The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-29 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROY Ai,. HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 36th time, a 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. Followed by (16th time), a 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. guNDRED A'ZiD THIRTY-NINTH NIGHT. Tel OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE— '', Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Mss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eizht, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, imported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. t , i , iddhombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Ksworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vininv, 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 ; Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NTHEATRE -ROYAL, ADELPHI.--• Sole Proprietor and Monaco*. Mt. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; oR, T<<E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Per.per's adaptation of the Great spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Philips, Stitart, Billington, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Ms ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Y.burne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and ,Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, COURT FAVOUR. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, and Miss Ada Swanborough. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. Mr. Honey and Miss Josephs. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " TH E 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, June 29, 1863. THERMOMETER. This mornino . This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.95. Wind—S.-Westerly; moderate, and cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TP. N DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 10m. To-moßßoi.v.-Moraing, 12h. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. I ' ' e 3 / 4 ... ...,, ......? --6- , , t, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1863. Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE'S motion comes before the house again this evening. 'Whatever result may attend the present discussion, the ultimate issue of ' the Irish Church Question is one upon which we can entertain no doubt whatsoever. "In the endless list of public wrongs," said the Times of Saturday, in its leading article, " there is none that surpasses the Irish Church Establishment," an opinion in which all who ponder over some of the " great ' facts" brought forward by Mr. OSBORNE in his ad mirable speech on Friday evening will very heartily concur. Mr. BERNAL OsBoRNE, on that evening, was in his happiest vein. For a gallant, dashing onslaught upon the foe he is perhaps unequalled at the present moment in the House of Commons. The peculiar merits of his very cha racteristic eloquence are prominently displayed in the discourse in question, but that discourse has higher claims on the public attention. As art ' Irish landlord he speaks of the peculiar grievances of the Irish people. As a member of the Church Establishment he speaks of the especial wrongs com mitted by the establishment of that Church in Ire land. Among the numerous examples with which the speech abounds, Mr. OSBORNE mentions the ease of a friend of his own, who had been ap pointed, with an income of £5OO a year, to a living containing five individuals I A relation consoled the bewildered clergyman with the suggestion that when he absented himself for a holiday he could take his congregation along with him ! Apart from the laughter which could not fail to follow Mr. OSBORNE'S very amusing mode of employing the reductio ad absurdum, very serious reflections must be forced upon every thinking mind that peruses a chronicle of so much injustice —a chronicle of moneys " wrung from the hard hands of peasants," from a proverbially im poverished race, to be lavished with a pro digal extravagance upon men who have no thing to do! "In Lisronagh, very near which I myself reside," said Mr. OSBORNE, " the living is £206, and one policeman attends the Church!" It has been argued that if the Church Revenues were equally divided they would only allow £2OO a-year far each Minister, which is little enough for an educated gentleman, but then very properly adds Mr. OSBORNE, "If the gentleman does not earn it he has no right to it." And how can he earn it in a country where the people are of a religion different to that which the Government im poses upon them. The discussion in the house will bring many facts under pubiic consideration with which the majority of the people of this country are wholly unacquainted. The English people have a keen appreciation of tyranny and injustice on the part , of Austria and Russia. They can feel a deep sympathy with wrong and oppression in Italy and Poland, bat nearer home they are disposed to be, for a time at least,i n creetutous as to the possible existence of such evile. We say advisedly, for a time, for there is in the heart of • Rearts of the British people an inherent love of truth and justice which ultimately makes itself felt. A. good. cause will inevitably triumph. We do not expect very much apparent benefit from the motion now before the house, but as we said at the beginning of these remarks, we entertain w hatever of the ultimat e not the slightest doubt result of the Irish Church question. Reform will come to that , as it does to every injustic e . That venerable abuse will give way, -14 e so many of its venerable prede cessors. A gain and a ga i n , in these columns, as the readers of The Sun are well aware, we have advocated, with untiring confidence and consistency, many an apparently hopeless cause, based upon truth and justice. Again and again we have w it n essed the tardy but inevitable triumph of those principles, when the forlorn hope has been swelled by the adhe sion of the entire army, and veherneat opponents have come over to the winning side. It was so with Reform in Parliament, with Catholic Emancipation, with the Corn Laws, with a multitude of less im portant measures, and it will be so with the Irish Caureh and with many other similar abuses. Re form wiil come. Ina country of professed religious toleration, in a country where truth and justice are dearer to men than their lives, in a country where the press is a fourth estate, and the power of the people a reality, it is quite impossible that any scheme of legislation so unfair, so unreasonable, ar du, unjust can be for a moment tolerated when once its fail iniquity is recognised. For his personal instrumentality in bringing about that recognition, all true lovers of Reform and enemies of oppression, must feel greatly indebted to the hon. member for Liskeard. The letter of Earl RUSSELL to Lord LYONS on the subject of the trade with Matamoras is a very excellent one. It refers directly to the most im portant points of the case. In the first place, there is this striking statement made which truly epito mises the events that have recently taken place-- " There is an impression," he says, " that it is the intention of the American Government by captures without cause, by delays of adjudication, by wanton imprisonment of the master and part of the crew of captured vessels, to put a stop to the British trade at Matamoras altogether." This is speaking out at all events ; and a decided opinion is given with a determination and energy which is not often found in Lord RUS SELL'S despatches. He then goes on to state that the trade to Matamoras is a perfectly legiti mate one, and that it is quite impossible to say be forehand what goods will be consumed in Mexico, and what carried into the Confederate States. This, he truly declares, is a " matter beyond the scope and destination of the sea voyage." Finally, Lord RUSSELL is very determined in his summing up of the case. He intimates that if from any motive the British trade be deliberately subjected to a vexa tious and arbitrary interference, that "it is obvious that Great Britain must interfere to protect her flag." This is the right spirit to display in such a question, and if it had been exhibited earlier much annoyance might have been spared to many. Mr. SEWARD'S reply to Lord LYONS is not at all satis factory, it is only what might have been expected from him, considering the circumstances. After re capitulating the various important observations that have been made in the communication recently re ceived, Mr. SEWARD admits that he does not in the least doubt that the impression mentioned does exist in England. He, however, appears to attach very little importance to its existence. Mr. SEWARD then describes the magical springing up of this trade with Matamores, comparing it to the instan taneous creation of the aurelian lights. He pro nounces his opinion regarding the Peterhoff, and it must be very encouraging to those who are at all concerned in this complicated matter to learn that Mr. SEWARD has appropriated to himself the right to judge in advance, and that he considers the vessel was engaged in unlawful trade. If the affair is not yet settled by his own account, it is somewhat pre mature for Mr. SeavaßD to express himself after this fashion. The vessel is indicated, moreover, as " a forerunner of other fraudulent crafts of the same character, organised with regularity, so as to con stitute a contraband packet line." This is unwonted assurance, even on the part of an American statesman. He not only refuses to take the hint that is given, but he volunteers his own hurtful remarks, and insinuates that all is true that has been already asserted against the character of British traders. Mr. SEWARD is also indignant at the impression that has prevailed in England on this subject, and seems to say that it was en tertained with the intention, if not the purpose, to prevent the exercise, by this Go vernment, of all legal right to arrest the new con traband trade." Things must have taken quite a new turn when it is permissible for any one, how ever powerful his position may be, to speak in these terms of our country and our countrymen. It is not enough that we have already submitted, as Earl RUSSELL has truly declares, to the "most severe interpretation of the law of nations," it is not enough that we are to endure injuries, and bear heavy privations at home and abroad, for the sake of this American war, but now it is incumbent on us to put up with insult, and it is deemed necessary that the language of bravado should succeed to the actions of tyran nical interference and unjust assumption of autho aity. It is of no use after these asseverations for Mr. SEWARD to make more plausible statements, and to refer to the past for encouragement for the present and hope for the future. It is evident, with out a shadow of doubt, that it is the intention of the American Government to throw every obstacle in the way of British commerce and to heap every in sult upon the British name. It remains, however, for us to decide how far this may proceed, and how long this can endure without rousing the indignation of this country. Are we to allow this state of things to continue for an indefinite time without protesting against it in a form and a manner that cannot be mistaken, and that no one will profess to misinterpret. The time has gone by when it is desirable to make all these sacrifices for a shadow ; no good has resulted from the strict maintenance of the law inexorably laid down at the commencement of this struggle that our interests were to be subservient to the will and pleasure of the Government of the United States. It is therefore expedient that some show of resist ance should be made to this unscrupulous interfe rence with the traffic of British vessels, and the rights and privileges of British sabjects: The festive entertainments which the Royal Bride and Bridegroom have honoured with their presence may be held to represent the various phases of our national life. The splendid assem blies held at Guildhall and in the Exhibition Building have testified to the loyalty, the libera lity, and the taste of the men of peace and the men of war—the merchant princes of the City, and the gallant and fashionable " Guards." The stately circles of our old nobility have been well re presented by a series of banquets and re ceptions ; the haunts of classic learning have played their part in the pageant; the youth of England have given their loudest hurras ; the busy sports. man on Ascot Heath has looked up from his betting book to cheer the Royal carriages ; the homage due to the dead has mingled with the cordial loyalty to the living in the beautiful gardens at Kensington ; the shrines of music and art have been visited, the sparkling scenes of the drama have passed before the youthful pair whom all classes delight to honour. Nor have the masses been without the opportunity of showing their interest and affection. The spectacle presented by the thoroughfares of the 1 great metropolis on the day of the Princess ALEX- ANDRA'S arrival; the universal rejoicings in cele bration of the wedding celebrations, that extended wherever Englishmen resided, that is to say, pretty well over the habitabl e g l o b e — a ll ex hibi t t h e breadth and depth of the hearty goodwill and sympathy of English men and women to the young heir to the Throne and his beautiful bride. Never. theless the panorama would have been incomplete while the charities of England were left unnoticed, and the warmth and readiness of the national bene volence 'remained 'without illustration. This gap has now been supplied by the interestin g it oya l ceremo nialllih of Wednesday last, when their High nesses inaugurated the new buildi ng of the Britishg Orphan Asylum. The claims of an orphan on our charity are universally acknowledged —they are supported by the common feeli n g of mankind ar i d by the special recommendation of Scriptu re . They are felt to be touching in the:: helplessness and urgent in their need, and have Leen duly hon oured by the establishment of many excellent inst tutions. the British Crphan Ayl - e Whose object, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1861 in the words of the Prince of WALES, is " to give a home and education to the fatherless and destitute," has been especially fortunate in the earnestness and open-handed kindness of its sup porters. The liberality of its able and energetic treasurer, N. S. THORNTON, Esq., has already proved of the greatest service co the fortunes of the institution ; and now the munificence of Mr. ED WARD MACKENZIE, of St. Paul's-wharf, has made the new building and its surrounding grounds the property of the charity. The Prince of WALES, amid the astonishment and delight of the assembly announced that this gentleman had given the mag • uificent contribution of £12,000 for this express object. Nor must it be supposed that the ex citement of the moment or the splendour of the scene had any ifiuence on the generosity of this munificent donor. He was under the impression that the expected banquet had already taken place, and that the festivities were all concluded when he asked the managers what the new building would cost ? " £12,000," was the reply. " Then I will make you a present of it," said Mr. MACKENZIE, quietly. The Princess had thus an unexpected opportunity of seeing an ex ample of that genuine English benevolence, which simply and unostentatiously gives and does more than could be asked or hoped. After so brilliant and successful a festival, we cannot doubt that the fortunes of the British Orphan Asylum will flourish with renewed vigour, and that the hope expressed by Mr. THORNTON, that the noble gift of Mr. MAC KENZIE would serve as an example to others to lend their aid to the good cause may be abundantly realised, DELAY OF RECOGNITION. Cui bono ? All admit the impossibility of re-union, and that the Confederate States must be recognised some time or other, but put off this necessity for fear of um brage to the North. Now to what good does this delay tend ? would it not have been better, as Gen. Scott advised, " to let the wayward sisters depart in peace ?" Would it not have been better for England to have done in 1861, what she must do soon, saving the North a million of lives and hun dreds of millions sterling,—saving the South the firing of their cities, the drowning of vast tracts of their country, the desolation of their homesteads and plantations, and the arming of the blacks to massacre the whites ? Would it not be best at once to recognise the South, for the sake of North and South ? to prevent similar carnage without any results for another year, increased by the too pro bable but unnatural retaliation of the South in the invasion of the North by destroying private pro perty, and burning Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg, Cincinnatti, and other cities from re venge. Justice and self-interest call on the British Go vernment, with those of Europe, to recognise the South as the means of peace and employment to our starving operatives, but humanity for North and South, to save both from destruction, and to us, as their kith and kin, flesh and blood to do so as brothers, as Christians, it is our duty. The mother country ought to yearn after the good of her progeny, now destroying one another by a fratricidal war, only to be stopped by recog nition. X. Y. Z. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At this important season, with regard to the weather and the crops, which subject will occupy anxious attention for some weeks to come, I would make the fol lowing briet observations : Excess and deficiency of temperature in any year are generally adjusted in the same 12 months. The wet sum mer of 1860, succeeded in December by a frost of almost unparalleled severity for upwards of 5J years, caused per haps the most remarkable deviation on record. The mean annual temperature of Great Britain averages from 47 to 50 degrees; as a rule it comes within this range when balanced at the end of each year. '1 he mean of 1860 was only 4.5.5 degrees. _ _ Last winter and spring gave us the heat which would otherwise in the regular order of things have now come to us. Calculations therefore made at the end of May last could hardly lead to the expectation of an early summer after six months—consequently, excess of temperature and four months' drought (Feb. to May inclusively). Upon the whole, for the reasons already given, I do not expect a very hot summer, and am prepared for the mean temperature of July to fall short of the average.--I am, sir, your obedient sezvant, TIIO3IAS L. PLANT, Member of the British Meteorological Society, Camp Hill, Birmingham, Juae 27, 1863, The Pope, 'who is now in excellent health, re ceived several French cfficers in Rome last week, officers who were returning to France, and his Holiness congratulated them, before their departure, cn the taking of Puebla. The French Ambassador has been seriously ill, but is better than he was, insomuch that hopes are en tertained of his speedy recovery. WHO NEXT ?—Garibaldi is going to Neris, in the Department of Allier, for the baths. And, as Neris is no great distance from Vichy, the question is be ginning to be asked if the Emperor Napoleon 111., who lately granted an interview to Mr. Roebuck, will now vouchsafe an audience also to this other old reviler of his Majesty—Garibaldi ! Mr. Charles Dickens's last series of Readings were in every way the most brilliantly successful he has yet given. The Great Novelist wi 1 not appear again before the public as a Reader before the next winter season has commenced. Victor Hugo's " Life," written by that near wit ness of it, his wife, is literally a life, for it tells 01 the Poet as a son, husband, father, and friend. Besides every detail concerning him, there are several of his un published works introduced into the work—prose, verse, and a drama. The first edition was sold off in a few hours, and the second edition is already published. Mr. Sims Reeves, we are delighted to see, has entered into an engagement with the lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre, where he will make his entree, on the 7th of July, in Donizett's opera of " Lucia di Lammer moor.' On the 11th the great English tenor will appear there in " Oberon." It is rumoured that Captain Sir Robert John Le Mesurier M'Clure, C. 8,, the officer who made the North- West passage, is likely to be an early recipient of a good service pension.—Army and Nary Gazette. A statement recently published by several Ger man journals, and to which the Brunswick Govern ment has not given any contradiction, has produced a certain sensation in the north of Germany, and particularly in Prussia. The announcement was that the reigning Duke of Brunswick who has no dir ect heirs, and whose territory after the death of the duke will be united to Hanover, has bequeathed to the Emperor of Austria his immense personal fortune and considerable estates in foreign countries. The principality of 0 ;ele, in Silesia, and largs domains in the district of Galatz, in Prussia, would thus belong, after the death of the duke, to the Emperor Francis Joseph, who in this way would again obtain a footing in Silesia, and there possess a vast territory under the Prussian sovereignty. If we bear in mind the fact that the Ducal House of Bruns wick was for more than a century in the closest alliance with Prussia, whose armies were frequently placcd under the command of Princes of Brunswick, who were attached to Prussia by family ties, there is reason to bo astonished at a decision which may be regarded as a serious check for Prussia, Duke William himself was formerly on the best terms with the Court of Berlin ; he has served in the cavalry of the Prussian Guard, and was at Berlin when the events of 1830 called him to the throne of Brunswick. It is only during Ihe last twelve months that his relations with Austria have become so cordial. Visitors to the German Gallery in Bond-street will doubtless remember that upon two occasions we have been delighted with the inspection of paintings by a transatlantic cousin named Church, whose pencil has de• servedly earned the appellation of the "American Frith." We have now exhibiting at the saline place a third painting Ly the same artist, called the "Icebergs," which are de lineated so true to nature and characteristic of the Northern seas that the very look at them at once imbues the spectator with a full idea of their majestic and formidable character. Mr. M'Clure, the gentleman who has brought the picture to this country, attend, at the Gallery and explains to visi tots the manner i n w hi c h M r. Ch urc h accompl i s h e d hi s arduous undertakin g , f or it cou ld b e no easy tas k to get over the diffi cu l t i es that roust have beset him to use his and v pencil t ill such regions as C a p e St. L ou i s an d C ape B re t on producedlparenta scene both aw f u l an d gran d , trans hoe h h:B open a i r. This Mr. Church has accomplished, and ell-Mood, so touch 80 that we doubt if ' ever a pictu re of the same character has been executed , before go tru e t o nature. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 29. M. Rowland has been nominated First Vice- President of the Senate. The Emperor arrived here at 11 last night. PARIS, June 27. M. Vaisse has rneivcd the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Prefects of the departments of Loiret and Upper Saone have been dismissed. A decree of the Emperor has been published to day appointing two Prefects, 15 sub-Prefects, and 12 Councillors of Prefecture. The Paris papers of to-day publish a message, dated Constantinople, the 26th inst., asserting that Sir Henry Bulwer had addressed, in the name of his colleagues of the Diplomatic Body, a protest to the Porte, referring to the indemnity due by the Turkish Government for the persons killed in Syria. The same telegram states that 11 engagements of a sanguinary character had successively taken place in the Caucasus. The Paris evening papers contain the following : "It is asserted on good authority that France and England have come to an understanding, and are about to propose an armistice to the belligerents in America. In case of a refusal on the part of the North, France and England will recognize the South." The Emperor will come to Paris on Monday next to preside at a Council of Ministers. La France of this evening publishes an article headed" France and the Democracy," which, after pointing out what it terms " the impotence of the old parties," says ; " The election of MM. Berryer and Thiers is due solely to the concurrence of the advanced Demo cracy. There exists no really serious party to face the Government except the Democratic masses. " It is impossible to understand why an unim portant communal affair should require investiga tions lasting at least two years, owing to the inter vention of 11 different authorities." The Emperor further expresses himself convinced of the urgency of this reform necessitating the re vision of numerous laws, decrees, ordinances, and Ministerial instructions, His Majesty intrusts this labour to the different sections of the Council of State; " for if," continues the letter, " the Council of State does not administer, it observes the acts of the Administration." The Emperor concludes by saying : " As I attach great importance to this reform, I rely upon the enlightened zeal of the Council of State to arrive very soon at a satisfactory solution." The state of affairs in France, resulting from the elections of the 31st of May, may be summarised in two words—' The Empire and Democracy.' The Empire must turn towards the Democracy and adopt its promises of reforms and its programme of progress and liberty, The Emperor alone can trans form these promises into reality. It will thus give satisfaction to the honest and generous instincts of Democracy, without exciting its passions. The Empire will be Revolution without despotism." The Petrie of this evening says : " It is asserted that Monseigneur Chigi is about to proceed to St. Petersburg as Papal Nuncio." A letter addressed by the Emperor to the Pre sident of the Council of State, has been published to-day, in which his Majesty says : " Our system of centralisation, despite its ad vantages, is attended by the serious inconvenience of leading to an excess of administrative action. BOURSE, June 27.—The market has been firm, but without any improvement in prices—Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at 68t. 40c. Little or nothing doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows : it per Cents . . 97 Italian Loan 73 05 Do. end Do. end month — '3 per Cents Do. end month.... 68 45 Do. end month — Credit N. ()tither 1190 Russian Do. end m0nth....1212 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3400 Spanish Threes.,, Credit 1 oncier 1335 Home Debt .. 52 RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans... 997 50 .. Northern lO2B 75 .. 1030 New ditto • •• Lyons and Mediterranean 1017 50 .. 1022 50 Geneva.. 452 50 .. 460 Southern 702 50 .. 702 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian ........ 415 .. Austrian Lombard ........ 568 75 .. 572 25 North of Spain ........ 557 50 .. 561 25 Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .. _ Account. POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CRACOW, JUNE 24. The following is a translation of the protest of the Archbishop of Warsaw against the execution of the Cipucin priest lionarski. It is known that in consequence of this protest the archbishop was sent to St. Petersburg, whence, it is said, he will be transported to Wologda::— _ . " 12th June, 1863, No. 1,707. To the President of the Government Commission for Public Educa tion and religion. " To-day, between the hours of five and six in the morning, the Rev. A. Konarski, chaplain of the Society of the Capucin Fathers, was hanged at the citadel, in pursuance of a sentence of the military authorities. His body was left hanging for three hours, after which it was buried, no one knows where, without any religious service whatever. " The indictment of M. Konarski says that in 1856 he remained for some time abroad with a foreign passport, and that, by order of the Central Committee, having proceeded to j oin the insurgents in the kingdom of Poland, he performed the duties of a clergyman, principally by confessing wounded persons who were in danger of death. In the above-named charges I see nothing that calls for the severe punishment of death ; for it is a chap lain's duty, without regard to the person summon ing him, to give spiritual comfort to all on the verge of death, whatever may be their political or social position. The principle is universally recognised, and the terrible civil war in North Ametica affords a fresh proof of the protection always given by each side to the chaplains of the other, although one of the parties is regarded by the other as in a state of rebellion. Even this Government announced in ttie public papers, at the beginning of the present insurrection, that neither chaplains nor physicians shall be punished for rendering assistance to the wounded. " The execution of the sentence in question is, eovin compl ete opposition to ecclesiastical law. For there are numerous decisions of the Catholic church and of the provincial Polish synods, stating the cases in which a chaplain may be con demned to death, and clearly providing that a clergy man convicted of a capital offence shall not be exe cuted until a sentence of degradation shall have been' passed upon him, and his spiritual dignities taken from him, by the spiritual authorities, in order that the profession of a clergyman might be respected, and because religion is the basis of all social order. Any infraction of this law brings a great responsi bility both on those who perpetrate it and on those who in any way assist them in doing so; and it also causes mourning in the church within a certain space around the place where the sentence was car ried out. Now, in the act in question the Eccle siastical Law, which has hitherto always been obeyed in cases of this kind, has been violated in every way. For not only have the proceedings of the tribunal which passed the sentence not been communicated to me, bat I have not even been informed what the offence of the chaplain aforementioned was. This circumstance is the more offensive that the dignity of a clergyman has been held up to public shame, the hanging of a priest on the gallows being a kind of death which is regarded as the most shameful of all. 4 , The present are no doubt exceptional times, but justice,:the law of the nation, and law of God, can not allow of any exceptions. Although this protest cannot prevent an accomplished fact, I have the honour to request that you will communicate these remarks to the higher authorities, with the view of at least preventing such acts in future. Further, in order at least partly to compensate for the slight offered to the clergy, I request that the body of the late Mr. Konarski may he given up to me, in order that it may receive proper burial according to the forms of religion. The Government itself acknow ledged the propriety of a request of this kind, when by your despatch of the 27th May (3d June) last, No. 3,075 (6,617), it required that a Aaplain who refused to say the burial service over a miller who had been hanged, should be severely reprimanded. (Signed) " X. FELINSKI." (Here follows an extract from the Ecclesiastical Law on the subject.) THE POLISH QUESTION. ST. PETERSBURG, June 27. The Notes of England, France, and Austria on the Polish question were remitted to Prince Gort schakoff to-day. PARIS, June 28. The Memorial Dip 7 omalique of to-day says:— " We are able to announce that the acceptance by Russia of the preliminary bases of the Notes of England, France, and Austria appears certain, al though toe Cabinet of St. Petersburg intends to demand, in an explanatory Note, some modifica tions of the programme of the three Powers. Russia will, it is stated, also ask that the seat of the European conference on the Polish question should be St. Petereb )rg. In designating her own capital as the place of meet:ig for the Plenipo tentiaries, Russia clearly indicates that she enters completely into the views of the three Cabinets re specting the urgent necessity of ar:sisting the ef fu.ion of blood before the opening of the conferences. The Russian Government has taken the wise course of yielding to the friendly remonstrances of the three Powers who signed the Notes of the 10th of April last, being well aware that they are already preparing to form a close triple alliance for the realisation of the unalterable aim of their common efforts in the event of diplomatic means being ex hausted without assuring the pacification of Poland." The Memorial Diplomalique further states that the three Powers have agreed to recommend Brus sels as the seat of the conferences, and expresses a belief that Russia will accept this arrangement. ITALY. A Turin letter of the 24th says :—" The Parlia mentary agitation has completely subsided, and the Chamber is now proceeding very quietly with the discussion of a bill for reforming the public lottery. The abolition of this institution is admitted in principle, but the Treasury at the present moment is not in a position to relinquish the annual revenue of 20 millions derived therefrom. It must be added that the passion for this mode of gaming is so gene ral in the eouthern provinces that its suppression is regarded as almost impossible under existing circumstances. Hitherto stakes as low as sc. and 10c. have been permitted ; it is now proposed to raise that minimum as the first step towards suppression. Next week the Chamber will cern mence the discussion of a very important bill, which forms an essential part of M. Minghetti's plan. This bill proposes to raise a revenue of 50 millions by a tax on personal property; but as it is intended to abolish the trade licenses and certain taxes on personal property already existing in some provinces, the clear gain to the Treasury from this new tax is estimated at only 30 millions." GREECE. A. letter from Athens gives a rather gloomy pic ture of the situation of Greece. It says :—' 'The new King will remain at Corfu until the difficulties which have arisen with regard to the Royal Palace at Athens shall have been removed, The following is the pretext, which is rather plausible—The Palace was built by order of King Otho, who invested a part of his private fortune in it. Large sums are still due to the builders, and they have lodged an opposi tion against any one again residing in it until all their claims shall have been settled. That is the pretext, for it is not very probable that the new King has the means of purchasing the Palace. In reality, in the face of the parti,s who agitate here and of the intrigues of Bulgaria, a wish is felt to try the ground, and see in what manner things will turn. Albania is rather agitated ; the departure of the French Consul from Janina (Epirus) for Scutari to replace his deceased colleague leaves the former district a prey to intrigues whi . ch would not have been attempted in presence of the French represen tative." Another letter from Athens says :—" The Greek Minister of the Interior has just presented to the Constituent Assembly a bill relative to cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth by a company formed for that object. The duration of the pro posed concession would be for 90 years, at the expi ration of which time the Government would obtain possession of the undertaking on payment of 4,000,000 drachmas (3,520,000 fr.) The toll would not exceed one sou per ton for either steam or sail ing vessels. The company engages to complete the works within five years. The project is due to M. Christopoulos during his period of office as Minister of the Interior in 1861." PORTUGAL. Advices from Portugal of the 23d state that in the Chamber of Peers the Minister of Finance re plied to a question respecting the determination of the Government as regards the tobacco contract. The Minister said that at present he did not con sider the contract would be again put on the market, but that in January next a decided step would be taken. The Government has ratified the contract with M. Debrousse for the construc tion of a railway to Cintra, and docks for the port of Lisbon. The Railway from Lisbon to Badajoz is finished, and the entire line will soon be opened for traffic. The Portuguese press continue to animadvert largely on the Anglo- Brazilian question, and without a single exception the tone is entirely against the attitude England has taken throughout the affair. The news from the Azores notices that sugar is being largely planted in the Island of Terceira. benhor Thomas Maria Bessone, who has for many years held rank as one of the chief Lisbon merchants, has failed. The liabilities are said to be very heavy, the Bank of Portugal being the largest creditor, its debt being some £90,000 unse• cured. Most of the other creditors are saki to hold securities. It appears that Senhor Bessont some time ago became surety for the agent of the Bank of Portugal, in Rio de Janeiro, who was be sides his own agent, and the bankrupcy of this party making Senbor Bessone liable for a very large amount has caused him to surrender to his creditors Business dull, and the transactions in exchanges limited. London, 90 days, 531 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa, 535; Paris, 530; Rentea, 481 ; Coupons, 481 ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 555 ; Oporto, 256. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir Geo. Grey, the Duke of :Newcastle, Earl de Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. We have reason to believe that the despatch from the Court of St. Petersburg acknowledging the receipt of the-Notes of the three Powers, containing the six propositions in behalf of Poland, was received at the Foreign office on Saturday. No proposal from the Emperor of the French for a joint recognition of the Southern Confederacy, as stated by Mr. Roebuck, has yet been made by Baron Gros to Lord Russell. We have visited this week the old palace of Cardinal Welsey, in Fleet-street, opposite Chancery-lane, now a hair-dressing saloon, There is still the elaborate workmanship of the old baronial hall restored to its origi nal style. The Royal arms and cipher emblazoned in gold combine to form a series of embellishments as fresh and salient as during the period of its ancient grandeur. Here are historical associations of high interest in the very heart of our greatest thoroughfare ; yet not one-tenth part of the people of London know anything of this—one of the most interesting relics of ancient London, and assuredly not one in a hundred who visit this metropolis has ever heard of the place where a king held his revels, though a single sixpence will enable any one to see the house and entitle them to a cropping into the bargain. There are recent discoveries which induce ns to suppose that the old tradition may be doubted, for we find that about this identical spot in Fleet street stood the council office of the Duchy of Cornwall; the place was also called the Princes' council chamber. In the time of Charles an order was p, remptorily enforced that people cutting the trees should be punished, and deer were forbidden to be turned loose in the neighbourhood. init , Cr cirmlar. HER MAJESTY WINDSOR CASTLE, June 27. Her Majesty, accompanied b 3 her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon, attt nded by Lady Augusta Bruce. Major- General Hon. A. N• Hood also attended on horse back. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and the Hon. M. Sackville West, honoured the performance at Co vent-garden Theatre last night with her presence. Her royal highness returned to Windsor Castle at 12 o'clock. The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland arrived at the Castle. _ JUNE 24. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Queen of Prus sia, took a drive in an open carriage yes►erday atter noon, attended by Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess de Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, arrived at the Castle yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle. Earl Granville and the Rev. Dr. Stanley also arrived. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. The Queen, the Queen of Prussia, the Prince and Princess of Wales, P, incess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur, with the Ladies and Gentleman in Waiting, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. Dr. Stanley officiated. The Queen of Prussia. The Queen of Prussia, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her Majesty's suite, was present at the afternoon service at St. George's Chapel yesterday. The royal party arrived at the east entrance and proceeded through the Chapter-room to the royal closet. Prayers were intoned by the Rev. Mr. Tapsfield. The first lesson was read by the Rev. Mr. Frewer, the lecturer. The second lesson was read by the Rev. F. Anson, canon in residence. The service was Ware's in F, the principal parts being taken by Messrs. Dyson, Tohey, Whit fin, Marriott, Lambert, and Mitchell. The anthem was " The Coronation Anthem"--" Zidock the priest, and Nathan the prophet, anointed Solo mon king ; and all the people rejoiced and said God save the King. Hallelujah. Amen"—which was finely given by the whole choir. Dr. Elvey pre sided at the organ. The chapel was crowded to overflowing. The seats in the nave, which was a good place for hearing, have been removed. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback on Satur day morning, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess de Grey and Lieuten int-Colonel Kep• pel, left Marlborough House at a quarter-past five o'clock on Saturday asternoon for Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam bridge visited the Princess of Wales on Friday. Tile Prince and Princess of Wales honoured Mr. Vernon Heath with u sitting for their photograph• at his stuoio, in Piccadilly. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary left town on Saturday for Cam bridge Cottage, Kew, for a few days Their royal high nesses will honour the Earl and Countess de Grey with their presence at a ball to be given by the noble earl and countess, on Tuesday, the 14th proximo. The Duches of Buceteuen Witt give a grand ball on the 14th proximo, at the temporary family residence in Bel grave-square. The Duchess of Hamilton and Lady Mary Hamilton have arrived at Baden Baden from Paris, with the intention of pricing several months there. The duke intends to join the duchess at the close of the season. The 111.rquis and Mat hnioneas of Carmarthen have arrived at St. Thomas's Hotel, Thrkeley-square, from Norwood Park, Notts. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield entertained their Serene Highnesses Prince and Prince Edward of Saxe •Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Count Strzelecki, V s count Andover, Viscount and Viscountess Lismore, Vis count Canterbury, Colonel the Hon. Henry Forester, and a select circle, at dinner on Saturday, at their residence in Grosvenor.street. The Earl and Countess of Zetland purpose to leave town about the 10th proximo for a short visit to Paris. Viscount Palmerston, who has been slightly in disposed during the past week, is now much better, The Earl and Countess of Tankervilie leave town early this week, for Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. The Baron and Baroness de Hugel have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from the Isle of Wight. Baron de Hugel is Envoy Extraordinary from the Court of Austria to the Court of Belgium. The Count and Countess Metaxa entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday last at Willis's Rooms. The only daughter of the Count and Countess Metaxa is about to be married to the only son of Mr. Craw shay Bailey, M.P. far Monmouthshire. The marriage will take place in London. The Count and Countess di Fronco and family, of Serracapriola, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Rome. Lady Huntingtower and her youthful family have returned to Ham House, the seat of her father-in-law, the Earl of Dysart. The funeral of the late Admiral the Hon. Sir George Elliot, K.C.8., took place on Saturday, when his remains were deposited in the family vault in the cemetery at Kensal-green. In accordance with the desire of the lamented admiral, the funeral was quite private. Only the hearse and two mourning coaches, followed by the private carriages of the family and friends, coned uted the funeral procession. The principal CUOU ners were Admiral George Elliot and Colonel Elliot (sons of the late admiral), Captain the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., Lord William Compton, the Dean of Bristol, and Sir Gregor M`Gregor. Mr. Beriah Botfieid, M.P., Continues very ill, but hopes are entertained that the hon. member will recover. Colonel Fuller, the " White 114 publican" of Fraser's Magazine, has arrived at the Grosvenor Hotel from Paris. The EArl of Derby has given no'ica of his inten tions to bring forward the lonian Islands question, when we shall doubtless hear an eloquent and telling philippic against the so-called "foreign policy ' of the present Go vernment. Tne Duke of Saxe-CJburg has resigned his com mission in the Prussian atnay. in which he held the rank of general. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a meeting of the Council of this corporation, held on the 27in inst., an answer to the loyal address presented by the Coun cil to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the oc casion of his marriage, was laid before the Council. The following gentlemen were elected members of the college : —Mr. S. Bamford, Ripponden Colleg , near Halifax; Mr, S. Birkby, Britannia Schools, Banbury ; Mr. F. Caldwell, Western Collegiate School, Exeter , Mr. W. J. Cartmell, University College School; Mr. C. G. Dear, Gloucester House, Dodington ; Mr. F. H. Ingram, Crediton Grammar School; Mr. J. Redfern, Abercrombie Villa School, Hamp stead ; and Mr. G. T. Sadler, Dale Hall, Manningtree. "Losr AND SAVED."—A fourth edition of the Hon. Mrs. Norton's new novel " Lost and Saved" has just appeared, including a letter from the author on the subjeci of her work. " There can be no question (says the Daily News) that this story shows the frailties of good society with a force and directness that cannot be parried. It is as impossible not to admire the courage which this required, as it is to escape the charm with which it is performed. The elements of the story are genuine, and they are worked up with inimitable skill. The narrative is rapid, animated, full of exciting situations, and stirring incidents. The characters are delineated with great power. Above and beyond these elements of a good novel, there is that inde finable charm With which trite genius invests all that it touches. In the largest sense, too, these volumes have a noble and courageous purpose, which must commend itself to the fervent good wishes of every sound hearted reader. t THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE DR. ALEXANDER, DIRECTOR. GENERAL OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEFAR F MENT.—He was most dev-tedly attached to his native town and his family, affectionately fond of early associations, and of a most retiring nature, yet prompt and indefatigable in his duty. Ore act of his will not be forgoi ten by the public press, which is, that when Mr. Russell, the reporter of the Times, was desired to retire from the camp in the Crimea, it was Dr. Alexander who took him into his lent and defied interference. We have recently seen a very beautifully-finished portrait of the Director -General at Mr. Mousy's studio, 125, Regent-street, which is most lifelike, and particularly characteristic of the man it is intended for. LITERATURE. Church. and Chapel. By the author of " High Church." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The title of this work does it injustice. We dread, on taking it up, to be overwhelmed with polemical arguments and controversial dis cussions, but we are on this subject agreeably dis appointed. The writer has, it is true, given the title with intention, but that intention does not inter fere- with the story, or prevent it from being one of he most powerful and interesting novels that have come before us this season. The religious object of the author is to denounce all sectarian animosities— " That brother should not war with brother, And worry and devour each other," as did the inhabitants of Chipnam, the fre quenters of St. Martin's, on the one hand, where preached the Ne ry excellent but very intolerant Frederick Alland, and the devotees of Vale Chapel on the other, who sat under the equally excellent and equally intolerant James 13,ytori. 11. tween these rival preachers, the R v. Mr. Chark, the venerable and f. eble minister ot St. Ea ward's en deavours to exercise a pacific influence. Mr. Gherk's object and the writer's object throughout he whole narrative is to persuade Church and Cnapel to work together for the general good. Hiving so far explained the religious opinions, we shall not dwell further on that portion ot the work. Theological and controversial discussions berme, to our thinking, as much out of place in a newspaper as in a novel. Our modern novelists, however, seem , o find a peculiar attraction in clerical heroes. How many such appear in the popular tales of Anthony I rollope ! is" Frenaley.Parsonage," with its Parson ; there is "Dr. Thorne," with its reverend hero ; and "The Warden" and "Barch, ster Towers," and many others, in which not one, but many, reve rend prelates and p rsoes make their appearance, conspicueus among them all the irate and impetuous Archdeacon Grantley, to say nothing of the lady bishop, Mrs. Proudie! Again, the delightful writer of " Chronicles of Carlingford" has fallen into a similar propensity, one of the first of the chronicles relating to "The Rector," and the last and most en thralling of all being entitled " Silem Chapel." It is quite in keeping therefore with this pre vailing fashion that some of the heroes of this new novel should also belong to Church and Chapel. The chief person of the story is the brother of the Dissenting minister, Robert Bayford, a gene rous-hearted, impulsive man, who has returned from India, where he has made a large fortune, to settle down near his brother's home, and claim his pro mised bride, Amy Saville. Five years previously Amy Saville, a girl of sixteen, tied, on her father's death, quitted India and her promised husband to reside under the guardianship of the Rev. Mr. Chark the benevolent and peace-loving minister of St. Edward's. Robert Bayford returns, having for five years cherished the thought of his absent love, to find the young girl a woman, and to find the Rev. Frederick Alland a constant visitor at Mr. Chark's villa on the hill. The doubting, wavering conduct of Amy, hardly knowing her own heart, and acting more than once with fatal precipitation, is natu rally drawn, and is productive of much evil. The good and the bad struggle for mastery in the pas sionate heart and impressionable temperament of Robert Bag ford—the gay scenes into which his phrenzy takes him, and ihe episode of Cissy Daly,would have been better omitted or passed over with briefer mention. The waiter is evidently aware of this, and confesses that he in troduces us to such scenes and characters against hie will, solely from a desire to explain the temptations that thickened around Robert Bay ford, when he had once taken that. fatal "first step," which, in many instances, as is here happily remarked, "is only retarded by the vis inertue of our moral being." But if Robert has evil counsellors to betray him, he ties also staunch triendstoclingtohimandtostruggle for him and with him, through good and through evil. Foremost among these is his brother James, he minister of Vale Chapel. The love of these two brothers for each other, through the various changes of fortune and feeling that befall Robert is very beautifully and naturally described. With his yearning human love for his brother, and his un flinching righteous indignation against all wrong doing, James Baytord is a beautiful character, very effectively and vigorously portrayed. A very im pressive scene occurs before Robert's departure for the Continent, when James is boldly denounc ing the error of his brother's ways, and the frail Cissy listening outside the door, shudders at the fearful warning which applies equally to her. Many powerfully written scenes occur during the three volumes, increasing in intensity at the last, and so well is the sequel of the plot concealed, that until the very end of the story, the reader is in ignorance as to what that sequel is to be. In this the author has evidenced his skill. He evidences, however, more than skill in these pages, they are full Of feeling, and they are full of power. The work will be read with a very vivid interest. It has, as We have said, its 'olemishes.. "It is not," as Aire,. Norton admitted in regard to her last novel, " a book for the young," and, however good the purport or the moral of their introduction, we cannot but think suck characters as Sir Richard Vaughan and Cissy Daly .singularly out of place, especially in a book bear ing the denomination of " Church and Chapel." A Tour in Tartan land. By Cuthbert Bede. One vol., pp. 424. Bentley. A tour in Tartan• land at this season of the year is singularly delightful and well timed, and all who cannot have the gratification of a pereonal expedition to that land of the romantic and picturesque, the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the tlotd," may, by the aid of Mr. Cuthbert Bede's pleasant reminiscences, take an imaginary trip in his com pany. In these railway days Mr. Bede reminds us that a man "can breakfast in France, and lunch in England, and take a late dinner in Scotland within the limits of a single day's travel!' Our mode of travelling is not so rapid however. We are fain to linger over many a picturesque scene and to rtcall the romantic associations with which , thanks to the V% inrd of the North, the Scotch Highlands peculiarly abound. As so matey are said to take their ideas of history f rom &lake spere, so it would appear the Scottish guides an d ourists are inainiy indebted for their appreciation of Scottish scenery to Sir Walter Scott. Here its very amusing accoui - A of the EFFECT OF THE "LADY OF THE LAKE" UPON SCOTTISIL TOURISTS. "The success of the poem was immediate and extraordi nary, and its effect upon tee cuuntry which it so taithluilY and beautifully described was no less immediate and wavy' traordinary. Up to the time of the publication of the poetur no carrage had been seen at the Trosachs In the year after, 60 carriages had found their way there, and Lockhart says that the post-horse duty rose to an extraordinary de gree in Scotland, fr.,m the eagerness of travellers to visit the localities of the poem. Previously, then knowledge was confined to Loch Lomond, the most accessible of the Scot* tish lakes. ' I myself,' says Macculloch, writing to Scott in 1824,' was one of the first, and I believe the very first absolute stranger who visted Loch Cateran. I had then a Scottish map in which it was not even inserted; you and the ' Lady of the Lake' can tell another tale now.' Scott himself; in speaking of this and ct to Washington Irving, who had told him that he was answerable for the yearly in flux of English tourists, said that an old woman at Glen rose, who kept a little inn, came to him and said she under stood that he was the gentleman who had written a bonny book about Lock Katrine; and she begged him to write abut their lake also, for she was told that his book had done the inn at Loch Katrine a a tact; thou muckle gh , since the old deal of good. Which, undoubtedly, is woman's days„the in ns have multi p lied and beautified 1\ themselves, and may almost be taken as so many memorials to the genius of Sir Walter Scott. "Loch Katrine and the Trosachs, more than any other Highland district of similar size, owe their present popu larity to the great novelist and poet. Until he had edu cated the public into an admiration for their many beauties, they were either but half appreciated or were altogether passed by. only poetry, His poem described them in words which well not bat were as clear to the dullest compre hension as the plainest prose of a guide. book. The 20,000 copies of ' The Lady of the Lake' that were sold within the z -- first few months after the publication of the poem, necese7 c_______ sarily carried the scenery of Loch Katrine and the Tro6B $ before thousands who had probably up to that time ne er heard of such places, and places the scenes before them in series of descriptive pictures, which, for ease of lan g uag and truthfulness of delineation, have never been surpassed. The scenes described were new, the : tyle of the poem wa s also novel and forcible ; and it is not surprising th at the du" pres , ion it made upon the public was such as to draw thew by a talismanic influence to the lovely spot when: Ellen met th. Knight of Snowdoun, and where Fitz -Jane -8 s gallant grey sank extiallsted. Indeed, so foroilall a nd truth.