The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1864.

BANK OF ENGLAND, 15th Sept., 1861.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVEIt
NOR and COl'ell'ANY of the BANK of ENGLAND
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New Roman Catholic Church at Hoxton.

Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of laying the fonnda-

tion stone of the new Church of St. Monica was performed
in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators. In con-
nexion with the site of the intended building we may men-
tion that the house No. 12, Holton-square, now standing
there, is at present occupied by the Augustinian Fathers,
with Mr Crane at their head, but in the time of Charles 11.,
it is said was the resort of that monarch for somewhat ques-
tionable purposes in a moral point of view, and there are in
relation to the old red brick building various tales of the
famous Nell Gwynne. In the course of the necessary exca-
vations in the grounds attached to the house traces were
found of a subterranean passage—in some parts quite com-
plete, with brick walls and arched roof—leading, it is ima-
gined, to York House, a place not far distant at that period,
and another of his Majesty's oft frequented spots, This is
the first Augustinian Church in London since the time of
Henry VIII. Austinfriars German Church is its predecessor
—but it is not now used for Roman Catholic purposes.
The new edifice is to be 124 feet in length by 40 in breadth.
The following is an architectural description. The structure
is a parallelogram, and is divided into nave and aisles by
pitch-pine eolumns, which support the main principals of
the roof. The nave is separated from the chancel by an
arch ornamented with marble shafts. The chancel is lighted
by nine windows--eight lateral lancets and one rose window
of great beauty. Beneath the window the chancel opens
upon the side chapels by an arcading of eight arches sup-
ported on small stone columns. The roof of the chancel
will be waggon-headed, and divided into panels by wooden
ribs. The root of the nave is open, and exhibits a well
conceived piece of construction enriched with ornamental
metal work. The nave is entirely lighted from a clerestory
worked in Bath stone. Behind the sanctuary is a sacristy
40ft, long by 12 in width. The height of the building is
51ft., and will cost, when completed, about £3,300. Mr
Osborn, of Clapton, is the contractor; the architect is Mr
Welby Pugin, of London and Liverpool.

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The Rev. Dr. MANNING delivered an address on the con-
clusion of the customary ceremonies. The act of that day,
he said, would leave its mark on the church history of Lon-
don. The Catholic Church had inscribed its name upon the
corners of the streets of this city. The ancient sanctuaries
of the Black Friars, the White Friars, the Grey Friars, and
the Austin Friars, were well known to all ; but the deluge
came, and swept them away. But the Church of God had
refounded them once more, and to-day Austin Friars was
created afresh. St. Augustine entered once more, and had
a mission to perform, and a great oRe too, and that with a
singular fitness, for between St. Augustine and England
there was a- strong connecting link. He bore a great and
special message to the English people. It was, that intel-

lent without faith led to an immense gulph—a fathomless
abyss—to the very depths of immorality. " The world by
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its wisdom knew not God," and the intellect of man, tainted
by the entrance of sin, became ignorant of its Maker. The
more his intellect was cultivated by pride and vain glory,
the more he fell, In Holy Writ there was the example of
Solomon. He had a clear knowledge of all the sciences,
physical, natural, and moral, in proportion as they were
then known, and of which men aro now so proud, and with
which they became so inflated. His end was a terrible fall
because he forsook his God. St. Augustine was born of a
Christian mother ; but he was not baptised, and had not
been taught his faith. He became learned in the extreme,
and, physically, in stature was head and shoulders above
the men of his age; but for the lack of faith he plunged
into immorality. Until the age of 30 years he lived a life
of scandal reproach ; and in this was found the cause
of his many "confessions." In this there was a lesson
for England. There was no country whose men were so
proud and so vain of intellectual cultivation ; and none
whose men were so unbelieving in everything almost
save their favourite applied sciences. Upon these
they imagined they could build a tower reaching to
heaven. There was no country having so many gifts and
so many advantages and yet so blind. This was because
intellect was made the measure of truth; and also because
the grace of God bestowed in holy baptism was not dispensed,
too often through the carelessness of parents themselves.
Was not this selfaevident I' How many were there who
could conscientiously say that the "one thing necessary,"
as they considered it for their children, was not intellectual
cultivation in order to enable them to get on in the world.
He spoke to Catholic fathers and mothers, whose desire was
so great in this respect as to lead them to send their offspring
to schools not under the pastors of their own Church. St.
Augustine brought them this message, that intellect, though
cultivated, without faith, would only lead men into every
description of moral aberration. There were stains en Eng-
lish society—broad blots, red as scarlet, which came entirely
from this species of intellectual pride and the habit of
turning the back on faith. There had been men in England
—proud, heady, and highminded—who set themselves up
as teachers, and who promised that their disciples should
know everything. Christ himself, however, said that those
who believed should understand, and save in this way there
could be no knowledge of salvation, redemption, or grace.
Were these matters not mysterious, it could not be a great
revelation. If a finite mind could comprehend the matter,
a finite mind might have invented it. The marks of
Divinity were the mysterious, character, the surprising
depth, the inscrutable and impenetrable ideas suggested.
The first step to understanding was belief, All eternity
would be spent in contemplating that which they only now
knew " in part." St. Augustine lived in a country where
the Catholic Church was fearfully persecuted by a sect
known as the Donatists. They were so numerous, so
dominant, that their bishops alone outnumbered the priests
of the Catholic Church. So far was the persecution carried
that the very bread makers were forbidden to manufacture
that article for the use of Catholics. St. Augustine, under
these circumstances, used only one weapon. He told them
that they were the Church of that part of Africa ; but how
about the Church throughout the world ? Were they united
to the Church of the Romans, the Germans, the Spaniards,
the Austrians—in fact, with those who worshipped God
from the West to the far East ? He asked what participa-
tion they had in the universality of the church on earth—in
fact, what interest they had in that Church which ex-
tended "from the rising of the sun to the going down
of the same." But there was in this a personal applica-
tion to England. There was a national Church which
held communion with no other Church under the sun. It
sprang up three centuries ago, and undoubtedly, in wealth,
social influence, and power, and it was far beyond what the
handful of Catholics in this country could boast of. But
with all its lordliness it was isolated. There was nothing
common in its doctrines, its sacrifices, or its faith in any
particular. The bishops of the English Church were not
recognised in France or in Spain, or in many other Conti-
nental nations, or, in fact, amongst the countries of the
world. This was what St. Augustine Paid then, and that
was what he said to the fathers engaged in this mission
now. The channel through which all truth flowed was the
channel of the one Church—the Church which was origi-
nated on the day of Pentecost, and since then had spread
throughout the world ; it rested on that universal basis,
and from that it had never been removed. It had knit all
nations in one family. There was one other message from
St. Augustine—without faith, which was the gift of God,
they could do nothing. This was a salutary lesson for all
concerned to learn, especially considering that in the pre-
sent day, they lived amongst a people conscious of their
natural, material, and intellectual atrengtla, in addition to

being immersed in the cares of daily life. They heard
often of the conversion of England ; and certainly they
did hope that the time would come when the hands which
were lilted up against them in religious controversy would
embrace those of the opposite Church in unity. It was
indeed a blessed vision. "But," said Dr Manning, "I fear
it is far off." Almighty God might do it in one instant ;
but they must not look for it without labour and toil.
There was too much perversion of intellect, unbelief, ob-
stinacy, stubborn prejudice, and hardness of heart to allow
them to look for so Divine a development. Christ had sent
them to labour, to pray, and to wait—to do what they
could while they were on earth towards so blessed a result.
The time for such an advancement had not yet come'
After a few further similar remarks the rev. doctor con-
cluded by some words of affectionate encouragement to the
St. Augustine brotherhood of Holton.
The proceedings then terminated.

The Great Fire in Gresham-street.

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L.:co:oda published respecting this
disastrous fire convey but a faint idea of the pro-
perty destroyed, and the large number of persons,
male and female, who have been thrown out of em-
ployment, and who have lost the whole of their
wearing apparel. During the day, Mr Roberts,
assessor of fire losses ; Mr Timms, of the
County Fire Office ; Mr T. Hodsoll, of the
Atlas ; Mr Closs, Mr Hearne, and Mr C; White
of the County, attended for the purpose, if
possible, of striking an average as to the extent
of property destroyed, and considering the best
means of recovering the salvage. It is probable
that several thousand pounds' worth of goods, more
especially rich carpets, Utrecht velvets, and silks,
may be recovered, much of which, though injured
by fire and water, will yet realise a considerable
sum. The assessors now put down the loss of pro■
petty, exclusive of the buildings, at from £150,000
to £200,000. Most of the buildings were formed
of solid brickwork and masonry, so that in several
instances the walls will not have to be rased to the
ground, but can be re-roofed and re-floored. The
eight large warehouses of Messrs. Tapling and Co.,
carpet manufacturers, in Gresham-street alone were
supported on 24 iron columns, of about 16ft. in
height. These columns were irrespective of the
supports to the upper floors, as they were built in a
very peculiar manner, and were considered the.
proof. The ceilings of the ground floor warehouses
—eight in number—were spanned by brick and
concrete arches, braced together by ironwork, and
were considered to be sufficiently strong to prevent
any fire, no matter how large, from rising into any
of the upper floors. Unfortunately, in spite of the
precautions thus taken, they proved of no avail in
arresting the progress of the fire. With such fury
did the flames extend, that the 9-inch walls afforded
no safe resistance; and from Messrs. Tapling's
the flames appear to have blown through
the side wall of Haberdashers' Hall.
Several thousand tons of water were thrown
upon the buildings, and saturated the
costly contents, but a great quantity of the
goods will probably turn up as what is
technically termed " good salvage." The public
will learn with pleasure that several pictures sup-
posed to have been destroyed were saved through
the instrumentality of Mr Swanton, foreman of the
C. district, and Mr C. White, of the County Fire
Office. Amongst the number is the portrait of Sir
George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London in 1831,
and which escaped the great fire of London in 1666.
In Haberdashers' Hall the stained glass windows
and carved oak figures, which embellished the
grand staircases, have been almost entirely de-
stroyed. Fortunately, in the lower hall a few of
the figures by Grinling Gibbons will be recovered.
The firemen were engaged until late last night in
recovering from the ruins numerous p:eces of carpet
and other valuable articles.

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Ocean that it exceeds that of eight great rive r 3 ut
Asia pat together—uaaiely, the Euphrates, Indus,
uangk.s, Oby, 1e:11a, Amur, Yellow River, alid tiie
Yuri;-ko in Ciiina. bo deep is it, at least in its
upper pert, that no bottom has been found at a
depth of 721 feet. Ile declivity is so imperceptible
and slow that were not, ik volume of water Fo
powerful it would with diffionity flaw. Scarcely is
its descent in the space of 200 leagues 101 feet—
that is to say, 1 27th of an inch in I,oooft. From
the Atlantic, as far as Jaen de Bracamoros—latitude
5 deg. 30 min„ and longitude 75 deg. 40 min. west
of Paris, it has no cataracts or currents which im-
pede navigation. At that place its surface is 1,240 ft
above the level at Para. The effluents of the Alma.
zan form among themselves tens of thousands of
leagues of navigable rivers, an immense net cover-
ing more than two-thirds of South America.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

A handsome monument to the officers, non_com-

missioned officers, and private soldiers of the 75th

(Stirlingshire) Regiment has been lately erected in
the cemetery at Stirling by the officers of the ree
giment and by many of those who formerly served
in it, This monument is a plain Runic cross, 12ft.
high, of polished red granite. On the front face is

the crest of the regiment, being a garter encircling
the word Stirlingshire and the number 75, sup-
ported by two thistles, and surmounted by a crown,
and beneath it, on the shaft and pedestal, the fol.

lowing words incised and gilt—" In memory of Col.
R. D. Halifax ; Captains E. W. J. Knox, A. Chan-

cellor; Lieuts. A. Harrison, S. R. J. Fitzgerald, C. R.
Rivers, E. V. Briscoe, 0, C. N. Faithful, W.
Crozier; Surg. J. Coghlan, and of 13 sergeants, 9
corporals, 3 drummers, and 216 private soldiers of
the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment who fell during
the Indian Mutiny. 1857.8. Erected by the officers
of the regiment and by their old comrades." On
the reverse face of the cross is the regimental badge
—the Royal Tiger, granted for hard service in
India hall a century ago, when 300 men and officers
were left in the breach of Bhurtpore. Under the

tiger are the words "India," " Seringapatam,"
"Delhi," "Relief of Lucknow," and then there are
thus briefly recorded the deeds of the regiment in
the performance of which the brave men fell to
whom the memorial has been erected :—" The 75th
(Stirlingshire) Regiment served with the army
which besieged and took the city of Delhi, and it
afterwards formed pail of the force which relieved
Alighur, Agra, and the garrison of Lucknow, A.D.

1857-8." Underneath this is inscribed, " Thine, 0
Lord, is the glory and the victory." The 75th Re-
giment
was raised at Stirling in the latter part of
the last century, and was then a kilted regiment.
Having been recently permitted to adopt the county
name, it was thought desirable by the officers of the
regiment to erect this monument (which had been
long contemplated) in the county town. Provost
M'Murrie and the Town Council of Stirling cordially
assisted in carrying out their wishes, and granted
the best site that could be chosen for the memorial.
Mr. E. Richardson, Harewood-square, London,
designed the memorial.
Colonel Mitchell, Commandant Royal Marines at
Woolwich, yesterday retired from the service, with
the honorary grade of major-general, and is suck
ceeded by Col. Williams Friend Hopkins, C. 8,,
A,D.C. to her Majesty, who will assume the duties
in a few days, Colonel Joseph Oates Travers, C. 13,,
late Assist..Adjt.-General, acting ad interim.
The reinforcements selected to augment the 12th
Regiment and the 43d Light Infantry, together with
the other detachments under orders to proceed to
New Zealand, will embark at Gravesend to-morrow
on board the chartered troopship Light Brigade,
under the superintendence of the officers of the staff
from Chatham garrison. The troops have been fur-
nished with their sea kits, and have been medically

inspected, and also inspected by Major-Cieneral Sir
Robert Walpole, K.C.B.

The ordinary drills and field exercises usually
carried out in Woolwich garrison yesterday gave
place to a series of rustic sports and gymnastic ex-
ercises, held on the Royal Artillery barrack field, in
commemoration of the joint anniversaries of the
battles of the Alma in 1851 and Delhi in 1857.
The proceedings were under the sanction and patro-
nage of Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, 0.8., Command
dant. The committee of management consisted of
Col. Wodehouse, C.B, Major Ord, Captains Calvert,
R, Gore, Keate, and Gibbs; Lieuts. Walker, J. C.
Robinson, and W. Crawford ; Capt. Lardner Clarke,
superintendent of the gymnasium, secretary and
treasurer ; clerks of the course, Captain Williams,
R,A., A.D.C., Capt. Nangle, R.A., Deputy-Assist.
Quartermaster General and Lieut. Mc. G. Stewart,
; starters, Capt. Calvert, 1.1.H.A., and Major
Hay, Brigade Alajor, R.A. The sports occupied the
entire day, commencing at 11 a.m., and, with an
interval of an hour for dinner, continuing until 6
p.m. Many thousands of persons were present, and
a space in the immediate vicinity of the grand stand
and booth, appropriated for ladies only, was kept
select by admission on the presentation of tickets
obtained at the Deputy-Quartermaster-General's
office, which were liberally supplied. The garrison
bands of music were in attendance. The sports
consisted of throwing the cricket ball and heavy
shot, flat race, hop, step, and jump, hurdle race,
wrestling, sack race, three-legged race for men and
boys, &c. The prizes were contributed by the officers
of the garrison.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Supply yesterday
returned to Wool Rich from the Mediterranean, laden
with returned stores, in temporary charge of Master-

Commander Fox. Her commander, Bawden, having
terminated his sick leave, yesterday reported him.
self at the Commodore'sKffice, in order to resume his
command. Commander Bawden has been invalided
from a severe attack of rheumatic fever, but is now

2th.

convalescent.
The stern of the iron frigate Bellerophon, having
been completed at the smithery in Chatham dock-
yard, has been removed to the factory, where it is
undergoing the cutting and planing process previous
to being fixed in its place. Unlike the other iron
frigates, the stem of the Bellerophon is forged in
three separate pieces, and is the largest work of the
kind ever undertaken at Chatham dockyard. Its
gross weight is nearly 30 tons, but this will be very
considerably reduced during the time it is undergo•
ing the necessary preparation before it can be fitted
in its place. The peculiae,formation of the bow of the
Bellerophon, which resembles nothing so much as
the lower part of a capital S, renders the operation
of smoothing and cutting it a difficult and somewhat
tedious undertaking, but some additional powerful
machinery has recently been erected at Chatham
dockyard, to be used in operations of this kind.
Some new machinery, of a more powerful kind than
any hitherto in use at Chatham, has recently been
erected in the factory adjoining the dock in which
the Bellerophon is building, to be used in the pre-
paration of the 6-inch and other armour plates
destined to incase that vessel,;which, according to
her present rate of progress, will be ready to receive
her first plate early in the ensuing year.
The following appointments were made on Monday
at the Admiralty .—Commander Henry W. Mist, to
the Achilles ; Edw. T. Peach, engineer, to the Brii
tannia, for the Dapper ; Henry Vatcher, second-
class assisteengineer, to the Britannia, for the
Dapper; Charles K. o.lllolony, clerk, to the Brisk;
and George 0. E. de H. Goullet, assist.-clerk, to
the Impregnable. The following appointments
were also made yesterday at the Admiralty :
Lieut. Charles Giffard, to the Excellent ; Lieut.
Henry M. Ommaney, to the Tamar; Selwyn S.
Sugden, master, to the Cumberland, for the Cad-
mus ; J. Kiddie, assist.-paymasterin charge, to the
Supply; Richard S. Stuart, master's assistant, to
the Royal Adelaide; Nicholas H. Rowe, acting
second-class assist.- engineer, to the Cumberland,
for the Bristol; W. M'lntyre, acting second-class
assiet..engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Terrible!

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MAILS.

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The heavy portion of the mails, in char,-;e, of
Meszrs Fisher and White, of the General Poet
office, arrived at Southampton yesterday, at 1410
p.m., in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamship Syria, Capt. E. Christian, which vessei
left Alexandria on the inst., Malta the 11th,
and Gibraltar the 15th. She had flue weather U-
twcen Alexandria and Gibe'tar, and thence to
6outlitunptou strong north-westerly winds, heavy
squalls, and high seas.
The Syria brought 88 passengers—viz., 28 that.
class, 45 second, 8 chi!dren, and 7 deck, including
Capt. Waller, ILA., Capt. Murray, It:A., Capt.
nunbury, .50th Regiment, Li,lo. C.anpbell, It.N.,
Dr Mcsser, R N., On freight the had .CBOO 171
specie, 1.5 bores of valtnbles, 1,311 bales of silk,
and 219 packages of general merchandise. She also
brought home a lire bear, two dogs, and 35 turtle.
At 7 a.m. yesterday morning the Syria passed
the Channel fleet steering to the eastward. The
following vessels were also spoken during .the pas•
saga home :—Sept, 10, the steamer Araxes, steering
in the same direction as the Syria; 14th, of Cape de
Gatt, her Majesty's ship Meeanee, bound to the
eastward; 15th, off Tarifa, the steamer Lydia,

ound to Gibraltar, &c. ; 16th, at 11 p.m., the
ninsular and Oriental steamship Ripon, bound to
Gibraltar, with the outward Bombay mails of the

The French frigate Perdrix and two Egyptian
frigates were at Alexandria when the Syria left.
Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Orlando, Racer,
and Elizabeth were at Malta on the 11th inst., and
the Procris at Gibraltar on the 15th. The Warrior,
Capt. the Hon. A. Cochrane, four days from Ply•
mouth, with supernumeraries for the Mediterranean
fleet, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, and the store-
ship Supply, Mr C. Fox commanding, five days
from Malta, on the ith. The latter vessel left again
at 3 p.m., and the Warrior at 4.25 p.m., on the 9th.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follows: —London, 90 days' date, 501 ; Paris,
do:, sf. 29e.; Marseilles, do., sf. 30c. ; Genoa, do,,
sf. 31c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par; Cadiz, do.,
2 dis.; Seville, do., dia. ; Malaga, do., par to 1,-
dis ; Barcelona, do., 1 pm.; Almeria, do., par ;
Valencia, do., par ; A:icant, ditto, par.
The Spanish screw frigate Villa de Madrid, 50
guns, Captain C. Alvar Gonzalea, left Cadiz on tho
afternoon of the Gth inst., for the Pacific Ocean to
reinforce the squadron under the command of Ad.
miral Pinzou. The sailing corvette Ferrolano, 30,
Captain Aicardo, left Cadiz on the 12th for Cartha.
gena. The screw sloop Concordia had returned to
Cadiz, from Tangier, with treasure (consisting of
Spanish, Moorish, French, and British coin) on ac.
count of the late war indemnity, which the Cadiz
Palnia says was to be applied to the payment of the
employjs of the War and Marini departments, as
well as those on the retired list.

The British bark Timandro, of South Shields,
Captain Thomas Lindsay, bound from Shields to
Ancona with a cargo of coals, struck the Cabezos
Rocks, seven miles below Tarifa, and sunk half an
hour afterwards. The crew were saved.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived out at Gibraltar :—Sept, the Livorno, Cap.
tain T. Livingstone, 12 days from Glasgow, and
two from Lisbon, for Genoa and Leghorn ; Bth, the
Meander, Captain J. A. Perry, six days and a half
from Liverpool, for Genoa and Leghorn ; 9th, the
Massilia, Captain J. C. Almond, five days from
Southampton, with mails, &e., for Malta, and Alex-
andria ; 10th, the Lidney Hall, Captain T. Waite,
eight days and a half from London and one and a
half from Lisbon, for Tangier, &c. ; 11th, the Cadiz,
Captain J. Russell, seven days from London, with
Government stores, &c. ; 12th, the Southwick, Cap.
tain. Cowlbeck, eight days from London, for Malta
and Syra. The Melbourne steamer, from New.
castle for Constantinople, passed the Straits on the
night of the 10th, all well.
The brig Gem of the Sea, Captain J. Rees, from
Llanelly, arrived at Gibraltar on the 11th ; the
schooner Mary Williams, Captain I. Williams, from
Newport, and the schooner Broughty Castle, Cape
tain J. Dowell, from Cardiff on the 12th; and the

brig Eleanor Davison, Captain W. Boadle, from
Cardiff, on the 13th. Off Tarifa, on the morning of
the 12th, the Mary Williams spoke the brigantine
Emily, of Swansea, all well, and the brigantine
Volunteer, of Poole, from Archangel, bound to
Leghorn, all well.

The Baths of Schwalbaeli.

SCIIIVALBACH, Sept. 18.

The Empress of the French still resides at this
now celebrated place, and most assiduously does her
Majesty continue to comply with the requirements
ordained for the proper completion of a Bade cur.
The weather has now undergone a change for the
worse, but it is still warm, although rain constantly
falls. Notwithstanding this untoward condition of
the elements, strangers continue to flock in, hoping
to see the Empress, although the season here
usually begins to wane at the commencement of
this month. Hopes of seeing the Emperor are also
expressed, as his Majesty is constantly expected.
The questions, " Hist Du eie gesehen P " " \Snio
sicht sie deun ails? " are continually heard on every
side, and although a hundred different answers are
given by those who have been fortunate enough to
see the august visitor, all are unanimous that a more
amiable and engaging looking lady has never been
seen here, and marked contrasts aze drawn between
her deportment—so affable and so condescending—
and that of many other royal and princely per•
sonages who have occasionally visited this little
Brunnen. Her Majesty, in fact, has won all the
hearts by her simple and unaffected manners,
though it is conceded that the dignity of her exalted
position has been fully maintained.
Schwalbach is situated at a tolerable altitude, 900
feet above the sea level, and the mountain air which
blows at this time of year is generally not only
decidedly fresh, but even unmistakably cold at times.
Up to the present time the weather has been quite
exceptional, and especially during the stay of
the Empress, for even if the nights are cold the
days are warm and sunny, like, in fact, what
the Italians call the Madonna summer. The
greater number of the visitors usually seen
here have departed, so that accommodation can at
last be found for the great influx of strangers still
continuing to arrive, attracted by the presence of
the Empress. Scores of carriages, heavily laden
with sightseers, continue to come daily to this little
town, partly from Wiesbaden, partly from the
neighbouring watering-place Schlaugenbad, partly
from Eltville, the next station of the railway on the
right bank of the Rhine, and from other places.
Under any circumstances the hotel and house owners
rejoice greatly, and estimate the visit of the Empress
of the French at a greater commercial value than
that of the Empress of All the Russias.
Wiesbaden is now favoured with the visit of a
circus, which is very good of its kind, but as the
proprietors found that, the summer visitors having
departed, the 21,000 regular inhabitants were either
not sufficient in number to support their establish.
meat, or were perhaps deficient in taste for equesa
trian spectacle, they hit upon the expedient of
publicly stating that the Empress intended to honour
the performance by a visit on a given night. The
public,
who seem to be as credulous here as in any
other part of the civilised world, swallowed the bait
and attended in numbers more than sufficient to
fill the arena, without reflecting that it was scarcely
probable that the Empress's "cure" would be facili.
tated by a night journey from Sehwalbach to Wies-
baden and back again. The result simply was, that
the proprietors of the exhibition reaped a rich
harvest, while the visitors had to deplore their dis-
appointment, and to content themselves as best they
might.

The subjoined list of the visitors to this place list
year will serve to show zhe number ordinarily
attending, and their nationality. The figures are
taken from the official list, which shows that, of a
total of 3,932, the German nation contributed 2,058;
while of non-Germans there were 1,874, thus
divided :—Russians 608, English 646, Americans
111, Dutch 163, French 167, Swiss 45, Moldavians
and Wallachians 41, Italians 32, Belgians 30,
Swedes 15, Algerians 8, while Tunis, China, East
India, Portugal, and Persia contribute one each.

MR. ALFRED MELLON'S' CONCERTS
EVERY EVENING, at Fight.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN.
LAST WEEK BUT TWO.
In co:, sequence of the great access of the GOUNOD
N IGLU/ , it will be repeated THIS EVENING.
Mdlle. C. Patti and Madame Parepa ; Mdlle. Krebs, Mr.
Levy, and Ali Ben Sou-ales.
Orchestra of One Hunired Performers, and the Bands of
the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One
sydlinag ; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 Is. and
108. 6d.
To. morrow, Thursday, the THIRD and LAST dEN-
DELS,SOHN NIC4IIT.
On Friday next, a HANDEL NIGHT.
In preparation, a Giand Selection from L'ETOILE DU
NORD.

HEATRE-It(NAL, DRURY-LANE.
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Cha'terton.
Ths., public is rz. speztfutly informed that this Theatre will
OPEN for the DRAMATIC
will SEAsON
erformed on SATin cURDAY
NEXT,
September 24, wh,rt be p onse-
'ence of the unqualiti,d succes which attended its revival
last 9( on,
the First fart of Shakespere'a Play of HENRY
as
THE FOURTH. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Hotspur,
Mr. Creswick.
On SATURDA.Y, Sept. 2f, 3fondiy, 26, and during the
week, the performances will commence with the Farce ot
AN AP „IL. FOOL.
After which, at half-past 7 o'clock each Evening, the First
Pa, t of Shakespere's ?iay of HENRY THE FOURTH.
principal characters by Messrs. Phelps, Creswick, Walter
Lacy, Henry Marston, R. Roxby, U. Belmore, Edmund
Phelps, A. Raynor, F. Matthews, J. Cormack, &c. ; Miss
H. len Howard, Miss Arabella Smyth (harp i-bligato to song,
Mr, Frederick Chatterton), Mrs. C. Melville.
To conclude with the Farce, by John Oxenford, Esq., en-
titled BEAUTY Oil. THE BEAST
At the termination of the Play the National Anthem will
be sung.
Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven.
Full prospectus of the Season ATrangements to be obtained
at the Box-office from 10 till 5 daily.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, will be performed the Second Part of
HENRY 'IRE FOURTH.

TH.EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, T3ACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
After which, at half-past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera
f— "CHE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA. Messrs. Weiss,
Bucks tone, Chippendale, Compton, Rogers, Farrcn, 3latthi-
eon, ;M, s lames Weiss, Keeley, Griffith, &!.
To be followed by FRIEND WAG4LES. Horatio
Waggles (ha original character), Mr. Compton.
Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK.
To commence at 7.

RO yA I, pIIINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee an,:l Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORIN. TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'Ratferty, Mr. Dominick MIL-ray.
Atter which, THE STREET 3 OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss F.oany Gwynne.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIIL-.
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs.
Toole and Billington.
After which, 7th time, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J.
L. 'Toole, R. Phillips, Biilington, Stephenson; Mrs. Billing-
ton, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
And TII E BABE i IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole,
P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Sc.
.Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.-
Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER'S ANNUAL BENEFIT
and LAST NIGHT of the SEASON.
SATURDAY next. September 24, the successful Drama of
STEPHEN DIC-GES, by John Oxenford, Esq. Mr. J. L.
Toole.
Revival of the celebrated Comic Drama, by J. R. Planche,
Esq., of WHO'S YOUR FRIEND. Mr. B. Webster.
And the celebrated Burlesque, by H. T. Byron, Esq , of
THE BABES IN THE WOOD, Mr. J. L. Tole, Mrs. A.
Me lon, Mr. Paul Bedford.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Manager. Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY.
This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Season.
THIS EVENING (for the 9th time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's
highly_-successful and original Comedy of HOW WILL
THEY GET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's
Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE.
To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Those cele-
brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged.
Mr,. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin-
son, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. JOllll-
- Mr. H. Montague, Miss Cottorel , Miss Fanny Joseph
Reiss Patti Josephs, &c. &C. Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and
bio pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch. Musical Con-
duct or, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sok, Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
Titl6 EVENING, SHORT AND SWEET. Messrs. Par-
selle and James ; Mesdames Carson and Johnstone.
After which, the great Burl seine, THE MILLER AND
HIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne ; Mesdames
,Swanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson.
To conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE ? Mr. Bel-
ford.

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
Messrs. JAY, of Ite,s,rent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHING SILK. Lat.EiSES, suitatle for the
country and seaside, and at the c.earing,-out price of only
£1 115. Gd. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, ;A and 251, Regent-street.

BLACK SILK-S.—The price of Siiks in the raw
material has already r' sen 15 per cent, and it will soon
reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
invite their numer Jug patrons to take advAntage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally 102 more
co Alp a 3 the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average

JAY'S,
217, 219, and 251, Regent-street.

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