The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

. --. y ..~,,~~ = 11 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant succe-s of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the number. who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : Tues d a y, March 16, LA TRAVIATA : Violetta, Piccolo- T a n i ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE : Leonora, Spezia; Azucena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Giug lini. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, V. 55.; tbree pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 103; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 25, The Box•office win be opened on Thursday, March 11. Places in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the commencement of the Summer Season. T HEATRE ROYAL, EIA.YMARICET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Mi=s Amy Sedgwick ; Master Walter, Mr, Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new cemic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Ciolumbine, Ml3B Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 OtDress Boxes 3 Upper Boxes 3 O i Upper Boxes Pit Gallery OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the historical play of LO I - IS XI. Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Ke tn. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terr y ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor. 'stack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THEITRE-ROYAG, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING: will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK lIORNER. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL Pal, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MCRE. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B. Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. R OYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, Marsh 3, by express desire, LALLAN ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, awl the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and cons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. After which, the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. THIS EVENING, THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Charles Dillon, Stuart, 13arrett, Poynter, Holston; Mesdames Vroolgar, Buckingham White, and Weston. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3oz-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING,wiII be performed the play of LUCRETIA BORGIA. After which, MY WIFWS OUT. To conclude with THE SAILOR OF FRANCE, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance ol S dections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle, Marietta, Ifiss Brulell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Sir. Bernard; Messrs. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackaey, Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sappers, dzs., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRA HAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT—Morn., 6 min. aft. 4—Even., 22 min aft. 4 To-Mom:tow —Morn., 37 min. aft. 4—Even., 50 min. aft. 4 WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARcia 3. THERWOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 37—highest mince noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and daring the night. 34 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.66. WIYD, E. N. Easterly ; very strong. It has been blowing a heavy gale all night, with a severe snow-storm, which still continues. *,4- • • P ICII .1> ri: ; _He a - A^;. 411^11 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1858. There is one point on which there is a general concurrence of opinion—viz., the propriety of a very decided alteration in the law of libel. It is on one class of the community, and by no means an unimportant one, that the existing code presses with undue .everity. Public journalists fre quently are, and may to a far greater extent become, its victims. And yet journalism has long been considered an estate—the fourth of the realm. The liberty of the press is justly regarded as of paramount importance as one of the great palladiums of national freedom. Why then is it still exposed to the greatest persecution and annoy ance for acts that have been manifestly committed without malice or the intention of doing wrong ? Those who speak most glibly in its favour are fre quently ready to avail themselves of any opportu nity to resort to vexatious proceedings, whenever their passions are excited, or they conceive them selves to be entitled to put the machinery of the law into operation to crush or materially injure an obnoxious publication. There have unquestionably been great ameliora tions of late days, for which journalists are mainly indebted to Lord CAMPBELL, not only in his legis lative, but also in his judicial capacity. The strin gency of the code has been materially modified by direct enactments, and the recent enactments have received a liberal and enlightened construction. A farthing damages will no longer carry costs ! and a journalist may plead that the matter com plained of was for the public good, and inserted without malice. Fair legal reports are also pri vileged ; but there are many others which in the discharge of imperative duty must be given, which may render innocent parties liable to con siderable annoyance, and very heavy expense. Lord Camrevaa. is very properly seeking to re move these difficulties, and is entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the community at large for his conduct. But, and we say it with profound respeet, his Lordship has hardly gone far enough. We believe that the only reason is his desire to give a handsome in oetialrnent of justice, and not to endanger the fate cert.: valaabl e measure b y running counter to aidin g prejudices. We should be de lighted if th e N o la publish an ordivatibc:leieer:ail: Learned L or d could and convicti one dy t i b n a g t b il is own opini ons that which was j us t and rigl,t, a would give But he has bee n subjected to difficulties and i mpediments of I ordinary character, and to ensure success has deemed it prudent to yi eld to a certain extent thereto. . . On Friday even in g , when giving notice of hit intention to postpone to a future day the second reading of his bill for the amendment of libel, the ve nerable Lord Lnammizsr suggested that be should take advantage of the pos t po nement, to make the bill more extensive in its operation, and the Lord Cite - Justice thanked hie friend for the , valuable hint. We may therefore reasonably anticipate that he will profit thereby, and produce something that will go far to emancipate " the Fourth Estate" from the undue restrictions to which it is still subjected. We do not ask that any allowance should be made for malicious publications, or that the freedom which we seek should be permitted to degenerate into licentious ness. But let it be shown that there is express malice, not merely implied in respect of matters that come within its legitimate functions. We would not screen the wilful and deliberate libeller, or slanderer, from the consequences of their offences. But we would provide the utmost possible protection from those who act fairly and above board in the discharge of their duties. Lord CAMPBELL has extended, or rather proposes to extend, the 2Egis of the Law over those who publish fair reports of the proceedings of Parlia ment and of certain other public bodies, re specting matters of general or local interest. But there are other classes of publications thst should also he sanctioned, so far as journalists are con cerned—matters which could not be omitted without seriously injuring the overcautious Editor, by whom it was neglected or withheld. The great cause of the grievance arises from the unnecessary distinction maintained between oral defamation and libel. Why should the editor, or the proprietor, or publisher of any newspaper, the latter of whom is probably tetally unac quainted with the contents of the publication, be held responsible in person as well as in pocket ? The malice, if any there be, is with the original promulgator, but, in consequence of the state of the law, the really malicious person will be exculpated, unless he imputes something that would subject the party to criminal punishment before a competent tribunal, or sub jeet him to special damages, while the innocent publisher of his falsehoods is liable to the penalties and annoyance which the slanderer ought to sustain. It is surely time that these absurd quibbles should be dispensed with. Assi milate the law of libel and defamation. Let the defamer be enabled to justify, if he can, his statement, on the ground that it was made without malice and for the public benefit, and on the other hand let the journalist, who can also show an absence of malice, prove that his report was a fair one, and furnish proof sufficient to bring it home to the original wrongdoers, and he exempted from responsibility. This is a reasonable and moderate demand, and we t 1 ust Lord CAMPBELL may take it into consideration. There is no reason why the stump orator who wantonly invades the sanctity of domestic life should be exonerated and the innocent journalist punished, because one has only spoken, while the otherhas printed the charge, Nor would we shield those who indulge in scanda and by— " The whispered hint, the shrug, the hum, or ha, These petty brands that calumny doth use," wilfully injure their fellow. One accusa tion may be of the most fearful charac ter—may charge a wife with adultery, a maiden with want of chastity, a man with some thing nearly allied to swindling ; but if the charge does not show that they had incurred the penalty of a criminal offence, the sufferer could not be justified ; while in a journal, anything calculated to bring into contempt or disrepute, although merely repeated, and its author stated, might be subject to heavy damages and costs, and, at all events, to its own expenses. This should be remedied. Let Lord CAmPisur, undertake it, and he will build fur himself "a monument more enduring than brass." A law that will ever be associated with his name, and render it illustrious when other honourable acts may be forgotten or disregarded. The Government of Lord DEnnY, from the very peculiarity of its position at the present motHent, appears to us in a manner to demand at the outset of its existence as a right, almost as a debt of gratitude, at the hands of the Liberals —a patient hearing and respectful consideration. Whatever the circumstances may have been in consequence of which Lord PALMERSTON'S Admi nistration came the other day to an unexpected and untimely end, they were not of Lord DERBY'S contriving—neither did they trace their origin to the ingenious device of any one of the noble earl's supporters, whether within or without the walls of Parliament. The majority, not, remember, upon the second reading of the Conspiracy to Murder Bill, but simply upon Mr. MILNER GursoN's very adroit and persuasive amendment—may certainly, with out doubt, be again designated " a fortuitous con currence of atoms," but it most positively cannot, with any show of reason, be seriously termed for one moment a factious combination. The situation took its rise in the first instance from a vexatious act of—what we may accu rately call—Ministerial reticence. There was a despatch unanswered—a despatch very sin gularly worded, to say the least of it, and communicated with what our neighbours across the water call a considerable amount of tmpreme ment to her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government— Lord PALMERSTON's recent administration. This despatch coming to us from a "faithful ally," was nevertheless so strangely and so strongly expressed throughout that a good many of us—{a rather moderate computation we take that to be, all things considered]—a good many of us would have vastly liked to have had that same despatch an swered, and that moreover befittingly and be times. It was not answered. The mem ber for Ashton proposed to the House of Commons that it should at any rate precede the vote for the Second Reading of the Conspiracy Bill with an expression of regret that the despatch teferred to had not been answered. Thereupon a clear majority of nineteen decided iu favour of Mr. GIBSON'S amendment. And thereupon, as a further consequence, the Noble Viscount the ex- Premier decided upon tendering his resignation, and that of his colleagues, to his SOVEREIGN. Hence, and not by any wily contrivance of the DERBY-DISRAELI Opposition, the dissolution of the old and the formation of the new Government. It is not, however, by reason of their eager ness to parteipite with the Hon. Member for Ashton in bis jealous protest against the Ministe rial reticence, just particularised, that we conceive the new-born Ministry possesses at this moment a claim upon the consideration of the Liberal part of the general community. It is rather thus according to our thinking, because the Earl of DERBY and his colleagues—not having sought out the means for ousting their rivals from office— not having in any way intrigued to this end for party purposes, and through that for their own personal advantage and av,grandisement—not having contrived the present " situation ".—have, nevertheless, hesitated not one moment in tameant übpeo,notfhiesoazon con senting to accept, at a very critical juncture, the weighty responsibilities of Government. The corn g.tehe. outgoing Administration nothing, %aye oaentary the e ),..u . r . 133 -73r, "Thank you for sa rcasm Ofu„allipot —with the supple- But—consider for the strictest regarda the In-comin.. miniat How very magnanimous t" to truth that it is really with ~etit accession to pow er ; that it • truth we remarked that ers Did Not Seek their pre tastiOalln but literally,that they C is not said fan =gent simply Ito take what is thrust upon their acceptance. And then, remember how very heavy and how very solemn indeed are, at this singular crisis, the responsibilities actually devolving upon the newly installed Administration. There is, first of all, an affair of the utmost delicacy, if not of absolute difficulty to arrange between the British Cabinet and the French Government, There is the revolt in India still remaining to be crushed out, its suppression having only in truth but just commenced. There is the future Government of those vast Asiatic possessions still to be organised. ' There is a gigantic war with the Chinese Empire —an empire consisting in round numbers of some 400,000,000 of human beings —upon which we may be said to have only yesterday adventured ; although that war was in fact proclaimed months ago in direct antagonism to the then DERBY-DIS RAELI Opposition the now DERBY-DISRAELI Government. Besides all this we have a monetary problem of the most complex character to be solved by Parliament under the direction of her MAJESTY'S advisers. And, to crown the w'Role formidable catalogue, there is the Reform Bill—a difficulty ultimately not to be shirked or evaded by any con trivance, no matter how ingeniously prearranged. A difficulty with any Minister, but most of all, it might be feared by some, with a Ministry formed from the old Conservative Opposition. The Noble Earl at the head of the new Cabinet has already, however, given the country more than one signal guarantee —nay, on Monday night, in the House of Lords, he gave the country a distinct assurance that he has no intention at all to shirk the arch-difficulty among all difficul ties, that presented by the inevitable new Parlia mentary Reform Bill. Corroborative of this, there is his preliminary advance to Earl GREY —and more than that, if possible, as a most significant evidence of his proposed policy upon the subject, there is the instalment of the Noble Lord the Member for King's Lynn in the Colonial Department of the new administration. Lord STANLEY, as surely as be is heir to the Earldom of Derby, is, by his antecedents among the more advanced of our libe ral politicians. Consequently there is a peculiar significance, to our mind, in his acceptance of office in his father's Administration. It is be eause of all these weighty considerations in regard to the difficulties of the present crisis that we conceive the Ministry of Lord DERBY is, in a manner, entitled to a respectful hearing, to " a clear stage and no favour," on the part of the Liberal Opposition both within and without the walls of the Imperial Parliament. CONVERSATIONS ON THE PARABLES of the New Testament, for the use of Children, by EDWARD, Earl of Derby. (Society for promoting Christian Knowledge). Probably most of our readers are as little aware as we were but a few days ago, that Lord DERBY was a theological author. Such, however, is the case. And having obtained his book, and glanced through its pages, we confess to being much pleased with it. The little work was first published, it is trne, just thirty years ago, and when, therefore, his Lordship was nearly thirty years of age; but it would be well worthy the maturer years of any man of cultivated intellect interested in the religious welfare of children, and interested specially in the por tion of Holy Writ to which it refers. The Conversations are dedicated to a lady, by whom the noble author was encouraged to write them, and whose approval of them ho also records. We should think they would be found very useful by mothers and other ladies who wish to interest the children under their care in an intelligent study of the parables. I The I.tDgUag,O is er.ceedin 6 ly siaiplo and natural, such as most well-educated children, especially with a teacher's aid, would comprehend with ease, and there certainly are no moral or religious lessons in the world, which if properly understood, equal in simple beauty and in power the Parables of our LORD. But in the spirit of which party are the con versations written ? will be the first question of this controversial age. We reply, not in the High Church nor in the Low Church, not in the Evangelical Church or in the Puseytte Church spirit—but in the spirit of the parables themselves. Except, indeed, by a few references, it would hardly be known whether the author was aChurch man or a Dissenter. So completely are the par ables made their own interpreter, and so strictly is the endeavour adhered, to to make the whole intelligible to children, that while many of the thoughts are weighty and the expDsitions beautiful, there is a careful avoidance of those mysteries which to children must be mere words. We thought, however, while perusing the little work, that tile very ab sence of extreme views either way is an indi cation that the writer does not hold them. Persons who do so can rarely write or speak on religion without introducing them. They acquire a perfectly factitious importance in their minds. A writer who like Lord DERBY sees so much value in those essential points of the Christia❑ creed in which all agree, is not likely to be an enthusiast for the " mint, anise, and cum min." This little pleasant and natural volume, obviously the offspring of the heart as much as of the head, does, however, but harmonise with the language of Lord DERBY in the House of Lords, when he avowed himself equally opposed to both the extreme parties in the Church. His little work is, therefore, one which religious teachers and parents of any party can use with pleasure. It is as neutral as the New Testament itself; its merit is that of a most simple exposition of the mind of the Great Master. THE SUN, LONDON' WEDNESDAY EVENINGI MARCH 2, 1855, MINISTERIAL ELECTIONS. DROITWICH (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sir J. Pakington, First Lord of the Admiralty, was re-elected this morning without opposition. The Duke of Newcastle left town yesterday for Clum ber Park. His Grace will not return to town until early in April. The Marquis de Camelia has taken his departure from the Brunswick Hotel, St. James, for the Continent. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at Albert-gate House. The Countess received a small party in the evening. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, the newly-appointed Russian Minister at this Court, and the Baroness Brun. now, are expected to arrive at Chesham House on the 16th inst., from Belgium. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are expected in town about the middle of the present month, from Wirnpols Hall, for the season. The E .n 1 and Countess of Chesterfield have arrived in Dover-street, from St. Leonards-on-Sea, where they have been staying at the Royal \riot°, ia Hotel for some days past. Mrs. Portal and Miss Portal have arrived in town from Albury Park, the seat of Mr. Henry Drum mond, M.P. Mr. Ralph Earle, late alladv: to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, has been appointed private secretary to the Chancellor of the exchequer. Mr. Edward Akroyd, M.P., and Mr. Mark Drury , th e visited prat9 . I : .6 theutlsi 1 Tuesday , 3eeiv, exhibition e e g ni n: ofuo l ast um the apdl aams Siameseleased u, have left Fenton's Hotel for Bankfit , l , i, Halifax. Gen. Peel has left Fenton's Hotel for Huntirgion. t 4 withit u d .They Parlous Ambassadors n oe ux a. gures contained in the ezhibitior. ORDER OF THE MEDJlDlE.—Afsupplsment to yester day's Gazette ~as been puelished eontainieg a ceieplete li.t of the officers of the 11 itish army to whom !he Qeeen bas been pleased to grant her royal Its ence and permis sion to wear the insignia of the several classes of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, which his Imperial Ma jesty the Sultan of Turkey has been pleased to confer upon them as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the late war with Russia, or as having been actually and entirely employed in his Majesty's service. The officers of the Royal navy entitled to the distinction are—First class, Vice-Admiral S r H. Stewart, 8.C.8. ; third c l ass , C a pt. A. Slade, C. 8., an d Capt. J. Eorlase, C.B A list is also given of the officers of the Turkish Con tingent and of the late Omsanli Irregular Cavalry and Artillery who receive permission to wear the order. Officers now in this couetry who have not yet received the insignia of the order are directed to make application after Monday next to No. 2, Whitehall-yard, This supplement also contains notices from :he Admiralty aid War-office, stating that her Majesty has granted per mission to officers and men of the navy, army, and ma rines to receive medals conferred by the Emperor of the French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan. THE MAILS, pezaen.;7BSßOttleaTtalif.i.ilfhPipTONm ag A d f a s i r e c n h a, 2 ca — pt T a le in e i l i r. oo J t er in nin s g p h ec a i un e: t a o i o l k C h om er departure t o -d ay w i th the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, 73 passengers (among Abbott, took j e D vv r e . I 1 e a r n y d , value rs. Burke, 12,6001 , and a full geeerat cargo. whom a a r t e id th fa e na H4e ); t the Grand Master o f A rt ill ery, Fetbi Ahmed C O N S T A NTINOPLE, Feb. 17. —A nother important per sonage,Pasha the Sultan's brother-in-law, and most intimate confident, is dead. He had been suffering for some time from a heart complaint, which, after several crises, carried him off suddenly four days ago. His place in the Ordnance Department has been given to Mehmed Rustidi, lately at the head of the War Department, but it will take a long time before any one else will acquire his itositien with the Sultan. THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL —The governors of the Foundling Hospital have recently appropriated a room for the recvption of toe works of art belonging to the R e ynolds, Wil son, and other painters of the institution. These include not on l y t h e pietwres by English li°ga rtb s ' chool, the works in marble by Roubiliac and Rysbrack, but also the cartoon of the "Murder of the luuoctnte," designed by Raphael, a❑d now Hospital by P r i nce H oare, and as it was Natishal Gallery. The cart oon was bequeathed i t n o t t h h e e I F en o t ah t d o l t it h g e trustees of the National Gallery, in 1840, on the understauding that it was to be returned when re quired, it will now be claimed. The collection will be accessible to visitors under certain conditions. Mr. William Fitzgibbon, lately Mayor of Cork for two consecutive years, and one of the most eminent merchants of flat, city, died at his residence, at Sidney House, on the morning ce the 27th February, aged 65. Oa the evening on the 21st, about halt-past nine, he retired to his bedroom as usual. The next morning, on his servant as usual going into his master's room, he was found undressed and lying on the fleer, evi dently having an apoplec.ic fit followed by paralysis., Four medical men were imituediately called in, who pronounced his case from the first almost hopeless. Up to the 25th he did not. get worse, when he had e relapse, after which he gradually sank. A widow and two children are left to mourn his loss. During the day all the ships in harbour had their flews half-mast high, and most of the shop in the city had their shutters part:ally closed. EXTENSITE BURGLARIES NEAR LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool magistrates held another examination yester day into the case of the burglar Wuliameon, who was receutly apprehended whilst preparing for a profe,sioual visit to Matcheeter. He was committed for trial. A cloud of weneseee came t rward to idenefy various article, of stolen property found in his possession. He has, it appears, coutiucted his operations on a meet extensive scale, and his " transactions" during the last few months have exceeded 4001. CAPTURE OF A SUSPECTED MURDERER.—Yesterday, Alexander Clayton, a private in the y7tn Regiment of Font, stationed in Colcuester Camp, was arrested by an officer of toe Irish constabulary, under a coroner's war rant dated 9th Feb., cuarged with 'he wilful murder of John Reyaeles at Pertadown, Ceunty Armagh, Ireland. Toe unforteuate deceased was attacked about the end of last y e ar by a gang of seven persons, and received such injuries teat he died a few week; since. The prisoner enlisted itamediately after the affray, and was nrOught, with other recruits, to this camp ; but all the other par ties implicated have been arrested and committed for trial. The prisoner who domes his guilt, was forthwith con veyed to I re i an d to undergo an examination upon the charge. PUNISHMENT OF MOCK AUCTIONEERS AND SWEETEN. ERB —Coogan, the proprietor of a notorious mock auction-room, in Liverpo has been sentenced by the Liverpool Recorder to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour, and to pay a fine of 801. Coogan's assi-t ants, Doyle, Williams, Groves, and Nelson have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment and hard labour, varying from tour to eight months. These punishments it is hoped will check tne progress of this description of fraud in Liverpool. MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL —James Morecrrft, a ehoeiealser, reeidieg at Sefton, near Liverpool, left home on the 19th of January last, in order to collect some money which was due to him, and was not subsequently seen until the 23d alt , when hie body, much brui se d a n d disfigured, was fie n d i n th e canal at Litherland. It is believed that the deceased had been carousing with the money which he had collected ; and that when drunk be had fallen into the hands of some tui,crcahLe wito robbed and murdered him. A verdict to the effect that the deceased had been feloniously murdered by some persons unknown was returned yesterday, at an inquest held by the county coroner, MERCANTILE MARINE CAPTAINS AND THE EMIGRA TIONCOMMISSIONERS. —The Liverpool Mercantile Marine Service Asseciaaion have addressed a letter to the E iii gration Commissioners, complaining .1 the regulation which forbids captains to command vessels chartered by the Emigration Commissioners unless they possess cer tificates of competency. The commissioners, in their reply, say that the rule will not be rigidly enforced in future, and that the emigration agonts at the different ports will be guided by circumstances in granting certi ficates. COURT OF ALDERIIMT.—At a Court hell yesterday, for the de!Tatch of business, the resignation of Alder man Kennedy was read and accepter. A dicus-i , n arose as to whether the act was a legal one, bat the Recorder decided in the affirmative. Mr. Kruuedy, it will be rem embered, was recently convicLed and set tsuced to a term ofimprisonment for fraud in connec tion with the great swindle called " The Royal Briti:42 Barak." LAUNCH 01? A STEAMER FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVERN }LENT. Yesterday (Tuesd iy) a magnificent new pc'ew ' steamer, the Emperor Alexander, wa. succes• folly Tue Emperor Alexander is an iron, g ons, with engines of 350 horse plwar, launched from the sh u i p p b to ui l l d ,2 in o g o. yar S d he of is N b l e r a . u J t o i h fu n il L y a p i r r o d . , intended to run between 0 isesa and 4jafeoerntlea. ~' steamerpe a pr ß ta: i ) r ine k e e doo n ,ff h ,i e si ; ld d rokoil int Alexandria. Immediately after . the steamer was launched graving dock on Mr. English Mint price or 3/ PRICE OF GOLD. quotatioe of gold at Paris is about 1 per ruilie discount, and the shirt exchange en gold it appears that g ld is nearly per 11. sterling. Ou comparing three ... LsLhoairdwdoa,sns premisesitw2se d o i 7 ; t o t o iiteTh fitter.ef i e 17-. 10,d, per cent. dearer in Paris than in L 'actor,. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per r o3 a u_i t i 7 oe s teh w fso i t pr h esrt t a h n e da r, mark, and the short exchange On London is 13.3 i per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore ale , ut 5-10ths per cent. dearer in L ,ndon than in Hamburg. T he course of exc h ange a t N ew York on London lir bill s at 6 0 days' s i g ht i s a b ou t 1091 • per cent., which, when compar e d with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of Eng ) aed ; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of in,erest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion of gold from the United States. ENGLISH SUBJECTS DYING IN FRANCE.—An un married E n glishwoman named Brown, who, after long residing at Boulogne-sur-filer, bad taken up her re-d -deuce at Paris, died in the ho pital de la Charit4 in June, 1854. Sae was at first supposed to be in die tress, but it turned out that she had left securities worth morn than 300,000 e The Government took pos-ession of the property, but her brother and two sisters—Mr. George Brown, Mrs. Worth, and Mrs.jMunro —brought in July, 1856, an action b e f ore t h e Ci vil rribes tl " t to h d e m berry,g P i ne r tti e ll f te e ri c tat t rt il o bob f anu t en hkaatan Seine , fromtd as they produced l e tt ers of he Prere ga t ive C ourt o f Canter granted th e a p p li ca ti on . O n S atur d a y G o vernment, appealed to the Imperial Court to have tke decision set as id e, on the ground that t h e l etters o f admini-tration were not sufficient to prove teat Mr. Brown, Mrs. Worth, and Mrs. Munro were really the heirs of the deceased, arid that they ought formally to have established tee fact in the manner required by Eu dish jurisprudence ; but the Court confirmed the former judgment. ESTIMATES Or THE REVENUE DEPARTMENTS.—Thtee estimates nave ju,t been issued from the warehouse of the Parliamentary printers. They are divided into three ' heads—the C„ toml,, the Inland Revenue, and the Post-office, The Customs, fee the year 1858, will re quire the vote of a grand total sum of 849,285/.,against 855,4821. last year ; the Inland Revenue one of 1,362,2581. ; a n d t h e Poet-o ff ice, one o f 2 , 026 , 031/ . against 1,86 8,181/. l as t y e ar. rh o s uperan n uation, &e., of t,e three departments will demand a sum et' 485,5751. Th us the glees:, total of the Estimates et 1858 for th ese three de ri artment e o f Government will amount to 4.723,1491., against 4,699,066/. in 1857, thus exeibititig an increase ref 24 093/. The items of the Post-office Estirna.ee include 444169/. f.:r the chief office iu the three capieals ; 45,2401. for surveyors ; 408,465/, for provincial offices in England and Wales ; 49,499/ for these in Ireland ; 70,7461. for those in Scot land ; 20,232/, for estaleiehments in the oelouies and agents abroad ; 818,7901. for conveyance of mails ; 138,5001. for buildings and repairs, and 30,8901. for the manufacture of postage stamps, &c. Toe number of persons employed in the service of the Post-effice is 23,846. GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—We hear from a busybody, who has tne entree of the Horse Guards, that the Duke of Cambrid ge intends conferring the next good service pension of 1001. upon hitnsel f f or t h e ex t reme care an d devotion he Las always shown to the r-giment of Guaras, of which he is the distmgui-hed colonel. TIP- , next good service pension after the Duke's %ill be be-towed on H.R.H F.M. P r i nce Alb ert , f or the loving atte n ti on that he hap, al so , at all times, shown to the wants and personal comfor ts o f th e va liant men whom be hat th e honour of oonananding. —Punet, EST NEW-4 AUSTRALIA. MALTA, MARCH 2. The Columbian arrived at Suez on the morning of the 27th ult., with 40 passengers, and 47,874 ounces of gold. The Teviot is expected. THE CAPE OF GOO-) HOPE. We have received flits of papers from Cape Town to the 16th of January. The colony is perfectly ti anquil. We take the following items of news from the Cape Town papers : " The engineers of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company, it is understood, have finished their survey of the line from Wellington, as far as Stellen bosch, where the principal engineering difficulties are encountered. The continuation from Stellen bosch to the Cape will be proceeded with without further delay. The Hermes has commenced her surveying operations in Table Bay. It is under stood the survey will be carried along the coast from New Salt River to Blueberg and Ruben Island. Mr. Mundy, the engineer employed by the Graham's Town Railway Committee to survey a line of rail from Graham's Town to Port Eliza beth, writes to the Mercury, giving the following information respecting the results of his survey : " The rough draught of the report is in the hands of the Committee, and will, in due course, with the estimates, be laid bef)re not only the Graham's Town public, but also the Port Eliza,b,-11 public, and with ample opportunity, as regards time, of afterwards submitting, them to the ap proaching Session of Parliament. As regards the gradients, &c., I am in a position to stati that the line will be under 90 mils in length, and pi eserve a satisfactory direct course ; that 5U mites may be considered hs first-class gradients, 12 miles only of heavy gradients, and the remainder of the second class, ranging between GO and 100. Thus— 15 miles Level 14 „ over 200 to 1 25 „ over 100 to 1 21 „ over 60 to 1 12 „ over 40 to 1 " About three miles of gradient not yet defined. " the summit levels of Bushman's River Hill and Howison's Port the works will he heavy ; in other portions the contrary will be the case.' "The total exports from Cape Town for tl • quarter ended the 31st of December last amount to about 321,000/. This is exclusive of the exports from Mussel Bay, Port Beaufort, and Simon's Bay, and of course does not include the produce of the Western Province exported coastwise or conveyed overland into the interior. The exports from Pon Beaufort exceed 40,0001., raising the whole returned exports of the Western Province to 361,000/. The exports from the Western Pro vince for the whole year are given at about 815 856/. According to these returns, ascompared with the Eastern Province exports (1,064,8691.), the Western Province is surpassed over the whole year to the extent of nearly 250,000/. From this diffe rence must be deducted the produce raised in the Western Districts, and exported for convenience of transit via Algoa Bay. From Beaufort ( West) alone, 6,000 bales of wool have been thus disposed of during the last year, equal to a value of 100,0001. Without referring to further exports of a similar class, it will be sufficient to reckon the large amounts sent coastwise, which will raise the whole produce of the Western Districts to a considerably larger amount than even the flourishing produce of the East. So far, thus, are the older divisions of the colony from lapsing into the decay which sonic of our Eastern contemporaries have expressed their kind anxiety about. " The Customs' duties at the ports of the western division of the colony for the past year amount to about 132,0001., and wharfage 10,5001. " The Customs' duties received at Algoa Bay, for the year 1857, amounted to the large sum of 122,0001. sterling, being an increase of about 12,0001. over last year. " The quantity of wool exported from Port Eliza beth for the last quarter of 1857 was 2,775,6031 b., valued at 186,9881., or a trifle over 16d. per lb. washed and unwashed.. Tho amount expur.edfrorn that port during the year was 14,064,261 lb., 980,790/. This is a total increase of 2,171,866 lb., 339,311/. "The tltal value of exports from Algca Bay for the quarter is 243,4521., or an increase of 79,5921. on the corresponding quarter of 1856 ; and the total value of goods exported for the year from Algoa Bay has fully realized the amount predicted at the commencement of the year, being 1,064,8491., or an increase over the year 1856 of 339,3111. The Cape Town Advertiser has the following : "By the northern post of Wednesday was received a very interesting publication from Kurdman— the well-known station of the Rev. Messrs. M , •ffat and Ashton. It consists of the first three number. of the first newspaper published in the Bechuana language. It is issued monthly, is got up and printed by Mr. Ashton at the mission pros on the statio❑ in the first style of typographic art - , and, if not very intelligible to the English reader, pro mises in its large type to be both legible enough and intelligible enough to its Bechuana subscribers. The motto under which it • appears is ' Kico Kinouoco,' and the title of the pu'.licatiou is ' Mokaerieoa Bechuana, Le Muleri oa Mahuka,' the meaning of which is, of course, obvious t) the educated reader, and, therefore needs no transla tion here." PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The steam-ship City of Manchester, Capt. IC-n -nedy, from Calcutt-t, Dec. 10, and Ga 11.3, Dec. 18, arrived to-day ; she touched at Port Louis on 31st Dec. A large number of ships were in port, and freights low, at 255. per ton. The City 'of Manchester arrived at Table Bay on the 13th JIM, and sailed on the 19th, when Governor Sir George Grey left in a steamer for the frontier. Two more regimAnts were to be sent to India ; the 6th, and the 60th, or 85th, not the 45th. The Himalaya was the last ship which had sailed with horses. Two vessels were loading. A depot has been formed, and part of the 7th Hussars detained to take charge at sea. The Caffres continued docile. Macomo is still confined at Cape Town. Admiral Sir F. Grey, in the flag-ship Boscawen, 70, is gone to the West Coast of Africa. The transport Indomitable, with artillery for India, sailed on the 7th Jan. The mail packet Norman would leave for Ply mouth on the Ist Feb. 2/. 103. per ton is paid for coal delivered along side, The City of Manchester spoke many vessels off St. Helena on the 28th of January. She steamed through St. Jago Straits on the 9th February, and anchored on the 10th at St. Vincent's, where she left the barque Rosetta, of London, with Go vernment stores for Kurrachee, leaky ; the Glen lyon, with coal ; and the Edgar P. Stringer, with fuel. Spoke, on the 2d of January, the barque Alice Maude, 55 days from London, for Akyab ; 13 , h, off the Cape, the Edwin Fox and the brig Matilda, from H :ng Kong ; 26th, the Windsor Cdstle, 105 days from Bombay ; and the 28th, near St. Helena, the ship Erasmus aad the barque Coro 'Jena, both homeward bound. Edesenzers—From Calcu , ta, Lieutenant Mead, Hon. East India Company's Service, Mr. Milne and family, and Mr. Beduquillet ; from the Mauritius, Mr. Aiken and family; and from the Cape, Captain Keer, R.E. Captain Home, sth Fusiliers, died on the 24th of January. RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg Journal of the 21st February publishes an Imperial decree sanctioning the esta blishment of two new railway companies, under the names of the Vienna-Warsaw and Warsaw- Bromberg Companies. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The fetes which were to have taken place on the inauguration of the railroad from Lyons to Geneva are positively postr med, or even abandoned, in consequence of the dissatisfaction felt by the French Government at tEe attitude taken by Switzerland on the refugee qiiesti , ,n. All securities have remained at nearly the lowest quotations of the day. THE FOREIGN MAILS. The French and G 01111413 maile had not arrived when we went to pro% THE MAGAZINES. Dub/in.—One of the most interesting subjects here met with is an able article on "Lord Macau lay," in which, while ample justice is rendered to that eminent man, his writings are criticised in a fair spirit, and with a deliberate judgment. While not particularly admiring historical essays in themselves, the writer remlrks that Micaulay has brought them aim st io perfection, and had he never written arrytimg else they would nave se cured him a name in Eitgl.sh literature. This final passage will illustrate the tone of the article : " In conclusion, we nave but t) express a hope that Lord Macaulay may yet achieve many intellectual tri umphs. We can scarcely expect , that he will ever resume the lyre of the poet, or the pen of the critic and essayist ; but we trust that in that senate to wbich be has been raised •o worthily, he may be heard upon the recent crisis of India in accents which, it they be not so leep as these of Burke, n•ir so interpenetrated with imaginative power, will reveal a mind more keenly logical, an equal fancy and splendour of diction, a sounder judgment, and a riper experience. We trust that on many questions which may require profound historical and constitutional learning, civil prudence, and parliamentary reputation, England may long possess the advantage of his powers. And we hope that if the enormous research required for his great work precludes him from the possibility of accomplishing his original design, 'of writing the 134itory of England from the accession of Bing James the Second down to a tittie which is within the memory of men still living,' he may be spared at least to complete that kreat drama of the Revolution, which was cl)sed by the accession of George the First, and secured for England that Parliamentary government in which, in his own generation, he has taken a conspicuous part." "Gerald Fitzgerald" is continued. This por tion of the story is a very sad one, for the youth whose fitful career is here traced, wanders away from the new horns which is f.rmed for him, and, in an unhealthy situation, surrounded by lawless outcasts, we leave him in a position little calculated to conduce to his mental and physical welfare. A pleasing tale is entitled, " The Ericssons," which does not however, contain any striking incidents, but is a simple domestic chronicle. " Pope and his Bio graphers" contains some just reflections ; it is said that fame depends sometimes on circumstance as well as talent, and from this combination Pope stands forth between the English revolution and the French the representative of the Muses and the embodiment of English genius. " Brial mont's Duke of Wellington" is proceeded with, and gives a summary of that illustrious general's campaigns, which is well worthy of perusal. An ela borate criticism appears on Ma'thew Arnold and Macarthy, which will he agret-able to those who en ter into such things. It is not written in that style in which so many indulge, when descanting on the literary merits of the authors before them, nu judiciously dispenses approval and blame. Tlr following pleasing verses are among the poetica contributions to this number : SPEAK ! SMILE! SING ! Speak !—and as melodious winds, agreeing, Flutter some .iE )lian harp above, All the sentient fibres of my being Tremble to those thrilling tones of love. Smile !—and as the by arcs of morning render Iridescent violets brimmed with dew ; So thy joyous glance responsive splendour Wakes in tearful eyes that turn to you. Sing !----and ah, my fancy, spreading pinions, Floats above the sweet seraphic air : Even as the soul to heaven's dominions Soars upon the incense of a prayer. W. C. K. The New Monthly Magazine. —A paper on Lord John Russell's character and career is one of the most prominent in the .New Monthly. It scarcely, however, does the veteran reformer justice. "Al n wic k Cottage," by the author of Ashley, is the continuation of the story that appeared last month, under another name. It is a painful story, and this part winds up with a tragedy which will gratify the lovers of the horrible. It is written in its author's usual agreeable and natural manner, pourtraying domestic life very skilfully, but it is to be regretted that an accomplished writer should so often resort to the extravag int or frightful to arouse the interest of his readers. " The Old Chateaux of France," furnish the subj.ct for an interesting article, which brings up some of the dark old legends that haunt their sta'ely rooms. Ano ther paper concerning our continental neighbours, is contributed by Sir Nathaniel, who continues his series of Notes on Literature in France, and devotes this part to the consideration of Emile de Bonne chose's History of England. Mr. William Bushby, who appears as interested in the Scandinavian re gions as the lady of that name, gives us a pleasant account of a trip to Iceland. The first part only is given in this number, and as its conclusion leaves him just coming in sight of Heel'. and the Geysers, we presume the next instilment of the narrative will be more interesting than the present. A paper on the Civil Service competitors has an amusing satire on the presumptuous ignorance of some of the candidates. This we can scarcely con sider overdrawn when we remember that the ex aminers at a public competition sometime back expressed their surprise at the ignorance of the most ordinary knowledge displayed in some of the answers ; one sage replying to a question about Napoleon BJnaparte, that he had re-established the dynasty of the Bourbons on the throne of France. "Field Sports in Africa, India, and at Home" gives a pleasant resume of three sporting works, very attractive to sportsmen and lovers of adventure. " A Romance of the L an d es " g i ves us the plot of a new novel by M. Edward About, and numerous extracts. A political article from the pen of the indefatigable Cyrus 11 , dding concludes the number. Titan.—Titan, progress. .s with a healthy tone of cren-g,th and fremhnes9. The original of this maga zin-, known as ilogils Instructor, alway 3 elicited our approval as Leiug a giocl specimen of floating literature and we are glad to see th a t, i n it s more ambitious form as a monthly publication, under the above title, it is thoroughly esiablished. The present number contims varied and excell-nt papers, among which two or three are worthy of express euligy. The first. of a series of articles, entitled "Alw Mitres," gives a highly amusing sketch of university society in England, France, and Germany. The writer's anecdote of his first introduction at the University of Bonn, on the Rhine, may possess a little gossippirig interest at this. particular moment - , since the subject of it has so recently played PI prominent part before our own immediate vision : I had an introduction to Professor B--, whose po• sition gave him the lead among the members of the univ.rAty. One day a note (in English) was put into my bands and ran thus: 'Mrs B-- has the pleasure to invite Mr. -- (the student) for this evening, half past five, to a small coffee dancing party•' The short ness of the invitation and the early hour did not lead m• to expect much, but being new to the Cont,nent, I did not make my appearance till half-past six. I found a large party assembled in a pretty but very small draw ing-room, and afterwards *earned that, aciording to German etiquette, they had been waiting to begin both coffee and dancing till I arrived. Mrs. B-- came up, and at once led me by the band round the room, intro during me separately to every 1- dy and gentleman present. I was quite weary of bowing, when at last she presented him to a young man who differed in nothing from the rest, except that he stood somewhat apart, and as I knew too little of German to catch the names, I had no idea that he was in any way dis tingui-hed. . The gentlemen, with the exception of two or three professors, were all students, and certainly their appear ance was by no means recherche. The coffee was handed, the cups set down, a_ piano struck up in the opposite room, and immediately each young man made his way , to a young lady, bowed, gave her his hand, and conducted her in silent pantomime to the dance. As I knew very little of German and nothing of Teutonic manners, I slipped out at once when the dance was over, and led my partner back to her seat. This I repeated atter each dance, and I was not long in dis covering that I was the object of some animadversion. At length the cotillon came, and I was fortunat- enough to be introduced to a Scotch young lady, the only foreigner in the room besides myself. During the cotil lon I observed that the ordinary-looking young man of whom I have spoken received from the rest. a peculiar deference. Whenever a young lady was led into the middle of the room to throw up her handkerchief, it was sure to be so managed that this youth should catch it, and thus secure the . 4 alts with the owner. At la.t a young lady, with whom I had danoed once already, and whose pretty face and excellent waltzing had caused a palpitation in my juvenile heirt, was led to the centre of the room. Being the prettiest girl there, there was some t o e ß a t ch t c eagernesshth the hanadbkoeur handkerchief; h t i h e e f ; youngcaug caught teint and i pwaserdetermined waltz. When I returned to my p l ace my partner said tome. " Do you know what you have done ?" "Nothing very 'hocking, I hope." "A terrible breach of manners, here. You should have allowed the prince to catch that young lady's handkerchief. Did you not see how eager he was to dance with her ?" " The prince ? What prince ?" I asked, in surprise "The young Prince of Prussia." " You don't say so. Is he here ? Which is the young hopeful ?" She then p ‘inted out the rung man I have men tioned, and added : " I am afraid you have offended him more than otice this evening," " How so ?" "In lea;:ng the room before him." I was much ann o yed at offending royalty, but soothed myself by taking an inventory of they itith and develop ing the conviction that no acuteness' on say part would have enabled me to discover royal blood within him, H. *as then very young and very different, from what be was when I saw him at Oxford, two years ago He was tall, slight, and pile and plain in face, with amootb-chetke and chin, and remarkably abort dust-coloured hair He wore a coat, by no means a n. -w , bottor,d ur. acr,.ss th hr-as . and a some what s abby bisrk satin st.ck. His 4-xpre-s , on, however, was honest and good.naturect, and I saw that his Royal Highness was more amused than annoyed at the gaucherie of the republican Englishman, when on leaving he leave me a kind but significant smile. "The Romance of Ice Fields" gives an epitomised chronicle of Dr. Elisha. Kane's " Second Expedi tion in Search of Sir JJlin . Franklin," and cleverly coniieusei rite sr4v , -ls and sufferings of the bold adecntwers. " Pwidock's Green" is a very read able Wiltshire story, and " Shamrock Lore, with a Postscript on the Scotch Thistle," will prove peculiarly acceptable to the lovers of research touching national emblems. The number is alto gether° a very welcome one on our literary table. The Art Union, Journal.—We always look into this Journal with considerable interest, being cer tain to meet with much to gratify the most refined and eleva• t-d taste. The two chief engravings this nmnth, from the Royal collection, are horn David Wilkie's picture of "George the Fourth's reception at Holyrood," and R. Jutsoni's " Noonday Walk." The first is not a fair specimen of Wilkie's exquisite genius, being stiff in composition, heterogenously crowded wish figures, and incongruous in colouring— the subject was not in Wilkie's style—the artificiality of kings, courtiers, and royal castles were not adapted to his natural and graphic pencil; more over, when we consider that the painter was cramped by the dictation of " the finest gentlemen in Europe," whose ability would have been more suitably displayed in making up a betting-book, or improving the cut of his satin stock, we cannot wonder that the picture stands far out of the glorious halo shed by the great master's name attached to it. The second plate is an exquisite bit of olden sylvan romance, with tho gal lant swain, the " ladye fair," the sportive hound, the embowered pleasaunce and mossy slopes, redo lent of the days of Dorothy Vernon and Haddon Hall. It is a charming scene, and carefully treated under the manipulation of Brandred. The statue of Campbell by W. Calder Marshall is finely ren dered, representing the poet under the seldom united aspect of natural eas e an d c l ass i ca l dignity. The letterpress yields its usual attractive matter. Mrs. S. C. 111.11's "Book of the Thames," with charming illustrations, being continued in her moat pleasing and fluent style. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. Tait has its usual variety of contents , though it does not present us with any very remarkable paper. The overthrow of L or d P a l merston ' s Cabinet, the Indian Governme , :t Scheme, sand Joint-Stock Banks, are the subjects m ost l i k e l y to attrac t the oi reader w o s intere,ted in the social problems of the day, while variety of lighter papers, of travel, tales, scraps and sketches, will suit those who seek for entertainment rather than discussion.—The Eclectic Review still maintains too much of its doctrinal and theological character to be altogether, agreeable to the general reader. A limited class may prefer such subjects, but if the editors would direct their argumentative powers to the ordinary topics of human interest, we should imagine they would extend their circle of readers, and afford them more satisfsction. A notice of Mr. Atkin" sou's valuable work on Siberia is among the topics, and Mr. St. John's " Life of Morraigne," and the r e.,cent trauslat ions of " D e bit an d Credit," form the subject of pleasant papers. —Newton's London Journal records the progress of invention as applied to the arts, and gives a list of the recent patents accorded to inventors and improvers. The intro ductory paper, which is a recent addition, is on the adoption of a standard guage, and " A Hint for Astronomers" deserves considelation. The Usual scientific notices and lists of grants, &c., are given—Le Pullet presents us with a gorgeou s array of modern fashions, which,, if tbeY are not particularly suitable for the present snow . , and gales, are suffi c i en tly f as hi ona bl e an d e l e gant to gratify all fair followers of la mode.—The Gordian, Knot is continued, with Mr. Shirley Brookes' usual vivacity of style. The illustration s, by John Tenniel, are very creditable.—Mr' An,ustus Mayhew's serial o f P ave d w ith Gold Is brought to a conclusion this month. As its r eaders are aware, it takes for its subject the romauce an d reality of the London streets. The object which the aut ior has s e t b e f ore hi mse lf is Il b i r o commendable, and his work will no doubt l' Ars a beneficial effect. This authority o n su ch in aL is indisputable, and while his work, we will hope, may deter some youthful ad ven t urer fromtue fancied excitement and heroi sm o f v ice, it DAY serve a useful end by sho w i ng th ose who are hap pily removed from temptation, the diffic'A . tlas their fellow-creatures have to co ntend a sk Mamma is continued in its usual comic vein, and greatly aided by the pencil of John Lee°h • —Boat- ledge's Shakespeare, edited by Mr. Staunton, com plete: iu this month the play of Henry the Fifth," and contains the greatest portion of "As You Like it." LITERATURE. Land, Labour, and Gold. By William frowitt, Second Edition. Longman. A cheap and revised edition of this work will probably ba acceptable to many readers. Those who perused the " Tallengetta" will remember how pleasar,tly Mr. Howitt can describe the romance of colonial life, and if they have not already formed acquaintance with the present volumes, had better avail themselves of this opportunity. Those who are interested iu the more serious and business-like features of the colony will be interested in e.r.atnin ' tog Mr. Howit!'s opinions and experiences with re spect to the Land Question. This difficulty, be tells us, is not yet disposed of, for though the legis lature are emp.)wered to deal waste lands, the squatter influence is still strong enough to prevent a free and fair distribution. The work is interest ing, from the fact of its being written some time hack, and revised at the present time, giving a, re tr.,spt ct of the history of 'Victoria, and the latest infor “ation respecting it. Mr. Howitt passed two years in Vicio l i a , but he also visit ed S y dney and Van Diema.i's land. The work offer s useful infor mation to iutendiug emi gr ants, and to a ll who de sire to extend their knowledge respecting the ante cedents, the inhabitants, the legislation, and the resources of Victoria. --- The Dictionary of Daily Wants. To be completed in 24 monthly parts. Price 2 s. 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MADBMOISELLB FINOLI. ch, t etr o hx aeeci T iei D usr h i establishedui notices I .-- ibt a lei c n c m o af m awnv p nbo l ec i ur v r b reii e nt accomplish ed shewaw h r i t ith i ch s ha t steshhhes she sang returned cauenseigdcaeslde *osurres at the Philharmonic Society's °°, "'lt Dublin critics are enthusiastic in her Pri"'ev' th e of the concert in question, th e Y 81 %4 a chi -f attraction was the singing of S wv ig eiorn n ra o lld r b a oeiy : Rnitin!gvineit:i Whose young ar t is t e o f ev id ent l y transcendant talent, „ 7 .., Natural gift of a rich and resonant voice is enhan c ed ' 1 juiliciou, cultivation. The signora is richly endow edl nt h t,_b personal att r a c t ions . Sh e i s the belle ideate of a ore 91 70cl u n n i cr l a:ss a o n ci d ate P r W e i ' t B h e s m u a ,; i f c 3 a g l e g i lruiifaonfd Her voice, we would say, is a rich nitzzl 8 0 1 3 r f a n the (Apatite of enunciating xotne of the deep contralto register and soaring in to a very high soprano range. In the aria ( ' wi red w ith tive) from Rossini 's ' L'ltaliana,' she was el:1,0100a ails rapture ; and her repetition of the delicious r manner vocal a rarely patria' was truly exquisite. Unfortunatelyt t i ;y , i defec ever reason, the accompaniment s were hopeind skill °l' tive, aid it required ro ordinary courag strength tas : I " the part of Vie singer to extricate her'3sel difficulty confusion of the orchestra. Her thorough tm-- from the the part enabled her to do so ; and her ihe aud e . l3 _ c .r e tv , re so clearly appreciated by established received an nuanimoub encore, and _......e. h, t b l e i cr u t t a u cib p ac h successful candidate for the verdict of a sliviu What critical 14119111011.",