The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

ITANDEL ._SPECIALFESTIVAL. TICKET' I NOTICE.—From the overwhelming number of appli plications for Tickets received THIS DAY, it becomes re qu,site to intimate to person s at a distance WHO APPLY for TICKETS by POST, that it is now essential that their applications should not STIPULAT E for seats in certain blocks, as, in the event of the specified blocks being full, delay must arise in communicating with tie writers before securing the places required. The Committee allot the Tickets in regular ordhe er as the ap plications are receive d ; and although, improve ments being effected by roofing in the orchestra, even the most distant blocks will be eligibly placed, it must be evident that applicants from the Country "all best attain their object by leaving the Committee unfettered in the selection of seats. Crystal Palaceday Evening and Exeter . Hall, hion MR. and MRS. CHARLES KEAN will RE APPEAR at the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, THIS EVENING (MONDAY), in HAMLET. On Tuesday, 4th March, Merchant of Venice ; Tnursday, Bth, Hamlet; on Friday, 7th, Merchant of Venice; and on Saturday Bth, Louis XL OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Un ler the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. Misses Louisa Pyne, Susan Pyne, Jessie M‘Lean, and Topham ; Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, E. Dussek, C. Lyall, Patey, Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. To conclud with HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Messrs. W. H., F., and H. Payne, H., E., and S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Conductor, Mr. AL F . RED MELLON. Commence at Seven. T 4,4ee, Mr. J. HEATRE. rt)YA B 1., . Bnokstone. HAYMARKET, 0 THIS EVENING, to commence with THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Miss M. Oliver, .to. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dnn dreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE LA.DIES' CLUB. Messrs. Farren, Cu,llenford, Clark, Compton ; Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Henrade. Commence 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATR E . Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, and every Evening (Wednesday ex cepted), PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal cone! Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque,vagaza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HO OD ; The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Kiss Lydia Thompson. - Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. P:•lces as usual. Doors open at half -past 8, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till's. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb, Mr, shcre , M iss Maria Harris, Sze. Alter which, at Eight o'clock, OTHELLO. lago, Mr. V ec hter ; Othello, lir. Ryder. W THEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.— sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. ;Second off" Night THE COLL EE a New and N BAWN, Original Drama,itled by the Author ent THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. - THIS EVENING, THE CENSIT-'. Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Bouctcault, Messrs. Emery, .1. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne. Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with THE PRETTY HORSEBRE/fraiEß. Messrs. Mrs. Toole, P. Bedford ; Misses Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, H. Marston. Commence at v. Turin, Naples, and the cause of Italian independence is matter of public notoriety just now. The wisdom therefore of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is wisdom also for Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. In France, as everywhere else, the Ultramonist Roman clergy are the pol.4ical nuisance of the day. On behalf of the stupidest of OEtases , s t r ong in the superstition and ignorance which j.lidin guishes the peasantry and lower priesthood of all Catholic countries, they fight the battle of Papal pre*l2sions with the very scum of the nations. The hosts whom they do their best to keep in illiteracy and darkness, they drill before the altar of superstition to howl down everything like intelligent religious liberty, To civil liberty they are almost as much opposed, except in the rare instances, in which, as in the days of the late French Republic, they think they can use it to their own purposes, Then, in deed, they can plant and consecrate "trees of liberty," to be quickly plucked up again and crushed if only an Emperor comes upon the scene, whom they may purchase by adulation in the days of his efforts to stand securely. Let him, however, but show that he cares at all more for men and nations than for Popes and priests, and henceforth he becomes a PONTIUS PILATE, and even an army at Rome can not save him from priestly wrath. All he gets for protecting the POPE against his own subjects, and keeping the necks of the latter beneath the PoPE's feet, is the hatred of Popes and priests, the half angry, wonder of Italians, whom otherwise he has benefited so greatly, and, worse than all, a noisy, troublesome set of ecclesiastical agitators at home. The PRINCE dwells rightly enough on the per verse obstinacy of the POPE—" He can do nothing" —and the venerable obstinacy is as crafty as it is mischievous. His hope is in waiting for events. If he can keep a nucleus of temporal power, who knows, he thinks, what may one day gather round it again. It is nothing to the shepherd of the faith 'al that Italy is filled by his wordly-minded ambi ion with brigandage, nothing that Romans hate -- EW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-etreet, Oxford-street. TELLS EVENING, CARNATION COTTAGE. A B a nat Divertissement. Foflowe,4 by THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL, in which Mr. J. B. Dole will appear. After which, the snocesful Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE AUK: LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, Ond Mason. To conclude with A CHINESE ROMANCE. Commence at halt-past 7. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. TriuWphant success of the New Eastern Spectacle and the wonderful Performing- Elephants, pronounced by the Press and the Public to be the most sagaeious animals ever ex hibited. This Evening, and during the Week, the Grand Dra ma, entitled THE RAJAH OE NAGPORE, with new and go rgeous scenery, dresses , and appointments, in two colossal Asiatic Elephants, whose astonishing feats on th e s i.lge, and afterwards in the circle, have met with the most unbounded admiration. To be followed by brilliant and daring feats of Eques trianism by the unrivalled Troupe of British and Foreign Artistes. The whole concluding with a laughable afterpiece. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. VICTOR JULIEN having recovered from his recent Ill ness, will re-appear This Evening (Monday) at half-past 9. "THE EN CiIANTED HASH " by Mr. E. Marshall. at a quar ter -past Ten o'clock, performed upwards of sixty nights with immense succ6's. Grand Selection frow Auber's comic opera, "La Circa atenne, " by Mdlle. Negri, with Band and full Chorus. The Comic department Comprises Mr. Randall, Mr. F. French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. Marshall, and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonzlimans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcory, Is. THEOXFORD. 6. OXFORD-SYR-WEI " L . ES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES" By TIENT.' (aged Eleven years), and PFAU (aged Nine years), From the " Cirque Napoleon," Paris, Whose Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze are unsurpassed for daring, skill, and grace, EVERY EVENING. Their performances do not in any way interfere with the Musical Entertainment, wbich as usual consists of Two Oporatic Selections alternately from "P Trovatore," nani, " "La Traviata," "Simon Boccanegra," " Macbeth," dm., by' the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus—(Con ducted by Mr. F. Jonghtnan s)—And Varied Vocal and Instru • mental Attractions, the Comic, portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, blessve. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall , Hall, d. ; Stang and Balcony, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ficHE OXFORD 6, OXF ORD-STREET.- 'r A Grand Morning Entertainment, on THURSDAY neat, March 6th. " LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES, By HENB:I and PFAU (aged Nine and Eleven years) whose double feats on the Flying Trapeze are unsurpassed. Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Miss Russell, Miss Harrison, Messrs, Mor ley. Green, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Crnductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballads, Duets, &c., by Messrs. Herbert, Tivoli, Sesselsburg, and Madame Enders sohn. Solos—i ianoforte—Miss Bryant. Violin—Mr. Viotti Collins. 6cotch _Duets— Miss Stuart and Miss M. Stuart. The "Porter's _Knot" and "Jones's Sister," by Mr. W. Randall, and o ther varied entertainments. Hall, Is. ; Balcony and Stalls, 2s. ; Private Boxes, 10 s. 6 d. Doors open at Two o'clock; Carriages at Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tun DAY.—Morning, 3h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 54m. To-uotatov.-Morning, 4b. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 25m THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, MARCH 2, 1862.7 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 4p.--highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morninrand during the utght, 3.3--this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.60 ; falling fast. WIND —Northerly ; light, with doubtful weather. MARCH 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 3-I—'.ighest since noon yesterday. 24—lowest this morning and during the night. 34—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.29; a sudden fall. Wriln—Variable—North-Easterly in the night South- Westerly this morning—now veering to N,W.; ver y dull weather, wi , h slight snow, and bitterly cold. 4 ,o(4, riag 4 '', t z.i. Z --' cp pi , , -i-i ..... ir‘ ... .,,-,-,... j . i5t & t...; „ -, , ,i.[..--:-;„ r, - `J`T~, ~~~~.. THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1862. In past days of the Hanoverian dynasty Princes of WALES and their Royal Fathers have been almost at daggers drawn, but, generally speaking, if a Duke of the blood royal arose in the House of Peers, and in the plainest language advocated some line of public policy, it would be taken for granted that he was not speaking his personal views merely. Let him make what disavowal he might, he would bra supposed to be the herald of the policy he advocated. All the more would this be the case r Parliaments had reverted to the subser viency TUDOR and STUA'aT days. What then NAPOLEON'S language in are we to make of Prince t h e French Senate ? Does it at all indicate any near probabilities? Is the French occupation of Rome to cease within a reasonable time of this the Prince, as much as with abject superstition they reverence the PONTlFF—nothing that France is disquieted by Papal emissaries from one end to the other—still less that Prussia or Great Britain—which he regards as partes infi delium—should be plagued with disloyal Arch bishops and contemptible brass bands. All means are holy ; religion may be used as the plague instead of the balm of the nations, if a few square miles of worldly dominion can be kept or regained for the professed representative of Him whose only King dom was the kingdom of truth. Satan has been more successful in showing all the kingdoms of the world to the "Vicars of CHRIST," than in showing them to our LORD himself. They are far wiser in their generation than their Master, whom they profess to serve. What theEMPEROR means by allowing his cousin to declaim with such manifest truth and right, while, through his speaking Minister, he proclaims more trimming counsels, no one can be sure. It is not easy to believe that the EMPEROR is seriously opposed to the Prince. It is more natural to believe that he at least thinks with him, and wishes the NAPOLEON family to have the benefit of popular personal opinions, what- ever the modification of them which he is compelled to act on. It is remarkable that the finance minister, M. FOULD, from his quarter, was allowed to publish to France and the world that the occupation of Rome had proved a heavy drain on the Imperial Treasury. When the Prince politically, and the Minister financially, are allowed to expose the disadvantage to France of her pre sent relation to Rome, something ought to come of it. The wrong to the Romans, the utter unjus tifiableness of the prolonged occupation of another ..Ut, Lea v• Is.saw wv little; but it really is surprising that the EM PEROR consents to be bearded by a set of fanatical and ignorant parish priests, headed by a set of truculent and ambitious bishops. Had he the boldness to do his duty to the Romans, to Italy, to Europe, and to France, and to withdraw his troops, he woald find the whole agitation subside at once, like froth into a few drops of water. O'BRIEA. At Willis's Rooms on Friday there was an assem bly of the Institution for Milliners and Dressmakers. This fourteenth annual meeting presents us with some very interesting information regarding the subject in question. It appears, though it may be contrary to the opinion of many, that there is much need of this charity, and that its recipients are in great need of the help that is afforded to them. Dr. BREWER, the Chairman, observed that it was both expedient and practicable for milliners and dressmakers to make some provision for the day of difficulty, of sickness, and inability to work. He instanced that a quarter of a century of his own experience showed how sad were the diseases to which such persons were liable. That it was practica ble was shown from the fact that members of the so ciety had made some provision for the future, while they had no more means than others of their class. Surely there can be no wiser endeavour than to induce those in early life, with a business which, though prosperous, may be but temporary in remu- Ineration, to lay by against the winter of old age or the dark day of sickness. Persons of that class, from their very profession being that of ministering to the pomps and vanities of the world, are under peculiar tempta -1 dons, to indulge in expense, and therefore it is, in every sense, the best thing they can do to take advantage of the opportunity afforded them of ' sparing from present abundance for future emer gency. The Secretary read the report, which is well worthy of attention. The institution now con sists of 127 members, of whom 52 are life, and 75 are annual subscribers. A hundred pounds have been given last year to various members of the in stitution. It was stated that the directors had ascertained that there existed a greater amount of distress among the ill-used milliners and dress makers, than among the worn-out-workers of any other class. "The usual lot of the majority of the persons engaged in those trades appeared to be a life of unvarying toil, too often closing in absolute destitution or in dependence upon the charity of friends." The report closed by stating that there was a smaller addition to the permanent fund this year than formerly, owing to the demands made 1 upon the institution by the necessity of its members The directors trusted, however, that the nobility. and gentry, and persons who felt interested in the prosperity of the workers of all classes, would bestow that patronage upon it which would expedite the work. It is to be hoped that their wishes will not be disappoint€d, and that many may be found who will give of their superfluity that is lavished on ornament to the real necessity of these unfortunate beings who have toiled and struggled through the best and brightest years of their lives to gain an independence, and, after all, have not succeeded. These are descrying objects , and the donors should feel respect and sympathy, notpityfor thei r f e ll ow-creatures , w h o , in toil, doubt, and often despondency, have spent their pursuits, energie and are le s ithemoist thtweinerztin little hope gan of delh,i comfortnsting to cheer them through the sad years of life's de- Icline. Worse still, they may have 1 pa ins of sickness unallevietted bys t o o la e c n e c o o r u r n e t m er ed t hye, attack upon it ? The Pfirce demand= in the strongest term s the withdrawal of the French troops from Rom e . Re denounces the temporal power of the POPE as the source of untold•calamities, and cites the language of the First NAPOLEON as an argument to the Third. The First NAPOLEON , in g ood round terms, de. not heed t'qe in'crfcrence of the clergy in secular polities; and dated the &cline of Italy from the day when priest s g ot auto their hands the manage ment of the army, financ e, an d ;rnlice he held that the secular power of the PONTIFg often tempted him to use his influence in heavenly ;natters in the service of his earthly pretensions. That such .4, the course of the POPE'S noisy ultramon tanes, from Ireland and a Longford election, to or the sad death of the pauper may terrify their agitated minds, overshadowed with a gloom darker than the night of the grave itself. It is always better to take things in time. Half the labour s pent in inquiry as to the caus es which led to the fatal results, half the energy employt - - 4 'a faceking out who should bear the responsibility, would be better expended at first in preventing the cata strophe, and relieving the sufferers in life instead of waiting till death has removed from us the op pGrtunity and power of succour. Thus it is always desirabler those able and willing to be of service to the needy anti help to the oppressed, to learn how and in what mann er hey can best attain their object. An institution of thil; class can be produc tive of nothing but benefit; and those who add to its means are certain of increasing the opportunities of lightening the load of labour and benefitting an oppressed and deserving class of the community. It seems manifest that the Federals are really improving their position. They make no move yet on the Potamac in front of Washington ; they can not afford, even if March permits it, to hazard another Bull's Run. But if Manassas be not theirs Kentucky is, and over Roanoke and Albemarle Sound they have "cast their shoe." We have little doubt that Fort Donellson, on the Cumberland River, has followed the fate of Fort Henry on the larger and parallel stream of the Tennessee River; and as the Confederates have evacuated their more eastward positions in Kentucky that whole State is now in the hands of the North. Tennessee, itself, has been entered with the avowed goodwill of many of the inhabitants, and there is, we should think, but little doubt that it will soon be, and all Missouri also, in the hands of the Unionists. When the Mississippi States thus fall one after another, and when the few large towns on the coasts of Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia fall also into the hands of the North, the Central Southern army must either fall back southwards or find itself gradually inclosed, more and more tightly, by the Federal armies advancing from the west and the east. Nothing but a successful attack by BEATJAEGARD on the Kentucky and Tennessee armies, or of some other General on those of the Atlantic coast, can save the Confederates from being crushed and squeezed out of Virginia and the Carolinas, as well as out of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri. But suppose the Federal successes to proceed with out check—what are we to look for from Mr. LINCOLN ? Will he offer to make peace with the genuine Slave States—the cotton and sugar States—and consent to a separation, on the basis of making the North the larger, and then, with funds or without, attempt the conquest of the entire South ? In their actual temper, this seems by far the most likely. The Northern contempt of the South will not be satisfied without subjugation, and reunion ; but reunion on what basis ? At present we see no indication on the part of the Government of any thing but reunion with Slave States. We imagine that if the Federals succeed, their object will be to keep the negroes whom they hate so, in the South, but, at the same time, to make the free States omnipotent in Congress, This they can effect by making the border States free States, and by repealing that clause in the constitution which gives the slave States representatives in proportion to three-fifths of their claims. This would at once make the free States masters in the House of Repre sentatives. In the Senate they would now have a small majority, if the Free States all returned Senators of anti-slavery sentiments, which is likely to be the case in future. Mr. LINCOLN is such a technical lawyer, and so opposed to the abolition - L..• seems most likely to be what he would prefer. However, he has much to do yet. He has not yet quite subjugated the South. LATEST ,TEWS. SIR ROBERT' PEEL AND NR. SMITH DUBLIN, SUNDAY. Mr. Smith O'Brien has challenged Sir Robert Peel to meet him in hostile combat in France or Belgium for his reflections on the cabbage. garden traitors. ADELPIII 1 HEAY'R E. On Saturday evening Mr. — Boucicault produced another of•his new dramas, in this instance, entitled "The Life of an Actress." The piece is in five acts, but the story closes at the end of the fourth, so the fifth act might have been omitted altogether without spoiling the effect of the play. The plot turns painfully upon the villanies perpetrated by a curtain aristocratic scoundrel, Mr. Maltravers, to accomplish the fall of a young and innocent girl, who has taken to the stage as a profession. In this perilous position Violet, the actress in question, finds a friend and protector in a Mr. Grimaldi, an actor engaged at the same theatre, and through the instrumentality of this amiable old man, she marries her real lover, Lord Arthur Shafton, and becomes happy for life. The applause at the fall of the curtain was very great, but at the same time sounds of disapprobation were very audible. These unpleasant sounds were no doubt oc casioned by the "sensation" of the piece, namely, a young and beautiful woman locked in a lone home"with a deaf old lady, as her only protector against the brutal insults of the said Mr. Maltravers. Of the acting of Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault it is impossible to speak in too high terms of praise ; the former, as the old " utility actor," was nature itself, and the latter as the young, struggling actress, Violet, perfection. Mr. Toole has a capital part in the piece, which suits him to a nicety ; and Mr. Emery, who seem a fated always to be "cast" for villanous parts, was hissed to his heart's content—the highest compliment that could be paid, as it showed that he hal acted his part to the very life. •Tt I', MARCH 1. Baron Ricasoli has resigned. He will probably be succeeded by M. Rattazzi. MARCH 2 (Evening). Garibaldi has arrived at Genoa. The Committee of the Providimento Society are preparing to celebrate his arrivAl with a banquet. NAPLES, FEB. 28 (Evening). A bomb exploded here this evening, near the St. Carlo Theatre, without, hcwever, causing any damage. A patriotic demonstration was immediately made by the indignant population. The scenery of the piece is exceedingly beautiful, and the stage effects are wonderful. The people traversed the Via di Toledo with shouts of "Evviva Italia!" and "Evviva Garibaldi!" Although the same amount of success cannot be predicted for " The Life of an Actress" as " The Colleen Bawn," yet a career of some considerable length is destined for it. The house was crowded to suffocation. OXFORD 31USIC HALL. MORNING PERFORMANCE. The person suspected of the offence has been arrested. PARIS, MARCH 3. The lifoniteur of to-day says : " Culpable intrigues having excited the students to manifestations based upon an odious invention. The Minister of Public Instruction has informed the Vice-Rector that the students or scholars who should take part in any riotous assemblage shall be immediately expelled from the Academy of Paris, and deprived of their academic inscriptions." The demands for the conversion of Four-and-a- Half per Cent. Rentes amount to 97 2.3 millionfiof francs. The number of Obligations Trentennaires presented for conversion is 384,710.. PARIS, MARdi 2. The 21Ioniteur of to-day states that the Nantes journal Eeperance du Peuple has received a first warning for containing a correspondence conceived in as inimical spirit, and makipg a manifest appeal to passions most hostile to the established order of affairs. In an article in the Conabtutionnel of to-day M. de Limayrac alludes to the coolness, perhaps even sense of offence, felt by the EMperor towards the Chamber of Deputies. The writer continues : " This bad feeling is not attributable to the rejec tion of the bill for General Montauban's pension, but to the misunderstanding which the skilful and perfidious enemies of our institutions attempt to envenom by false news and hateful calumnies." The article concludes : " We are convinced that the report of the Com. mittee does not represent faithfully.the true send ments of the Chamber." BERNE, MARCH 2. The French Government has demanded that Switzerland should pay two-thirds of the costs of the affair of Ville la Grande, one-third of the ex penses being defrayed by France. The Swiss Government has replied that it is willing to pay an indemnity of 4,000 f. to the wounded French, leaving to France the cost of the demolition of the house of M. Choffat, amounting to 400 f. The Swiss Government adds that the question o right remains for the decision of public opinion. BERLIN, MARCH 1. In to-day's sitting of the Committee of the Chamber of Representatives, the proposal of Herr TOP Carlowitz, for the recognition of the kingdom of Italy, was agreed to with only one dissentient voice. The Ministry announced to the Committee that it must decline to take part in the discussion, as the proposition tenneu to exerc;.c uu intßience upon pending questions of European policy. MADRID, MARCH 1. News from Tangier states that the lieutenant of the Sumter has been released. Federal ships are watching the Sumter, which still remains stationary at Gibraltar. TH. On Thursday morning next the experiment of a day en tertainment will be tried at this magnificent hall. Consi dering the position taken by this hall, and the curiosity which must be awakened in fashionable circles to see the building itself, and 'witness the now richly-varied entertainment, there can be little doubt that a series of morning performances, appealing to aristocratic patronage, will be successful. On Thursday morning, in addition to the contributions of vocal and instrumental solos, the famous selection from "Il Trovatore" (which is now nightly received with great acclamation), will be performed; and, to wind up the entertainment, the youths Henri and Pfau will go through their brilliant performances on the flying trapeze. DEATH OF ADMIRAL BENTHAM.—The death of Admiral George Bentham took place on the 24th ult. at Canterbury, at the advanced age of 74 years. He entered the navy in 1795. In 1805 he was created a lieutenant, and officiated as aide-de-camp in Sir It. Calder's and Sir R. Strachan's actions. In 1809 he contributed to the success ful issue of an attempt made, to storm a battery on the coast of Finland, for which he received the acknowledg ments of the admiral, and was mentioned in despatches. He afterwards engaged in a desperate conflict with a French privateer, in which he had four killed. In 1813 he assisted in saving the dockyard at Port Royal from destruction by fire, and served in the battle of Algiers in 1816. As an acknowledgment of his having cvnveyed . to Genoa the trea sure claimed by the King of Sardinia from thil Dey, he was invested by that Sovereign with the second class of the Order of St. Lazareth and St. Maurice. He married, in 1827, a niece of Lord Exmouth. FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. —The Adelaide, of 829 tons, Ca; tain Sayers, owned by Messrs. Frederick Somes and Co., of London, left South ampton on Saturday for Algoa Bay, with "permitted" and other emigrants, selected on behalf of the Cape Colonial Government by Mr. Arthur C. Saunders. They are under the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent F. 0. Roberts, and number 261 souls, equal to 228± statute adults, comprising 38 married couples, 73 single men, 52 single women, 55 children, and 5 infants. Mr. Saunders appointed Mrs. Emma French matron and Mr. H. W. Bidewell school master. The Adelaide is the 32d free emigrant ship despatched hence at the colonial expense under the Local Act of 1857, the operation of which has added a total of 9,273 souls to the population of the country. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY), I VBNING, MARCH 3, 1862. 'ES. A MLNER'S MORNING SONG. Ar'se ! brother miner! :Twee only a dream. Blackwood' s Magazine. " Chronicles of Carlingford" is continned,[and the young minister makes the acquaintance of Lady Western. Great skill is shown in the delineation of character, and the scene in the parlour of the Tozer's is most naturally described. The dismay and horror with which the refined and educated man regarded these vulgar folks may be imagined, and the bitterest thought of all was, that these were the elite of his congregation, the stars of mag nitude in the horizon. Also, the relation of his visit to Lady Western is a good sketch, and exhibits one of those rapid transitions from romance to reality which so often befall the young and ardent, There is an article on "Lord Castlereagh." He is spoken of in high terms. "We do not hesitate to affirm that Lord Castlereagh was the greatest Foreign Minister that England ever had ; no Minister ever had to con front greater perils or difficulties ; none ever accom plished such great results; his fame has been long obscured by the unscrupulous antagonism of party, bat these volumes of the distinguished historian of Europe come at the right time, and will not fail successfully to establish the noble patriotism and transcendent statesmanship of the great Minister." At the conclusion of this article a deserved tribute of admiration is paid to their author. This passage is most gratifying, as it is always interesting to mark a sustained iutercouse and unshaken friend ship between those who are related in literary pursuits. It is thus mentioned It would ill become us to close our review of this last work of Sir Archibald Alison, without a warm and well earned tribute to the man who is now the last survivor of the galaxy of writers who contributed to the early numbers of the magazine. Wilson, Lockhart, Hamilton, Galt, Croly, Hogg, Delta, De Quincey—those old familiar faces, who still look down upon us from the picture-frames in Ebony's saloon—have all passed to their rest. Sir Archi bald alone is left—still strong and vigorous, we are happy to say, and strong and vigorous :way he long remain Forty-three years have passed since, whilst a youth, his literary talent sufficed to enrol him among the contributors to Maga. Since then, Maga and he have grown old toge ther—the mutual friendship has stood the strain alike of time and circumstances—and we rejoice to see the victor's wreath encircling the brows of one who first won his spurs in the service of Maga. As we turn over the pages of past the " Roman hand" of Sir Archibald with a f , equency 4 , secona only ro that our venerarea tt Christopher North" himself. The last of a good race, we greet him. And with natural pride we love to recognise in the veteran historian of Europe a life-long contributor to these pages, and the youth who, three-and-forty years ago, commenced his literary career and his connectiot with Maga with articles on the National Monument arid Robert the Bruce, in which the style of the now distinguished historian may be seen already formed in the coups-d'essai of the youthful essayist. " Translations of the Odyssey" forms the subject of a paper. It is entertaining, and affords much information on classical topics. It is truly stated that " Homer, at any rate, is in no present danger of neglect. If seven Greek cities quarrelled over his imaginary bones, no less than six English scholars are.now trying their hands in (we hope) amicable rivalry, in translating him." "Charac teristics of Language" is a paper that may attract the reader from its ingenious remarks and quaint ideas. We meet with this curious suggestion at the end of the essay Thus we are inclined to think that if there is any founda tion of truth for this fancy of sex in language, that the high type represents the feminine, and the low type the mascu, line element. The words high and low themselves would be perhaps as well rendered by sharp and fiat, as their signification has a musical analogy. The high type may be more feminine than the low or the bass, as the voices of women are higher than those of men. Perhaps time will unravel this strange riddle of language. It will be indeed marvellous if it be discovered that language reflects man, not only in his organisation generally, but in his sexual relationship ; and that the study of language is thus in all completeness the study of the mental history of man, mak ing the complement to ethnology or the study of his phy sical history, and both together comprising the natural his tory of the highest of God's creatures. History, commonly so called, is a record only of the actions and conscious words of men, and may itself be coloured according to the writer's bias or mannerism. Language is a history of the thoughts and unconscious words of men, and must be a true record, because, like the facts of nature, its characters have been traced by the finger of the Creator. " Caxtoniana" is continued ; the present part is not so good as the first. Many will not agree that "monotony is a source of happiness," which is the theme of the first essay, and the latter one will suit those who are pleased with the Strange Story, as it is entitled, the " Normal Clairvoyance of the Imagination." " Classic or Gothic; the Battle of the Styles," is a learned treatise that contains some appropriate remarks. After specifying the points of discussion and disagreement, the writer winds up with an eloquent exordium as to the neutral ground on which all real lovers of art may meet. It is forcibly argued that "the principles of truth, beauty, and goodness have laid for every style of architecture the same foundation. We have stood upon Mars Hill and looked upon the Acro polis, when sunset robed the sky of the Agean Sea, or when the moon rode high above the queen of night, and we e..... great, Ewa wunat how good were those classic arts which enshrined the gods of Greece, We have stood beneath the dome of St. Peter's, dazzling with gold and rich with coloured marbles. We have paused in the majestic nave of Milan Cathedral, solemn in Gothic shadows, and have bowed the head and bent the knee before the Fur passing glory of those arts which witness to the faith of Christendom. Blessings be upon all these forms of beauty, peace, and blessedness, from a heart made grateful. Let strife and battle cease, and to the harmony of nature's ways may we con form the concord of the arts." There is a collec tion from some of David Wingate's poems and songs, which is well worthy of attention. " The Miner's Morning Song" is a stirring in vocation to the sons of toil, and the lines on " The Little Brother" are touching and truthful. some midnight reflections of an unpleasant nature; and lastly, there comes a messenger from Chapelizod Vault. This tale is distinguished for its variety and vigour. " Alison's Life of Lord Castlereagh" is the subject of a paper; at the conclusion some eulogistic passages appear regarding that noble man, in which it is said "that the name of one so worthy to rank with the first states men of his country should so long have pointed the jeers and railings of s 9 many writers and speakers in these realms speaks ill for that love of fair play which Englishmen pride themselves on being, of all men, readiest to show." " The Casket of Jewels" is a sketch of some adventures met with in taking some rare gems across to Italy, and the conveyor proved himself unworthy of his trust by spending his time in paying attention to an unknown damsel, who per suaded him to travel with her party, who proved to be brigands of the first class, and speedily divested him of his treasure. " Mildrington, the Barrister," is proceeded with, and is important in this instalment. The hapless hero is in a dreadful fix, as he is privately married to one his mother will not approve of, while she tries to bait him with the promise of immediate inheritance if ho will be united to the damsel of her choice. This tale is appropriately styled "A Romance of two Syrens." " Forgotten Novels" is an essay that may be perused with at tention, affording as it does " a glimpse of the days that are o'er." It is always desirable in the hurry skurry of existence to have now and then brought before us a retrospective mirror teat shows us how our forefathers fared in the way of light literature, the last paragraph is as follows : To every one who aspires to hold pleasant communica tion with the souls of myriads of his fellow-beings through the medium of novel or romance, conceived with mental pain, and perfected with watchings and long labours, it may be of service to reflect on the now forgotten produc tions of thousands, who exercised their imaginative powers for the same purpose, did only negative good at best, and if their uncalled-for tasks were not fulfilled in accordance with the spirit of Christian morality, did absolute harm to the imaginative or unsteady youth whom they addressed, always so fond of escaping from the dusty, harsh ways of real life to the meadows, river sides, and landscape gardens of the land of rcmance. It is one thing to lose one's cares, and relax our strained thoughts, out of those hours that should be devoted to genuine labour of mind or body ; but it is a different and a dismal thing, to be following with an imagination the wild and erroneous flights of the imagination of whcn zfiind or body should be occu pied in some work of duty. That hum of green woodlands, that stroll by the stream; Some joy-loving fairy, in portraiture gay, Hath shown thee by night what thou seest not by day, Yet, brother, despair not, the hours will pass o'er; We'll rise, as the day wanes, to gladness once more. Suppress those deep sighs, brother, though it may be The fate of thy kinsman is waiting for thee; O'er sorrows untasted 'tis folly to brood ; We must, like thy kinsman, brave danger for food. Then up and be stirring; like serf•men of yore, We'll rest when we've plodded our portion once more. Be cheerful, poor brother 1 I've heard of a land Where no over•labour e'er blisters the hand ; A land where no fetters of slavery are seen, Where the grindstone of tyranny never hath been. Perhaps we'll go there when our ploddings are o'er, And then we'll be weary-bon'd miners no more. LITTLE BROTHER-A SONG FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Oh I come, let us lay all our playthings aside, And sing of our brother again; We will sing how he once in our games join'd with pride, Forgetting his cough and his pain. But he's gone far away to the land of the stars— All his moaning and weeping are o'er ; And till death the bright portals of glory unbars, We shall see little brother no more. Little brother was kind, with a manner so sweet, And his ringlets so birylie fell; Oh I we always were happy together to meet, For we lov'd little brother so well. But he's gone far away, &c. Little brother could sing, and 'twas pleasant to hear Him join in the hymn or the song; Ah I we never once deem'd his departure so near, Nor thought he'd be absent so long. But he's gone far away, &c. No more we'll for him gather primroses gay— Little brother of flowers was so fond ; Now, he's gathering bright flowers that will ne'er fade away, Yonder hills of white clouds far beyond. For he's gone far away, &c. No more shall he gaze on the far-flying kite, Whose string to his carriage was bound; Nor smile in his chair, on the long winter night, When the guess or the story goes round. For he's gone far away, &c. We must all be good children, and swear not, nor lie, And always from quarrelling refrain, And so, one by one, to the star-land, we'll fly, And meet little brother again. " A Week in Lisbon," furnishes an amusing account of that city. " Nurse Brown's Story" is most me lancholy, but it is touchingly told, and narrates some of those hidden sorrows that go far to swell the aggregate of misery in this vale of tears. The last paper is on the interesting subject of Austra lian Research, which has lately been made known in this country. It is worthy of attention, ar,a affectingly concludes in these words : BURKE THE EXPLORER.. Burke was laid in the grave, wrapped in the Union Jack—a shroud most meet and proper for this brave alai intrepid Irishman. The country towards Carpentaria will be Burke's Land henceforward. It will never be forgotten that he led the way across the continent, and perished, as discoverers have too often done before him. Ireland, to which he has done honour, will not fail to do honour to his memory. Totness, of which Wills was a native, will erect a memorial to one who died in the path of enterprise and duty. And hereafter, when settlers occupy that land, and the rose cockatoos and crested pigeons, by the creeks the eNplorets travelled, get familiar to the sight of white men, and women, and little children, it will be told how, fat away beyond, in miles and years, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills were the first to cross the grassy plains and gold-bearing ranges, and died at Cooper's Creek, coming home from Carpentaria." Fraser. The continuation of the ably-written but some what disconnected story entitled " Thalatta ! Tha latta !" is the first thing that meets the reader in this number. It is followed by an article on " The Non-Regulation Provinces of India," which dis cusses several important features in our Indian go vernmental system. We are glad to welcome the familiar initials of A. K. H. B. appended to an essay " Concerning the Sorrows of Childhood," written with a conciseness and vigour in which this able writer has of late seemed to us to flag. The truth and force of many of the observations in this paper deserve to be appreciated. It would be well, indeed, for the rising generation if parents were more careful of the influences surrounding the timid and sensitive little being, whose early years may be darkened by the tyranny of a nurse, the injustice of a teacher, or even by the mismanage ment of the parents themselves. With regard to an evil far too common in these high pressure days, the essayist makes some remarks so just and sen sible that we commend them to the notice of the reader ; Then a great trouble, always pressing heavily on many a little mind, is that it is over-tasked with lessons. You still see, here and there, idiotic parents striving to make infant phenomena of their children ; and recording with much pride how their children could read and write at an unnaturally early age. Such parents are fools • not penes ssrms, • •- __.a cillt r aLlUn• l ne great use to which the first six or seven years of life should be given, is the laying the foundation of a healthful con stitution in body and mind ; and the instilling of those first principles of duty and religion which do not need to be taught out of any books. Even if you do not permanently injure the young brain and mind by prematurely overtask ing them ; even if you do not permanently blight the bodily health, and break the mind's cheerful spring ; you gain nothing. Your child, at fourteen years old, is not a bit further advanced in his education than a child who began his, years after him ; and the entire result of your stupid driving has been to °vet cloud some days which should have been among the happiest of his life. It is a woful sight to me to see the little forehead corrugated with mental effort, though the effort be to do no more than master the multi plication table ; it was a sad story I lately heard of a little boy repeating his Latin lesson over and over again in the delirium of the fever of which he died, and saying piteously that indeed he could not do it better. I don't like to see a little face looking unnaturally anxious and earnest about a horrible task of spelling : and even when children pass that stage, and grow up into schoolboys who can read Thucy dides and write Greek iambics, it is not wise in parents to stimulate a clever boy's anxiety to hold the first place in his class. That anxiety is strong enough already ; it needs rather to be repressed. It is bad enough even at college to work on late into the night ; but at school it ought not to be suffered for one moment. If a lad takes his place in his class every day in a state of nervous tremor, he may be in the way to get his gold medal, indeed; but he is in the way to shatter his constitution for life. Those who like to travel while sitting by their own fireside, and to see the wonders of foreign lands through the eyes of others, will derive much plea sure from the vivid and animated sketch entitled " The City of Victory," which records a lady's soli tary voyage to the olden world, and describes her intense delight when she looked upon the glowing waters of the mighty Nile, and caught a distant view of the Pyramids. " Pap3l Vuh" is the title of an interesting essay on the early writings of the ancient Aztecs. Many curious passages will excite the attention of the reader, and give rise to reflec tion. Mr. Peacock, the author of some articles on Shelley, and the friend of the poet and his wife, adds a supplementary notice to his former essays, refuting the assertions of a recent writer on the same subject. "The Twice revised Code" receives a care ful examination. The clever author of " Guy Livingstone" proceeds with his tale of " Barren Honour," in his usual strain, sometimes power ful, sometimes with a straining after effect, but always worth reading in these days of com monplace. An essay on Austria and Hungary sets forth opinions from which we totally differ. It re commends the Hungarians to abandon all claim to that independent constitution for which they have struggled with such faith, such constancy, such suffering, and to send their Deputies to the Austiian Parliament, forfeiting all their ancient privileges by that mock representation, and abandoning that attitude of passive resistance which has defied the attacks of tyrants and their subordinates, by taking a false step which could never be retraced. Rather let us sympathise with the patient firmness of a brave and martial people, to the swords of whose warriors the empire of their tyrants is indebted for its very existence, The United Service vl agazine. This magazine opens with a chapter on " The Defence of Canada," the chief object of which is to inquire if our military system can afford it. The writer maintains that it cannot, for that, if Great Britain is to take upon herself The Dublin Magazin e . the whole resp ons ibilit y o f t h e d efence o f so extetasive a territor, it wil be necessa to The first article is on th© subject of °'Mr. Gold- keep an army o f some thirty or l forty thousand ry men y Win Smith on the Colonies." It contains some striking truths, and ably exposes the errors which as a permanent garrison, which he does not consi are contained in the propositi ons o f t h at gentleman, der fair, and that it would be far better for the He calls upon England at once to make herself "the Canadians to keep up a standing army instead of mother of free nations by casting off from her side only a militia, and that iu that case, in the event of a set of colonies as costly as they are now become a war.with the States, England could support them without materially weakening herself. This is profitless." This extr aor di nary remark is justly h ar dl y commented on, and th e f o ll ow i ng remarks are moat fair to the Canadians after the bold and succinct and to the pu r p ose, ca l l i ng attention to the patriotic front they showed at the late threate ne d ' fallacy that lies at the root of the argument, and war. Theseus contributes a paper on " Naval Dis " justly satirising th e stu cipline, and Recent Nav a l Appointments, in which recommended; ltifi g p to that is he criticises with some se v e rity recent alt erat i ons. —, y The second article on " The British Cavalry, and It is, indeed, a new thing to hear a high-class teacher of its Organisation" commences with the refutation of English youth outdo the - pitiful cant of the Peace Society by a line of arg umen t w hi ch any Englishman of average an error which was made in an articl e on this sub intellect and middling patriotism should scorn to follow. Jeenumber i n t which appeared in last month' s It is needful to dismember the British empire, because this which it was stated that it required thirty colony or that dependency, these islands or those strong- years to make a cavalry soldier, whereas three holds, are a stumbling block to the greed, or a standing re- was the number fixed by the writer. The against all attacks. proach to the pride of this or the other nation I The article is ably written, and the author defends Spaniard, as he waxes strong, will look resentfully at the for his share of Rock of Gibraltar ; therefore let him have it without more servicei n g gong the cause of British cavalry ado. The American slaveholder will cast wolfish eyes on Sir John Burgoyne comes in with huNvt which h t i h s e w ai a l y tho to r Jamaica; why should we baulk him of his heart's desire ? castigation for t h h a e v The Yankees are for ever on the point of quarrelling with us, abuse an arm of because Canada is ours, not theirs; let us save the fox from that he is perfectly ignorant. all chance of further sinning by straightway dropping the says Amongst others who have volu t • grapes into his mouth. Such, in not very different words, is S ir J o h n , la ',illy come forward to is the counsel offered us by Mr. Goldwin Smith. On thecavalry tr '— decry our _ urgoyne. Now who is this very same principle, let us advise him in return to present gentleman 7110 ,, pite an gneminous brand upon that noble his watch to the first thief whose hand may come too near service a r."—fai, a baronet, G.C. 8., and inspector-gene his pocket, and to throw away his arms when be two % re' 01 4 :,,rtifications. An officer of eminence in his own de party of burglars trying the fastenings of his pantry dn. - pa rtment, or he would not have received so many rewards. " A Souvenir of Chapelizotr Is eo „,:- - ''• These high titles will be apt t o d ece i ve many who do not flengtil, and we - mee t i,,t,.. - ....cuedd at some pause to empire what qualifications he possesses to c ons ti- Owe ern ti scenes of all descriptions; tute him a judge of matters wholly disconnected with his _wine love passag es , some stoxmy meetings , ownimmediate duties. It will be sufficient for the gene- For he's gone far away to the land of the stars, He has passed through the valley of pain ; And when death the bright portals of glory unbars, We shall meet little brother again. rality of non-military readers of his writings that he is General Sir John Burgoyne, loaded with honours for part services. But in reality, what can be know about cavalry ? He never served with them, much less commanded any body of them, and never had anything to do with them inamy shape whatever, unless, possibly, in the course of his duty as an engineer, he may have had to report upon the state of, or see to the repairs of, some cavalry barracks. Yet he comes forward, without his opinion being asked,and stigmatizes the British cavalry as the worst in the world, just in the same manner as he has pronounced judgment upon the volunteers. Now Sir John is the last man who should have done either the one or the other, for be bears the name of an officer who was signally successful in the command of British cavalry during the last century, but who subsequently gained an unenviable notoriety by cur-• rendering a British army to an unorganized mass of volun teers I There are no cavalry officers of the rest or present day who care mush for such opinions, tho:i naturally laugh a , them, but the case may be otherwi se with the general reader, who may look only to the position of the person who expresses them, and receive for truth what is in fact calumny. Sir John likewise should have been cantons in giving publicity to his opinions on matters with which he had no concern, for he was supposed in his early career to have committed faults as an engineer —who has not, what ever his profession ? An officer of his own corps, of the highest merit, under whose orders Sir John had served, was asked shortly before his death what he thought of him as an engineer P the laconic answer was, " there are two opinions about him." The worst cavalry in the world could scarcely have made two such charges as did the heavy and light brigades at Balaklava, both of which Sir John must have witnessed, as well as some onsets in for mer days. He had better have left our cavalry and volun teers alone, for in his condemnation of the former he wilt find that he has to measure his length against persons tar better informed on the subject than himself; and as to the latter, they have assumed a proportion and a perfection per haps little thought of by him, and which give a flat contra diction to his assertions. A French view of English Volunteers is concluded, and it is but justice to our neighbouFs to state that on the whole the view taken is p. fair one. An article on the Porthmouth Fortitcations contains a full description of the works in progress there, and will be read with interest. Under the head of Naval Education, it is proposed that a united ser vice college should be provided for the sons of offi cers of the army, navy, and marines, and of gen tlemen in the imperial and Indian civil service. Itt a paper on the Eastern Provinces of British North America, the resources of Canada are considered. and considerable details furnished about its pro ductions. Among the critical notices, " Red, White,. and Blue" is reviewed with some severity for its absurd French tendency. Such a thoroughly Eng lish publication as the United Servioe 111againe is not likely to pass over a matter of this sort in silence, the more especially as the work is in many respects very clever. Chapters are devoted also to the consideration of Military Murders and Naval Promotion. 2he New Monthly. The new tale by the authoress who has lately attained considerable celebrity as a novelist is con tinued with unabated intt rest. " The Shadow of Ashlydyat" belongs to the more ambitious efforts of its writer, and the number of characters introduced, whose distinctive features are all preserved with Mrs. Wood's peculiar skill, promise a story of some length and elaboration. The attention which has lately been drawn to our great Canadian colonies has given rise to many essays and disquisitions upon them. A lengthened paper in this magazine enters thoroughly upon the subject, and makes some in genious comparisons of the respective capabilities of the British and French for colonisation. " Joan of Naples," a well-known figure in Italian history, 'is the sutject for Sir N a th an i e l' s sketch. There is a curious parallel between the chequered lives of Queen Giovanna and Mary of Scotland. Both were suspected of complicity in the murder of their husbands, both were remarkable for their personal attractions and fascination of manner, both passed from the swaying of a sceptre and the splendours of a throne tc the prison and the executioner. Those who are interested in the adventurous ex ploits of the Alpine Club may turn their attention to the narrative of the " Ascents of the Volcano Orizava," the highest of the Andes in Mexico. " Granville de Vigne" is continued in its accus tomed style. We fear trouble awaits the haughty hero and the brilliant little artist, as it does also the colonel and his charming fiancee. Nicholas Michell, whose poems on the shipwrecked mariner were recently so well received, con i,,.utes some vers e s, entitled "The Last on the Ito. ' which display his accustomed powers. There are also papers on the " Holy Land," and one on the " Prophets - of the Desert." Bentley's Miscellany. " The Adventures of Lorn Loriot" are drawing to a close. He is received by his parents, and the crafty pawnbroker is settled with, and we suppose retires from the scene for ever. Esther meets with a friend in need in the shape of the housekeeper' hotel, who takes compassion on her destitute condi tion. Mrs. Drakeford pays a visit to Dr. Snow bn and and gains con t r t i ' v ne es un t p o le=lntelligence that Mr. Drakeford hasbeen committed to prison to take his fifty pounder 11001 trial on a charge of arson. No hint has as yet been given as to whom Esther really is, or what is her parentage. The characters of Sir William Cumberland and Mrs. Drakeford are well sustained, and Mr. Costello deserves great credit for having kept up the interest of the story t 3 c; steadily. " The Fo rgo tt en D ea d , " b y M. Dumas ' frere is reviewed at some length, and several in teresting extracts are taken. The writer says he believes that this is the first occasion in which Alexander the Great has attempted what may be termed contemporary biography. This is a subject in which M. Dumas is pre-eminently qualified to deal. As a specimen, we extract the following re lating to Chateaubriand : Chateaubriand, who had once on a time been captain of the Royal Guards, was glad to march to the siege of Thion villa as a private. As he marched along he met a horse man, who asked him, "Wh ere are you going ?" " To fight." " What is your name ?" "M. de Chateaubriand. And yours ?" " Frederick William." It was the gi n g of Prussia, who said, as he rode away, " There I recognise the nobility of France." The poet was not born to fight : he was wounded, re ceived ceived a bullet whi c h l o d ge d i n the manuscript of " Atala, which he carried in his breast, and lastly was attacked by smallpox. As he walked along the streete of N a mur, trembling with fever, a poor woman threw an old blanket over his shoulders; it was the only one she possessed. Says M. Dumas, " St. Martin, who was canonised, only gave the poor man half his cloak." On quitting Namur, Chateaubriand fell into a trench, and was picked up by some compassionate soldiers, and deposited at the gates of Bussels. " The Belgi ans , w h o di d not guess that one day the piracy of the works this young man would publish would enrich thre or four 4 bookaneers,' closed their gat es against the poor wounded man." He was on the point of death when his brother came to his aid, and gave him one half the 1,200 francs he possessed. He also proposed to remove him, but, fortunately, our poet was too ill to follow him, He went to a barber's, where he recovered; his brother returned to France, where the guillotine was waiting him. When convalescent Chateaubriand pro ceeded to England, wher e th e doctors warned him that his fighting days were over. He took up his pen, wrote his Essais," and sketched the plan of the "Genie du Christianisme." " An Arab Village" is a sketch of life in Algeria, and a description of Arab manners and customs. " Table Talk," by Monkshood, is continued, and relates the breakfast table. " Fayette and Thar gelie ; or My Pastel Portrait by La Tour," by Otricle 4 is one of thi s au th or ' s li g h t and amusing tales. " A review of the memoir of Edward Forbes, the naturalist, gives a general sketch of the life of that gifted individual. Good Words. Edited by Norman Macleod, D.P. It is with great satisfaction that we see this in teresting periodical instead of diminishing in interest, increase in its attractions. The number before us need not fear,comparison with many older and more expensive p u bli ca ti o ns, and to ale hearths and homes of th e p oor it must be a realboon, being b so itter tone entirely too o devoid fte n of fo u n t h d e idn. dacticperiodicalsdesigned character and bitter nd for their benefit. A member of any faith might read these pages with pleasure, alth oug h they often contain papers of an openly religious charac ter. The essay by the editor himself in this month's number entitled "what if Christianity n o a n gs to t beenht he offere f mostoi to found nfi humanity n e adl capable, av w ne h ir e a y t g ionfu nations,iplace sustaining a and of and supplying the moral needs of the is not true ?t'h'ep consolation fa u ai t i, puts d h th iwn e .qhiuuceehen wouldsethii. changing ages. A. K. N. contributes a thoughtful and pleasantly wr i tten essay on " Atmospheres,'' meaning th ere b y the insensible influence which every human bein g diff uses around him. The at tractive story of " Mistress and Maid," by the author of " J o h n H a li fax, " proceeds with great at tractions, and the characters increase in interest as they ar e f urther developed. Miss Muloch's ad mirers are acquainted with the charm which that gifted autho ress can th row over the little domestic details of daily life, and this happy p o wer is fully displayed in the history of Elizabeth Hand and her three mistresses. There is another story of a pleasant genial nature, entitled "A cast in the waggon," and some very able articles on general subjects. Among these are papers on the causes and remedies of colliery calamities, with four illus trations, and on the structure and powers of thth e eye, which will well repay th e rea d er, and contain most interesting information. PRESENT OF SALMON OVA JlO GARIBALDI._Mr. John Miller, partner with Mr. Andrew Buist, of Perth, in the lease of the Galway fisheries, has received the following letter in acknowledgment of the present of salmon ova for wai ded to General Garibaldi some time ago C a prers, Feb. 6, 1862. Dear Sir,—Many thanks to you and your partner, Mr. Buist, for your assistance in obtaining for me 25,000 impregnated ova of salmon, and for the vessel ip which you so carefully sent them trom Ireland to Glasgow. With earnest wishes for success in your fisheries, I am your grateful friend, G, GARIBALDI.-111r, John Miller, Salmon Weirs, (,away, frelan FRANCE. BOURSE, March I.—The market has shown a strong downward movement. Stock has been from the commencement of business freely offered, and Threes, for the Account, which opened at 70f. 13c., are now at 69f. 85c. The Railway Share Market has felt the same depressing influence, and most of the lines are quoted somewhat lower. The follow ing arc the closing quotations : 41 per per Cents 99 65 , Do. end month 100 30' 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 20 Bank Shares 3060 Credit Mobilier 743 75 Do. Account Credit Fonder l4OO Belgian 0 — Piedmontese FivQs 6B 20 Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes 5l Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3BO 1372 50 Northern New. ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 1073 75 .. 1070 Geneva .. - Southern .. 720 720 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian .. 500 .. 500 Lon , bard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 161 c. ; money, . , 25f. 14c. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f..97-ic. HANDEL FESTIVAL. It has been announced for some time past that the ticket offices at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter Hall would be simultaneously opened this morning, for the sale of tickets. for the festival. At an early hour a large number of persons were in waiting at both places, prepared with ca , h to take up the tickets they desired. At Exeter Hall they were shown into the Lower Hall, at the Crystal Palace into the larger board rooms, each appli cant receiving a number, and in the order of arrival they were introduced to the ticket clerks in a separate office, re tiring by another door. Applications, enclosing remittances from the country, were attended to alternately with personal applications, the latter receiving the odd numbers, the former the even num bers. The stream of personal applicants waiting at one time at each place varied from about 60 to 100 persons, but from the numerical regulations the issue of tickets proceeded with the greatest regularity and without the least crowding. Up to the time of going to press it was impossible to learn the exact amount of money received for tickets ; but on a rough calculation it exceeded £6,000. The committee have issued a notice requesting applicants from the country to refrain from stipulating for seats in particular blocks; for, although from the acoustic improve ments being carried out all will hear well, it is evident applications from a distance will receive the most prompt attention by the selection of seats being left to the com mittee. THE COUNCIL OF MILITARY EDUCA7ION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir—l take the liberty of forwarding you the amount a money voted last year for the Council of Military Educa tion. Vice-Presid en t . ... . Three members at £6CO One member 485 18 0 One secretary Clerks Office-keeper s , &c Pay of examiners* Occasional examiner Travelling expenses This amount of th e public money is now, Total £7,774 11 ? apparently at least, expended without any return to t h e nat i on —at least non e that can be kno wn; " no accounts rendere d , no man ual repor t published ; all i s silence. True that thosewho are supposed 0 be reported are mos tly " military departments ;" still, of those even we, the public, have a right to know something. as we are the paymasters.—l am, &c., VERITAS. * Examin e what t u 13 I