The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

N°. 22,364.

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T H 0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
_

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success-
ful Cantata KING CHRISTMAS, and other Musical Enter-
tainments, supported by the following talented artistes :
Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell, W almsley ; Messrs.
Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c.
NOTICE.—In a few days will be produced FAU 4T, by M.
Guonod, embracing the entire company of this establishment
with augmented band and chorus.

Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear-
ance This Evening.

Comedy, by Mr. T. Macbgran, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson,
G.. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Powar (the juvenile comedienne),
&c., &c. _ _

Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balmy, Is. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
The Fairy Entertainment, entitled

PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS!
Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander-
veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en-
ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical
Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before
contemplated, and which have all teen duly registered by
him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of "The Ghost in
the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that
which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap-
pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her
flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek
their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty
unparalleled even in fairy romance.
Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley.
The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at
half-past Nine o'c'ock.
All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as
usual, in addition to the above.
Admission—krea, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, ls.
Open every Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-
LAST WEEK cf FRANCONI'S TROUPE.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA.
LAST SIX NIGHTS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE.

ROYAL ALHAMBR A.-
ENTIRE CIIANGE on MONDAY, March 7th The
Greatest Attractions ever produced in London.

,IADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL
171 GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar,
Baker-street.

NEW A DDITION.—A full-lenzth Model of JEFFERSON
DAVIS, l'resident of the Confederate States; also, a full-
length Model of PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk,
and from 7 till 10.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street,
Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY EVENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
➢fusic, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission le.

Manager, M. GRENET.

44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the
Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant;
Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000
Models, Natural Preparations, &o. Egyptian Mummies,
unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for
Gentlemen only).

BUSINESSES. - MR. ANDREW HIND'S
JANUARY LIST,
Containing 5O) Businesses,ratis Pemises, Partnerships, &c.,
Letters, enclose stamp. Particulars entered free.
Offices—Corner of LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S.

TIOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
SALE a Corner SHOP, at Holloway, and Three Pri-
vate Houses adjoining, producing LH per annum. Ground
rent £25. Price £715, or separately. Also the following* :
Chelsea, four. 1,000 guineas ; ditto, £5OO and £RSO; Camden-
town, two, £1,20 ; Holloway, two, £570 ; Homerton, six,
£135 each, ,tc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St.
Paul's.

FARM WANTED to rent, from 50 to 200 acres,
with moderate-sized dwelling-house and outbuildings.
Particulars to be sent to A. H., 15, Gedliman-street, Doctors'.
commons, London.

Family Residence and Land.
MR. ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfort-
able ROUSE, in Essex, fourteen miles from town and
two from a Edition, delightfully situate on high ground, and
commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing
room, dining and morning rooms, four best and five other
bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure
and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow,
together about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling.
coach house, green house, ornamental water, au d bridge.
Rent, on three years' agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O ; or the
lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards
to view may be had at ihe Auction and Estate Agency uffices,
corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

HOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET
a spacious HOUSE, at Brixton Hill, containing nine
bed and reception rooms, with usual office, large pleasure
and kitchen gardens, &c. Rent, £lO5. Also a large house,
furnished, and the following : —Lewisham, rent LBO ; Harrow,
£BO, Acc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul..

THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1864.

VITHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear FellOW, aentreinen sup
at EVANS', Covent-garden.

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ESIDENCE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to
LL LET or SELL an ex ;ellent Detached HOUSE at
Hackney, containing 16 rorms, basement,' &c. The neigh-
bourhood is pleasant and healthy ; soil krravel. Rent, £9O.
Price, freehold, £1,600. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane,
St. Paul's.

8, GREAT WIMEMILL-STREET, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
"Kinahan's LL Whisky."

THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear
are those mad by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street.
They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the
wealthy purchasers. "In mcdio tutisimus ibis."
ELSTO[I'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS

IRELAND.-Mr, ANDREW HIND has for
SALE the Lessee's Interest in a convenient Small
RESIDENCE and '7B Acres of prime LAND, pleasantly
situate near the City of Cork, and commanding beautiful
views of the harbour and surrounding' country. Good shoot-
ing and fishing. Term of lease, 91 years ; ground rent, Z 72.
Price, £7OO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

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dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and
when the hair is once restored one application per month
will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or
in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the
highest order, and from individuals of undoubted
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ness the Princess of Wales.

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Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,le. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2a. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp,

Naval and MilitaiyintAligdficie;

THE NAVY.

Admiral of the Blue Sir G. B. Lambert, K.C.8.,
will to-day haul down his flag on board the Von-
tuidable, 84, as Naval Commander-in-Chief at the
Nbre, and of all vessels at Chatham, and will be
succeeded by Vice-Admiral bit' Charles Talbot,
K.C.8., who will hoist his flag, (red at the fore) on
board the Formidable to-morrow.

The screw steam gunvessel Torch, Commander
Frederick IL Smith, arrived in Plymouth Sound
yesterday. She left Sierra Leone on the 23d of
January, when the only ship of war in the river
was the screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 21, Com-
mander Thomas A. De Wahl, flag of Commodore
Arthur P. E. Wilmot, C.B. The Torch will pro-
bably go to Sheerness

The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty—Capt. C. L. Waddilove, to the
Adventure, her complement having been altered,
vice Commander Curme, promoted; Commander
W. E. Gordon and Lieut. Day IL Bosanquet to the
Ranger ; Lieut. Edward Pilkington to the Excel-
lent ; Lieut. John Eliot to the Duke of Wellington ;
Wm. Morgan, paymaster, to be secretary to Vice.
Admiral Sir Chas. Talbot; Geo. P. Martin, pay-
master, additional, to the Pembroke; Edwd. Hin-
vest, second master, to the Medina; Wm. Horn,
second master, to the Ranger; Dr. James Martin,
assist.-surg. to the St. Vincent, for the Seaiark ;
Walter P. S. Purcell, assistesurg. to Greenwich
Hospital; Edward T. PipolAir aiidshipman, to the
'Aurora ; john—S. Lueirraft, midshipman, to the
Princess Royal ; Frederick C. L. Neville, master's
assist., to the Ranger; Brownlow E. Maitland,
nominated to a naval cadetship ; T. Burnet, engineer,
to the Ranger; C. E. Uffindell and T. J. Walters,
assist, engineers, to the Ranger; Thos. Crossman,
assist. engineer, to the Cumberland, to be lent to the
Castor for the Handy; and Matthew Wellington,
clerk in the Formidable, to be Secretary's clerk.
Staff-Commander William Hemsley has been re-
moved to the list of retired commanders.

The Shakspere Jubilee Under Garrick.

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The Shakspere Jubilee (for the three most notable com-
memorations hitherto held are rather conveniently distin-
guishable by the three names, "jubilee," " gala," and
" foctital," usually applied to them) was held in 1769. I t
had no conneetion With the day or the centenary of Shak-
spere's birth or death, brit arose wholly out of local circum-
stances at the time. The corporation of Stratford-upon-
Avon having built a new town-hall in 1768, a particular
niche in the facade seemed to be in want of a statue to fill
it up; and it was suggested that a bust or statue of
William Shakspere, whose birth had shed so great a lustre
over that town, would be particularly suitable for that
purpose. George Alexander Steovens, the commentator
on Shakspere, was the medium fer communicating
this idea to David Garrick, then in the zenith of
his power. Garrick had a number of small enemies (per-
haps only small), who accused him of vanity and a love of
personal adulation; but it was at anyrate a good quarter to
apply to for this particular purpose. A correspondence arose,
in which Garrick so highly pleased the corporation, that
they sent him the freedom of the borough, enclosed in a box
made from the wood of Shakspere's celebrated mulberry-
tree, and requested Garrick's picture in return. These com-
pliments set the brain of the actor at work. He either sug-
gested or cordially supported a project for some kind of gala
or jubilee in honour of Shakspere, to be held at Stratford.
His detractors afterwards said that he did this with a view to
his own benefit, in connection with an intended reproduc-
tion of the pageant at Drury-lane Theatre, of which he was
manager. Such a motive had possibly something to do with
the matter; but the great actor was unquestionably influ-
enced also by a genuine wish to do honour to the still greater
bard. The project, by whomsoever suggested, was favour-
ably received at Stratford and elsewhere; and subscriptions
from various quarters enabled a managing committee to de-
velop the detailed plan of a jubilee for the autumn of 1769,
A large octagonal amphitheatre, somewhat resembling the
then celebrated Rotunda at Ranelagh, was erected on the
Bancroft, a meadow on the banks of the beautiful river
Avon; it was fitted to accommodate one thousand persons ;
and it was made ornate, with a colonnade, a raised orchestra,
a dome, a chandelier of eight hundred lights, and gilding,
and painting, and drapery. On the margin of the river were
ranged sixteen 32-pounders, sixteen cannon of smaller cali-
bre, twelve cohorns, and some mortars. Two waggon-loads
of fireworks and illumination-lamps were sent down from
London. A ribbon, to be afterwards made into favours, was
devised by the Coventry weavers, with rainbow hues, in-
tended to typify the many-coloured hues of Shakspere's
genius; and a medal was stamped at Birmingham, to be
struck in gold, silver, and copper, according to the means
of the tastes of the purchasers. The medal had a bas-relief
of Shakspere on one side, with the words from his own
Hamlet; "We shall not look upon his like again." David
Garrick and his brother George were amazingly busy in
superintending the preparations ; for David was appointed
steward, and he certainly did not comport himself in many
ways as if it were his jubilee.
At 5 o'clock on the morning of the 6th of September, 1769,

the guests with which the town of Stratford-on-Avon was
crammed were awakened from their slumbers by the firing
of cannon, and soon afterwards the principal ladies were
serenaded by a number of young men fantastically dressed.
who sang two songs written for the occasion by Garrick,
accompanied by haut-boys, flutes, clarionets, guitars, and
other instruments. After this auspicious commencement,

the corporation and a large number of visitors breakfasted
together at the new town-hall, or Shakspere's-hall, as it
was also termed. The mayor and the town clerk, on this
occasion, presented to Garrick the insignia of his office as
steward, comprising a medal and a wand made from the
famous mulberry tree. The breakfast was a:very gay affair ;
jubilee ribbons and jubilee medals were almost universally
worn, while dukes and earls, lords and ladies, were present
in considerable number. The company then proceeded to
the church, where, at 11 o'clock, commenced Arne's ora-
torio of " Judith," performed by singers and instrumen-
talists from London. This done, the steward, the singers,
the instrumentalists, the corporation, and the guests went
from the church to the new amphitheatre. As they passed
the house in which shakspere was born, some verses were
sung in honour of the bard; verses, it must be admitted—
for two of the lines ran thus :
Here nature nurs'd her darling boy,
From whom all care and sorrow fly I
—which the bard-himself would not greatly have admired.
At three o'clock, a banquet was held in the amphitheatre,
enlivened by " new songs, catches, and glees adapted to the
purpose of the jubilee.' In the evening, there was a grand
ball in the amphitheatre, and very gay illuminations and
fireworks for the people.
All went off well on the first day. Not so on the second,

when the clouds took the matter into their own hands.
There was to have been a pageant from the town-hall to the
amphitheatre, consisting of about 170 actors and actresses
from the London and provincial theatres, dressed to repre-
sent an equal number of characters in Shakspere's plays,
with a large and highly-ornamented triumphal car ; "in
which," as Wheeler in his "History of Stratford-on-Avon
tells us, "two persons, repreeentingMelpomene and Thalia,
with the Graces, were to be drawn by sia persons habited
like Satyrs, with attendants carrying emblematical devices
and insignia, and accompanied by the whole baud of vocal
and instrumental music, to perform a serenade at Shak•
spera's statue, and crown it with a wreath of laurel." But
as the rain peppered down Lriskly, Melpomene, Thalia. the
Graces, and the Satyrs took off their fanny dresses, and the
procession was abandoned. Other amusements were, how•
ever, abundant, After a renewal of cannon-firing, bell-
ringing, lady-serenading, and public-breakfasting, the com-
pany went to the amphitheatre to hear a dedication ode. In
the centre of the orchestra, with his steward's wand of mul-
berry wood in his hand, a medallion suspended from his
breast, and a richly embroidered suit of brown, sat David
Garrick ; on a higher level was a statue of Shakspere, which
Garrick had caused to be cast, to occupy eventually the

vacant niche in front of the town-hall ; and by the side of
the statue was Dr. Arne, as conductor of the orchestra.
After a preliminary overture, Garrick rose and recited the
ode written by himself. It was a sort of cantata, with airs
and choruses between the recited portions—all, of course,
in honour of Shakspere. One of the included airs (" Thou
soft-flowing Avon") afterwards became ♦ery popular. The
crowning of the statue was dispensed with, because Melpo-
mene and Thalia had been disappointed by the wet.

A strange episode, or what theatrical folks would call a
" gag," was presented on this occasion. After the ode
Garrick stood up and delivered a prose encomium on Shaks-

pere, in which he challenged any one to urge anything
against the immortal bard. Whereupon Mr. King, a cele-
brated comedian of those days, came forward in a great-coat,
and requested to be heard. Permission being granted King
went into the orchestra, took off his greatcoat, and appeared
in a suit of blue and silver. He attacked Shakspere's
character and fume, and censured him, ironically, as a very
ill-bred fellow, for domineering over our own passions, and
making people laugh and cry as he thought proper, When
King had finished, Garrick rose and addressed the ladies
in a rhymed epilogue, complimenting them on the regard
they had always shown to Shakspere, and exhorting them
to support the reputation of a poet who was so remarkable
for upholding the dignity of the female character. This
theatrical trick, whether planned originally by Garrick or
by King, was certainly not up to the level of the occasion ;
but possibly it was an after thought, to fill up a programme
otherwise interfered with by the rain.--Chambers' Journal,
.Neu and lmpiased Series.

THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AT KAGOSIMA.
by the British bombardment is estimated at Z 1,000,000, and
1,500 persons were killed.

A capital conviction has taken place at Carrick-
on-Shannon before Mr. Justice Christian. Edward
Stamford was found guilty of the murder of Michael
M'Dermott, on the return of the latter from the fair of
Mohill, at 10 o'clock at night. The deceased and one
Reilly, after having had some drink, lighted their pipes
and went their way, and while the rain was beating in their
faces a tall man struck Reilly down. When he recovered
he saw M'Dermott lying as if dead, and the tall man stoop-
ing over him apparently robbing him. The evidence of
identification of the prisoner was entirely circumstantial.
It was proved ho was seen in company with the deceased ;
a stick was found, a tobacco box, a watch and other articles,
and some half-crowns; and although the pockets of the
deceased were turned inside out, murder went away unre•
warded in its chief and ungodly aim—the £8 in notes which
the unfortunate M'Dermott had received at the fair for a
heifer was found safe in his left inside vest pocket. No
witnesses were examined for the defence, and the jury in half
an hour found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced for
execution on the 24th of next March.

PRIVATE INQUIRIES THROUGH THE POLICE.—
Lieutenant-General Cartwright, her Majesty's In-
spector of Constabulary for the midland districts of England
and for North Wales, notices in his report for the past year
made to the Secretary of State that in the course of his in-
spection he discovered it to bo a common practice in many
counties for individuals and companies to communicate with
the police, seeking private information as to the character,
respectability, and means of persons residing on their dis-
tricts, and offering remuneration for the service. Lieutenant
General Cartwright regards it as a most dangerous trans-
gression of police duty, quite foreign to the purposes for
which the force was eat iblished, and seri( usly imperilling
its popularity and efficiency. He reports that in his circuit
of inspection wherever he mentioned the practice to any of
those in command of forces it met with their immediate re-
probation, and this may check the system; but he consi-
dered the subject of such vital importance to the force that
he thcught it his duty to bring it under the consideration
of the Secretary of State, and to express his opinion that
the practice must be at once and completely suppressed.

PRICE .4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

The Western Bank.

The Court of Session, in a case lately argued
before the whole court, has, by a majority of the
judges, decided against the liquidator of the Wes-
tern Bank in an action which sought to make a
body of trustees personally liable for the calls made
upon the partners in addition to the loss of the paid
up capital. The bank stopped payment in 1857, and
it was found that not only had the whole capital
been lost, but heavy calls must be made upon the
shareholders to pay the creditors and depositors of
the fink, who, by means of these calls, have been
paid in full, These calls a great number of the '
shareholders were quite unable to pay, and compo-
sitions were effected with those able to pay only a
part. A portion of these superadvances has been
returned to those who paid in full, and in order to
increase that return, the only remaining liquidator
(Mr. Lumsden) is still engaged iniseveral litigations
with parties who have resisted his claims on them.
In the present case Mr. Walter Buchanan, M.P,,
and other five gentlemen were registered as holding
60 shares as trustees for Mrs. Ellen Browne. These
gentlemen had accepted the trust under the mar-
riage contract of Mr. C. W. Browne and Miss Ellen
Buchan in October, 1845, and within a month after
their appointment they invested the whole trust
funds, about 14,000 or £5,000, in Western Bank
shares. The defenders pleaded that they were not
liable beyond the amount of the trust estate for pay
went of the liquidator's calls, and the Lord Ordinary
(Kinloch) found in their favour. The interlocutor
was rfclaimed to the First Division, who ordered
written argument, and laid the question of the trus-
tees' personal liability before the whole court.
Eight out of 12 judges, including Lord Kinloch,
were of opinion that the defenders were not person-
ally responsible. The minority of the judges held
that the defenders were liable, with the exception
of one of their number, who was not present when
the trustees resolved to purchase the shares, and
who did not sign the deed of transfer. Lord Kin-
loch's decision is therefore adhered to by the court.
Long opinions have been given by the judges in the
case, On Friday the court, proceeding on a mi-
nute of abandonment by the liquidator, dismissed
the action, at his instance, against Messrs. William
and James Baird, directors of the bank, who had
not joined in the composition offered by their
brother directors.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.

(From the Civil Service Gazette.)
WAR•orrrcE—Mr H. F. Gladwin has been appointed a
clerk in the Adjutant•General's-office—Mr W. Darling a
civil assistant in the Survey Department—and the Rev. M.
C. O'Dell, chaplain of the 4th class, to be chaplain of the
3d class.
PATENT-OFFICE—Mr J. T. Scott has been appointed
assistant to the curator in the Museum, London—Mr J.
Gibson an attendant in the British Museum—and Mr M.
Murray a clerk in the Post-office at Kingstown.
CUSTOMS—Mr D. Hammond and Mr A. Lowe have been
appointed extra clerks, London—Mr C. T. Pickford and
Mr C. G. Sanderson, assistant surveyors, Ist class, have
been promoted to be surveyors, 2d class—Mr J. Donnan,
Mr H. Lambert, and Mr J. W. Douglas, from the second
to the Ist class of assistant surveyors—Mr J. Britton and
Mr N. Wingfield from the Ist class of examining officers
to the 2d class of assistant surveyors—and Mr F. Wearne
and Mr T. Bowden from the 2d to the Ist class—Mr R.
Henderson and Mr J. M'Culloch from the 3d to the 2d
class—and Mr W. R. Ryan and Mr R. Robinson from the
4th to the 3d class of examining officers, London.
INLAND REVENUE (Stamps and Tax Bra,:ch)—Mr A.
Stair has been appointed to be junior clerk in the chief
accountant's office, and Mr E. J. P. Kightley a junior
stamper in the stamping department. (Excise Branch)—
Mr W. Aitken, officer, Paisley, sth division, Ayr collection,
has been appointed examiner—and Mr 11. S. Barfoot, 2d
class assistant, Bristol collection, to be Ist class assistant,
Ware, 10th division.
SCOTLAND—Mr Aneas Macbean, writer to the signet,
has been appointed one of the clerks of the Court of Justi-
.

ciary, in
Harper a fishery officer under the Board.
THE EAST INDIES —Mr J. N. Bullen has been op.
pointed to be an additional member of the Council o
the Governor-General, for the purpose of making laws
and regulations only--Mr T. H. Cowie to be a member
of the Council of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal,
for making laws and regulations—Surgeon C. Hatha-
way, of the Bengal medical service, to be private
secretary to the Viceroy—Captain E. Impey, Bengal
Staff Corps, to officiate as military secretary and aide-de-
camp to the Viceroy—Lieut-Col. C. Herbert to be superin-
tendent of political pensions—Major \V. Agnew to officiate
as Governor-General's agent, North-East frontier—Mr S.
H. C. Taylor to be a magistrate and collector of Bograh—
Mr F. J. Cockburn to be magistrate and collector of Sylhet
—Mr F. B. Simson to officiate as civil and sessions judge of
Jessore—Mr F. J. Alexander to officiate as magistrate and
collector of Bhaugulpore—Mr J. A. Floyd to be assistant
superintendent of police of the first grade in Gowalparrah;
Mr T. H. M'Laughlin to be assistant to the magistrate and
collector of Sarun, and to exercise the powers of a subordi-
nate magistrate of the second class—Mr M. L. Ferrar to
be assistant to the magistrate and collector of Rajshahye,
and to exercise the powers of a subordinate magistrate of the
second class—Mr P. P. Hutchins to be head assistant to
the collector and magistrate of South Arcot, and to act as
sub-collector and joint magistrate of Madras district—Mr
B. Horsburgh to be assistant to the magistrate and collec-
tor of Vizagapatam—Mr R. W. Lodwick, officiating deputy
auditor and accountant-general, Madras, to be civil pay-
master, Madras—and Mr E. F. Harrison, officiating deputy
auditor and accountant-general, Benga% to be civil pay-
master, Bombay.

THE ASSAULT BY A CLERGYMAN AT LOWES-
TOFT,—At the Lowestoft Pclice-court, last week, the Rev.
Henry Jodrell, of Gisleham, in the county of Suffolk, was
charged with having unlawfully assaulted and beaten Geo.
H. Cherry, an officer of her Majesty's Indian army, on the
sth of February instant. The defendant pleaded guilty
to the charge, and said he was quite content to submit to
anything the magistrates might think proper to inflict. The
bench ordered him to pay a fine of £5, or two months' im-
prisonment.
ORIGIN OF " YELLOWPLUSEI" AND " JEAMES."—

It is in the number [of Frazer] for the month and
year referred to (Nov., 1837) that we first find him contri-
buting a paper which is not reprinted in his " Miscellanies,"
and which is interesting as explaining the origin of that
assumed character of a footman in which the author of the
"Yellowplush Papers" and " Jeames's Diary" afterwards
took delight. A little volume had been published in
1837, entitled "My Book ; or, the Anatomy of Conduct,
by John Henry Skelton." The writer of this absurd book
had been a woollen-draper in the neighbourhood of Regent-
street. He had become possessed of the fixed idea that
he was destined to become the instructer of mankind
in the true art of etiquette. Ho gave parties to the
best company whom he could induce to eat his
dinners and assemble at his conversaziones, where his
amiable delusion was the frequent subject of the jokes of
his friends. Skelton, however, felt them little. He spent
what fortune he had, and brought himself to a position in
which his fashionable acquaintances no longer troubled
him with their attentions ; but he did not cease to be in
his own estimation a model of deportment, He
husbanded his small resources, limiting himself to an
humble dinner daily at a coffeehouse in the neighbourhood
of his old home, where his perfectly fitting dress•coat— for
in this article he was still enabled to shine—his brown wig
and dyed whiskers, his ample white cravat of the style of
the Prince Regent's days, and his well-polished boots were
long destined to raise the character of the house on which
he bestowed his patronage. In the days of his prosperity
Skelton was understood among his acquaintances to be en-
gaged on a work which should hand down to posterity the
true code of etiquette—that body of the unwritten
law which regulated the society of the time of his
favourite monarch. In the enforced retirement of his less
prosperous days, the woollen-draper's literary design had
to develop itself; and, in the year 1837, "My Book; or,
the Anatomy of Conduct, by John Henry Skelton," was
finally given to the world. It was this little volume which
fell in the way of Thackeray, who undertook to review it for
" Frai•er's Magazine." In order to do full justice to the
work, nothing seemed more proper than to present the re-
viewer in the assumed character of a fashionable footman.
The review, therefore, took the form of a letter from Charles
Yellowplush, Esq., containing "Fashionable fax and polite
Annygoats," dated from "No. Grosvenor-square.
(N. 13. Hairy Bell)," and addressed to Oliver Yorke, the
well-known pseudonym of the editor of "Fraser." To this
accident may be attributed those extraordinary efforts of
cacography which had their germ in the Cambridge " Snob,"
but which attained their full development in the Miscel-
lanies, the Ballads, the Snob papers, and other short works,
`and also in some portions of the latest of the author's
novels.—Theodore Taylor's Memorial of Thackeray.