The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 12, Is6o. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.79. Wirm—Northerly ; fresh breeze, and dull weather. AUG. 13. THZILMOILETEB, IN THE SHADS. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BARomETER-29.80. WlRD—South-Westerly ; light, with fine warm weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. To-monmow.-Morning, Bh. 43m.—Afternoon, 9h. 26m, THIS DAY.—Morning, llh. 34m.—Afternoon, —h. —m rg+ 4--' icit i ', 4!-PJI ,7•; ‘4 l'. , V k -' ---- i --- • ,t .‘,.... .? '. V 7. u !N•>.,,,y - , 4 , Ve i 5 ' •- ~,-,:*: -r\ ‹i‘. , ;7 , 4-`,..,FC , :, ~,rpLiF4O, , ~;.Y lid t. 1 , , H1 2 1 . :* ' 1, 'rant ~~~ THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1880. Granted that so many of our dearest hopes in respect to this Parliamentary session of 1860 have been entirely disappointed—still we cannot look back to it without expressing in its regards sen timents of profound gratitude. It has undoubtedly failed to yield us any one of the great reforms anti cipated from it. It leaves again for another year altogether untouched the paramount requirement among all our great political desiderata—the re form of our system of popular representation. It has left unbroken the most galling of all the links binding Church and State together—that irri tating link of the Church Rates, fretting to the quick so many millions of dissentient indepen dents. It has allowed once more to be " dropped through"—" shelved"—" cushioned''—so very many of those vitally important legal reforms which, in the early spring time, seemed actually in the hol low of the nation's hand ; so entirely within our grasp that our fingers had but to close upon them. Insomuch that not only is the criminal code unad vanced by a single step, towards its yesterday's seemingly inevitable consolidation, but even Sir RICHARD BETHELL'S latest masterpiece, his com prehensive revision of the laws relating to Bank ruptcy and Insolvency, has vanished into thin air leaving nought behind to tell of its where abouts—absolutely as though our lawgivers and jurisconsults had been idly blowing soap-bubbles like so many children. The session is bequeathing to us, in fact, little beyond—that lamentable and illusory Commercial Treaty, negotiated on the sly and passed in a fit of delirium—that monstrous experimental Budget which, almost upon the mor row of its triumphant introduction to the House of Commons, suffered so ignominious a collapse—and conspicuous among all the anomalies of that boasted Financial Statement, the discreditable reimposition (of all years—in the year 1860 !of all men—by Mr. GLADSTONE !) of the most cruel and grinding of all the taxes upon industry, the detested Income Tax —an income tax o f 10d in the pound, or of £10,000,000 sterling within the twelvemonth ! Such are, un questionably, the most glaring among the sins of this session—sins either of Omission or of Com mission. Yet—in spite of all which, in vivid remem brance of all which—are we still to the last, as we have said, disposed to bear gratefully in our recol lection the political doings of 1860, to cast down the apparently doleful vista of these last six months a retrospective glance of absolute and undis guised exultation. For this henceforth memorable Parliamentary Session of 1860 is, at the very least, remarkable ; for, inasmuch, as it has exposed at length to richly•merited scorn and derision about the most monstrous among all the politi cal impostors of our generation. Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P. for Birmingham, stands forth by this time completely uncloaked and unmasked before his fellow-countrymen. And he does so simply, solely, and notoriously by a series of the most suicidal proceedings. The impeccable tribune has proved himself to be after all little better than the moF.t sordid, the most venal, the most huxtering of vulgar demogogues. The unrivalled debater has turned out to be the merest flatulent windbag --the archdebater has been dwindling down to an unmitigated bore. One after another the whole of the hundred arms of this Parliamentary 13 RIA RE us have bee n s t r i c k en w ith p ara l ys i s . The boasted Boanerges of St. St e ph en ' s h as p rove d so little of a Son of Thunder that he has eventually been compelled—in spite of himself—to sing small. We don't know any man who has lapsed during this session into a position at once so powerless, so contemptible, or so ridiculous. Not even Mr. COLDEN, sneakint3 out of the way there at Paris all this while Wfth his peddling Treaty—unwilling to show his face even for a single sitting, from February to August, in his accustomed place in the House of Common s down at Westminstmq Not even Mr. GLADSTONZ with his Bu rst Budget, his shameless ro. vival of the TrAelne-tax, his ruirted reputation as a financier, his degraded position as a statesman, and an administrator ! Pre-eminent, even beyond these—stands forth, in kindred plight, Mr. BRIGHT, the Bumptious BOANERGES of Birmingham. If anything had been really needed to cap the climax of Mr. BRIGHT'S proceedings during all this session—that capping of the climax would incon testibly have been discoverable in the blinded malignity and fatuity of his almost (even by him self) unparalleled proceeding's in the House of Com mons on Friday evening. As it happened, however, those proceedings of Mr. BRIGHT'S came before the House, and through the House before the country, as a superfluous supplementary exposure at one and the same time of his spite and of his powerlessness. Judging of others, we are left to presume by what he knows of himself, he could only attribute cer tain words, written or spoken, in respect to the now intimately associated subjects of the Paper Duties, and the House of Lords to the meanest mo tives well imaginable. The high-priced press generally, but especially the Times--the Coalition Cabinet generally, but particularly its veteran chief Lord PALMERSTON—were grossly vilified by Mr. BRIGHT for the course they had pursued in this matter, affecting alike the repeal or retention of the paper duties and the rights and privileges of the House of Lords—the Tisnes and Lord PALMERSTON with peculiar roncour in every imputation against them, were assailed by Mr. BRIGHT'S particularly viper like vituperations. Who was it, of whom Lord BBOUGHAM once said—that while his mouth was yet 'overflowing with venom as abundantly as ever he had happily lost the perforated tooth through which to squirt it? The remark is certainly at this moment not wholly inapplicable to the member for Birmingham. It is at any rate applicable to his splenetic but wholly innoccuous display of Friday. Lord PALMERSTON has never, perhaps, in the whole of his long and illustrious career in the House of Commons, re pelled the most malignant of his assailants with a more . easy or a more dignified hauteur than he did upon that occasion. Our leading contemporary the Times has certainly never before vindicated its character with more superb completeness, it has never before justified more nobly or more effectively its eminently, or rather pre-eminently, powerful position in journalism, than it has in dubitably done now, in casting back in Mr. BRIGHT'S face his paltry and disgraceful impu tations. Altogether, this really lamentable incident of Friday—an incident so discreditable to its origi nator's character as a popular representative— altogether we say, this really lamentable incident serves only to recall vividly to our remembrance that famous ejaculation with which the late Lord DENMAN (then Mr. DENMAN) opened, and at the same moment epitomized his retaliation upon the Plaintiff in a memorable State Trial, in which that great forensic orator appeared as the Advocate of the Defendant. Applying to Mr. BRIGHT that same historic apostrophe, we might here also epitomize a whole retaliatory phillipic in these few words— " Stand forth thou Demagogic Slanderer !" Under the title, " The Conservative Reaction," the Quarterly has sung a kind of palinode in regard to Mr. DISRAELI; not a very humble one, for the boast really is that the young lord, or the squad of young lords, have brought the great Tory leader to repentance, or, at least, to what divines tell us is the essence of all repentence—to Reforma tion. "We will not pay," says the Reviewer— whom, of course, we take to be the same who did not deny the authorship of the former article when challenged with it in the House of Commons— " We will dot pay the Conservative party the bad compliment of believing that their leader is now prepared to act on the principles which his thoughtless advocates avow." Whatever his past views, his conduct in regard to im portant measures this session is declared to be without reproach. He has flinched from no Conservatism, he has made no attempts to " boil down" Conservative principles to suit the palates of his Radical allies. The past was, indeed, chargeable with " reckless ambition ;" but Mr. BRIGHT'S "ferocious denunciations" show that the Radical leader no longer calculates upon it. Credit is also given to Mr. DISRAELI for being a genuine convert—one who will not fall from the grace given him in his new baptism. "We have a right to assume that the change is permanent," says the noble Reviewer, " and that Mr. DISRAELI has abandoned for ever the unholy alliances and the trimming tactics of which events have proved the hollowness and the shame." Not yet—says the Reviewer, very firmly, to any needy Conservatives who may be gaping for the spoils of office. The functions of Conservatism are two—the first to maintain a " certain set of princi ples ;" and it has also to " obtain office for a number of its principal debaters." The former is among "the highest object to which a human being can devote himself;" the other is rather a " matter to be ex tenuated and apologised for" by taking into account the weaknesses of mankind. Office, to be sure, best enables you to carry your principles into effect ; but practically the choice, now, is between a weak position in Government and a strong one in Opposition ; and Lord DERBY'S hon ourable language in 1855 is quoted to illustrate the writer's conception of the " humilia tion and impotence of an ill-supported Ministry." Moreover much is held to be due to Lord PALMER STON for vindicating so nobly the right of the Lords to tax the people. "Every Conservative owes a debt to him for his manly and patriotic bearing when the vote of the Lords was under discussion, which it would be ingratitude for mere party motives to forget." The state of affairs abroad is also represented to be such as would render it altogether undesirable to supplant Lord PALMERSTON. The aspect of the political horizon abroad, is, indeed, exceedingly well—be cause truthfully described, with the assertion that party movements at such a time would be sicken ing to the country; and the implication that no man would weather the impending storm better than Lord PALMERSTON. The grand object, indeed, of the Reviewer seems to be, to show that Mr. DISRAELI serves Conserva tive objects better in opposition than in office—a view of things, doubtless, unpalatable enough to a great number of honourable members. They must choose, he says, between tampering with their principles in office, or upholding them in opposi tion ; and the latter he thinks infinitely the better. In the former part of the Review the "Reaction " had been illustrated, chiefly in connection with Church-rates, the Reform Bill, and the Pap r Duties—and it is observed that during the past session the Conservatives have been able to "expose and explode a Reform Bill, to save the Paper Duties, and to give the movement against Church Rates the most damaging repulse it has received ? " It is then triumphantly asked, " Can they say the same for the year they were in office ? In which direction did these three questions move during that short and disastrous triumph ? " Questions these which surely justify the political wisdom of those of us who declined to be parties to any factious displacement of the Tories. There L were not wanting at that time persons who sus pected, or professed to suspect, our liberalism—they may now see how Tories, enlightened by events, view the same things. Had Tories been continued in office, we have little doubt that we should have had a tolerably useful instalment of Reform ; and, if they would not have emancipated the penny press by putting the penny on the poor Income-tax payers, they would in all probability have brought us to the close of the Church-rai'e struggle. The working of things is too obvious to need explanation ; the simple fact is that Tories are as liberal, in office, as the Whigs are, That they of course do not oppose their own liberal proposals, on which they rely for popularity; that the Whigs, much as they would like to do it, in opposition, dare not,—and thus we get something. As to the personnel of Ministries, we cannot comprehend how sincere Liberals should not be most supremely indifferent to it. A most amusing part of the noble lord's review is the way in which he shows, too often with self evident truth, that Mr. BRIGHT has been this session the most valuable ally of the Conservatives. "Mr. BRIGHT has secured the Church-rate for this year, perhaps for many years to come." Four Minis ters had already tendered their submission to Sir J. TRELAWNY, and the cause seemed almost hopeless, when Mr. BRIGHT'S unpopularity in the house brought down the majority of seventy to its last of nine ! So the maintenance of the Paper Duty was the next achievement of " Conservative alarms," aroused by Mr. BRIGHT'S " unguarded tongue." " This triumph was all his own," for Mr. COBDEN and Mr. GLADSTONE were but " agents executing his commands." And this was the " cruellest blow of all," for the repeal of this tax was his own darling project, and " it was a cruel freak of fate, or rather it was a just NEMESIS upon his unbridled and unscrupulous tongue, that his own should be the hand to frustrate, upon the very verge of vic tory, the dearest object of his political career." But this is not all, nor by any means the most important service which Conservatives themselves now con fess Mr. BRIGHT has rendered to their cause. "No one can fully appreciate the gratitude due from Conservatives to Mr. BRIGHT, who does not take into account his effective aid in resisting the Re form Bill." Everything, as the Reviewer shows at length, seemed to indicate tliat a Reform Bill must pass this session. It needed a man of energy and attractive eloquence to reiterate truths which it was wholesome for the nation to hear, and "in the hour of her necessity Mr. BRIGHT was not wanting to his coun try." He achieved the great object of showing the middle classes that Reform " was only desired for the purpose of laying the whole burden of tax ation on the shoulders of a single class." We fear there can be little doubt that the bold threats of Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. GLADSTONE, that next year, it would be for enlarged constituencies to decide whether direct taxation should be increased or not, had more to do with the indisposition of the House and the constituencies to urge on the " poor little Bill" than any other cause. The middle-class electors were frightened. The reviewer says that to breathe into the nos trils of his subsidised organ, the breath of a genuine circulation, was a necessary condition of maintain ing the position of Parliamentary umpire, into which he had dexterously struggled"—and the letter we publish to-day certainly seems to show a very close connection between one penny paper, its whole staff—editors, writers, contributors, and partizans— Mr. BRIGHT—and the Manchester school. The writer expresses himself warmly, with all the ear nestness of a zealous politican, but his facts he is in a position to give correctly, and we have not yet seen their falsehood exposed, though the "subsidized organ" naturally denies them. Refutation would be more to the purpose. We have, indeed, no more suspicion than the reviewer, of persona/objects on the part of Mr. BRIGHT, but we can as little doubt, in assenting to his view, that he bas been the great Conservative Helper, the great Liberal marplot of the session. We may certainly adapt to him an old motto—nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, et—PER- THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. !'"THIS EVENING the performances will commence with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. And THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Blackstone, Compton, Chippendale. Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, hk which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To oonclnde with THE CHRISTENING. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will be performed A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris, Miss Heath, &c. A new burlesque tragedy, LES FUREURS DE L'.A3IOITE , Supported by the Zouaves And LES DEUX AVEUGLES. By the Zouaves. After which, UNE FILLE TERRIBLE. Characters by The Zouaves. Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INRERMAN. Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE - ROYAL. .1 - 3. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Ben). Webster. THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby; Miss Woolgar and Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul Bedford and Miss Julia Daly. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 28. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle stalls, SR. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d: Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE._ Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Immense Success of "Mazeppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug 18. commencing at Two o'clock. This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-- EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from MART El A, And Selections from DINORAH, TROVATORE, MACBETH, And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, le, Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists --Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of 'Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, ac., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. ME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DIDIT. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny, who have been staying at Pencar row, Cornwall, on a visit to Lady Moleswcrth, will leave to- day on a visit to Mr. and Lady Caroline Towaley, at Townley Hall, Lancashire. His Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Countess Platen are staying at Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, who ar rived in town a few days since from Goodwood Park, Sus sex, have left for Gordon Castle, near Fochabers, N.B. to entertain a large circle of friends during the shooting season. The duke, we are happy to learn, is enjoying im proved health. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury left town on Saturday, to pass a few days at Tottenham Park, near Marlborough, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Spencer contemplate leaving Spencer House, St. James's, early in the ensuing week, for Althorp Hall, Northampton. The Earl and Countess of Harewood have been during the past week entertaining a select family circle at Harewood House, Yorkshire. The Hon. George and Lady Louisa Laccelles, Colonel Smyth, M.P., &c., have been staying there. The Count of Campo-Alegres has left the Bruns wick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for a tour through the United States. • General le Comte Miehaelvitcb, accompanied by the countess and family, has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert return to town to-day, from Wilton House, near Salisbury. The Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Horsman hare left town for the Highlands. SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT —The Court will sit on Thursday next for bail cases and for motions. The Chief Commissioner will preside on th• occasion at ten o'clock instead of eleven. Owing to the increased pressure upon the financial resources of Turkey, consequent upon the military opera tions in Syria, much curiosity is felt as to the means of re lief to be adopted. The Turkish Ministry, it is said, desir ous of maintaining the good faith of the country, have made strong representations to England on the point ; but the granting of further assistance is out of the question, un l ess it shall be preceded by a thorough and guaranteed reorga nisation of the fiscal administration of the empire. THE EMPEROR'S LETTER.—The Independance Beige says :—" Though the Emperor's letter to Count Per signy, being an entirely personal communication, could not receive a direct answer from the cabinet of L.,ndon, it was not possible to ignore it altogether, and our London corre spondent informs us that the difficulty has been solved by a despatch which Lord John Russell, in his capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs, addressed on Thursday last to Lord Cowley on the subject of the imperial letter. At the same time the contents of that letter have been the subject of several conversations between Lord Palmerston and the French ambassador at London. Our correspondent con fines himself to stating that the result of this confidential exchange of views and opinions will be favourable, but that its effect will not be felt till after the settlement of the affairs of Southern Italy and the accomplishment of the objects of the French expedition in Syria." STEAM VESSELS.—From a Parliamentary return it appears that the total number of steam vessels registered in the United Kingdom, on the Ist of January, 1860, was 1,863. The return contains detailed information as to the length, breadth, dep'h of hold, tonnage, and horse power of each of these vessels, the aggregate tonnage of which is 666,513. SUBMARINE CABLE BETWEEN FALMOUTH AND GlBRALTAR.—According to a correspondence lately pub lished regarding the submarine cable which was originally constructed to be laid between Falmouth and Gibraltar, but is now intended to connect Rangoon and Singapore, three-fifths of the entire outlay are to be borne by the British Exchequer. The shipment and laying down aro alone to cost £135,500, a contract having been made with Messrs. Glass and Co. by the Board of Trade to that effect. The Board of Trade state that they also invited tenders from other parties, and it appears that responses were re ceived from Gibbs, Bright, and Co., Leach, Harrison, and Co., Adam Bake and Co., and Lindsay and Co., nominally on lower terms, but the whole of which were objectionable according to the opinion chiefly consulted by the Board. Looking at the heavy expenditure thus about to lea in curred in a new experiment it would be satisfactory if the public could have been informed that the parties respon sible for the mishaps of the Indian cable have had no voice in the matter. A crown of gold, worth 5,000 piastres, and re presented as of great artistic merit, has bean offered to the Spanish Duke de Tetuan (O'Donnell) by the province of Alicant, as an acknowledgment of his politicaland military services, LATEST NEW b. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MONDAY. The Paris papers of to-day publish a telegram dated Naples, August 11 (evening), which asserts that, on Thursday night, the Garibaldians at tempted to land at Altafiume, near Reggio, and at Candritello, but were repulsed by the Royal troops. Two hundred only are said to have succeeded in landing, and were pursued into the interior. The population of the whole kingdom is perfectly quiet. PARIS, AUG. 12. The Moniteur of to-day publishes a decree fixing the interests of the bons de tresor for five months at 11 per cent., and for one year at 2 per cent. The Moniteur also announces that on Friday night a fire broke out at the barracks of the Em peror at the camp of Chalons, near the room of the Imperial Prince. The fire was promptly subdued, and the Prince was not even awoke. The Moniteur also publishes an article on the labours of the legislative session, and states that the trial made of the Imperial Constitution has been favourable. The Constitution of France can bear a comparison with the most vaunted organisations. SALZBURG, AUG. 12. The inauguration of the railway from Salzburg to Munich took place to-day. At the dinner given in honour of the event the Emperor of Austria, in proposing the health of the King of Bavaria, said : " The sentiments of unity which, as neighbours, we bear towards each other, I apply to all German Sovereigns. I cannot but joyfully direct my thoughts to the day on which I grasped the hands of the Prince Regent, to strengthen the unanimity of sentiment which brought us together." The Emperor concluded thus : " The health of the King of Baxari a : cheers for the brave people of Bavaria." "Long live the unity of the princes and peoples of Germany." The King of Bavaria, in acknowledging the toast, said— "I hail with joy and full of hope the late friendly meeting of the rulers of Austria and Prussia. That meeting is a guarantee for German unity, for therein lies our power and strength. " The health of the Emperor of Austria! Cheers for Austria's true and valiant sons ! Cheers for the unity of the two German great Powers ! " TURIN, AUG. 12. The subscription to the New Loan is closed. Three times the amount required has been sub scribed. Signor Manna has left for Paris. NAPLES (via Marseilles), AUG. 7. Garibaldi is said to have been in Naples on Saturday last, and to have conferred with the prin cipal inhabitants. He left again on Sunday. It was decided to await the assembling of Parliament, the elections to which will take place on the 19th inst. Refugees are the candidates preferred by the elec tors. They openly declare themselves for the annexation of Naples to Piedmont. One electoral district has elected General Cosenz as its represen tative. The Sardinian Admiral has arrived in his ship from Palermo, and has been visited by the Count of Syracuse, who pronounced himself favourable to annexation. Notwithstanding the severities of the King and Count d'Aquila, numbers of naval officer 3 have refused to fight against Garibaldi. ROME, AUG. 7. Tranquillity reigns in the city. The municipality of Rome, fearing a dearth, has demanded the pro• hibition of the exportation of corn. ROME. The Nationalities of Turin, referring to the report of an alliance, offensive and defensive, having been concluded between the Governments of Rome and Naples, states that it can neither confirm nor deny the rumour. But it is certain that Garibaldi con templates a movement on the Papal States, and that he will endeavour to annex to the Italian Kingdom as much of the Roman territories as is not occupied by the French. It would not be surpris ing if the Pope, or, at least, the Commander-in- Chief of his Army, should have conceived the idea of acting on the defensive in Naples itself, and not wait till the Neapolitan troops, which are really the vanguard of Rome, are destroyed by the ex pected invasion from Sicily. RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia has addressed the follow ing rescript to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Caucasus : "The orthodox Christian faith once prevailed in those parts of the Caucasus where Islamism now reigns. Nume rous traces of Christianity still exist in the mountains of that region, where some remnants of the faith have been preserved. Wishing, now that the Caucasus has been sub dued, to re-establish the orthodox creed:but by persua sion, and propagating the Gospel in the mountain districts, we have deemed it advantageous to call all those who have the orthodox cause at heart to co-operate in the great work. For this purpose we have instituted a special association, under the name of the Society for the Re-establishment of the Orthodox Christian faith in the Caucasus, and have sanctioned the statutes of the society, as drawn up by you, and examinel by the Council of the Caucasus. Her Majesty the Empress, warmly interested in the progress of orthodoxy in the Caucasus, has taken this asso ciation under her special protection. In transmitting to you the rules of the society, with our sanction, we confide to you the duty of taking the measures necessary for com mencing its operation, hoping that under your direction it will happily effect the object for which it was instituted. We invoke the protection of the Providence of God upon the efforts of the society. " ALE X ANDE R. " Tsarskoe-Selo, June 20, 1860." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY. The royal mail steam ship Africa, Capt. Shannon, which left New York on the Ist instant, arrived here at one p.m. _ . She brings 46 passengers and 428,012 dollars in specie, of which 421,012 dols. are for England, and the remainder for Havre. She landed all the mails, except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 10.25 p.m. _ . The Saxonia, from Southampton; the Prince Albert, from Galway ; and the• Bohemian and the City of Washington, from Liverpool, had arrived out. The City of Washington struck an iceberg off Cape Race, but sustained no damage. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at Halifax on the 30th ultimo, and landed amidst the booming. of cannon. The itthabitants made a most enthusiastic demonstration. On the following morning the Prince reviewed the troops and partook of luncheon at the Govern ment House, and in the evening attended a ball. There was a general holiday at Halifax for two days. The Great Eastern started on the 30th ultimo with 2,087 excursionists for Cape May, where shy arrived all well. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal mail steam ship Africa, Capt. Shan non, from New 'York on the Ist instant, has arrived at this port. LATEST FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, AUGUST I.—The flour market is buoyant, and quotations have advanced sc. Wheat AUGUST 13, 1860. is also firm, and le. higher. Indian corn has risen e. The provision market is steady. NEW ORLEANS. JULY 31.—The sales of cotton during the last three days amount to 2,500 bales. Middling, 1 le. INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we receive advices from Calcutta to July 5 ; Madras, July 11. The Income Tax Bill had just passed through committee of the whole council, preparatory to its third reading. The two essential changes in it are that the tax is not to be levied from Ist May last, that is, will not be retrospective ; and that the proceeds of the one per cent. intended for local purposes are to be devoted solely to Imperial repro ductive works. Great opposition had been made to a bill intro duced by Government for the renewal of the Dis arming Act of 1857. A public meeting had been held, and resolutions carried against it, in the Calcutta Town-hall. The indigo commission had finished their labours in CalCutta, and were going to sit at Kishnagur, but its departure had been postponed in consequence of the illness of the president. Sir James Outram had returned to Calcutta, not improved in health. From Simla we hear of the death of Lieut. Myres, of the Rifle Brigade, whilst shooting. Letters from Cachar inform us that a meeting had been held by the tea planters to consider the question of coolie immigration, opium cultivation, &c. From Lahore we learn that the strike among the shawl weavers of Cashmere s till continued, and that in consequence considerable numbers of men were out of employment and wandering about the coun try, and that there did not appear any probability of an immediate termination of the dispute. CHINA. The whole of the news from this quarter will be. found in the following summary of the Overland China Mail of the 23d June : " The London mails of 26th April and 10th May arrived per Pekin on the 21st inst. A large por tion of the mail of the 26th April has not come to hand on account of the loss of the steamer Malabar, in Galle Harbour. " His Excellency Lord Elgin and Baron Gros, with their respective suites, have arrived by this opportunity. We believe the envoys will proceed to the north immediately, the state of matters at Shanghae rendering their presence there absolutely necessary. " Admiral Hope left this for Shanghae on the 9thinstant, where he arrived on the 16th; Sir Hope Grant also left on the 11th for the north. All the troops have also left, principally during the early part of the fortnight. From Chusan we learn that the troops there had proceeded to the rendezvous at Talienwan, about 200 miles from Taku. " It is extremely doubtful if the complicated state of affairs at Shanghae, coupled with our moderate demands, may not induce the Courtof Pekin to try and prevent hostilities. The Emperor would thus have a large force at his disposal to send against the rebels. " The rebels have been carrying everything before them. Soochow has fallen into their hands after an immense loss of life and valuable property. The governor and several other officials had been killed. It is doubtful whether the rebels or the imperialist soldiery, who it is said have not had pay for some time, and had taken to pillaging those they ought to protect, are the worst. The disaffection of the Im perial troops had no doubt a considerable influence in effecting the overthrow of Soochow. " The Governor-General, Ho Kwei-tsing, had taken refuge in Shanghae. He is said to have put himself in communication with the allied ministers at that port, and had entreated them to send a force to retake Soochow for the Imperial Government, promising at the same time that our demands should be complied with—a request which was very pro perly not entertained. He also paid a visit to the American minister, it is supposed with the same object. " Soochow is one of the largest, most populous, and richest cities in the empire, and its loss must be a serious blow to the Imperial interest. According to Williams's Middle Kingdom' it contains nearly 2,000,000 inhabitants. It is surrounded by a wall nearly ten miles in circumference, outside of which are fou' suburbs, one of them said to measure ten miles. It is through this city that most of our imports passed, whilst our supplies of silk come from its surrounding districts. "At Shanghae the utmost consternation prevailed. Trade was at a complete stand-still. All the natives that could leave were leaving, and many rich Chinese had chartered foreign vessels to convey them to other parts of the coast, or to store goods, treasure, and valuables. " From Fuhchau there is nothing particular to report. According to Chinese rumours the gover nor feared being reduced three or four steps, and had implored his Imperial Majesty to relieVe him from his duties on account of sickness. " From Amoy and Swatow we have no intelli gence of any importance. Mr. Caine, her Bri tannic Majesty's consul at Swatow, will shortly proceed there to establish the consulate. " From Manilla our only intelligence is that sick ness had been very prevalent. The weather had been very unhealthy. A large fire bad occurred at Pasig, destroying a large amount of property. " In the colony the only event of the fortnight has been the departure of what part of the expedi tionary force remained here. Hong Kong is in future to be garrisoned by a provisional battalion, which will incorporate any drafts of men from home, and detach drafts to the north as may be necessary. Its strength at present is 865 men. The authorities are now laying out Kowloon, and building huts for the troops. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine, Captain Revett, with the West India and Pacific mails, arrived this morning with 127 passengers and 812,275 dols. in treasure, of which 134,891 dols. is gold bullion, 15,874 dols. gold coin, 519,286 dols. silver bullion, and 141,824 dols. silver coin. The Seine also brings the following cargo :-1,100 serons cochineal, 215 serons bark, 4 bales wax, 36 casks coffee, 89 bags cocoa, 50 packages limes, 79 packages sundries, and 163 bags sundries, and 163 bags silver ore. Dates by this arrival are from Honduras, July . 18 ; Grey Town, 12 ; Colon, 23 ; Jamaica, 25 ; Jac mci, 27 ; Porto Rico, 28 ; Demerara, 24 ; Tobago, 23 ; Trinidad, 24; Barbadoes, 26 • Grenada, 24 ; St. Vincent, 25 ; St. L uc i a , 26 ; Martinique, 27 ; Guadaloupe, 27; Dominique, 27 ; Antigua, 27 ; St. Kitts, 28 ; and St. Th omas , 29. On the 7th inst., in lat. 43 32 N., long 31 9 Wr., the Seine spoke the English ship Earl of Balcarres, with troops from Bombay, all well on board; also, Marshal Pelissier, steering east ; and on the 10th, lat. 47 45, long. 11 21, passed English brig Eclipse, steering north-east. Her Majesty's ship Gladiator was at Grey Town ; the Imaum, Cuba, and Cadmus were at Jamaica ; the Icarus had left Port Royal for Ruatan. From the Pacific and West Coast of South Ame rica there is no political news of importance; the country was quiet. In Chili business was satisfac tory. The directors of the Santiago and Valparaiso Railway have advertised for tenders to complete San Pedro tunnel. The rains are two months later than usual, and the agricultural interests are suffering severely. The cattle were dying for want of water. The new silver and copper mines in Aconcagua were daily becoming of more import ance, and the town of San Felipe was reaping a golden harvest. At Valparaiso . exchange still ruled high. On London, at 90 days, 43d. per dollar ; Paris, 4.55 ; United States, 12 per cent. prem. Freights to England, £3 per ton. The Barbadoes House of Assembly met om the 10th ult. The only business done worthy of notice was the passing of a resolution for withdrawing the money on deposit in the Colonial Bank, and the passing of a bill to empower coroners to take bail in cases of manslaughter, after which the House adjourned for three weeks. At Jamaica, the weather generally during the season has been very dry, but late showers have brightened the prospects of planters. THE BODEN PROFESSORSHIP.—It has been already stated that Mr. Ralph T. H. Griffiths, the assistant of Dr. Ballantyne at Benares, is a candidate for the Boden Pro fessorship at Oxford. Dr. Ballantyne himself is also a candidate for the vacant professorship. L ITE.RATURE. Lectures on the History of England. I. and 11., pp. 153. By William Longman. Messrs. Long man and Company. While one of our most popular publishers (Charles Knight) is drawing to a close his ornate and voluminous annals of our beloved mother-country —another publisher, one of the members of the foremost firm in the trade (William Longman), one of the recognised chiefs of the Row, is in a less conspicuous, but in a not one iota less admirable manner throwing a flood of light, the light of a clear and calm intelligence, over the earlier epochs in the history of our glorious fatherland. Nothing could well be more gracefully unpretentious than the manner in which this latter good work is being done—namely, by the delivery viva voce of "Lec tures on the History of England" to the working classes associated together in the vicinity of Watford, as members of what is now fast be coming favourably and more than locally well known as the Chorleywood Association. From the deeply interesting address printed upon the cover of the second of these lectures, we are informed by the lecturer of one or two incidents illustrative of the happy growth and development of this insti tution, in the highest degree encouraging alike to its members and promoters. Referring, for example, to the Rev. G. R. Gldig's lecture upon the Life of George Stephenson, a lecture which Mr. Long man's generous modesty has designated " the most popular of the season," the latter gentleman records the following, as one among the many gratifying results of the Army Chaplain's prelection upon the great Engineer : " Among the audience was the son of the village black smith. On his return home he turned over in his mind what he had heard, and said he thought, that if Stephenson could make a steam-engine of clay, he could make one of tin, and so he set to work. His parents were surprised one evening that he did not come home as usual ; he and his family being most regular in their habits. At last, at nine o'clock, the mother said, I shall go down to the shop to see what can have become of John.' She went, and there she found him hard at work. He was making his steam engine. He could read and write but imperfectly, and, therefore, from books he could obtain little or no help. But ho had seen steam thrashing-machines in the farm-yards, and these he took as his model. At length he produced an engine with safety-valves, governor, steam-whistle, and all the parts complete, and the engine worked perfectly. It was felt by some visitors in the neighbourhood that an ef fort should be made to enable him to follow out his natural bent of mind, by finding him employment in some machine factory, and I am happy to be able to state that this object has been accomplished : Messrs. Ransomes, of Ipswich, have most kindly interested themselves in his behalf, and have taken him into their employment." As to Mr. Longman's own lectures upon the wider and grander theme of our na tional annals—they are in their way, to our thinking, perfect masterpieces of lucid con densation. They are synthetic rather than analytic in their character. They afford a vivid conception almost at a glance of the periods selected by the lecturer for particular delineation. The first of the two already delivered at Chorley wood, and subsequently published by the Messrs. Longman and Company, in a singularly cheap form, admirably illustrated, brought its auditors and readers down to the death of Kirg John, shortly after the Barons had compelled that monarch to affix his Royal signature to the parchment of Magna Charta on the field of Runnymede. The second lecture comprises within it an account of the Feudal System and of the Origin of our English Laws and Govern ment. An immense theme—yet one treated of anything but superficially, rather copiously indeed than superficially—within the surprisingly narrow compass of little more than one hundred pages. It presents to view in effect an admirably comprehen sive yet astonishingly. condensed summary of our early English institutions. As we have said, the whole Feudal System is here explained, and with it, of course, by necessity also the whole system of chivalry. The subsequent re marks upon the tenure of land and upon the divi sion of the nation into classes bring both hearer and reader acquainted with the distinctions dis cernible between Thanes or Lords, Ceorls or churls, and Phralls or Villeins. The building up of the complex machinery of onr Government is then recounted, together with a sufficiently detailed record of the rise and establishment of our various law courts, great and small, local and imperial, the shire-motes or county courts, the burg-motes or town-courts, the ecclesiastical courts, the Court of Chancery, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Exchequer. In alluding, towards the close of his second lecture, to the long agitated question as to the Codification of the laws of England,-Mr. Longman has remarked thus impressively— " No man is permitted by our Courts of Justice to excuse himself on the ground of ignorance of the laiv of his coun try, and it has therefore been contended by many persons that our laws ought, after the practice of the ancient Romans, and our Saxon ancestors, and most of the tnodem continental ' states, to be reduced within the compass of a code which may be read and referred to by any one who wishes to know what the laws are which he is bound to obey. Some steps have been taken in recent legislation, which may be consi dered as preliminary to this desirable result, and several Acts of Parliament have already been passed for consoli dating into one statute all former acts relating to the same subject matter. This has been accomplished with much ' success with regard to the criminal law, which is almost wholly composed of statutory enactments, and we may ex pect some day to see even our unwritten common law, and our system of equitable jurisprudence dealt with in the same manner, though the difficulties to be encountered there will necessarily be far greater. The attention, how ever, of some of our most eminent lawyers and statesmen is now directed to the task, and there can be no doubt that efforts will be made to surmount all obstacles." The lecturer closing his remarks with these elo quent words by way of peroration— " It has been the destiny of the British nation to found colonies in every quarter of the globe, and to spread its laws and institutions over an empire on which the sun never sets. To the inhabitants of those colones, no more munificent boon could be given by the parent country, than a complete compendium of its laws embodied in a code. It has been said of Bonaparte that he will be known to posterity by his Code Napoleon when his victories are for gotten. We may also, as Englishmen, express our hope, that when the colonies which we have planted have become great and independent states, they will have to reckon among their obligations to England, not only their Anglo- Saxon blood and lineage, and the noble language of Milton and Shakspeare, but also a Code of Laws more complete in its provisions, and more enlightened in its principles, than any which the world has yet seen." It is a lofty aspiration, very tersely and very finely expressed, and one (we will hope also with Mr. Longman) that may yet in a few years' time (in spite of the evil auguries of this session of 1860) be fully and happily realised. Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer Ali .Moorad, with wild sports in the Valley of the Indus. By E. A. Langley, late Captain, Madras Cavalry. 2 vols. Hunt and Blackett. The writer of these volumes accompanied Meer Ali Moorad, an Indian prince, on his return to his own dominions from Europe. Capt. Langley offi ciated as secretary to the Meer , having a good knowledge of Oriental languages, and being well qualified for such a position by many years' resi dence in India. Meer Ali Moorad, from the ac count here given of him, appears to be an ill-used prince. He was the youngest child of his father, and succeeded under his will to an immediate posses sion of considerable extent, and also to the reversion of the sovereignty of Upper Sindh after the death of his elder brothers. These brothers, however, treated him with great injustice, and compelled him to take arms in defence of his rights. He was victo rious, and matters were arranged by treaty. After succeeding to the sovereignty, Meer Ali was recog nised by the British Government, to whom he has al ways been a staunch and faithfulally. At onetime he supported Sir Charles Napier with 5,000 horse, and rendered other services, whose value was acknow ledged by the Earl of Ellenborough when Governor- General, who stated in a despatch in 1843 that " Ali Moorad had been a faithful ally when his sudden and unexpected enmity might have been fatal to our army." Unfortunately his services wereill rewarded, for owing to the fictitious evi dence of a treacherous servant, he was accused of forgery, and the Marquis of Dalhousie took advan tage of the affair to pursue his favourite system of annexation, and to deprive Ali Moorad of territory worth nearly £BO,OOO a year. Having repeatedly appealed in vain to the Indian:authorities for redress, he determined to visit England to obtain justice. Every possible obstacle was thrown in kis way, but at length he succeeded in coming to this country, leaving his eldest son as his representative. On hearing of the mutiny he assured the President of the Board of Control of Ms unshaken fidelity, and at once sent orders to his son to place every man and horse at the disposal of the Chief Commissioner of Sindh. He soon after returned to his own coun try in the confident expectation of soon recovering the confiscated territory. Unfortunately no com pensation or restitution has yet been made to him ; and though he was at first sanguine, " as month after month passed without the .ar rival of the expected order, his hopes tice began to droop, though his fidelity of j remained unshaken. " Such," continues the author, " was the line of conduct pursued towards an 0 1 . d and much devoted ally—a line of.conduct quite unworthy of a great Government and as impolitic as unjust. More especially impolitic, too, at a time when fidelity in a native prince, under th e vast temptations that beset him during the insur rection in India, was a rare virtue, and certainly entitled all those who were staunch, at that f ear f u l crisis to the highest consideration.: Meer Ali h as i never, it seems, been n favour with the Calcutta authorities. On a former occasion, Sir Charles Napier complained that be had been trying for two years to get an answer confirming or else abolish ing his treaty with the Prince, and still rema i ne d w i t h ou t being even noticed. But such cases un- happily have been only too common in British In dia, where, as the author observes, almost all the native princes have been estranged from us by our own arrogance and oppression. While on this sub ject he quotes the words of the late lamented Duke of Wellington, who said on one occasion, "I would sacrifice Gwalior, or any frontier, ten times over to preserve our character for scrupulous good faith?' On the subject of annexation, Captain Langley speaks strongly, and supports his views by a reference to the opinions of Sir Charles Napier and many other great Indian statesmen. When questioned by Mr. Layard, of Nineveh cele brity as to what he attributed the insurrection, the Meer replied that he considered it had been partly caused by the system of annexation pursued of late years, and partly by the disrespect shown to native princes by Anglo-Indians of high station. It is true this may be a partial view of the case, but the honest opinion of a native well-wisher is worth consideration. There are persons of high position in London circles, says our author, who never think their parties complete unless an Indian gentleman be present, who, if they held office in India, would perhaps scarcely offer him a chair. The natives are surprised on visiting this country at the cour tesy with which they are treated after the neglect and disrespect they encounter in India. While on this subject we may mention that Captain Lang ley translated to the Meer Lord Ellenborough's famous despatch, which was the signal for so fac tious an attack on the then existing Ministry. Ali. Moored was delighted with the missive, and said that "If even the English rule in India should ever be brought to a close, the noble sentiments ex pressed in that despatch would always remain monument to the honour of one Englishman." Of the late Sir Charles Napier, whose name is indis solubly connected with our Indian possessions, the author speaks with earnest admiration. The fol lowing interesting anecdote testifies that his pri vate character was no less estimable than his public "Never man, indeed, possessed a more liberal heart than Sir Charles Napier, though so secretly were his bounties bestowed, that scarcely did his left hand know what his right hand gave. Of this a noble instance came to my knowledge a few years ago. Sir Charles Napier, when Commander-in-Chief in India, had confirmed the sentence of a court-ma r ti a l on a young o ffi cer of her Majesty's 5,A,; foot. He was the son of a widow who had experienced great reverses. This lady, in her distress at learning that such sentence had been fatal to her son's commission, wrote a most affecting letter to his Excellency, stating that her son had from his scanty pay contributed to her own sup port, that he was the most affectionate and devoted of sons, and that his dismissal would entail ruin on the whole family ; she therefore entreated Sir Charles to exercise clemency, but ere her letter reached the Commander-in- Chief the confirmed proceeding of the court-martial had been forwarded to England. By return of post, however, that unhappy lady received a reply from Sir Charles, ex prassing his deep sympathy in her case, and requesting her acceptance of the draft which he enclosed for the price of her son's commission. Silence was enjoined, and the lady maintained silence until the death of her generous bene factor, when, in the overflowi ng o f h er gra t e f u l h eart, s h e made linown to myself this noble act of liberality." Of some of his achievements in Sindh we have the knowing account Kurrachee is a native town of some pretension, but situated on the margin of , a vast swamp which at low water can hardly be healthful. This swamp is crossed by a fin® causeway of cut stone, three thousand yards in length,' which was projected by th e conqueror o f Sinde, of whieh,. he completed 983 yards during hi s s t ay i n t h e province, !Alb the Government then thought fit to stop this noble work- , Its value being, however, apparent to Sir Bartle Frere, the late Chief Commissioner, he, after much difficulty, o bt a ined the sanction of Govern men t for its completion. To give an idea of the difficulties encountered in its construction I need but say that in order to form a basis for the structure the swamp was crossed by filling date bags made of coarse grass with stiff mud, and throwing them in at low water. Having thus obtained a solid footing the mole or causewel,. was constructed. It extend s f rom th e l an di ng - p l ace at Reameree Bunder to the entrance into the town of Burrs' thee. Sir Charles Napier, whose administrative abilities were fully equal to his eminent military talents, had been but a short time in Sinde ere he discovered the great natural capabilities of the country, and projected means for deve loping its resources, more especially for availing himself of its geographical position, as the only outlet for the produce of Upper India, the Punjaub, Cachemeer, and that brought by the Cafillas to Shikapore, which has ever been a great tradinc , city, having extensi ve d ea li ngs even so f ar di s tant as Bokhara, so that the port of Kurrachee may now be looked on as the commercial gate of Central Asia." • Of Jacobabad he gives the subjoined description—' "Twenty-five miles beyond Shikarpoor, on the frontier of the desert, towards the Bolan Pass, is Jacobabad, for merly Khangur, which a dozen years ago was a small villa with a single well and three insignificant shops' protected by a small square fort, with round towers at the angles, and lancet-shaped crevilles to shelter matchlock' armed defenders. Here the late Brigadier-General Jacob established himself with the head-quarters of the famous Sindh horse, On the same spot is now a flourishing town of 17,000 inhabitants, exclusive of the troops there stn' tioned. Jacobabad is the head-quarters of the north-via t frontier, and by the admirable management of the lea Political Superintendent the country, which a few yeall back was a desert waste, ha s b een c h ange d i nto a shee t o f luxuriant cultivation, producing a return that is annual increasing, the revenue of the district now amounting upwards of 70,000 rupees annually. This has been aceel o - plished by opening a canal from the Tudno, for some a miles into the heart of the desert. In the tract o f lan watered by this canal, the plundering tribes of the border have settled down, as was projected by the great chief wh ° subdued them, and are now peaceful cultivators of land a which have been granted to them on liberal terms, with secure title. So rapidly have the revenues of the frontier district increased that it may be confidently expected the will yield a land revenue of two lakhs of rupees, whin-T might be increased to eight were the project of the Great Desert Canal to be carried into efiect." The author frequently takes occasion to quote from official reports. From that on the Census of Sindh he selects some interesting particulars. "Land in Sindh is, perhaps, more fertile than the soil of the Punjaub. The Indus, which waters it, is capabl e of conveying its produce, at all seasons, to the 01 face, whence it can be exported to various remune rative markets. Not so the Punjaub, whose rivers are uncertain and often unnavigable, and which has no surrounding markets to purchase the or' plus fruit of its industry. The distance from the sea face, too, is great, and the means of reaching it, for the most part, tedious and uncertain. 111 every respect, then, Sindh has the advantage of the Punjaub, in position, soil, facility of transit, leading to remunerative markets--evervthing, i n fact, which tends to give wealth to nations. Yet Sindh if we include her military, is not a self supporting country, but annually draws upon the general re venue of the State." On another occasion, speak: ing of the almost inestimable value railways would prove to India, the author quotes the following Te" marks from an official report :—" Sinde in itself is a crying proof of this prevailing want. There, on account of the scarcity of a coined medium, a great portion of the Government revenue is annually paid in kind; and I have heard, upon good autho rity, that it is not uncommon, in seasons more than usually abundant, to see masses of grain, whi ch ,: n a dista n t ght possibly part, t he horrors e n e d n e th o e t h m e e r an sofm circumstances, itigatn g :ni horrors of famine, lying rotting on the ground.' We have no space to allud e to the various anec dotes relating to the chase which are intersperse d throughout the volu mes , b ut the reader will fi n "' many such incidents alluded to. The volumes a re handsomely bound and illustrated, and we Or mend them to the attention of all who are inte rested in the prospects and civilisation of Uppe r India. 7 Fureidis. By Maria Cummins, author of "Il e Lamplighter," &c. Two vols. Sampson Lois' and Sons. Miss Cummins, whose widely circulated story I " The Lamplighter," a t once ren d ered her one the most popular of American authoresses, has dee. e much to preserve and consolidate her reputation 01 , the work before us. Th e scene i s l a i d in that e l' eastern land, hallowed by sacred associations , about which there still lingers the dignity of a, state which has been over th rown, the reflection of a glory which has passed away. There could scarcely be a more striking contrast than that ex isting between the romantic Orient and the fresh and vigorous civilisation of the West; between the elaborate courtesy and symbolic language of the Syrian and the Bedouin, and the rough matter-of-fact conversation of our trans atlantic friends. Perhaps the very differ ence had a charm for the vivid ima g i na tion of the young authoress. A long course of study of the best authorities had rendered her familiar with happily interwoven her knowledge i nto h er t a le. and she has the peculiarities of Oriental daily life ; She pays her numerous English admirers the col" p liment of selecting an Englishm an f or h er h e ro, and represents him as a singularly attractive chit' racter. He is richly gifted by nature and fortune, though, when we first meet him, he is listless and unsatisfied from the want of some great purpose, some elevating principle' to guide his career. It is reserved for Havilah, the charming daughter of an American merchant, long resident in Syria, to sb°, l4r him how to gain h appiness by a consecration of his gifts and powers to the Giver of them all, and to his fellow m an. of disappointment and sorrow. This she d her own example,aided by es the softenin influence s of b3r The meth p e reserved stranger proves of inestimable service to the little Syrian community of El Fureidis, and hi his generous assistance restores their village, which A had been desolated by a convulsion of nature, an' ro f u o d ree sn ef . rescues them from the grasp of a Jew money lender , who had sought to take advantage of their misfe r " tunes. Abdoul is a vivid embodiment of the fiery Arab race, and Mr. Trefoil, the father of Havilah, notwithstanding his improvidence, is a favourable specimen of the modern trader. The events of the story are full of interest, an d th e s t y l e i s a l wa y s go od, and occasionally eloquent. Some of the lengthene d descriptions are tedious, but these the reader may easily pass over if he choose, to find himself in the company of Havilah and h er r i va l su it ors . Tro ubles of many kinds shadow the paths of the chief cha racters, but the romance end s h a ppily ,as the actorso. in it deserve. W e commen d a ll th e admirers Miss Cummins' former works speedily to procur • the nee; altE Mei tiot act aho me for has nes wai the, of t adN Cot pric 12,( p or Do( be rat] Aft the Li are 78; is h Pa' Pre] Uni bar Frg dec firn 3 ix 3 p ( Nel Ne' hid