The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1863;

longed sufferings, but when the originators of
the evil and the sole authors of the misery
seek to shift the blame, and to cast the
responsibility on others, it is truly pitiable to
witness such: duplicity, and hear of such mean de-
ception and contemptible quibbling. Also, it is dis-
graceful of those who act in violation of the first
principles of humanity to talk of being actuated by
motives of clemency, or desirous of rendering a ser-
vice to those whom they oppress. It is a mockery
of language for the writer in any Russian journal
to tell us that the Government is disposed to make
liberal concessions to the Poles. Crime is twofold
in its guilt when it is attempted to screen it by
subterfuge, and wrong can never be made right by
any specious argument whatever. Doubtless most
of those who have considered the question were
prepared for indignation on the part of the tyrants
when they were remonstrated with ; but even then
they could hardly expect that the proposers of
some modified arrangement would be told that
they had enough to answer for. They had caused
the recollection to occur; they had fanned the
flame, and now they had put the finishing stroke to
the work by dictating terms to Russia that she
never would consent to. All this clap-trap really
means that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg will go
on in its way, rejoicing in destruction and revelling
in acts that are abhorrent to all who have the cause
of humanity at heart.

The Duke and Duchess de Saldanha have left
the Clarendon Hotel at Sydenham.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley
arrived at their residence on Carlton-house terrace on
Tuesday, from Haughton Hall, Norfolk.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne
have arrived at Lansdowne-house, Berkeley-square, from
Spa, in Belgium, where they have passed several weeks.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, ac-
companied by Lord Beresford and Miss Leslie, left town
yesterday, for Homburg, near Frankfort.
The Earl of Powis, with the Countess and Ladies
Herbert, have left Berkeley-square, for Powis Castle, near
Welshpool.
The Earl of Wilton, on leaving Goodwood Park,
went to Cowes for the yachting season.
The Earl and Countess of Fingall have left
Edwards's Royal Cambridge Hotel, for Killeen Castle,
Ireland.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town
shortly for Walmer Castle, Kent, where the noble Premier
and Lady Palmerston will entertain a succession of guests.
DEPARTURE OF M. DU CHAILLIL—This celebrated
traveller leaves St. Katherine's Docks in the ship Mentor,
to-day, for Africa. Amongst his stores is a complete photo-
graphic apparatus, for the purpose of taking views, portraits
of animals, ?cc. M. Du Chaillu has received lessons in the
art of photography
from Mr. H. Claudet, who has taught
him his newly-discovered quick process, by which means
moving accidents by flood and field can be transmitted to
paper. We may thus some day hope to receive an interest-
ing collection of photographs from M. Du Chaillu.
PRETTY DEPRECATION OF A COMPLIMENT.—
Madlle. Delphine Gay often went into society. She
was always very simply dressed, generally in a plain white
muslin,with a blue gauze scarf covering her shoulders and her
slender waist. She wore no flowers in her pretty fair curls.
There was nothing odd or infatuated about her. When
she was asked to repeat some verses, she would comply,
but she soon relapsed into the young girl, like others of her
age. One evening, when a fashionable lady was compli-
menting her, she replied—" It would better become me,
madame, to compliment you : it is better for a woman to
know how to lin/3;re verses than to be able to write them."
Victor Hugo's Life by his Wile'
POSTAGE STAMPS.—Admitting the British colo-
nies into our calculation, there are more than forty
modifications of Queen Victoria's portrait, in several differ.
ent shades of colour. The postage -stamp of the lowest
money value at its ordinary rate is the centiine of France,
worth a fraction less than two-fifths of an English far-
thing; the highest being the four dollar California Pony
Express, representing the sum of sixteen shillings and
fourpence. For beauty of form and hue, the postage-
stamps of France and Greece, and among our own depen-
dencies, those cf Nova Scotia, bear away the palm; while
the English penny postage-stamp and the postage stamps
of Belgium are about on a par, as far as ugliness is con-
cerned. Siberian stamps are of the largest size issued ;
and those of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin take rank as the
smallest. For scarcity and daily increasing value, the old
issues of the Isle of Bourbon and New Caledonia, and those
of Spain, Portugal, British Guiana, and Van Diemen's
Land, may
be especially particularised. So may the stamps
of the Sandwich Islands, Nicaragua, and the Philippines,
which are extremely rare ; as are also those of the Italian
Duchies. Such of our readers as may wish to turn "an
honest" future "penny," should hasten forthwith to make
a large investment in Roman Pontifical stamps, which are
with good reason expected, at no very distant date, to
attain an almost fabulous value.—Once a Week.
M. GIBEAti, a young tragic actor, is creating
some sensation in classical drama at the Theatre Francais.
DEATH takes away the commonplace of life; and
positively, when one looks on the thousand and one
poor, foolish, ignoble faces of this world, and listens to the
chatter as poor and foolish as the faces, one, in order to have
any proper respect for them, is forced to remember that so-
lemnity of death which is silently waiting. The foolishest
person
will look grand enough one day. The features are
poor now, but the hottest tears and the most passionate em-
braces will not seem out of place then. Then the most
affected look sincere, the most volatile serious—all noble,
more or less,-61exancier ,Smith's Dreamthorp.

SHAKSPERE'S PERSONAL HISTORY iS SO little
restored, and indeed elevated, a decayed
known that it has recently been said, only too truth-
fully, that of his life the only certain facts are, that he was
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place; that he married and had
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at he passed among his
generation for a
successful writer of plays and a shrewd man of business.
And this is really the sum of our knowledge of one whose
praise is in
the mouths of the most civilised and intellectual
portions of the world, and whose works have passsed through
262 different editions I

ICELANDIC FEMALE COSTITME.—Thie COlaSiSts of
a black cloth skirt, white sleeves, a green or black
velvet bodice, worked over with silver flowers in the most
beautiful and tasteful manner, and fastened in front by a
silver bodkin which laces the sides together by passing
through silver rings with tinkling balls and flowers of the
same metal attached to them. On the head is worn a tall
white cap, fastened to the hair by pins with beautiful
wrought silver-gilt heads. The cap is, however, set aside
in the evening for the more convenient, coquettish black
skull-cap with long silk tassel, which is in common use.
The hair of Icelandic ladies hangs to the shoulder, and is
then cut off. Round the neck is worn a small black or
coloured handkerchief, tied in a buw.—Sabine Baring-
Gould's " Iceland,"

A JURYMAN FINED FOR REFUSING TO BE SWORN.
—A scene of a novel character occurred at the
vexed question of Court on Tuesday, arising out of the
exemption of jurymen who are over 60
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ge.A jury
was summoned for a particular case,
and five persons only answered to their names. Mr. Atten-
borough was fined as an absentee, and five being the regu-
lar number for county courts, the jury took their seats.
gentleman then jumped up, and claimed
exemption
en the ground that he was over 60, but
his An
n a elderly
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not
having been taken off the list Mr. Dasent
(the judge) decided that he must serve. The juryman then
returned to the box with a very ill grace, and down he sat
in an evidently sulky mood. Mr. Walters, the officer, then
endeavoured to administer the oath, but c)uld not prevail
on the juryman who had claimed exemption to take it, His
Honour called the juryman to him and said—Now, sir,
what do you mean by such conduct ? Do you refuse to be
sworn ?—Juryman: I am now 67, and I claim my exemp-
tion.—His Honour : I ask you, sir, will you be sworn—
yes or no ?—Juryman : No.—His Honour : Then I fine
you £5. Leave the court, directly, sir.—The astonished
Juryman walked towards the jury box, but his Honour said,
"No, sir, we will not accept your services now ;" upon
which the gentleman put on his hat and marched towards
the door, his Honour calling out to him, "If you do not
take off your hat I will fine you £5 more." A person in
court volunteered to serve, and the court speedily became
quiet.

NEW LIFE BOAT FOR HASTlNGS.—Yesterday a
harbour trial was made at Limehouse with a new

lifeboat belor ging to the National Lifeboat Institution.
Sho is 36 feet long and 8 feet wide, and rows 12 oars, double-
banked. The lifeboat will b 3 sent by the Institution to
Hastings this day, to replace a smaller one, which was
deemed less suitable for the locality. The boat satisfactorily
underwent the usual tests of stability and self-righting, and
speedily self ejected the water shipped in the latter pro •
(less. A free conveyance is, as usual, kindly promised to
the old and new life boats and their transporting carriages
by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Cotn•
pany, over their line. The Hastings lifeboat was instru•
mental last May in rescuing the crew of fcur men of a
fishilg smack, which was totally wrecked on the rocks off
Piastings, in a heavy gale of wind.
THE EGMONT CASE.—By a telegram received this
forenoon it appears that the Egmont case has been
arranged. It is understood that Sir Lionel Darrell and the
other plaintiffs are to receive £125,000 in lieu of the estates
devised by the will in dispute, and that Lord Egmont is to
pay all costs. Mr. Justice Keogh expressed his satisfaction
at the arrangement.