Glasgow Herald from Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland • 4

THE DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1883. 4. and the like." Whether the Federal in the exercise of the alarming power which has now assumed over the liberties of its subjects is to be, or can be, subjected to even these restrictions, is a momentous question for America that is now on the eve of being solved. Latix Class Dixnee. On Wednesday evening the ninth annual dinner of Dr.

Low's High School Class, was held in the Globe Hotel Mr. John Hamilton, Chairman, and Mr. James Dunn, Croupier. In addition to the pleasure which is always afforded by the presence of Dr. Low, additional gratification was afforded by the fact that the class had a visit from Mr.

M'Millan. now of the High School, Edinburgh, whose two sons were "chuckies" in October, lt44. In the course oi the happy evening winch was spent, a sum was subscribed sufficient to present a handsome gold medal to the best Latin scholar for the second year, session 18l." C4. Dr. Low, in acknowledging the receipt thereof, stated that the one formerly "presented by the class had done much good, and trusted that this second extra prize would be productive of equally beneficial results.

DEr-AMOSE of the S.S. BiUi.vxxiA. This fine steamer took her departure from the at "2 and arrived at the Tail of the Bank, Greenock, at Tlie Britannia will start on the voyage to Quebec and Montreal this afternoon at two She carries with her a large general cargo and 70 passengers. The screw steamer United Kingdom, we observe, is to follow on the 17th also for Quebec and Montreal. Fkee Pkeshyieky.

A special meeting of the i ree Presbytery of Glascrow was held yesterday the Rev. R. C. Smith, moderator. The Rev.

Dr. A. B. Parker reported, on the part of the Commissioners appointed to prosecute the call to the Rev. G.

Macauiay, of Invertiel, that they had all attended at Kirkaldy on Wednesday last, and had been successful accomplishing their obiect. The Presbjieiy appointed the induction of to Free Stockweli to take place on Thursday the 15th instant, at two o'clock the Rev. Mr. Farquhar m' Broomielaw Church to preach and preside. The Late Me.

M. Rh-hawjs. Death our worthy citizens, still amongst the wide circle of friends who have had the pleasure of knowing him, his loss will be sadly felt. The late Mr. Archibald M.

Richards was, up to the time of his death, the oldest employe under the Clyde Trustees, having been between thirty and forty years in their employment, during which tune he has (especially in the engineering department) conducted the duties entrusted to lim with areat success. He was connected with the structure of the first dredging machines on the Clyde and for many years, and up to the time of his death, humbly and dutif idly filled the situation of supeiiiitending endneer over these and other works connected therewith. Indeed, in a quiet and unostentatious manner he has been the 'link towards theconverimgoiu-nobieartificialriverfroinitsoriginal bum-like stream to its present 'gigantic size, thereby conferring a boon upon the inhabitants of our city, by aiding (through the Clyde) its advancement. Previous to his being' connected with the Clyde Trustees, he acquired" that knowledge by travel which well suited him for their employ, having- been for some years connected with steamship engineering in America on the river St. Lawrence.

The loss of such men must be felt by public communities, especially by those with whom Le was in direct contact. and it would be well becoming them to mark their appreciation of his services by "conferring upon his bereaved widow and family some little acknowledgement would in a small way compensate for the loss they have sustained. Judging from the large concourse of persons that attended his remains to their last resting place, amongst whom were 3ome of our leading engineers and shipbuilders connected with ota-cify and the Clyde, he must have been held in high estimation. He was till of late in robust health, but now, bordering on his seventieth year, he has peacefully succumbed to nature's call. Wax Medai Fovxiv The Glasgow police have received information from the Liverpool authorities to the effect that, on Wednesday last, a man named James Anderson Lad been brought before the Stipendiary Magistrate, for having in his possession a quantity of property Opposed stolen, and remanded till Wednesday first.

The property consists of seven gold and silver medals, upon one of which is the name and designation "Col. R. J. H. Birch, J.A.G., Bengal Army and upon another, "T.i.-T.-C&l.

It. J. If. Birch. irtitKeaimait, No, 1: diamond liner, beam:" the worus Gift-" engraved inside and a massive gold seat, set with a white stone.

The prisoner stated to hie Liverpool authorities that he had found tne valuabiv property in Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Aa-ii'Exr. Yesterday, as a ntou-a -j-c-ur JSowman, was assisting to discharge a cargoof tin-be: from the ship Euxine, presently lying ir. East Ino.u Harbour, Greenoes, tlie claws 01 tne slipped from the log. and came round unon 'Bowman striking him upon the face with considerable yic a.

10 leuce, catisrmr a deep gasii to oe mace cheek, from which blood flowed freely. Medical aid was procured, and the wound dressed, rfe ame to wait to his home at 47 Shaw Street, Mati he- ai Bowl-. A match at bowls was played on the sreer. of the Coatbridge Club, with a like number from Wishaw. on the 2 ith September last, resulting in favour of the latter by lit shots.

Also, on Thursday last, four rinks from Wishaw met a luce number from Eathstate, which -was played on the 2reeu of the latter, which also resulted in a ctefeat to the Bathgate Club. The result stood as follows Wishaw. Bathgate. 70 Wishaw. S2.

We recently tne reliable authority, acainst the doings of a. female in the West End, who' occasionally assumes different names, and who has. been in the practice lately ef ordering goods from warehousemen, and others, without, it is believed, having the means or any intention of paying. We have been informed by Mr. Henry Miller, of the Trade Protection Society, that there is a necessity for further warning the mercantile public.

A highly respectable house in London was lately favoured with an order by this lady," who dated from a pretended hotel in St. Vincent Street, for a large quantity of goods, consisting of scarlet, green, and crimson damask curtains, as well as blankets, counterpanes, and sheetings. Mr. Miller having received a communication from the secretary of one of his corresponding societies in London, making inquiries as to Is or respectability and trustworthiness, at once replied by telegraph, and put an extinguisher on this attempt. We "arc- requested by Mr, Miller to repeat the caution given before, in order that our readers and the public generally be or.

their guard. SEKiOTsAoe-JMNi'. Yesterdayafteniooii two men, named Edward M'Cafferty and Cornelius were severely injured while working- at a 3team crane witnm the ioundry ot Messrs. if. X.

Stewart csr Charles Street, It appears that the men were employed lowerins: a heavy article, and, in order to ac has again removed one of our oldest inhabitants, one who, though not during his lifetime so prominently known amonast us in 'a public capacity as many of VISITORS TO EDINBURGH. IHECSOWS VZL trai Railway, to iSalBiorai. The Crowa Princess left th 2 Douglas Hotel hi a close carriage it aia o'clock, and accompanied to the station by the of Wales, who rei-'inc-d till the departure of the tra- Before entering the saloon carriage, the Crown Pi-lacjj. kissed the Prince of Wi'dts hi the most affectionate raaaa' The Lord Provost was attendance, and was ayaia duced to their Eoyai Highnt'sses. The- Crowr; I'riacc; a white bonnet with white feather, a dark purple and a half-mourning She looked jewarkabiy and had no appearance of fatigue from her iong The platform was kept clear of the public till vishh; minutes of the starting of the train, when a crocu passengers going by the same train assembled in fry at v-lloyai carnages.

On the departure of the- train the i'il'J trious visitors were loudly cheered. The Prince of then returned to the Douglas Hotel ADEESS TO THS PRtSCZ Or a special meeun; ue luwuvouacuwas aeii o'clock, for the purpose of voting an address to tu of Wales the Lord Provost presiding. Mr. Maewec.k having read the draft of a.iir-; was cnaniusously agreed to, The Council put on their robes of orhce, xul riagv-sto Holyrcod Palace, arriving there j. Pdac, -a ii tw to iz ciocK.

-ine (. orporauou were -r C. Lawson, Moderator the High Shortly before 12 o'clock the lMac Wales left the Douglas Hotel im an t-pen ortiage Palace, to receive the address the Towu Uourici-' and the gift oi the ladies of Edinburgh. Their nesses, who were followed by the member- their y. readied the Palace a few minutes after 12 o'clock.

7W were received in the vestibule by tne l.ora yr Sheriff Gordon. Major-Uenerai Walker. Sir Juc 1 -v'-kv' Mr. Matheson, Capt. Holme-.

and Capt. Gray Hussars, and other gentlemen. The Prince and Price-? o' alighting graciously acknowledged the obtiiacce asd- f.v those present. Hei Koya! Highness wore a fight v. ith black spots, while bonnet with and white -4' and black velvet mantle with white silk lining.

Their IvJ Highnci-es immediately proceeded to the Thrcae where the presentations were to take place, The Lord Provost. Magistrates, and Council, aai ci Moderator of the High Constables, were ushered Lute 5 z-m on the right hand of the Throne and on receiving fi signal went in procession through the Picture ijf east lobbv. entering the Throne IV om at the lorto.J comer. The Prince and Princess and suite were in front of the hre-place, in the middle of the room. facia the windows which look into the inner jn fj! Corporation took up their places in a semicircle, nlease vourEoyal Highness, The are attendance 1.0 present acUre-s which Eoril xnyiiucao wmmcess to receive, and with your perauiacr.

Ianric citr ctok. will read the address. Mr. Maewick then read tue foiiowuig his Itoyai Highness toe Prince of W.es. May it please your Royal We.

the Lord Provost Msgistaate-, and Counch of thi city of Edinburgh, most gladly avail ourselves ot this the earliest opportunity of offering to your lloyai Highness and your illustrious Consort our warmest welcome to this city, In the profound admiration and Lve entertained ali classes of the people for the exalted virtues of Queen and her illustrious Consort, your lloyai aa every member of the Boyal Family, has a str i ng hold ci the cratitude and affection of the nation. list the citueas ot Edinburgh cherish the remembrance of core personal clahas established by your Koyal Highness durh.g your residence in this city while prosecuting your studies, and wc- r.jok; that your visit to Scotland at this time with ilUi-tvlous Consort affords us an opportunity 0: reaewiaj your Eoyai Highnesses the expression ef our warsrst and devotion. earnestly trust tnat her itoyai xiighne-s may and benefited hv her residence in Scotland, ami ha that the associations of her tughiano noir.e may oe such as sh; mav recall with satisfaction and renew with pieasun. Yr-hail her presence in this old Palace of a-sociatei. as it is with the most stirring incidents of cur national his ton-, ir.

which the destixries of our Koyal house wtre long centuries ago intertwined with those Irjnark. as they hanpily are, Kindred in race to that from which her Eoyai Hil has sprung, the people of Scotland have rejoiceo. ir. the ri.s which your Koyid Highness has formed and rich as yon are in the enjoyment ot a noble heritage cf love and --eneratija derived from your illustrious parents, as well os ir. tie pi session of personal qualities which have commanded ad miration and love of a great and free people, wf tope and pray that you may be endowed vith oi'-er gift and grace which can adorn your exalted it you for the discharge oi its high duties.

Signed in name and by appcictLue-it the Leid PiovOit. and Council, and the seal cf the city a-ui ied V.riAo at Edinburgh, the id day of October. ltr. years. -w-'.

Lord "'re "est." Provcst hav-nv which was iiiU. esiititiiig the hi- i'oval i.L-Lu.?" tne eoid i- ana tcr tue -li s- li-el. ye. i.vc dindta diss ia Holyrcod Falace. a Palac; events in yc-tvr i ila-s "iLso to add laz s.c-;:-ki2ients vcu have te war-is ce country.

1 bee you to believe tLat, tU Uai fcsartv welcome- tiived ca "our return from Hiralan-J-s-ver be attended with tUe pleasics I but record my gratitude he til to the and laicer-t-c ICC lie ar.c tbt by i.avj itk-r. it will -AI t. it be LUipCSSJ si's to: either rrincess or s.nv but warn.tst feeing cit and its interests. Tt; Lord Prorost th-r. aaa.

cratss-and OeuacU. aul the cf wiio ar jresentadca passed ut. Aitir tas iap-t of tin con entrusted with the fti-ssnrntivn of the jirr Lidusbv.r-ib. were ushered tk- iLrone sented by the- Lord Provost. 11-.

ifliu i tk- Ladies of arid iUs. Mi JilacJf, m. -fllow- Kenrv v-ralnm Jjawscs. -Moncrieff. Mis.

J. 'i. G- rdon. Mac Ilrs. Yoviger, Jdrs.

J.ririck. A. Mrs. Rote. Mrs.

is M-I, Laws Mrs. Lee. am Mrs, Mrs. H. O.

Laes ir.j address tk- 'Tr. hir V.CV'A "May it please vote lioyaliu -'Xk kcies ot ritv of testifying GricijL Mcjc-sty npsir-- to ILcir v. ii-ei t'LLS uwi'orta k-r must the -est coi-t Ills Ttey jktto oritk- mat-Royal tte llii'Luesa' sc rise of vour Prince of Wales. of this gilts- a are tc- tLi- my. eiialtottLeiWue-uav ol nf i- said k-r Uiih at 'O' -11 ace', ri: c- i.

-j? -pVi-cesssracioo bosvedas; tv-kx tk i' htv presented. aii at lio! Mt tK" tb- Price" roir.ee,: leu tk i aiaee. Ir. tk M'-itb Hcivo- arJ. tV T.nrrl- bV dlCUSSf it IlUS UO'-'sC" -rot tk Gtcrge Seem ith a select causraoy.

aratwns we i. tk-rf W3 for tire reception oi tk evening party at the oor.se. The Prince and Itface tuts morning VAKT OTVOOFUXi i1 Tc'Mc EJit-jr ft-i- -I arc one of t'c Tk.i-- J--' a-vad tb- 0'-. 05. our respected towpsro-s.

tie CocUiB? I-coaveaieacett by the great doobi woaair.it taace, ttkki you -vice iv; id vith tk B--h Trao, tkt ot be m' iid I--e tLan in the i-. oald be aa- It favacartJlJ Cattle kar auro tc sccceetl fcooi Ue Vi I th. Roping tft (:ctr.k- To lie C-i Sro Ooi Ol)' tiuoag t. jVrui be ciiS vcW ivo-ual, to icark assaua-o, nesdav nH i.ss ci beer E'-a aplcioo card. abstain Iron taivicg die rr 1 tane 1 hove de hereby sgw uicu of ar.toj what I consider to ktterbee, I so sensible tots! ceiit v.l.?u k' relirueus crd; 1 oo vice I le; V- re- CI r.

roo.aact oi this to become cry fr fisprcsecwUy'e ci ikik. Antlii'c THE ROYAL I'russia, with their family and suite, Left Statim hv the ft 15 train, for Aberdeen, s' truth of this before, we should think the President's last proclamation would remove it. This last important act of the Federal Government has left Great Britain once more, amongst the nations of the earth, alone in the enjoyment of that noble charter of personal liberty the Habeas Corpus Act. The United States, which have hitherto shared this proud and glorious distinction with us, and which used to boast of theh unparalleled liberty, are lying at this moment under martial law. The shield of the habeas corpus, that threw its shelter over the whole body of the people, has been struck aside, and such of the public liberties as yet remain are now lying exposed to any aggressions which the formidable power of the Executive may choose to make upon them, Fancy the scorn with which the Americans would have listened to any one who had predicted, or even suggested the possibility, three years ago, of what is now, alas, an accomplished fact.

There was nothing the American was fonder of doing than of glorifying his country and boasting of the exemption itjenjoyed, under its glorious Constitution, from all the dangers that beset, and the sufferings that afflict, the other nations of the earth. Rebellion There onld be no rebellion in America. In the nature of things, there never could. The Government was a popular Government, resting entirely on the will of the people. Therefore, bloody revolutionsrebellions of any sort were simply impossible the public liberties were secure the national prosperity could suffer no check.

Alas in the first hour of trial, what a change has come over the spirit of the dream. The Union cut in two by the sword the Northern and the Southern States writhing in the agonies of one of the bloodiest wars that has ever cursed humanity brothers fighting against brothers fathers against sons thousands upon thousands, of free and peace-loving citizens forced into the army by conscription a draft enforced in New York itself, under the bayonets of 30,000 Government troops and now, last and fellest stroke of ail, the writ of ho.heas corpus suspended, at the President's will, till the termination of this rebellion. Alas for the model Republic the hope of nations the palladium of rational liberty We do not join in the clap-trap cry that attributes this melancholy state of things to the exercise of atfutrary power on the part of Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet. Those who charge Mr.

Lincoln with annulling and trampling under foot the Constitution which he had sworn to defend, are doing injustice to an upright, though possibly misguided, man, whether from ignorance or from malice we do not care to inquire. Mr. Lincoln has not, in any single point that we know of, exceeded the powers with which the Constitution has invested him. The Constitution ordains that "no State shall enter into any Confederation," or into any agreement or compact with another State." This was precisely what the Southern States did do and by so doing they rebelled against the Constitution by which, wisely or unwisely, they had promised to abide. How.

then, was this unconstitutional act to be dealt with? The second article constitutes the President commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and militia, and requires him to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed while the first article gives Congress the power "to call forth the militia "to execute the laws of the Union, snpprm insurnc-Hon, and repel invasions also, "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers." Finally, in Article section 0, it is ordained that "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, v.nkoi in cases of rebellion or invasion; the public safety may require it." The President considers that now; in the present case of rebellion, the public safety does require its suspension, and an Act of Congress, approved in March last, expressly en powered him to exercise the power of suspension implied in that clause of the Constitution. It is, therefore, manifest and in justice to Mr. Lincoln it ought not to be denied that in doing what he has done, whether in the abstract it be good or evil, he has done no more than exercised the powers with which his office and the Constitution invested him. Whether the prosecution of this bloody war for two years and a half, against six or eight millions of people determined on a Government of their own, has been rational or irrational whether the confiscation of Southern property, and the emancipation of the human beings whom the Southern people en'' property, was (in the abstract) just or unjust whether the enforcement of the conscription is a wise thing or an unwise whether the suspension of the writ of hha corpus now be politic or impolitic, right or wrong it can scarcely be said that any one of these acts is, under present circumstances, a violation of the Constitution of the United States. We want this fact to be noted it wives a profound significance to the present state of things in America.

Had it been a mere case of unconstitutional procedure had Mr, Lincoln taken advantage of his present position to arrogate to himself powers which the Constitution denied him it would have justified the world in condemning Mr. Lincoln, but it would have been no argument against the American Constitution. It is precisely from the fact that Mr. Lincoln has not exceeded his powers-it is precisely from the fact that this formidable and bloody attempt to subjugate or exterminate sis or .5 mini fins of free ueonle this annihilation tor the time being of the great bulwark of public liberty, and ali the other dangers and sufferings which the present policy of the Washington Government have inflicted and are inflicting upon the once united people of the States, and which evils are equal to the worst that "have been inflicted by the despotisms of Europe it is precisely from the fact that all these things are done under the express sanction of the much-lauded Constitution, that the great moral of this war is to be drawn. It is.

a moral from which the Americans may themselves ieam some wholesome lessons by and by it is a moral which, in" the meantime, we eomniend to those amongst ourselves who used inveigh so bitterly and so ignorantiy against e-iu- own Government, and who used to long for the glorious freedom of the United States and the guarantee of their glorious Constitution. They may now see by how precarious a tenure that summer-day freedom was held they may see what ft Republican Constitution and its guarantees against Old World evils become in the day of trial they may see that, however fair that Constitution seemed in times of peace and plenty, it harbours within it the most formidable elements of tyranny and oppression, ready to come forth and add their terrors to the first dark hour of trial and alarm. In this country such a thing as the general suspension of the Eobeas Coipv.s Act has never been-heard of since the days of the Pretender, when rebellion at home was aided by hostile armaments from abroad. Even then the step was taken, not by the Executive, but by the representatives of the people, and the detention of persons suffering from the suspension of the Act was limited to a fiiedtime. Moreover, the proceedings against them were to be carried on in a public place they were to be tried by their Peers, and have all the usual legal means of defence allowed them, such as st3to of witases, peremptory ohdtage of juries, LITERPOOIj news.

(From our own Correspondent,) 1 Thursday. month ending the 30th of September, of the emigration from Liverpool, have just been completed by the Government Emigration Officers. From these it appears that during the month, of 34 ships sailing under the provisions of the Passengers" Act. 26, carrying S423 passengers, were for the United States 3 were for Canada, with 333 passengers for Queensland there was 1 ship, with SO passengers; for Victoria, 4 ships, with 1489 passengers making a total of 10,325 passengers. Of vessels which sailed not under the provisions oi the Passengers' Act there were IS.

Of these, ships and 560 passengers were for the United States 3 ships, with 5X2 passengers ship, withlli passengers, wasfor New South Wales; 1 ship, with 18 passengers, was for Victoria; and 5 ships, with 10S passengers, were for otherports making a total of 1279, The grand total for the quarter was 33,205 passengers, being an increase of 16,517 over the numbers for the corresponding quarter of last year. ScsrxciJEi' Abscokdikg and Embezzlement. A great sensation was created to-day by the announcement that a reward of 100 was offered by the authorities at the Police Office for the apprehension of Samuel A. Parker, who, it is has absconded with 2500 in Bank of England notes. It appears that the young man was an apprentice clerk in a large commercial establishment in this town, and had.

course of yesterday, been sent with the sum stated to pay it into the banlc. He had not gone to the bank, however, nor sent the money there, neither has he since been heard of. The Liverpool and Calcutta Trade. The third packet of Messrs. Donald Currie Castle Line sailed early this morning for Calcutta, with a large cargo of goods.

Much interest has Been taken by merchants connected with India in the experiment which has been started by this hrm of sailing their ships on the day advertised, full or not full the practice here having been to keep a vessel for weeks on the berth until she was completely loaded. Yv ith the Stalin" Castle, which sailed on the 30th of June, and the A ar-wick Castle, which sailed on the 15th of August, the success was evident! The present ship, the Eoslin, has been advertised for weeks, but only got into a berth last week, and loaded in four davs. These ships have been built by Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow, and are looked upon here as second to none afloat. We have to intimate, to Correspondents that no notice can be taken of Anonymous Commv.rdca-tims.

Imtever is inieniei for Insertimi must he oidhmtkuted by tlmKame and Address of the not necessarily for publication, but as a gwxrantee of good faith. Jfe cannot undertake to return Rejected Communi-. cations. SATURDAY The London Ga-ttte of yesterday evening contains the following appointments Sir R. Palmer, Attorney-General R.

P. Collier, Solicitor-General and Sergeant Pigott, one of the Barons of Exchequer. Advices' from Alexandria to the 1st instant state that the Nile is rising to an extraordinary height this season, having already inundated a large extent of country and some of the line of railway. The Egyptian Government has set the army to watch the" dykes, to prevent further disasters, should the waters still continue to rise. Intelligence received at Paris from Mexico states that the inhabitants of Mazatlan have refused to pay a new tax imposed on them by Juarez, who lias threatened to throw his soldiers upon the town in consequence.

The captain of an English frigate anchored in the port has, it is further asserted, declared his intention of defending the citizens, on the ground that the legal authority of Juarez, no longer exists. Tu Scotia arrived at Queenstown yesterday morning with most important news from America, which furnishes another striking proof of the singularly alternating fortune wliich has all along attended the arms the North mii South, For some time back the North has been in the ascendancy, and the Confederates have been driven back at many points. In Tennessee, especially, they have- lost much ground and Rosecraus, with a large army, and Burnside behind him, a very considerable force, threatened the invasion of Georgia. It would appear that the Southern lead era have concentrated for a time ail then-energies hi order to check the further advance of the Federals in this direction, and have hurried troops to the assistance of Bragg from every place at which they could be spared. The Confederates had, doubtless, collected a large and powerful army on the- borders of Tennessee and Georgia, and on the morning the lfitb.

ultimo they attacked Rosecraus, who had his line formed along the Chicanango Creek a short distance from Chattanooga. The attack appears to have been made on the two flanks of the Federals, but the battle, tip till two o'clock, was most severe upon the left. At that time, a vigorous charge was made upon the federal centre, which gave way, but the right and left having been concentrated upon the broken line, the Federals state that, after severe fighting, they recovered the ground which they had lost. The battle Lasted till six o'clock, and, according to Northern reports, the positions of the two armies at the close of the hard-fought contest was much the same as at its commencement. On Sunday the 20th the battle was renewed, and though we have no details of the strife further than that it "raged with great fury throughout the the Federals admit that Rosecraus was defeated and compelled to fall back upon Chattanooga, and await the arrival of Burnside, The loss on both sides appears to have been very great, as it is estimated that men of the two armies were put lors de cmhai; and the estimate of Northern losses at 12,000 killed, wounded, and captured is therefore in' all probability much too low.

Southern intercepted "despatches state that another engagement took'place on Monday the L'lst but the result is not mentioned. It is evident that the Federals have sustained a very serious defeat, and the result may be yet worse for their' army in Tennessee, should Burnside be intercepted by the Confederates in his marcli to Chattanooga. He is reported to bs at a distance of only six hours' march from Rosecrans, hut this is in all likelihood: mere rumour, and very oreat fears for his safety exist throughout the North. Another important piece of information, brought by the Scotia, is that's collision between the French and Federal gunboats is imminent at the mouth of the Rio Grande, in consequence of some dispute on onestions connected with cotton and supplies feline Confederates. Advices from Charleston state that the Federals have temporarily suspended the siege there.

Nothing of any consequence has transpired upon the Rapidan, heavy rams having retarded the military designs contemplated by Gen. Meade. The news of Vice-President Stevens' mission to Paris is creating some alarm at Washington, as it is feared' that the French Emperor is about to recognise the Southern Confederacy. The Money Market has been much excited by the adverse news from Tennessee, On the 21st gold rose to 40, but subsequently fell somewhat, and was quoted on the evening of the 22d at D7J per cent. prem.

Ms. Kilev, in the Misscxiri House of Kepresenta-1: n-t se iiia rmirdon that the areat Republic no longer stood, as she used to stand, right in the centre of God's creation, with her head to the zenith and her feet to the nadir, but had fallen into what 00 "ftaloshindicularordiQ-ona- logial position," If tfww ir ta9 MORNING, OCTOB1SK 3. The Progress of California. The Km Tort: Tribune says, in a recent article: "California was never opening new mines so fast as now. The sanets of her rivers may be nearly exhausted; the driM pi her plains and valleys is probably far less productive than it was 10 or 12 years ago, but her mountains ana rocks are just beginning to yield their precious ore We hear by ever- mail of new discovers in the soutn and in the north gold is found in quarters hitherto unsuspecieu oi wuuMmua copper, and other valued minerals e10 rapid succession; the famous Monte Diablo- hich maybe termed the 'hub' of CaWorma-has been discovered to be veined with copper, and other ores as well, though ,.3 thereof: while Nevada proving rich in silvu ana r.f nnntainmiT If," IteW 10U.CS VJ.

a-'--, will this year produce oi goia. A "Diixivo vishbb his return from Tarbes on Saturday the Emperor renewed the trnr.rw of the garrison of Bayonne the Place d'Ks The review was to have taken place at 4 but the unexpected arrival at St. Jean de Luz of'a 'distinguished visitor the same morning caused'it to be put off to G. The visitor hi question might easily, if he had thought fit, have come by water to Biarritz but as he did not, the Emperor decided on oohv to him. The stranger whose sudden presence the French waters tnus urrerieieu.

v.m me arm aements of the day, was notning more or less than a whale not tne imaginary wiiaie wiiiuu uio-nius that type of courtiers, saw in the cloud, but a real livin" whale that foolishly allowed himself to get stranded on the beach of St. Jean de Luz. Whales are said not to have been rare on that coast some few centuries back, but either from the unhandsome treatment they met with from the Basque fishermen, or some other cause, they retired in disgust, and for a long time past their visits were few and far between. The news was telegraphed at once to Biarritz, and the Emperor, who no doubt reflected that though soldiers are ready at the shortest notice, whales do not come for the asking, set out atjonce for St. Jean de Luz.

He returned to Bayonne at six o'clock, where the crowds who had collected to see the pageant had been kept waiting for two hours, ignorant of the important event that caused the delay. Times. A Huge Bronze Figure ix Japan. Dismounting, and leaving our horses in charge of the tattooed grooms, we walked up the long avenue before us, at the end of which was the large figure, a photograph of which was taken on the spot by an American gentleman. Its great size was rendered more apparent by comparison with the diminutive appearance of the human beings who stood beside it.

My husband and myself mounted upon the wall which forms 'its pedestal, and from thence scrambled up the folds of the dress and seated ourselves on the thumb of the two hands. As it was a temple, we determined on seeing the interior. Ent ering, accordingly, by a low door, we found ourselves in a good sized room, lit by two small windows let into the back of the figure. The air within was stifling, for it was mid-day. and the sun shone with its lAl power -on the bronze, which felt quite hot to the touch.

This huge image, whose height is fifty Japanese feet, which I am told is equal to half as many more English ones, was made all in pieces being joined together by a kind of soldering process, the execution of which is so perfect that the joins are not perceptible on the exterior. We could distinguish the form of the figure inside the temple, the head forming an extreme point for the top or roof. A Lady's 1'isit to Manilla and Japan. The ix the United States. The Chicago Jmmiol says "We have now seen accounts from most parts of this and the adjoining States, showing the effect of the great frosts of August.

The frost extended over a region of country commencing at the north in Upper Minnesota and the Lake Superior region, and reaching as far south as Nashville and Memphis in the west it extended as far as the Missouri River, and east as far as Western New-York and Pennsylvania, Apparently it made its visitations in streaks and spots, and was very severe on all low lands. The greatest damage was done in Northern and Central Illinois, in Middle Michigan, in Central Ohio, and in sections of Indiana and Iowa. It may be estimated with safety, we think, that at least an eighth of the corn crop of the north-west has been destroyed, and that the quality of at least one third of the'entire crop has been seriously depreciated by frostbitten Map.y ai'S 3P badly blighted that they are unfit for anything, while others only rartially damaged, and not a few were entirely untouched. Thetobacco crop has suffered more than any other. More than one-half of that growing crop has been entirely cut down by the frost.

In every locality in the west and south where it is cultivated we learn ot great damage none, tnougu mat aiemiuy on Ligh lands in nearly every instance escaped any injur-. Some intelligent observers, who have travelled extensively through the west within the past fortnight, making the published reports and what they have seen along railroad routes their basis of calculation, estimate the aggregate loss sustained by the western farmers, in consequence of this unfortunate visitation, at she or eight millions of dollars. This is probably a high estimate, but there is no doubt that the loss reaches millions." THE FIRST NIGHT OF A NEW PLAY. So anxious is the trial of a first night, that some authors shirk the slow agony, and keep away from ihe theatre until the joyful news of success is brought them. I should have suffered core from apprehension, so I always braved the chances, seated at the back of a private box.

The house is slowly filing. You are on the stage, trying to encourage the actors by admiring their "get up," and predicting what they will effect with certain scenes looking through the hole in the curtain to see who has come, and whether there is a good pit; and trying to share the manager's confidence tht is certain to be all The overture begins You see critics and friends scattered about the boes and the pit is rapidly filling. You are passed from the stast to your private box, and the curtain risee, A first-night audience is always good-natured; not only are there may friends of the author come to a success," and really anxious that the piece should succeed but the bulk of the indifferent public is only too willing to admire and be pleased, Any chance of applause ji, easerly sought by friends and willingly accepted by the audience. oa are thrilled with the plauoits out you sit in alternations of triumph and agony, for. although the piece ri be coin famously," you are but too painluuy con- ecIoub of all its defects, i on sit tnere condemned to euuiuc poetry mangled, wit blunted; and conceptions distorted.

The men, who. at rctearsah was "letter perfect," is nervous, and. makss havoc with the verse. The actress who was charm- rnrr one ecene ixi wuj night. Effects upon which you calculated fall flat; passages are suddenly revealed as perilous too late you see a hundred errors, and" vou foresee ropks ahead.

More than once an author thus 'frightened and enlightened has rushed behind the scenes, and arranged to omit a scene or passage because cf th The applause may keep up your sinking courage; but it does not protect yon from these pangs. Amid such fluctuations, the piece proceeds. At last the curtain falls to immense checrinc-, Vociferous shouts of "Author! author! -burst out like. rockets from all aides. This is a supreme moment.

You bow from your box and love mankind. Every man and woman of that intelligent pit is your friend. You hurry behind the scenes to congratulate and be congratulated, tc compliment and be complimented; to shake the leading actors warmly by the hand, and gratefully salute the cheek of the heroine If she will let you. With gener- effusive insincerity you find yourself complimenting the very actors whose stupidity but a little while since evoked "curses not loud but deep. "The supper after the play' migbt form a chapter by itself, Sometimesthe author, success, invites his guests beforehand, and if the success has been equivocal, this makes it rather awkward for the friends, Sometimes the manager provides supper, I remember one.

given by a manager now dead, who was more than literate, and who had invited the chief actors, two dramatic critics (whom I saw writing then columns in corners cf his private room), and some Eterary included, to rejoice over the successes of a drama called the "Broken Heart." A jovial and joyous supper tt was, At an early period the enthusiastic impresario rose, and lifting his champagne glass in the air, said, in a voice tremulous with nervousness (or drink), "Ladies and gentlemen It is with feelings of very particular pleasure, and I may say gratification, that I rise to propose a toast, which I am'sure you will agree with me is well deserved, and I am sure yen will drink with all the honours Here's to the Broken 'Art, and the 'And. which guided it.1 mwvM tot October, LONDON, OCTOBER 2. rur. Lc-nu a Skeleiox. For a considerable time tlie Manchester Detective Police have had their attention drawn to cases of swindling by members of the Long Firm.

Inquiries respecting a man named Becke, now living in Drake Street, Brougliton Lane, have been very numerous. The correspondence which has passed through the hands of Mr. Superintendent Maybury shows that a great variety of property is constantly coming to Becke hands! A few days ago Inspectors' Buckley and Watson discovered that a box was waiting for him Fountain Street, and on Thursday Mr. Superintendent Maybury went in company with Beeke. to open ihe box.

It was addressed to "James D. Becke, 31 Fountain Street, Manchester," and contained a skeleton of a man, apparently in perfect order, and 1-prl nil hi warts. Becke said that ne had seen the skeleton advertised for sale the week before last in the Lancet, and had written for it. He had already obtained a customer for it, and hoped to make a little profit out of it. The price was '0, 10s.

On Wednesday, Becke was also found in possession of some patent iron pipes, which he had obtained from Leicestershire. The skeleton and the pipes vrere detained by the police until the owners could lie communicated with. Manchester Guardian. Bishop Colexso axd the Sorrii Afrii-as Ciekot. The clergy of the diocese of Grahamstown, whicu is contiguous to that of Natal, have presented an add oss to their bishop on the subject of isliop Colensos recent works.

They say: KegarcUng these writings with the same painful feelmgs that have been largely expressed in the various addresses from clenrv to their bishops, both in Soutn Africa and in England, and especially the great synod ot clergy of the province of Canterbury, we further desire to assure our much-esteemed metropolitan ot ihe-hearty sympathy we entertain for the very difficulties in which the Bishop of Kara, conduct has placed the heads of the Church in this land. We learn" with sorrow, but with every assurance ot the righteous necessity for such a measure, tnat youi lordship is called to act as assessor to the metropolitan, in examining the case of heresy for which the Bishop of Natal has been cited to answer oil the 1 th of November next. We are no judges of the strictly ieai bearings of this investigation; but as a spiritual measure we cannot doubt of the urgent demand which exists for such a course and we are glad to learn that one of our own body is taking part in the proceedings which are intended to bring the matter in some formal shape before ihe spiritual tribunal, to whose decision, under the aid and guidance of the Holy Spirit, we cheerfully accord our entire Extensive Fokceries. The Court of Assizes of the Sarthe last week tried, by default, a banker, named Desrues, on charges of forging 1 06 bills of exchange, representing a total amount of It appeared from the indictment that the accused had fceen promoted to the dignity of a partner in the banking house of M. Huve" fc at Sable" (Sarthe), In 1840, and soon afterwards assumed the entire management of the business.

Everything seemed to proceed satisfactorily until July, 1862, when M. Huve made the discovery that "a great number of forged bills had been put into circulation by the accused. An immediate investigation was instituted, and it was then ascertained that the liabilities of the firm amounted to and the assets to only including the whole of M. Huve's private fortune. It was also proved that the accused had foeen issuing forged bills ever since 1850, and that all ihe balance sheets laid before his partners from that date were false.

As soon as the forgeries were discovered, Desrues absconded, as supposed, with a considerable sum in cash, and all efforts to discover his retreat have hitherto proved fruitless. The Court sentenced the accused to twenty years" hard labour, and lOOf. fine. Galignani. Mikekai.ogr'ai.

The subjoined account of the mineralogical discoveries made in Siberia foy M. Alibert, Frenchman, is published by the i'lhtstroiion One day as he was traversing a gorge in the Saian mountains" which separate the Russian empire from China, he observed some unusual substance lying in the crevices of a gigantic rock he examined it more closely, and before long the men of his escort, who are "at the same time guides, miners, and Cossacks, were on foot, and exchanged their lances for pickaxes and hammers. After some days of continued labour, M. Albert acquired the conviction that he was on the traces of an incomparable mine of graphite. Graphite is the substance vith which blacklcad pencils, which were not known to the ancients, arc made.

The discovery of graphite only dates- from the middle of the sixteenth century. Good graphite is very rare more so' than gold, silver, or any other production of the mineral kingdom. The best yet found was eh-iived from the Borrowdale mine, in the county of Cumberland. That source is, however, now exhausted, and only small fragments, overlooked by the first workers of the mine, are to be found. The discover- of graphite in the mountains mentioned above has been followed by that of nephrite or jade.

Until now tin mineral had only been found at a few places the Chinese empire, and from its Ligh price and great rarity the official sceptre of the Sovereigns of ihe Celestial Empire was made of it. It will be remembered that one of the most remarkable curiosities derived from the plunder in the Summer Palace Pokin was a jade sceptre. A block of this rare weighing and of exceptional purity, iia -Hst" Peer; obtained. The Kensington Museum J'tovMon also possesses valuable block of this Py.sjfU Nakm.ko.n's "Mrtov to a I'arij correspondent of the Hawpe of Frankfort thus mite upon the subject of Prince Napoleon's to London:" Prince Napoleon's visit to London has nothing to do, it is said, with the ouestion. The Princes mission, people afiiT is'to bring about an understanding between the in-'hsh Government and the Confederates of Are-ica.

I can very readily believe this last version." The Paris Peessi appears to be mghly indig ent that the Prince sliouia oe suspecteaoi auysum mission. and, in reply dy to tne 't pnvresnondent. aives im- o' s-umnary of the views held by his imperial W-hness upon all the great foreign questions of the0 dav. It would be difficult, says our reach frWnwrarv "to be more ill-informed upon this" noint' than the correspondent of die for ever since las return uvui. auum Prince Napoleon has never once ceased to be oom-nltte'-s favourable to the Federals, or to bc-heve the-:" final triumph over the Confederates.

AU who kow him have heard him openly and energetically blame the attempted mediation of France, an attempt the failure of which he foresaw and predicted, foreign policy of Prince Napoleon is so well ihatlt is inconceivable how any journal can still bs fo-uid to distort it. It may be expressed a row trolls evacuation of Rome by the French army Home the capital of Italy separation of Polana from Russia reconstitution of the Poland of 1772 abolition of slavery in the Southern States, and re-establishment of the Union with the Northern States liquidation as soon as possible, and hi the best man-ivr possible, of the Mexican affair. As to his home policy, a single wora expresses it, xuai um A Vhuvjjkr in a Dikficci.iv." When ureeic meets Greek," we are told was nearly receiving a curious illustration at the late meeting ot the British Association in the North of Englana. On the Svnciav morning a goodly number of tne wise men" in -ad their appearance, as it was c-xpeciei mej. --e choir of Durham Cathedral, attracted, do donb'-'ess by the lar-tarmea excellence ui iuc uu se-vW The story runs that it was the duty professor of the University of Durham, wno is 8 1 it.

nf TWham. to iilSO a canon oi vu" on the occasion, ana tne sermon is scan to have been one in wnicn tne tneonea oi a professor of the University ot uxtora were 'freely handled." The preaclier ascended very the pulpit, looked around, to. ms cusmay saw in an opposite stall the very protessor against whom silent discourse was levelled. Strong nerves were required for the occasion, ana ihe irtf-nding preacher's nerves are said to have failed. He descended the steps of the pulpit, and lie1 a consultation with the attendant verger.

That experienced official knew that one of -the other made a practice of carrying a sermon in his jwekc-t one probably on the "vanity of human wishes'' hi case of accident. To him, therefore, he wnxi-Wl his way, and the Professor being ushered out of the puliit, the archdeacon was ushered in, to the astonishment of those who were not in. the secret, amusement of those who were, (kwdim, L-iTs no aouot very complish this more speedily, one of them shifted che gearing from the double to the single power. The weight being too heavy for one of them to hold- the handle of the crane revolved rapidly and struck both men one ox M'Caft'ertyrs arms, and one of M'Donald's legs being fract-vred, and- bodies otherwise injured. Mvstbriops Apfa.je.

A somewhat mysterious and distressing case occurred" on the evening of Tuesday the 22cl when the pilots of Milton, Audiir.gill, proceeded to a large ship which was seen in the offing, and no one knows what has become of them since. The day following the Freswick pilots picked up the boat oif Freswick Bay. and as the sails and other materials were lashed in the boat, and about eight fathoms of a broken tow-line attached to her, it is supposed that they had got a rope from the- ship, but the sea being so rough, the tow line broken, and the boat was cast adrift, the crew being providentially aboard of the ship prior to the acci dent. If this conjecture is right, it is very probable that the tmfortunate pilots have been, carried to America, the supposed destination of tie shir, which looked very much like a Yankee Nortlient Ensign. Number of inmates in Night Asylum for the Houseless, North Frederick for week eroding Thursday, 1st October, 1863 Men, Boys, Women.

Girls, Total 225 74 287 84 670 Average number of nightly iimatos, 90, exclusi'fa of 15 ia How of latetijc.