The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-16 00:00:00

S ALE.—RAILWAY BONDS, having Three Years to run, in Lots, to suit Purchasers. Coupons are; attached for Interest of 5 per cent. per annum, payable Hat -yearly, at the London ana W,stminstet Bank. Apply to Mr. S. 0. Rattenbury, 6, John-street, Bedlord-row, Lend on. BRAIDED LINSEY DRESS._ THE QUEEN, the LADY'S NEWSPAPER and COURT CHRONICLE, of Saturday, the 24th Oct., will be a Dc, üble Number. O n the extra sheet will be given the de shapes, and complet e instructions for making and braiding a Linsey Dress in the latest fashion. By Mbe. coRIEc It will include full-sized patter, s for MAW, Sleeve, G ore d Skirt, and C hatelaine Ba g . Double num ber , Price Is. A. copy post free for 14 stamps. 346, Strand, W.C. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA EDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. TUTS EVENING, W ilhee'i Romantic Opera, THE DES ~.RT FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne • Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri A. Cook, an d W. Harrison. Conductor. Mr. A Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven. .commence at Eight. FT F,ATRE ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. - JIL Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. After which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, 3IANFRED. Messrs. helps, Ryder, Rayner, 3 1-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Heath, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss uitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with THE DEAL BOATMAN Messrs. G. Belmore, F. Charles; Miss R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Great Success of HERRMANN, PRESTIDIGITATEU R. uERR IIifIRRIMANN has the honour to announce that, i n conse quence , 1 the gre a t success and flatteri met with, he will continue his Performances, ,EVENINI+, until furth er not i ce. nsr recep't 0n.1m1.1.2r. Commencing at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- _ Sole lessee and Manager, Mr , B uckstone. THIS EVE :\ rNG, FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter Spy • Messrs. Alfred Wigan Backstone, Chippeudale, llowe, W. Fa , Ten, Braid, and Gordon ; Mrs. Dow ton, Miss L. Angel, Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mies Wright, szc. After h , w•-•ch, CHARLES' T HE TWELFTH : Messrs. A Wigan, Backstone, Compton, Howe, and hiss L Keeley. Concluding with THE GALLICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. EW THE ATRE-RO YAL, AD ELPHI.- .1_ Sole Pronriator and Manager. ST?. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. supported At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, by Messrs. Arth ur R. Phillips, Millington, Stuart A. Wood, .Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude will. CATCHING AN lIEIRLSS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. ISS B A TEM AN.—LEAH. A H.—The celebrat e d AI young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having ▪ her first a ppea rsnce in the New Drama of LEAH ob tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has bwi ness ed for many years, and the profound impressio n n r eeated by her impersonation of the character of LEAH upon a e owded audience 11 , iving been completely ratified by the unan imous verdict and critical approval of the enti re Daily press, the anager of the NEW ADELPIII THEATRE h as M the honour to announce that M - Ps BA.TEMAN appear will i n the New Drama of LEA HEVERY EVENING till further notice. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENPIG, Mllt(A3i'•4 CRIME. Messrs. Honey, Farselle, Belford, Turner, Miss li.Saville, and Miss Mande rs. Followed by THE MOTTO, " ALL MERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, S. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with WHERE' YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, San be had Every Evening of G. R. GIANIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 58 m. —Afternoon, 4h. 16m. To-•roßßow._3lorning, 4h. Wm.—Afternoon, 4h. 58m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 16, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Baromett r-29.74. Wind—South-West; light, and fine. elgt 04:„*--z% LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1863. An eminent French critic has very recently offered to a great English writer as charmingly genial and graceful a compliment as any that we can recall to mind for a long while past to have had the satisfaction of witnessing. The especial and distinctive charm of the tribute we are here alluding to, lying in this, that it is, in every syllable of it, so eminently well deserved. It never once blunders into exaggeration. It is a panegyric that, with all its cordiality, not once, by the merest phrase or allusion, tends to run into hyperbole. The occasion selected for the proffering of this earnest tribute of admiration is one that we ourselves have already commented upon. Our attention is recalled to it, however, by our Paris contemporary, Le 7emps, thus circuitously. A correspondent of Le 7emps, the distinguished French critic already referred to— writing to that journal under a comparatively recent date, from (of all unlikely places in the world to be in any way known to the nntravelled Parisian reader) the little, old-fashioned town of Ritchie, in Hertfordshire —opens thus abruptly upon the attention of the French public generally. We have recently bad in this neighb our h oo d , h e And, hinting immediately upon this that he him self is perhaps the least likely witness of the Scene thus displayed to view, to be regarded as qualified to report befittingly upon it —A.ll l h (in jou rnal i sm, our excellent fellow-labourer he exclai ms , i f not in agriculture) M. JOIGNAUX had been but there, how willingly would I n o t h ave yielded u p to him the pen I am now writing w i th ! Happily, say we, M. JOIGNATJX. with all his in tricate knowledge of oxen, horses, pigs, and sheep was 'got there—his rarely gifted and accomplished s ubstitute for the nonce (th at i s as a sort o f t in promptu agricultural reporter) being there instead F or myself, he asks, a little later on with a serio comic air of deprecation. What can I talk to yo u about if it be not about the banquet Whi ch followed the show, and about the speeches that were delivered at it. That is, of course, w e may add, not at the show but at the banquet. Holding still in reserve what it was that actually constituted the feature of the even i ng, point of fact, that induced th e what it was, in P oi 'writer of this comm unication. in Le Temps to d ream of sending any report of the proceedings at all to that journal, the amateur reporter adroitly men lions the fact that among the guests at this agricultural banquet was the venerable Marquess of SALISBURY. Adroitly, we say, because the allusion is rendered thus ingeniously pre parative to the announcement which he holds, as we 11 " e said, s till i n res erve. The M a rquess of SALISTsu it; he observes, a young man- What d o I say • ago to actually, I believe, of the itehen:vriltoenrgeexr claims in which Poe rrß u pon a NELLE had attained, when, very old l a congratulate 117 remarking to him that they ought In 70NaIntoNther ripen Deatn na • - r i ng for gotten them, teat hushed her words up hurriedly, w i th a " hilt !' At Such ah n g er upon his lips, and a.— the amiable Frenchm:ge as thi s , surely, says from att en di ng upon a t h On e might be excused m grieal tural show and banquet. T rue , b at —the panions are the re , not for the dinner, aud hi s cora that tho Zen to th e are there simply out of a very natu ral desi re will they good and noble and eloquent words -will be addressed to them, Foe—wh° d o you know thick presided over this banquet of farmers, this b.lnquet , at which the principal toast as ier of course, upon the subject of agricultu:et; well, a great landed proprietor, you will say ! Y es , Tiithout doubt, but a great landed proprietor who is also a distinguished Poet, a famous Novelle?, au able ideniaietrator, a Pailosopher, an Orator, a stittem4o, arid, eddition to all that, a man of peculiar fascination individually, in a word, Sir EDWARD BITLWER LYTTON. It is in one of his dedications, if we remember rightly, that the author of the "Pilgrims of the Rhine" speaks of his own reading public in Germany as, perhaps, among all his readers, those who have welcomed his writings the moat generously. After the genial tribute spontaneously proffered to him in Le Temps, by a writer himself of great eminence, we should be disposed to imagine that Sir EDWARD would almost be tempted to revise that opinion, at least in so far as it relates to any appreciation by individual critics in the different countries of the European continent. Having ourselves, as already intimated, com mented upon the brilliant speech delivered by Sir E. BULWEa LYTTON upon the occasion referred to by the critic in Le temps, it were superfluous here to follow the latter, (tempted though we are to do so) through its analysis. He mentions the speech as a matter of course, as the event of the evening. That, however, being its very humblest definition. He says of it that nothing could have been at once more practical or more elevated. And then—after illustrating copiously the orator's mastery of his subject in the course of this ample analysis of the speech as a discourse upon agriculture—the critic refers again to his remark made in the earlier part of his CM.. mnnication, to the effect that the Chairman, who was delivering this speech at this banquet of farmers, upon the subject of agriculture generally, was a great Poet as well as an eminent practical man. "For myself," he says, "if I had ever doubted its being so, before then, I could by possi bility doubt it no longer after that discourse of Sir BULWER LYTTON'S." Alluding to the orator's faithful attention to his theme throughout the chief part of his speech, our French critic seems almost to exult at last at the notion of the illustrious author of " The Caxton Family," of " The Last Days of Pompeii," of "Eugene Aram," of "Rienzi," and, besides so many other equally famous romances of poetical works less known, perhaps, though some of them yet worthier of ad • miration—eventually escaping from it. In the first part of his harangue, says Le Temps' Corres pondent, it was the territorial locd who was speak ing. In the second part it was the ex-Cabinet Minister. Earnestly would we commend the gener ous spirit in which this large-minded and warm hearted French critic can weigh in the balance of his magnanimous judgment the distinguishing gifts, merits, and graces of an illustrious contemporary who happens also to be an Englishman —earnestly would we commend the whole tone of this genial tri bute to the consideration of such atrabilious commen tators upon either side of the British Cne.nnel, of such spiteful and acrimonious commentators, let us say, the one upon the French, the other upon the Eng lish, as—that fribbling M. ASSOLANT, and, here, upon our own shores, that historical caricaturist, who draws his pictures of foreigners with a pencil of lunar caustic, the hon. and learned member for Bridgewater. Lord BROUGHAM is certainly a model for states men of the present day. He perseveres in his work, and exhibits an energy and determination that would do honour to any age, and redound to the credit of any vocation. Again and again, at the proceedings of the Social Science Congress at Edin burgh, has he taken part in the various subjects, and delighted his audience with his knowledge, wit, and perspicuity. At the dinner in the Music Hall he was the chairman, and in that capacity of course addressed himself to the consideration of several topics. His tribute to the excellent manner in which the QUEEN fulfilled the duties of her posi tion, and the admirable way in which she brought up her family, furnishing thus an example to mothers, and a pattern to Sovereigns, was very ap propriate, and the terms in which he proposed the health of the Prince and Princess of WALES were also felicitous. "From the cause," ho said, "we pass to the effect," and thence illustrated the train ing which had been given by her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT to their children. The Volunteers afforded another occasion for the evidence of the skill of the noble chairman in bringing forward the most conspicuous features of his case, so as to attract notice and win approval. In referring to the ques tion of war, he very vividly explained that it was not because we were afraid of peace being disturbed, or desirous of such an occurrence, that we welcomed the Volunteers; but that what ever was done by way of defence was on the prin ciple of insurance. Therefore our volunteer in surance was of a double value, " because it not only prevents loss, if the mischief happens, but tends to prevent the mischief from happening." Ills is a very correct definition of the establish ment of the Volunteers, and this parallel of Lord BROUGHAM'S is the more satisfactory at the present time, because since the war-panic has, in some measure, subsided, the people are sometimes heard to say that all the excitement was needless, and that we could have done very well without the t e that Volunteer s at all. Those w i seacres appear t o for get a a t te, eethohtwo modes of rendering service to h of action, and one of prevention, if not c e l e b rated with all the " pomp and circum stance of w ar ," blessing s of those who have preserved the peace to their country are surely worthy of recognition, and their work may be as valuable and as honoured as the more notice able and glorious achievements of war. Only those who have studied the minutiae of the details of foreign States, and the various plans and plots that have been concocted and devised of recent years, can rightly understand the importance of the services that have been rendered to their country by the Volunteers. The Lord Provost's remarks on the noble President were in excellent taste, and seemed to enter the theme. When he g fully into the spirit of the history o f pu b lic referring t o h ad s aid that th e career h e was and unabated rarel y. if eve r' men, for b eenbrilliaenqtualleclin extended duratio n success, , have had the sat i sfaction of knovig our," he might recording fact s , an d not m wing that h e was merely rounding periods, and dilating on events to s u i t the public meeting. Lord BROUGHAM' :urpose of a remarks on the Association are well worthy of notice His defence of the name "Social Science is in itself an animated exposition of the causes that led to itsin stitution. His remarks on the subject of ti.avery a re particularly impressive, and the zeal and energy with which he confutes the assertions that have been made in reference to his decadence in this • Point ar e full of the fire and fervour of his earlier years. Well 0-honoured and world-renowned States may this t im e-honoured ma n be justly indignant at the imperti nent re d conclusions that are m a d e marks and absurd conduct. Loud and prolonged respecting his et the earnest sentences with cheers might well greet which the veteran orator denied the charge im puted to him, an d disclaimed the idea o f his h aving derogated from his previous high position in regard to this i m p or t an t question. "It is said that I un derrate and andervalne the emancipation of the • elves ; why ! h ave a ll t h e a d v ocates of slave eman ei , ln ' ti ° ll done half so mu c h for the liberation of the slave a n d self have the aboliti on o f s l aver y a s I 1 U done ?" er L e than half a century h as elapsed since Lord Bxe ljG tialesAct pasaed for übolishing the slave trade, That Act changed the circumstances THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1863, b s e i u n r g ely contraband t hem en. sign -manual to a to a in n o ldnv of o t no ssbeing a a t cr i o ie rg n c au o r m f d t es h dt a e an c sc a ae s ec isr fromamsea. man that in that he is exempt from the charge of be collusion viewsionwith inany way. L ar d slaveholders, and of favouring also spoke greatly to th e p o i nt on when he said th a t h e tßdhiad:cintruoGtellstAiomdesiren ofemancipation a sudden change buts gradual altera tion. He denounced the proclamation to emancipate the slaves lately issued by North America, as a measure of hostility," and as such it must surely be regarded by all wise and well-informed indivi duals. It was a privilege to hear Lord BROUGHAM thus treat of public affAirs, and discourse on subjects of home interest. "He touched nothing that he did not adorn" might with accuracy be applied to his dis courses, which blend and unite the distinctive quali ties, and the several characteristics of the orator, the lawyer, and the philosopher. It is a fine sight to see one advanced in years and laden with honours, still foremost in the cause of philanthropy, and eager in the march of science. He is a shining light and a bright example to those who are tired of work before half their race is run. On the contrary, his energies appear to increase rather than diminish as time brings him to the twilight hours of his well spent day. The re - appearance of our beloved QUEEN amongst her people cannot fail to give rise to very general satisfaction. It is true that the occasion for her breaking through the strict reserve she has maintained during the past two years was in some respects a melancholy one, and only too much in harmony with the grief that has dictated her re tirement. Still the presence of the QUEEN at any large assembly was felt to be indicative of a new era, hovvevor closely the object of her appearance was connected with the memory of her lamented Consort. The inauguration of the first statue raised to Prince ALBERT in this country was an incident which was certain to excite the interest and awaken the sympathies of his Royal Widow ; 1311 ` it was not expected, nor even hoped, that her MAJESTY would take any part in the proceedings. To the surprise and satisfaction of all concerned , however, the news was received at Aberdeen that the QUEEN had signified her intention of being present, and accordingly, with that courteous punctuality which has always distinguished her, her MAJESTY arrived at the day and hour appointed , to attend a ceremony whi c h possessed a deeper in terest for her than for any o th er spectator. As s h e herself observed in her touching reply to the ad dress of the subscribers, there were circumstance s which render the inauguration at Aberdeen espe cially interesting to her, In that city, a very few years back, he who was then in the prime of life and health, delivered an address to the British Associa tion, of which his scientific acquirements and re markable abilities, no less than his eminent position, rendered him so prominent a member, In the stern old North, too, which has been but lightly esteemed and but seldom visited by her predecessors, the QUEEN assured the subscribers that some of her h a ppiest days had been p asse d , i n the company of that be loved and lament e d C onso i t whose early death has thrown a gloom o ver h er life. Times have, indee d, changed in the l as t century, and the fervent an d enthusiastic loyalty wh i ch once bled at Cullo d en for Prince CHARL IE i s now transferred to the de cendant of GEORGE 11. But the day for unreasoning loyaltyis passed,:and the fair and gentle SovEREIGN whom all creeds, r aces, and parties in her dom i n i ons " delight to h onour, " has long ago proved herse lf worthy of the a ff ect i on lavished upon her. Th e loyal people of th e North have been espec i a ll y favoured by the QUEEN. She has loved to dwell among them in her hours of leisure, to visit. their cottages, to cli m b t h e i r hills, and to explore their heath-cover e d w ild s. A proof of the kindly feeling with which sh e regards the Northern peop l e , no less than an a ddi t i onal testimony to the love and reverence which s h e b ears to the memory of her depart e d C onsort, was afforded by her public It was a as well as a mental effort, in pre sence at the ceremony of inauguration. personal ex er t: on, breaking th roug h her seclusion, but her MAJESTY simply a n d f eel i ngly expressed the motives that prompted he r . S he could not, s h e tells the loyal citizens of Aberdeen, reconcile her self to remaining at Balmoral while such a tribute was being paid to the memory of the Prince, without making an exertion to assure them personall of her deep sense of their kindness and affection, as well as to give public ev idence of her feelin gs o f love and admiration towards her lamented husb an d . The city of Aberdeen feel proud a t h aving received such an ho may well the respect an d thoughtful attention to the sup posed wi s h es o f the QUEEN afforded a su ffi cient honour, and proof th a t t h ey were worthy of it.. Her MAJESTY must have been deeply touched by the silent recep tion, so different from the noisy cheers that used of old to attend her pathway, and doubtless lane recog nised in them a more eloquent profession of attach ment and sympathy than had ever been manifested in more tumultuous greetings. The same sympathy which prompted her MAJESTY in the hour of her own bereavement to send kindly messages to the dis tracted widows of the North, inspires her people with a quick and ready tact in what will be most congenial t o h er feelings on an occasion which, under the most favourable conditions, could not be otherwise than trying, Such kind consideration is much needed, now that we may hope her MAJESTY is about once more to resume her place among us, a place from which we could ill spare her. Although the promise held out in the youth of the Heir to the Throne is being fully fulfilled in his early man hood, still the people turn with increased attachment and confidence to the mother who has proved so able a guardian, whose hand has guided the reins of State so well and so wisely, and whose high and noble office it has been to raise the Monarch of England once and for all out of the arena of party warfare. The lesson she has read to all succeeding rulers of strictly constitutional government of regard for the welfare of the great body of her subjects, instead of favour shown to some political clique or partisan, is one that was perhaps never more needed in oar history than when she ascended the throne. It has been a difficult task, but one safely accomplished, and it leaves her resting securely on the love of all classes and parties, enjoying a degree of honour and respect for which ,he proudest despot might be glad to exchange his power. So that Queen VICTORIA, in resuming those public functions, which the weight of sorrow has fora time compelled her to lay aside, has sources of consolation as well as of regret in the past years of her reign. The bright prospects and affection of her family must be her first source of s a ti s f ac ti on ; but neat to that must be re c k one d t h e veneration and love o f heads a her p eop l e, of which the uncovered • nd her greeting at Aberdeen gave more convincing proof than the most tumultuous welcome or the most deafenin h .._ ___7___________ zlt!2re. REDUCTION OF POSTAOE:O— FOR BRI TISH COLUMBIA.---Lettera for Braish Columbia, Vancouver's Island and the Sandwich • tlhslands, forwarded by British or United States' packetwitcoh United States, will in future be chargeable with the following reduced rates of postage, viz, :—Not exceeding i oz., noatbove f . oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. ; above loz. end not 2 ozs., 45.; every additional ounce, 2s. be paid in advanu, or the letters cannot be forwardirde. must commuld of the kostmaeter-Qenerel, RowwiD u m , - l LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA. SOUTHAMPON, Ocr. 16, The Hamburg and American Company's steam. ship Bavaria has arrived here. She brings 67 pas sengers, 800 tons of cargo, and 54,940 dols. for England, 95,100 dole. for France, and 1,000 dols. Hamburg. On the 7th the Bavaria spoke the British ship City of Ottawa from Plymouth for Quebec. She left New York on the 3d, called at Cape Rice, and received New York telegrams to the evening of the 6th, which confirm the news of considerable skir mishing having taken place in rear of Rosencranz's force; of the Confederate attempts to interrupt the communication between Nashville and Chattanooga; of Bragg's fortifying Missionary Ridge; of Burn side's retiring to Cumberland Gap; and of the reported occupation of Knoxville by the Confe derates. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. TRIESTE, OCT. 16. News received here from Constantinople states that the Russian Minister in that city had declared to the Porte that any recognition of the Poles as belligerents by Turkey would be considered by Russia as a declaration of war between the two Powers. The news that the Russians are constructing 12 gunboats in the Black Sea is confirmed. According to advices received here from Athens, no change bad taken place in the Greek Ministry, The Royal Palace had been prepared for the future residence of King George. LITERATURE. Sackville Chase, By C. J. Collins. Three Vole Max well. This novel is of the sensational class, and its inci dents are indeed of a singularly startling character. Two "equine heroes," to use the author's expres sion, "run through" the pages of the narrative, and the catastrophe that befalls them in the very clim ax of their career is fully as astounding and as unex pected as are the vicissitudes wh eh await the human heroes of this drama. Foremost among these latter is the Earl of Sackville, the owner of Sackville Chase—and the secret owner also of one of the Derby favourites. This nobleman, blest with a supreme y virtuous Countess end two noble sons, is bound to undergo the IN nalties of s truly Corsican vendetta, incurred by his misdemeanours some twenty years before. The winding up of the story is melo-dramatic in the extreme : we almost behold the glare of the foot-lights and expect the fall of the green curtain ! W e must not betray, however, the secrets of the plot and counterplot, neither as regards Lord Sackville, and Denzil Raikes, and Agony Jack, on the one hand, nor their four-footed companions, Arbitrator and Sackville, on the other. We must content ourselves with giving a few specimens of Mr. Collins' very ani mated style and very lively descriptive powers. Place aux dames ! First and foremost, !et us introduce the all-attractive, universal fascinator, who gracefully flits through the chapters, winning all hearts and turning all heads:— BOLIVIA. PARIS, OCT. 16. The opening message of the President of Bolivia has been received here. It announces that he will give satisfaction to the demands of the French Government, and recognises the justice of the same. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 16. The King arrived here last evening at 9.15 p.m., unexpectedly, from Schleswig. The Dagbladet states that the gravity of the political situation is the cause of his Majesty's ar rival. Important notes are said to have been re ceived from England and France. The Daybladet also states that Sweden will shortly sign the treaty of alliance with Denmark. The Ministry Were prepared to hold a Privy Council immediately upon the King's arrival. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 16. The Council of Ministers was occupied yesterday with the question of the finances. It hopes to over come all the difficulties affecting public credit. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 16. A Ministerial decree, published to-day, entirely repeals the prohibition to export horses over foreign Italian frontiers. JAPAN. PARIS, OCT. 16. Official fadvices received here from Japan state that the Tycoon had succeeded in escaping from the sort of captivity in which he was held by the Mikado, and had returned to Yeddo. According to the same advises the Tycoon dis played the most favourable disposition towards Europeans. Much was expected from the effects of the chas tisement which the English squadron had gone to .nflict upon Prince Satsuma. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 15.—The arrival of the English Funds with lower quotations has tended to increase the heaviness in this market, and prices in the limited amount of business done show a decline. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f. 45c. Mo biller have receded to 1,158 f. 75c. Railway Shares aleo heavy. The market closed as follows : L$ per Cents .. 95 95 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier 1162 50 Do. end month 1162 50 Bank Shares 3360 Credit k oncier 1320 asaL Italian L oan 73 60 Do. end month — New ditto Do. end month.... Russian ....-- Austrian §panieh Threes. n -7 5 - 0 Home Debt .. 5 NAY'S. Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean New. ditto Geneva Southern Western Eaatern Sardinian Austrian Lorc hard .. North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 977 50 980 983 75 985 965 966 25 498 75 .. 497 50 698 75 .. 698 75 615 - 615 - 507 50 .. 598 75 420 - - -- 420 - 427 60 665 - 565 - 550 - 650 - 641 25 .. 640 - 352 50 .. 350 - MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. To-night's market was scantily supplied with English wheat, but the quality of the produce was fine, Owing to a somewhat extensive amount of foreign wheat and flour, the trade both for red and white qualities ruled inactive, at Monday's quatations. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stand was large. Millers operated to a very moderate extent in all descriptions, yet no quotable change took place in prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of barley was moderate, and the demand ruled inactive, on former terms. The malt trade was in a sluggish state at drooping prices. The market was fairly supplied. There was a full average supply of oats on offer. Goo and fine corn was tolerably firm in value, but out-of-condi tion parcels changed hands at low prices. currency. Bean Beans and peas were dull at Monday's fall in the The supply of barrel flour was larger, and inferior quali ties were very difficult of sale. Town and country descrip • tioas moved off slowly on former terms. AR ILIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat B uie it Oats. Flow. 590 Y. Ka Irish.. 560 1910 I 70 750 227 0 Foreign.... -21,97 0 15,720 brlo. 100 W, -- 37,790 3 30 sks. NENV G ATE AND LEADENH ALL. The supply o f town and country-ki ll e d mea t on sale is moderate. G enerally at about stati onary prices. speaking, the demand rules inactive, Per Slb, by the carcase. edad Enferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime large do. 3 6 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 4 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 0 3 6 edsd Middlingmutton 3 8 4 0 Primo do ....... 4 2 4 4 Vaa1.......... 3 4 4 2 Small pork • 42 4 4 Lamb ............ very full BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine new English hops move off steadily, at former terms. F or yearling, ol d , an d foreign hops the in prices, but i n f er i or parcels are a slow sale, on quiry is much restricted. The imports of the litter from the Continent and America are considerable. New Mid and East Bents £4 lOs to £ 9 10 s per cw t. Weald of /lents • Goldings Sussex . 4 lOs to 6Os ~ ----... COLONIAL. TEA,--Business has been very dull, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. SUGAR. —The market has exhibited less animation, and West Indian descriptions have slightly declined in value. Other qualities may be quoted about 6s. per cwt. cheaper. In the refined market there is little alteration to report. CorrEE.—Business has been less active; a few parcels of Plantation and Native Ceylon, however, have realised about previous rates. RicE.—There has been a better demand for East Indian, full rates being readily obtained for good and fine qualities, FRUIT.—The m ar k e t f or a ll descriptions has bee n ex ceedintrly dull, and prices have, consequ entl y , g iven way. TALLOW.---Business has been moderate , but without an y material change in quoted 455, and for spring prices. erYC 4; 0vv 61 on to t 4 h s e s s 9 p d ot is per er owt. MADEMOISELLE D'ARLI.NCOURT. In a few moments more the aoor of the room opened, and the lady who had just descended from her horse ap peared. She was all that the walking gentleman had described her. She was of commanding and majestic appearance. Over her shoulders flowed a mass of jet black tresses, which reached down to her waist. Her face was dark, glowing, and handsome to perfection. Every feature was beautiful in itself, and harmonized with each other, while the eye which lit up the countenance was striking iu many characteristics. Dark and lustrous, it seemed to float in softness. But though there was softness in repose, there could be but little doubt, from the general expression of the countenance, that anger or kindred passions could easily generate sparks of firs therein. She wore the cavalier hat, that most charming of head dresses for ladies, adorned with a thick black feather. Her dress at the moment of which we are writing is, of course, the riding-habit, the skirts of which she gracefully carries over her arm, with her riding-whip in her hand. The. body of her riding-habit, we should say, is not of the same colour as the other part, as it is crimson, while that of the skirt is dark green. Altogether, as she enters the room, she has indeed a most distinguished appearance, and we are not surprised that the two walking gentlemen should have been so enthusiastic in their description of her. Or a very different character is the following scene, in which some of the principal personages of the story are closely involved : A CONSULTATION. " I like your caution, Jonas. You are as knowing as ever ; but I have provided, or intend to provide, for that, and I think we shall be able effectually to throw the know ing ones off the scent." "Indeed, my lord—how?" inquiried Jonas Nixon. "Why, the colt will be entered in the name of Mr. Sheraton," said the earl. "In my name, my lord exclaimed Mr. Sheraton, in a tone of surprise. The earl smiled and nodded significantly at Mr. Shera ton, who seas shrewd enough to see that he had better be a tacit listener for the present. "Good," said Jonas Nixon, after a mowent'c thought ; "and will your lordship take a bit of advice from me ?" "Most undoubtedly, Jonas—who so well able in such a case to give it ?" said the earl, gaily. "Then, my lord, don't give the colt a name; let him be nameless for a twelvemonth," said Jonas Nixon. " What will be pined by that ?" inquired the earl. " That will be sure to throw them off the scent," said Jonas Nixon. " I shall have, as your lordship knows, a considerable string in my stable, and there will be some good ones amongst them, I can assute you. The public don't care to look beyond them here" (and he pointed with his slick over his shoulder towards the park), " especially as there are the two Munchausen colts of your lordship's in my stable. Give one of thorn a name, and he shall soon become a favourite—trust to me." " Jonas, you are a model of stable diplomacy," said the earl laughing. We are sorry to say, in the course of our wan derings, we get into rather doubtful company, and make acquaintance with some of whose fellowship we have no reason to be proud. Of these is Mr. Sparke, whose abilities are fittingly exempli fied by AN ARTFUL DODGE. By this time they had reached the railway station, and Denzil Raikes at once procured his ticket for his j ,urney, and all three walked on to the platform to await the arrival of the train that was to convey them. "You haven't got your ticket yet, have you ?" said Denzil Raikes tr) Mr. Sparke. "Oh yes, I have. All right I" resp3nded Mr. Sparke. " By-the-bye," he continued, " will you let me look at yours ?'' " Certainly I" said Denzil Raikes, producing the bit of pasteboard retened to, Mr, Sparke took it, looked at it, and taking a pencil from his pocket made a note of its number. He then tore off a corner—just a small corner—of the ticket, and handed it back to Denzil Raikes. " What is all that about ?" inquired Denzil Mikes. When the train arrived at the station where the tickets were collected, and before it had actually stopped, Mr. Sparke opened the door of the carriage, and stepped out on the platform, and commenced walking up and down whist ling a popular air as the ticket collectors collected the tickets from the different carriages. The collection having been completed, the bell rang for the starting of the train. "Are you going on, sir ?" said the ticket collector to Mr. Sparke, and holding the door of the carriage open. "Oh, yes, of course," replied Mr. Sparke, advancing to the carriage to enter. "Your ticket, it you please, sir," mid the ticket col- lector. "My ticket I" exclaimed Mr. Sparke. " I gave it you. ,, - " i beg your pardon, sir, yon have not given your ticket o me," said the railway uffieial, decisively, " But I tell you I did," remorstrated Mr. Sparke. "I can assure you, you did not," said the ticket collec tor. "I wust have your ticket, sir." " Dear me, what a tortunate thing," cried Mr.Sparke, as though a sudden thought had struck him, " as I came slow; in the train I hftppened to tear off one ot the corners ot toy ticket, and if you look amongst those that you hav e got in your pocket you will find it," said Mr. Sparke, in a tone of offended virtue. The ticket collector at once looked at his tickers, and of course found the ticket with the corner torn off. "Really, sir," apologized the almost durnbfoundered official, " I offer you a thousand pardons, sir; I never made such a mistake before." In reference to these very " knowing" individuals, Mr. Collins justly reminds us that the very men who take the most pains to appear " knowing" generally "know" very little! Equally sagacious is the remark of Mdlle. D'Ariincourt on the subject of ancestry—" Why, if there were anything in ancestry," cried that lady, gaily, " what a degraded couple Adam and Eve must have been !" Our next extract gives a tolerably accurate glimpse of NEWMARKET. Newmarket for centuries has been the centre of the racing world, and has hitherto been a guide-star to all other places in the country where race-meetings have been esta blished. Newmarket has a prestige which can never be destroyed while a love of the sport is inherent in the English heart. It is the spot where, par excellence, the great magnates of the turf frequently, and almost exclusively, assemble to en joy and practise the sport of which Newmarket is the centre. The power of their position is there felt more potently tar than at any other meeting, no matter what its locality may be. At race meetings generally, there is a levelling of ali ranks; at Newmarket, on the contrary, there is the elevation of one. Indeed, we might almost say th a t there is but one rank there, and that the highest, A goodly street is the main street of Newmarket. Broad and ample, it has an imposing appearance, and can not but strike the stranger. But how quiet it is! No thing in the place appears to move, la it inhabited by a people permanently located here ? Standing in the centre of tau town, one might almost doubt the existence of resi dent Nowmarketonians. To be sure there are houses on each side to make up the noole street, but they must have been built to make up a show of a tuvin. There are shops, too; they have a ghostly appearance; they never could have been meant for customers. The uninitiated into those more than Eleusinian Mysteries may feel some interest in this PEEP AT TATTERSALL9'. We wonder what people in the country imagine Tatter sall's to be? What do the great bulk of the people of this metropolis imagin e T attersr l l ' s to b e ? Su r ely it must, in their Imuds, be associated with the mysterious —a place re specting which tt is difficult tor them to pieture anything like the reality to themselves. Perhaps they seldom trouule themselves to accomplish that mental operation; but still sometimes the wonder must flash across their minds what Tattersall's—the material Tattersall's—" the Corner" —the great betting centre of the world—what the place really is. The grew niejority of those a ho study Tattereall't , perhaps seldom think 01 the place as a place; they mere') look at the transactions, glance at the odds, compare them Witll their books, and care little about the temple whence issue those figures which make their winnings or their losse solid facts. How often in years gone by have we, with that wonder which the mysterious and unknown must ever create in the mind, read the attractive "heading" which appears in the morning pap3rs, and introduces the transac tions which "the Corner" of the night before has produced The entrance to Tattersall's is anything but imposing or attractive. It resembles more than anything else the en trance to the mews of some aristocratic square. There is a gateway of considerable space, which any stranger would declare led to some coach houses and stables. And so it does, in truth, but then it leads to something else besides. About mid% ay down this entrance passage, on the lett hand side of the way, is a low square brick building, which in its outward appearance resembles a lock-up house, It is built somewhat after the fashion of a classic temple, without the ornaments. It might be termed a rude Doric in its character, if it be built upon any style of architecture at all, which we doubt. It would just do as well for an enormous sarcophagus as a subscripti9n-rootn, although it server the latter purpose, and without complaint. Over the entrance is an announcement in gat letters, that the building is the subscription-room. This room is illuminated by two or three windows, which, prison-like, are protected by strong iron bars, from which a stranger might be led to the infer ence that the outsiders are of such an impetuous tempera • ment, that without such safeguard, they would occasionally make unceremonious incursions into the interior by means of the so-protected windows. The two great days upon which to see Tattersall's are the Sunday before the Derby and the Monday after that great race. The subscription-room is closed on the Sunday, but in its plaae, and to supply the convenience for which it was erected, the habitues, or rather the subscribers, assemble upon a circular piece of ground to the left of the subscrip tion-room, and which is designated "the Lawn." It is really a lawn, and is perhaps about half an acre in extent, being bounded on one I , ide by the backs of the houses of the north-western corner of Belgrave•square, and on the other side by the subscription•room and the passage-way leading to Tattersall's. It is not necessary, and it is not our intention, to canvass or describe the general character of those who visit Tatter sall's on the day before the Monday that precedes the Derby. Perhaps there is no general character to describe, for there is scarcely one amongst the crowd we see there on that particular occasion, that is in appearance like his neigh bour. Members of the two houses of the Legislature are in profusion there, for staid M.P.'s leave the study of their blue books to personally ascertain what ara the latest doings on the " blue ribbon of the turf." There can be no doubt that the interest in the great race is all but universal, and that the Derby sweeps all classes into he vortex, The passages we have here given will abundantly serve to illustrate Mr. Collins's smart style and spirited descriptions. His book will certainly amuse his readers, although we cannot bestow any very high commendations upon the construction of his plot or upon the catastrophe of his denouement. Elements of the Anatomy and Diseases of the Teeth. By H. T. K. Ktmpton, .F.L.S. One vol., pp. 173. Hdrdwicke. Although an elementary treatise admirably well adapted for the Lstru.tion of junior students in dentistry, Mr. Kempton's very readable volume is calculated also to secure to itself the attention of no inconsiderable portion of the reading public gene- rally. The author has had the unprofessional reader, in fact, distinctly in his view while writing these pages—the style of the little work being, for the most part, as entertaining as the information it conveys is eminently useful. The utility of the book for the chance reader of it, we should add, is simply this—that it serves distinctly to hold out a warning against ignorant neglect, otherwise calcu lated to be very injurious indeed in its conse quences. The volume is embellished with several clever explanatory itlustrations showing the struc ture of the teeth and gums, as well as the nervous system in connection with those delicate and complicated portions of our anatomy. One omis sion observable in the treatise, we cannot but regard as a mistake—although the rea son given by the writer to account for this omission is comprehensible, we might even say com mendable, enough in itself. 'What we are referring to, is the intentional avoidance here of any account whatever of the various mechanical arrangements nowadays employed in the structure and adjust ment of artificial teeth—a matter surely of the ut most interest to those (and, happily for us, we speak not feelingly) who have reason for re garding the arguments here put forward with some small amount of curiosity. Supposing this par ticular theme to have been treated upon, however, Mr. Kempton acknowledges that he dreaded lest the details must needs have proved little better than simply unintelligible to the general reader—while, from the necessary compression of the subject in a popular form, it would virtually have been useless, or at the very least have run the risk of proving useless, to the junior student in dentistry. Notwith standing this twofold reason for the omission, we cannot but think that the author would do well, in any subsequent edition of his little work, to extend its scope, so far as might enable him to touch upon the subject here referred to, no matter how britfly, in the form of an appendix or addendum. Culture and Sefieulture. By Samuel Neil. Bvo., PP. 90. Houlaton and Wright. As a motto affixed to the very cover of this sen sible little Guide to the Improvement of the Mind and Life, the writer (already favourably known as the author of " Composition and Elocution') has selected that epigrammatic utterance of Cardinal Wiseman's, on the sixteenth of last month, down at Southampton— " Self- culture is the essence of all Education." An axiom that ought, certainly, to be taken to heart by every student, no matter how, far• or how slightly, advanced in his studies. A generation or two since the guide-book in this direction was one, even uow occasionally, to be procured for a few pence upon the old bookstalls work but little read, though well deserving a rusal, we mean Watts' almost obsolete pages '• Oa the Improvement of the Mind." Another Samuel than Samuel Neil—to wit that healthy, manly, heartening, writer, Samuel Smiles, has illus trated the old theme of late years in a very remark able way through the medium of his delightful chapters entitled " Self Help." He has there en forced by example, in fact. what was theoretically and most eloquently maintained as a thesis the other day by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, in the Institute at Southampton. As a shilling handbook to some of the wisest yet simplest schemes of self-culture, Mr. Neil's little treatise is worthy of winning for itself a wide circulation. It will induct its readers pleasantly enough into a rational appreciation of the Elements of Self- Culture, the Means of Self-Culture, and the Method of Self-Culture. The three central chapters of the five into which the treatise is subdivided, will be found of especial interest, relating as they do respectively to reading, to conversation, and to thought and the culture of thoughtfulness, Renan's " Life of Jesus Christ," Renan's "Life of Jesus Christ" (says the Roman correspondent of the Morning Post), although not allowed to circulate openly in Rome, has neverthe less found its way into the Eternal City, and has attracted the att ent i on o f t h e ecc l es i as ti ca l authori ties, who are anxious to prevent the heretical effects it might produce by a more extended circula tion. The Sacred Congregation of the Index has condemned and prohibited the work, but the decrees of the Index have now judicial effect in so compa ratively small a portion of the Italian peninsula, that it is only by spontaneous obedience that Italians living out of the pale of the Pontifical dominions can show their adherence to the will of the Holy Inqui sition. Such an adherence has just been exhibited by some of the inhabitants of Bologna, who have forwarded an address on the subject to the Pope, accompanied by a pecuniary offering amounting to the price of 100 copies of Ronan's books. The addrfss commences as follows : " Most Blessed Father !—An impious voice was recently raised on the banks of the Seine, blaspheming Him who, son of the Eternal Father, put on our flesh to redeem the world, and daring to deny, in the face of all Europe, as tounded at such impudence, the divinity of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Men, whom we know not whether to call impious or wretched, have repeated this sacrilegious cry with the sweet sound of that tongue with which Dante sung the triple kingdom of the Gud•man, and Torqueto Tasso narrated the victories of the Crusaders, who liberated at the price of their blood those holy places which were the, theatre and witnesses of those prodigies wrought by the Son of God." It is expected that similar demonstrations will be made by other cities, as has been the case with he clergy and other ecclesiastical adherews turoughout Italy, in protesting against Father Pas se?, lia's doctrine. „ THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct. 14. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis and Prince William of Hesse, the Princesses Helena and Louise, the Princes Arthur and Leopold, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen in wait ing, left the Castle yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, for Aboyne, where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty and the royal family to Aberdeen. At the Aberdeen Station her Majesty was received by the Lord Provost and city authorities, the Duke of Richmond and a committee of the subscribers to the memorial, Mbjor-General Walker, Colonel Gordon, C. 8., &c. 7 and a guard of honour from the 74th Hig,hlanders. Her Majesty and the royal family left th• station in three of the royal carriages, attended by an escort of the 8d Hussars, preceded by the city authorities, the members of her Majesty's and tho other royal households, and proceeded to the Club House to witness the uncovering of the statue of the Prince Consort, where her Majesty was received by a guard of honour of the 92d Highlanders, the subscribers to the memorial, &c. On her Majesty appearing on a platform erected for the purpose, the statue of the Prince Consort was uncovered, after a prayer by Principal Camp bell, and the troops presented arms. The Queen, after resting a short time, returned in the same order as on arriving, reaching Balmoral at half-past six o'clock, and though much fatigued by the exertions and trying emotions of the day, has not suffered in health therefrom. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia met the Queen at the Aboyne Station, and travelled with her Majesty to Aberdeen. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, met, her Majesty at Aberdeen. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince William of Hesse took leave of her Majesty at Aberdeen, and returned with Prince Alfred to Edinburgh, where ho will remain for some time, on a visit to his Royal Highness. Sir George Grey has arrived as the Minister in attendance upon her Majesty. Departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales for Sandringham. The Prince and Princess of Waies, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, with the Prince Frederick and Princess Dagmar, left town yesterday morning for Sandringham Hall, Norfolk. The Hon. Mrs. IV. Grey, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Captain Grey, and Mr. Holzman, attended the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Countess Reventlow, Captain Lund, and Captain Casten schjold were in waiting on the Prince and Princess Christian. Their Royal Highnesses left Marlborough House übt 20 minutes before twelve o'clock for the termi nus in Bishopsgate-street, and travelled on the Great Eastern Railway to the Wolfertorx Station. His Excellency M. Musurus, the Turkish Am bassador, is expected to return from Constantinople, towards the end of the ensuing month, to resume his am bassadorial duties at the Court of St, James's. His Excellency Count Kielmansegge is not ex pected to return to resume his diplomatic duties before March, and until then the business of the Hanovertan. Legation will be discharged by Baron Biome, as Chargé d'Affaires. The Duchess of Hamilton (née Princess Marie of Baden) and Lady Mary Hamilton are expected shortly in, town from Baden-Baden, and it is said will take up their residence at Brighton for a few months. The Earl of Kerry is about to proceed to Oxford University to complete his studies. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have been staying at Newmarket during the week. The Earl of W3.lton returned to London yesterday from Newmarket. Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived at the Grand Ilotel de Londrea, Paris, from Switzerland. The Dowager Countess of Carnarvon has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Bixton Hall, Devon. Lord S anley of Alderley has left town for Alderley Park, his seat in Cheshire. The noble lord will return about the first week in next month. Mr. W. and the Countess Zeikel Garnier have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from" a tour. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London yesterday for Hawarden Castle, Chester. The programme of the concert which is to be held in the Store-street Music Hall on the 26th is a v ery attractive one—Mornington, Donizetti, Alvars, Thom as, Nicholai, Rossini, Balfe, Mozart, and Martini being scn no of the eminent composers from whom selections have be, an made for the occasion. The fame of several of the artist rs who have given their services for the concert will l guarantee enough to the musical public that a more the n ordinary treat will be found in Store-(street) for them c the 26th. VERDI'S CELEBRATED OPERA, " I 1 Trovatore, has just been performed at Vienna with great success. Th great ano incomparable Wachtel was the Manrico ; a no 7f debutante, Fiiialein Bettelheim, conquering by her unex - pected talent and charming voice, the whole auoience i h the pat t of Acuzena. MR. AND MRS. ALFRED WIGAN, on the termi - aanation of their present engagement, will make a proles.- siunal tour in the West of England. Their first perform,- ances will most likely be given at Plymouth. A STAINED GLASS WINDOW nas lately been put up inWestminster Abbey in memory of VINCENT NOVELLO , . It forma ono of the lancet-lights in the north transept. he, subject is appropriate—St. Cecilia and her attenda tzt choristers. " ICING THE POLE AND IN THE TORRID ZON E DARE IIEAviNG 1 "—A genius in America is r.9ported to be fitting up a steamer for the purpose of towing ic,9bErgs to India, where they sell for six cents a pound. Anothef pro poses to co still better—to fit a screw to the iceberg ilself, and thus avoid the expense of shipbuilding. CIIARLES MATHEWS IN PARIS AND LONDON, The stay in Paris or our accomplished and elegant count, man, Cnarles Mathews, is drawing to a close, the press int week, we believe, terminating his leave of absence. A pit :co in wkich he is to appear, called " A Bull in a China Shop ," will in all probability precede the new comedy by /l [r. Leicester Buckingham. This comedy contains a part ex pressly for Mr. Mathews. A most interesting revival is contemplated by the Haymarket management for this gre at comedian, viz., Planche's extravaganza of " The Gold , m. Fleece," produced here some years ago. SOCIAL SCIENCE.—The vagueness of the ter m _ Social Science" renders it apt to be abused. It is not easy, perhaps, to define it positively, but at least a were excluded. T current, by h w e hi P ch res it id W e 11% 3 negative understood that politics has wre lu h a ys the political condition o f the world, lite rally from in ur China to Peru. It is sur e l y a b surd to include . not vc respected this constit u ti on, for in his address i l ca j f he has r se the Polish question, the Mexican question, the war in America, the dispute between the Prussian King and his Lower Chamber, the interference of Prefects with French elections, as matters coming within the category- of Social Science; and Lord Brougham set a very bad example to a body whose defects are excessive loquacity and an affecta tion of omniscience, by introducing such irrelevan t topics. The question of the treatment of criminals, on the other hand, deserved fuller treatment from one whose opinions on it necessarily carry great weight. Lord Brougham merely praised the Irish system, and went rather too far in sayii ig that the commission reported in favour of it. Their appr - bation was only partial, and there were some objectio o s taken to it, which the President should have answere6t. However, it is well to have his explicit declaration that no reformation can be effectual which does net involve sul - feting to the criminal. There has been growing up to.) generally a notion that revolutions can be made with roe water, and reformation effected with Oulu-pudding, roasit beef, and feather-bcds. A Pious JOKE.—The Rev, Dr. Alexander, in a speech delivered last week at Hamilton, told the following joke :—Once upon a time there resided in Peebles shire a half-witted sort of man who had a notion that ha wa s r ather religious, and who was in the habit of saying his prayers in a field behind a turt-dyke. One day this in lividuat was followed to his retirement by some evil-dis posed peisons, who, secreting themselves on the opposite side, Prepared to listen to what ho should say. Joe 6 com menced his devotions, and, among other things expressed his conviction that he was a very great sinner, and that even were the turf-dyke at that moment to fall upon him, it would be no more than he deserved. No sooner had he said this than the persons on the opposite side pushed the dyke over utlon hi m. Scraint ling out from amongst thc debris, Jock was heard sa yi ng , "Hach, sirs I it's an awn)? werld this; a body canna say a thing in joke hut ta'en in Ea rnebt, ' :—.Minburgh. Courant. U, In Z: