The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-02 00:00:00

A. MOST LAUGHABLE STEREOGRAM. Ist of APRIL, MIC S By CROWQUILL. Photographed by U N. LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY, 54, CHEAPSIDE, AND 313, OXFORD-S I'REET. POST FREE FOR 18 STAMPS. MUST ORDER EA_RLY BENSON'S WATC H E S. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Bend 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama and Grand Extravaganza. On Easter Monday, April 9, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry Mr. B. Webster (who w ill ma k e hi s fi rs t a pp earance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour); Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billiogton, Eburne, Powell, homer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (first time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. Ti. P:anche, Esq.. of THE FAIR ONE. WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachr7moso, Mr..J. L. Toole; Connt I'leniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Visco un t Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Qmith ; Graceful. Miss Woolgar ; Queen I.ucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5 on Thursday the sth, and on Saturday the 7th. Private boxes, .£2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £1 ; Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 18.6 d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, ad. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. thnitn. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.— THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizettll Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Mafflo Orsini lire. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor —Mr. Jong,h TB ans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Maclmey. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, APRIL 1, 1360, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the bight. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.21 ; WIND, W. to W.N.W. ; strong breeze. Fine weather, with occasional showers. APRIL 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morniag and during the night 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.12 ; WIND, W. to W.S.W.; light airs. Rain from 10 to 12 Afternoon showery. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.—Morning, 10h. 41m.—Afternoon, 11h. 21m To-mmtow.-Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. Om i4,,l'irfr_i, Z,,.`!?t, 14 1. • Y. "I . e r i . 5!0.1 . Y. ! .- '-1 A I • , 5 " ,...,, , ' 4 ~-11 :Z. , ::."-, ,, , \ If ' ' El: - -.A - 4,-„.. ti‘ % 11 , : ' iiri; tr ~--l p f ' , 7.•;i0• '_.. , ,i,,z.-- , ;;,,, , ,,,,t, --. ~ _.. , 13 . •,-,.%.--,‘...0 Ii THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, !APRIL 2, 1860. It is with peculiar sensations that we take into consideration the newly published returns of this last quarter's Revenue. The Abstract of the Gross Produce has just been issued. It shows a decrease upon " Customs" of £363,677 ; but an increase of varied origin amounting in all to £5,382,877. De ducting the decrease of £363,677 from the increase of £5,382,877—we have a Net Increase of £5,019,200. All which, superficially regarded— looks, of course, highly satisfactory. But then, upoh second thoughts, upon one moment's reflec tion, we know very well the chief source from which this net increase is derived ! We know only too well that out of the Net Increase of £5,000,000-- there are upwards of £3,500,000 as the frightful increase under the head of Income Tax within the brief span of this single quarter ! To put this matter plainly, however, before the public, to lay the whole truth at a glance under the eye of the reader, we here give a simple table of Ole items of increase upon the quarter ending upon, Saturday : Excise . Stamps Assessed Taxes .. . . Income Tax Post-office Crown Lands Miscellaneous .... £1,320,000 66,617 1,000 3,519,000 85,000 2,400 388,860 Yielding a total of . . £5,382,877 Subtracting from which total of £5,382,877 the opposing total of £363,677, under the head of de crease in customs, we have the net increase already particularised of £5,019,200 upon the quarter just terminated. As we have said at the outset, however, of these remarks on the last published returns on the reve nue, we glance down the abstract of those returns with very peculiar feelings, with emotions, in fact, altogether exceptional. For we are conscious while doing so that the revenue returns theniselvex are " quite exceptional." They help us out in our cal• culations in no way whatever, either in regard to the past or in regard to the future. They serve as a reminder that this quarter which has but just terminated is but, as it were, a narrow and isolated stepping-stone, from the summit of which the nation may glance around it, amazed and bewildered—looking back over the some what clumsily traversed fens and quagmires of finance, along which we have been floundering with difficulty, getting deeper and deeper into "Deficit"—and looking onwards to the financial deluge which is threatening us as the consequence of the opened floodgates and sluicegates of ?fr. GLADSTONE'S complicated and wholesale experi ments. Don't we recollect, for instance, that as the crowning boon obtained for us by the system of Finance entered upon some years ago by that most rash and egregiously mistaken of all England's Chancellors of the Exchequer,we have had this year to account for a deficit in round numbers of £9,000,000 ? Don't we remember that this deficit of £9,000,000 has been wantonly in creased to a deficit of £10,000,000 by the wilful and uncalled for and (by France) wholly unreoip rocated abandonment of duties hitherto bringing in an additional million of revenue upon luxuries like wine and silk ? And all this for the sake of a Commercial Treaty with France that was to render further contention between the French and English henceforth an impossibility. A calculation, however which is no sooner announced by Mr. GLADSTONE than it is immediately falsified by what NAPOLEON himself has happily called "the inexorable logic of facts"—the treaty of commerce having scarcely been signed between the contracting Powers when our Foreign Secretary declares in the house of Com mons that he can no longer place reliance upon the good faith or the pacific intentions of our imperial ally the French Sovereign. Again —can we, as rational observers, look otherwise than with qualms of mingled suspense and suspicion at these exceptional returns of an exceptional quarter, showing this net increase of over £5,000,000 in the revenue —when we are constrained to bear in mind, at the same moment, that, upon the most reasonable and reliable calculations, the deficit upon the last year (a deficit which We knew to have been " naturally " £9,ooo,ooo,—afterwards, " arti ficially," increased to one of £10,000,000), will b e expanded by next year, .in all human probability, to one of £13,000,000 ? And the financial magician who is accomplishing all these wonders—dragging the nation down deeper and deeper in the Slough of Despond—is all the while vaunted to the skies as a NECKER in Finance, and a DEMOSTHENES in .oratory There is, however, in the midst of all this fiscal and financial confusion and all these exaggerated eulogiums lavished upon our experimental and blun dering Financier --there is, we say, iR the midst of all this, at last, one immense satisfaction. That extra ' ordinary twofold delusion of Mr. GLADSTONE'S financial and oratorical reputation anyone may now see fast breaking up, scattering, vanishing, melting away as utterly as any atmospheric illusion you may like to mention, a mirage, let us say, or the Fata Morgana, or the spectral and gro. tesque phantoms of the Brocken, each and all of which "melt into thin air," no less surely than is now melting into " thin air" Mr. GLADSTONE'S exaggerated reputation, whether as an orator or as a financier. In either capacity, as we well know, his reputation hitherto (cela va sans dire) has been immense, has been something quite extraordinary. But—for the bursting up of the "wind-bladder" of his reputation as an orator we may here content ourselves with referring to the logical and conclusive reasoning con tained in the closing paper in the current number of Blackwood's Magazine. While as to Mr. GLAD STONE'S repute as a financier, it is only necessary, in order to recognise the utter scattering of that, to consider for a moment the total and disastrous non fulfilment of all his financial predictions and the ignominious failure of all his most elaborated fiscal iiiirgements. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S chief disciple is sharing the fate of IcAßus. His wings are wax, and he is now in the act of falling from the empyrean. Magnum est niendacium et prcevalebit. Who will doubt it after the success of NAPOLEON and THOUVENEL, Of VICTOR EMMANUEL and CAVOUR. The two last, indeed, it is but fair to regard as but qualified witnesses to the triumphs of lying. Pre sent safety was their object, and they have got it ; but they had no alternative between political deceit and the political rack. - They could at first but proclaim their loyalty to their Savoyard subjects, and promise, while they were declining to accept the sovereignty of Italian States, except through a vote of the entire people, that they would not discard the sovereignty of their faithful Savoyards except in conformity with a full, fair, and impartial vote of the whole population. Meantime a mightier than the Savoyards impudently tells the Govern ment of Turin that the people of Savoy were to be consulted in form only, not in fact; that they were, indeed, to be managed ; that popular votes were all very well while it was supposed that they might serve the desires of Imperialism, but as the people had gone wrong in Tuscany it would not do to trust them in Savoy ; that the cession must, there fore be direct from the Prince, who is Duke of Savoy to the Potentate who wills to be Emperor of Savoy. VICTOR EMMANUEL, therefore, is guilty only of that more pitiful lie, which is what Englishmen designate by their homely phrase " eating one's words." He was compelled to do it. The Fretich Emperor's lie is altogether different. It is at once cunning, mean, and audacious. Cun ning, because so timed that it was not openly told till he had saddled us with a treaty to admit his wines at once and almost for nothing, to send him coals on the best terms till he had well stored his navy yards, and also saddled the people of England with a double income-tax, to meet his peaceful bel ligerent preparations against us. We should add, only in this we hope he has failed, to give his own paper manufacturers a bounty against ours, while he denies us the very tags from his dust-bins. His cheating, if not lying, embraced equally a kingdom and old rags ! It is mean, because it is all for one side, and chiefly con sists in a series of petty overreachings. It is au dacious, not bold —we dare not waste such a good Saxon word upon it—because the last two or three announcements were such shameless departures from former ones, that nothing but consummate indifference to reputation or character could have left any man at liberty so to expose himself. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not the man to have used needlessly irritating words " in his place in the House of Commons"—but we can hardly conceive any language, short of what was in tended to provoke an open quarrel or even a war, stronger, from the lips of a Foreign Secretary, than what his lordship said last Monday night. The French press does not know what to make of it, though the French EMPEROR well knew what to do with the French funds. At first it was treated somewhat lightly, and made the best of ; but soon the tone of expression, as well as the prices of the funds, had to go down a bit. It was seen that the English people, and the English Minister were of one mind; and the only difference was, that the people never trusted the EMPEROR, while the Governors were required, officially, to seem to do so. Otherwise, the real opinions of Ministers and of people were, doubtless, much of the same cast. But the EMPEROR has 4 now been told that the annexation of Savoy is an act which compels us to throw ourselves on the rest of Europe for alliances to render us safe against the disturbance by France of the general peace. And Lord J. RUSSELL even hints that the very commercial confidence which it was the object of the treaty to engender, is in danger of disturb ance through this wilful and faithless deed. Parallel, however, with the ignominious treaty signed at Turin, we find the Swiss on the alert for the safety of their boundary. The military arrange ments respecting the neutrality of the two districts which border on the Leman lake were prompted by only an equitable regard to the long guaranteed neutrality of Switzerland. If Faucigny and Chab leis became French, the city of Geneva, and the whole lake with its contiguous territory, would in the mili tory sense be French also ; to be followed by becom ing in due time a civil part of the glorious French Empire. The two Monarchs have even been coin polled to admit a clause in th e treaty surrendering Savoy, which ccnfesses ne t,hatatwhaey:Ktinhgose rights ofof SARDINIA is incompetent to give neutrality which were not in his Power, and that France must arrange those questions with the parties to the Treaty of Vienna, and with the Helvetic Republic. Very well on paper, but who shall guarantee their ob servance by a man whose word all Europe has ceased to respect. Meantime, thus far, we may truly say, " Great is the lie, and it h as preva i led. " If it was baffled in part by the firmness of the Tuscans, it now only hesitates awhile before two coveted little districts whose probable favour is to be that of being eaten last. True, 11,000 or 12,000 people of these small territories have protested against being swallowed alive by France. They are near neighbours of the Republic; they trade with its towns; they like its free institutions better than the surveillance of French police, and the decrees of an irresponsible Autocrat; but what of all that. The great Powers, who are they ? and we own they merit little con. sideration for what they are; and the 12,000 me morialists, what of them. Five and thirty Savoy ards can again be found to call themselves the people, an d to belaud the EMPEROR, the IEmPREss and the b a b y itself, with fulsome adulation. Loins ... , interest expre sse d i n th e matter, and the cordia. support they have received, that their efforts w: soon be more extended. Various parishes in the county have communicated with the directors, desiring the erection of model cottages in th neighbourhood. As Mr. DIMSDALE, one of the directors, remarked, " The Strand Union Company had just paid a dividend of 41 per cent., and he did not see why they might not obtain a similar return and confer great benefits on different localities." We trust [the benevolence and public spirit of these gentlemen will meet its due reward in the success of their undertaking, which well de serves the attention and co-operation of all who are interested in the social welfare of the labouring classes, and desirous of assisting a work of sound practical charity, productive hereafter, we may hope, of national benefit. LATEST _NEWS. The following telegrams have been received al Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, APRIL 2. The Moniteur of to-day publishes the follow• " NICE, SUNDAY EVENING. " Two battalions of the Second French Regiment of the Line have arrived here, and met with an enthusiastic reception by the population, who went to meet the troops, and strewed flowers on their passage. All the houses were decorated with tri coloured flags." LIVERPOOL, APRIL 2. The Royal Mail steamer America, Capt. Millar, which touched at Queenstown at noon yesterday, has arrived here. Her news has been anticipated via Queenstown. New York Exchange on London, dull but firm, 081. FRANCE. It is reported that a note has been addressed by the French to the Belgian Government. In this note it is said that assurances of a satisfactory kind are given to King Leopold's Government, viz , that the annexation of Savoy was an incident of an ex ceptional nature, which cannot occur again with respect to any other country. Public opinion in the financial and commercial world is greatly agitated by alternate hope and fear, in consequence of the uncertainty which pre vails with respect to the future position of the country. The Government has made extraordinary efforts to restore confidence, but without success. Every commercial man one meets admits the gravity of Lord John Russell's speech on the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France. All men engaged in trade were accustomed to regard the English alliance as the best guarantee for the peace of Europe, and now that they are told by the highest authority that Great Britain will seek an alliance elsewhere, they are filled with dismay. BOURSE, March 3 1.—The market has been very agitated to-day, and prices kept conti nuall fluctuating. Three s , a ft er being done at 69f. 40c., y declined to 68f. 70c., and then rallied to 69f. 35c. Mobilier varied from 790 f. to 770 f. ; Orleans, 1,4405 to 1,420 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 905 f. to 942 f. 50c.; Lom bard, 537 f. 50c. to 545 f, The following are the last quotations :- 4f per Cents. . 96 , Credit Fonder.... 757 50 Do. end month — Belgian 4f . ..._ ____ 3 per Cents 69 30 Piedmontese (5) .. 81 50 Do. end month 69 15 Roman ' 5 81 7 Bank Shares Do. Account ..... 767 50 Home Debt 45 /I RAILWAYS. Cash. A ccount. Orleans Northern ditto. 940 947 50 New• Lyons and Mediterran ean 957 1 50 .. 3 75 .. 9128 91250 50 Geneva 452 50 .. 450 Southern Western 587 50 .. 590 Eastern Sardinian 4Ol 25 .. 403 Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London at sight, paper, 25f. ll e . ; money, 25f. B}c. ; th ree months, 24f. 871 e. ; money, 241 85c. e From publicr o r m e cetfnheteellySi feeling displ a y e d t hhaesr AUSTRIA. TyrollEwNe I N ea A rn , MthAa the state their b y h t o h m e es seve ritytoindividuals have be en by Government. d im f P ra r m ov oft "precautiona r y oe:d y i n f orms measures" b find li e a fortress, but such t ro 9 an Bon ds for 40,000,000f1. no favoizr with the Tyroles Wiener Zei Nationaltha T t h t e he referred to in the ordinance pu blished by t h e Minister of Finances on the 24th instant —will be destroyed. The Vienna public expec ted i that another surreptitious issue was to t ake and the Finance Department was, therefore, necess it ated Pace to make the foregoing declaration. Up to evening not more than 2,000,00011. had y e sterday e n sub scribed, and the chances are that not a fourth part of the loan will be taken. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte arrived at Gravosa on the 25th, and they are probably now at their villa, near Trieste. The Duke of Brabant, who has met with great attention here, will leave for Constantinople, by way of the Danube, in a few days. Prince Alexander of Hesse bas returned to Tre viso, where he has his head-quarters. NAPOLEON is not the man to want a pretext if he wants the neutral territory —nor, if pretexts fail, to hesitate to say, I will have it right or wrong. We have much satisfaction in observing that the Hertford Building Company is now fairly esta blished. The object proposed by this company, as our readers are probably aware, is the construction and improvement of dwellings for the working classes. The wretched state of the agricultural labourers in their crowded, ill-drained, and ill ventilated hovels, is among the crying evils of the country. The injury and misery oc casioned by such a state of things is almost incalculable, but it is at once apparent to every thinking mind that the health and morals of the working classes must suffer to a frightful extent. Where decency and comfort are entirely disregarded in the hovels they are com pelled to inhabit, it is absurd to preach morality and sobriety to the labouring population. Unfor tunately, as one of the chief speakers at the Hert ford meeting observed, "there is a prevalent opinion amongst landed proprietors in this county, and, indeed, in the country generally, that the erection of cottages on their estates has the effect of creat ing a burden on the land in the shape of poor rates, instead of enhancing its value." In answer to this theory,Mr.CHEsswirßE,the speaker alluded to, quoted a letter from Mr. NEVILLE addressed to the Times some years ago, which satisfactorily disposed of the argument. So long, however, as this selfish and unjust notion prevails among landlords, so long wily the condition of the agricultural labourer be a disgrace to England. It is therefore the more necessary that private enterprise and benevolence should be engaged in this matter, with the hope that, by proving to the landlords that good cottages can be built at a small cost, without future loss, they may be induced to have some regard for the comfort of their workpeople, finding it is not opposed to their own pecuniary interest. The Hertford Building Society has been started with these objects, and owes its origin to the active bene volence of some gentlemen of the county. It arose out of another society, " Tho Hertford Labourer's Friend Society," originated by Lord ItAYNHAm, which suggested to Mr. ROBERT DIAISDALE that one of the best and most practical means ol befriending the labourer was to erect model cot tages. It is intended to commence operations on a small scale, and the company will probably restrict their first experiment to the number of six or eight But they are not without hopes, from the genera ing ONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1.60. ROYAL ITALIAN OP_ERA. Tuesday, April 10, is announced for the com mencement of the operatic campaign. Mr. Gye has issued his programme, which affords reasonable grounds for anticipating a brilliant and successful season. A due admixture of new names and old favourites is visible. Madame Grisi is to re-appear for twelve nights only, though whether this limit will be inexorably adhered to, or whether it is capable of the same extension as her farewells, may be left to the future to determine. In any case, the lovers of dramatic vocal art will have the opportunity of seeing her once more in "Norma," " Valentina," " Lucrezia Borgia," &c. Mdlle. Didiee, whose name is also among the list, is favourably known as a contralto singer. Pro minent among the new prime donne promised to us is Mdlle. Csillag, who has attracted much attention by her appearance in a concert-room, although her debut on the English opera stage will be made this season. Madame Penco and Madame Nicolan Carvalho, with whose abilities the public are as yet but slightly acquainted, will be better known in the approaching season. The latter lady, who has only as yet appeared in the role of Dinorah, will of course retain that important post. She is also to display her powers as .Amina in " La Sonnambula, Zerlina in " Fra Diavolo," and Rosina in " La Barbiere," which will give the public full opportunities of ascertaining the full extent of her capabilities. Signor Mario is, of course, pro minent amongst the tenori, and it is with much satisfaction we see the name of Signer Tamberlik also. We are promised " Le Prophete," with Tamberlik as Jean of Leyden, Mdlle. Csillag as Fides, and entirely new scenery, dresses, and decorations, which will doubtless form one of the chief attractions of the season. Ronconi and Tagliafico, and the basso M. Zelger are also forth. coming. The famous baritone of the Parisian Opera Comique, M. Faure, is likewise announced, and will probably appear as Hoel in " Dinorah," of which character he was the original representative. " Fidelio" will be produced for the first time at the new theatre, with Mdlle. Csillag as Leonora. Cimarosa's " IVlatrimonio Segreto" will also be revived, which it well deserves. The old favourite operas of the repertoire are announced for repeti tion, with powerful casts, and the orchestra and chorus, under the efficient guidance of Mr. Costa, leave little to desire. With respect to the ballet little is told us, but Mdlle. Zina Richards' abilities are well known, and probably new debutantes will support her. Four grand conceits are likewise an nounced during the season, to take place in the Floral Hall. At one of them, Gluck's " Orpheus and Eurydice" is promised, illustrated with cos tume, scenery, and decoration. Altogether, the programme promises well, and we may hope, from Mr. Gye's known ability as manager, and the effi ciency of his company, that the fulfilment will be highly satisfactory to the public. JIIE MAGAZINES. Islaekwoeci's Magazine. There is an excellent article here, entitled "Par liamentary Duelling," which we can hardly too strongly recommend to general perusal, cotitainifig as it does such forcible sketches and correct criti cisms. It is really quite a relief, at this present juncture, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer seems to exercise a mesmeric influence over so many minds, to find a writer bold enough openly to at tack him, and dexterous enough to demonstrate most clearly the fallacies of his arguments, the sophistries of his conduct, and the general glamour that he casts over men, with abilities that are first rate, but have no pretensions to rank him as a genius, still less to constitute him the unquestioned wielder of our destinies and the fixer of the fate of generations yet to come. The most striking proof is here adduced of the make-up style of his elo quence, that no one can refer to his speeches after wards. They are as evanescent in their impression as they are powerful in their effect. " Who remembers a speech of Mr. Gladstone's, who can quote any of his expressions. We cannot call to mind a single phrase which he has originated, and which has taken just hold on the popular mind." It is said that Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Bright are supposed to rank after Mr. Gladstone; but " who cannot call to mind dozens of their phrases which have become household words, founders of thought, and the watchwords of party." The following re marks on the opinions of those who persist in call ing Mr. Gladstone the first orator of the day, are admirable. " What would his speeches be without his 'go ?' His speeches are not seldom contrasted with those of Mr. Dis raeli, who, fro m hi s b e i ng sometimes deficient in go,' invites the depreciatory comparisons of those who swear by Gladstone. 'We hope that we can treat of this question on purely critical grounds and without any party bias. We believe that the most impartial judges will agree with us in thinking that, h owever great may be Mr. Gladstone's b pre- sent ascendancy in the House of Commons, Mr. Disraeli's speeches will generally bear a closer examination. Mr. Disraeli scarcely ever opens his mouth without letting fall some remarkable expression, without propounding some novel fact, or without starting some original and subtle ar gument in which we see distinctly the man of genius. Mr. Gladstone has his excellencies, but they are not of this cha racter. They are summed up in the words—readiness, ra pidity, and rage. These are marvellous qualities, in spite of the fact that they are apt to degenerate into rashness ; but we protest against the assumption that qualities such as these are sufficient to constitute oratory entitled to be described as transcendent. To those who speak of Mr. Gladstone's speeches as transcendent and Demosthenic, we would put the simple question: Whether any one could possibly regard them as models of argument or composi tion, and would think it worth while to analyse them, reason by reason and phrase by phrase ? We imagine that Mr. Gladstone's eloquence would be much more truthfully described as refined rant. Let us not be mistaken. The public are apt to imagine that refinement and rant are in compatible. They suppose that a ranter must be an igno rant, vulgar fellow, who succeeds only by roaring. And at first sight we have little doubt that some persons will see only a paradox in the assertion that a gentleman,—wh o moves in the hi g h es t c i rc l es of society, who b is skilled in the elaboration of facts and figures, and whohas been so highly educated that he is chosen to represent the University of Oxford; astonishes the members for the manufacturing boroughs by the Latin he quotes, and sends forth three great volumes on the most celebrated poet of antiquity, should be guilty of rant. I s S au l a l so among theprophets? And is Glastone also among the ranters ? We mean se riously what we say. We are not of those who subscribe to the vulgar dictum that the test of eloquence is the mo mentary effect which it produces. If that were a correct test, then indeed the Whitfields, the Spurgeons, the Pun shons, and the Gladstones, would be the greatest of all orators, for the effect they produce is quite marvellous. But read their orations —or, still better, read what they are pleased to write withthe utmost care, and then say whether there is anything in their thoughts, or in their manner of expression, which entitles these men to be regarded as the greatest masters of persuasive thought and eloquent lan• guage. of the Prince to sublime a wild fc'idl tYf the sea-begg into a national deliverance." Tht,3 ndmirable toleration which the prince di- played in religions matters forms another subject for the critic's appfoal. The age of religious warfare is invariably the ago of persecution: But William of Orange was too really great a than to be blinded even by his religious fervour and the cruelty of his oppo nents. His letter to the magistracy of Middelburg shows a consistent toleration rare indeed during the troubled times of the middle ages. When summing up the chief features of his character the author writes as follows : " The value of a character like this, not alone to his own countrymen, but to us and to all time, it is difficult to over rate. It is so seldom that the hero of a religious revolu • tion is not a bigot or a fanatic ! Some of the worst crimes, many of the most childish blunders, that history records have been committed by these men. They too frequently, moreover, excite our contempt and indignation by their con ceited rejection of what they are pleased to call the weapons of the flesh.' The sword of the Lord and of Gideon has sometimes been drawn with wisdom and cun ning ; it is oftener, however, the watchword of men who, by their own fanatical folly and negligence, invite the defeat which they merit and suffer. But here at last is a religious hero of quite another stamp—a man of God, and yet a man of the world ; a soldier of the Cross, and yet a sagacious captain ; a good Christian, and yet a great statesman ; pro foundly devout, and yet profoundly politic. Ido not,' he exclaims emphatically, calumniate those who tell us to put our trust in God. That is my opinion also. But it is trust ing God to use the means which He places in our hands, and to ask that his blessing may come upon them.' " Though necessarily brief and incomplete as a me moir of this remarkable man, thepaper is full of at traction and will repay perusal. An article on a comprehensive question, " Why virtue and merit are so rarely rewarded," follows, in which the pro blem is solved by the assertion that unmixed virtue and pure intellectual ability are not sufficient to obtain success. A combination and addition of lower qualities is needed; an admixture of tact, energy, and . other ingredients is necessary to pro duce a man who is capable of obtaining success. The writer cites among other instances that of James Watt, the engineer, whose wonderful inventions which have so materially affected the whole civil ised world, would probably not have raised him from poverty and obscurity, but for his fortunate connection with the energetic and business-like Boulton. In every sphere of life according to this author energy is the one thing needful, and over scrupulosity is often a great hindrance. Without entirely coinciding with his view which, if carried out, would infer that no successful man is burdened with over much principle, there can be little doubt that tact, perseverance, and energy, a readiness to seize the opportunity and skill to make the most of it, are often far more important aids to success than helpless or listless talent. A paper on Dr. Vaughan's valuable contribution to our national history gives a summary of those Revolutions of Race which form the subject of his first volume. A treatise on Metaphysics, discusses the rival theories of Hume and his successors. The " Hints for Va gabonds" take the pleasant land of Tyrol for their subject, and advise the wanderer to explore its hills and valleys, directing him as to the route he should take, and various other particulars. The fourth chapter of the papers on "The literary suburb of the Eighteenth Century" continues its pleasant sketches of the nightingale of Twickenham. his villa, his grotto, and his visitors. "The Publica tion of Letters Nuisance" is a strong protest against the unfair practice, which we are sorry to see gain ing ground, of printing the private and familiar correspondence of celebrities lately deceased. The recent discussions on certain passages of Von Hum boldt's letters have doubtless given rise to this paper, but its strictures are of much wider applica tion. It is most unfair, because a man has gained a degree of celebrity, which gives an importance to all his published opinions, that his casual remarks and careless phrases should be dragged before the public, to convey, perhaps, an entirely false impres sion to readers who are unacquainted with the cir cumstances under which he wrote. As the writer of these pages remarks, the result will inevitably be, that men of any note will be afraid to commit themselves by the free expression of their casual thoughts, but will take refuge in careful formality in their most familiar letters. " - Wheat and Tares" is continued ; the present instalment contains the rejection of the Dean's proposals by Rachel, and some suspicious hints that Rex's allegiance to the absent Ella is not altogether unshaken. " What are we coming to ?" is the report of a conversation on the present unsatisfactory aspect of European affairs, held in a railway carriage, by four travel lers, during a night journey from Edinburgh to London. The introductory anecdotes on railway conversation are very amusingly told. inflicted on led ship is furnished to the Admirall of it would be well if s ome independent meml,-er the House of C ommons w ou ld move for a return al the dirferent kinds of punishment inflicted on boat of each ship in the navy, and the number of ru gli who have been punished. In the report of the recent screw trials, after all account of the various alterations and improve; ments lately made, we are i n f orme d th a t at the tria l of the Mersey, in March, 1859, the vibration vl s . so great as a l most to prevent conversation on t. o e . poop, and ( we quote verbatim) "to ascend the, mizen or f ore r i gg i ng would have b een to an exPert seaman a hazardous exploit." Verily our song B must have become exceedingly n e r vous, or the poor Mersey will soon fall t o pieces, and her death lie recorded as " Di e d from excessive palpitation t her engines." Th ere i s a c h apter on rifled carol but this subje c t i s f am ili ar to the publio ; and ° the campaign i n th e C r i mea an d the expediti onto Kinburn we have all surely had enough. Bentley's Miscellany. Number three of Victor Gonache's letters 011 " Annexation, Free T ra d e , an d R e f orm " i s a e °ll. tinuation of the sa ti r i ca l attac k on the notions.ey en tertained by the p eo pl e o f F rance, of E ngl i s hh po and English nati ona l f ee li ngs. Si r R o b er t Peel comes in for a sha re o f p i ty an d contempt, r!' Gonache conside r i ng it t o b e nothin more tn' a . natural that Fran ce should take g the P r° r vinces of the Rhi ne , an d ma k e t h at what nature evid en tl y i nten d ed i t to be, WA boundary line bet ween L a B e ll e France an Germany. But h e i s v i rtuous l y i ndignan t France, and mo re p roper l y h er Imperial ruler, being charged w ith en t erta i n i ng a grasping po l l et " Now is not thi s , mon c h er Al fred, unjust to th last degree ? T o ascr ib e an aggressive policy, I 1",,,, IP Ju not say to France, b u t t o h er present ruler ! him whose moderatio n was so s i gnally displaye d Villafranca, when no thi ng rema i ned but the bagatelle of f orc i ng t h e f amous Quadr il a te' , rat ! To him w h om no l ust of conquest al' lured, who only went to war for an ides , " Ovindean Grange is continued." The cool bearing of Lord Wilmot and Clavering Alaunsel carry ne t the character always supposed to belong to the up' fortunate cavaliers. The despair of old Colonel Alaunsel at the arrest of his son, and his indiffer ence as to what becomes of himself, is finely de' scribed, and stand s i n s t rong contrast to the rough and almost brutal bearing of the Puritan sergeant. The flight of the cavalier, and the pursuit of the determined and relentless Stelfax over the South Downs, and th e d esperate expedient o f 1 the fugitive to descend the s h arp &ell' vity at the Devil's Dyke, into the valley beneath which is frustrated by the inexorable pursuer who dares not follow, but who, by shoot ing the cavalier's horse, precipitates the gallant, animal, together with it s r id er , t o t h e bottom 0.1 the steep encampme n t, s h ows th at the author 16 both well acquainted with the country, and has lost none of his old power of description. The chapter on French comedy and comedians is original. TO following extract is the best recommendation We can give it : "Up to the year 1552 the French, so greedy of spec; tacles, knew no others than what were termed mysteries, sorties,' and ' moralities.' Priests, who subsequently anathematised play-actors, were themselves the first come' diens. In the Middle Ages every festival of the Church was a drama, with scenes and costumes. The trouvereS and troubadours went at the same epoch from town to town, and from castle to castle, reciting and playing dia logues of love or satire. Such, according to the brothers Parfait, was the origin of the dramatic poem in France. Thus it was, also, that the lay element being superadded to the religious—the priests on one side and the troubadours, en the other—dram a tic ar t was engen d ered. The union of the two first took place on the return of the pilgrims froni the Holy Land, when scenes from the Evangelists were added to dramatic representations of the Crusades. In 140 the brotherhood of the Passion obtained letters patent from Charles VI. as masters and conductors of mysteries,' more especially of le mystere de la Passion;' and this separation of laity from Church roused the jealousy and indignation of the clergy to the utmost. They, indeed, according to M. Emile Deschanel, never forgot or forgave the separa tion." " Gurney; or, Two Fortunes," is continued; and "Mingle, Mangle," by Monkshood, this month, treats of Stream Sounds, and is, as usual, interest ing ; and, to those who desire a good laugh, we would recommend the perusal of" The Mischief done by My Photograph ;" or " How One Fire Lit up Another." LITERATURE. The Graduated Series of Reading Lesson Books. Book the Third. Longman. This book is divided into four parts—Miscella neous, Descriptive Travel, Natural History, a nd Historical Narrative. The first part contains a variety of amusing reading, from which, notwith standing its light character, a good deal of infor mation is to be gathered. It concludes with a col lection of poems selected from the works of dis tinguished authors. In the portion devoted to de scriptive travel some interesting facts are brought to the notice of the reader. The following remarks on the Goodwin Sands is a sample : " Everybody has heard, and heard with awe, of the Good win Sands. They have heard strange wild stories, not only of their danger, but of their or i g i n. H ow where they now yawn to engulf ships, once s t oo d fi rm land—an island belonging to b the famous Earl Godwin, father of King Ha rold ; and really, so rarely is tradition without truth, that we are inclined to believe strong land did once lie where now the Sands are. . If so, however, it must have been centuries and centuries before Godwin was born ; it must have happened at a time beyond all written record ; but that tradition may carry back so far is proved by the fact that several nations, cut off from all the rest of the world, and without a leaf of writing, repeat to their children, to this day, some vague story of the Deluge. " Old legions of the old historians, however, insist on as cribing th transformation of an island to the Goodwin Sands to the time of Earl Godwin himself. . By some it is said that a great feast was held on the island in honour of the marriage of the earl's daughter; that the ca s tl e was full of noble guests, and th a t th ere was dancing, and gaiety, and all the mad frolic of the time ; that in the height of midnight mirth a tempest rose, and in the morning the castle and the houses were gone. and nothing left but the raging sea and the gulfing sands. . Others say that the earl once made an unsuccessful foray into Kent. Being in great peril, he made a solemn vow that if he were de livered from the desperate situation he was then in, he would build a steeple at Tenterden in honour of the Virgin. . His vows were heard ; and he was so absorbed in the building of the steeple that he neglected the sea-walls of his island, and the sea, pouring in upon it in the height of a storm and earthquake, totally destroyed it. . This story, no doubt, is the origin of the story that Tenterden steeple w as the cause of the Godwin Sands. Again, Hector 13oethius, a writer who lived at the close of the fifteenth century, says, ' About the end of the reign of King William Rufus there was a sudden and mighty inundation of the sea, by whieh a great part of Flanders was drenched and lost, and the same storm violently overwhelmed Earl God win's isle with a light sand, and it became a most dreadful gulf, and ship-swallower.' " Under the head of Natural History we learn how the Esquimaux hunter contrives to destroy the bear, and the care with which his dogs are taught to keep out of danger while retarding the escape ,of the quarry, and other matters relating to quad rupeds. The historical narrative is confined to sketches—which, however, are sufficiently copious for a work intended for general instruction. The leading features of a history being once read, any desire for more complete information can be gra tified by recourse to the particular history in ques tion. lain or Ringlets. By the author of " Handley Cross," " Sponge's Tour," &c. Bradbury and Evans. MANAGERIAL ADDRESSES. The prm-paschal season having been brought to its termination on Saturday night, three sections of the public were almost simultaneously addressed by as many theatrical managers in different parts of London. Madame Celeste at the conclusion of the perform- , ance at the Lyceum delivered the following ad dress : "`LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—My first season within these walls comes to a close to-night, and I stand before you in my real character of your faithful and attached ser vant, to render an account of my service. I opened this theatre, under many difficulties and some discouragement, with the hope of making it a place of intellectual amuse ment that should be second to none in London. I opened it with the intention of working honestly and working hard as its directress. I opened it with the purpose of gradually blending its various departments into an intelligent and picturesque union that should really be expressive of the story told. I trust that what you have seen on this stage, under my management, has not been unworthy of these as pirations. Although I received ray education as an artiste in France, and my tongue is faithful to my native country, in an English theatre lam in spirit an English woman. I have produced none but pieces by English writers—the music at my feet is under English direction, the admired pictures behind me are by an English painter, and the sup port I have received from all around me has been truly English in its kindness and goodwill. Ladies and gentle men, on the Ist of October next I commence a lease of this theatre for a term of years ; in the meantime I shall not be idle, but shall strengthen my resources (as I have already begun to do) in every possible way. The season now con cluded has been a mere preface to a book not yet com - menced. Trust me, every page of that book shall be as good as I can make it, and I hope it will be long before you wish it at an end. Until next season, ladies and gen tlemen, in the name of my brother and sister artistes, no less than on my own part, I thankfully wish you happiness and bid you farewell. I shall see this curtain fall to-night unwillingly and sorrowfully; I shall see it rise on the Ist of next October hopefully and joyfully; until then fare well." Mr. Harris at the Princess's indulged his audi ence with imagery of the nautical kind. His good ship had been refitted, re-manned, re-freighted, and taken into the "speculative waters of the Theatrical Ocean" by a somewhat young hand in managerial navigation, and he alluded to foul weather that had assailed him at the commence ment of his journey, merely to bring forward the pleasing fact that by dint of good seamanship and a willing crew he had been able to make his first port safely and securely with colours flying. These figurative statements were followed by the announce ment that Mr. Phelps would appear at the Prin cess's on Easter Monday as Sir Pertinax INPSyco phant, and go through a series of his favourite parts. Shunning all imagery, nautical, literary, or other wise, Mr. B. Chattcrton, of the St. James's, dwelt with pride on the singular fact that his season had last six months, a duration not accomplished at that theatre within the last 15 years. Pleased with his success and overflowing with gratitude to his patrons, he intends to re-open OR Easter Mon day with anew burlesque by Mr. Leicester Buck ingham. SURREY TREATI7B. On Saturday evening last Miss Marriott took her benefit at this theatre, at which she is a very great favourite, and was honoured with a crowded audience. The entertainments commenced with the play "Love's Sacrifice," in which Mr. Creswick sustained the part of Mathew Elmore with great ability. It is to be regretted that good plays of this description are not often represented at this theatre, but the spirited managers must be the best judges of the class of pieces that attracts most to the exchequer. Miss Marriott's Mar garet was a fine display of artistic talent, as every phase of the part was wrought out with judgment, earnestness, and fidelity. At the the termination of the play Miss Marriott and Mr. Creswick received the usual theatrical honours. A variety of entertainments followed, and the performance concluded with " Rob Roy." The part of Francis Osbaldiston was sustained by Mr. Henry Manley; and certainly we cannot re collect the time when we were so delighted as we were with his singing of " My love is like the red, red rose," and several other favourite ballads. The bill informed us that the gentleman in question was a singer in the provinces, but we very much doubt whether we have a superior musician on the London boards. His voice is of great sweetness and flexibility,and, that which is in the greatest demand in the metropolis, a pure tenor. We have often heard of the difficulty of procuring a good Eng lish tenor singer for grand opera, but here is a proof of that which we have often stated, viz., that they only want looking after in the provinces. The audience were in raptures with Mr. Manley, and it we mistake not he will make his mark in London. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Colonel Purves and Lady Geraldine Somerset, left their residence in the Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace, on Saturday, for Cambridge cottage, Kew, for the Easter holidays. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and family left St. James's-square on Saturday for Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, for the Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley have left town for Knowsley -park, Lanca shire, for the Parliamentary recess. Reference is made to the skirmishes that ensued between the rivals par excellence in the debates on the budget. It is said that the leader of the Oppo sition has not had justice rendered to his brilliant answer to his opponent, when he spared no taunt that he could employ on the first night of the ques tion. The newspapers have practically ignored what was a masterpiece. This is not to be won dered at when we remember the Gladstone mania that pervades the press, with but very few excep tions. It is also satisfactory to find mention made of Mr. Gladstone's contemptuous manner. He skoald remember that arrogance and anger are n o t arguments, b u t h e h as b ecome a convert to the Whig code of etiquette, and in forsaking the Conservatives he took a long farewell of that gracious manner, that dignified bearing which pre-eminently dis tinguished all their ranks when in power, and in which their opponents, under whatever leader they are ranged, are always lamentably deficient. Mr. Horsman's speech must not be omitted from a favourable mention, and really that hon. member has added immensely to his reputation, and stands forth a shining example to the host of independent Liberals who face the world in arms when the des tinies of the country are entrusted to benighted Tories, but who are as meek as lambs when the Liberal cause is deserted and betrayed by their leaders. Some extracts are given of Mr. Hors man's speech on the paper duties, which are perfect in their way, and which are worthy of notice to ali who may have passed them on in the whirl of affairs. They are telling and they are true. It is this which gives to satire its sting, and all except the most determined and devoted adherents to the Chancellor will add their testimony to the singular merit of these pages. Perhaps the most startling truth was, after speaking of shams, to exclaim— "ln the estimation of most people, probably, Mr. Gladstone's presence on the Ministerial Bench was the greatest sham of all." It is impossible in the limits of a cursory notice to do justice to the many , points of interest and importance to be found inter spersed in this admirable article. It is to be appre ciated not only from the matter it contains, but from the manner it evinces. Now is the time for all who can, to express themselves strongly against the tyranny exercised by the occupants of the Tre sury benches, who gained their places by trickery, and who are forming alliances with the parties at home, and belligerent tyrants abroad,..to keep them selves in office, while their victims must not even speak. If they had their way they would repeat the nursery adage to all loquacious opponents—" You may hear and see, but must say nothing." If one man has been of late more over-rated than another, it is the Chancellor of the Exchequer; but the day must come when such fallacies will be un masked as those which pervade his policy, and the voice of an oppressed and indignant people will denounce the framers of the iniquitous Income-tax and the manoeuvres of the unpatriotic treaty and the unfair budget. Norman Sinclair becomes a little more lively in this instalment, and it is a relief to pass to Italy, and to contemplate the dangers that befell the wanderers among the Glaciers of the High Alps, after the mo notonous city life so lately led by this hero. Some of the verses are very smart, especially those entitled " Our worthy friend Nap," which are a sort of sequel to the " Sly Little Man who lives over the Way," that before appeared in this perio dical. " Poetic Aberrations" is the name of an article which discusses the merits of Mrs. Browning's last work. The decision pronounced is not a favourable one, and the writer comes to the conclusion that she has done no service to others, and added no fame to herself, in the work she de clares an angel told her to write; but, it is said, "the communication came direct from a pernicious little imp who had been turned out of Pandemo nium for profanity." Some will be pleased with the sketch of Lady Hamilton, and there are two or three articles on political subjects, not, however, possessing anything striking by way of novelty, and some remarks on the Duke of Wellington's career that are suggested by the work of Brialmont Fraser's Magazine. Fraser has several articles of interest this month. In the first place we have the com mencement of a new story by the clever author of " Headlong Hall." This introductory instal ment is piquant and curious, though the solitary hero of the tower, with his seven fair hand maids, is somewhat extravagant. We look forward to pleasant acquaintances among the circle that surrounds the old bachelor of Gryll Grange and his fastidious niece. " William the Silent," a study of character, by " Shirley," is a very interestino , and well-writt en paper on the great hero of the 6 Netherlands, that Prince of Orange who combined qualities which are not often met with in chiefs and commanders. After describing in a few vivid phrases the splendid resources which the magnificent empire and military ability of Charles the Fifth had bequeathed to his remorseless and bigoted son, the author goes on to say : " It was this gigantic empire, concentrating all its forces to crush the civil and religious liberties of the Netherlands, that Orange had to meet in a mortal conflict. He did meet it, and he was not worsted. Standing at bay on the ex tremest limits of h a bit a bl e ear th, hi s feet washed by the stormy waters of the Northern Sea, a few thousand undis ciplined boors and w ild sa il ors behind him, he drove back the chivalry of Spain, and laid among the waves the foundations of the great naval commonwealth. Such a spectacle fascinates the imagination. 'We cannot but ask, How was it possible for one man to achieve so great a work ' Fo " ,r it was in truth a single man who did the whole well. In the war of liberation William the Silent is not only the central, but the sole figure. Ho finished his task unaided and alone. I have no one to help me,' he writes on one occasion, 'not a single man. Donoc eris &Ex, multos numerabis amicos, Tempora curn erunt nubila, nullus erit.' His means were of the scantiest. The material which he had to use was often of the sorriest kind. The nobles were commonly hostile; the people not seldom apathetic. His torical conjectures are particularly unprofitable; but it may be safely asserted that had Orange not lived, Holland would not have been freed. Sudden and scattered outbursts of the popular indignation would no doubt have taken place. But it needed the consummate craft and the unselfish devotion; The Cornhill Magazine. The tumultuous and heterogeneous household of Lovel the Widower" reappears in the first pages of this number., Old Lady Baker, with her man Bulkeley, her graceless son and her departed angel, " dragged in by the wings into conversation" when any domestic obstacle is to be surmounted or dis posed of, does not improve on acquaintance. The love affairs of Mr. Batchelor and Bessy Prior pro ceed most satisfactorily, notwithstanding a little jealousy on his part and a little coquetry on hers, not in accordance with the mature dignity of the one or the spectacles of the other. A paper on " Colour Blindness" gives some particulars of that curious defect, which seems to be much more general than was supposed. The third part of the papers on William Hogarth is entitled "A Long Ladder, and Hard to Climb," treating of the early part of his career as an artist. The pleasant style, intermixed with anecdot e an d ill ustration, retains its attractions. "Studies in Animal Life" are continued, the present instalment taking a more general range than the former, discoursing on the classification of species and the scheme of Linanasus. " Framley Parsonage" proceeds with interest. Lucy Robarts is likely to prove a dangerous rival to the Archdeacon's Griselda, and poor Mark is evidently getting seriously entangled among bills and acceptances. " Ideal Houses" is a pleasant paper on the writer's peculiar architectural fancies, which chiefly turn to the old romantic localities. He laments pathetically that the town grows newer every day that it is older. " I cannot love new Oxford-street, while St. Giles's Church and old Holborn still remain. I have no affection for Bayswater and Nottinghill, but a tender remem brance of Tyburn -gate. If I allow my footsteps to wander along Piccadilly and through Knightsbridge, they turn down on one side into Chelsea, or up on the other side into Kensington, leaving Brempton unvisited in the middle. I am never tired of sitting under the trees in Cheyne-walk ; of walking round the red bricks and trim gravel pathways of Chelsea Hospital; of peeping though the railings at Gough House, or watching the old Physic Garden f'rom a boat on the river. lam never weary of roaming hand in hand with an amiable gossipping compa nion like Leigh Hunt, listening to stories at every doorstep in the old town, and repeopling faded, half-deserted streets with the great and little cele brities of the past." " The Last Sketch" is one to which the readers of the Cornhill will turn with a mournful interest. It is a fragment of an un finished story by the lamented Charlotte Bronte —the last effort of her gifted pen. Few, under such c i rcumstances, could read to criti cise, but we may say that it shows no lack of power, and the character of Emma, more fully drawn and developed, would probably have been among her most vigorous creations. " Under Chloroform' is the titl e o f a paper which describes the amputati▪ on of a limb, per f orme d under the blessed insensibili▪ ty produced by the anaesthetic. The writer, however, does not k ee p hi s prom i se, t h at h e will introduce us to no scene of su ff er i ng, f or th e accoun t he gives of operation s i n th e ear li er d ays o f surg ical science is most harrowing. An essay on " Long Shots a n d Straight Shots" con c l u d es a number which shows no decline from the attractions of its predecessors United fervice Magazine. The United AFerviee contains an article on " The Military Estimates of 1860 and 1861," followed by a review of three articles upon " The N av i es of France and England," written by Frenchmen of different political opinions; and differing, as they naturally do on many points, they a ll agree that what France mos t requires is an increase of the personnel to efficiently . man her n ow superb navy; but this is a requisition which can never be thoroughly met while the F rench people, who are essentially military, maintain their indifference to all maritime matters. The necessity of flogging in the navy is maintained; the writer stating that he concuis entirely with Sir Charles Napier in his opinions on that subject, but at the same time h e requires th a t suc h punishment should not be inflicted except by order of a court-martial ; he compares the reports of punishments inflicted on board ships in the navy, and shows that on board small ships the punishment greatly exceeds that of large ones. Thus, the Indus, 78, is returned as having had th e most men flogged, namely, 22, or 1 in every 26 ; while we find the Lyra, 8, Comman der R. B. Oldfield, has an average of 1 man in every 5 togged; and the Spy, 3, Liewenant A LBekraft, 1 in 6 during three quarters only ; a d many more small craft where the excess of the lash prevails. The writer recommends that an investigation ought to take place regarding such . ships a s th e L yra, where the average of 16 out of 78 men is far beyond what ought to be necessary, and advises that any man who has deserved flogging twice sho u ld b e di sm i ssed the service. He explains that some c a pt a i ns, i n or d er not to fall under pubic censure, repudiate flogging altogether, and substi tute other puni s h men t s , w hi c h, he maintains, are both detrimental to the health of the crew and cause more discontent than any amount of flogging, and that as a quarterly return of all punishments As this tale advances its aim and object become more apparent, and the very name is vindicated by the difficulty which Miss Rosa finds in suiting the fancy of her two lovers, neither of whom she wishes to throw over until she is sure of the other—the one admiring her most with her hair arranged in ringlets, while the other considers it more becom ing when plain ; and the same idea struck Mamma, and Miss—" What if the whole thing should ulti mately turn upon the question of Plain orßinglets?” Poor Mr. Bunting's troubles with his great bargain, which consisted in his being taken in by a swin dler's advertisement, which induced him to ex change two good horses, with something to boot, for two broken-winded screws, though written in an off-hand, amusing style, carry a good moral with them, which ought to be of service to greenhorns, and teach them to look before they leap. It is a great pity that country gentlemen and young men who have more money than they are fit to be trusted with, will not remember this truth, that a good horse will always command a good price, and that such animals are not given away for half their value. On this subject the author is very decided, and enters at some length into the modus operandi of the extensive family of sharpers. " No one t a ki ng e i t h er Owen Ashford or the Ex quisite out of the stable on trial would hesitate to deposite a fifty pound note or give a cheque on his banker if he had not the money with him for that amount', conditional on the safe return of the horse, indeed would think he was let rather cheaply off for that amount. Half an hour, however, would undeceive him, but when he came back he might knock and ring a. long time at 51 A before hr got admitted. 111‘.anv,hiie all Sli go it would be all alive from one end to the other, and numerous would be the inquiries if he didn't wish he' m ight get it.' It may appear cruel, but considering the torture these poor animals undergo to furbish them up fbr their share in the deception, it would be the greater kindness for a dupe to give them toth nearest horse slaughterer rather than prolong t hei r existence by selling them back to these barbaro us .t_ rufflins. The dupe would at all events aid in h suppression of the fraud as far as be was concerned, an object that we hope to promote by thus , detail ing the adventures of Captain Cavendish Chi ter's horses." c hes The main cause of the success of these im- ,~ sh sh gr Tni tu l lea ti ll tu3 81 )1a olts Vcr Tr D i Irri Viol] divic T 1 3 pr the been hay( and and Mid Gre bar( rent G ca Pen to hav ap e. B :a: Me]