Low Twelve.

LOW TWELVE .

Ev BRO . CnAKXEs SCOTT . I see a delta in the sky . Which has a ray for every sigh ; And seven hues for every tear Falling for the departed dear . Good Enoch saw a Delta bright

J " en shining in the midst of night ; One , too , he saw beneath the ground , Where all our bodies shall be found . True mid beautiful—that we must Be wrapped in shrondy , silent dust ; And when the great tramp shall sound ,

To raise , exalt us from the ground , Lord , may my dusty home be nigh , Where good ones sleep and gently lie , AATien all shall hear the call to rise , I would mount ' above the bm-ning skies . Let sun , and moon , and stars expire ,

And the darkness be set on fi :-e ! The ashes shall tell thy glory , Father , Son , and Spirit holy . •—Memphis , tenn .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —AVe learn from the Court Circular that our beloved Sovereign has not derived all tbe benefit from her continental journey that was fondly hoped . The revisiting the birthplace of her departed Consort under circumstances so painfully different from the joyous feelings with which she first saw it , has not contributed much to the restoration of her

strength , and we learn therefore with more regret than surprise that , though her Majesty took daily walks , she was unequal to much exertion . It appears that the inhabitants of the district showed the utmost delicacy to her Majesty ' s feelings , and strictly abstained from all intrusion on her privacy . A report has prevailed that an accident had befallen Prince Leopold , but

we are glad to learn that the wound , though troublesome , is now quite healed , and tbe Queen and family arrived at Cobourg on Saturday last , their departure from Rhe ' mhai-dsbrun having been delayed by the accident . Prince Arthur has been on a nertesirian excursion in tho Hnrtz mountains . It is officially announced that the Prince of Wales will distribute the medals

and certificates of honourable mention to the successful exhibitors at the International Exhibition . The distribution will be a State ceremonial , but will not take place until early in 1 S 63 , when the building has been cleared .

GENERAL HOUIE NEWS . —The weekly return of the mortality in the metropolis , accompanied by the return for the summer quarter ending in September , has just been published . The deaths for the last 13 weeks amount to a little more than 15 . 0 QO , of which more than half bad not entered the 21 sfc year , and a large portion of the died in . infancy . The deaths last week reached 1229 , or nearly a hundred move than the

corrected average for the last ten years . The births during the week amounted . to 1689 , which is also below the tea years average . It is stated that the Duke of Cambridge will be appointed to the Rangership of Greenwich Park , —a sinecure office held by the late Lord Canning . The Ranger ' s Lodge , it is added , is being fitted up as a residence for Pri . i ce Arthur .

¦ It is stated that the Bishop of London has declined the archbishopric of York , and that the vacant See will be offered to the Bishop of Winchester , the brother of the late Primate . It is further reported that in the event of Br . Summer accepting the archbishopric , Lord Auckland ( Bishop of Bath and Wells , and formerly Bishop of Sodor and Man ) will be the new Lisbon

of Winchester . The British Association will meet next year at Newcastle-on-Tyne , with Sir William Armstrong as president . The Lord Mayor has declined to preside at the proposed London Garibaldi meeting , on the ground that the Italian patriot , being once more restored to liberty , stands in no need of expressions of sympathy . His Lordship has also taken time to consider whether he ought or ought not to grant the use of the Guildhall for the contemplated demonstration . -New

South Wales has sent another £ 10 , 000 for the relief of the Lancashire distress . Mr . William Fairbairn , who must naturally feel inclined to stand by the armour-plate in its unequal contest with shot and shell , remarked in the course of an address he delivered in one of the . Sections of the British Association , that the recent experiments with the Vv'hitwoith

shell clearly proved that " no gunboat such as those in the American waters could prevent the entrance of these dreaded and destructive missiles . " The g-. m , in fact , lias proved victorious , f . nd Mr . Fairbairn thinks it a fair inference from what has taken place at Shoeburyness , that "it maybe difficult " to construct ships of sufficient power to cops with the new

projectile which Mr . Whit worth , has produced . He added * however , that other experiments are in progress , and that " means may yet be adopted to solve the question of armourplated ships versus shot or shell . But the artillerists are not without their reverses . I'to fewer ihsn three of Sir Willi ;) .- ]! Armstrong's costly 100-pounders burst while being proved at

Woolwich . 'Die memorial of George Stephenson , the renowned engineer , which has been erected at Newcastle-on-Tyne by public subscription , has been inaugurated with great ceremony . Notwithstanding the distress in what were lately the cotton districts , the new poor-law measure passed last session to provide for that distress has only now been brought into operation . We learn that the Blackburn and Preston

guardians have resolved to put in force that alternative of the powers contained in the bill which authorises them to borrow money on the security of the rates . An application from a Manchester association on the Indian duty levied on Manchester cottons , has elicited a communication of some interest from Mr . Laing . That gentleman denies the

right of tbe Lancashire cotton spinners to have the dnty taken off their goods while the natives are heavily taxed , unices some fair equivalent be offered to India . That equivalent , he thinks , would be best met by England taking upon herself the ultimate responsibility for the Indian debt ; but , failing the adoption of what he admits would be a strong step at the present moment ,

he sag rests that an arrangement sh-owld be made by which England might give a guarantee for the interest of the £ 70 , 000 , 000 sterling spent , and to be spent , on Indian railways , by which the money might he raised at 4 instead of , as at present , 5 per cent . In that event the customs duties on cotton piece goods and yarns might be wholly abolished .

Tbe fen country is again threatened with serious disaster . On Saturday evening , the banks of the outfall sluice of the Marshland Smeeth and Fen drain gave way , and a considerable extent of land at once became submerged . Measures were adop ted on Sunday to stay the progress of the flood , but up to Monday afternoon no satisfactory result had been accomplished , and the farmers in the district were preparing for flight . It is , however , hoped that the works suggested by the engineers on the