The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, DYING FOR LOVE. After which, will be revived Shakspeare's Tragedy of HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with IF THE CAP FITS. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENT G, the pert:alnanoes will commence with NEVER DESPAIR. Mr, and Mrs. Henri Drayton. And (4th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled ♦N OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Iklllington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. S im ms• Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. And a Grand Ballet by the Celebrated Spanish Dancers. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-put six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH . The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts be in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, Oonsisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, Suc an d EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eva wr itten for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Masical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Faxtertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAPE. 69 ---tag' hest since Boon yesterday. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'19. WIND, Southerly; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Tam DAY.—Morning, Bh. 33m.—Afternoon, 9h. 11m. To-Mozaow-Morning, 9h. 50m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m. The chief subject of discussion in the foreign journals now is about the meeting of the French and Austrian Plenipotentiaries at Zurich. The suddenness with which the Peace was exploded on Europe has rather taken its author quite aback, for he seems now as much surprised as other people, whom he fully expected to make his dupes ; but to his utter mortification, they are more wide awake than ever to the trick attempted to be played off upon the believers in his infallibility. Hence the chagrin displayed at all and everything that does not square with Imperial requirements. No, to be true is to be honest, and not attempt to palm off counterfeit glory for the world's applause instead of the endur ing coin stamped with the sterling seal of immorta lity. NAPOLEON 111. has lost a spl&did chance by throwing away his opportunity after the victory of Solferino. It was idle to hes'jtate on the very verge of glory. Some mysterious spirii, be it evil or good, has damaged him in the world's opinion most irretrievably, and he now wreaks his vengeance on all who speak the truth. In France indeed, no one dares to mutter an opinion, and' hence are the frank opinions of the English Press so doubly galling. And the more galling, because though he attempts to suppress the circulation of English papers in France, the consciousness that they do get there, makes matters all all the worse, as will be seen by the following ex tract from the Times' correspondent :—" You may be surprised that a journal so serious, so moderate, and so superior in every respect as the Debats should give such an interpretaion to the measures of self-defence taken by England. You will not be surprised, however, when I give the expla nation. The article in question was written by an individual who is at the same time a part pro prietor of the Debats, and who fills certain func tions connected with the Imperial Government. His connection with-the Debats, though not with its editorial department, enables him occasionally to procure the insertion of an article even when in opposition to the views of the regular writers for that paper. The article, for which they are not in the least responsible, and with the views ex pressed in which they do not coincide, appeared in a part of the paper which does-not usually contain the regular articles of the Redaction, and it was merely signed by the Secretaire de la Bledaction., The author, a Government functionary, as I have said, is the same person who wrote the absurd t s ory some time since about the formidable fortifications of ?erim, in the Red Sea. The object is, of course, to enable people to say—" See what such a paper as the Journal des Debats says on the arma T , nits of England and English neutrality ; when so mode rate a journal takes views of the kind, and gives such warnings, there must indeed be danger—and then the article, stamped with the visa of the Debate, is copied into all the semi-official papers at home and abroad." The important deputation which, on Saturday afternoon, waited upon the Colonial Minister, at his official residence, in Downing-street, will lead, we do sincerely believe, to the speedy mitigation, if not to the immediate extinction of the lamentable evils so long rife in the West Indies, iii consequence of the Coolie and Chinese immigration. It is im possible to glance, however cursorily, through the report given at length in'another part of our impres sion of this evening, without recognising the ex traordinary force of the appeals addressed to the Duke of NEWCASTLE, by one or other of the dele gates, there in attendance before him on Saturday, from the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. An explanatory memorial, passed at a public meet ing of that society on the 13th of this present month, Rte, in the first instance, read to his Grace by the So ciety's secretary, - Mr. CHAMEROVZOW. The depu tation, including among its members the gentleman last mentioned, who was there, of course, in his official capacity consisted of thirty of the Anti Slavery associates, wh o were introduced to the noble Duke, the Colonial Secretary, by no other than Lord BROUGHAM himself, the most illustrious and vener able among surviving Abolitionists. That noble and learned lord immediately upon the close of the perusal of the memorial on Saturday, explained to the Secretary of State that the sole object of the Society in despatching this memorial to his Grace by the assembled deputation was—inquiry ! s, many contradictory statements were afloat as to the miseries said to result from the Coolie and Chinese Immigration to our West Indian posses sions, that it was manifestly desirable to arrive by means of inquiry at some definite and reliable conclusion as to the side upon which truth lay in the mi dst of all these confident statements, and no less confident counter-statements. " For his own part," said the ex-Chancellor, "he had no doubt on which side it lay, but," he added, " there was no - way of convincing the world but by inquiry: , As an absolute proof of the dispassionate manner in which he himself endeavoured to pro,mote the (of course, unofficial) in- . . J •1, !!' A A _ A _ 44140 f, , 401# 311 r, 0, • rr•x.. ,, ,,„, ' r- THE SUN. MONDAY, JULY 25, 1859. vestigation set on foot by the Society , Lord BROUGHAM mentioned, on Saturday, an inci dent which he described as having occurred at the meeting on the 13th instant, a meeting over which the noble and learned lord himself presided as Chairman—" an incident," said his lordship, " which had not been mentioned at the time in the public newspapers." " A gentleman," remarked Lord BROUGHAM, " who was supposed to be ad verse to the opinions of the 'meeting wished to be heard, and there was a disposition not to heir him, but he, as chairman, insisted on his being heard respectfully, the more so that he differed from the meeting, and the result was that he was not only attentively but even kindly heard. The gentleman's statement was a very clear one, and Mr.Chamerovzow answered it ; but that fact showed that they were disposed to hear both sides. As to the mode of pro ceeding, the memorial asked for a committee, but he feared there was no time for it. A week or ten days would not suffice for this inquiry, and his grace should therefore consider whether there was not another course to be taken, such as by a com mission." Therefore " his Grace" while venturing to express his own individual conviction that the society had been misled in several of their repre sentations coincided readily in the opinion already expressed directly by Lord BROUGHAM and indi rectly by the memorial which had been submitted to him by the country on behalf of the deputation—the opinion, namely, that, in the first instance, a rigid and searching inquiry into the question at issue was for all reasons most desirable. As to the manner in which the inquiry itself ought to be made, his grace readily concurred with the noble and learned lord in thinking that it would be impossible to have a committee at this period of the session. Apart from which, he confessed, that he had great doubts as to the utility of inquiry by a committee. The noble duke continued, "It would be impossible to bring over the governors of colonies, while still more important would be the evidence of some of the planters themselves, who would not come, or if they did it would be at a very great expense and inconvenience, which would not be justifiable if the information could be ob tained in any other way. We had a great deal of information already. Nothing was concealed from Parliament, at least it was so some years ago, and the emigration commissioners, he knew from his own personal knowledge, were most anxious to prevent any abuse in connection with the scheme. We had then very considerable power of supervision, and an immense amount of information which was annu ally laid before Parliament, but if further inquiry was necessary, he thought it would be far better it should take place by a commission." Notwith standing which sufficiently emphatic and appa rently conclusive opinion, it must not be imagined for an instant that the Colonial Secretary on Satur day decided point blank for a commission. Nothing of the kind. A glance at the next sentence shows that the question opened up before his grace—as every question, it may be remembered, used in times past to open up before a late right hon. baronet—a choice of three courses! A committee was out of the question under the circumstances. A commis sion was altogether very excellent. " But," said his grace coming to the point at last, " What he thought would answer every purpose still better was, if some of the gentlemen present would assist hizn in drawing up questions which would be sent out, f ind he would undertake that they would be answered by persons of authority in the colonies, and they Oould also be sent to other persons to whom it might be thought proper to send them." Talcs tout ! The device is very simple, but we are sanguine that it w-01 prove very effectual. It will be a commission conducted by correspondence. It will be the accumulation o f written instead of spoken evidence. It will be the very inquiry Lord BROUGHAM has so earnestly and so reasonably desiderated—an inquiry all the more reliable in its way, seeing that it will be set on foot through the co-operation of the British and Poreign Anti- Slavery Society and the Colonial Department of her MAJESTY'S Government. The all but inevitable result of which wise and generous co-operation (let ns ncrw therefore repeat) we do confidently hope will be the speedy mitigation and eventual ex tinction of the miseries hitherto caused in the West Indies by the twin evil systems of Coolie and Chinese Immigration. It is deeply to be regretted, we cannot but think, that the hon. member for Brighton could find no one on Friday evening to second his motion in the House of Commons—a motion declaring the system of management now existing at the National Gal lery to be highly unsatisfactory. What was Lord ELciio about that he did not come to the aid of Mr. CONINGHAM Their opinions, if not identical in regard to the mismanagement of the national collection of pictures, are well known to have, at least, a very remarkable coincidence. Sympathising ourselves to a very great extent in those opinions, as they have f: e quently before now been expressed by our pen in the columns of The Sun, and by the lips of Lord ELctio and Mr. CONINGHAM, in the House of Commons, we do sincerely regret that after the extremely able remarks of the latter gentleman on Friday evening in support of his motion, that mo tion fell to the ground, simply because it did not find a seconder ! The accusations directed against Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE were explicit enough, and were given by the hon. member for Brighton clearly, succinctly, and categorically. We should like to have them answered as clearly, as succinctly, as categorically. Why not ? It is due to Sir CtiAs. I EASTLAKE'S reputation—not as an artist, not as an academician, not as President in the Chair of Sir JOSHUA, and Sir THOMAS, and Sir MARTIN—but as chief director of the National Gallery, as Conservator "of the National Art Collection. The allegations have been so often repeated— yet never once contradicted ! What were Mr. CONINGIIAINI'S remarks on Friday ? The hon. gen tleman's allusions to Sir CHARLES were as follows : —" Since the year 1845," said he, " Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE had been attached to the National Gal lery in various capacities. During the short adminis tration of Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE, a Youthful Saviour,' which in his opinion was a disgrace to the National Gallery, had been purchased. There was also a lIOLBEIN, which cost £635. Soon after that Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE became President of the Royal Academy. But he need not go further on this subject than the testimony of Sir C. EASTLAKE himself. In the report from which he had quoted, he found, under date 12th November, 1851, the hon. gentleman saying, I approve of the Queen of Sheba' being added to the gallery.' Again, March 31, 1353, The Queen of Sheba' has been ill and tastelessly cleaned. It is now out of harmony, and I could not possibly say that time will restore it. Dirt has the effect of glazing, and is quite as good some times.' fhat was very different from the opinion of one who must be admited to be amaster on these sub jeots—HoGAßTH. That great master's words were, Nothin g can be :o a' surd as the notion that time is an improver to a good picture.' It appeared to him that when large sums of money were to be voted for these purposes, that it was the duty of the keepers of the public purse to see that these sums were fairly expended, and that good value was obtained." Coming down to a more re cent period to fresh reminiscences, the hon. member continued—" Among the purchases made in the present year were a Sir Antonio Moore' for £2OO, and a ‘3loretto' for £630, neither of which, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1859 in his opinion, was a good picture. There was another picture for £650, stated to have been sold in Florence in 1580. He would venture to assert that there was not a single square inch of the original of that in the present pie ture ; and yet it was one of those the purchase of which caused the item for travelling expenses. If the facts he stated were true the whole system of management at the National Gallery was bad ; but it still went on, although, unfortunately, the destruction of pictures, by what was called cleaning, had been stopped. When the travelling agent arrived in any town in Italy the price of pictures there went up £5OO per cent., and when he did purchase a pic ture it was generally of an inferior description, like that of PAUL VERONEsE,for which £14,000 was given, and that was only purchased to cover the blunder which had been made in buying the ‘ Adoration of the Magi.' That picture had been knocking about Venice for a long time, and could have been obtained for £2OO or £3OO, but the gullibility of the travelling agent was such that he was induced to give as many thousands for it. The country looked with a watchful eye to what the House would do in this matter, and the course pursued by the Government in reference to this motion would be a test of the earnestness of their professions in favour of reform and retrenchment." Several of the facts referred to by Mr. CONINGHAM in the course of these remarks will be recognised by many of our readers as familiar enough in themselves. Their repetition and reiteration, however, on Friday in the House of Commons proved, unhappily, to be of so little avail that the motion—not even being seconded—dropped accordingly. Whence is this studied evasion of the charges diracted again and again against the President of the Royal Academy ? Does something of the divinity that, according to SHAKSPERE, " hedges in a king"— hedge in a royal favourite, too—and hedge him round, moreover, so effectually, that there is no getting at him ? Echo answers to this inquiry— At him. !--again, Mr. CONINGHAM FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. (From the Times.) It is curious enough that at the very time when our English Statesmen are visiting the English Press with their severest censures for daring to speak in plain terms concerning the French Em peror and his policy, the Journal des Debats is at tacking our English Statesmen in no measured language for exciting in this country a spirit .of animosity against France. In truth, no such ani mosity exists. We wish to live at peace with France, because we see in a general alliance of the two countries the securest guarantee for the peace of the world, and all our most vital interests are bound up with the preservation of peace. When we are putting our fleets and our armies in such order r s will enable us to resist any sudden act of aggression, we are in reality doing that which will best enable the French Emperor to resist the coun sels of those indiscreet advisers who are ever ready to suggest an attack upon this country as an act of sound policy. Mr. Bright, Lord :John Russell, and Lord Palmerston on Thursday evening offered a solemn protest in the House of Commons upon this subject. Mr. Bright is of opinion that we have at length reached that golden age when the nations of the world are so convinced of the sin and impolicy of war, that it needs but forbearance on the part of the people and the Press, and the peace of the world will be maintained. We think of the Pruth and the Mincio, of Inkerman and Solferino, and we are not so convinced as we could wish of the truth of this position. Mr. Bright has been cooing on in this monotonous strain for the last ten years, and we cannot see that his predictions have been borne out by the results. Still less are we aware that any article or any phrase which has appeared in any of the English journals has had any effect in bringing about the last two great wars which have afflicted the world. The late Emperor Nicholas concocted the design of one amid the Russian snows. The pre sent Emperor Louis Napoleon devised the other amid the banquets of Compiegne. Each of these potentates formed his design, and carried it out purely and entirely for his own political ends. The Russian war of 1854, and the Italian war of 1859, would equally have occurred had M. de Laguerron niere been enthroned in Scotland-yard with un limited power over the English Press. Are these things true ? We leave the answer to Mr. Bright when the oratorical fervour is off him, and he de scends from the tripod. Lord John Russell followed Mr. John Bright. Lord John is of opinion that, looking back on the wars that have occurred in the past, " they have been caused less by disputed claims to territory than by anger and animosity sedulously encouraged, which, after they have for some time past aggravated all the feelings of pride that belong to a great people, have made the most rightful question, which might have been settled by two or three weeks of diplomatic correspondence, the occasion of a war." Lord John had just ex pressed his concurrence with the views of Mr. Bright. But, presuming Lord John's position to be a true one, who made all the wars between A.l). 1100 and 1800? Certainly not the Press ; for, with the exception of efforts made by the pamphleteers of Anne's days and the earlier Georgian era— writers after Mr. Bright's and Lord John's own heart, paid and hired by the leading Statesmen of their day to do their specific work—we know of no very stormy exhortations to war in the public journals before the beginning of the present cen tury. The Press (as we understand the term at present) cannot be said to have had an existence in those days ; and yet, God knows, the soil of Europe was often enough saturated with the life-blood of the noblest and bravest of successive generations. Who did this work ? Lord John Russell suggests —the Press ; we say it was done by Emperors and Kings, by Priests, by Statesmen, by Diplomatists —in fact, by the very prototypes of Lord John Russell ! Let us again take tne came of the great European war, from the rupture of the Peace of Amiens down to 1815. Will any reasonable man of decent education maintain now that this great struggle was due to any other cause than the am bition of the elder Bonaparte ? True, when he was at a loss for a pretext, he quarrelled with the watchdog for his bark. He denounced the Eng lish while he was maturing his designs in Switzer land and on the Rhine, and preparing his forces for another assault upon the liberties of Europe. It was the ambition of a conqueror, not the impru dence of a writer, which led to that series of cala mities, and, as it was then, so it has ever been since. If the Emperor Nicholas and the Emperor Napoleon have deluged the earth with human blood, it was not printer's ink which worked the harm. Was it the Austrian Press—poor, effete, and police-ridden—which attracted 200,000 French combatants into Lombardy a few weeks ago ? What would Lord John have us to do ? Are those events which are of vital importance to the interests of mankind, and which affect the very existence of this country, not to be discussed at all in the English journals ? • On the whole, have we more to gain by falsehood, or by silence, than by straightforward, honest speech ? No doubt, plain speaking carries with it certain disad vantages, but in the long run these sink into insignificance when compared with the bene fits which arise from the open publication of English opinion. Would Lord John Russell maintain that the Emperor Louis Napoleon would refrain for a moment from carrying into execution any warlike design he might have formed against this country if tie united Press of England was crouching at his feet ? If the occasion were there, and the advantage to himself were obvious, such subservience would be deemed rather as an argu ment of our apprehensions and an indication of our weakness than as a motive for withholding the blow. As we before remarked, the silence of the Austrian Press—nay, the complimentary and courtly tone of the Austrian journals—passed by the Imperial ears like the idle wind, and the fatal resolution was taken notwithstanding. If nothing more is meant than that the English Press, or in deed the Press of any nation, should abstain from injurious expressions against the chief of a foreign Government when no great national interest is at stake, then we can only express our agreement with him. But, if nothing more is meant than this, why should Lord John go out of his way . to back up Mr. Bright, the champion of the hustings against the Press ? We would venture, with all due deferencp, to suggest that the recent' military foray of the Fre :c1 armaments upon peaceful Europe was an occasion on which it behoved the public writers of these kingdoms to print their thoughts plainly and boldly, for the information and warning of their fellow-subjects. The defenceless- condition of our shores was another point on which no Englishman could have reflected without the keenest anxiety. Does Lord Palmerston suppose that the French Emperor wag not acquainted with the true state of the ease ? It was known everywhere save in the British Islands, and was the subject of conversation in every cafe and every barrack-room. If ever there is war between England and Prance it will not be because the Press has compelled a Ministry to put the country in an adequate state of preparation, but because England can be taken unprepared, If that shou ld ev er Nipper), there will indeed be the ~ Panic" which Lord Joh n R ussell deprecates; our o , Jject is, and has always been, to prevent the possi bility of p an i c by timely and quiet precaupon, LATF]ST NEWTS. AUSTRALIA. The ship Lincolnshire arrived off Falmouth on Saturday from Melbourne. She landed mails and passengers. She has on freight about 50,000 ounces of gold and 70,000 soNereigns. She proceeds to London. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JULY 24. The 3loniteur of to-day contains the following : The Duke of Malakhoff has been appointed Grand Chance:lor of the Legion of Honour. The Emperor has granted to the mother of General Auger an annuity of 3,000 f., to be paid out of his Majesty's privy purse. VIENNA, JULY 24. The Ausirioa Correspondence publishes an ener getic article concerning the circular recently ad dressed by the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron Von Schleinitz, to the Prussian Embassies in Germany, and endeavours to prove by a combination of facts the correctness of the statements contained in the Imperial manifesto. TURIN, JULY 23. A rumour is current that the Sardinian Commis sioners in Tuscany, Modena, and Parma will be immediately recalled. TURIN, JULY 23. The Municipality of Florence has expressed in its deliberations of the 20th inst., a wish for the an nexation of Tuscany to an Italian kingdom under the sceptre of Victor Emmanuel, or in case the annexation, for reasons of high policy, should be impossible, that Tuscany should be governed by a Prince of the House of Savoy. TURIN, JULY 24. According to advices received from Florence, Professor Matteucci leaves to-morrow for Turin and Paris, having been intrusted with a private mission by the Government of Tuscany. ROME, JULY 20. Baron Hubner, formerly Austrian Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries, has arrived here and will replace Count Colloredo as Austrian Ambas sador at Rome. This morning, his Holiness the Pope received M. Menval, officio- crordonnance of the Emperor Na poleon. BOLOGNA, JULY 23. A great number of addresses are being signed in the Romagna against the return of the clerical Government and in favour of union with Sardinia. The country has resolved upon maintaining public order and on repulsing any attack of the Swiss troops in the service of the Pope ; also that a re gular voting should take place to express the wishes of the country. BELGRADE, JULY 24. A denial has been given to the reports spread by the German and Turkish press against Prince Milosch. Prince Milosch leaves to-morrow for the interior of the country. . AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated July 22, says the Plenipotentiaries of France and Austria (Baron de Bourqu'ency for France, Count Colloredo for Austria) will meet at Zurich in the course of the next week, in order to conclude peace on th 6 bases of the pre liminaries signed at Verona. It is now ptoposed that the Treaty shall be concluded between the Emperors Napoleon and Francis Joseph, and that Sardinia shall make peace with Austria by means of an " Additional Act." Neither England, Russia, nor Prussia are to be represented at Zurich, but as soon as the Treaty of Peace has been ratified, the fact will be made known to those Powers. The arrangements which have been made by France and Austria will satisfy neither the neutrals nor the Italians, but the two Emperors appear to care as little for the one as they do for the other. The Austrian Government affects to be well pleased with the con ditions of peace, and probably it really is so, as it is aware that the neutral Powers intended to propose much more disadvantageous terms than those which have been obtained from the Emperor of the French. A person, who must necessarily be well informed on the subject, has this morning told me that the British Government not long since pro posed to Russia and Prussia to make the cession of Venetia and Lombardy the basis of future negotiations for peace, and he also gave me to understand that the two last-mentioned Powers had consented to take the proposition into con sideration. The proposals at first made by the Emperor Napoleon . to the Emperor Francis Joseph were :-1. That Lombardy and Venice should be separated from Austria, and placed as an independent kingdom under an Arch duke ; 2. That Modena and Parma should be given to Sardinia ; and 3. That Tuscany should. be ceded to the Duchess-Regent of Parma. These conditions having been rejected, the counter-propositions made by Austria were accepted by the Emperor Napoleon. Count Rechberg and Baron Hess negotiated with his Majesty, and both of them were much struck by the extraordinary lucidity of his mind, and his talent for business. The preliminaries of peace were put to paper by the Emperor himself at Valleggio. to which place Count Rechberg went after the in terview between the two Sovereigns at Villafranca. Baron Hess settled with Napoleon the conditions of the armistice, and he was subsequently sent with Count Mcnsdorff to Valeggio, to make the neces sary arrangements for the meeting of the two monarchs at Villafranca. It is reported, that 800,000,000 of lire is the sum which Lombardy is to take as heir : share of- the National Debt. When the news reached the army that peace had been concluded, and Lombardy ceded to France, the indignation of the officers was so great, that many of them expressed themselves in terms which were by no means flattering for any of the parties Con cerned. The Austrians maintain that they could effectually have cured the French of their bad habit of meddling in the affairs of other nations, "if the English had insisted on the neutrality of the Adri atic," and I am not inclined to think that they , over-rate their prowess. The Fourth army, con sisting of 60,000 men, was totally inactive, as it was necessary to keep powerful garrisons in Venice, Trieste, and in the numerous seaports on the Dilmatian coast. ' It is now publicly related at Belgrade that old Wutschitsch was poisoned, and it is known here that the five senators accused of having conspired against Prince Milosch would have been put to death if Fuad Pasha and Sir H. Bulwer had not protested against such a summary manner of pro ceeding. Prince Couza is un well, and he leads a very retired life. The Oesterreichische Zeitun g , which is the pro perty of the Minister of Finance, continues to abuse England and everything English in good sot terms, although Baron Bruck will in a short time be obliged to apply to British capitalists for a loan. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 23. PARIS BOURSE, July 23.—The market has been more buoyant to-day. Threes opened at 67f. 65c., and after receding to 67f. 50c., when the fall of i on the English Consols was known, rallied to 67f. 95c.; Mobilier varied from 770 f. to 790 f.; Aus trian, 547 f. 50e. to 560 f. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 540 f. to 545 f.; Orleans, 1,335 f. to 1,345 f. ; Lyons, 857 f. 50c. to 865 f.; Southern, 500 f. to 507 f. 50c. The rates continued to advance until the . close, when the following were the last quotations : 41- per Cents. 95 20 Do. end month 95 35 3 per Cents 67 'BO Do. end month 68 Bank Shares 2850 Credit Mobilier .. 780 Do. Account ..... 795 Cr&lit Foncier 640 —; Belgian 4i — PiedmontesO (5) Roman B6 60 I A - dstrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt 4O 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 915 925 New ditto BO5 .. 810 Lyons and Mediterranean B6O 860 Geneva 5lB 75 .. 518 75 Southern Western 540 540 Eastern Sardinian 402 50 .. 407 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money, 25f 4c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 94c.; money, 24f. 93c. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Capt. James Stone, which sailed from Boston on the 13th inst., and touched at Halifax on the morning of the 15th, arrived in this port about 9.30 yesterday evening, bringing 420,000 dollars in specie and 216 passen gers, including some soldiers. _ _ . On the 13th instant silo passed the steam-ship Canada, about fifty miles east of Boston light. The following steam-ships arrived at New York on the 11th inst. :—The City of Baltimore, hence ; the Arago, from Southampton ; and the Adelaide, from Galway, via St. John's, Newfoundland. The news by this arrival is unimportant. A Washington despatch says :—" The State De partment has recently had under consideration the subject of the Hudson Bay and Puget Sound Agri- . cultural Companies in connexion with their privi leges in Washington territory, and it is understood that its action thereon is to the effect that their possessory rights' ceased by the limitation of their charters on the 30th of May last, as well as under the Oregon treaty. It will be recollected these companies some years ago offered to sell their rights to the United States for a million dollars, and subsequently that they expressed their readiness to be satisfied with six hundred thousand for their possessions. The Catholic missions at Vancouver and other islands are involved in this decision, which now, falling under the administration of the interior department, is likely to present some important features, if not controversy, concerning titles to valuable lands. There is authority for the assertion that however desirable the acqui sition of Lower California may be to the adminis tration, no such proposition is now pending between the Governments of the United States and Mexico as has been stated." It was reported that the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles and his wife had become entirely reconciled, and that he was now living with her. The Vermont State Republican Convention was held on the 12th inst. The present state officers were re-nominated. Resolutions were passed con demning the extravagance and pro-slavery charac ter of the present administration, and maintaining the right of naturalised citizens to protection against the Cass doctrine. The New York Times, in spite of the frequent reports to the contrary, asserts that the Collins steamers have not passed from the hands of their present holders. The weekly statement of the New York city banks shows an increase of 2,984 dols. in specie, 187,271 dols. in circulation, a decrease of 787,140 dols. in loans, and 1,129,599 dols. in deposits. A special despatch, dated New Orleans, Bth inst., in the Charleston Courier, says that General Woll has defeated the liberal forces under Gen. Zuazua, at Guanajuato, and proclaimed Santa Anna dicta tor. The despatch also states that this affair had caused great confusion at San Luis Potosi, that ex- Governor Barrerra had attempted to stir up a revo lution in the province of Campeachy, which was followed by similar demonstrations in other pro vinces, and that the Government was making vigorous efforts to suppress the outbreak. Advices from Havannah are to the Bth inst. News unimportant. Sugar buoyant, and all qua lities d .slightly advanced. Sterling exchange' 15 prem. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (BY TELEGRAPH TO BOSTON.) NEW YORK, July 12._ Money easy at 5 per cent. on call, and 6 to 7 for short first class paper. Sterling exchange in fair demand, at 1101. Stocks are in better demand, and prices are generally firmer. Illinois Central Bonds, 831 ; Panama, 117 ; Michigan Central, 42 ; New York Central, 74k ; Erie Convertible Bonds of 1862, 16 ; Ohio Sixes, 991 ; Virginia Sixes, 921- ; Tennessee Sixes, 89. Cotton unchanged; middling Uplands, 111 c. Flour.—State and Western very heavy, unsettled, and 15e. to 20c. lower; superfine state, 5 dols. 30c. to 5 dols. 76c. ; extra state, 5 dols. 75c. to 6 dols. 10c. ; round hoop Ohio, 5 dols. 80c. to 5 dols. 95c. old ; 6 dols. to 6 dols. 30c. for fresh ground ; com mon to good sxtra Western, 5 dols. 70c. to 6 dols. 30c. ; Southern dull and lower. Wheat dull and drooping; Western red, 1 dol. 45c. to 1 dol. 50c. Corn easier • mixed Western, 86c. to 87-4-c. Freights to Liverpool quiet and unchanged; cotton Id. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX. WASHINGTON, JULY 14. The Government have sent instructions to the United States Minister at Berlin to demand the release of the naturalised citizens who have been drafted into the Hanoverian army. NEW YORK, JULY 14, EVENING. The cotton market was steady to-day. The sales of the last two days amount to 1,600 bales, at 11ac. for middling Uplands. The stock market was firm, and rates had slightly advanced. Flour closed dull at a decline of 10c. Wheat was also depressed, but Indian corn was buoyant. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 14, EVENING. The cotton market was without change to-day. The sales of the last two days barely foot up 1,000 bales. THE RED SEA. (Front the Correspondent of the Times.) ADEN, JULY 4. • Her Majesty's ship Furious returned from the Mooshedjerah Reef on the 25th ult., bringing down about 100 natives and a few Europeans belonging to the Alma, between 400 and 500 bales of damaged silk; and a variety of other articles which have been saved from the wreck. Captain Osborn, however, entertained no hope that the stranded ship would ever be rescued from her position on the reef. The day after the arrival of the Furious Brigadier Coghlan despatched the Lady Canning on a similar errand, and she returned on the Ist with 40 additional bales of silk, 39 natives, and five Europeans. Lieut. Peevor, who is in command, reports that the Alma is irrecoverable. She is cracked on the port side just before the funnel, and the fissure was seven inches wide when he left. He is also of opinion that her bottom is torn out, and that she will in evitably go to pieces on the occurrence of the first strong southerly gale. Capt. Henry and the other officers of the ship, with part of the crew and ten marines, left there by the Cyclops, will remain on the reef until the decision of the Peninsular and Oriental Company directors is known. Arrange ments have been made to keep them supplied with water from Mocha, and Lieutenant Peevor, with kindly foresight, took them up two bullocks and a quantity of limes from the same place, which were very acceptable. The thermometer on the rock fre quently stands at 105 deg. The Madras and Bom bay have called at Mooshedjerah since, and report that the crack in the hull has widened considerably, and that the stock of coal was being hauled out through it. Brigadier Coghlan has further directed all the Indi an navy ships on the station to touch at the reef, in their trips to and from the Red Sea, while any of the crew remain ther,3. The missing Columbian, from Australia, has not made hor appearance yet, neither had she been heard of at the Mauritius when the steamer Nep tune, which arrived here last night with the mails, left that place. The Malta is still here dis abled, waiting for her new machinery. So many accidents happening to our mail steamers within so short a space of time might reasonably be presumed to occasion great embarrassment to the public generally, but there is an elasticity about the Peninsular and Oriental Company's arrangements which obviates such results. In the present most unusual concurrence of ill-luck, the only serious evils are the loss of the Alma and the non-appearance of the Columbian. The Bombay has taken on the mails to Australia which should have gone by the Malta, and the Candia will re turn from Suez with the Calcutta mails in lieu of the Alma; so that, beyond the drawbacks just noticed, no delay will be experienced either by the mails or passengers. The Cyclops left the Mooshedjerah Reef on the 23d ult., and a telegram received here yesterday from Suakin reported her safe arrival there. From Suakin she will proceed to Cosseir to repair the damage done to the cable there. The injury has been ascertained, and it is confidently expected that through communication between Aden and Suez will be re-established before the end of this month. Adverting to the notices on Abyssinian affairs contained in my last, I -have now to add that au thentic information has' just been received of 20,000 muskets and anAmmense supply of per cussion caps having . :been sent into the interior from Mirsa Moobareck, an anchorage about 60 miles north of Masso;uah. The Governor of the latter,place having been apprized of the arrival, directed that inquiries should be made as to the ob ject of so formidable a consignment, and forbade its landing - until permission was accorded ; but the sus picious cases had been despatched inland long before the prohibitive order reached its destination. Rumours are afloat of collusion in this matter. Be that as it may, there can be no doubt that these arms are intended for the King of Tigre's party, that they were forwarded through Cairo, and that they are important accompaniments of the scheme which has been set on foot by certain individuals in Europe and in Egypt to dethrone King Theo dorus. It is to be hoped that our new Minister for Foreign Affairs will have his attention drawn to this subject. Tigre and Gondar are intimately con nected with Egypt, and such church-militant, fili bustering expeditions may have other objects besides that of forcibly converting the heretical Abyssinians. One would imagine from the warm remonstrances contained in the extracts from the Journal des Debats given in your Paris correspondent's letter of the 16th ult., that France had some notion of send ing a fleet into the Red Sea, which it was feared would be arrested by the perfidious English at Perim. I do not know from what quarter his information is derived, but this I do know, that the statements referred' to are utterly - without foundation. If the editor will take the trouble to read two letters pub lished on the 29th and 31st of May, 1858, he will learn how the English became possessed of Perim, to which they have certainly as good a claim as the French have to Mayotte and several other snug little places among the Comorines, where immense quantities of materiel are being stored for the civi lization, doubtless, of the peoples in those parts. We know nothing of the Sultan of Raheita, neither have we ever had any relations with him about Perim ; and as for the greater Sultan of Con stantinople we conceive that he has as much right to the island as he has to the Isle of Man. Further, " the flag of England floating on a fort" is, as re spects Perim, just as correct as the other mis-state ments of the ; ebats ; and the " interestinc , and sig nificant experiments in gunnery," reported to him as having been carried on in the Straits of Babel mandeb .in 1858, fare purely mythical. The for midable " fort," moreover, is a little house, without parapet or ditch, and the armament consists of 20 . muskets and three jingalls,—not too much to pro tect the material and other preparations which are being made for the erection of the projected light house from the plundering Arabs of these districts. Want of masons, owing to the great demand for such labour on the new railroads in India, has hitherto prevented the commencement of that use ful work. So great, indeed, is the difficulty expe rienced in this respect that the barracks at Aden are at a standstill on that account alone. I hope, therefore, that when the Debats next deems it a duty to report on Perim " to France and Europe," the editor will be at some pains to test beforehand the trustworthiness of his informants. REPORT OF THE,COMMITTEE OF THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES FUND. The committee formed for the collection and ap plication of a fund for the relief of the 66 Neapo litan exiles, who, after ten years' imprisonment in the dungeons of Naples, were landed in Ireland on the 6th of March last, have now to report the entire amount generously subscribed, and the principle and details of its distribution. The object proposed by the committee was pub licly announced immediately after their first meet ing, when so much had been ascertained of the cit.: cumstances of the exiles as that all were middle aged or old men; that the most part were enfeebled and worn out by their cruel imprisonment ; that some were confirmed invalids ; that all were ignor..nt of our language, and nearly all were destitnte. Such being the case, the committee proposed to collect such a sum as might be sufficient, not merely to maintain frugally these men (very many of them gentlemen by birth and education, and all of unim peachable character), until they should have some what recovered from the effects of their long and unmerited suffering, but afterwards to afford to each, according to his previous avocations and ,con dition, and his present necessities, such means of starting in life afresh, either in this country or abroad, as might render available for his future support the talents and energies still left to him. These announced intentions, in so far as they, were found practicable, have been strictly carried out. The subscription has realised £10,760 Os. 9d. But as it was necessary, before the entire amount could be even guessed at, to begin the dittribution, the latter had to be regulated from time to time according to the sum which it seemed reasonable to expect might 'finally be obtained ; and several large contributions having come in towards the close, the committee were enabled, even then, to make material additions 'to the individual sums appro priated fh their plan of relief. From the £10,760 Os. 9d. collected, a deduction, of £1,302 is to be made under the head of expenses ; but in addition to such costs herein, incurre2 strictly in collection, as the advertising of lists of subscriptions, the printing and lithographing of circulars, the employment of clerks and messengers, the rent of committee-rooms, and payments for stationery, postages, &c., this general sum of £1,302 includes the travelling and hotel expenses of the majority of the exiles on their first arrival, the necessary payments for interpreters and guides, and, in some instances, small extra allowances which circumstances rendered necessary. The amount for distribution, therefore, is to be stated as £9,458 Os. 9d., and from the numt er of the recipients two of the exiles are to be excepted. The Baron Poerio and M. Schiavoni, having some means of their own, declined to receive any part of the fund, in the application of which to the wants of their fellow sufferers they took throughout the deepest interest. The exiles assisted are in num ber 64. The first provision made was for immediate wants. To each person upon arrival £4 was given for current expenses of living, and £5 for clothing. The committee then at once turned their attention to such arrangements as might ren der most permanently useful . to each his share i n whatever sum should ultimately be realized ; and as it was evident that speedy employment for so many persons was not likely to be procured in this country, and that their requirements and com forts would be most readily and cheaply supplied on the continent, the committee informed them that, upon any one giving intimation of a desire to quit England for a specified place, £lO for travelling ex penses would be paid him, and, Upon his sending notice to the committee of his arrival at the place selected, a further sum of £l2 would be remitted for immediate necessities. Within a few weeks a large majority of the .exiles had availed themselves of this arrangement. The subscription had meanwhile been making satisfactory progress ; and when the committee had no longer reason to doubt that a stated sum would be certainly forthcoming, it was resolved to allot to the exiles, in addition to the payments as above, such respective portions of what remained of the entire amount as each might seem fairly entitled to. With this view their positions in life and other particulars had to be taken into special considera tion; and it was resolved to divide and distribute the amount under four classes, proportioned to the social condition and circumstances of the exiles re spectively. In the case of each individual, the most minute and careful inquiry was then made ; and, according to the class in which it was found manifestly most just to place him, 'he became en titled to £5O, to £lOO, to £l5O, or to £250. Of the amounts so awarded, four were in the first or 'highest class, nine in the second, 30 in the third. and 21 in the fourth. By the time the allotment had taken place, how ever, an appeal of the committee for further sub scriptions, publicly made by their chairman, Lord Shaftesbury, had been so generously met, that they found at their disposal a considerable further sum ; and they were enabled to give effect to a sugges tion urgently pressed upon them by the committees of some of the larger towns, whose exertions had materially contributed to the success of the fund. • This was, to carry out still more completely the principle of relief already acted upon, by setting apart additional allowances for the exiles who had families, and for those who were advanced in years. Gladly adopting the suggestion, th e committee assigned an additional £lO, in some few cases £l5, to each child ; and to each exile over 59 years of age, £lO for every year after he had entered his 60th. _ • _ 'rhe committee have moreover to add, that when the subscription finally had closed they were in a position still to enlarge the sums thus successively apportioned, by a payment of 20 per cent. upon the entire receipts of ea c h p erson ; th e effect of which may be illustrated by the instance of one of the exiles in the fourth class, to whom originally only £5O had been assigned, but who, happening to he 62 years old, and the father of two children, re ceived ultimately £l2O. Gratefully acknowledging, in conclusion, tb e ample means thus afforded them of giving practica l expression to the public feeling f or th e eapolits. n exiles, the committee have th e grea t es t p l e asure In stating that the conduct of these gentlemen, in re ference to all the questions that arose in the p ro ' gress of the subscription, has been in no respec e unworthy of the sympathy thei r m i s f or tunes hav e awakened. By order of the Committee, SHAFTESBURY, ChairMan' A. KINNAIRD, Treasurer. A. PANIZZI, Hon. Sec. The accounts of the fund have been regular l y audited from time to time by the Recorder of Loa; don and Mr. M. J. Higgins, an d as soon as all tl i vouchers shall have been recei ve d f rom abroad s final audit will take place, and the statement thereof will be published in the newspapers. 118, Pall-mall, S.W., July 23. LITERATURE. Helen Lindsay : or The Trial of Faith. BY Clergyman's Daughter. 2 vols. Hurst an Blackett. There is much to attract in this story from 1 1 . ,t s genuine earnestness, and it comma n d s respect fro ; the admirable principles it inculcates. There ",. 1 life-like description, in George W es t on , o f the fat al effects of evil companions in youth, and the sad r e ; suits that too ofen attend an ill-ad v i se d c ourse study on serious subjects. Important as such WI are, and ably as they have been d e li nea t e d, it is It o with these that we have so much to do, as with t,..0 trials of Helen. She was the da u ght er o f a wealth elan, and at the commencem en t o f h er ca reer to seemed to smile upon her. As frequently oee n be , however, there was a dark and dreary passage its fore her, and all at once her troubles came. It well for her that in the, hey-day of her prosper"Ji she had learned to dwell on the only sure source; happiness, so that when her worldly prosPe c ir failed, and her hopes of h a ppi ness were cruelly an.a, verted, she was enabled to b a ttl e courageously Os, the storm of adverse fate, and to meet with resignui tion the sharper sting of hope deferred. There el an be no greater trial, for one so t rue as H e l en , tt et to entertain doubts of the o bj ec t o f m e i affections, but when those doubts invo.l o .. questions of vital importance to the Op rests of religion, it may be ima g i ne d what sej, had to endure. In the ; trying scenes that folloW, on the discovery of Weston's a th e i s ti ca l doctrinv"ol the authoress displays great skill ; she does ! if exaggerate and make We s t on a pp ear i n t o leran t bad, or Helen seem a mira c l e o f f ait h, b ut s h e fair f. represents them. He is show n a s a man of eoc4p lent intentions, but as on e w h o h as b een led as',l:o by erroneous notions, and, wrapt in the mystie"a, of abstruse ideas, has lost. sight of the true la marks by which to steer hi s course. She i s fair l y represented as a passionat e an d wayward girl Poi dually toning down into a, reflective woman' a of led to contemplate more attentively the b e autie o the faith she prof e s ses . Sh ort l y after she has bet, engaged to Weston she is informed of his laniev,4 able unbelief, and th e s t rugg l e to renounce hinllfet a severe one. It was done, and they parted. '0 sufferings were great for a time, but in neW B ce i t o. she had a chance of regaining an outward e! ;t ij The interest of the story from thence remains Weston, as it is shadpw e d f or th i n a b r i e f but h i t ; pressive manner how, under a pure influence , ,o natural good feelings emancipated themselves fr - 0 the thraldom in which they were held. - It r e d. touching episode in whi c h hi s convers i on i s relit te a There is something solemn in the idea sugg es t o of a little child being the means of restoring ,j, wanderer to the fold from which he bad stray 0 ; The few but striking dialogues that took plir as ed the vessel in which Weston met with hia t e „" be young friend are replete with interest; and W h e n n' was called to read the impressive words that ' d signed her body to the deep till the sea, s'i r vi i io give up its dead, he felt the first delight ° f p elt newly regained faith in the conviction that of trials was the kingdom of heave n . Aft er so many tTAte Weston and Helen co u ld no t mee t w ith the 1 %10 ness of undimmed spirits, o r th e e l as ti c ity of hoP youth ; but they were better prepared to face % c if of care on their second engagemen t th an on t ak first, and those who ha ve f o ll owe d th e ir I'll e tt 4 way, and watched th e s h ar p s t rugg l es , a nd h e o ll calamities which th e y h ave h a d to encou nter 0 0 rejoice to find th e y h a d a t l ast entered up°oo serener course. In this narrative some o ' . ,p+ secondary characters are well described. Norton, the governess o f H e l en , i s a model or.,F;eo and unobtrusive kindness. Her services to M o lf were of great benefit to h er , an d it was 0;04 through her instrumentality th a t th e distrtslo Y girl was enabled to go th roug h h er h ea ' Mr. Weston, George's father, is an instance good man making goodness disagreeable by iteg l harshness, and th us ren d er i ng m i sera bl e the of of all around hi m . H a d h e f e l t h a lf the 01.'0 the truth s h e preac h e d t o ot h ers h i s son w h ich never have made that grievous error 100 led to hi s renouncing the church of whiel o rf father was a minister. On the whole this will be found well d eserv i ng of perusal, and ow must be impressed with its lofty aim, and purn t l3 o pose, while they must acknowledge its ol4e e been attained. The Vicissitudes of Italy since th e Congref s Vienna. By A. L. Gretton. Routledge• At the present moment, when the pubtio tion is directed so earnestly t o t h e a ffairs ( :" . „ fi r Italian peninsula, when its divisions and its chatty ties, its past and its f u t ure, are the theme 01 " discussion, a littl e vo l ume like the one before aid of the greatest va l ue. It sets forth clearli the succinctly the chain of events in Italy Sill, oo: Congress of Vienna, dwelling especially on t', l " oP currences of the last twelve years. Whil e t persons are acquainted with'the outlines 01° history o f th e I tal i an revolution of 1848, lelifett, familiar with the details which recent event s vie elevated i n t o i mpor t ance. S uc h a wor k as tr.tileif sent, therefore, which enables them to refresh oes recollection, and is readily avail a bl e for refo re . 9 at will be of great service.' Th e author, who.l3° present in Italy, published pa r t o f this work in t the British and Foreign Evangelical _Review, 1 7.00' form of an analy s i s o f R ana lli' s I s t or i e Pa / 0 0 1 He has since been urged by some Italian frie ll , o ols extend and enlarge his narrative, bringing it to the present day. O ne o f th em , w h o had c l ' t or England, told him th a t hi s work must be she r ol 'ell nobody would read it ; adding, " your countri t ioo have too many books to take up their atte li upon subjects that immediately concern theall o l have much time to bestow on the lengthy r e i c , o f of our misfortunes." At the present epochs ' O O/ ever, when these misfortunes are awakening,Tell, than usual sympathy, the title of thi s wor k is '4O to attract immediate attenti on . Th e p o rtrait s , Count Cavour and the Marquis D'Azeglio are Phi fixed to thevolume,showing, in their respecti ce s bis tures, the firm sen se an d pract i cal power of tb„ e h ths, financier and m an o f sc i ence, contrasted more imaginative countenance of the autho r aof artist. The careers of these eminent moo; e1 .,, 1 .01 3 ° many others, are interpolated, and the reauF: b is an x i ous t o b e thoroughly conversant oald history of Italy during the last few years. t v ge immediately avail himself of this brief but oe' hensive treatise. Arl Lord Byron's Poetical W or k s . Part VLfurrP The popular edition of Lord Byron's Nvor'of bB reached the sixth part, and will consequel i , gs d completed in three months time. The tYr„ n air paper are both of excelle n t qua li ty, an d the ',por t rous admirers of the poet w ill thus have an °AO tunity of obtaining a complete set of his NO' a very moderate sum. The Art Journal. No. LV. Hall and v" 0 11 0 ( The first of th e l arge engravings in thisi-ecis 0 , of the Art J ourna l represents the " Alms ue c to_A lc Dorcas," and is t a k en f rom Mr. Dobson 's I t itic" in the Royal Collection. The second is, 1 0 0: " Prayer in the Tyrol," and is engravec', l ; picture by P. Foltz, also in the Royal Co Two peasant women are kneeling before a belc cross in the mountains ; the water is scu ll ac e o them, while the rugged rocks around seem s e " P ft to offer footing to the ibex or the charn`' is ,:,, be fi t i; third plate is engraved by W. Roffe, from - 1 4 0 '4 tiful figure entitled "Purity," from the 11 0 sa. chisel of Mr. Matthew Noble. The gro g oticr ideality of th e fi gure are a ll that m i g ht be Tot; pateci from a sculptor possessed of so mu CP . p leo tr d nation and refincment. The illustrated ar't 0 0 ; 1 ; as usual one of the chief attractions of t": 0 0,,,,' ber. Mr.' and Mrs. S. C. Hall's " Exour si c htol; South Wales" are continued, with numerou s r eer.,l l ing vignettes. Mr. Redgrave's artistic c iL firiba, considered in the forty-fifth number d m Artists, and some samples of his delight': c oll"i 1 stapes are given. Mr. Walter t' t d a e 0 butes a graphic prose sketch of Reyo° - ;; D tel easel; and there are various other papers 0 ' ' and ability. V l ' l der pl• The Bishop of Exeter ( says the S'ifi vo r lo ol Herald) is now "in residence" a t th e College' 11° His lordship appears to be in the enjoyment of good health, and takes daily carriage exercise.