The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-27 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1863. One of the most astoundingly ironical, sarcastic, satirical demonstrations the world has ever wit nessed, yesterday took place in London, as well as in many parts of America, and indeed of the world, in obedience to the mandate of that very bewildering person, Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The proclamation appointing the last Thursday in the November of 1903, as the date selected for this strangely projected demonstration was of a character so wildly eccentric as to amount, we might almost venture to say, to the blasphemous. It was a proclamation issued in the name (notoriously a misnomer, to begin with) of the PRESIDENT of the United States, formally inviting his fellow citizens in every part of those same United States (wherever they may be, say in nubibus), and also those who are at sea, together with those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe with all due solemnity the date before mentioned— that is, yesterday, being the last Thursday ° f this p resen t mon th o f November, as—what P a Al Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to our Bene ficent Father who is in Heaven !" The fo 7ording of the sentence is q u ite after the the o , t at_yle and manner, of PRAISE-GOD-BARE shall we n ot Bay or, still more, member e d 1.41,y it (selecting this not inaptly re tory of E vul l d t ae's name from MACAULAY'S His -I)vstill more after the fashion of— TRIBULATIox oirl7o7,LEsomE! A solemnly ap pointed festival of thanksgiving to the Divinity in the midst of on e see. west hideously gigantic and sanguinary, and u pon record, certainly gIY hopeless, Civil Wars one who is not a I : t eoi °_ a i appear to every rant and a most Pitiabl e a most flag '''. act of pro fanity. It seems to us, in in its fact, Way, t..horaran as tt:Rinot ols o p n i e Eß ilD E t , a s less of an impiety , festival in the Reig n of Terror f the existence of a GOD ! A D ay ot Yrecognising Humiliation would have been comprehensible. Thanksgiving ! The mere phrase , e,3 7 4 Day of t ' l a (l 2 3 like some horrible jibe or ir on y addressed to b.e'4 a Volcano is a aleat Y of Heaven ! Dancing upon a lantd i i n _ to it. It is like the subst itution of garland, Itllsd holiday raiment—in the midst of the horrors of a plague—for sackcloth and ashes. Never was a rejoicing demonstration more marvellously or mo re painfully maßtpropos. It is like the assuming of an air of gladness at a f une ral. Nnowing how much there is of whim s i ca lity, o f ungainly waggery about that gawky, lantern•jawed President of (as we will still continue to call them, for form's sake, though the name, as we have said, has long ceased to be otherwise than an extravagant Imis unmer)—of the United States, one is almost reduced to the necessity of believing that the appointment by Mr. LINCOLN of this astounding Day of Thanks giving is nothing more nor less on his part than a most cruel and a most impious practical joke h 'ulkagiving—for hecatombs of slain ? for millions u pon millions of dollars squandered ? for cities laid „ vast by the demon of Civil War ? for the fattening o f vvthe free soil of America with the multiplied agonies an d th e was t e d li ves , the blood o f the anded and the decaying bodi es of the dead and buried citizens, whether of North or of South, whether Federais or Conf e d er ate s , by thousands, thousands upon - -eusands to a total so terribl e in i ts m agnit u d e as to bO, by 3 this time, b e y on d the reach of computation? s W 33 the Americ an Mi nister at London,nscious, in truth, of the extra ordinary indec orum of the Whole proceeding, that his speech yesterday was go far aPologe s ti c throughout, t h a t it was from fi rst to last— explanatory ! And , certainly, floe t hat Mr. ADAMS has explained the inner meaning of this Wonderfully profane DaY of Thanksgiving, N y e twa. " I - 4 1UN " ALAI ANACK, 1864. One Penny. 1: on Thursday. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. tinder the 3lanagement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. IV. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the Gth time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH N EVERS : Miss Louisa Vyne, Miss Anna Hiles Nil SS Eilana Heywood ; Messrs.W. 11. Weiss, 11. Cord A. Cook, A. .•tt. Albyn, C. Ly,lll, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. ' To conclude with THE 31A RIpAGE OF GEORGETTE. hiss Thirlwall and 11 r• 11. Corn. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. a ATRE ROYAL DRURY— LANE. 1l m a nagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. T H is EVEN I NG, 11. r Majesty's Servants will perform. the Farce PEAL YOR THE BEAST. Principal cha ract,rs by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Parrot, Spencer, anti G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer anti Miss IL Leclerq. Atter winch, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. t helps, Ryder, Rayner, agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Niss Eburne, Miss ie. Atkinson, 3liss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss latter, Miss Cicely Notr, ;Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce, by W (trough and A. Halliday, entitled MY PART'S IN THE MG FILAN DS : characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Hattieur. HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— _ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN ForrEtts: Measrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale ' W. Farrell, Howe, &c. ; Mesdatnes C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by THE GOL DEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Nathewg, Compton,Weathersby, &a. ; Mesdames C. M athews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. me C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DESIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by IV . . Gilbert, entitled - UNCLE BABY : Mess s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ; Miss P. Leolercq, and Carlotta Leclereq• After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Talmeaux, taken from Stendhars "Italia Chronicle ." by Mr. John Broughancipal Charles charac n M m. srs Pri Jordan ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by es. , , Broughsm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford , Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss K a te Terry, E. Lavenue, Airs. I.ee, and Miss Elsworthy. as t 6—commence at 7 . Doors open at half-p LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. M ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-TIITS EVENING, Mthe s!st appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATENIAN, in the character of L NAIL In cinsequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attenaed. Mr WebsteL to announ that it will be performed EVERY E VENI NG until further notice. 7 - TEAV THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.-- VII Sole Pronristor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. 'PHIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. At S, the New Drama of LEATI: Sth weer of Miss Bate man su pported by Messrs. Art hur Stirling., R. Phillips, Kil lington, Stuart, Stophenson, ithurne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly and Mr. ,ttephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manatrer, Mr. W. Ti. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Ceo. hloney, Parselle, Belfcrd, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Wanders. Followed by (3d time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs..t4oney and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough and Simpson. After which, air NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. 1 1 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Ulf be had Every Evening of • G. IL GLIGNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 3h. B,n.—Afternoon, 3h. 23m. o.moßßow.-Moming, 3h. 41:h.—Afternoon, 3h. 59. n. The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 27, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.32. Wind—S.- East ; light breeze, and fina. t i) _ Sum not but express our candid wish that, by way of supplFmant, he would kindly explain his explano.- flop, Ile report read at the late general meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company proves that the Com mittee of Management are by no means dissatified with their bargain. It gives, indeed, but very slender information to the shareholders, .reminding them that the scene of operations is so far removed and the subjects involved in a detailed statement would be so numerous that they must rest satisfied with 'a small stock of knowledge respecting their position and prospects. That they consider the latter to be tolerably favourable may be inferred from the fact that the Committee feel justified in recommending the usual dividend to be paid next January ; and they assure the proprietors that the number of furs rt ceived is on the increase and the general aspects of the trade are favourable. It is of course their object to extend this trade as much as possible, and to develope the resources of that vast territory, once again, through the folly or in difference of Ministers, assigned to a company. It certainly appears strange, that when for years so large a portion of our North American possessions has been shut out from improvement and cultivation by the claims of the earlier Company, no sooner should that matter be happily disposed of than fresh terms and engagements are entered upon which will serve to fetter the future like the past. It is not easy to see why the authorities should have taken this unwise and ill judged step. It is true that the Company promises fully and fairly to carry out all their engagements, and will probably do so to the best of their ability so far as is consistent with th 3 requirements of their principal trade; but private enterprise is not like the free open competition, which infuses such spirit into a young colony, and secures the rapid development of the its resources. And it is difficult to calculate what are the resources of a territory so little known. It is hard to conjecture what is the geological forma tion of the ground over which the ermine and marten leave the only footprints that pass, It is not easy to surmise what system of agriculture it will be best and most profitable to pursue, what specie of domestic animal will flourish best in the c:imate, while our experience and know ledge of the land are yet in their infancy. One important fact has, however, been brought to light, which will have a momentous effect on the for tunes of the colony, and will be likely consider ably to alter the aspect of affairs. Gold has been found in the Hudson's Bay Territory, and although as yet nothing is known of the extent or quality of its goldfields, there is reason to suppose, judg ing from its proximity to Vancouver's Island, that it will yield a good harvest to the industrious seeker. The Committee, al isely enough, propose to have a careful survey made of the mineral re sources of the Company's territory, and they express their willingness to act in accordance with the spirit of the age, and introduce any improvements affect" ing the general good which may be found practicable. They propose to erect a telegraph uniting British Columbia and Canada, on condition of some part of their expenses being reimbursed by the Govern vernments of the two colonies. The committee hope, according to their report, to preserve intact those branches of trade which have hitherto proved so profitable, although they are willing to assist in the settlement of any part of their territory which may be fit for it, and also to facilitate the trans mission of intelligence by post and telegraph. But however fair this may sound, and however liberal may be their intentions, the fact of granting the charter was a great mistake. It is by colonising and cultivating those northern wastes, that we may hope to extend th© power and influence of Eng land, not by sacrificing vast territories to any one particular trade. The Canadian Government was strongly opposed to any such measure, and it is not the way to conciliate the affections of our colo nists, or to retain their allegiance to the mother country unshaken, to act in a manner diametrically opposed to their wishes, in a matter that closely concerns them. It is entirely inconsistent with the spirit of our constitution to delegate such powers into the hands of companies or individuals, and although the experiment has been made before, it has always been attended with unsatisfactory re sults. It is a matter of regret that the Government should have thought proper to have again entered into any compact of the sort ; and if the auriferous promise of the province be carried out, they will be likely to hear a good deal more on the subject. It is satisfactory to find that every one has not forgotten the question of Poland, although the sub ject seems to have been dropped in the discussions of Cabinets, and to have ceased to occupy so pro minent a position as it has done. The public meet ing on Tuesday was a step in the right direction, at all events, and the proceedings were characterised by a unanimous spirit of coneord. The Right Hon. Lord CAMPBELL presided / His lordship made an admirable address, and eloquently advocated the cause they had at heart. He explained the object which the League had in view in convening these several meetings in the environs of London, which was the very laudable one of " drawing out the expression of a strong public opinion of the people of the metropolis in favour of Polish independence." There can be no harm done by this endeavour, and it may tend to great good. At any rate, it must in some degree farther the interests of that oppressed and afflicted nation, and favour the desires of all liberal and right-minded men in the cause of inde pendence and the advancement of freedom. As the chairman remarked, they desired to enable the Go vernment to speak out more strongly, and to take more decided and definite measures in regard to this question. This is a very desirable end to arrive at , and if they get some way on the road without actuallyl nearing the goal, it will be a great achieve tt.o $ and cannot fail to afford some countenance to dol Zv' t h i c i b e are . afraid to act with determination, and their wisdom and efficacy of giving vent to feelin gs. Nothing can more forcibly evince the fallacy t the mistak this hesitation, or prove more surely e such of f wishes andears, than the outspoken It inf er ed desires of the great body of the public: t h e stability end ' s the best way to test Reatvalidityh of a question to su bject it to the and to test b ;g:rdeal of a general assembly, touchstone of dis cussion. This is the only e of the Principles of at a 4ee.:3 : i i r l e a a re n g d ard u i n n e g rr t in h g e m ethod of arriving fals i ty it what it r n a subject, a v n er d ac th it e y : may, that • • sinks into before a united ass insignificance once brought into assemb ly or dies matter, or approval and live away gradually when notoriety. 1,1 the will never call forth the memory of Englishmen. All our synapeth les are Lord discussed ranged on the side whic h CAMPBELL withd e scanted upon with much zeal, and so much energy. He truly exp lained that it wa s of consequence to our nation that Poland should succeed in establishin3 an independent constitu tion which would cl o sely xesemble that of Eng land. If a kingdom free from foreign restraints, and at unity in itself, were only at once firmly fixed and rooted in the land, there is no doubt that it would be of incalculable advantage to us, as forming a barrier against the inroads of despotism, L Which must, h • owevtg =percept bly, railitge THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, .NoVEMBER 27, 1863, against the progress of freedom, and also as being a connecting link between ourselves and some power with which we have little or nothing in common. - . This is not of course the obk-ct which is of pri mary importance to us, but still it might interest many and influence more to take up the cause with more heartiness. The Chairman explained the feeling which animated the League in their con sideration of this affair. They knew that the Poles were fighting against " fearful odds," but then they made the " fewest errors," and they trusted that whom victory ade h wouldte least mistakes. finally crown the side of those This sanguine notion may not be so quixotic as some may deem it expedient to call it, and long after the prophecy has been uttered amid denials a n d di sc l a i mers , we may see its happy fulfil men t, and rejoice in the splendour of its successful accomplishment. It is a significant study to trace the gradual working of events which are here chronicled in the order of their occurrence, until we come to the one fatal record, which was like a torch applied to a train that had long tempted fate, and coveted destruction. That recruitment with which all Europe has rung, and condemned as a gigantic error, has been the keynote of rebellion, and the signal for resistance to the heart of Poland ever since. It has lived on in the spirit of the land, and the dying have bequeathed its memory to their survivors to perpetuate, with the tenacity which animated the bravo in days of old—. "And still his name sounds stirring unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet blast which calls to them to charge the Volsciana home." So deep in the feelings of the country will exist the recollection of that gross outrage on the rights and liberties of a nation. Therefore Lord CAMP BELL expressed a sincere hope that so many errors of judgment would be sure to bring their perpetra tors to ruin, and from those failures might spring up a bright and better future for Poland. Mr. HEN NESSY exhibited his usual animation and zeal in this cause, and very effectively addressed the meet ing. He moved the resolution that the heroism of the Poles had entitled them to the admiration and support of Great Britain. The hon. member went over the features of the case as regarded the parti tion of Poland by the three great robber Powers — Russia, Austria, and Prussia. He also made a strong point of the error committed by Lord PALMERSTON in the former insurrection of the Poles. It had been concealed for thirty years, but now has come to light. It certainly was a lamentable mistake of the noble lord's, because had matters been properly adjusted then, the present grievous state of things might never have come to pass. The plan that was proposed by Louis PHILIPPE was in every respect one which was likely to prove beneficial to the interests of Poland ; and it is greatly to be deplored that from misguided motives the good opportunity was lost, and that generation and the next allowed to sustain the calamities that thence ensued, Earl RUSSELL did not escape the searching scrutiny of the speaker, and he de nounced with natural indignation the course he had pursued in writing a despatch which expressed delight at the friendly intentions of the CZAR to the Poles. It is to be feared there is too much truth in the opinion of Mr. HENNESSY that our Government in this crisis would do nothing but keep themselves in office. This a very difficult matter to settle in a satisfactory manner, but there is every reason to approve its discussion and exa mination. It may suit the creeds of diplomatists and the doctrines of peacemongers that a brave people should be immolated on the shrine of tyranny and cupidity, that the tenets of an absurd theory may be carried out; but such argu ments will not suit the general feeling of the people of this country. They will expect that justice should be heard and the claims of right attended to, although mighty potentates be discomfited, and mance:wring politicians be out in their reckonings as to the crushing of all national feeling through the limits of a patriotic land. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (RETIThR'S TELEQRAWs.) - SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 26 (Evening). The Senate has passed the Address in reply to the Queen's speech. The Congress was declared definitively consti tuted yesterday. Senor Rios Rosas was elected President. THE PAPAL STATES, ROME, Ncv. 2G. THE TRIAL OF THE CHEVALIER FAUST'. The official Giornale di Ponta declares the reve lations relative to the Fausti trial, published by the National Committee, to be forged, adding that the real depositions of Madame Diattalevi are preserved in the archives of the Court. The Giornale further states that the names of functionaries in the published depositions have been interpolated, and concludes by saying :—" The National Committee has not attained its object, which was to embarrass the Government, and create a belief in the innocence of men who have been overtaken by justice." MA D AGASCAR. (By Telegraph from Suez.) MAURITIUS, Nov, G. Advices received here from Madagascar mention a rumour that King Radam a i s st ill li v i ng. H e was left for dead by the assassins, but is said to have been found by his partisans and concealed. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 27. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a letter from Frankfort, showing the excitement which pre vails in Germany with regard to the Schleswig- Holstein question. The Constitutionnel of this morning contains an article, signed by M. Boniface, explaining the Schleswig-Holstein question, and stating that much excitement exists in Germany. M. Boniface expresses his astonishment that several newspapers, and especially the limes, should counsel not only England, but al so th e o ther Powers, to make war in favour of Denmark. "No doubt," he continues, "old sympathies attach France to Denmark, and to an alliance with that country, but Germany has also a right to our sympathies and respect. The will of a people and the rights of nationalities must likewise weigh in the balance of our resolutions. In view of so deli catea p understanding r egretted. If an under roblemis, ttohebne on -existence of a co r di a l under standing of the Seven Powers does not suffice to ensure a solution of the Danish difficulty, it would be logical to address all Europe." BOURSE, Nov. 26.—The market has been rather firmer to-day. Threes opened at 67f. 15c., rose to 67f. 30c., and are now at 67f. 20c. Mobilier has been done at 1,090 f. Share Market firm. The market exhibited a downward tendency towards the close, and closed as fo 41 per Cents 95 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cents - Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mobilier 1082 50 Do. end month 1082 50 Bank Shares, 3380 Credit Foncier 1272 50 Roman — lows : I Italian Loan 72 15 Do. end month 72 10 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. 79 Spanivh Threes. home Debt Deferred rAlrB. Cash. Account. BAIL' Orleans Northern New ditto _ Lyons and Meditvrrauean 950 .. 951 25 New ditto • • • Geneva — • • SJuthern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa 628 75 .. 630 Ditto to Barcelona 977 50 .. - - 977 50 .. 977 50 Fall of a House at Islington ---Two Men Killed and Several Injured. A few minutes before 12 o'clock yesterday morning an accident occurred in Upper-street, Islington, which placed the whole neighbourhood in a state of great excitement, and was unfortunately attended by loss of life. Nearly opposite Islington-green there has existed for many years a well known hostelry, under the sign of the Wheatsheaf, and for the last few years it has been occupied by a Mr. Dallor. The lease, however, being nearly expired, the ground landlord, as a condition of renewal, insisted upon the occupier expending £2,000 in the rebuilding of the premises in a style suitable to that of the entrance of the Agricultural-hall, immediately adjoining. These conditions were not accepted by Mr. Dallor, and a Mr. Davis became the tenant, and entered into a contract with Mr. WM. Chapman, builder, Hope wharf, Limehouse, for the erection of the new build ing. It appears that on the 10th of last month the builder obtained permission from the vestry of St. Mary, Islington, to erect a hoarding in front of the old building, which hoarding was to remain for six weeks from the granting of the order. He at once pulled down the old building, and about a month since commenced the erection of the new one, the work of which has been carried on both night and day since that time, in order to get the premises ready for occupation by next Christmas, and to open their, if possible, by the time of the opening of the Cattle Show at the Agricultural-hall. At the hour above stated a number of workmen were busily engaged on the building when sud denly the building split completely in two, the front of the house falling out into the street, carry ing with it the scaffolding and the men engaged thereon, while those at work in the body of the house were buried in the fallen ruins. Tae catas trophe caused a crowd of people to assemble imme diately, and assistance was at once brought to bear to rescue the unfortunate men thus buried in the fallen masses of brick, wood, and mortar. On search being made, as soon as the cloud of dust had cleared away, nine men were literally dug out ; two of whom were dead, and the other seven so severely • injured that they were taken in cabs to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital. Tha names of the unfortu nate men who lost their lives was John Peake, car penter, a young man; and Joseph Pearce, carpen ter, a married man, with seven children. Of the cafes taken to the hospital three are considered to be dangerous, amputations of the limbs being neces sary. The wife of the deceased Pearce arrived at the spot just as the b o dy of her husband was discovered, and the scene that ensued was of a most distressin g character. There are many reports as to the cause of the accident, the most dwelt the extreme haste with which the building has been erected ; but this will no doubt be fully inquired into at the inquest. Upon inquiry at the hospital late last night we were informed that no deaths had as yet occurred amongst theseven there, though they were all in a most precarious condition. poor fellows lying there,ng "STONEWALL" JACKSON'S GRAVE.—" Bury me at Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia." These words are said to have been uttered by that great, good, and lamented man, Gen. T. J. Jackson, just before his death; and in accordance with his sacred command, all that is mor tal of the most renowned and successful military genius that the war or probably modern ages have produced, now lies interred within the walls of the Presbyterian cemetery lo • cated in the south-western suburbs of this delightful village. Nothing marks the spot where his mortal remains lie to distinguish his grave from that of others, save a diminutive Confederate flag, not larger than a lady's handkerchief. This tiny emblem is fastened to a staff not more than two feet long, and placed at the head of the graves, and there waves as if to illustrate the modest pretensions of the great hero of the Valley of Virginia. Close by his side a smell grave is to be seen, which contains the remains of his child, who died a few years ago, and not far distant is the grave of hie first wife, " Ellinor, the daughter of George and Julia Junkin," with a plain marble slab at the head. His late residence is situated near the end of the town, and, like everything else planned by him, is modest and unpretend ing.—. New York Express. NEW RULES AND ORDERS FOR COUNTY COURTS. —The Lord Chancellor has sanctioned 20 new rules and orders, with a number of forms, for regulating the practice of County Courts. They will take eft:et on the Ist of January next. HECTOR BERLIOZ'S OPERA " Beatrice and Benedict" has been recently represented with great success at Weimar, LITERATURE. //o mit-I, : reaye.die Pa 5 it (t , ' '''': I I - ;;14l,•-•speare. , Traduite en tiers h'ranen!s. Par le Chevalier . de Chatelain. Bvo., pr. 142. itolandi. Our hopes in regard to the Chevalier de Chate lain as a translator of Shakspere into the French language are being realised. His first daring ven ture in that direction, it may be remembered, was Macbeth. His next, the present one—a venture still more daring of its kind—has been • Hamlet. Has been—for the work is here before us accom plished! Upon its accomplishment we would at once offer to the Chevalier our cordial felicitations. And they are, indeed, deserved. For we take the production of a successful version of a wondrous masterpiece such as Hamlet into French, to be equivalent, as an intellectual achievement, to the production of an original work of very con siderable importance. Among all the fifty odd dramas of Shakspere we should be disposed at once, and unhesitatingly, to regard the transla tion of " Hamlet" as about the most difficult of accomplishment. In many respects, the language in it, is the most idiomatic in all the Shaksperian literature. The marvellously mixed characters of three of the principal personages in this great drama Hamlet himself, old Polo nious, and his fair young daughter Ophelia— impart to the strangely alternating wisdom, pathos, humour, tenderness, sublimity of the poetry; an almost bewildering incoherency. And this for very sufficient reasons. In the instance of Ophelia, by the exquisitely affecting incident of her love-distraught brain becoming crazed by her many and most bitter misfortunes. In the instance of Polonius, by senility clouding over an intellect originally keen and luminous : hence the blending in his words of the profoundest worldly wisdom with the shallowest silliness, almost amounting at times to mere drivel and buffoonery. The sanity or insanity of the Danish Prince himself is still (as Dr. Connolly's recently published medico-literary treatise very pointedly indicates) a matter for con tinued discussion—to some even a matter in dispute distractingly problematical. Yet it is this same mystically confused and all but bewildering tragedy of "Hamlet" that the Chevalier de Chatelain has here " done" into French with admirable exacti tude. Better thin any words of comment from our selves as to the skill with which he has performed his task—a task to him manifestly (in spite of its difficulties) a labour of very love—better than any words of ours will be one or two exemplars, by way of extract, of the manner of his translation. In selecting our quotations, moreover, from the five acts of the Tragedy, we shall purposely cite pas sages with which the reader?, of " Hamlet" are the most intimately acquainted. Selecting in this way, therefore, a few specimen-fragments from the Chevalier de Chatelain's version of Hamlet in French, we will give here the famous apostrophe to the Ghost : Quo tu sois un Eiprit frais produit do l'ether, Ou Won damns lutin eehappe do l'enfer, Quo tea intentions soient bonnes ou melehantes, Tu revets a mils yeux des formes si vivantes Que jo veux to parlor. Jo t'appellerai Roi Pere, Royal Danois, Hamlet—oh! reponds-moi ; Et ne me laisse pas croupir dans l'ignoranee ; Mais, oh! dis-moi pourquoi tes ossements par chance DC:poses dans la tombs out brisC: lours liens, Pour to joter ici comma une languo aux chiens. Quo vent dire, quo toi, fait et parfait cadavre, Tout revetu d'acier, tu viennes a ce havre Pour effrayer la nuit, faire trembler nos cceurs, Et puis nous injector do sublimes horreurs I Par to venue ici, dis I quo pretends-tu faire I Quel on est lo pourquoi ? quol en est le mystere ? Where the Chevalier appears to have failed in the mere manner of his translation, the failure we can not but look upon as attributable in the Main to the genius of the French language,as contradistinguished in many ways from our own far bolder, more rugged, vigorous, and, even, in its capabilities of ex pressing the loftier emotions, we would venture to say, sublimer Saxon Speech. Quel en est le pour quois ? seems illustrative in this way of the mean ing of our contrast, a contrast in no respect to be regarded as invidious : any more than it could be deemed invidious to remark upon the simple fact that in all French literature there is no paral lel to the sublimities either of the Shak sperian tragedies themselves, or of' the divine epic of Milton. Here, however, is a still more notable illustration of the Chevalier do Chatelain's powers as a translator of Shakspere, to wit, that discernable in his version of Hamlet's immortal soliloquy— Tells est la question : E tre ou bien ne pas 'etre : A savoir, si, l'esprit de lui-meme est plus maitre, En supportaat les coups, les fnohes du destin, Plut et qu'en se cabrant sur des soucis sans fin, S'aneantir ? Mourir—lormir--pas davantage ; Dire qu'en s'endormant soudain on met I'ancrage Sur les pein©s du cceur, sur les maux, les ennuis Dont l'humaine nature est l'insondable puits. C'est la la fin des fins, oui (la ! la fin derniere, Que I'on doit desirer do facon singuliere. Mourir—dormir—dormir—pent-titre pour raver, Oui da, voila le htc ; it le faut observer: Dans ce sommeil de mort quand d'humeur misanthrope Nous aurons rejete notre enveloppo, Queles raves, surgiront ? . . Cola donne a penser, Et le pour et le centre it nous le faut peser. Car quel est celui-la qui serait assez bate Pour supporter du sort Pincessante tem pe te, Les torts de l'oppresseur, de I'orgueilleux le " Moi I Lea peines de l'amour, les dalais de la loi, Des employes hargneux le dedain, l'insolence Qu'endure le merite aux mains de l'ignorance, Quand avec un poignard it pourrait mordicus I S'exempter de l'impOt, et gagner son quitus ? Quel est-il celui• la qui sans fin et sans ceases Potterait des fardeauxjusques a la vieillesae, Pour grogner et suer, maugreant sur son sort, Si n'etait la terreur de ce qui suit la mort : La mort, pays lomtain, qui se perd dans les brumes De la pensee humaine, et dans sea amertumes Pays inexplore dont jamais voyageur, N'est encor revenu, jette le fruid au ceeur, Et nous fait supporter nos maux of nos miseres De l'itaconnu pluiGt qu'aller sonder lea spheres. La conscience ainsi Mit de nous des poltrons ; La resolution chez les plus fanfarons Forte en couleur d'abord, et blemit et se fans, Au penser de la mort, a son sublime arcane ; Et des projets ainsi grands de dimensions, A Patat de projets meurent—sans actions. With one other excerpt (a very brief one) —also in tile original sufficiently familiar to render its cita tion here of especial value—we shall content our selves. It is that of Hamlet's epigrammatic couplets on the mutability of dead Caesar's clay L'imperial Cesar heros d'un attentat A fait pendant un temps to mondo echec et mat, 11 meurt : quo devient-il ? . . Un gacheux le befoue, 11 recrepit un mur en tripotant sa boue, Si que ce mort fameux l'epouvanto d'hier, Nous sort de bouche •trou pour la bise d'hiver. Enough, however, in the way of mere illustra tive quotation—always, even when the most happily selected, unsatisfactory, because by neces sity fragmentary. Upon his title-page we observe that the translator entitles himself not the Author of Lea //foines de Kilkre, of Les Conies de Cantorbery, of Les Fables de Gay, and of so many other pro ductions of varied merit, but simply yet proudly— Illembre du "National Shakspere Committee !" His dedication of this French version of " Hamlet," moreover, is given thus—" Aux Manes de Shake speare, 23 Avril, 1864. Hommage du Traducteur." It is a noble garland thrown in anticipation at the baee of the pedestal of what we trust devoutly may prove a fitting monument to the glory of Shakspere, and a worthy attestation of the love, gratitude, and admiration of posterity towards him whom ,The)dore de Banville, as the Chevalier reminds us upon a flyleaf, has apostro phized as— " Shakespeare ! . . ce penseur Ombre I Ocean I Eclair ! Abium comma Goethe ! Imo comma Schiller I Lyre dont cheque note a des manteaux de flume I lEil ouvert gravemont sur la nature et l'ame Phare que, pour guider sea pales matelots, L'Art a fait rayonner sur see alpes de fists I" The Country Gentleman. By " Scrutator," Author of " The Master of the Hounds," One vol., pp. 358. Chapman and Hall. This book is a combination of sentiment and sports. It contains a romantic love-story, in which the heroine deserts the hero and marries the wrong man. Shortly afterwards her death is an nounced, but the sequel of the tale bears some resemblance to the " Glenara" of Campbell-- " Empty that shroud and that coffin did seem, , Glenara, Glonara now read me m y dream. Mingled With this romantic narrative fire some spirited sketches of country sports, from which we extract the following account of how ItON STERNIIEIM ES THE P.l vEI In this manner the hounds had traversed four large pasture li4ds,.altliongli with little improvement as to - Luce, when "Will Lane said, "Perhaps, sir, we had Letter hold on at once to Moor Copse ; that's his point, sir—and get out of the crowd of gentlemen who keep pressing forward," "Not yet, Will—an old cunning fox, when not found by hounds, will lie in . a hedge-row sometimes. Give them a few minutes more; and look I the young ones are getting on now. Work of this kind will do them good." " Dis vara slow," the Baron remarked ; mine horse, he pall so to get on." " It will be fast enough presently," the captain replied ; "this is what we call walking up to our fox." "Ah I vara good I we walk truly ; dis no grand vox chasse." The words had scarcely passed his lips when, on the other side of a thick sedgy hedge-row, a sudden chorus burst forth from the whole pack, which sent every man's heart bound ing to his throat. The fox had sprung out just before the hounds reached it. " Come on I" screamed the Captain, as he sent his horse at the double fence, getting in and out of the opposing quickset very cleverly, on the other side, over a drop leap into a dark peaty meadow. "Now, gentlemen," he said, looking back, " take your places," as men and horses came floundering down, many of the former showing the way, headforemost, to their astonished steeds. Firebrand would have it now all his own way, and the Baron, remembering his owner's advice, and thinking it most prudent not to dispute the point with him, gave him his head. 44 mi ne —, what a leap," he muttered, as he was thrown forward upon the pommel of his saddle, by Fire brand's coming down upon his knees; " dis horse, he jump terrible; but where de dogs—me no sea them—how me follow ?" "Go along, sir roared a first-flight man, dashing past him ; and along he was carried, amidst a shower of peat mud dotting him all over like a cameleopard. The fox had skirted the corner of Moor Copse, through which the hounds dashed like lightning, and were now streaming away across the second meadow at a terrific pace, with Edmund, Will Lane, and Charley only in their wake. "Come along, sir," shouted the leader, whom Firebrand seemed determined to follow, " come along!" as he sprang over the fence into the thicket ;" we shall see them the other side." "Oh I mine head I mine hat," cried the luckless Baron, being torn through the stiff blackthorns at the mercy of Firebrand, held only by one hand, the other being raised to defend his face from the sharp prickles, "Die place terrible." "Never mind, sir ; come along I" again reached his ear, and the Baron showed on the other side a figure to beheld ; without his hat, his long hair hanging in wild disorder over his scratched and bleeding forehead. Some dozen pink jackets were now added to his company, who all boldly encountered the stiff fences and deep ditches of some half score rough pasture fields. Firebrand carry ing his rider cleverly over all without a stumble. "The river, by Jove 1" exclaimed the leader, "and not a bridge in sight ; have it we must." " Me no swim, sere," cried the Baron in consternation at the wide, rapid stream, within one field of them. "Your horse can—so come along I" and splash went horse and rider into the bed of the foaming torrent. " Oh 1 mine got," exclaimed the now terrified Baron, as Firebrand sprang high in the air, to clear it in a bound. Oh dis is terrible work ; dis gentleman vox, ho der Freis cuhtz, do red (liable." Further words were stopped, by the spouting and splashing of water about his ears, from which, when emerging, the only visible sign of Firebrand was his head above the eddying current, " Give him his head to follow me, and don't pull the reins," was again shouted forth from the bit of pink cloth, now sailing rapidly down the stream, which in a few minutes was seen to elongate up the bank, at a place where cattle came down to drink. "All right again--here we are on terra firma once more—now for it, to catch them 1" and away sped the first-flight man like an arrow from a bow, renovated by his shower-bath for fresh exertions, " Hark ! I hear them ; hark I—they have reached Hazle wood. Oh ! for two turns there in my favour and we shall be up with you, my young master. Ah 1 how they rattle him round the covert—every hound seems to have him in view. Ay 1 there's Charley's holloa ; hark back! ho has been headed I" A moment's pause-the pack have swung a few yards outside the wood hedge. "Hark back 1" again cried Charley, with a rate and crack of his whip. They turn like lightning to the well known tongue of Old Solomon, who has met the fox, and in a se cond the wood re-echoes with the full chorus of the pack, crashing and dashing through the stuff, which bends before them like reeds to a flood of outbursting waters. " Twang —twang—twang" goes the horn : " Forward, away 1" screams the master ; "yonder he flies, up the side of the hedge row to the right." "Ay, ay I a bit of luck for me now," exclaims the leader of the Baron ; " they are fuming our way ; but, hang it all, that double post and rails, with a blown horse 1 Must do it steady, in and out—come along 1" Our leader on his made hunter bounds in and over cleverly the opposing bars ; but hearing a crash behind him turns his head, and there lies the Baron on his back, and Firebrand disentangling himself from the splintered timbers. " Hurt, sir ?" asks one of the dozes, now pressing on. " Oh 1 mine vriend—mine arm," "Ah 1 natty fall, very," replied the other, passing on ; " can't stop ; doctor behind," " Come along, sir ?" roared another voice, your horse is caught for you, and they are at check." The Baron, however, recovers his courage and his seat, and is, after all, " in at the death," and receives the crowning honour of " the brush." Theodore Parker's Works. Vol. V.—Discourses on Slavery. Vol. I. Tiiibner. The fifth volume of the new edition of the works of Theodore Parker contains the first series of his eloquent discourse on slavery. The editor very truly observes that "few will read them and see how deeply their author's heart was engaged in the cause of negro emancipation, without being touched by the thought that in the great struggle now pass ing in America the voice which would have spoken loudest for right and justice has been silent, and the brave soul which would have exulted in the triumph of freedom has passed away from earth." Among the discourses contained in this volume the most eloquent is entitled " The Function of Conscience." In it the author, after relating the escape of a run away slave who took refuge in his house, declares that no law could justify his surrender of that man to his pursuers. He charges all to remember " that nothing in the world without is so sacred as the eternal law of God ; of the world within nothing is more venerable than our conscience, the permanent, everlasting oracle of God. If," he goes on to say, " I am consciously and continually false to this, it is of no avail that I seem loyal to all besides; 1 make the light that is in me darkness, and how great is that darkness! The centre of my manhood is gone and lam rotten at my heart. Men may respect me, honour me, but I am not respectable, I am a base, dishonourable man, and like a tree, broad branched, and leafed with green, but all its heart gnawed out with secret worms ; at some slight touch one day my rotten trunk will fall with horrid squelch (!) bringing my leafy honours to dishonoured dust, and men will wonder that bark could hide such rottenness and ruin." Among the other discourses are some on " The Nebraska Question," `i The Boston Kidnapping," " The Abolition of Slavery by the French Republic," &c. We need not say that we do not fully coincide in all Mr. Pat ken's opinions, but they have the merit of being straightforward and thoroughly in earnest. AWi•Colenso : an Essay towards Biblical Inlerpre tation. A Handbook for Thinkers. By Johanneb Laicus. One Vol. Pp. 358. Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Although the title and object of this work would ensure our sympathy, we must confess that we have been somewhat dismayed by the grandiloquent style of the introduction. The author tells as that his book is " the creative effort of a layman," and gives, as matters of supreme importance, the dates of its first conception and final accomplishment. Many passages in the work evidence a good deal of thought and a rational spirit of inquiry, and will prove, teresting and perhaps useful to those "thinkersfor in- whose benefit it has been prepared —if such can really rcquire a negation to the preposterous subtleties of Colenso. DON'T CALL THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES. —lt a gentleman has occasion to write about such transactions as those which made Robson and Redpath notorious, he must not say that they were gross frauds It ho reviews a very b ad novel, ho must not call it childish nonsens e, and warn person s disposed to must taad wiat3:tsbdaeteteoridbeo so would be a sin ful waste of time. In short, l a gentleman mus t never calla spade a spade , He m it as an agricultural implement.—Saturday Review. T H E LATE MURDER IN NORFOLK JamesewN. . ayler, who was awaiting his trial for the murder of bi r wife at Easing , Norfolk, two months since, has died in Nor wich Castle this week after two or three days' illness. The murder was attended with circumstances of great barbarity but as Nayler did not appear pearto have been in a thoro ug hly that sou he hadndsta beenmind,teotconvicted , it is rietdoubtfulhoo uetextreme t w r e h m e whether, sentencee r, even o a f ss t u h m e l i a n w g would ever have been cara T t-7, ; , ;,0,%-'--,i 1 :,•., >l‘ .. m. 7 ,, er., ~ ~„„ 4 t ": , , , i; 7 - •;t__., t' , , f ifr i ,.. . ' - .- I ' '. ' .- • ' ' ' ,----__=- 5 - isf. r .,. ~,, I. i ! : :.,ii ; . ~:.:5-.:. 4..4 , : ~.. • ' ' ' • HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 2G. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice end her Serene Highness Princess Hoheniohe, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by - Major -General Hon. A. Hocd on horseback. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Helena and her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlohe, visited his Royal Highness Priuce Arthur at Greenwich-park this morning, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Major-General Hon. A. Hood, and Col. F. Ponsonby. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince William, and Princess Charlotte, attended by Countess Hohenthal and Count Furstenstein, went to Claremont to visit Queen Marie Amalie. Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived at the Castle last night, and had an audience of the Queen. Visit of Her Majesty to Blackheath, Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Helena, the Princess Hohenlohe, and attended by tha Hon. Mrs. Bruce, General A. N. Hood, and Colon©l Ponsonby, left the Windsor Station of the South- Western Railway yesterday at half-past 12, on a visit to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, at the Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich-park. The royal train proceeded via Clapham Junction and the Crystal Palace lines of the Brighton and Chatham and Dover Companies, to Beckenham Station, and thence per South• Eastern line to Lewisham, reaching that place at ten minutes to two o'clock. After alighting from the train, her Majesty, with the Princess Helena and suite, proceeded to the Ranger's Lodge in royal carriages sent from Buck ingham Palace. On the arrival of the Queen and the princess they were received by Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone. The journey from Lewisham Station to the Ranger's Lodge occupied less than five minutes. The roads were at different places occupied by great numbers of people, who cheered her Majesty as the royal carriages passed. Her Majesty returned to the Lewisham Station at about half-past three o'clock, when the royal train immediately started for Windsor, pursuing the same route as on the journey up, and reached Nl , ' indson at 5 o'clock. The royal train was in charge of Mr. Godson, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Bishop, of the South Western and Brighton Companies, as far as Becken ham, and for the remainder of the journey of Mr. Eborall, the general manager, and Mr. Knight, the superintendent, of the South Eastern Railway. Mr. Gilpin, M.P., and Mr. Teulon, directors, with Mr. Smiles, the secretary of the South Eastern, received her Majesty and suite at the Lewisham Station. The Queen's visit was conducted throughout in as private a manner as possible, and unattended with any crowding or confusion either at the Lewisham railway approaches or elsewhere. Her Majesty appeared to be in good health. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and party, including Colonel the Hon. R. Charteris, Captaill the Hon. James R. Drummond, (LB., Colonel the Hon• IL F. Keane, and Colonel the Hon. G. A. Liddell, had al , day's shooting on Wednesday, at Coombe Wood, Surrey- To the five guns 400 and odd head of game fell The Duke of Newcastle is so unwell as to be unable to attend to his official duties at the Colonial-office. The Duchess of Somerset is expected to arrive in town to-day from Stovor House, Devon. The noble duke has been obliged by public business to remain in London during the last three weeks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have been staying on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, since Monday last. The Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbary is among the guests of the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall. The Earl and Countess of Leicester are enter taining company at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, The gentle men have had capital shooting, The Earl of Sefton has a large circle staying at Croxteth Park, near Liverpool. A series of , privato theatricals was to be given during the week. Lord and Lady Rivers are entertaining a select circle at Rushmore Lodge. Lord Edward St. Maur has joined the party f r o m St over P ar k, t h e D u k e o f S ome rset's seat in Devon. A Scene in the French Corps Legislatif' A discussion arose a few days ago on the quest l°ll of the return for the district of Lea deux Sevr es ' M. Glais-Bizoin led the Opposition, and loud were the denunciations of the Government interferenc e ' M. de Morny sat there impassable. M. Ulais-Bizoin—This election is most seriously opposed. The majority obtained by M. Lasmonnier (the Government candidate) was only 170, I ae l here loudly to assert. (Loud cries of "No one can hear you.") M. le President—M. Glas-Bizoin, we cannot hear a word you say. M. Glais-Bizoin—ln order to hear, President, you must first listen. M. le President—True ; but, in order to be heard, you must speak up. M. Glais-Bizoin•—l will. Gentlemen, this prin ciple has been maintained, that the Government has a right to interfere in the elections. This prin ciple I deny. Let us say no more about it. (Loud cries of " Yes, do not say anything more about it," great laughter, and " divide, divide.") M. le President—Aa M. Glais Bizoin appears dis posed to speak frequently, and that we are doo m"' to listen to him, I have the honour to inform 1U that the reporters only report what they be ar ' Now, the reporters have sent to inform me that they have not heard one word that M. Glais Bizoin hat 4 said. (Br uyante hilarite.) Poor M. Glais Bizoin, he was not satisfied, and returned to the charge next day, but M. de Moraei was ready for him. The proces verbal of the yesterday's proceeding s was read. M. Glais Bizoin—Gentlemen, the report of our discussions are placed under the control of the Pre' sident, and impartially should preside at oar dell' bust ions. (Cries of " We don't bear you.") M. le President—Yesterday I informed the hon , gentleman that we could not hear him, and I in vited him to take a place more in the centre of the chamber. To-day I have to repeat my observation, that no one can hear him. M. Glais-Bizoin—lt is not my fault, if wo are now* compelled to speak from our places. M. le President—Then do what others do; dingo your place and come nearer me. M. Glaio-Bizoin—descends with solemn steps, and places himself exactly in front of the President. M. Glais- Bizoin—G en tlemen, if imp ar ti a litl should preside at our discussions, it is not carried out in our reports. The speeches of the partisans of the Government are reported with frequent marks of approbation. Those of the Opposition are, on the contrary, followed by sarcastic comment* su ch as " loud exclamations '", , great noise'' &e. I am willing to admit that duriog the second part of my speech yesterday 0° noise drowned my voic e ; but for me there i° something much more serious than such inter ruptions. The President, in very courteous an d kind terms, advised me to speak louder, and assure' me the reporters could not hear me. Ido not stop to consider whether the excellence of the repel really do es d epen d on t h e ears of tile reporters; but what I protest a g ai ns t are th e sarcast i c reruta l ' s inserted by the President ; for instance, after observations the other day I read ' laughter,' 00 then ' prolonged laughter.' Now, as I W ill ve , t . submit to be laughed at, either in the house or out of it, I hope th a t the Presid en t w ill f o r the fut uro4 reserve his comments." M. le President—l will answer the observations of the Hon. M. Glais-Bizoin. The observations.; made yesterday were well int e nded. He cert ain h l did excite hilarity, and wh en this is inserted ill Ilioniteur it is a mere question of degree; and will call the whole Chamber to bear witness to ray impartiality. National Choral Society, Exeter-hall. This society has commenced its winter campaign under favourable auspices, and it bids fair, from the character of the singing, the excellence of the choruses, and the general style of the performances , to become one of the most popular of our musical associations. The oratorio selected for Wednesday evening was Handel's " Judas Maccabwus," and full justice was for the most part done to the noble work by the great master. The disappointment of the evening was the non-appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves, which, however, is not unfortunately so rare an event as to occasion much surprise. His substitute, though a careful singer, was quite un equal to the " Sound an alarm," one of the most trying tenor airs, as well as to other parts of his role. The soprano part left no room for regret, for Mdlle. Parepa's charming voice and cultivated style were all that could be desired. Miss Palmer was, as usual, well received, and performed her part creditably, although she is by no means the best of our con traltos. Among the many fine airs of the oratorio we may mention the recitative and air " From mighty kings," by Mdlle. Parepa ; " So shall the lute," another soprano solo ; " Oh Judas I oh my brethren !" by Miss Palmer ; the duet " Oh never bow we do wn,"sung by the two ladies, was heard to the best advantage. The chorus, which reflects the highest credit on Mr. Martin, performed their duties verysatisfactorily. The noble chorus and march See the conquering hero comes," was very finely ren dered: The hall was full, and altogether the inau guration of the fourth season may be considered a decided success. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH COMPANY.—The progress of laying down the tubes of this company from Sey mour-street, Euston-square, to the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, has been suspended, after giving notice to the local authorities of the St. Giles and Holborn districts that Southampton-row, King-street, High Holborn, and other streets through which it is proposed to lay down the tube, would be broken up for that purpose immediately after the 10th of November ; and intimation has been given that this will not take place until the spring of next year. The company have given notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for extended powers to break up streets in order to lay down their tubes and apparatus, and to pur chase properties in Hampstead-road, Upper Seymour-street, King-street, High Holborn, Whetston Park, Lincoln's-inn fields, Russell-street, Covent-garden, and St. Martin's-1e- Grand. Also for compulsory powers to lay down their tube under and through Christ's Hospital, and for other purposes. NUMEROUS ABORIGINAL RACES exist in the great Oceanic region extending from Formosa to New Zealand and from Sumatra to within 2,000 miles of the American continent. The principal of these are the Malay; the pigmy negro of the Malay peninsula and the Philip pines; the stalwart negro of New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the Fijis ; the tall, brown-complexioned Polynesians, such as the Tahitians, Tawaians, and Maoris; and the Australians. The strangers that have mixed with these aborigines consist of Hindus, Arabs, and Europeans; but neither thus nor amongst the rrztive races has any inter mixture gone to the extent of forming a permanent cross breed, except in the Fiji group between the tall negroes and the Polynesians, a fact confirmed by the personal appearance of the people and their mixed language, and which accounts also, though still cannibals, for their social advancement being greater than that of the various negroes of the other Pacific islands. The earliest strangers who mixed their blood with the people of the oceanic regions were the Hin d_ tiva, and, as might be looked for, the commixture was con ned to the race in nearest proxity, the Malayan.-6atur daY Review. the s e l ection of a ME CHOICE OF A LAST RESTING PLACE. —In .tastes, Attila was laid in a grave under the bed of a . run ning .streitei; Napoleon in a splended mausoleum in the Invalides; lir. place of interment men have different Seward with republican simplicity, has during his lifetime; and w g e elected to be buried under the avement . No doubt he would reject the idea of bein tra mpled p upon in any sense resting place than he would find probably under the pave ment, whe re . gas pipes and Water pipes might seriously wish him a more peaceful interfere with the proper relative position, of his bones. — Once a Wok. 1 this E tire. 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