The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-13 00:00:00

II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL NIGHTS. CHEAP PRICES. PRODUCTION OF OBERON. TO MORROW EVENING (TUESDAY), July 14, will be performed (first time), Weber's Grand Romantic Opera, OBERON. The new and extensive scenery and original effects by Mr. William Calcott. The new costumes, from original designs, by Mr. S. May and Miss Dickinson. The incidental Dances arranged by M. Petit. The machinery constructed by Mr. S. w o man. The decorations and appointments by Mr. Brad well. The Mise en Scene by Mr. J. R. Planche, the Author of the original Libretto. The recitatives composed by Mr. j3enedict. The following is the unrivalled cast : Sir Huon, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Oberon, Sig. Bettini ; Scher asmin, Mr. Santley ; Babekan, Sig. Gassier; Puck, Mdlle. •Trebelli ; Fatima, Mdme. Alboni ; and Regia, Mdlle. Titiens. Chorus of Knights, Nobles, Spirits of the Elements, People et.u. Conductor, Sig. Arditi. 'Wednesday next, July 15, FA UST. Thursday next, July 16, FAUST. Saturday next, July 18 (second time), OBERON. Monday, July 20, Grand Combined Entertainment. Fifth ,Act, MARIA STUART. LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI VEN i'(). Fourth Act (Italian Tragedy), MACBETH. Last A et, ELISABETTA (REGINA D'INGRILTERRA) With of her Entertainm-nts. ,Restrictions to Evening Dress not enforced. Commence at Eigtht o'clock on each evening. prices :—Gallery, 2s ; Pit, 5s ; Boxes, 58 ; Dress Circle, 7s ; Orchestra Stalls. 12s 6d; rivate Boxes from Half-a-Guinea upw -ads ; Pit Tier Boxes, to hold lour, Two Guneas. Bo -office of the Theatre (under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent) oven daily from Ten till Sx. 'tickets also to be ob tained, on the evening of the pertermance, at the special all es open at the entrance of the Pit and Grand Tiers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE._ CONCLUDING PERFORMANCE OF MADAME RISTORI. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), July 13, ROSMUNDA. Commence at Eight o'clock. T HEATEE-R; AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, the new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Carlotta Patti will appear. After which, 2HE LITTLE TREASURE. Miss Maria Harris. To be followed by the new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO, THE FIU:NDRET , Ai.l) FIFTY-FIRST NIGHT. and Last Week but Three of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. Last Week but Three of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3log,ue, entitled THE DIME'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter . supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, n. F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Mi ss es Carlotta Lecicrcq . Kate Terry, E. [Avenue and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Cossee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston; Apothecary, Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE lIAITNTED MAN ; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in w hich will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptat!on of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Stuart, Billington. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'lled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. OYAL STRAND THEATRE Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborong,h. XI) THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR, Mr. Clifton. Followed by WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs W. H. Swanborough. Parselle, Voltaire, G. Honey; Misses A da Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Bufton. After which the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes Commence at 7. 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, • No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 13, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 75 Barometer-30.44. Wind—W. ; light, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. To-woßitow.-Morning, 12h. 10m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m. THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. sm.—Afternoon, :1h- 29m. tij oris4M'',o4 VIP' "AA 1111. - LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1863. Mr. ROEBUCK, so far, in a Parliamentary sense, is Master of the Situation. To him the House of Commons looks at this moment with a glance of eager curiosity. The enigma of the house is— What the course may be that he, the member for Sheffield, will adopt at this period of supreme emergency. In the very height of the dog days— the alarm suddenly is that TEAR'EM, unmuzzled, in a high state of excitement, and agitated by an excess of wrath caused by two or three most irritat ing circumstances meuns mischief ! Miehirag malecho, more completely, it is to be conjectured, than any other sententious motto that could be selected, expresses his feelings at this juncture the most aptly. The motion submitted to the house by Mr. ROEBUCK, the motion now lying before the house for its adoption or its rejection, is explicit enough in its way in all conscience. About its meaning there cannot, of course, be one instant's misapprehension. It is in less than half•a-dozen blunt words—as plain as a pikestaff. And viewing it, as we may, from any point of view it is brought forward, as things fall out, at a time the most peculiarly critical that well could be, At the very tail of the session ! At the very crisis of the war! While Mr. SPEAKER is beginning, probably, to indulge in pleasant antici pations of autumnal leisure in his sylvan retreat at Ossington Hall down in Nottinghamshire. While General LEE, at the head of his victorious army, is knocking, as one may say, at the very gates of Washington. Precisely at this moment it is, and at none less deeply interesting, that Mr. ROEBUCK throws the apple of discord, or the bone of conten tion, or however else we may typify it, between the confronting ranks of the Government and the Opposition in the British House of Com mons. The juncture is so imminent—the query now put to the House is intrinsically of such vital importance that it might be considered as only comparable in its way—in its importance, and in its imminence to the momentous question sung of by the Rev. GEORGE CRABBE in one of the most famous of his homely tragic poems—a picturesque incident with which the hand of a female artist a few years back familiarized even the non-reading public who perhaps never yet handled a volume of CRAB'S& Here immediately prior to the death of the session, COMES Mr. ROEBUCK with his Momentous Ques tion addressed to the bewildered, and it may even be, could we but know their hearts, the somewhat remorseful Government. Shall the independence of the Confederate States at length be recognised ? that is the Question ! As yet Mr. ROEBUCK has be trayed no fattei ing whatever in his way of putting ii. Supposing he were to hesi tate now in driving it to a division he would stultify himself, as even he, the member for Sheffield, the amateur diplomatist to Schoennbrun, and more re cently, to Fontainebleau, has never stultified himself previously. Supposing any Con sideration—it matters just absolutely nothing, what ! supposing any consideration in the 'wide world were to induce him now, in deference to the wishes of Lord PALMERSTON, of the Emperor NAPOLEON, of the North, of the South, of the Opposition, or of the Government to withdraw his motion without requiring a division—the posidon in which he would stand would be nothing less than simply ridiculous. It would be ridiculous, and yet it would have about it, too, infallibly a spice of crimi nality. For, having once put the Question to the House of Commons, as he has, Mr. ROEBUCK, as the propounder of it, has at this moment devolving upon him a heavy weight of responsibility. So far from the altered position of the belligerents out there, westwards, at the seat of war, so far from their al tered position, relatively to each other, having ren dered the putting of this vital and momentous Question to the British House of Commons in any way inopportune, it is precisely the very reverse. Never yet has there come a moment, since the commencement of the war, when an independent member of the English House of Com mons could more opportunely, could so opportunely put it to that House, Whether or not the Indepen dence of the Confederate States shall be recognised ? By the answer accorded to that inquiry the Gordian Knot may be cloven asunder. Its involu tions defy unravelling. Sooner or later it must needs be severed. Whether shall this be by the blood-drippin g blade of one or other of the two in furiated belligerents, or by the keen stroke of policy (it matters little at whose instance) causing at the same moment of time a remark able division of the House of Commons and the virtual settlement, upon the opposite shores of the Atlantic, of an otherwise inextricable Difficulty ? Upon Mr. ROEBUCK'S firmness, probably, there devolves at this moment the solemn and weighty responsibility of pronouncing the decision in this alternative. Will he pronounce it or, rather, by insisting upon earryiag his motion to a division, will he enable the House of Commons itself to pronounce it ? The state of our relations with Japan have, as might have been expected, been brought under the consideration of Parliament. The tragic events which have lately occurred in that country must be fresh in the recollection of our readers. It is not very long since the ports of that peculiar and isolated people were opened to English commerce, and our merchants were congratulated on the important extension of their Eastern trade. It is true that the terms of the treaty which conferred these privi leges on the European trader were limited and partial; but it must be remembered that the very sight of a foreigner was new to Japan, and we had no right to be unreasonable in our expectations. For a time we felicitated ourselves on having conferred a mutual benefit on the English merchant and the Japanese trader as well, in having opened the way to progress and civilisation in that long-benighted country. Our gratification proved, however, some what short-lived. The first thing that disturbed it was an attack on the British Legation, evidently with the object of taking the life of the Consul. In this attempt the assassins were fortunately unsuccess ful, but they were only repulsed by fire-arms. Not long after two marines on guard near the Legation were fatally wounded, and in the month of September, last year, occurred that unpar donable outrage for which the English Go vernment have, very properly, demanded reparation. An English lady and some gentlemen, residents in Japan, were riding along a high road, which is one of those which it is expressly stipu lated in the treaty shall be free for the use of Eng lish subjects. They were unfortunate enough to meet with a procession accompanying a Daimio or great Japanese official from Yeddo to Miako. They got on the side of the road to allow it to pass, but the opportunity for injuring the hated foreigner was not to be lost. They were surrounded and attacked by the retainers of a Japanese bearing the dignity of Prince of SATSUMA. Unarmed and defenceless as they were, their only alternative was flight. Mr. RICHARDSON fell covered with wounds, his companions escaped with difficulty, and the lady reached the nearest town, terror-stricken and covered with blood, to tell how the pleasant morning's ride had been converted into a tragedy. Earl RUSSELL, in defending the course pursued by the Government, said very truly that no doubt many of the Japanese objected to the permission accorded to foreigners to take up their residence in Japan, and considered that no such intruders should be suffered to remain on the road during one of their grand official pro cessions. But the noble lord added that it was impossible that we should accept such sentiments, or even religious motives, as sufficient reason or excuse for the murder of unoffending Bzitish subjects. Reparation was very justly demanded in each of these three cases. With regard to the attack on the Legation the punishment of the offenders was asked for ; a pecuniary compensation was demanded on behalf of the families of the mur dered marines ; while in the case of Mr. RICHARD SON, our Admiral has been directed to obtain from the Prince of SATSUMA the punishment of the assassins. We do not see how less could have been done. It would have been most unwise as well as highly unjust to have suffered such offences to pass without notice, unless we wished to see the lives of every English man and woman in Japan fall a sacrifice to the frantic fanaticism of the semi -barbarous population. :t by no means follows that the enforcement of our demands by the presence of an armed force will oc casion war. In dealing with a people like the Japanese, We must rememb er t h at anything like hesitation or uncertainty is at once attributed by them to fear. If they can be brought to realise the stupendous strength of their despised ally, they will not only be more ca re ful of the lives of th e British subjects, but considerably less lik e l y to pro yoke a war. It is mistaken lenity which for fear of incurring hostilities between this country and any other would adopt a timid and vacillating p o li cy , in cases of real urgency. It has been truly observed that weak persons do as much harm in the world as wicked ones, a n d th oug h E ng land can hardly b e called weak in resources, yet her foreign policy has too often been of that character.. ‘, Pais ce que dolt, advienne que pourra" should be the motto for nations as well as individuals : otherwise Fiat justitia ruat colum. If it be true, as Lord CARNARVON and Lord GREY asserted, that the English merchants, traders, and residents in Japan have been greatly to blame in irritating, overreaching, and insulting the people, such conduct should be inquired into and punished with the same severity as we should b e mad e i n t o the story of the Eng exact from the Japanese in similar c ases . I nqu i ry assed on a porti on o f the Tycoon's s ii h s o h u na ld an esp h ec o ia t l r l e y sp dominions to shoot wild fowl, which were esteemed sacred, and who shot the official who endeavoured to stop him. In a case like this a severe penalty should be inflicted on the offender, and the Japanese should be made to feel that we will not tolerate injusti ce or aggress i on on e ither side on any ground whatever. But it is not the way to secure peace or respect for property to overlook such dire offences as the attack on the Legation and the assassination of Mr. RICHARDSON because Eng lishmen have in certain cases disregarded the law. On the contrary, it will induce the residents to take the law into their own hands, and produce a state of which things will infallibly lead to the war which we so much deprecate. It will, in fact, be a blessing to the Japanese themselves if a check is put on the irresponsible power of the great Daimios who from their old feudal position are quite independent of the limited power of the Tycoon. The Daimio in question, the Prince of SATSUMA, has a castle on the coast in which he is sheltering the aosassins, and boasting of the crime. We have yet to see whether he will re peat the boast to an English Admiral. The latest news intimated a hope that reparation would be made. In any case, the Government have only done their duty, unless we intend to abrogJq to one of the first rights of civilised powers—the protection a b o l t e ' o g u l r o b c e o , u f n r t o r m y m t e s n r a i n n n y e , v e i r n j y . u s q t u i c a e r , t e a r n o d t oppression. The note on the Polish question sent by Earl RUSSELL to Russia at the same time as those from Austria and France, has been published. It appears to be one of his happy efforts, and there seems little to cavil at in its tone or tenour. In the course of this courteous epistle, Lord RUSSELL has contrived to impart solemn truths, and these are words of import which convey a warning and offer advice. It is to be trusted that some attention may he paid to this excellent exhortation. Of course we cannot expect that all, or indeed any, of the sug gestions therein made will be immediately adopted ; but if consideration is given to them in time, some good may accrue to the persecuted nation whose sad fate now occupies so many minds with reflection, and fills so many hearts with dismay. The six points of the note comprise all that the exigency of the case demands for the Poles, and they are well worthy of notice : " 1. Complete and general amnesty. " 2 National representation, with powers similar to those which are fixed by the charter of the 15-27th No vember, 1815. " 3. Poles to be named to public offices in such a manner as to form a distinct national Administration, having the confidence of the country. "4. Full and entire liberty of conscience; repeal of the restrictions imposed on Catholic worship. " 5. The Polish language recognised in the kingdom as the official language, and used as such in the administra tion of the law and in education. "6. The establishment of a regular and legal system of recruiting." After enumerating these, Lord RUSSELL truly adds that they will serve as indications of measures to be adopted after full and calm deliberation. This will be the right way of considering the matter only to carry out the intentions of the proposal in anything like a fair spirit, there should be a truce to hostilities, even if it is only of a temporary cha racter. While long months are going by in wait ing for a suitable adjustment of difficulties, cruel havoc is rampant, and devastation is reaping a fearful harvest of death. So much strife, angry hatred, and oppression are springing up that it will take very long for these excited elements to subside into calm. The sad truth of this passage is recognised by all. It is no easy task to restore the confidence which has been lost, or to regain the peace which is now everywhere broken. Lord RUSSELL cites two leading principles which should animate all who are concerned in the conduct of the State. First of all, then, is mentioned the establishment of confidence in the Government on the part of the governed. This is indeed the basis of all strong Governments, and without it there can be no success of a striking kind, and no existence of a prolonged date for any authority. The next principle is "the supre macy of law over arbitrary law." Commenting on the felicitous results of such a state of affairs, it is observed that " where such supremacy exists the subject or citizen may enjoy his property or exer eise his industry with peace, and the security he feels as an individual will be felt in its turn by the Government under which he lives. Partial tumults, Secret conspiracies, and the interference of cosmo polite strangers will not shake the firm edifice of such a Government." The Russians are not at all an impressible nation, but even they ought to be struck with the firm and dignified tone of our Foreign Secretary. It must be long before such a sketch as Lord RUSSELL has given in hie despatch can be carried out, but that is no reason why the promise should never be realised. Perhaps when all other plans have failed, in sheer despera tion the Russians may resort to the essay of a scheme that the first principles of justice should long ago have rendered imperative. Finally Lord RUS SELL dilates upon the importance of establishing a suspension of hostilities. He states that this case is not similar to that of a war raging between two hostile nations who are divided in interests from each other. The object now sought for is to ob tain civil peace, and therefore the desired suspen sion "might be done in the name of the Emperor of RUSSIA without any abnegation of his dignity." Whatever effect this may have on the Russian Autocrat and his subordinates, Earl RUSSELL has acquitted himself in a style and a spirit worthy of a Minister of England. Atrocities and barbarities cannot now be perpetrated in a form that would become the dark ages, and suit the annals of savages more than the records of even demi-civilised lands, and their upholders declare that no State has inter fered. to stay the sacrifice or at least protest against its enactment. The -reply of Russia to the three Powers will be eagerly looked for, and thereon hang many hopes and rest many expectations. If from motives of expediency and policy any abatement is made in the arbitrary course that is now established in Poland, they who have so eagerly and strenuously taken up the desperate cause will not regret the pains they have been at, nor the caution they have exer cised in pleading the cause of the oppressed. Cer tainly no offence coutd be taken from any part of Earl RUSSELL'S despatch ; but, at the same time, without resorting to hard or harsh terms, no lan• guage could more forcibly have expressed the pre valent opinion entertained in this country concern ing the cruel war now devastating Poland. Neither could any expressions have been better chosen to testify to the unwarrantable license assumed by the Russians to tyrannise over and wantonly destroy a brave people and a noble country. Whether this attempt at mediation gain success or not, it deserves t,o do so most unquestionably on many grounds. A I . seal ring of silver, in excellent preservation, weighing three-quarters of an ounce, and bearing the effigy of Macrinus, with the inscription, " Imp. C. M. Sev Macrinus. Aug.," has just been found by a brickmaker at Saint-Riquier-sur-Hyore (Seine Inferieure). A Roman road from Beauvais to the sea formerly passed by the spot, and Gallo-Roman ruins still exist in the neighbourhood. The Emperor Macrinus was born at Algiers of an obscure family, and after being successively gladiator, intendant, and prootorial prefect, caused Caracalla to be assassinated, and succeeded to the Empire A.D. 217. He was killed at Cappadocia in the following year by his soldiers during a revolt. M. de Romeuf, who lost his life in the accident at Saint• Cloud, is nephew of M. de Romeuf, Ques tor of the Legislative Body. 111, Coste, the other gentle man who escaped with only a dislocated shoulder, is one of the composers of the music of the comic opera of "Il etait tole fois un Roi," of Mlle. Brohan, lately performed with suc cess at the Union .4rtistique. They had dined with Mlle. Brohan, and were taking her to her Paris apartment when the accident occurred. Ax AGED ROPE DANCER.--The Gazette des Etrangers states that Mme. Saqui has again applied for authorisati on t o resume her_ public exercises as a ro p e dancer, but that it has been refused in consequence of her age--86. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1863 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mr. Mapleson brought his subscription season to an end on Saturday night. The opera was Gounod's " Faust." In the tvening the National Anthem was sung. The following was circulated in the theatre : " Having reached the closing night of the Opera season of 1863, Mr. Mapieson begs to tender his most grateful acknowledgments to his patrons, and to the public, for the support which they have afforded him in his exertions to revive and even surpass the early renown of the establishment over which he has the honour to preside. The encour agement which has thus rewarded the pains and anxieties of his arduous enterprise enable him now, at the termination of the regular season, to look back upon it, with the utmost self-congratulation, as one of the most successful on record. On two principal features of the season now concluding Mr, Mapleson has especial reason to pride himself. These are the production, for the first time on any stage, of Signor Scnira's opera, " Nicolu de Lapi ;" thus taking the initiative in the introduction of new works to the lyrical stage of Europe, which has hitherto been exclusively left to the great operatic establishments of the Continent; and, secondly, the production, for the first time in this country, of M. Gounod's universally-admired opera,' Faust." The latter work, presented with a mise en scene in every way worthy of its importance and with a cast which it would be difficult to approach, has achieved a suc cess the character of which may be judged by the fact that it was performed ten consecutive nights to crowded audiences. Mr. Mapleson now begs to announce his intention to extend, by aseries of eight popular performances, at reduced prices, to a wider range of the public, the advantages of the complete and unprecedented organisation to which he has brought his operatic establishment. It may be truly said to comprise an orchestra and chorus.un spulirnpea,ssaendd foar corps comp o f perfection ed in any other establishment in Europe, which facts the lists completeness vocalistsssand not equalled of the principal artists will prove." THE WANDERING MINSTRELS. The band of accomplished and fashionable musical amateurs, who, under this title, have for some time past delighted select audiences among the upper ten thousand have recently placed their talents at t h e service of a very excellent institution. The claims of the British Home for Incurables must force themselves upon every reflecting mind, when it is considered that for those dismissed from our nume rous hospitals and infirmaries with the terrible verdict of " incurable," but one small place of refuge remains whose wards will not of course accommodate a tithe of their number. We have already learned, through the medium of Miss Twining'schaiitabl e labours, the wretched condition of the Workhouse incurables, and we cannot suppose that any persons, even one degree:above pauperism, would either avail themselves of such a shelter or allow their suffering relatives to have recourse to it. The British Boas for Incurables has been esta blished to meet the wants of the vast middle class who are too p oor to o b ta i n the costly advice and necessary comforts d e manded by the affliction of these unhappy sufferers, and when we remember teat from thr ee f orms o f hopeless dis ease alone 80,000 persons die annually in England, who sink doubt that the demand will exceed even this fresh supply of aid. Wi t h p ra isewortby economy the board of mana gement h ave purchased the lease of the premises recent l y occ upied by the British Orphan Asyl um at Clapham , a p recaution which bas avoided th e pre li m inary outlay of building. We cannot doubt that the charity will receive very cordial help from the benevolent public, and the gifted band of Wandering Minstrels have done good service to the cause by bringing it so promi nently into notice by their brilliant concert of Thursday last. A HANDSOME APOLOGY. (From the Examiner.) We have received the foilowhag communiea Lion : " Will you allow me to correct an error into which the writer of the article in to-day's Examiner, entitled ' Mr. Disraeli and President Lincoln,' h as fallen. He comments with great severity on a pas sage n clearly Mr.w Di s raeli's to speech, alluding, as the con test Lord George Bentinck, und er speaker was referring to Si r i e the idea that the Robert Peel. . "The only ground for the error is that the death of Bentieek is spo ken of as occurring twelve y ears instead of fifteen years ago. But this inaccuracy i s corrected by the description given in the sp eec h of the condition of the ' Tory party at the tim e al luded to, which an swers ver y well for 1848, but is entirely i na pplicable f or 1851 . I should have thought, moreover, that Mr. Disraeli's antecedent, would have precluded the idea that he could dwell on the memory' of Peel with ' admiration and afec hon.' The last term, however, is most app ropr i ate when we recollect his intimate relations to Lord George Bentinck. —l am , &c., u 4th July, 1863." ``A. C. i Oar correspondent s right, and w e d es i re all we said, under the i m pression that M r . Di srae li' s allu• sion was to Sir Robert Peel, to be considered as unsaid. The fault, however, is not solely ours. It was Mr. Disraeli's exaggeration that caused our mistake. We could not recognise Lord George Bentinck in the eminent man of gr ea t sagac i ty and great beart. The description sufficiently fi tte d Si r Robert, and the circumstances referred t o were cir cumstances of the Tory party under his leadership, but anterior to the date mentioned. The idea never struck us that an y other Tory st a t esman of recent times could be sp oken of in such exalted terms of praise, Nor was our false impression corrected by the recollection of 31.r.Disraeles former jud gments, as "A. C." thinks t should h ave b een, for we are i certainly not unprepared for inconsistency in Mr. Disraeli's sen timents. The profession of affection was indeed rather startling, but Bacon tells us that " good things are never seen i n t h e i r full beauty till they turn their backs and be passing away ;" and Shakspeare to the same effeet,-- u . • . . It so falls out, That what we have we pri ze not to be worth, Whiles we enjoy t ; but b e i ng l ac k' d and lost Why then we rac k the value ; then w e find ' The virtue that possession would not show us." Undeniably there was a time when Mr. Disraeli must have thought well and ki n dl y of Sir Robert Peel, and these sentiments might have been revived after party differences had been closed by the tomb. But we were wrong, misled by M r. Disraeli's pre.- posterous estimate of a very mediocre politician, w h ose place in memory is not of a magnitude tc, dispense with name. We say this without meaning any disparagement of a nobleman w h o had manyhigh qualities commanding the r es p ect of opponents, as well as winning the love of followers • .but emi nent statesmanship is another matter. Th e Sun has lectured us very severely for our mistake, and we have profited by its lesson, as it will see, in the spelling of Mr. Disraeli's name, which, for want of knowing better, and not in "spiteful pertina cit y , " we have 1t JJ'i rsrae , Veili, as his father spelt it before him. We did not know the offence that lay in the D'. The Sun charges us with a doggedly-cherished an tipathy to Mr. Disraeli, an i mplacable enm i ty , over-bitterness of feeling, y et we have repeatedly seized occasion to blame Mr. Disraeli's party for its nman whose t a l ents h av e made it it i wh at a r t ie tlat: the d without wborn it would be as a rope of sand. O u r lecturer also rebukes us for faults of manner, h o mely or familiar figures and expressions, to whi ch we cannot reply W i thout repeating our o ff ence . W e m ust drive our ass i n our own way,for no g , o d e ver came of counsel taken in that business. Or if the metaphor of the ass be too vulgar for ears polite, let us resort to another, and avow that we do not pique ou rse l ves on dancing our b e ar to genteel tunes, but to any that are appropriate. for two Mr. FRI TH i s workinggd ili gen tly a t his pictur e o f the weddin g of the Prince an d P r i nce ss of Wal es . Th e Prince gave hi m a s i tting on Tuesday last. DR. COL ENSO ' S LAST l—`` Why is it impossib: e Bishops to row in the same boat ?" "Because Lhey are in, different seas (sees) 1" Not bad—for Coleus°. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, CRACOW, JULY 13. The announcement that the funds of the National Government had been seized by the Russians is entirely false. Wierzbicki, by a measure whereby he deceived the Russians, has succeeded in penetrating into the interior of the government of Lublin, and has effected a junction with Rucki's insurgent corps. Czengery has left Kielce, whither considerable forces had been despatched against him. Fiquette is operating with a flying column of gende rmerie in Sandomir, Bogus; and Stobnick. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 13. The Queen of Spain, the King of Prussia, and the King of Holland, have sent their congratula tions to the Emperor, on the taking of Mexico. An Imperial decree has been published to-day concerning the measures to be taken before any educational professor of superior or secretary rank can be dismissed his functions by the Minister. The decree is preceded by a statement of motives in which the necessity is pointed out for the members of the body of teachers to have every guarantee that justice will be done them. The Moniteur of to-day publishes the notes ad dressed to Russia by England, France, and Austria respectively. BOURSE, July 11.—The announcement of the cap ture of Mexico has not imparted any buoyancy , to the market, which remains dull, but with yes terday's prices maintained. Threes, for the Ac count, are now unvaried at 68f. 55e. Railway Shares also inanimate. The market closed as fol lows: Italian Loan 7l Do. end month 7l New ditto ...... 72 Do. end month 72 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes. n Home Debt - - WAYS. Li per Cents.. 97 Do. end month -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 60 Credit Mobilier..., 1175 no. end month 1175 Bank Shares 3410 Credit F oncier 1300 95 90 10 20 BAIL Cash. Account. Orleanb ................ 1017 60 1012 50 Northern .......... 992 60 .. 992 50 New ditto ............ —• • Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 1027 50 Geneva.. .............. 470 • • 480 Southern .............. 650 .. 653 75 Western .............. 530 .. 527 50 Eastern • . ......... .. 500 .. 500 Sardinian .............. 412 50 .. 413 75 Austrian .............. 453 75 .. 455 i,omhard ............. North of Spain ........ 543 75 • • 545 Saragossa .............. 700 Ditto to Bar ce l ona .. 695 362 75 • • 362 50 POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CR, July 9. At length th e l nvalzde .Russe has ACOW acknoNcledged a Russian defeat. The following is the paragraph in question ;—" Colonel Danilow, at the head of two companies of rifles of the Imperial Guard and two companies of the Esthonian Regiment, discovered on the 22d June, in Vie vicinity of the village of Pupelian, in the woods near the village of Draginici, a very large band of insurgents, and after attacking it repeatedly without success, was forced to retire. The following of our troops were killed :—Captain Neihardt, of the battalion of Imperial Rifles, Capt. Nekrasow, and Sub-Lieutenant Vestipcins of the Esthonian Regiment, and 23 soldiers. Capt. Rosen bad, Lieut. Gogel, Sub-Lieut. Zandar, Ensign Stachowicz, and 46 soldiers of the battalion of Im perial Rifles, were wounded. Steps have been taken to destroy this band." Letters from Wilna describe this battle as a very important one, and put the losses of the Russians as very much greater than they are acknowledged to have been by the Invalids. It must be confessed that all the probabilities are in favour of this view of the question. When a news paper persists for five months in asserting that the Polish insurrection is crushed, and that the Rus sians are always victorious, and never lose more than one Cossack in a battle, although every one knows that during that time the insurrection has been kept up solely by the fact of the Poles being victorious in almost every engagement, the acknow ledgment by such a paper of a Russian defeat, with a loss of 26 killed and 50 wounded, can only be un derstood as a complete and sanguinary check to Russia. Another desperate battle has taken place in the district of Przasnyez. The Russians, having re ceived news that 200 Poles, under Trombezynski, were organising themselves into an insurgeht band on an island in the river Orzyc, between Dronzdzen and Krasnocielce, advanced to :he spot in great force. The Poles, finding they were surrounded, entrenched themselves as best they could, and for three days resisted the attacks of the Russians. The latter 10 , gan a regular siege; they brought up tour guns against the Poles, and seized 50 peasants, whom they compelled to dig trenches for them. The peasants, however, after working a few hours, contrived to escape; and on the fourth day the Poles received the welcome intelligence that a body of 1,000 peasants was advancing to their assistance. These peasants, led by Jasinaki, crossed the Naren, and attacked the Russians. The battle lasted four hours, and the Russians, after losing a large body of men avel one gun, which was swallowed up by a quicksand, retreated in great precipitation. Mouravieff is rapidly proceeding with his task — the extermination of the educated population of Lithuania. He has invented several new species of torture, which, it is said, exceed anything of the kind hitherto known. One of them is to strap a man down to a board, and place a large bock of ice on his chest. Numbers are dying of starvation in the prisons, and the Cossacks have been sent into the fields to stop all agricultural labour, and pro duce a famine. In Warsaw things are almost as bad. The citadel is crowded with prisoners, a cer tain number of whom are thrown with their hands tied into the Vistula every night. The Queen of Prussia arrived the day before yesterday at Laeken from England. Her Majesty, de ajesty,who was received at the railway s tation b y the Dukßrabant, at once went to visit K in g Leo p old, and dined wish the Royal family. Her Majesty afterwards left by railway for Germany. THE PROROGATION. --The progress made in Supply at the morning sitting on Friday leaves little more voted of the Estimate s for the y ear. S hould the to beHouse of Commons get through the few remaining votes, as expected, by Thursday, it will be possible to carry through the Appropriation clause , s o as to p roro g ue Parliament on Th urs day, the 28th of July. Verdi is engaged in transforming Flaubert's Carthaginian novel, " Salambo," into an opera. Mr. Home's Book has been translated into French under the title "Revelations sur ma vie surnaturelle." CHOPS AND TOMATO SAUCE !--The Athenceum gravely obliges us with the following matter-of-fact expla natory remarks apropos to Sergeant Buzfuz's exclamation : Poor Pickwick had giver:. directions for dinner in a note to his landlady ; and the Sergeant was to prove that the din ner-order was nothing but a phrase of encearment. So he put a lady into the box who proved that her husband called her duck, being himself very fond of duck ; and who fur ther testified that if he had been fond of chops or tomato sauce, perhaps he would have applied those names. THE CAT S'T'AKE standsiin the parish of Kirklis ton, on the farm of Briggs, in a field, and on the north side of the road to Linlithgow, and between the 6th and 7th milestone from Edinburgh. It is placed witnin 100 yards of the south bank of the Almond, nearly half a mile below the boathouse bridge, and about three miles above the entrance of the stream into the Frith of Forth, at the old Roman station of Cramond, or Caer Amond. The monument is located in nearly the middle of the base of a triangular fork of ground formed by the meeting of the Gogar Water with the River Almond. The Gogar flows into the Almond about sin or seven hundred yards below the Cat Stane. The ground on which the Cat Stane stands is the beginning of a ridge slightly elevated above the gene ral level of the neighbouring fields. The stone itself con sists of a massive unhewn block of the secondary green stone -trap of the district, many large boulders of which lie in the bed of the neighbouring river. In form it is some what prismatic or irregularly triangular, with its angles Very rounded. This large monolith is nearly twelve feet in circumference, about four feet five inches in width, and 3ft. 3in. in thickness. Its height above ground is about 4ft. and a half,.—Dr. Simpson's Treatise on the cat Sean.. 61 Tar HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 11. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Lein ingen, drove out yesterday. The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Lord Alfred Paget were in attendance. SUNDAY. The Queen, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. The Rev. George Prothero performed the service. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, since their arrival at Frogmore, have been enjoying the luxu7 of a country life amid the beau tiful and varied scenery of Windsor and its neigh bourhood. On Friday their Royal Highnesses passed the greater part of the day at Virginia Water, and dined with a select party on board the Adelaide frigate. The band of the Coldstream Guards arrived at Windsor on Saturday, and will remain during the Prince's residence at Frogmore. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine service yesterday morning in the parish church of St. John. The Prince and Princess occu pied the Royal pew previously used by the late Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Kent. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Captain Grey. The lessons for the day were read by the Rev. Thomas Rooke, M.A., who was assisted in the prayers by the Rev. J. Stone, B.A. The Rev. R. J. Simpson, M.A., preached an eloquent and impressive sermon. This is the first time either the Prince or his Con sort attended Divine service at the parish church; and as they came through the park, and entered by the east door in St. Alban's-street, without any pre vious intimation, a great portion of the congrega tion were unaware of their presence. In the afternoon the Prince drove the Princess out in a pony phaeton, and proceeded down the Long-walk through some of the private drives in the Great Park. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Capt. Grey, who followed in an open carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who arrived at Frogmore Lodge on Thursday evening last, are enjoying the beauties of that quiet re treat in comparative seclusion.—Court Joiynal. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam ridge and the Princess Mary honoured Lord and Lady Foley by their company at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. A distinguished circle had the honour to meet the Royal guests. Lady Foley had an evening party afterwards. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Joinville and the Duke de Penthievre, attended by M. Fauvel, have returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Tun bridge Wells. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish left Devonshire House on Saturday for East bourne until Wednesday next. Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M. P., have been entertaining the following com pany at Strawberry Hill during the past week:—Viscount Melville, Lord and Lady Norreys, Lady Horatia Wardlaw, Lady Ida Waldegrave, Sir John Johnstone, the Hon. and Rev. F. E. Byng, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Vernon, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Masters, Mr. William Harcourt, Mr. Charles Harcourt, Captain Charles Vernon, Mr. Henry Grenfell, Miss Money, and Mr, Charles Braham. The Earl of Wilton will return to town to-day from Cow's. After Goodwood races the noble earl will return to the Isle of Wight for the Royal Yacht Squadron regatta. The Earl of Dudley has left Dudley House for his shooting quarters in Inverness-shire. The Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford returned to town on Saturday, from Ashridge Park, Hert fordshire. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury enter tained a select circle on Saturday evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn left Cambridge House on Saturday afternoon, for Brocket Hall. Viscount Canterbury has returned to town frun Newmarket. Viscountess Jocelyn will return to town on Wed nesday from Osborne. Lady Caroline Townley has issued cards for an assembly on Wednesday next, at the family residence in Charles-street. The Duke de Morny is said to be about to form a racing establishment at Newmarket. HIS HOLINESS is said by the latest accounts from Rome to be in the enjoyment of good health, having been able to celebrate Pontifical Mass at St. Peter's on the Festival of SS. Peter and Paul. According to a cor respondent who was present the Holy Father sang the High Mass in a remarkably clear voice, and it was univer• sally observed that in the firmness and elasticity of his movements as he ascended and descended the Altar, and also in his general appearance, he gave the impression of perfect health. DEATH OF DOWAGER LADY KILMAINE.—:rhe death of the Dowager Lady Kilmaine took pla ce on Monday, at her house in Chester-square. The Hon, Anne Lady Kilmaine was the fourth daughter of the Right Hon, Sir Henry Cavendish, Bart. by Sarah, Baroness Waterpark, and was born March 22, 1774, so that she was in her NI h year. She married, July2s, 1793, James Caul field, second Lord Kilmaine, father of the present peer, b y w h o m, who died in May, 1 825, her lady s hip h a d a nume rous family. V THE .ROYAL FAMILY AT CREMORNE._A thin stream of people, says the Spectator, guided us from King's-road, Chelsea, into Aehbarnham Hall, a lofty barn like building, ornamented for the occasion by scores of c heap flags of all nations, and pasteboard medallions of knights and kings. A barrier divided the centre of the hall, and opposite to it was a kind of platform with five rows of wooden benches, covered with red cloth and saw dust. "Are these reserved seats ?" we asked of a kindly -disposed policeman, engaged in dusting his boots with his pocket ha❑dkerchief. "Ohno I" he exclaimed, " they are for the royal family." " What ? You don't mean to say that the Prince and Princess of Wales, or even the Queen, are com ing to the grand tournament. In that case it would be well to take the saa dust off the seats." "Ah I" he retorted pet tishly, " I know nothing of Queen Victoria; I speak of our royal family." If Barnum has any sense of his own dignity and the eternal fitness of things, he will, we hope, increase the salary of that man out of armour. DULNESS CF OUR FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACES.—It is not only as respects the greater abundance and ef f iciency of the mineral springs that conti neztal watering places can succe.•sfully compete with Eng lish ones; they likewise offer more resources and agretnens, both to valetudinarians and pleasure seekers, being often situated amidst beautiful scenery, having well-lighted sa• loons for evening reunion, and for walking in hot weather. At the German baths especially there is a greater freedom of intercourse and association ; the music promenades and waters are free of charge ; concerts and other entertain ments are at a comparatively low price of admission ; public dinners, &c., and the expense of living considerably less than at English watering places. Recreation and society being the objects for which a large proportion of visitors resort to watering places, it is not to be wondered at that those which present thegreatestfacilitiesforobtainingthese objects should be preferred, In most of these places in England, the single visitor, as also families, unless they happen to have several acquaintances in the place, find themselves isolated, and after a few days become too ennuyes to remain. The single man has to dine in the coffee-room of his hotel, or in his lodging, upon a chop, steak, cutlet, or fowl; and families in their apartments, instead of joining the well-appointed tables d'hote, enlivened by conversation, and frequently by music, which they meet with abroad—the only resource in the evening or in wet weather a newspaper or a novel from the circulating library. If the visitor attends a concert given by artistes of inferior reputation, he must pay a high price for admission; he must also pay for drinking the waters; and where there are several promenades, as at some places, he must pay for en trance to each ; and at the end of a week's monotonous existence, he finds his bill amount to two or three times as much as it would at a first-class German bath. Even in England, however, it is seen that those plazes where a greater degree of sociability prevails by means of tables d'hote, evening reunions, &c., are always the fullest; as, for instance, Harrogate, Scarborough, and Buxton.—Dr. Edwin Lee's Watering Places of England. CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the author of "No Church," " Owen a - Waif," &c. 3 vole.--" This novel k:says the Atheneum) sustains the credit of the author's previous works. It is a story of well -sustained in terest, without going into the vulgar sensational line so much striven after at present. The interest of the narrative arises from the struggle and conflict of human passions, human interests, and human limitations. Every figure has its - characteristic faults, but also redeeming points. The aim of the work is to inculcate charity, faith, patience, with the infirmities of others, and especially a liberal toler ance of, or rather, we should say, sympathy with, t h e i r method of striving to do right. The characters of the book are drawn with spirit and firmness, The King of Prussia and the Crown Prince The Sud Deutsche Zettung publishes the following letter from the crown Prince of Prussia to the King. It was written on the 31st of May, before the Prince set out for the military tour, during which he expressed to the Municipality of Dantzic his dis approval of the course taken by the Ministry "Expressions you lately made use of in my presence, re garding the possibility of forcing your measitres upon the country, oblige me to speak out on the subject. On dismiss. ing the Auerswald Cabinet you told me that, being more liberal than yourself, I bad now got an opportunity for enacting the usual part of a Crown Prince, and throwing difficulties in the way of your Government. At that time I promised you to keep back and maintain silence, and offer no opposition. Intending to keep my promise, as I do, I yet feel it my duty to speak to you in private. I beseech you, my dearest father,not to invade the law in the way you hinted. Nobody is more fully aware than myself that to you an oath is a sacred thing, and not to be trifled with. But the position of a Sovereign in regard to his Ministers is sometimes very difficult. Skilled as they are in the lawyers' art, and expert at interpretation, they know how to represent a measure as fair and necessary, and by degrees to force a sovereign into a path very different to that he intended to tread. The concern, however, I fed for your happiness, and the conviction that it is setiously imperilled, incl,xe me," &c. Next follows the answer of the King, conceived in a mild spirit : " You say you do not intend to offer any opposition. You must not have been cautious then. Opposition speeches of yours have got abroad and found their way to me. You have now an occasion for making amends by expreiss ing yourself in a different way, by slighting the Pro gressists and courting the Conservatives. The decree of June, besides being in consonance with the charter, and: more particularly with Clause 63, will be laid before the Landtag. The decree, so far from being the enormity you say, ought to have been introduced in the shape of a bill, even under the late Liberal Cabinet; for it was on this con dition only I sanctioned the law protecting printing-offices against the supervision and interference of the police. On the 3d of June the Crown Prince lodged a formal protest against the decree on the press. It was addressed to Herr von Bismark, accompanied by a request to communicate it to the Cabinet. In this protest, written in proud and haughty language, the Prince expressed himself in the fol lowing style : " I deem the proceedings of the Cabinet to be both illegal and injurious to the State and the dynasty. I declare the measure to have been taken without my wishing and know ing it; and I protest against any inferences and ascriptions to be possibly based upon my relation to the Council of State." On the 4th of June the Prince wrote again to the King, stating in vigorous language that the Charter had been evaded and set aside in the case of the decree on the press. The words of the Charter might be made to agree perhaps with the measure, but to be really constitutional it ought to have been submitted to Parliamentary assent. On the sth he delivered the well-known address at Dan tzic. Then followed a letter of the King, censuring the Crown Prince in no measured terms, and commanding an immediate disavowal of anything falsely reported in the papers. The letter also enjoins the Prince to abstain from venturing any similar statements. If, however, it should occur again, he would be recalled to Berlin, and, perhaps, deposed from office and de prived of his command. The King had been originally inclined to have recourse to measures of restraint, bat the. Cabinet, though similarly disposed at first, ultimately ad vised the King to bear with his son. From the reply the Crown Prince sent to the King we ex tract the following sentiments:— " The address I delivered at Dantsic is the result of calm reflection. I long owed it to my conscience and my posi tion to profess, in the face of the world, an opinion the truth of which has forced itself upon me more fully from day to day. The hope only of being able after all to avoid placing myself in opposition to you stifled the monitions of my internal voice. But now, ignoring my different views, the Ministry have taken a step imperilling my future and that of my children. I shall make as courageous a stand for my future as you, my dear father, are making for your own. I cannot retract anything I have said. All I can do is to keep quiet. Should you wish me to do so, I hereby lay at your feet my commission in the army and my seat in the Council of State. I beg you to appoint me a place of residence, or to permit me to select one myself, either in Prussia or abroad. If lam not allowed to speak my mind, I must naturally wish to dissever myself entirely from the sphere of politics." This letter seems to have produced a powerful impression upon the King; bat lately he had for bidden Herr von Bismark to lay the pi °test of his son before the Ministry; now he endeavoured, as the first and sole object of his policy, to restrain the Prince in the course he had entered upon. He wrote him a friendly letter, saying he was welcome to open his mind to his father; but he was to main tain the strictest secrecy with regard to all others, unless, indeed, he wished to incur the punishment suspended over his head. He, too (the Kimg), had a conscience. The reply of Herr von Bismark to the Crown Prince was long in making its appearance. The Premier wrote : " Year Royal Highness is in a position to render our task easy or difficult. The Ministers, however, will perse vere in pursuing the grand object they have identified themselves with. They are but the loyal and obedient servants of the King. They, too, had got a conscience," &c. This letter closes the correspondence for the present. IMPOSSIBLE !—The Court Journal actually asserts that the Duke of Sutherland, at the late ball to the Prince and Prince'ss of Wales, not being able to find his hat, coolly walked off to the fire•engine station at Wat,ing-street, and borrowed a fireman's helmet, arrayed in which he chartered a Hansom cab, and drove in triamph to Stafford House, A fresh competitor for fame as a lion-hunter has recently appeared in Algeria in the person of M. Lucotte, a native of Lyons. A magnificent lion, which had been sent by that gentleman, was exhibited a few days back at Algiers. Unfortunately the rifle-shot which brought the animal down had not sufficiently disabled it, and M. Lucotte was obliged to fire his pistols at it almost point blank, by which the head was disfigured. This is the third that 11/1, Lucotte has killed within the last two months. THE TERCENTENARY OF SHAKESPERE.—A meet ing of gentlemen interested in the tercentenary of Shakespere's birth was held at Birmingham on Friday, for the purpose of considering a proposal to celebrate that event by the formation of a Shakesperian library. The Rev. Charles Evans, head master of King Edward's School, pre sided. The following resolution moved by Mr. George Dawson, and seconded by the Rev, S. Bache, was adopted : —" That it is desirable to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Shakespere by the formation of a Shakesperian library, comprising the various editions of the poet's works, and the literature and works of art connected therewith, and to associate such library with the Borough Central Re ference Library, in order that it may be permanently pre served," A subscription was opened, and a sum of £lOO subscribed. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FEET BELOW.— A curious circumstance occurred at the quiet little village of Lower Eythorne one day during the past week. The well, situated in the centre of the village, was the scene of the sensation. It, appears that a woman, about in the prime of life, from some cause evidently unknown to anyone but herself, opened the lid of the well and jumped down—a distance of 180 feet, The water and the chill, however, soon drew forth cries and groans from the now repentant woman, and the unearthly sounds attracted the attention of one of her sex, who, going to the mouth of the well, feelingly inquired, " Who's there ?" " Throw down a rope," was the answer from the depths below. Assistance was got, the rope lowered, and immediately afterwards the immersed' was drawn up. The serious part of the story must now be told—anxious to get on to mother earth, the the poor frightened creature, as soon as she reached the top, clutched at the woodwork of the well, when the rope slipped, and she was precipitated below. After a lapse of time she was again got up, when it was found, upon examination by Dr. Chalk, that her leg was broken and other parts of her body were seriously injured.—. Dover Chronicle. THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH HUNTER.—Since the examination of the prisoner at the Clerkenwell Police Court, the authorities have been unremitting in the endeavours to find a further clue to the murderer, but they have not succeeded, as yet, in eliciting anything material It will be recollected that, with the exception of the lower jaw, the whole of the bones had been found. Police con stables Stammers and Goss, of the N division, have since discovered the missing bone in the hole where the head was interred, and now the only things that are missing are the wires that were in the poor child's ears. Tne remains of the unfortunate deceased were placed in a coffin, covered with white cloth, and studded with white nails. The inscription was as follows :—" To the memory of Elizabeth Ann Hunter, aged nine." The public funeral of the bones took place yesterday. The procession started f rom Ward's place, Lower-road, about one o'clock, and a large number of people joined it in its course to Finchley Cemetery. Hundreds of persons still surround the nursery where the bones were found. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur 3hasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 3a 4d. and 4a, "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s, Bd.), is the stlongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every own supply it in packets.