiflis. Many rumours are current of what passes in the Imperial Family, but little is really known. The Polish suite of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Constantine is said to be especially distasteful to the Empress. 11 this be true, the approaching journey of the Grand Ducal pair sufficiently shows which influence has gained the day. It is questionable whether the Emperor Napo leon's speech and the projects therewith connected will alter our Polish policy. Little chance as there is of the notion of a general Congress—often, by the way, proposed by Prince Gortsehakoff—being point blank rejected, there is equally little probability of its unconditional acceptance. Certain guaran tees would undoubtedly be first required to avoid falling into a trap. Everybody here is agreed that Napoleon's proposition will be far less inconvenient to Russia than to Austria, and that the Emperor Francis Joseph would be unable to avoid the par ticipation of Italy in the Congress. He could still less refuse to take part himself, after having re cently set on foot Congresses of Princes and Minis ters with so much gusto. It is stated that the Imperial Bank has refused to aid the Exchange Bank, just founded in Riga, either with advances or credit, although the Finance Minister had held out the prospect of both, The success of the new undertaking may, therefore, be regarded as very doubtful. LITERATURE, lAtontalembert's Last Great Speech. L'Eglise Libre Dans L'Etat Libre. Discours pro noncei an Congres Catholique de Mantles. Par le Comte de Montalembert, I'un dee Quarante de l'Academie Franclise. Pp. 188. Paris : Daunio Within the last few days we bad, in common doubtless with a multitude of others alike in France and in England, the anguish—for, unaffectedly, the feeling was nothing less poignant than one of anguish—of remarking the ventilation in the sittings of the new Imperial Chamber of Representatives at Paris of another name than the name of Montalem bert as the member for Daubs. A reperusal of these most impressive arguments comes to us, since then, as in some small degree a consolation. It is so far a consolation, at least, that it places us au courant with the views of the Count de Montalembert upon one of those root-questions the most vitally affecting the whole condition of the Christian dispensation in its relations with Modern Civilisation. The opinions of a man so profoundly and tenderly devoted to the divine interests of Christianity, and of one who is at the same time so warm and ardent a champion of the infinitely sub Ordinate, yet still sublime and even sacred, interests of Civilisation, of Modern Civilisa tion—eannot but be all the more eagerly welcomed, now that circumstances have unhappily hushed his voice as that of one of the boldest political thinkers and speakers in his native land. The discredit of the circumstances thus hushing that voice, so long beloved and honoured among the more enlightened body of Frenchmen, does not, however, by any means, as it appears to us, attach exclusively to the imperial system now dominant in France. That system has its share, and a lion's share to boot it is, of that discredit. But the discredit re ferred to, we cannot but repeat this as our conviction, does n9t, in any way, as it sp ears to us, appertain to it exclusively. The People must share it with the Government. The multitude of electors have participated with the Napoleonic institutions, in closing the door against the Count de Montalembert as a candidate claiming admission as freeman and (as the Count does not himself, of course, 4ffect to be, but simply is) as a great orator, as a pure and philosophiclegislator, as a world-renowned champion at once of Religion and Liberalism, honour ably seeking admission into that scene of his ancient triumphs, the hall of the French Parliament, the tribune of the French Legislature. However brought about, the exclusion of Montalembert from that hall, from that tribune, was nothing less—our innermost feelings aver this—was nothing, was absolutely nothing less, than a heinous act of ingratitude. To open his lips—meaning by that simple phrase, his whole mind as well, his soul, his heart, his very conscience—to open his lips frankly in regard to a matter of such vital and momentous import as that of " A Free Church in a Free State," of their position relatively to each other, of their being absolutely essential, eaoh to each—the Count, de Montalembert was constrained to cross the northern frontiers of France, to ascend the steps of a Belgian tribune, and to speak then and there, not in France, not at Paris, as four thousand people remember him to have spoken a very few munths, little more than a very few weeks back, in the old Flemish city of Mechlin or Malines. Breathing the pure atmosphere of thatoonbtitutional country, the Count de Montalembert spoke, it will be remembered, with a boldness, and a precision, and anunflinching determination to lay bare his own deli• berate convictions in regard to everything constitut• ing or relating to " A Free Church in a Free State,' As to startle many of those who were most familiar with that boldness of thought and speech for which the Great Orator during his whole life, his pure and noble life, has been so pre-eminently remarkable. For ourselves, in his regard, we can speak, and think, and feel, perhaps, in a more peculiar man ner, dispassionately. It is the privilege, it is in one sense the right of this true Champion of Religion and of Liberalism—call him as a Politician and as a Christian what you please—it is the Count de Montalembert's privilege, it is his right, to be regarded with peculiar and most unprejudiced sympathy here in this Pro testant England. His views in regard to the relations: that ought to hold between the Church and the State, are, for the most part, identical with the views of freeborn Englishmen. His opinions, in regard to the political forms of Government are substantially and peculiarly those entertained by the great mass of us Englishmen. Constitutional Government—a Constitutional Government such as that which has grown up here in England during many centuries—is what he cherishes the belief may yet come to be the possession of hia fellow country men. Startling though his views and opinions were to many of those who listened to his great oration at Malines, to us they come quite naturally and familiarly. They are the echoes of the thoughts and convictions we have long cherished. Happily we have had occasion, since the speech was first delivered at the Congress, to note how the doubts first of all excited amongst a certain proportion of its hearers, and afterwards of its readers, have been cleared away. At this moment they nave all bat vanished altogether. The Coutit's views are no longer looked at doubtingly, wistfully, and askance. They are accepted for what they are, for what he meant them to be. The orator has himself taken the trouble to specify with the utmost distinctness what in effect was the scope of their inner meaning or general significance. He did so origina ly in a recent number of Le Corres pondant, as a sort of supplement to the issue of the two speeches, or rather of the two halves of t he great oration, given in successive numbers of chat able and brilliant periodical. Here together with the explanatory note, the speech itself appears in its collective form. In that collective form, as a sepa rate and substantial publication,it comes to us cer tain of obtaining—what weyield it upon the instant, with open hands and with open heart—a welcome. The voice of the Great Orator will be found by those who may here hearken to it again, will be found by them to have lost, through lack of use, none of its former resonance. It comes to 'us, once more like one of the dear familiar voices of old, melo diously, sonorously, but, by reason of more than one sorrowful remembrance, with yet one additional touch of beauty in its vibration—the sound as of suppressed tears in it. As we listen, it is the friend of Lacordaire (hushed, even in the pulpit, before death) who is speaking to us—in a word, it is MONTALEMB ERT. Les Institutions Representatives En Autriche. Par P. De Haulleville. Pp. 175. Paris : Guillaumin et Cie. Having recently directed attention, in our lead ing columns, to these very happily -timed Papers of M. de Haulleville, on the occasion of their original appearance in the pages of Le Correspon dant, it now merely remains for us to notify the fact, here, of their separate and collective republi cation, As such they can hardly fail to prove, where ever they may be met with, especially acceptable. They aro certainly most acceptable to ourselves. Acceptable for their own intrinsic merits as a cluster of brilliant magazine articles, and still more than that, for the deep interest attaching to them as the most:comprehensive, searching, and perfectly dispassionate exposition that has anywhere yet appeared, of the extraordinary movement of rehabi litation, of general transformation, now visibly Ind appreciably in process of development in the whole form, substance, spirit, genius, of the imperial Austrian Government. Th it movement is now being watched with the liveliest interest in this country. Nor can it be any wonder at all that it should be so. For what, in simplest truth, is the nature of that movement Nothing less, in reality, than the substitution for a Despotic Go vernment, of a Government strictly and essentially Constitutional. For inasmuch as M. de Haulle ville's pages, here, afford us a keen insight in the dse,progress,and general development of the changes now being effected throughout the a dministration )f the vast Austrian empire, from the cen tral p oint if the imperial capital of Vienna, we have reason to feel indebted to him for his exceedingly able chapters (there are ten of them) upon the subject : chapters that have already won for themselves a wide popularity through the medium of Le Corr°. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 13.—The market has been quiet but firm. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 50c. Mobilier has also improved. In Railway Shares little doing, but previous quotations main tained. The market became rather weaker towards the close, and left off as follows :- 41 per Cents .. 95 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 35 Credit Mobilier 1105 Italian Loan 73 Do. end month 72 75 New ditto ...... 72 70 Do. end month — Russian Austrian . — Spanish Threes 53 25 Rome Debt .. — Deferred - 'AYB. Cash. Account. on. end nionth 1106 25 Bank Shares 3380 Credit Fancier 1290 Roman .. 7B -- RAIL Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto '— .• Geneva ... 498 75 .. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian - .. 408 75 Lombard ...... 535 .. 536 2.5 North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona..... 322 50 .. 326 25 981 - 25 .. 9SO - 953 50 .. 982 50 - -- • . - 957 50 .. 960 - SHIPPING—This Day. LosnoN, Nov. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; light breeze, and cloudy weather. FALMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—lramet Pinckney, for Bermuda. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Rajah of Cochin, for Madras. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ranger, steamer, horn Archangel for Bermuda. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 13.—Wind N.—Sailed—Zetaindar, for Bombay. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Ma r3 Adelia, for Bahia. CAR ntrr, Nov. I,l—Wind W.—Arrived—Delarnain e , from Itichibucto. Sailed—John Stanton, for Shanghai; Othello, for Callao. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 13—Chrysolite, from Hongkong; Stone wall Jackson, from Blyth and Quebec. Arrived, Nov. 14—Caroline Phillips, from Havre. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed— Great Britain, from London for Nelson ; City of Brussels, and William, schooner, from Rouen for Shields ; Clitton, screw steamer, from the westward for London, Alert of Ipswich, from the north for the west. . , Off Beachy Head, on the 13th, the ship Mars, from De. merara, having on board two escaped French convicts, picked up at sea. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty't, Emigraticn Commissioners charged yesterd by the ship Tudor, 1,786 tons, Captain Wherland. belonging to Messrs. T. M. Mackay and Co., London., for the convey e , nce of emi grants to Melburne, Victoria, at £l4 7s. 6d. per statute adult. The Tudor is appointed to receive her passengers at Birkenhead, and to sail about tb,e Eth of January next, spondant, a popularity that, we are satirfied, will be confirmed, and that, we trust, may also be ex tended, by means of their present collective reissue. The Ignorant Learned : or, Researches after " The Long Lost" Mysteries of Free-Masonry ; also, The Eleusinian Mysteries, as they relate to Royal Arch Masonry. By Henry Melville, R.A.C, One Vol., pp. 118. Newby. Assuredly " a little learning is a dangerous thing" —dangerous sometimes to more than its possessor. The author of this little book, believing himself endowed with all knowledge, ancient and modern, sacred and profane, has kindly endeavoured, out of his own wisdom, to enlighten the ignorant re• mainder of the community. " Researches after the long lost mysteries of Royal Arch-Masonry," says Mr. Melville, "having engaged my ardent and almost exclusive attention, for nearly thirty years past, have at length resulted in the re discovery of the use of the keys of these mys teries, and of the laws by which those keys are regulated." We are afraid Mr. Melville has, like many others, employed his time in the perusal of that "false science," " which leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind," for we cannot compliment him upon the universal knowledge which he has gained by his researches. In one place, for ex ample, we find him suggesting that the shortest day should be the 31st of December, as if the length of the day were a matter for arbitrary arrangement, and in another part we find the following jocose remarks upon the Roman year, in utter ignorance or unconsciousness of the pos sibility of the year beginning in any other month than January! Our year, according to scholars, consists of ten months— that is, if there be any meaning in words—Septem means seven, Octo eight, Novem nine, and then comes the end of the year !n December, the tenth month. Bookmen tell us Julius Caesar altered Sixtilis, or June, into August—thus cutting two months, or 60 days, from the year. Poor un fortunate Roman workmen had then only 300 days in the year, whilst all the barbarians had 365 or 360. Whilst Caesar robbed the people of 60 days, it appears he was very scrupulous about one day, for it is said he invented leap year, giving to every fourth year one day additional. Julius means " soft and tender hair," and Caesar "to cut," or " a head of hair"—a very fit and proper name for a barber-surgeon, but one not very applicable to the con queror of the world. However, that gentleman, if his history be true, was evidently a conjurer, for he deducted two from twelve, and let twelve remain I Supposing we were to believe that the deduction of the two months did actually take place, as recorded, how did the Romans ma nage their monetary affairs? How about bills becoming due, and interest on deposits, &c. ? Suppose our Govern ment were to take it into its head to issue a proclamation turning the month of August into October. It would puzzle our merchants and bankers I It may be argued that in Gasser's time there were no bills of exchange, for the first on record only bears date " 1 Jan., 1160," and that all prior transactions were for ready money. Yet more remarkable is this learned ignorance when the sacred writings become the subject of interpretation. We will only cite one among many kindred instances. After remarking that St. Luke describes the parentage and birth of St. John, Mr. Melville goes on to say, "The other Gospels make no mention of this event. Not even a word on the subject is given by St. John, for he introduces him self. ' There was a man sent from God whose name was John, &c.'" The commentator being quite oblivious of the fact that the St. John referred to is St. John the Baptist, the Sr. John whom he de scribes as writing of himself being St. John the Evangelist, the brother of St. James I While we find such ignorance upon matters of general know ledge, we may be pardoned for doubting the " Learning" is matters more recondite and abstruse. On Life and Death. Four Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution. By W. S. Savory, F.R,S. One Vol., pp. 203. Smith and Elder. These lectures were not originally intended for publication ; but at the request of many of those wbo listened to them when delivered at the Royal Institution, they are now given to the public, and they will be very welcome. They present in a clear and concise form a collec tion of great truths, a series of " facts" more strange and momentous than " fiction." The first lecture is occupied with the Study of Life, Types of Or ganisation, Grades of Development, 14%w of Progress from the General to the Special, Unity of Plan. The whole lecture concludes with this very beauti ful and truthful explanation of the common term, "Law of Nature :"—" The Law of Nature," reve rently observes the lecturer, "is the will of God." The second lecture relates to the essential features of life when reduced to its simplest terms—. Structure and Function, Nutrition, Mutual Rela tion of Organs, Vital Action, &c. In reference to the changes effected in the body by the reparative effects of nutrition, we are happily reminded that "the body is in no sense as a vessel in which mat ters are burnt; it is itself the very fuel which is being rapidly consumed." Lecture 111. refers to the Conditions of Life, Material Agents, Vital Force, &c. Lecture IV. refers particularly to Death, in the course of which the lecturer remarks, and strengthens his remarks by a quotation from Sir B. Brodie, that the mere act of dying is seldom very painful. So with the dread of death. The King of Terrors is not always most terrible when he approaches. " I think," says Mr. Savory, " no one who has often stood by the bedside of the dying can have failed to be struck by this fact— the comparative or complete absence of dismay as death draws near." With this consolatory reflec tion we will take leave of these very interesting lectures. The Guards, the Press, and the Jockey Club. (From the Era.) THE EARL OF COVENTRY, TEE HON. HENRY JOHN ROE'S, AND CA LEDJN DUPRE ALEXANDER V. WILLES. This action, brought by the Stewards of the Jockey Club against " Argus" for simply remarking that the Tarragona Committee evinced a desire to convict the two officers of the Guards, by telgraphing for Mr. Crump, the Inspector of Forgeries to the Bank of England, to examine their betting books, has at length assumed a definite form, as the demurrer to the defendant's pleas, or rather a portion of them, will be argued before the full Court of Queen's Bench in the course of the ensuing week. The trial of the cause will take place in the course of March or April, and the friends of the liberty of the Press will learn with no small pleasure that every endeavour to come to a compro mise of the matter has been indignantly rejected, and no exertion will be spared on the part of the Morning Post to prevent Newmarket from being placed in the same position as Warsaw and Cracow as regards the publication of intel ligence in which all classes of society are interested. Mr. Mellish has been retained for the Jockey Club,while the cause of Mr. Willes and the Press has been intrusted to Messrs. Hawkins and Quain. It is, however, stated, in well-informed circles, that when the actual trial comes on the Stewards of the Jockey Club will be represented by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, with a fee of a thousand guineas, so im pressed are they with the idea that they should be placed beyond the reach of all criticism. Mais nous verrons, RUSKIN ON A WAR FOR POLAND.—Mr. Ruskin has just written an earnest letter to the School of Art in connection with the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, in which he speaks of the horror and shame with which he regards the political position, taken, or rather sunk into, by England in her foreign relations—especially in the affairs of Italy and Poland; saying at the end of his letter,t " I like war as ill as most people—so ill that I would no spend twenty millions a year in making machines for it, neither my holidays and pocket-money in playing at it — yet I would have the country go to war, with haste, in a good quarrel ; and which is, perhaps, eccentric in me, rather in another's quarrel than in her own. We say of our• selves, complacently, that we will not go to war for an idea; but the phrase interpreted means only th at we will go to war for a bale of goods, but not for justice or for mercy; and I would ask you to favour me so far as to read this letter to the students at your meeting, and to say to them that I heartily wish them well; but for the present I am too sad to bo of any service to them; that our wars in China and Japan are not like l y to furnish good subjects for historical pictures ; that " ideas" happen, untortanately, to be, in art, the principal things, and that a country which will not fight for its iaeas is not likely to have anything worth painting. TUE 'UULIPOMANIA.—It was from 1634 to 1637 that the tulipomania exerted its influence in Hol land. In those years tulips rose to enormous prices, and enriched many speculators. The florists esteemed prin cipally certain species, to which they gave particular names The species the most precious was that which was named Semper auguitus. It was valued at 2,000 florins. It was reported to be so rare that there existed only two flowers of this species, one at Harlem, the other at Amsterdam. A gentleman to obn one of them offered 4,000 florins, and in addition a beautiful coach with two horses and all the accessories. Another gave for a bulb twelve acres of ground. The passion for tulips turned the head of all the world. A bed of tulips was the greatest treasure any one could have, and was equal in value to a magnift,,iit-man sion, hi" HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, NOV. 13. The Queen, accom?anied by her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal) walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Mr. Odo Russell arrived at the Castle yesterday evening. ~- FOREIGN COURTS. BERLIN, N o v. 11. The Crown Prince, attended by his adjutant , Captain von Lucadon, has left Letz!ingen, on his way to Windsor. It is expected that the Crown Prince and Princess will visit Brussels and Cads ruhe on their return to Berlin from England. --- a -- The Earl Granville was to have leftlown yester day on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, but was prevented by an attack of lumbago. The Earl of Sefton has entertained at Croateth Park during the present week the Earl of Stamford. the Earl of Westmoreland,Lord Courtenay, Lord Andover, an a select party of friends. The visitors, who assembled on Monday, separate to-day. The Earl and Countess Howe and Lady Mary Curzon, who arrived at Curzon House a few days ago from the Continent, left town yesterday for Gopsall Hall, near Atherstone. The Dowager Countess of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Fane have arrived at Brighton. Lord and Lady Radstock have arrived in town. Lord and Lady Kilmaine and Hon. Misses Browne left town on Wednesday last for their seat in Ire land, for the winter. Lord and. Lady Vernon have arrived at Buxton, from Sudbury Hall, near Uttoxeter, The Right Hon, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel were to leave the Secretary's Lodge, Dublin, on Thursday, on a tour of visits to the southern districts of Ireland. Lord and Lady Forester will entertain at W illey Park during tho ensuing Shrewsbury race week the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Hon, General and Mrs. Forester, the Hon. Henri Forester, and Mr. Charles Greville. Lady De Dunstanville has arrived at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from the family seat in Cornwall. Lord and Lady Harries and the Hon. Misses Maxwell are on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Gerard at their seat, Garswood Park. Lady Sondes and the Hon. Misses Milles have arrived in town from Norfolk. Lord and Lady Londesborough have been enter taining company at Grimston, their seat in Yorkshire. The visitors comprised Emily Duchess of Beaufort, th© Marquis Conyng►ham, Captain Egerton and the Hon. Mrs- Egerton, the Hon Mr. Chichester and Mrs. Chichester, Mr. Brinckman and Lady Cecilia Brinckman, the Hon. Albert Denison, Sir Henry and Lady des Yceux, and Sir William Somerville, M.P, Lord and Lady Carew have been entertaining the Earl and Countess of Camperdown, the Earl and Countess of Clancarty and Ladies Trench, Dowager Lady Carew, Hon. Mr. and Lady Hester Carew, the Right Hon. W. F• and Lady Louisa Tighe, Sir R. Paul. and a succession of guests, at Castleborough, county Wexford. Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley and Hon. Eleanor Stanley have gone fo St. Leonard's-on-Sea to pass a few' weeks. The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., and Leal Harriet Corry and Miss Corry have gone to Brighton, where they purpose to pass several weeks. . . The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have passed through town from Hugheuden Manor, Bucks, on their way to Torquay. The Imperial Pageant in the Tuileries. The effluence of people crowding the approaches of the Tuileries and the Louvre, both on the side the Rue de Rivoli and the quays, on Thursday last, was excessive. The day was fine, and all Paris, used as it is to such sights and pageantries, was out to watch the drawing up of equipage after equipage to the gate of the Pavilion Denon, in the court of the Louvre, by which all favoured with tickets, or hav ing a right of entrance on the occasion, were to be admitted. The carriages and gay liveries of the various members of the diplomatic body, and of some foreigners of distinction, soon began to enliven the scene, and were closely followed by those of th ° Ministers and their wives, nearly all having take n their respective places before half-past twelv e o'clock. Just before the arrival of the Empress, followed by the Prince Imperial, several members of the Imperial family began to arrive, and on the Empress making her appearance, holding by the band the little Prince, the Princesses Clotilde and Mathilde, the Princess Anna Murat, and several others of the Murat family, greeted her Majesty at . _ . _ _ . ... the entrance of the hall, and followed her as she walked up, gracefully bowing and smiling, towards her seat on the throne at the upper extremity of the Salle des Etats. It was observed that the Empress looked remarkably well and animated. She has gained embonpoint since her departure from Paris, and this, although it makes her look more matronly, is rather becoming than otherwise. Her dress (that important feature of the fair Em press of the French) consisted of a plain blue satin, of that beautiful shade known as the blue imperatrice, made perfectly simple in the skirt, which was exceedingly ample, and formed quite a demi-queue behind ; an elegant white lace shawl was thrown over her shoulders , and she wore a bonnet of blue velvet and whit° blonde, from which fell in front a pointe ending in a fringe of white beads resembling bugles. The Princess Clotilde, who sat near her Majesty, had on a grey satin dress, and black lace shawl, and a white bonnet with feathers; the same fringe of white beads terminating the pointe which fell over the front of the bonnet. The Princess Mathi;de bad on a moir antique dress of a grey shade, with a ro• tonde of the same material, ornamented with rich gimp. The Empress had scarcely taken ber seat (which happening to be close to the one I had the good fortune to have secured, gave full opportuni ties of watching her), when the Emperor was an" nounced, and, amidst loud and continued acclama tions, his Majesty proceeded to the throne ; and all present having been summoned to be oeated, th e business of the day began. Several portio.ns of the discourse were loudly applauded, more especialli those relating to recent events in Mexico, a.nd the state of Poland. The Prince Imperial, who stood by his lady mother all the time without a gesture of impatience, is much grown, and is certainly 0 . very noble, promising-looking boy, full of intelli gence, and with a frank expression of countenance which is exceedingly winning. Whatever of eh' thuciasm there may be remaining among the French nation for their rulers seems to be brought out whet s the youthful heir of the Napoleonic dynasty appear° at any of their public shows. On this present once . sion, the expressions of admiration at his tenue his costume of grenadier of the Guards, and at hie general good looks, were genuine and unmistalre' able. The whole ceremony was closed in one hour' salute a r koefdgtuhnes opening announced o the termination o o'clock , aeit a m had pageant,—Court Chronicle. VICES. —During I - T NT ....EAVY GALES.—LIFEBOAT SO P boats of the Royal t N h a e ti r o e n c a e l n L t i f h eb e o a a v t y ln g s a ti l t e u s ti s o r h e av o e f b eep instructed in rescuing the crews of the following si liP : wrecked vessels :—Barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17 w ell schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4; schooner Arion, of Workingto n , 4 ; sc h ooner Gi psy, o f D rog h e d a , 4; sma cic Saucy Jack, of inverness, I ; barque Marietta, of Lisbo n ' 1; and barqu e P rov id ence , o f D antz i c , 7. T o t a l lives sa ve " 38. The lifeboats also assisted in bringing safely into P rt. ' with their c rews cons i s ti ng o f 29 men, the Italian l' ris Camoglino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitn the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip' 18 Amsterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply t o siguit of distress on twelve oocas.ons, but their services were 10,1 ultimately required. The amount of reward pa id for Lu_ these services was L 166. The committee of the Instituti : are earnestly appealing to the public for assis tance to the able them to meet the continued heavy dema nds ou . Society's 125 lifeboat establishments. Since the esta blish' ment of the institution nearly 14,000 lives h ave been save d. t by its lifeboats, and by shore-boats to the crews of which} has granted rewards. A DREAM OF BULWER'S IN MARBLE.—Benz ° 12 13 i has a fine group in sculpture in hand, Diomede, with wife and child, fleeing from the destruction of Pompeii. The The idea is taken from the closi n g cha p ter of Bulwe " Last Days of Pompeii!! Ba Co: I a( Ex Me : 1 At al Can Y) pri4 Thy soci The cipa Nis We whi, allot done TOOD had! th e , to C. th e : corn 1 7s. 4bot