The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

On Thursday, the 3rd of December. will be publiaed, stitched in
o oars. pree Fatima.;
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS,
[organs the
EXTRA DOUBLE NURSER FOR CHRISTMAS
of
ALL THR TSAR HOUND.
Conducted by CRARLIts DICKENS.

How Mn.s Urntper carriadZlO;r the Second-Floor kept a
the business. D R.
How the First Floor went to Hnw the Third Floor knew the
Crowley Coale. Potteries.
How the Side-Room waa at- How the best Attic war under
Sandal by a Doctor. a Cloud.
Bow the Parlours added a Yew Words.

Os the 4th of Jemmy, 1864, will be communed, to be eon,
&tee in Six Ntirniere of ALL TIIL YXAK SAUNA • New
stem, •• A White Rend atel • Mac Thumb."

Vidune XI. will beide on the nth of February. INII, with •
New Serial Story, entitled Quite Moue; by George August'
Sale.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND tc published In W.ekly Numbers,
prke
6A Id., I
Woad In n Montloth.hly Pant, sal In Hatt-Yeaely Voteam, price
6d., c

The more valuable the metal, the smaller ge
ne-
rally, is the per centers slit is the ores, or rook. Thus, the
auriferous quartz worked is our mills does sot coataia owe.
herwhodsh of cam per cent. is weight of gold es as average
oar silvw ore may oouteis ese-Ifth of or pie cost. ; the
quicksilver we contains eighties per east, of metal; the
copper ore anteing from fifteen to fifty per coot. ; nod the
tits ore contains from toe to Nasty per oast.-4144
Gli-
forwiss,

TEE SHLKEBPF.ARZ Manomii..—lf all England
in to be naked for contributions to ►Shakespeare monument,
why should these not be used to found and endow a
Shakespeare Theatre, to whirl the honourable ambition of
actors might look forward, as the &repot° show that they, too,
like him, have seen vision of humanity in its noblest aspects,
and the mere admission to whose stage should be a diploma
of honour? By such a theatre, aloof from the intrigues or
sordid aims that seem at present to beset the theatrical
profession, and managed, as it might be, by those who had
no object but that of maintaining the histrionic art at its
highest level, and doing all that could be done with such
resources an might be available for giving the fullest ex-
pression to dramas of the highest class, we should indeed
erect a monument, and the only fitting monument to
Shakespeare. More precious by far than Brompton Museums
and shows of art treasures ; more wholesome, more per.
vadiog in good influences, would such a theatre be. Long
and arduous, no doubt, would be the teak to organise it,
and work it up to a point worthy of its name and object.
But, mice organised, it would not so= be destroyed, and
would make memorable in Woad the teroentseary of
Shakespeare's birth.—Freser's Magazine for December.

LORD A.'s Boot —Several efforts have been made
to introduce the foreign custom of the gentlemen leaving
the room with the ladies, but happily without success, es
there oast be no doubt that they both meet agent with
renewed pleasure after a few minutes' *operation. The late
Lord A., dining with Lord and Lady S. (who were about
the first to make the innovation), happened to be tormented
by a tight boot, and, being ignorant of the intended mea-
sure, he contrived by the aid of his other foot, and a friendly
leg of the table to draw it off. " I shall have an
opportunity," thought he, "of re-booting after the
ladies retire;" and his face beamed ari he congra-
tulated himself on his release, and on the impos-
sibility of detection, Poor man, he was noted for
getting into absurd situations. The gloves are adjusted, the
signal is given (that sips' which is perhaps the only one
yet met but with acquiescence), and my lord rises in
his place with serene brow, but, 0 horror! be presently
beholds the being, late his lovely charge, looking at him in
a very ominous manner! A glance round the room, and
the whole terrible truth flashes upon him like a thunder•
bolt. There is no help for it—go he must. The drawing-
room is reached, uncoirecious beauty slate herself on an
ottoman in the most conspicuous part of the room, and
talks on and on without giving any signs of coming to a full
stop. The wretched little peer stands fidgeting before her,
and planning a speedy exit ; when, just as he believes him-
self on the verge of accomplishing it, and is flattering him-
self that his black stocking has saved him from discovery,
the door is dung wide ogee, and in comes John Thomasbearing "my lord's boot " epos a silver charger :—Curishill
Maga:ine for December.

AZULENK. —This is a new organic body, disco-
vered by Mr. Septimus Please existing is and forming a
proximate constituent of several ottoa or essential oils. it
is remarkable on account of its beautiful blue colour. There
are but few liquids which give • coloured vapour when
boiled, but audioe is one of them ; like itself, its vapour is
blue. Arnim is soluble io fatty and volatile oils, in
and nearly every other liquid (with the exception of water),
to all of which it imparts it colour. It is • very permanent
body, and bears a temperature of 700 or 800 deg. Fehr.
ins sealed tube without alteration. None but the strongest
chemicals, aided by beat, will break up its constitution.
Two blue oils, Mairiearia deamontilla, and dehillea
milk-
Jolia, which owe their colour to the presence of milieus
have been examined by Sir 1). Brewster. He says :—" The;
differ from all the various bodies which I have vet ex-
amined. Between the two lines A and Bof Fraunhofer's
map of the spectrum, there are two groups of lines, and
the two oils absorb the light in these portions more power-
fully than in the portions adjacent to them. No other
duid or solid on which I have made experiments acts in a
similar manner ; but, what is very remarkable, the earth's
atmosphere exercise, a similar action when the sues light
pause through its greatest thickness at sunrise and sunset."
lls • paper by Mr. Pone, read before the Chemical Society,
describieg aniline, the author stated that blue otto of
chamomile yields one per cent, otto of wormwood three
per cent.. and otto of petchouly six per cent. of the new
body. The patehasly plant is already commercially
cultivated at reefing, and any quantity can be grown in
Ceylon. Patcbouly is said to enter into the composition of
Indian or Chinese ink. Mr. Please thinks that, on amount
' of the general presence of azulene is volatile oils (to which,
is • measure, it gives their colour), it plays some swial part
is coonexioe with these odoriferous bodies, and he hopes
soon to elicit some more facts relative to it. Residents in
-the colonies, who are familiar with coloured volatile oils not
known in England, will assist Mr. Piessein his investigation
if they will send him small samples, to the care of the store-
tsry of the Society of Arte.—Journal of the Society of Arts.

FOOTBALL AT ETON —YeAterday, St. Andrew's-
day, the football matches between two *levees, chases
from the members of the universities of Oxford and Cara.
bridge, and the Collegers against the Oppidsos, came off at
Eton. The first match, that between the Collegers and
Oppidans was played at the " Wall," which bounds the
playing fields on the north. Here a space was parted off
from the rest of the ground by ropes, claw to which the
crowd of spectators took up their positions. The game was
coma:leered about half-past 12 p.m. The following are the
names of the players :—Collegers—Frere, Lewis, Willis,
Captain Marsden, Wilkinson, Waco, Durnford, Wood, pro
Carter, disabled, Rawlins, Pound, suit Tabor. Oppidaas—
Ph ipps, Prideaux, Hammand,Cu thin, Cork ran, Capt. Ly ttell-
too, Prior, Hope, Forsyth, Lubbock, and Hogg. The game,
which was very exciting and well contested, eroded in a tie,
the °madam, however, 'seldom the beat of the play through-
out the match, which was finished at half-past 1 o'clock.
The grand match between Oxford and Cambridge was
played in the " Field," and commenced about a quarter-
past 2 o'clock. The following are the names of the
elevens : Ueivenity of Oxford—Wined, Mordant, Gasbag,
S. Smith, Pickering, Cheatham, Knight, Bridges, R. Fol.
lett, E. Follett, Tattoos. University of Cambridge—Hum-
phrey, Treat, Dent, Selwyn, Kinglaks. Chapman, Pope,
Shneider, Hearne, Pelham. Dodington. As the game went
on the spectators accumulated in lines, and formed a Wan
quadreagle within which the contest took place,
broken occasionally as the ball was kicked over their heads.
The most exciting portion of the contest was at the
"bullies," before the bell was started, whim He twenty two
were seise h one mem, writhing, crawling, sad executing all
sorts of coatartione to get the lead. Altogether, the sport
afforded ea exosileat example of this ancient English game,
which few pewees have perhaps ever witnessed in the pre-
met day ; sad played as it we. on this occsairie, must do
much to eneoerage its revival. The paw was concluded
amid the plaudits of (Asada and spectators about half-pest
3, when the Oxford Eleven were declared the wieners by
one rouge, and both the victors and the vanquished retired
from the field, covered with hoar, mach art, and sway
Wesel *dm, but thin were as broken legs.