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THE CO RNHILL MAGAZINE. No. 5 (for MAT), Will be published on SATURDAY, the 28th inst. Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations. CONTENTS. Framley Parsonage. Chapter Xlll.—Delicate Hints. „ XIV.—Mr. Crawley of Hogglestock. XV.—Lady Lufton's Ambassador. 2. Campaigning in China. 3. Little Scholars. 4. The Carver's Lesson. 5. William Hogarth, Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher. Essays on the Man, the Work. and the Time. IV. The Painter's Progress. 6. Written in the Deepdene Album.—By Washington Irving. 7. Lovel, the Widower (with an Illustration). Chapter V.—ln which I am stung by a serpent. S. Studies in Animal Life. 9. Paterfamilias to the Editor of the " Cornhill Magazine." 10. The Outcast 3lother.-13y E. J. Bronte. 11. The Portent.—l. Its Legend. (With an Illustration). 12. Roundabout Papers.—No. 3. On Ribbons. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. CRYSTAL P ALACE.-- SEASON 1860-1. TICKETS for the NEW SEASON, commencing Tuesday, May 1, and terminating on the 30th April,lB6l, are now ready for issue. They are of two classes, viz., Two Guineas, admitting free on all occasions ; One Guinea, admitting free on all occasions when.the price of admission to the Palace on the day is under Five Shillings, but admitting on those days on which the price of admission is Five Shillings or upwards on payment of Half-a-Crown. The days on which the price of admission is fixed at Five Shillings and upwards already decided upon are— The MENDELSSOIIN FESTIVAL and GREAT PER FORMANCE of ELIJAH and Torchlight procession, on Friday, May 4. The SIX OPERA CONCERTS, on Fridays, May 11th, June let, 15th, 22d, July 6th, and 13th. The GREAT FLOWER SHOW, on Saturday, May 26. The MUSICAL FESTIVAL of the ORPHEONISTES of FRANCE, on Monday, 25th ; Tuesday, 26th ; and Thurs day, 28th June. Other appointments at a rate of admission of Five Shil lings or uplyards may be made as the Season progresses. Season Tickets for Children under twelve years of age will be issued at the uniform rate of Half-a-Guinea. Tickets and the published Programme of the Season may be had at the usual Agents, at the Crystal Palace, or at 2, Exeter-hall. By order, GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. CRYSTAL PALACE, FRIDAY, MAY 4.- Tickets for the GREAT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE of ELIJAH, and TORCH-LIGHT PROCESSION, on the occasion of the Inauguration of theßronze Memorial Statue of Mendelssohn (by Mr. Charles Bacon), provided by public subscription, are now on SALE at the Crystal Palace, at No. 2, Exeter Hall, or, by order, of the usual a„0 - ents. Admission tickets, ss. (if purchased'on or before the 3d May). Reserved stalls in blocks, as arranged at the Handel Festival, in the area, ss. extra, or in the corner galleries ICs. 6d. extra. The New Season Tickets will admit, subject to the usual regulations. _ _ Si . OTlCE.—lmmediate application is requisite for Central Blocks. Post-office orders or cheques to be payable to George Grove. BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descr'p tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. THFATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Bnckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF OVE. And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Loclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, . Commence at 7. ADELPIET, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole r•ronrietor and Manager. Mr. Beni. W. , hater. THIS EVF,NTING, the populn.r original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster; Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which the Grand Fairy Extravaganza, THE FAIR )NE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Engagement for a limited number of nights of Miss JULIA DALY, the celebrated American Actress. Mr. LEIGH MURRAY is engaged, and will shortly appear in a favourite Drama. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. ROYAL LY CEUM THEATRE.- Under the management of Mr. Wm Brough. THIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF KIN. Messrs. Emery, S. Calhaem, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E. Travers and K. Saxon. After which, the burlesque of THE FORTY THIEVES. Miss Lyd!a Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss E.Travers, Miss K. Saxon, Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, &c. ; and a numerous Corps de Ba . let. Followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Sir W, Don. To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. TIT'S ETENING the performances will commence with a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED. F Robinson, C. Young, &c. Afier which, A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN A PE CULIAR PERPLEXING PREDICAMENT. Mr. Charles Young and Miss Wyndham. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoc, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-olEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ante commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY. Sole Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. - ' The New Managent r ent . , in announcing the Triumphant Suceess of the Re-opening of this Popular Theatre, have the utmost satisfaction in stating they but re-echo the senti ments expressed by the entire Press and the Public nightly, that the NEW GREAT MILITARY SPECTACLE, with its unprecedeutedly magnificent scenery and effects, splendid and appropriate costumes aad appointments, and grand mis-en scene, is the most perfect and imposing hippo-drama ever produced. The renowned Continental and British Eques trian Artistes are also received each evening with the un bounded approbation of astonished and delighted audiences. The novel and elegant arrangement and conducting of the Arena give the most complete satisfaction ; and with the truly gorgeous decorations render the evening's amusement in this far-famed Establishment one of the most varied, It'll iant, and recherche in this great metropolis. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, in Four Acts, entitled "THE HISTORY or A FLAG." To be sue eeeded by an inimitable routine of Equestrian Achievements in , the Scenes of the Arena, supported by a host of Star Riders of the clay, and Last Nights of the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Doors open at half -past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. C TEItBUR Y HALL THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). _ . CONCERTS.- Drums Lucrezia Maffio Orsini Miss Russ e ll. Mrs. Anderson. G enn aro Mr. - Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghm ans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George tiodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), IV. T. Critolifield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22, 1660. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE• 49 —highest since noon yesterday. 32 —lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.85. WIND, South• Westerly ; light, with changeable weather and frequent showers of snow and sleet. Sharp frost in the night and rain in the evening. Wind changed to N.E. APRIL 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49 —highest since noon yesterday. 31 —lowest this morning and during:the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETEIL-29.66. WIND, S.W. ; light, with dull weather; smart rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 2m.—Afternoon, 3h. 19m. To-mmutow.-Morning, 3h. 3.sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 51m. e , , 47, r , 4 • " 4. I = THE SUN. LC/NM - VW, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1880. What shall we say t.) Mr. COLLIER'S Bill? Ought the conveyance of voters to the poll to be allowed or not? We have frequently turned over the question in our minds, and we must confess we have perceived no predondnance of re asons f or abolishing the natural r i g ht of conve y in g a voter or any one else anywhere we please. We happen to be in a fair nosition to judge of the need of c oo . veyance for both borough and county voters. We ni c, of course, ten-pound householders in a metro politan borough, and we have also a vote in each of the divisions of one of the finest agricultural counties in the kingdom. Right honest votes they are —one ou property purchased not a great many r . years after the first Reform Act, and purchased 1 partly because of its carrying a vote with it ; and I we all remember that the Conservative judge TYNDALE, in a case, too, relating to one of the county votes created by the League, declared pur chases with such an object to be highly commend able and worthy of a citizen ; the other fell to us in the capacity of trustees under a will. Hence we have naturally felt more than common interest in the question of conveyance of voters and payment of travelling expenses. In both the borough and the county it has been brought directly under our notice. In the case of the borough the expense is need less ; we hesitate not to say it is an abuse ; an im position on a candidate or on his supporters, which ought, if possible, to be abated. The pol ling-booth in boroughs is never so far from the elector's house that it would hurt him'', to walk to it ; at the worst, in a few cases, an invalid or very busy man might need a cab or an omnibus, but these cases are so comparatively few that the persons could pay the trifling sum themselves, and would do so if they cared about the election. At the last election we had scarcely swallowed our breakfast when up drove a cab to hurry us off that we might " poll early for DUNCOMBE and PETO." The distance was so little that we could but laugh, and ask whether we were supposed to be lame— and, as the booth was in our way to our daily en gagement, we preferred stepping to it at our lei sure. Now all this is an absurd and wanton in fliction on the borough candidates. We do not know that we can think of any objection to for bidding by law providing or paying for conveyance of borough voters. No increase of polling-booths would be needed. Every voter could walk, or easily afford the small cost of riding—while the charge for conveying all is heavy for one. The case with counties is altogether different. Landlordism prevents many contests, but we have both had them threatened, and actually had them in our own father-county, where we have the honour to be " free and independent electors," and of that enviable class which the Times says is so very large, not needing the ballot for itself. Unfor tnnately, however, with one or two partial excep tions, so complete is the:rule of the landlords, that they have met together in a room in a hotel and settled for us who should be members. Their tenants were not now even consulted. Two Tories, or a compromise to avoid a contest, was, after count inghow many head of tenants each could muster, the regular thing. To return, however, to our personal experience. Once we received a circular, by post, begging our " vote and interest," with intimation that arrangements with the Eastern Counties Railway for conveyance would soon be made; quickly, however, it was followed by another, which might have run—" The belligerent landlordshave agreed to an armistice; independent voters will, therefore, not be wanted." The next time, however, it came to a fight, and then, if we would have condescended to accept the money for the conveyance, we might have travelled first-class express, and so forth, at the candidate's expense. We preferred, of course, to go at our own charge; but it led us to reflect then, and Mr. COLLIER'S proposal invites us to do so again, on the system. And, first, we asked ourselves, what might be said for allowing _out•voters at all for: counties. .In our own case we thought a good deal might be said. We are still much interested in the county of our birth, and of old friends and relatives. We are interested in the property we possess as free holders or hold in trust. And ours is but the case of the great majority of out-voters. We would not deny, indeed, that our county votes interest us quite as much, to say the least, as that of the huge borough in which we happen to live. We could not, then, agree to abolish the right of voting for property held in counties, by the hunlreds who re side in the metropolis or in other great towns of the kingdom. They have often the heartiest inte rest in the scenes of former days. And we believe the number of those out-voters whose connection with counties is factitious: and political merely, is much smaller than that of the class to which we belong, and for which we plead. And we might, to Conservatives, say a great deal more on the an tiquity and venerable character of our franchise. But, we are told, our privilege leads to abuse. If we allow conveyance of county voters, the candi date or his friends must incur an enormous ex pense; and, worse than all, the necessary expense of conveyance will be made a pretext for bribery. We believe there is hardly such a thing as pecu niary bribery in counties. The meaner bribery of intimidation is so complete that, in this respect, the lash does the work of the purse. _ It resolves itself into simple conveyance. Now we do not see how you can make conveyance bribery, At the con tested election referred to, an old Tory friend of ours hired an old stage coach, which still creeps from the railway station to a small county town, and took a whole coachload of voters from his neighbourhood some seven or eight miles to the poll. Are such deeds of good neighbourhood to be prevented ; yet it is impossible to make a stand where the law now does, and to permit the refinement of mere convey ance, but not the giving a man five shillings to pay for his ride. Then, again, of the distant out-voters alike ourselves, we know of some to whom the expense, of railway fare and time is a somewhat serious matter. The candidate, however, or some of his committee, knowing them and their circumstances well, and wishing for their votes, would rather not put them to the expense of corning, why then:should they not be allowed to frank them ? Both parties obtain then what both reasonably wish, and bribery there is none. The worst is, that in a close run the distant voter may be offered something more than his expenses if he will poll on one side. We have been compelled, after all, to see in the whole circumstances of the question of conveyance of voters but another argument for the Ballot. It really does appear as if all things combined to prove it to be the key to unlock every difficulty. Were county voting and borough voting too, by ballot, no law on the subject of conveyance would be needed. No one would pay for any man's con veyance to the poll unless quite sure of his vote. Hence, under voting by Ballot, the only cases of conveyance would be—when a person was too unwell, or in too narrow circumstances, to be able to poll without such help. These cases mist be few indeed ; and, if there were any, it would be only those of persons whose political views were at the same time so certain, that conveyance would be as sistance, not bribery. We hope the day is not very distant when Mr. COBDEN, Mr. WALPOLE, Sir G. C. LEWIS, Mr. HENLEY, and all who show interest in the subject will acknowledge that a Bill on the Conveyance of Voters must be a Bill for the Ballot. There is very little said now-a-days in regard to Administrat ire Reform. Yet the popular solicitude is as eagerly directed, we believe, as ever to the halcyon time still not wholly despaired of, which may witness at last its partial realisation. F.co nomy is still the national aspiration. With our annual expend it ure magnified at length to the fright ful annual sum of £70,000,000, we yet cherish a ;THE'. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1:60, belief that retrenchment may be possible without the aid of a revolution. COBBETT'S proposition of the wet sponge is never dreamt of, even by the wildest of our political day dreamers, either with regard to the current year's charge of £70,000,000, or in respect to the appalling sum total of the national debt of £800,000,000. Whatever may have been the callous determination of Pennsylvania—England at any rate has no thought of dragging her banner through the mire of repudiation. We groan under the burden of our most unequally distributed system of taxation, but we have all of us alike an instinctive and ineradicable repugnance to the mere idea that the national repute should, by an evasion of duty, be in any way tarnished, much less that it should be actually sacrificed. And while lamenting the ex travagance of these disbursements upon a single twelvemonth of £70,000,000 sterling, the House of Commons votes the supplies resolutely and manfully. No department of the public service is to be cut down forcibly in the amount of its expenditure. With a darkened brow, but with an open hand, JOHN BULL pays to the last doit the moneys required by the Public ser vants of the State. Least of all does he grudge a single sixpence of the magnificent amount set apart for his soldiers and sailors—the grand sum in all, upon the current year, 0f£30,000,000. The peace-at any-price people may clamour as much as they like about the profligate nature, as they call it, of this expenditure; they may insist upon it that .£10,000,000 at the outside would be ample to cover the expenses of the War Department in this time of peace—at least of peace nominally. The country knows far better than this, and the Commons happily are not slow at arriving at pre cisely the same conclusion. The reasons of these diametrically opposite views on the part of the majority being very readily explicable. First and foremost—it is a fact sufficiently notorious, even, we might say, indisputable, that while there is, of course, at the present juncture, peace, or, at any rate, no open declaration or intimation of war in Europe, there is every probability, or we may at least venture to say possibility, of a collision, before long, between two or more of the Great Powers of Christendom, Again, the Alliance between England and France has recently been very seriously shaken this, too, upon the very morrow of that vaunted Commercial Treaty from which we were almost taught to be lieve might be dated the commencement of the Millennium. Besides, it is in no way to be denied that France possesses in this time of peace not only an army of 600,000 soldiers almost match less in discipline, but beyond that a steam fleet the like of which her most ambitious rulers never dreamt of her ever possessing. Startled into a re cognition of these wholly undeniable facts—Eng land has recently awakened at last from her long torpor in regard to the dilapidated condition of her defences. She understood fully and thoroughly that unless she bestirred herself at once and energetically, she was open at any time to the peril of a surprise. It was but yesterday as it were that she was without any Channel fleet whatever. It was but very recently that her ordnance was reduced upon a sudden to insignifi cance, nearly to worthlessness, by the contrivance of the rifled cannon of Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG. And scarcely had it been determined upon that the invention of ARMSTRONG should be applied without delay to the national artillery, when the discoveries of WHITWORTH demonstrated anew that the whole system of our projectiles must be regarded as in a state of transition. As well rely upon the martillos for the defence of our shores as upon our old pieces of ordnance for the proper armament of our war ships and our land batteries. A total transforma tion of the military and maritime soiences has re sulted hardly less from discoveries like the needle gun and the minie bullet, or still more from the formidable long-range cannon of ARMSTRONG and Winrwoßni, than from the application by land and by sea of the marvellous inventions of the steam engine and the electric telegraph. Eng land, if she would hold her place among the na tions, must keep pace with the genius and enter prize of the age. So that when Mr. BRIGHT talks of reducing our war expenditure—even during this period almost facetiously spoken of as one of peace —from £30,000,000 upon the year to a maximum of £10,000,000, he might just as reasonably recom mend our foot soldiers to stick to Brown Bess, our artillerymen to eschew the innovations of WIIIT WORTH and ARMSTRONG, our Admiralty to forego all the advantages accruing from the steam-engine and the screw-propeller—nay, he might about just as rationally advise our defenders, both upon shore and upon the ocean, to be armed just like their ancestors by no other weapons more formidable than the sling, the spear, and the cross-bow. The Manchester proposition for retrenchment is—in in this instance—applied to the wrong half ! Our expenditure upon the year is £70,000,000. Granted —and granted, too, that out of that £70,000,000 there is nearly one moiety, or at any rate £30,000,000 applied to the improvement of our national defences. It is in regard to the modo of squandering the other £40,000,000 that the rational and patriotic economist ought to direct his energies with a view to the discovery of some safe and salu tary means of introducing a series of wholesome efforts at retrenchment. The chief display of Foreign matters in Paris seems at present to belong to the so-called " an nexations" of Savoy and Nice, and, judging from the accounts, all goes on as well as it has been " ar ranged." Thzre never was a greater piece of " make believe" practised in the open face of day. It is a perfect caricature on truth—yet the versimilitudo is so got up as to puzzle the eye, while it une quivocally offends the judgment. As to the dis patches and counter dispatches on the subject, the mere attempt to explain seems designed to mystify matters the more irretrievably till the magician is lost in the web of his own fanciful diplo macy. The thing may impose for a time, but cannot last long, nor lead to good. As to the sham of" voting"—it is worthy of the plotters, but the reaction is coming to falsify the assumed " enthusiasm"of the population. This is felt too in Paris as the following paragraph pictures too truly—" No small apprehension prevails in the com mercial world of future annexations, and of the con sequences that may arise from them. This feeling paralyzes all speculation, and capitalists leave their money idle in the bank rather than part with it, except for such operations as promise a quick re turn. The retail trade of Paris feels the effect of this state of affairs, and many shopkeepers declare have not experienced so bad a season s i nce the e at they rev olution of 1848. Accounts from the manu facturing districts state that business is somewhat better, and that a favourable reaction might ba ex pected, but that some uncertainty still prevail s as to the period when the import duty on cotton and wool is to be removed." A letter from St. Petersburg states that some of the tribes of the Caucasus who had not made their submis sion suddenly assembled, and, making an attack in the night on a battalion of Russian troops, nearly destroyed the. whole of them. Most of the officers were either killed or: taken prisoners. The Emperor is said to be deeply afflicted by this news, LATEST NEW b. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, APRIL 23.1 The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol- lowing : CHAMBERY, SUNDAY EVENING. The town is decorated with flags, and the en- thusiasm is general. The clergy and the magistrates go in solemn pro cession to vote. The French troops have quitted the town, the various posts of which have been confided to the militia. The same manifestations have taken place at Annecy. In the country the bells of the churches are ring- in g joyously. The clergy have blessed the French flags. The Count de Montemolin, his brother Ferdi nand, and a valet de chambre, were arrested to-day at 2.30 a.m., at Amposta, near Tortosa. GENEVA, APRIL 21. The Marquis de Turgot is expected to-day at Berne. The general staff of the sth division of the army, commanded by General Sails, is assembled at Soleure. The Federal Council has published the replies of the different Powers to the Swiss note on the an nexation of Savoy. Austria, in her reply, declares herself ready to assist in any combination adapted to support Switzerland and to secure her neu trality from any danger. Notwithstanding the existing difficulties, Count Rechberg perceives, in the engagements of France to come to an under standing with Switzerland and the great Powers, good reason to hope that the question of Northern Savoy will'find a solution conformable to the legi timate interests now under consideration. Count Rechberg further says that Austria will do her best to bring about a general understanding. VIENNA, APRIL 21. The subscriptions to the new loan now exceed 75,000,000 florins. The Donau Zeitung publishes an article showing the inconsistency of Switzerland in now claiming the maintenance of the treaties in contradiction to her conduct in the affair of Neufchatel. GENEVA, APRIL 21. The Governor of Faucigny has issued a circular, the language of which is exceedingly violent against the Swiss, who have recommended the inhabitants to abstain from voting. The Governor says—" The electors must be on their guard against the intrigues oilmen who, being unable to succeed in their crimina2 attempt, wish them to take part in their downfall." The authorities have hoisted the French flag everywhere. Great efforts are being made to in fluence the vote. MARSEILLIES, APRIL 21. Letters from Naples to the 17th inst. state that the armed bands in Sicily had been dispersed, and that the remnants were being pursued. It is as serted that 13 insurgents, taken in. the Franciscan Convent at Palermo, had been sh.ot, and several monks condemned to death. The report of a popular movement in Calabria had II een denied. A grand military review had taken ploace at Naples, after which banquets were given to) the generals and officers. The troops cheered the King enthu siastically, who afterwards traversled the streets of the capital at their head. ROME, APRIL 17 (via Marseilles). The new 41 per cent. Roman loan for 50,000,000 f. hasbeen contracted in Belgium at 9 0. The official Giornale di Roma announces the wppointment of a commission for receiving voluntaa y contributions to be applied for the defence of the country. This commission consists of Cardinals V illecourt, Wise man, and Reisach, under the pmsidency of the Minister of Finance. General de Lamoriciere, after having rapidly taken the necessary measures for It.he organisation of the Papal forces, will set out on `the 19th inst. for the provinces. Orders have been :given for the re organisation of the cavalry. 1 ho. current report that Prince Gabrielli and Sign()) Ruspoli have been exiled is unfounded. It is ag iserted that the correspondents of the Nord and of the Journal des Debats have been expelled from the. Papal States. VIENNA, APRIL 22 It has been stated that the Aust cian reply to the circular note of M. Thouvenel of tilde 13th March on the annexation of Savoy and Nice , to France was very similar to the despatch of Ru. 4 sia on the same subject. This statement is not exac*.. Austria from the beginning, and continually 'with the same energy, protested against the prim ciple of illegal annexation, and especially against the incorpora tion of Central Italy with Piedmont ; she could not, therefore, approve the violation of the same prin ciple in reference to Savoy and Nice . The Austrian Government, however, could not Mail to acknow ledge the difference existing betty o en the incorpo ration of Central Italy with Pied= tont, which has taken place in spite of the protest 0 f the legitimate princes, and the incorporation of Savoy and Nice, which was accomplished by the fvee consent of the legitimate Sovereign. The official Wiener Zeitung am 7tlunces that the subscriptions to the new loan already exceed 76,000,000 florins. The advances 'which had been made by the National Bank on ac 7,t rant of this loan have been reduced to 99,000,000 florins, the Go vernment having given over to V Ic3 bank the pre ference bonds for the redemption • of landed pro perty, formerly belonging to Vito sinking fund, which has been broken up. For this remaining amount of 99,000,000 florins, the. bank receives ample guarantee by the receipt of 1), onds of the new loan, amounting to 120,000,000 ins, which will be transferred to the National Ba o k, and which, after the Ist of Nove:r.ber, 1861, 7 ,rill be readily and advantageously negotiable, beta use, according to the nature of the subscription, tik e bonds of the new loan are held by the general public and not by mere speculators, and will sem I therefore be above par. The position of the NA tional Bank is therefore to be considered es fire: ly established, and its cash payments will shoat, y be renewed should the general state of affiirs 7 assist the finan cial administration and the bank. VIENY"A, APRIL 22. The exchange of views which sin ce the last two weeks has taken place between France and the other Powers who signed the fin: a act of Vienna, concerning the arrangement of tl Let question of the neutralised districts of Faucigny at d Chablais, has already had the result. of bringing; the majority of the said Powers to agree to the fa go wing combina tion : They are to come to an undo tstanding, in the ordinary diplomatic course, as to tit,,,e elaboration . of a protocol d es ti ne d t o reserve th e g Firan tecs claimed in favour of Switzerland ; after which the represen tatives of the Powers accredited at the Court of the Tuileries are to receive the authorisation to sign this protocol, according to which France would make ulterior arrangements directly with Switzer land. The Conference would, therefore, hold ono sitting only, in which the basis of the direct arrange ment between France and Switzerland would solely be sanctioned by Europe. The important concessions made to Hungary are in connection with a complete change in our govern mental system. Centralisation will give place in I all the provinces of the empire to a kind of federal system, which, without excluding uniformity in the action of the Government, will better afford satis faction to the principle of nationality and to the particular requirements of each province. It appears certain that the Emperor Francis Joseph will be crowned King of Hungary. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Northern Railway has been appointed for the 21st BARCELONA, APRIL 21. May next. MUNICH, APRIL 22. The ceremony of marriage by proxy between the Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Bavaria, and the Count of Trani, brother of the King of Naples, will take place on the 21st of next month.. The Prince Louis William, eldest brother of the illus trious bride, will represent the Count of Trani. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 21.—There has been a slight im provement in the market, except in the Rentes and the Railways. Mobiler has receded on a report that the dividend for 1859 would not exceed 12f. 50c. Threes have been done at 70f. sc. and 70f. 20c. ; Mobilier declined from 786 f. 250. to 760 f. ; Orleans varied from 1,360 f. to 1,357 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 9411. 25c. to 942 f. 50c. ; Northern, 973 f. 75c. to 975 f. ; Austrian, 530 f. to 531 f. 25c. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per Cents..... 96 Credit Fonder 797 50 Do. end month .. 96 15 Belgian 4i 3 per Cents 7O 2 5 Piedmonteso ( 5 ) .. 83 Do. end month 7O 25 Roman Bank Shares 2840 Austrian Credit Mebilier .. 767 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 765 Home Debt 45 50 RAILWAYS. ..___. Cnsh. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto.' . , -878 75 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 945 -- .. 943 75 Geneva Southern Western 570 .. 572 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c.; money, 25f. 16c.; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c. ; money, 24. f 850. ATJ►STRI A. The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains the fol. lowing Imperial autograph letter : " Dear Cousin Archduke Albrecht,—ln accord ance with your request (Bitte), my-beloved, I think fit provisionally (vorkoffig) to remove you from the posts, which you have filled with extreme devotion and approved circumspection, of Governor-General and Commanding-General in my kingdom of Hun gary, and also from the command of the third army. I express to you my grateful acknowledgment of your services, and for the present and provisionally I intrust to the Feldzeugmeister Louis Chevalier von Benedek, my Quartermaster-General and the Chief of the General Staff, the direction of the poli tical administration of Hungary and of the troops stationed in that kingdom. "Vienna, April 19. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. " Dear Feldzeugmeister Chevalier von Benedek, —Having, at his request, provisionally removed his Imperial Highness the Archduke Albrecht, General of Cavalry, from his posts of Governor-General and Commanding-General in my kingdom of Hungary, and also from the command of the third army, I intrust to you for the present (Us auf Weiteres) the direction of the political administration of Hungary and of the troops stationed in that king dom (des La2zdes-General-Commando), and I find good to ordain that the now existing Stadtholde ra to divisions shall form but one Stadtholderate, which shall have its seat in Buda, and be imme diately subject to you (Bolen unmittelbar unter steken. "Tor the time being superior . political employes, with the necessary assistants, are to be left in Cashau, Presburg, Oeden burg, and Grosswardein, in order that they, without forming an intermediate Instanz (court), may assist in directing and watching over (über wachen) the working of the new organisation, and more particularly of that part of it which relates to the administration of the counties (Comitats- Verwaltungen) and of the communes. " As soon as the new organisation of - the Stadt holderate has been completed ' County Administra tions' for the management of political matters will be established on the principle of the former County Assemblies (Comitats- Congregationen) and commit tees, but with combinations (Zusam-nzensetzungen), and spheres of action, which are in accordance with the present state of things. "In accordance with these dispositions, I ordain that when the municipal laws and county admini strations are in activity, propositions (antraege) respecting a Diet shall be prepared (vorbereitet), in order that tho principle of self-government, by means of town, district, or county communes (gemeinden), and of diets and committees of the same (Landtags-Ausschusse)—which principle is to. be introduced into all the provinces of the empire— may also be in force in my kingdom of Hungary. " The nearer instructions in respect to the carry ing out of the above-mentioned measures will be given you by the Ministers to whose departments suc4 matters belong. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. " Vienna, April 19, 1860." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Behar, Capt, Almond, with the above mails arrived this morning, with dates from Lisbon to the 17th, and Vigo the 18th. In consequence of pre vailing head winds and heavy sea she held no com, munication with Oporto. The Behar brings 27 passengers, nine packages specie, value £3,376 sterling, and the following cargo, 1,415 half-chests oranges, 118 bags Brazil nuts, 178 bales almonds, 262 cases eggs, 374 bundles baskets, 12 casks wine, 4 cases ditto, and 40 elephants' teeth. On the 17th, the Behar, off the Rock of Lisbon, spoke the steamer Minho, steering to the southward. On the same date, at Caseals Bay, the British steamer Cassandra on the 19th in lat. 44 N., long. 8 W., tho Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus with the outward mails of the 17th, standing to the south, and on the 21st off Ushant the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the outward Indian mails of the 20th inst., steering the same course. Her Majesty's ship Pluto had put into Lisbon broken down. After receiving some slight repairs she sailed for England on the 12th. H.M.'s yacht Osborne arrived at Lisbon on the 12th, and left en the 14th. Iler Majesty's ships Trafalgar, Centu rion and Diadem were in the Tagus, but went to sea on the 16th, destination unknown. LISBON, 17TH. The new financial measures about to be subjected to the Cortes to regulate the taxation, substituting the decimal industrial nominally 10 per cent. in come-tax, has caused a panic in the northern pro vinces, where the people iu general have been ac customed to pay whatever they think proper, :..nd the more influential absolutely nothing. The Minister of Finance (Cuzal Riberio) will undoubt edly carry his project, and if so we shall probably have another revolt, as was the case with Centa Cabral's reforni in 1840, which, although passed, could not be carriedinto effect. The fall in Portuguese funds in Engl a nd basin no way, whatever affected their* value here. Na- pier's letter, and the Times' article of the 7th inst., has had no other beneficial effect than enabling some sagacious parties to purchase what the more timid sold. The Salamanca Railway question is to be brought before the Peers this week. The exchanges for this packet are quoted—Lon don, 90 days', 531 ; Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, 42 . 1 ; Hamburg, 471 ; Genoa, 529 ; Rentes, 3 per cent., 47 to 471; Coupons, 46 to 46k; Deferred, 331,- to 33k. LITERATURE. The Mill on the Floss. By George Eliot, author of " Adam Bede." 3 vols. Blackwood, Edin burgh. It may be questioned if there is a more•hazardous undertaking than that of the author of a pre-emi nently successful work re-appearing before the public. It is _superfluous to say that " Adam Bede" was the novel of last season, and its fame did not depart with the end of the literary cam paign, but through the autumn and winter its name was a household word in the various circles of society. It is something to have achieved so startling, striking, and singular a success. It is idle to hint at favouritism, and whisper at over praise and exaggeration. So universal an acknow ledgment and so unanimous an approval bear in themselves the triumphant confutation. A work that thus attracts for the moment, and after wards remains indelibly fixed in the memory, must contain some germs of the undying im• planted in its being, must bear on its superscrip tion the divine impress of genius. It is espe cially delightful to find that the successor to so wonderful a book is in every way worthy of it. Indeed, in some respects, " The Mill on the Floss" may . be considered superior. There is more feel ing in it, more softness and sympathy, and thus it possesses more power over the reader. All that seemed harsh in " Adam Bede" appears to have vanished from the pen that transcribed the vivid pages here before us. We meet with life in its most jarring scenes, its most weary toil, and its most agonising endurance. We behold the stricken man, weary of his burden, departing from amongst us till we lose sight of him we have so long followed in the shadows that envelop the valley of death. But throughout all this, and the more fearful mental struggles afterwards recorded, there is something so earnest breathed into the sad sketches, something so real in the sufferer and the suffering, that human life seems unrolled before us in a chart that com prises the long vista of its years rather than we seem to be beholding an imaginary scene, however ably delineated. Great tact and discrimination are displayed in the selection of the class of persons who figure before us in this eventful drama. They are taken from the ranks of the workers of the world, and yet the superior ones. To evidence the strongest passions, the darkest hatreds, the most critical junctures, the most bitter failures, to make wealth so gained that the sting of poverty is doubly felt, and to render con nections so numerous that their subsequent deser tion seems the culminating point 'of insult, where could the novelist seek better or find more power ful illustrations than among the mit4lle ranks of society. Poverty, that has so many ills, has some ad vantages, it makes one of no consequence, and the lonely cot, and humble room, are, for the most part, unmolested by claimants or plotters. In higher walks of life, in pecuniary difficulties, or in disputes about succession to titles or holders of estates there would not enter all the thousand rancours and heart burnings that envenom and empoison the dusty ways and crooked turnings of the busy tribes who are the medium in the scale of social gradations. Although of a very hasty and fiery temper, Mr. Tulliver pos sessed many good qualities, and one feels distressed at the misfortunes that overtook him, especially When he had to serve under his enemy, the crafty Wakem. This last calamity was brought about by the officious meddling of Mrs. Tulliver, who, although generally most supine, chose to exert her self for one occasion only, and bitterly did her family rue the day. The difference that existed between the brother and sister is well defined, and in these nice touches of character we find some of the author's most striking powers. The boy gradually develops into a strong-minded and well principled young man, but yet a most disagreeable one. There was no softness in bis nature, no sym pathy in his soul. He did what wasright, and had no pity nor patience for those who did not walk in the same orthodox steps. Such a man could never be of service in his generation, could never exercise any good influence over others. His sister was exactly the opposite, full of excitement, and in short, a creature of impulse. Not that she is pleas ing either, but she seems to attract one, and she is human in her kind feelings and quick instincts; if erring, she is yet affectionate, if mistaken she is more humble. With all her faults at last amount ing to errors, and with all his merits, some would consider at length approximating to virtues, there is the whisper of mercy pleading for her, while her brother seems to put himself beyond the pale of any gentle and gracious gifts, and to stand or fall by the terrible laws of judgment. It cannot be con• sidered that Philip Wakem is an acquisitian to the story. There can be no advantage gained in hav ing made him so lamentable an object, and it is not easy to understand the motives that induced such a thing. It cannot be to account for Maggie's subse quent desertion, for she was not of a nature to be influenced by outward appearance, and had she renewed her acquaintance with Philip before meeting Stephen Guest, in all probability the sub sequent casualties would not have occurred. There are some passages in the work that stand out apart, the milestones on the road of life that tell how far the traveller is from the rest, yet how near an un imagined trial. Of these may be cited Tom's de partiree from school at the sad epoch of his father's failure. It is entitled " The Golden Gates are Passed," and this effectively depicts in the author's graphic style how the transit from school to liberty has been too often the apprenticeship to a harder taskmaster than the thraldom of the most severe pedagogue who ever inflicted a lesson. Maggie was more fitted for suffering than her brother, who was half stupified at the news. Tom had so often thought how joyful he should be the day he left school " for good," and now his school years seemed like a holiday that had come to an end. They had gone forth together into their new life of sorrow and would never more see the sun shine undimmed by remembered tears. They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. One scene like this that brings life before one is worth dozens of fairy sketches and ideal sorrows like those which pile up the agony of continental romances. Many who glance at these pages may cast a backward glance through the long years and again behold the day that ushered them into the cold, hard, dreary, work-day world. Another of these photographs of existence is the representation of Mr. Tulliver's end. It seems to one's fancy as if a judg ment rested OA the father and son for the vow they had dared to record on the opening page of the volume in which it is written, " Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." Whatever befell the wicked man who persecuted them, it could not be that such a sentiment could do aught but draw down curses on themselves. Unhappily, Mr. Tulliver nurtured hard and bitter feelings in his fall. In a mind charged with an eager purpose and an unsatisfied vindictiveness there is no room for new feelings. Mr. Tulliver did not want spiri• tual consolation, ho wanted to shake off the degra dation of debt and to have his revenge." On the clay he did both his soul was required of him. He had no after life left him to enjoy his ardently de• sired freedom; and in the night following the day of release from debt, to which the brother and sister had looked forward with such anxious long ing they had to stand by their father's deathbed. Sad as it seemed, it *as a relief 4o think his worn and harassed soul had passed away from a world, that he, poor man, with his dying breath, declared had been too many for him, and it was a relief to reflect th'at his rage had been impotent, and had been wrung from him by mental tortures ; and when his children saw that "his dimly lighted soul had for ever ceased to be vexed with the pain ful riddle of this world," they might soothe them selves with the thought his sufferings had expiated his errors in a great measure, and trust that the family, whom the wicked had ceased not to trouble in their sojourn on earth, might be re-united in the land where the weary are at rest. The con cluding portion of the story is arranged with con summate skill, ana well displays the peculiar powers of the author in representing the compli cated phases of human existence. At first sight it would appear that a man like Stephen Guest could never have aroused any interest ;n the mind of Maggie, but then the attendant train of circum stances must be taken into consideration. She had been an outcast from all the comforts of home, had been treated with neglect ; and she pined for same kindred nature, or at , least some friendly aid. Sud denly she was introduced to a cheel ful home, sur rounded by luxury, invited do nothing but enjoy herself. It was just :when her overtaxed m in d was lulled to rest, when her over•strainecl faculties • were quiescent in the n ow and delightful calm, that she was the most easily impressed by all around her. Then she was assailed Uy a new temptation, all the more dangerous, because unsuspected. The lover of her cousin how could he come in her wa j p besides ho was not the sort of person she could ever care for; and again, were not her affections already engaged Fatal reasonings, plausible excuses ; how many have th e few who havo'stood fallenfor brthexl, lih re is - - no danger in life that - can be avoided by good lue,k, or fortunate coincidences. -The only sure safeguard . within the armour of proof, must be the nuns eonset. recti, and this poor Maggie did not possess. With all her kind nature, her generous devotion, herim passioned earnestness, she had not that s elf-control , that self denial, and that high principle whic h would have prevented things taking the cours e they did. This is the victory which overcometh the world, even our faith. Now Maggie lacked this needful gift, she did not feel that if she put away all evil suggestions the day would come whe,' ther it waited till the glare and turmoil of life 0 meridian was past, and arose in its sacred beauty to shine in the far-off twilight of its years, when peace must eventually be hers ; not the deadening of worn.out endurance, but the fulness of the joy that passes understanding, in the bright realisation of works not done in vain. The conduct of Stephen does not seem to concern one, as it is with Maggie that our interest is necessarily entwined, and her dereliction alone has power to depress us. Though to casual observers the scenes in the last interview' between her and Stephen may seem unlikely, such is not the case. Uncommon natures must not be measured by a common standard, and here we haye to deal with one who is not often to be met with, though not an impossible creation. When the harm was done in the eyes of others, she awoke to consciousness, but the struggle 'was fearful when she returned to her home. An excellent picture is drawn of the cruel, partial.viewing world, who care little for justice and nothing for misery, but delight to run down reputations, and revel in any fallen victims. The closing scene is most admirably described, beginning in the sombre gloom of the watcher's chamber, with no sound to break the stillness of midnight silence, and having is sue in the fearful but sublime spectacle 01 the overwhelming flood. It was a more fit ting end for one like Maggie to die, when facing death, than sit and wait in calm decay fora gradual dissolution of the vital powers ; she passed away in her youth, strength, and beauty : she was taken when sorrowing over the prospect of the long years that must pass before time had quenched the fire of her spirit, and blighted the force of her frame. She knew not that she must go hence with her spirit burning in the zeal of a glorious work, with her powers in full vigour nerving her to a despe rate encounter with raging elements. As the last night approached she was so wrapt up in reading a letter received from Stephen that she lingered on " with no image of rest coming across her mind except of that far far off rest from which there would be no more waking for her into this struggling earthly life." Prophetic vision, since she closed not her eyes till in the sleep that knows no waking ! It is satis f actory to notice her last act was a righteous one, and that she had begun to fight the valorous fight in rejecting the offers of Stephen, who was certainly devoted to her. The thoughts of childhood came across her in the dark hour of peril, and having secured a boat, she sought her old home. She succeeded in rescuing her brother, and together those who had been di vided by angry feelings met to die. As they were approaching safety, as they thought, some huge mu s ses of detached machinery fl-ated along, and came in fatal contact with them, and all traces were hidden. " The boat re-appeared, but brother and sister had gone down in an embrace never to be parted—living through again in one supreme moment the days when they had clasped their little hands in love, and roamed the daisied fields together." Apart from these chief character* there is much to mention with approba tion in regard to the secondary personages. Mrs. Tulliver's family is remarkably well delineated in its several branches. The sisters of the Dodson family carried with them into the world all the peculiarities that distinguished them at home, and certainly when they met in conclave they presented a formidable phalanx to the unini tiated• It was better to face an armed host to expect victory than to hope to controvert an opinion or remove a prejudice belonging to a female whose proud privilege and most enviable distinction was to remember herself, and not le t others forget, that she was nee Dodson. Matii, such persons exist in the various ramifications 0 ' society, alike its plague and its ridicule, too intent on self to note how their selfishness is cool, mented on, and too wrapt up in- the conceit 0 ' their partial and superficial knowledge ever to arrive at the consciousness of how ignorant the/ are. Bob Jakin .is a very good specimen of 1 10 , class, and really we here meet with a sketch mo st true to nature, neither too highly polished for his sphere, as is so often the case when low, life 1 0 exhibited on the scene, nor too rough for consistent' when it is remembered that in that uncouth forte and that uncultivated mind dwelt qualities and lingered sentiments which would have done honour to one far higher placed in the social scale. Ills genuine kindness was proved in the days of sorest trial and bitterest desertions, and at last Maggio found a refuge and a shelter in his home when her brother discarded her. It would be difficult t 0 suppose a more impressive style than that of this, author, with its force and its fluency, and we yiel d the homage that is irresistibly accorded to the na tive majesty of real eloquence as we listen to the passages that are nerved with thrilling power, 0 r linger over pages that are replete with class l6 grace. No true judge but will accord that this stands out apart from its fellows as a work 0 1 mark, a masterly production, and a triump h of creative skill. Talent may every al be met with in the broad highways a° narrow paths of literature, genius is rare now _, ever, no diffusion of knowledge, no spread of edu cation can impart it. Culture and training ulef work marvels in polishing and refining, but the; cannot work miracles, and give to the counterf eit the lustre of the real. Hence, rare attainmen t that arrest the attention of an ever-reading coin' munity and draw down applause from the super' cilious and fanciful, are as much to be valued 0 „ ever. With all the wealth of fiction that surrounr, us, we can and must prize a work that makes 14; think, and more than that, makes us feel that th e author has thought. This style is one quitetl i al writer's own, and at the present day it has no ri c , near its throne to contend for its prizes, or to de s pute and deprecate its honours. The author et: " Adam Bede" may well be congratulated on lan ing so triumphantly passed the ordeal of a seem: publication after a first of such marvellous renon as that which was sounded through the length a° breadth of the land by the voice of fame. Perbse t some may be disappointed, and say that it does 11 °, equal expectation, but then some people's expeen t o tions have no limits, and this certainly fulfils or reasonable hopes. " The Mill on the Floss" cani?, : , require flattering or even favourable notices to g. l/ 0 it publicity, or to gain it admirers. Its prestig r will ensure it readers, and its merits must make ° it appreciation. It is therefore more to render 0 to just tribute to a praiseworthy undertaking the . ll set forth its claims to regard, that the critic. ent tempts a discussion of its volumes. It is suffie le o r to say, that from their intrinsic merit and supe rl 4 excellence they are worthy of a place in the 111071 of all discerni ng re ad e rs, and that notwithstalia l o . some errors, that will appear more or less portant to divers classes of their critics, they 7, 0 % doubtless gain for themselves a high rank anw r e standard fictions, and win for their author the _, e a flown of belonging to the select few who are chu''ol 0 to be the representatives of their day to gener ate of " future sons and daughters still unborn." THE NEW PENNY PIECE• Her Majesty has approved of the new Pe t/ 713. piece, which will now be issued as soon as p cssl :o o The following is the general design :—The 0 1 /%0 contains the portrait of the Queen, with a syr e ", e a of laurel round her head. The bust is lengtribe as in the florin, and a scarf, embroidered with tho e rose, thistle, and shamrock, is thrown ov e „.; shoulders. The inscription is, " Victoria -v• Brit. Reg. F. D." Britannia appears on te t be verse, seated on a rock, not on the shield, as ail e d, present coin ; but the figure has been rerne ue s hig and the sea has been introduced, with a- th e on one side of the figure and a lighthouse 0 8 11 6 e • other. The inscription is, One PentlY, I„boat The likeness of the Queen is truthful, and, w o va the faintest attempt' at flattery, the retlaL e tli classical expression of the face has been perf",,ioci caught. There are 91 parts of copper , four 0 ' - eta l. and two of tin in the composition of the m t hia The value of this amalgamation permits of Targ et as well as small coin—in fact, not much ger than the French bronze two sous pieces. „ 3 of Majesty has taken great interest in the protgriVcoo the coin, and has honoured Mr. Leonard C. ' It i° with several sittings. Th e wor k of art — le t t :o really .such—will a dd t o tilt 'well earned fame Table gentleman, and has been executed with rev: l3 ' o o care. The halfpen n y an d farthing are in Pe°lltiO' The size of th e p enny i s one i nc h and two- eight the halfpenny one inch, and the farthing tenths of an inch.—Court Journal. .................., MORRISSVS OPINION '----------- OF THE FIGTIT F° ll l-7 0 T il y ! , a C cn it ad : Bd in ao i s o hto s an s; a i s P afa . i — li The-British and North Americuo,nicss Mail Company's steamer Canada, Capt. Lang, for 1 0 ',00 a rn 02 e t them o e rr d rei as c si n yg. 00 S , f a a t tn u ha r e d Aat takes eeisi'rjeconait Iplio.vituer.ppao(sowsloe..ails use scientific terms, "s eak by the card," these time-)1. his two of his friends. Re p was rather reserved in giviPb,yot opinion of the fight, but it was easy to gather iroroanowca ho said that ho thought that, had the battle bee Ptor• i " to go on, Sayers would have proved himself the vic , a • iii jr, observed that it was amazing how, for an 11°utro,05,:sNaviatilii but ho ho fought, under such fearful disadvantages iirm ; and said that in a quarter of. an hour SM :t e is o pitii ol3 blinded Heenan. Morrissy intends topublisll, , of The fight on hie arriyal. in Auloricor Ca I‘l. by to ~-~ wit; Wo 11101 busi wen Rail app( Stea shay in g Cent May gives Cale' Grea decli A S (Ber varit Cry. Bank 3 per 3 per N 4w New 1 'dill Dii Di Dii Ditto Ditti Gms Excl B raw Di Di Chili Di 11 exi Port' Di . Rus Di . Sardi Di . Span Di oan Tan sari; Bre] Balt Eli; Brit Ha 3 Wil Beli Flai Bu dot We Eli poc