The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-05 00:00:00

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. tinder the Patronage of HER MAJESTY AND H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that the Earl of CORK has consented to preside at the 86th ANNIVER SARY FESTIVAL of this Society, which will be celebrated at WILLIS'S Rooms, on St. Patrick's Day, the lith of March next. Lists of Vice-Presidents and Stewards will shortly be published. The Committee earnestly solicit co-operation and support. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, JrN., Secretary. Stamford-street, S.E. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, air. F. B. Chatterton. „ Special Morning Performances 'of the Grand Pr ntomime on every Wednesnay and Saturday during the Christmas Holida3 s THIS EVENING, will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled RIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS. cc)) THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery oy Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength Of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. L ONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed Capital, £2,500,000, in 50,000 Shares of £5O each. Paid-up Capital, £985,356. Reserved Fund, £185,356. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Francis, Esq. Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Frederick Harrison, Esq. Esq. Lord Alfred Hervey, Philip Patton Blytb, Esq. William Champion Jones, I John Wm. Burmester, Esq. Esq. Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. James Morley, Esq. John Fleming, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER Mcliewan, CHIEF INSPECTOR—W. J. _Norfolk,Esq. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam Howard, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT—James Gray, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, E3q., and C. S herring, Esq. SECRETARY.—F. Clappison, Esq. Head Office, 21, Lombard-street. At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held. on Thursday, the 4th February, 1869, at the City Ter minus Hotel, Cann m-street Station, the following Report for the year ending the 31st December, 1868, was read by the Secretary. WILLIAII NICOL, E , q., in the chair. The Directors, in presenting to the Proprietors the Ba lance-sheet of the Bank for the half year ending the 31st December last, have the pleasure to report that, after pay ing interest to customers, and all charges, allowing fotere bate, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to ..V4,649 18s. sd. This sum, added to £4,092 3s. 4d., brought forward from the last account, produces a total of £85,742 ls. 9d. The usual Dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year is recommended, together with a Bonus of 2} per cent., both free of income tax, which will absorb £82,924 16s. 11d., and leave £5,817 4s. 10d. to be carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. The Dividend for the whole year 1868 will thus be 16} per cent. _ _ _ The Directors haiie - to announce the election of Lord Alfred Hervey as a Director, in the room of the Right Honourable Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P., who has accepted office in the present Administration ; the election of James Morley, Esq., in the room of E. W. T. Hamilton, Esq., 31. P., who retired on account of ill-health, and the elec tion of Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq., in the room of J. E. Anderson, Esq., whose removal to reside in the West of England compelled his retirement. The Directors retiring by rotation are : John William Burmester, Esq., John Fleming, Esq., and William Champion Jones, E,q., who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The Dividend and Bonus (together £ll4s. per Share), free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the Branches : on and after Monday, the 15th inst. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 31ST DECEMBER, 1868. DR. To Capital £1,000,000 0 0 Instalments unpaid, not yet due £985,336 0 0 Reserve Fund Instalments unpaid, not yet due 14,641 0 0 Amount due by the Bank for Customers' Balances, &c £12,462,789 3 1 Liabilitieson Accep tances, covered I.y Securities 15,705,719 17 4 Profit and Loss Ba lance brought from last Account Gross Profit for the Half -year, after making provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts ~. £4,092 3 4 234,156 3 6 238,248 G 10 .£17,414,680 4 2 CR. By Cash on hand at Head Office and Branches, and with Bank of England —.X1,853,340 16 6 Cash placed at Call and at notice, covered by Securities .£3,048,912 15 11 layestments, viz.— Government and Gua ranteed Stocks £1,266,262 13 10 Other Stocks and Se curities w.. 60,128 7 3 1,326,391 1 1 Discounted Bills, and advances to Cus tomers in Town and Country £9,430,486 8 5 Liabilities of Cus t3mers f or Drafts accepted by the Bank (as per contra) 12,673,417 2 8 Freehold Premises in Lombard-street and Nicholas-lane, Freehold and Lease hold Property at the Branches, with Fixtures and Fittings interest paid to Customers Salaries and all other Expenses at Head Office and Branches, includisg In come Tax on Profits and Salaries 231,319 13 2 31,931 6 10 99,183 4 6 £17,414,680 4 2 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DR. To Interest paid to Customers, as above 04,951 6 10 Expenses do. Reinte on Bills not due, carried to New Account Dividend of 6 per Cent. for the Ilalf- year Bonus of 2i per Cent. .. Balance carried forward 58,535 3 8 24,389 13 3 5,817 4 10 £238 7 2-18 6 10 Ca. By Balanes brought forward from last Account Gross Profit for the Half-year, after making provision for r ßad and Doubtful Debts . 4,092 3 4 234,156 3 6 £238,248 6 10 We, the undersigned, have examined and approved the above Balance-sheet. _ WILLIAM NORMAN, (Signed) R. H. SWAINE. Auditors. WHITBREAD TOMSON, London and County Bank, Jan. 28, 1869. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secre tary, the following Resolutions were proposed and unani mously adopted : 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. _ 2. That a Dividend of 6 per cent., together with a Bonne of 2} per cent., both free of income tax, be declared for the half-year ending 31st December, 1868, payable on and after Monday, the 15th instant, and that the balance of £5,817 4s. 10d. be carried forward to Frofit and Loss New Account. 3. That John William Burmester, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company; that John Fleming, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company ' • that William Champion Jones, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 4. That William Norman, Richard Hinds Swaine, and Whitbread Tomson, Esquires, be elected Auditors for the current year. • 5. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. 6. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Auditors of the Company for their services during the past year. 7. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to William McKewan, Esq., to the Chief Inspector, to the Chief Acceuntant, to the Secretary, and to all the Branch Managers and other Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and ability with which they have discharged their respective duties. _ (Signed) W. NIC OL, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved and carried unanimously 8. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to William Nicol, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chairman. (Extracted from the Minutes.) (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the Capital of the Company, at the rate of 6 per cent. for the Ralf-year ending 31st December, 1868, with a Bonus of 2i per cent, will be PAID to the Proprietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Com- PanYstant's Branch Banks, on an d after MONDAY, the loth in. By order of the Board, W. McKEWAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard -street, Feb. 5, 1869. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruct icu The Institution also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 168 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, H, John-street, Adelphi, London. JOHN GOSNELL an d CO. ' S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Tbames- street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. G9SNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Be. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street Loudon, E.C. THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. ole Lessee and WIFE'Sar Mr. F. B. Chatterton. This EVENING, at 7, M OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILq. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jun., Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, au Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIIT. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45• tdON'IE CRISTO. Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. Eburne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. (1. Shore, Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq Concluding with MASTE a JONES'S BIRTHDAY. at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, ann.'s GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. This EWING, STJCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Uenrade, C. Thorns, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses: also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. MI'S EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria ongmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To ~onnlude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. This LvENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. U Stephens. C. Wyndham, and L. Brongh ; IVesdames Montague, Rignold, Maim, and Ecerard. And THE GNOME KING Toole. With A RACE FOB A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, lIOLBORN. This EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Roney, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which. TURKO THE TERRIBLE : Aressrs F H•igbes, W. A th-x, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weather: by, Turner, Lovell. Ashton, Miss Fanny Josephs, &e. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAI u. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tars Evimixa, at 7, SL X SHER & CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, 7aughan, G. Vincent, &e. • Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne: ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. TIII3 EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Detvar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, &e. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND. THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. • THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp ton. Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. M a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 4 Nights. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama„ in four acts. entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daliy from 10 till 5. - - - - On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. p 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE. .1_1) Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs, Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufon and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TRE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames J.I. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude inth HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse ment. Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses "Topaze." " Saladin," "Nedjed," " Tancredi," " Freis chutz," and " Abdallab," which for symmetry, breeding, and in telligence, are unequalled and matchless throughcut the world, England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co adjutors, Messrs Carre and A, Salamonsky, will execute that wonderfully daring act " The Three Olympians," on three horses. Nothing in the history of equestrianism has ever approached the superb riding of the Mdlles. Montero and Salamonsky in their double Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Sa'amonsky and . Brad bury and certainly no words can describe, or at all events do justice, to the inimitable bill of fare nightly set forth at the Royal Amphitheatre and Circus. The Press is unanimous in its verdict of approval. " Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excitement, amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been introdueed to the metropolis." Telegraph. " The trick horses are magniicent animals, and every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. " Many per sons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibi tions which travel through the provinces; the Holborn Amphi theatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. _ _ Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. IT. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent-street, Langharn-place Licensed 1?3 , the Lord Chamberlain. First appearance, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WU SOM and MONTAGUE), who will commence their Lon don season in the above theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11, 1869. 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THREE BALLET'', Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. at -...1. • -, ... o, lko"--01.9ft, .--- II . , tt ~..._ LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 1869. The interval between the election of a new Presi dent of the United States and his actual accession to office, is somewhat awkward for all parties. He who is still at the White House exercises, indeed, the legal authority, but his power is fast on the wane. It is known that its term is rapidly approaching, and the busy crowd of eager expectants which ordinarily surround him, begin to turn their attention in ano ther quarter, and pay their homage to the rising sun. This is naturally to be looked for, and no one can justly complain of it as a hardship, but a recent attempt to curtail the authority of the PRESIDENT, during the last few weeks of his term of office, has not succeeded. It has been proposed in Con gress that the Senate should refuse to sanction any appointments made by Mr. JOHNSON, lest they should interfere with General GRANT. The good sense of the members has not, as yet, adopted this inva sion of the ordinary routine. It is said that the movement was started by friends of GRANT, and that he himself has given his sanction to it for fear that the incoming administration should be embarrassed by Mr. JOHNSON'S appointments. General GRANT however, must not expect to be free from the ordi nary drawbacks and discomforts of power. He has Congress in his favour at present, and need not there fore anticipate the same unceremonious treatment of his appointments by the Senate which Mr. JOHN SON has had to encounter, and unless be excites the personal hostility of the dominant party it is impro bable that there will be the same endeavour to cir- cumscribe his patronage. This same question of official patronage is of wider interest than it seems. It is one of those points on which Americans cannot fairly claim to be i❑ advance of ourselves. The patronage of a PRESIDENT is con siderable, and as in the States there is not much po litical work done without some strong motive, the division of the vacant offices among the new PRESI DENT'S followers becomes a matter for serious con sideration. Those who have interested themselves in his election have often done so on the pledge of a share in the good things in the gift of the chief ruler of the States, and one who has been long and intimately acquainted with the people has regretted that a President should often be ham pered during all his term of office by the pledges which he has given before securing his election. It is not very likely, under such circumstances, that the best man will always be chosen for the best place, and the confirmation of appointments by the Senate, which is constitutionally necessary, is no doubt intended as a check upon any imprudence on the part of the Pre sident, but, at the same time, it gives rise to inconve niences. This was shown recently when personal and party feeling prevented the Senate from approving any appointment of ANDREW JOHNSON'S, whether it were good or bad. if recent rumours arc to credited, General BANKS must certainly be looked for among the members of General GRANT'S new Cabinet. It seems, from a story current in the New Yolk papers, that GRANT, who in his earlier days was known to be disliked in high quarters, was at one time in imminent danger of political and military extinction. It was resolved by the Washington authorities that he should be superseded, and positive orders were sent to General BANKS, then investing Port Hudson, to take the command of GRANT'S army before ViCksbur , . BANKS protested on the ground that the abandon ment of his p)sition would be highly prejudicial to the Federal c tuse, but a more imperative order was sent, against which BANKS again remonstrated. A direct censure arrived from Washington, when the sudden fall of Vicksburg converte I the unpopular commander into the hero of the hour. The Washing ton authorities were glad enough to keep the secret of their blunder to themselves, and General BANKS thought it prudent to do the same until GRANT'S election to the Presidency, whea he has made it known, expecting, no doubt, that the news would have weight with the modern ULYSSES. The much-needed reforms in the commercial legis lation of the States are not as yet progressing very fast. The action of Congress is not hopeful, the Senate having passed the Copper Tariff Bill increas ing the duties on imported copper. The Bill passed the Lower House in December, so that although it has to go back with some amendments, there is little chance of a more enlightened decision being arrived at by the Representatives. Some of its op ponents are clinging to the hope that the PRESIDENT may be prevailed upon to veto it, but the symptoms of progress are thus not very encouraging. There was, however, some plain speaking in the Senate during its passage. Senator FERRY of Connecti- cut declared the bill to be not only unjust in itself, but dangerous as a precedent to special legis lation, which he believed to be always unwise, and he reminded the House that they had heard before the alarming cry, that the copper interest would perish without protection, and yet it turned out that the copper production in the Lake Superior region had actually increased. Another Republican Senator said that no interest in the country was satisfied with the existing tariff. The wool interest had been specially protected without any good re sults, and now it was proposed to single out an other interest and to legislate specially for it. This Senator, however, objected to the bill rather on the ground that it was piecemeal legislation than be cause it was protective. It seems curious, notwith standing the treason lately talked in Manchesteritself, to find members of Congress openly declaring them• selves in favour of a bill which is to raise the duty on copper 300 per cent. A Republican from Oregon pronounced in favour of protecting all Ame rican interests, and said he was prepared at the earliest possible moment to support a general mea sure, which would prevent excessive imp ortations. We may suppose that the principle of the bill was very popular in the Senate, for it was passed by a vote of 32 to 11, an it was decided that it should take effect immcdiataly. The success or failiz-e of this particular measure may not be of much mcmeut, but it is infinitely to be regretted that the American Congress is so far behind the age in corumer cial sagacity. When even France is learning to app - e;tiate the advantages of free and unrestricted corn rce, and the most ex clusive governments of the C. `ontinent are gradually but surely beginning to ack uowledge the force of the English example, the United States stand resolutely aside from the path of progress, and fetter their commerce by a burdensome and almost prohibitory tariff. Tossesscd of a country whose natural wealth ix. as ye t incalculable, with an extent of territory - that promises to sus tain a population numbe dug tenfold its pre sent strength, Americans talk anxiously and timidly about " protecting" this and that industry as if any thing more were needed to assist their trade and ma nufacture than capital, labour, and energy. They have all of these, and if they only allow them free scope, and put aside the theories that embarrass their com merce, they will soon have no interests whose for tunes can possibly demand "protection." IN spite of the highly disinterested efforts of counsel to pile Pelion on Ossa in the shape of redundant evidence ; in spite, too, of the extreme reluctance of the judges to hear the cases at all, the trials of the election petitions are proceeding with satisfactory rapidity. Since we last commented upon them several petitions have been decided upon. The evidence for the most part was not interesting, except to persons having an acquaintance with the towns concerned. Witness after witness was called to prove that sack had been furnished ad adlibit um at the George, or that only a reasonable amount of bread had been supplied at the Dragon. It is, indeed, significant of the changed condition of the constituencies involved by the Reform Bill, that the alleged corruption at the last election has taken the form—not of bribery, as in former elections, but—of treating. A lower class of electors has to be persuaded, and it is found that among these the appeal to the belly is quite as effectual as, and considerably less costly than, the appeal to the pocket. So far Mr. LOWE'S prophecies have been abundantly fulfilled. These monotonous tales of feasts, in which the fluids swamped the solids, have been occa sionally relieved by amusing incidents such as occurred at Bradford, where two sets of brothers, undistinguishably alike, had to give evidence, and reminded the spectators of the " Comedy of Errors.' But on the whole the proceedings have been emi nently uninteresting reading, and we have preferred to await their conclusion before calling attention to them. There are four cases to be considered to-day— Belfast, Lichfield, and Bradford—at which last town there were two trials. The election at Belfast excited a great deal of interest at the time, because in that head quarter of Orangeism a candidate supporting the dises tablishment of the Irish Church was returned by a con siderable majority over a supporter of the then Government. It was stated that this result had been brought about by a coalition between the candidate in question, Mr. M'CLunE, and Mr. JOHNSTON, an Orangeman, whose violence had once led to his impri sonment. This statement appears to be borne out by the facts. It was proved, for instance, that Mr.M'CLITRE had paid a cert a i n sum o f money to Mr. JOHNSTON, on the conditi on th a t th e latter gentleman would endeavour to obtain split votes for the former. That two candidates of opposed politics should combine is a proceeding which strikes Englishmen as eminently Irish. The Belfast Conservatives were disgusted, and petitioned. They alleged corrupt practices, yet the only evidence worth consideration which they brought forward was the compact already mentioned. Clearly this could not be considered corruption. It is no doubt inconsistent for political opponents to coalesce, but if they do so that concerns only them selves. The electors are not bound by the understanding. Mr. JOHNSTON did not use Mr. M'CLunies money in buying votes. He simply accepted the money as a contribution to his election expenses, given on the understanding that he would use legitimate influence in persuading his supporters to give their second votes to Mr.M'CLunE. Clubbing together to share election expenses is done in every English borough where there are two men of the same politics stamling. It is only Irishmen who could have devised such a combination on the part of political antagonists. The arrangement was eccentric; it was not illegal. Judge FITZGERALD had no choice but to declare Mr. M'CLURE duly elected. The Lichfield case presented no such remarkable fea. tore. Major ANSON, the defeated Adullamite candi date, petitioned against Colonel DYOTT, the successful Conservative euldidate. The chargesincluded bribery and treating. The evidence was of the very weakest kind. Colonel Dvorr had not only set his face against electioneering malpractices, but in order that they might not be performed by agents in his behalf, he did his own canvassing. The result was that Justice WILLES declared him duly elected, that bribery and treating did not prevail, and that the costs must fall upon the petitioner. Very different was the case of Mr. RIPLEY at Bradford. This gentleman had kept con stantly open 127 public-houses where drink was supplied indiscriminately to electors and non-electors. He had hired a large number of roughs to keep the peace, and had employed an enormous number of agents. The election cost him, according to his own admission, over £7,000, and there is reason to believe that four figures will not cover the amount. Acting uponexactlyprinciple to that which guided Colonel the py 01, opposite RIPLEY refused to know r anything of what went on during the contest; he supplied his agent with money, and asked no ques tions, and his agent supplied all the under agents, with the curiosity. Bradford was debauched, same absence 11. 0 f Lzy was elected. When it became known that the defeated candidate, Mr. MiALL, meant to petition against Mr. RIPLEY, the friends of the latter gentleman endeavoured to deter the former by presenting a petition against Mr. FORSTER. For a threat to be of effect there must be a guilty conscience on the part of the person threatened. Mr. FORSTER'S conscience was clear. He did not shun inquiry, and it has resulted in his complete vindication. He did not, like Mr. RIPLEY, rest content with gene,ral declamation against bribery, but, unlike Mr. RIPLEY, he personally super intended his canvass and prevented improper expenditure. This was so satisfactorily done, that Baron MARTIN said that M r . F ORSTER h a d been almost parsimonious in his expenditure. We do not find evidences of such parsimony. Rather we find that Mr. FORSTER did give refreshment in what is considered " moderation." It would be safer for candidates if all refreshment were rendered illegal. We cannot understand how gentle men can consent to feast at the expense of their intended representatives. The whole principle of feasting is wrong. The candidate is conferring, not receiving a favour ; and he ought to be spared expense in every possible way. It would, moreover, very much simplify matters if it were made illegal to hold committee meetings at public-houses, and if all public-houses were closed on the day of polling. .ee o'clock.—The market ENTHRONEMENT OF THE ARCHBISHoI 7ANTERBURY. The Most Reverend Father in 'God, Archibald Camp bell Tait, translated from the diocese of London to the archiepiscopal see of Canterbury, was enthroned in the cathedral church of that quaint, ancient city on Thursday, in the presence of a large and distinguished assemblage, clerical and lay. To meet the requirements of those attending the imposing ceremony, special trains were run from the metropolis by the South Eastern and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies. Many of the wiser or less busy visitors, how ever, arrived the overnight, and were thus enabled to enjoy the service free from the fatigue of a journey of rather more than sixty miles undertaken the same day. In interesting memorials Canterbury Cathe dral is second to none. It is also a building of vast extent, boasting a choir adorned with lavish carving, which is one of the most spacious in England, being 200 feet in length from the west door to the altar, and 33 feet in breadth between the two side doors. It was here that the major portion of the ceremony took place. The whole length of the cathedral from east to west is 514 feet, and the extreme breadth 71ft. The principal tower, a chaste specimen of pointed architecture, is 235 ft. high. The glory of the cathedral sprang in the first instance from an archbishop's bones. Originally the Abbey of St. Augustine, which was founded outside, was a much more important ecclesiastical edifice than Christ Church, built within the city walls, the reason being that it was the fortunate possessor of Use remains of many of the saintly dead, who, in accordance with the custom introduced from Rome by Augustine, always received extramural sepulture. The Dean of West minster, at one time Canon of Canterbury, has noted how, if it had not been for the decisive action taken by Cuthbert, the ninth Archbishop, the cathedral had probably never risen to the position of proud pre-eminence amongst similar sacred structures to which it subsequently attained. In popular parlance, the Archbishop proved himself an exceedingly sharp practitioner, and by a ruse, which certainly would not have suggested itself to an ordinary mind, he spoilt the monopoly in relics which the St. Augustine monks had for a long series of years enjoyed. Preparing some time before his demise a document, to which he procured the signa ture of the King of Kent and the Pope, authorising his burial in his own cathedral, he kept it secretly by him until his last hour approached, when he delivered it into the custody of his monks, with the strict injunction that they were not to toll the bell of Christ Church till three days after he had actually been buried. The consequence was, that when the holy brothers came from the Abbey to claim the body of Cuthbert, they found the deceased had thoroughly outwitted them, and opened, so to speak, a free trade in relics. From this time the influence of the Cathedral increased, though it was not until after it was made the scene of Beek.et's murder, on the night of the 20th of Dec., 1170, that its glory was fully established. Every vestige of the costly shrine erected in honour of Becket was destroyed at the Reformation, but the vacant space which it occupied is still pointed out, as is also the spot in the northern portion of the western transept where the task of his assassination was accomplished. The vicissi tudes which the cathedral has experienced, the way in which ou several occasions it has severely suffered from fire, how and by whom it has been restored and re-beauti fied, and the names of the illustrious dead reposing within its stiralls,—are not all these things, and a hundred more appertaining-to its history, written in the guide-book ? Not one of the hundreds who made a pilgrimage to Canterbury and took part in the proceedings incidental to the en thronement in the cathedral to-day could have been uninfluenced by the genius of the place, or have failed to acknowledge how much the associations of the past added to the impressiveness of the ceremony which inducted so hard-working a cleric as Dr. Tait into the highest honours and dignities of the Church of England. As was only natural on an occasion so conspicuous, the old city lying in the valley of the Stour put on its best appearance, and in a calmly decorous manner its in habitants expressed their joy. High aloft from public buildings flags were flown, and church towers set up a friendly rivalry with their merry peals of bells. The repose, not to say drowsiness, which, in common with all ecclesiastical cities proper, Canterbury usually enjoys was disturbed at a very early hour by the arrivals of county families, provincial clergy of every grade, from archdea cons clown to curates but just admitted to orders, and visitors from neighbouring towns. Many of these latter, strangers to the place, employed the time prior to the commencement of the service in inspecting the ruins of St. Augustine's Abbey and the many other objects of interest which the city boasts. When the two trains from London had deposited their living freights in safety, the bustle in the streets materially increased, and as it was then after the hour at which it was announced admission was to be given to the cathedral, a general move was made in that direction. The Dean and Chapter are evidently men possessed of great administrative ability —a compliment which cannot with truth be paid to all corporate bodies. The arrangements made for the direction and comfort of those who had been fortunate enough to have their claims for tickets recognised, were admirable. The cards furnished to visitors by the Dean, as well as those supplied to the clergy taking part in the proceedings, not only specified the exact spot to which the holders were to wend their way, but also pointed out the route to be pursued to get to it, and when the inside of the building was reached it was found that no efforts had been spared to afford as far as possible to all a good view of the ceremony. The courtesy of Dean Alford and those associated with him in authority was throughout the whole day, undeviating. The doors of the Cathedral were hermetically sealed until half-past nine, when ticket holders were allowed to enter and take up the several places assigned them in the north and south transepts, the presbytery, the organ gallery, and the choir. With a commendable desire that in connection with so important an ecclesia,stical ceremony, all things might " be done de cently and in order," the Dean and Chapter had arranged that the process of admission should be accomplished within the hour. Of this intention due notice had been given, and it enabled the vast assemblage to get comfortably settled down before the head of the procession was seen approach ing along the nave from the western door. The less important members of the cathedral body assembled in the cloisters at eleven, and at once fell in in the following order :—Schoolmasters, King's scholars, grammar-master of choristers, choristers, lay clerks, minor canons, auditor, and surveyor. By this time the dean and canons, the honorary canons, and the six preachers had met in the audit-room, where the mandate for the enthronement of the archbishop was read, and it was decreed to proceed forthwith with the ceremony. Issuing from the audit-room, the dean and canons, the honorary canons, and the six preachers proceeded to conduct the Archbishop and attendant bishops from the deanery to the cloisters, where they joined the procession, the six preachers and honorary canons preceding the canons, who were followed by the attendant bishops, the archdeacon walking immediately before the Archbishop, and the dean and vice-dean being respectively on the right and left hand of his grace, whose chaplains and officers brought up the rear. The procession being thus marshalled, was headed by the clergy, who, attired in their canonicals, and wearing the hoods of their respective universities, had assembled in the Chapter House, and at once passed to the west door of the church, up the nave and the steps to the choir, the choristers chanting with marvellous sweetness the Psalms, "Lo I will lift up mine eyes unto the Hills," and " I was glad when they said unto me." On reaching the entrance of the choir the clergy passed through to the easkend, where seats had been specially provided for them, and the rest of the procession filed off to the right and left, thus allowing the archbishop to pass up the centre, and, accompanied by the attendant bishops take his place within the rails at the east-end, where chairs were set for them; the rest of the procession, following in reverse order, falling in from the right and left in turn, took their places as they entered the choir. The "Hallelujah Chorus " was then magnificently rendered by the chorister; the whole congregation standing. The Dean, Vice-Dean, and Archdeacon, who had conducted his Grace and the attendant bishops to the altar, having taken their places in their stalls, the service at once commenced. At the end of the first lesson the Archdeacon—or rather his proxy, the Venerable Benjamin Harrison, Archdeacon of Maid stone, for the infirmities of age prevented the Venerable James Croft from discharging the duty—leaving his stall, proceeded to conduct the Archbishop, attended by the Dean and Vice-Dean, to the throne, on the south side of the choir, when, his Grace being seated, the Vicar-General presented the mandate of enthronement to the Arch deacon, and requested him to proceed. The mandate, read by the auditor, was followed by the form of induc tion, by which the proxy of James Croft, Master of Arts, Archdeacon of Canterbury, inducted, installed, and en throned the Most Rev. Father in God, Archibald Camp bell Tait, Doctor in Divinity, Lord Archbishop of Canter bury, into the archbishopric and archieopiscopal dignity of the See of Canterbury, into the real, actual, and cor poral possession of the same with and singular the rights, dignities, houses, pre-eminences, and appurtenances thereof, and concluded with the prayer, "And the Lord preserve your going out and your coming in from this i!trie forth for ever more. Amen." The Archbishop re- mining in his throne, the Dean, Vice-Dean, and Arch:. deacon returned to their stalls, and the service proceeded with the " Benedicite" to the conclusion of the morning service. The anthem, by Canon Oakley (a former pupil of the Archbishop), was " This is the day the Lord hath made." Then the Archbishop, attended by bishops repre- seating the offices of Provincial Dean, Provincial Sub- Dean, Provincial Chancellor, Provincial Precentor and Provincial Chaplain, the Dean and 'Vice : Dean of the . . Cathedral and the Archdeacon, was conducted to the ancient marble chair which is placed in the south trauszt, where the same form of induction. with the exception of the substitution of the term " Metropolitical" instead of "Archiepiscopal" dignity, was read. he next porthrs, of the ceremony was the insfallaiion of the Archbishop in the dean's stall, in sign and token of his taking and having received the actual possession of the see of Canterbury and of all the rights and privileges thereof. The Archbishop still occu pying the dean's stall, the "To Deum" was sung, and the Dean said the suffrages, the choir chanting the answers:— O Lord, save Thy Servant cur Bishop. Who putteth his trust in Theo. Send him help from Thy Holy Place. And evermore mightily defend him. Let the enemy have no advantage against him. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him Dc unto him, 0 Lord, a strong tower. • From the face of the enemy. 0 Lord, hear our prayer. And let our cry come unto Thee. Me suffrages ended, the Dean said the followin; Grayer : Ihnighty God, the giver of all good things, who by Thy Holy Spirit bast appointed divers orders cf mini ters in Thy Church, mercifully behold Thy servant, Archibald Campbell Tait, who is now admitted to the high office and dignity of Archbishop of this Pro vince, and so replenish him with the truth of Thy doctrine and adorn him with innocency of life, that both by cord and deed he may faith fully serve Thee in this office to the glory of Thy name and to the edifying and well-governing of this Church. Grant, we bc,eecli Thee, that be may long live happily to rule this Church, and that having worthily fulfilled his course, at the latter clay he may receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord. the righteous judge who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. The benediction, pronounced by the Archbishop from the dean's stall, brought the long service to a close. The proceedings of the enthronement were not, however, over with the ceremony in the choir. There yet remained the installation of his grace in the Chapter House, whither the choristers, lay clerks, minor canons, King's scholars, schoolmasters, auditors, the six preachers, honorary canons, and canons proceeded in a procession, leaving the choir by the north door, and passing through the north aisle and martyrdom, at end of which walked his grace the Archbishop, attended by the archdeacon, dean, and vice dean. Here the Archbishop was placed in the chief seat, and the following affirmation was administered by the Archdeacon :—" My Lord Archbishop, —You declare that you will maintain the rights and liberties of this church, and will observe the approved customs thereof, and, as far as it concerns your Grace, will cause the same to be observed by others as far as such customs are not repug nant to God's Word, the laws, statutes, provisions, and ordinances of the realm, as to her Majesty's prerogative, and not otherwise. The Archbishop having declared the archdeacon, the dean, the canons, the honorary canons, the six preachers, the schoolinasters, the auditor, the minor canons, the grammar master of choristers, the surveyor, the organist, and lay clerks promised canonical obedience to his grace as their diocesan and archbishop. The assembly was then dismissed by the Dean, and an account of the proceedings was afterwards produced and signed in the audit room in the presence of a notary public. The congregation, at the request of the authorities, did not follow the procession from the choir into the Chapter House. The congregation was a very large one, and the number of clergy was very marked. Not less than two hundred of them joined in the procession. Four bishops there were—their lordships of London, Oxford, Rochester, and Ely,who,together with Dean Stanley (as proxyfor the Bishop of Winchester) accompanied the Archbishop to the marble chair. Dr. Tait looked exceedingly well in his robes, and seemed to have begun to survive that worn look which over work in the diocese of London had laid upon him. Of course the "mayor and corporation" were present, and shone forth in all the splendour of their " State dress." After the service there was a luncheon in the new library of the Cathedral given by Mrs. Alford, where a large party met the new Archbishop. BOURSE, Feb. 3.—Th closed as follows : 41 per Cont. ...... 103 End of month... 3 per Cent ......... 70 92 End of month,.. 71 07; Credit Mobilier 292 50 End of month_ 298 75 Credit Foncier _1570 End of month... - RAILWAY " Bank Shares 3025 lit&Pati Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred — Cash Orleans ..... Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern._ 570 Western Eastern .. ........................ 575- Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4?21 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 471 It is announced that Mr. Harry George Gordon, one of the directors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), and now under prosecution, has re signed his post at the board of the Oriental Bank Corporation, of which he was chairman. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.--AIRS. S. A. 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The principle held by Mr. Chalmers was, that iron, judiciously distributed and Supported by wood, was preferable to the same weight of metal in a solid mass. This he sought to demon strate in the target in four different ways. But the expe riments did not bear out his theory. The rounds were fired from a nine-inch rifled Woolwich gun, placed at a distance of 200 yards. Full battering charges of 431 b. of powder and Palliser 250 Th. shot and shell were used. The first round—a shot--caught the upper edge of the Warrior portion, and therefore counted for nothing as a test. The next penetrated about ten inches, but as it struck where there was a girder in the rear, the result was not considered to be satisfactory. At the suggestion of the Com mander-in-Chief, later on in the day,' another shot was fired, this time at a free section of the target. It effected a thorough penetration, and its point was to be seen protruding about five inches behind. It was therefore thought that the target had but little chance with a shell, which, bursting as it penetrates, should be much more destructive than the solid shot. To everybody's surprise, however, the shell only penetrated six teen inches, and no damage whatever was visible at the back. It was suggested that the shell was faulty. The Chalmers' portion proved much less able to resist the two hundred and fifty-pounders. The first shot went through it, making a clean hole ; the second ditto, both smashing the skin considerably. The first shell sent showers of fragments and splinters far and wide, went through, and made exten sive havoc inside. The second shell, which, like the other, struck on a fair place, swept boldly through the target, toppling over disused plates, and smashing whatever came in its way for some yards in the rear. The breach created by this effective round was larger than any made during the target trials of last year. The Moncrieff Battery was also exhibited. It is an ingenious contrivance, intended for use behind a parapet. By an apparently complicated, but really simple array of cogs, wedges, and screws, it hoists the gun into position, and, after being fired, by the force of its own recoil, swings back out of sight below the parapet. It is there loaded, and in a short space of time swung up into posi tion again. The mischief this singular machine would cause to unsuspecting shipping within range of the hidden battery must be very great. The visitors were delighted at the novelty, and Captain Mon crieff, the inventor, who was present, was congratulated upon its prospects. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.— TllO discovery of a lopper vein in Wales is said to have been made by a work ing miner, nearly 80 years old, on the Great Orme's Head. The vein is said to be four-and-a-half feet thick, with other veins below it, " which will realise him a fortune, and do immense good to the town." The old man's name is Hobson, and he has long been exploring the Head. ----- We are glad to be able to state, upon authority, that the First Lord of the Admiralty has not for a moment entertained the project for amalgamating the medical with the transport and victualling services, under the charge of an admiral, to which we last week referred. We happen to know that the scheme was completely pre pared for submission, but has been nipped in the bud.— British Medical Journal. MR. BRADLAUGH'S CASE. --Mr. Charles Bracllaugh writes to the papers :—" Permit me to state that I have this morning searched the registers at Somerset House. The Sporting Times is not registered. Another paper with the same name was once registered ; but this was before the popular journal of Dr. Shorthouse came into existence. I believe Dr. Shorthouse would contend, as I contended at the trial, that his publication does not come under the statutory definition of a newspaper." THE SENIOR WRANGLER. —Some attempts have peen made to detract from the merit of Mr. Hartog as Senior Wrangler, on the assumption that he is of more advanced age, and therefore of more mature mind, than his competitors. This assumption is founded on the fact that Mr. Hartog had taken a degree at the London University before proceeding to Cambridge. It appears, however, that Mr. Hartog was matriculated at the University of London in July 1862, being then 16 years old, and that, having obtained the highest honours attain- able in that university, he entered himself at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1865. In that university, having passed through the usual course, he presented himself for examination in the Mathematical Tripos in January 1869, and came out Senior Wrangler at 22 years of age. A much more serious question for Mr. Ilartog is the fact that by the existing regulations at Trinity College he is debarred from being elected a Fellow, and that his Senior Wranglership is likely to be a barren honour so far as college preferments are concerned. WOII.KING OF TIIE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE, correspondent writes :—" The annual meeting of the church of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, under the pasto ral care of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, was held on 'Thurs day, when reports of the various branches of work were read. These shew that during the past year the weekly offerings in the boxes at the doors, for the support of the Pastor's college for educating young men for the ministry, amounted to £2,000, or nearly £4O per week, a large pro portion of which has always been in pence. For the same object donations have been received to the extent of £4,300 more. For the relief of poor members £770 were contributed at the communion table ; and a sum of £6,600 expended for the erection of almshouses for the aged. For Sunday and ragged schools, tract and other societies, col lections made produced nearly £l,OOO ; and a sum of £l,76owas lent to other churches for the erection of chapels in which to worship. Contributions for Stockwell Orphanage, about £7,000. All these amounts are in addi tion to the rents received for the seats, and are therefore purely the result of the:voluntary principle, ancl PM the noble sum of upwards of £20.000. • , .., _ _ # ..: . .-::; i 1 -- 4, ~..,,,,,, ___,-.,_.- ri ,T f r,,,,, , . ----' t., , LI r it figiA • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 3• The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess Fre derick of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accouTa - Died by Prince Leopold. A deputation, introduced by Lord Elcho, headed by the Rev. Henry White (chaplain of the ChaPe i Royal, Savoy), and consisting of Mr. Leopold Droostell, Mr. Henry Sotneran, Mr. Alex. Dobie, Mr. G. Glaridge: Mr. John Seddon, Mr. John Slack, Mr, F. J. Clarke, an j i: others, had an interview with the Right Hon. A• Layard, M.P., at the office of her Majesty's Works, ,s ' e ': Whitehall, yesterday, to remonstrate against the viadtl intended to b e cons t ruc t e d by the Metrcpolitan Board `) Works acr oss th e em b an k ment between Hunger f o rd ~ Waterloo Bridges. _ _ William Laug, the English pedestrian, and ?lc' champion, having failed to get on a match with C. Harding, of New York, is about to leave America. THE MAGAZINES. - One of the most interesting articles that 1 meet Wal l it the Cornhill Magazine is entitled "Browning in 186 9 : calls attention to the changing fashions of literature an ; the diversity in public taste, which are mor e to he not iced now than they were in the days of o ld. This fickleness especially to be remarked in the criticism of poetry i 4 England. The people, which h as p ro d u ced s° of degre nee poets, cannot make up its mi n d as t o the eminence to which each has attained. The sudden adv:. which Robert Browning has made in pu bli c estim : p a % may be regarded as a sign of new life in poetry alt io t indication that the national taste has improved. It in re be admitted that Browning has been in a great 'Po s it' ? the cause of his own unpopularity through the obscuLc of his style, and people hav e c om e t o th e conc lusion tir ia it was useless to try and understand his meaning. , to last work, " The Ring and the B o ok," seem s like t ee be fully appreciated, and it is satisfactory to find that _ of author's powers are not diminished by the advan. o _,,k, time. Some old faults appear in this new b° it but they are few and far between, while .he affords ample proof of the excellence to whicVde author can attain when he sets to work in earnest. - 1 ;1' 00 mentioned in this article as a subject of congrattd;,,rese that both Tennyson and Browning have gained in t less; latter days " a greater power, while they display at ,„ te as fine and true a " The Rough Red Candil k e. is an entertaining sketch, which refers to a French e t tion, and is well calculated to produce both exeiteTeta and interest. Martin Boulet had a dangerous f°° o pt contend against in the prefect of the depar tnl d to and the newly-elected deputy found himself condellin e D e. two years' imprisonment and the payment of a heavy He contrived, however, to outwit his enemies, e'leat remained master of the field, the obdurate Pr i ,te'' resigning in disgust. In " Chirping Cri ck t he we meet with an interesting account of, t o Newport Refuge, where people are taken i n ke pt sleep for the night, and some homel ess boys are life. altogether, and, when pr o perly tr a i ne d, are s tarted in o iale Some notice is also tak e n of var i ous h os pitals for the children, and the kindly efforts there made to brighten weary load thus early laid upon the little inmates. The February number o f G o od W or d s canno t be acc used ti t of dullness. Setting aside th e t wo ser i a l s t or ies, wi tlll2 . o which it is impossible to find a m agaz i ne e ith e r sacre n o thevariety. the editor takes care t o g i ve hi s readers the variety. No doubt much interest will be felt in 0 "Heroes of Hebrew history " as chronicled by the vo te Bishop of Oxford, who takes for the second figure.„ l- a el,'' gallery " the second great prophet of separated lijelt gallery "the second great prophet of separated Elisha, whom he terms the Prophet of Society, al, veePS was the Prophet of Solitude. Dr. Macleod's own e s ee at the Far East" are continued, and 1s o f pleasant a companion under the palm tree s o se. Bombay as he was in the Highland 1 " eon' In one single day in this Eastern city he carne • J te lalo tact with living representations of Christianity, beta Brahministn, Buddhism, Zoroaste r i sm , and 3- 1 -n t bir medanism—a varied experience. The illustrations W tiv e. article of Dr. Macleod's are beautif u l an d v ery eff. ee .,,, es ti• The " Good Words" Commissioner carr i es o n his it, ll ' gations this month among the cotters of Connaught . ,;• v eli just now, when Irish social aff a i rs are b e i ng so ac" l ,lifs discussed in all their aspects, I d are say hi s account ea in the bogs will not be unwelcome. Little people have ve r y littl e t o comp l a i n of in t to g days when wise men s p en d th e i r energ i es in 'writhe)? pleasant tales, with half-hidd en mora l s , f or th e m, as org s do in Good Words for the Yo u n g . "Ki n g -e to o Middy," for instance, has its lesson for all those t o curious elder folk who wish to lift the curtain cf future ; and I am not sure that many e d uc ated HMV have left childhood far behind them cou ld a nswer a'. l ~.fee queries which Mr. Charles Kingsley puts to Madaln,pet and Lady Why. " Lilliput Likeness es and 1 1 1 tee Lectures" are among the quaint contents ol sn i c ler Macleod's monthly gift-book for the youn g . "The and its Webs" is a chapter out of natural history I r is well . Forth anyone's while to read. 0 0 In the Sunday Magazine Dr. Guthrie has abided - 1 promise of the earlier numbers by carefully eschewing 1 11 controversial or doctrinal di scuss i on, and keeping 0 11 to those great principles o f Ch r i s ti an teach i ng uponee vbic'' no dissension is possible. " Th e G ospe l to the .11-1°n111,; by the Rev. C. J. Vaughan, and " Fireside Homilies? . V ' of A the Dean of Cante r b ur y, are o f thi s character. ---,weir memoir of the late E ar l o f Ab er d een, b etter known Ur earlier title of Lord Haddo, is founded on the rec e e - e e'll published volume ; w hil e a " P eep i nto a Garre t " s'pr. us Christian fortitude under a very different aspect' f t he Ebersheim contributes an essay on the peculiarities o t h to Jewish race. " From the coldest regions of the N° l. 0 1 0 the interior of Africa ; from the centres of civilisatiohere kaftan, or to Tartary, Bokhara, and China, he is ev er r W ohe' domiciled, and yet nowhere at home. In flowing. 9h. or v o e r ste c r o n ur l t a ly ng d u r a e g s e s .; muleteer, Arable, J o e r v il p s oi t i r; ,ta. man —still the are all like each other, and uut everybody else." There is always a peculiaritY 5 .. 0 1/ their dialect, a mental and a mora l idiosYnc` tu al which remains unchanged, whatever their intel le i ; eel training. D r . Pressel, whose estimate of the n u ere° , of Jew s sca tt ere d throughout the world is here o le o . to, reckons th em a t too low a rate. He has indee d, civ puted the Russian Jews at two millions:but ehoSeci Great Britain he has reckoned at only 50,000, e fl llo ever,6, O JewsO ve ry unequally epn C (eidur o sea n dl s tl Constantinople l as irtolepi legalbvl e ui rtarteueldosantl restrictions. Turkey in Europe at 70,000, while other statistics l ai e. they Ft•()ril ar s e om h e an la t there are very few; in Norway there are none; fro m Brit countries Portugal they have been rigorously exiled. •" countries they abound with seemingly little reason , 00 5 : 'CrteoriGuchnglesl throughout tdw lri thia g e l ti p ill o bel eri is not always where they are most protected they w , e re i" numerous. It is remark a bl e th a t i n W arsa w, ,biln' is said to be scarce ly sa f e f or an I srael i te to she"teres self during the Easter festivities, one in everY til aa inhabitant s s h ou ld b e J ew i s h. S ome i nteres ting p a s se' logical observations respecting the Jews have been Ill ea joi It is remarkable that f rom some di seases thq geo almost complete immunity. D ur i ng th e Middn A ) fog a v. their freedom from the epidemics which ravaged t was attributed by the populace to their r ava g ed to wells from which the Gentiles drank, and gave_ d rl beer l terrible persecutions. In our own dam it in.Theerf observed that Jewish communities, however Buffer crowded, and contravening our modern hygienic rules , a lso , very little from cholera. The tables of longevitNeer are everywhere in favour of the Jews, and pr• eidg d sheim gives his readers plenty of statistics to I from. sn °l The present number of Chamb ers ' s J ourna l has iv- u oe it share of attractive subjects in prose and verse. -' 0 ft story is commenced, entitled " A Perfect Pleasur e ' D O is written in an interesti ng s t y l e , an d t h e pass ages rr , r be refer to literary comp os iti on are very goo d , an d °los perused with advantage by many a youthful genius' t or hero had desired a compe t ent a d v i ser to pronounce 3 eS • ment on his manu scr i p t s , an d t h e answer h e receivea vl o rs of a character more profitable than pleasant. Th ere " ' other incidents in th e s t or y th a t are wort h y o f note , t o ticularly the mode in which Marmaduke deteetSra at Hindoo servant in his cunning tricks, and sets 11 , 1 , 0 10 defiance. "Baby John " is the title of an amusing , 1 7 0 011 but some surprise may be elicited by the d is fao ef' s , that this "fellow of infinite jest, of a most excellent ` o bis; was a tame baboon. Many were the difficult ro ve) assailed the owner of this m os t unmanagea bl e pe t. Iv b r ok he was placed he contrived to create a disturbanc e ' VI loose from chains, and ent ere d ne i g hb our i ng houses: ijo end was of the tragi-comic sort at last ,• but the defy t ie' his active career are most amusingly told. 4tor g e ' c i man on my Left" is an ent er t a i n i ng sketch o f a Vi'turli a public dinner. Afte r var i ous speculations, be out to be a waiter who had come there for the Pli,rt'cli he criticising the style. S ome of the descript i ons scu l d 04 0 gave of his prof ess i ona l a d ventures are curious , an tii.t surprise the uniniti a t e d i n such matters. ~ u r " I; I Sea" is an interesting sketch, th a t we ll re p a ys e R rti rg s ° refers to a w or k on E ngl i sh Seamen and Dived{{' the Alphonse Esquiros. It seems that a great part ; a pt,/ book is devoted to an account of Greenwich Obs er and the work there carried on. On the subject of ths it is said that the diver who has made his businessi,r f ee t ' deepest waters yet explored has descended only D ar t : and when we hear of 25,000 feet of water in certain ui ; of the Atlantic it is enough to make one giv e contest in despair. rt iti An old friend with a new face appears in the firs r 3 P ete' of Chambers's Miscell an y o f U se f u l an d Entertaining T wise which forms the introd uc t or y par t o f t h e long-Pr ° , were re-issue of Chambers's Misc e ll aneous T rac ts. T i he . J t is first published more th a n t wen t y years ago, 31ju j i i i y P I ; slight compliment to them t o ac k now l e d ge that lei equally adapted to the more exacting and Pte lial pi iae l l i j solid tastes of the pr esen t d ay . I t h as b ee n detery me to supplement the old f avour it es b y som e entie c , trs io papers, and the publi s h ers prom i se to g i v e a to with each part. The old form of issue is we e/‘;' maintained, the tracts being published 10 nryg iol ;jil °Cy. , penny numbers, monthly parts, and l e s, 1"'" # .0 0 toluenes. They are to include, as of old moral t 3 , c ient i e avid ballads, historical sketches, biographies , ‘_ e 'fore t i l e articles, and miscellaneous papers. 'The par,t w ith e ll gi nes a fair specimen o f thi s variety. Beginning '' graphic story of a lif e o f w hi c h a l l Englishmen 00 be proud, it traces th e career o f G eorge Stephe'sor the days when he h er d e d cows at Dewley -1-sur sVP 9be A peace a day, to the time when he was called by„ .ita i i i. A l 9 Peel the Julius Agricola of modern an' t m simple domestic story of French life foli os ' 'of ' succeeded in its turn by an adaptatie n Flot e i 4 charming story of " Picciola, or the Prisq 00'1,01 which has won so many hearts in the prisoner ticle vo. e l s narrative. "Abyssinia and Theodore" is an " t he Fr e r v eo tells the story of a captivity more terrible than., enc e glay count's; and a chapter on Circumstantial Evad e u njw c , to a startling list of innocent persons who have bee e eess,s r o condemned through its agency. It is scarcely ilare add that that the paper on Abyssinia is the new 1 , 0 " dumber,