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

Donsl3,
if we
vOR s cLE.--RAILWAY BONDS, having
dedications,
It is in one of his
Three Years to run,
in Lots,
peor ceunt. per 'annum',rightly,that the author
Coupons are attached 1
1 at°trhe lYmdon ana W stminstei Bank. of
the " Pilgrims of the
payable 11a1.-y a n
e o• nattenbury, 6, John-strut, Bethord-row, Rhine" speaks of his own
ttpp,liynto Mr. S. • reading public in Germany as, perhaps, among all
his readers, those who have welcomed his writings
the most generously. After the genial tribute
spontaneously proffered to him in Le Temps,
by a writer himself of great eminence, we
should be disposed to imagine that Sir EDWARD
would almost be tempted to revise that opinion, at
least in so far as it rele.tes to any appreciation by
individual critics in the different countries of the

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ROYAI ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Xanarzemen
I of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. larrison.

THIS EVENENIG,Isce's Romantic Opera, THE
Dies K,RT FLoNAT.ER: Miss Louisa l'yne, Miss Susan Pyne ;
Messrs. IV. H. Weiss. H. Corri A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Conductor. Mr. A Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
Commence at Eight.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and P. 13. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy
and Miss Murray.
Ai er which. Lord Byron's Choral Trazedy, MANFRED.
3lessrs. : helps, Ryder, Rayner, M agreson, Ward, Si,encer ;
Miss Heath, Miss e. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss nitter, Miss Cicely
Note, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G.
_Belmore. F. Charles; Miss R. Leclercq, and 3lrs. Edmund
Falconer.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Great. Success of
HERRMANN, PRESTIDIGITATEUR. lIERR
MA
he has the honour to announce that, .in .FE_sng;
quence ,)f the great success and flatterin, recept 0n..R.,,,..,,
met with, he will
INKNINLi, until further notice.
continue his Performances, b Y X.. I
Commencing at Eight.

THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARE-EL-
-ILT Sole Lessee and 31anager, Mr, Buckstone.
HIS EVE A DIG, FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter Spy :
rMessrs. Alfred Wigan. Buckstone, Chippendale, Howe, W.
Farren, Braid, and ,- 'sirs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel,
Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss Wright, dzc.
After which, CHARLES THE .TWELFTH : Messrs. A
Wigan, Buckstonc, Compton, Howe, and Miss L Keeley.
Concluding with THE GA.LLICIAN FETE.
Commence at 7.

EW THE A.TRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.--
Sole Proorhitor THEnna.aer, Mr. R. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs.
At R the New Drama oStirlinn.f LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported
by Mood, Stlrlin, R. Phillips, Billinzton, Stuart
A. Wood, Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with CATCHING AN ITEIRESS : Miss
Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood.

SS B ATENIAN.—LE A FL—The celebrated
311 young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having
an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH oh-
ed the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has
t.,----ee% Witnessed for many years, and the profound impression
created- by her impersonation of the character ot LEAH upon
a c owded audience h lying. been completely ratified by the
nnanirnous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily
press, the manae,er ot the NEW ADELPHI THEATRE has
the honour to announce that Miss BAT EMAN will appear
in the New Drama of LEA U EVERY EVENING till further
notice.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENIYG, MinfAkr -4 CRIME. Messrs. Honey,
parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Minders.
F,lllowed by THE NTOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs.
Honey, l'urner, E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan-
borough, F. Hughes, WLston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny
White.

To conclude with WHERE'', YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford.
Commence at 7.

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it were superfluous here
by the critic in Le 7entps,
E. BULWER. LYTTON upon the occwaion referred to
to
ted though we are
to
do
theolloso)th terroulagtbits( ,
1 eamnePtysis. He mentions
the speech as a matter of course, as the
event of the evening. That, however, being its
humblest definition. He says of it that
veryno nothing could have been at once more practical or
more elevated. And then—after illustrating
copiously the orator's mastery of his subject in
the course of this ample analysis of the speech as
a discourse upon agriculture—the critic refers again
to his remark made in the earlier part of his cm-
munication, to the effcct that the Chairman, who
was delivering this speech at this banquet of farmers,
upon the subject of agriculture generally, was a
great Poet as well as an eminent practical
man. "For myself," he says, "if I had ever
doubted its being so, before then, I could by possi-
bility doubt it no longer after that discourse of Sir
BULB` ER LYTTON'S." Alluding to the orator's
faithful attention to his theme throughout the chief
part of his speech, our French critic seems almost to
exult at last at the notion of the illustrious author of
" The Caxton Family,'' of " The Last Days of
Pompeii," of "Eugene Aram," of " Rienzi," and,
besides so many other equally famous romances
of poetical works less known, perhaps,
though some of them yet worthier of ad -
miration—eventually escaping from it. In the
first part of his harangue, says le 7ernps' Corres•
pondent, it was the territorial lord who was speak-
ing. In the second part it was the ex-Cabinet
Minister. Earnestly would we commend the gener-
ous spirit in which this large-minded and warm-
hearted French critic can weigh in the balance of
his magnanimous judgment the distinguishing gifts,
merits, and graces of an illustrious contemporary
who happens also to be an Englishman—earnestly
would we commend the whole tone of this genial tri-
bute to the consideration of such atrabilious commen-
tators upon either side of the British Channel, of such
spiteful and acrimonious commentators, let us say,
the one upon the French, the other upon the Eng-
lish, es—that fribbling M. ASSOLANT, and, here,
upon our own shores, that historical caricaturist,
who draws his pictures of foreigners with a pencil of
lunar caustic, the hon. and learned member for
Bridgewater.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1863.

An eminent French critic has very recently
offered to a great English writer as charmingly
genial and graceful a compliment as any that we
can recall to mind for a long while past to have had
the satisfaction of witnessing. The especial and
distinctive charm of the tribute we are here alluding
to, lying in this, that it is, in every syllable of it,
so eminently well deserved. It never once blunders
into exaggeration. It is a panegyric that, with
all its cordiality, not once, by the merest phrase or
allusion, tends to run into hyperbole. The
occasion selected for the proffering of this earnest
tribute of admiration is one that we ourselves have
already commented upon. Our attention is recalled to
it, however, by our Paris contemporary, Le 7emps,
thus circuitously. A correspondent of Le 7emps,
the distinguished French critic already referred to—
writing to that journal under a comparatively
recent date, from (of all unlikely places in the
world to be in any way known to the untravelled
Parisian
reader) the little, old-fashioned town of
Hitchin, in Hertfordshire—opens thus abruptly
upon the attention of the French public generally.
We have recently had in this neighbourhood, he
tells them, one of the annual agricultural meetings!
And, hinting immediately upon this that he him-
self is perhaps the least likely witnessof the scene
u ed to
thus displayed to view, to be regarded
(h;neasJournalism,
exclaims,.
q alifi
report befittingly upon it—,
our excellent fellow-labourerub
not in agriculture) M. JOIGX had
NAU
there, how willingly would I nothav have been
neldbeudt
up to him the pen I am now
writing
Happily, say we, M. JoIGNAUX with all hiwsltinh:
in-
tricate knowledge of oxen, horses, pigs,ae and
sheep
was not there—his rarely gifted andaccomplished
ed
substitute for the nonce (that is as a sort
ma
promptu agricultural reporter) being there instead
For myself, he asks, a litt:e later on with a serio-
comic air of deprecation. What can I talk to you
about if it be not about the banquet Which
followed the show, and about the speeches that
were delivered at it. That is, of course, we may
Add, not at the show but at the banquet.
Holding still in reserve what it was that
actually constituted the feature of the evening,
what it was, in point of fact, that induced the
writer of this communication in Le Temps to dream
of the proceedings at all
of sending any report
to that journal, the amateur reporter adroitly men-
tions the fact that among the guests at this
agricultural banquet was the venerable Marquess
()f SALISBURY. Adroitly, we say, because
the allusion is rendered thus ingeniously pre-
parative to the announcement which he holds, as
we have said, still in reserve. Tho Marquess of
oALISUItY, he observes, is—no longer a young
man. What do I say ! the writer exclaims in
fact—he
is actually, I believe, of the ago to
which FONTENELLE had attained, when, upon a
very old lady remarking to him that they ought ±0
congratulate one another upon Death having for-
gotten them, PONTENELL
E hushed her words up
hurriedly, with a
finger
upon his lips, and a.—
4, hilt !'' At eueh an
age as this, timely, says
the amiable Frenchman
one might be excused
from attending upon
agricultural show and
banquet. True, bat—the Marquessncr they
his com
panions are there, not for the din
simply out of a very natural desire
that h y
listentoeyt are there
, to the
good and noble and eloquent words
know
will be addressed to them. For—v„hosid
think presided over this banquet of farmers 3."
;
banquet at which the principal toast.was, as a, mats
ter of course, upon the subject of agriculture?
Well, a great landed proprietor, you will say ! Yes,.
without doubt, but a great landed proprietor
who is also a distinguished Poet, a famous Novelist,
an able dministrator, a Philosopher, au Orator, a
Statesman, and, in addition to ali that, a man of
peculiar fascination individually, in a word, Sir

Lord BROUGHAM is certainly a model for states-
men of the present day. He perseveres in his work,
and exhibits an energy and determination that
would do honour to any age, and redound to the
credit of any vocation. Again and again, at the
proceedings of the Social Science Congress at Edin-
burgh, has he taken part in the various subjects, and
delighted his audience with his knowledge, wit,
and perspicuity. At the dinner in the Music Hall
he was the chairman, and in that capacity of course
addressed himself to the consideration of several
topics. His tribute to the excellent manner in
which the QUEEN fulfilled the duties of her posi-
tion, and the admirable way in which she brought

up her family, furnishing thus an example to
mothers, and a pattern to Sovereigns, was very ap-
propriate, and the terms in which he proposed the
health of the Prince and Princess of WALES were
also felicitous. "From the cause," he said, "we
pass to the effect," and thence illustrated the train-
ing which had been given by her MAJESTY and
Prince ALBERT to their children. The Volunteers
afforded another occasion for the evidence of the
skill of the noble chairman in bringing forward the
most conspicuous features of his case, so as to attract
notice and win approval. In referring to the ques-
tion of war, he very vividly explained that it was
not because we were afraid of peace being disturbed,
or desirous of such an occurrence, that we
welcomed the Volunteers; but that what-
ever was done by way of defence was on the prin-
ciple of insurance. Therefore our volunteer in-
surance was of a double value, " because it not
only prevents loss, if the mischief happens, but
tends to prevent the mischief from happening."
l'his is a very correct definition of the establish-
ment of the Volunteers, and this parallel of Lord
BROUGIIAM'S is the more satisfactory at the present
time, because since the war-panic has, in some
measure, subsided, the people are sometimes heard
to say that all the excitement was needless, and
that we could have done very well without the
Volunteers at all. Those wiseacres appear to for-
get that the two modes of rendering service to
the State, one of action, and one of prevention,
if not celebrated with all the "pomp and circum-
stance of war," those who have preserved the
blessings of peace to their country are surely
worthy of recognition, and their work may be as
valuable and as honoured as the more notice-
able and glorious achievements of war. Only
those who have studied the minutise of the details
of foreign States, and the various plans and plots
that have been concocted and devised of recent
years, can rightly understand the importance of
the services that have been rendered to their
country by the Volunteers. The Lord Provost's
remarks on the noble President were in excellent
taste, and seemed to enter fully into the spirit of
the theme. When lie said
that the career ho was
referring to had rarelie
of public y
the history
u:len ever, been equalled in
fort " brilliant success,
,
extended duration and unabated vigour," he might
have had the satisfaction of knowing
recording facts, and not merelynowing that he was
snit trhoue nic3loinrpgopseeroiofdsa,
and dilating on events to
public meeting. Lord BROUGIIAII'S remarks on
the Association are well worthy
ee notice. Ilia
defence of the name "Social Science" is in. is
itself
an animated exposition of the causes that led to its in-
stitution. His remarks on the subject of !Slavery are
particularly impressive, and the zeal and energy
with which he confutes the assertions that have been
made in reference to his decadence in this point are
full of the fire and fervour of his earlier years. Well
may this time-honoured and world-renowned states_
e
min be justly indignant at the impertinent re-
marks and absurd conclusions taut are made
respecting his conduct. Loud and prolonged
cheers might well greet the earnest sentences with
which the veteran orator denied the charge im-
puted to him, and disclaimed the idea of his having
derogated from his previous high position in regard
to this important question. " It, is said that I
underrate and andervalue the emancipation of the
staves ; why ! have all the advocates of slave eman •
eiPation done half so much for the liberation of the
slave and the abolition of slavery as I myself have
done?" Mere than half a century has elapsed since
Lord lia,orcitu- -, - Act passed for abolishing the
lava true. 1: 6
That Act changed the circznutsnces

and consideration of the case from being contraband
only, to being regarded as a crime. Surely the men-
tion of such a circumstance is as a sign-manual to a
is exempt from the charge of
beingman thinat
che ollusion with slaveholders, and of
favouring their views in any way. Lard
BROUGHAM also spoke greatly to the point on
the question of emancipation when he said that he
did not desire a sudden change but a gradual altera-
tion. He denounced the proclamation to emancipate
the slaves lately issued by North America, as a
" measure of hostility," and as such it must surely
be regarded by all wise and well-informed indivi-
duals. It was a privilege to hear Lord BRouGuam
thus treat of public affairs, and discourse on subjects
of home interest. " He touched nothing that he did
not adorn" might with accuracy be applied to his dis-
courses, which blend and unite the distinctive quali-
ties, and the several characteristics of the orator, the
lawyer, and the philosopher. It is a fine sight to see
one advanced in years and laden with honours, still
foremost in the cause of philanthropy, and eager
in the march of science. He is a shining light and
a bright example to those who are tired of work
before half their race is run. On the contrary, his
energies appear to increase rather than diminish as
time brings him to the twilight hours of his well-
spent day.

The re-appearance of our beloved QUEEN
amongst her people cannot fail to give rise to very
general satisfaction. It is true that the occasion for
her breaking through the strict reserve she has
maintained during the past two years was in some
respects a melancholy one, and only too much in
harmony with the grief that has dictated her re-
tirement. Still the presence of the QUEEN at any
'arge assembly was felt to be indicative of a new
era, however closely the object of her appearance
was connected with the memory of her lamented
Consort. The inauguration of the first statue raised
to Prince ALBERT in this country was an incident
which was certain to excite the interest and
awaken the sympathies of his Royal Widow ; bur
it was not expected, nor even hoped, that her
MAJESTY would take any part in the proceedings.
To the surprise and satisfaction of all concerned,
however, the news was received at Aberdeen that
the QUEEN had signified her intention of being
present, and accordingly, with that courteous
punctuality which has always distinguished her,
her MAJESTY arrived at the day and hour appointed,
to attend a ceremony which possessed a deeper in-
terest for her than for any other spectator. As she
herself observed in her touching reply to the ad
dress of the subscribers, there were circumstances
which render the inauguration at Aberdeen espe-
cially interesting to her. In that city, a very few
years back, he who was then in the prime of life and
health, delivered an address to the British Associa-
tion, of which his scientific acquirements and re-
markable abilities, no less than his eminent position,
rendered him so prominent a member. In the stern
old North, too, which has been but lightly esteemed
and but seldom visited by her predecessors, theQuEEN
assured the subscribers that some of her
happiest
days had been passed, in the company of that be-
loved and lamented Consort whose early death has
thrown a gloom over her life. Times have, indeed,
changed in the last century, and the fervent and
enthusiastic loyalty which once bled at Culloden
for Prince CHARLIE is now transferred to the de-
cendant of GEORGE 11. But the day for unreasoning
loyalty is passed, and the fair and gentle SovEltEIGN
whom all creeds, races, and parties in her dominions
"delight to honour," has long ago proved herself
worthy of the affection lavished upon her. The
loyal people of the North have been especially
favoured by the QUEEN. She has loved to dwell
among them in her hours of leisure, to visit their
cottages, to climb their hills, and to explore their
heath-covered wilds. A proof of the kindly feeling
with which she regards the Northern people, no
less than en additional testimony to the love and
reverence which she bears to the memory
of her
departed Consort, was afforded by her public
It a
was
pre-
sence at the ceremony of inauguration•
personal exert:on, as well as a mental effort, in
breaking through her seclusion, but her MAJESTY
simply and feelingly expressed the
motives that
prompted her. She could not, she tells
the loyal citizens of Aberdeen, reconcile her-
self to remaining at Balmoral while such
a tribute was being paid to the memory
of the Prince, without making an exertion to assure
them personal y of her deep sense of their kindness
and affection, as well as to give public evidence ot
her feelings of love and admiration towards her
lamented husband. The city of Aberdeen may well
feel proud at having received such an honour, and
the respect and thoughtful attention to the sup-
posed wishes of the QUEEN afforded a sufficient
proof that they were worthy of it. Her 'MAJESTY
must have been deeply touched by the silent recep
ff
tion, so different from the noisy cheers that used ot
old to attend her pathway,
and doubtless sne recog-
nised in them a more eloquent profession of attach-
ment and sympathy than had ever been manifested
in more tumultuous greetings. The same sympathy
which prompted her MAJESTY in the hour of her own
bereavement to send kindly
messages to the (Its-
' tracted widows of the North, inspires her people
with a quick and ready tact in what will be most
congenial to her feelings on an occasion which,
under the most favourable conditions, could not be
otherwise than trying. Such kind consideration is
much needed, Low that we may hope her MAJESTY
is about once more to resume her place among us, a
place from which we could ill spare her. Although
the promise held out in the youth of the Heir to the
Throne is being fully fulfilled in his early man-
hood, still the people turn with increased
attachment and confidence to the mother who has
proved so able a guardian, whose hand has guided
the reins of State so well and so wisely, and whose
high and noble office it has been to raise the
Monarch of England once and for all out of the
arena of party warfare. The lesson she has read to
all succeeding rulers of strictly constitutional
government of regard for the welfare of the great
body of her subjects, instead of favour shown to
some political clique or partisan, is one that was
perhaps never more needed in our history than when
she ascended the throne. It has been a difficult
task, but one safely accomplished, and it leaves her
resting securely on the love of all classes and parties,
enjoying a degree of honour and respect for which
the proudest despot might be glad to exchange his
power. So that Queen VICTORIA, in resuming those
public functions, which the weight of sorrow has
for a time compelled her to lay aside, has sources of
Consolation as well as of regret in the past years ot
herh reign. The bright prospects and affection ot
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convincing proof than the most tumultuous welcome
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