The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-05 00:00:00

%.• 4 kk.. 3 • ,;+>, ROYAL ENGLISH OPZRA, cOKENT GARDEN.—Under the Manar,ftent of Mtss iouisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, z , ole Lessees. The Public are respectfully informed that the Last Repre sentations of Wallace's popular Opera of L'URLINE are now terminating*, in consequence of the preparations for the speedy production of the novelties announced. - OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENTv Ilc GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISAv PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, LURLINE : Messrs. H. Wharton, H. Corgi, G. Kelley, and Mr. W. Harrison ; Miss Lefli2r, Miss Albertazzi, and Miss Louisa Pyne. DIVERTISSEMENT. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Ha!f-past. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lemee, Mr. J. B. Backethne. THIS EVENINV. the periornmnees will commence with THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. Howe and Miss Amy Sedg wick. Atter which, the revived comedy of THE IRISH AM BASSADOR. Mr. John Brougham, Miss Florence Haydon, rs. E. Fitzwilliam. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Loclercqs. Commence at 7. gift of prophecy. Particularly when it is remem bered at the same time that portions of both the French and English fleets are there off Gaeta, k ., s.eping open for the pro tem. KING " of the same," or, as the Scotch would say, "of that ilk"—keeping open there at Gaeta for FRANCIS 11. and his col 4apsing Court "the maritime communications !" Certainly the young KING, or rather ex-KING, has Just now' every possible inducement to withdraw altogether from the soil of his late dominions. There are the Western Allies with their ships of war politely keeping the "coast clear" at one particular point (first in front of him) to enable his ex- Majesty to sneak away at the last opportunity, when he may find it (as he probably will before he is many days older) just a little more perhaps than merely convenient to do so! Moreover—behind him OYA I, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Targmee and Manatrer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor Ffugo's cele brated Play of RITY BL AS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. `• when Mr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown. will make his Bth appearance on the English stage, supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows, Garden, Graham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo. Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose Leclereq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded by SUSAN SMITH. To conclude with BOWL'D OUT. Mr. Widdicomb. —there are the Piedmontese and the Garibaldians pushing him rather urgently forward in precisely the same diractiou. General SONNAZ, meanwhile looking down in the most unpleasant way imagi nable from the heights " commanding" Gaeta — that last retreat of the expiring Bourbon Sove- THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, the performances will enmmence with Gayle Bernard's admired Drama of THE WEPT OF THE WISH-TON-WISH. Principal characters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H . Butler, Mr. For rester, Mr. Campbell„ Mr..J. Johnstone ; Miss Neville, Mrs. J. Rouse, and Madame Celeste. After which (Ist time) THE PE I'S OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. George Loder. Principal characters by Mr H. Neville, Mr. .Tohn Rouse, Mr. J. Morris. Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, MissHudspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To conclude with GRIST TO THE MILL. Mr. Gc'or - re Vining, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. Forrester, Mrs. J. Rouse, and Miss Rose Howard. - - - reignty. From the capital of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies moreover comes resounding—through the pecans of the Piedmontian Conquerors on the Garigliauo— the almost more terrible and certainly more decisive sound of doom to the cause of FRANCIS 11, the announcement of the result of the plebisciw For the annexations 1,310,266 Against It 10,012 _ It is in the midst of that great announcement, and in the midst too of the re-echoing shouts of victory from beyond the banks of the Garigliano that the Soldier• King of Italy, VICTOR EMMANUEL the galantuo?no, was to make his triumphal entrance into the Southern capital of his new Kingdom yes- ,erday! Everythink—so far—is certainly auspicious for the interests of Italian Unity. Italy giving good auguries —so far—of freeing herself (to adopt the phrase of the famous Milan Proclamation) from the Alps to the Adriatic, in spite of the temporary in terruption caused by . the Imperial interview at Villafranca ! Everything augurs well in this way, saving only, as we all know, in two directions. At Rome, where the French army has increased and is increasing. At Venetia, where the Austrian forces, in the same manner, have been long and rapidly, and still are concentrating. Else where—ltaly is already One and United. Those two difficulties in the complete working out of the problem yet remain for solution. The solution of neither, we console ourselves with thinking, (and really believing) by no means whatever involves the necessity for further blood shed. So much has been accomplished already in Italy by the Italians towards the securing of their own political emancipation, that Now the period seems to have arrived when Europe might step in effectively for the solution by purely motal agencies, and without further , bloodshed, of the only two re maining difficulties—the one at Rome—the other in Venetia and the Quadrilateral. England looks at this moment to her Govern ment for the discharge of a great and solemn duty —a duty devolved now by death upon that collec tive representative of all freeborn and patriotic Englishmen—the Government. England looks now to her Ministers, to the Cabi net of Lord PALMERSTON—and expects from them the payment (in the name of England) of a debt of gratitude—alas! _one only toe tardy, but for that very reason all the more heavily pressing upon the national conscience—the payment of a debt of gratitude and of a tribute of homage and admiration upon the tomb of one of the noblest heroes that ever drew battle-blade in the name of England, upon the grave of that glorious old Sailor-Earl now lying dead at Kensington—Lord DUNDONALD It will be a disgrace to this country if the remains of this great man—so infamously treated in the early part of his historic and truly wonder ful career—it will be an eternal disgrace to this country if the remains of this great man are not buried at the expense of the nation, and buried too with all befitting pomp in one or other of the na tional mausoleums, either in Westminster Abbey or in St. Paul's Cathedral. How Lord COCHRANE, the famous CocanANE, the boast of our own navy and the terror of all the other navies of the world with whom we were at war during the days of NAPOLEON the Great, and, before that, during the earlier days of the first French Revolution—how Lord COCHRANE was treated during his lifetime in return for his many resplendent achievements, we related in these columns on Friday evening in words of burn ing indignation. It remains now to be added to all that we then wrote that it is only by too painfully appropriate a sequel that this grand old Sailor-Earl was left by his country to die the other day—almost penniless—in his house at Kensington ! England, in his regard, has, at least, a posthumous expiation 'to make—by accord ing to his inanimate dust a sepulture in some degree worthy of one of the most dauntless heroes that ever fought under the banner of England for the honour and glory of the old fatherland. Since writing the above we are given to under stand that what we suggested on Friday should be done is really going to be done—that the remains of the glorious Earl of DUNDONALD are (on Wed nesday next) to be deposited in their final resting place in Westminster Abbey ! Let us hope that the funeral will be entirely at the expense of the nation, and that it will be con ducted with all befitting pomp and ceremonial, with all the funereal evidences of respect due to the memory of the dauntless DUNDONALD. The Register-General's last Quarterly Return ending on the 30th of September, comprises within it some very surprising particulars. Altogether, its purport cannot but be regarded as satisfactory. It demonstrates by a series of the most gratifying facts—facts brought to view through the medium of the - most reliable statistics—that, in spite of the almost unexampled humidity of the late summer and autumn season, the sanitary condition of the country has evidenced, by comparison with the corresponding quarter of the preceding twelve month, an appreciable improvement. Within the 92 days of July, August, and Sep tember, 1860, 164,062 children were born and registered-86,423 persons having within the same interval died, according to the books of registra tion. So that the increase of population within the quarter has been at the rate, in England and Wales alone, of about 844 daily. The excess of births over deaths being 77,639! Yet, strange to tell, upon comparing the return of births for the last quarter of 1860 with those for the corre sponding quarter of the previous twelvemonth, f it is actually noticeable that the number of births is less in the former than in the latter ! The considerable increase of the popula tion already noticed as having taken place, never ' theless, is consequently attributable in a great mea sure to the increased salubrity of the past season— t.e deaths in July, August, and September, 1859, having been more by 17,916 than the deaths j in the same quarter of 1860-- the latter haying OEM total, as we have seen, of reached a 86,423, . whereas the former reached a total of not less than I 104,339! So that, as the Registrar-General calcu lates, far every six deaths in the preceding summer there have been only five in the one which has just passed—the rate of mortality being smaller in lieu of the average mortality of the season, an average estimated at—a score in every thousand ! To what is this diminished and diminishing mor tality attributable ? Is it not by this time suffi ciently obvious ? Particularly when it is borne in mind that thse reduction in the number of deaths is not only o bservable in the town districts and country districto alike, but is even chiefly noticeable in the town dis,tricts, where it might least be looked for according to ordinary calculations. Viewed by the generality, this last summer would probably be put down upon record, almost nem. con:, as a season of reLuarkably bad weather. Yet the bad weather turns out to have been particu larly salubrious ! The sai'ubrity of the season being chiefly attributable, as the Registrar-General in forms us in his report, " to two circumstances ; the reduced temperature of sum mer, and the abundant supply of water by rain. Th e low temperature re tarded the putrefaction of the town impurities ; and the water washed them away ; s o that both the forces acting in the same direction, gave a great result." Corroborative evidence comes accordingly from all directions in support of these conclusions. From Lancashire, for example, where the old-fashioned system of middens still prevails, where the dirt is consequently not washed away by the rain, as in the sewers, and where it is therefore not very sur prising to note that the mortality is less than in any other county in the:kingdom. From Fiskerton, again, in Lincolnshire, where diphtheria has been very prevalent, killing no less than eleven people, and where (we read this without much surprise after the last-mentioned particulars), the drainage of the parish is described as singularly defective, " there being dikes close to some of the houses, containing water, &c., in a putrid and stinking state, without any fall to pass it away." Hav ing read which instructive memorandum, note the the one immediately following —" It was reperted to the board of guardians by the registrar, the de fects of drainage were remedied, and there has been no fresh case during the last month :" the report adding sententiously and significantly, "the dis trict is healthy"—and then say whether or not there is reason for the Registrar-General's previous remark—" Diptheria lhas prevailed in parts of Lin colnshire, the inhabitants of which will do well to study the experience of Fiskerton." When we read in another part of these last published Quar terly Returns that in the parish of Knebworth, in Hertfordshire, with a population of only 200, twelve children recently died of diptheria, while several others still suffer from it—we may not unreasonably conclude that a change for the better might quite as readily and successfully as at Fiskerton, in Lan cashire, be effected by similar means in the parish of Knebworth, in Hertfordshire. The salubrious influence of the apparently bad weather prevailing during the summer quarter of 1860 is all the more surprising and satisfactory when it is remembered how unusually high during those thirteen weeks have been the prices of provi sions. Insomuch has this been the case that " taking the corresponding weeks of 1859 as the starting point," says the Quarterly Report of the Registrar• General, " the price of wheat rose 34 per cent., beef 7 per cent, mutton 11 per cent., potatoes 59 per cet. The average prices during the 13 weeks being, wheat 595. ld. a quarter; beef std., mutton 6:d. a pound by the carcase in the Leadenhall and Newgate markets ; York Regent potatoes, 1355. at waterside market, South wark." Happily as a counterbalance in some mea sure to which general rise in the price of provision —the great masses of the workmen during this last quarter have found more than usual facilities for obtaining employment. Another welcome fact brought to light by this Report—and only one other—we will here particularise in conclusion— that is, a comparatively small, but still (though small) appreciable decline in the aggregate amount of pauperism. The average number of those in receipt of relief during the quarter here analysed being 679,360—the average number in the corresponding thirteen weeks of the previous twelvemonth showing 14,089 additional, the aggre gate number then (in 1859) having been estimated at the sum total of 783,449. Still, even subtracting those fourteen thousand from the grand total, what a terrible army 769,000 strong, or rather weak to the verge of decrepitude and dissolution, for the exer cise of its relief of the benignant energies of W. D. B.'s humanely projected association of Bienveil lance. THE CHINESE SEAT OF WAR. WYLD'S NEW MAP. VICTOR EMMANUEL AND GARIBALDI. A letter from Naples, dated the 29th of October, gives the following account of the interview between Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi : " I was on my way to the head-quarters of Victor Emmanuel, at Teano, and took a cut through the mountains. While waiting for a conveyance, I met Major Cattabene, Commandant of Garibaldi's head quarters. He was coming from Teano, and to him I am indebted for the following account of the in terview between Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi. Garibaldi had taken up his quarters at a small hit], about four miles and a half between Teano and Speranzano, on the 25th. He ordered his column to advance and take up position, and sent Count Trecchi to see the King. On the following morning Count Trecchi and Missori came to inform him that Cialdini was within an hour's march, and the King not far behind. Garibaldi left imme diately with his Staff, and three-quarters of an hour afterwards he came in sight of the head of the Piedmontese column. He put spurs to his horse. The Piedmontese advanced as follows :—The 23d and 24th Regiments of the Como Brigade; the 26th and 27th of Pinerolo's Brigade; then a battery of rifled cannon. The columns presented arms to Garibaldi, and opened to allow him to pass through. Cialdini rushed forward, and Garibaldi, jumping off his horse, embraced him affectionately. After exchanging a few words Garibaldi re-mounted to meet the King, Victor Emmanuel was not far behind, leading on his own division. Seeing the red shirts, the King took a telescope, and, recog nising Garibaldi, put spurs to his horse and galloped towards him. Garibaldi did the same. When they were within 10 paces of each other, the officers of the King and of Garibaldi shouted 'Long live Victor Emmanuel r Garibaldi advanced, took off his hat, and, in a voice somewhat hoarse from emotion, said King of Italy ! ' Victor Emmanuel put his hand to his kepi, then held it out to Garibaldi, and, equally moved, replied—' Thank you!' They stood thus, hand in hand, nearly a minute, without uttering another word. " Garibaldi and the King, still holding each other's hand, followed the troops for about a quarter of an hour. Their suites had mingled together, and fol lowed at a short distance Behind them. Passing a group of officers Garibaldi saluted them. Among them were Farini, Minister of War, iu a foraging cap of a staff officer, and General Fanti. The King and Garibaldi were conversing. After the King followed the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th Regiments of the line, then 60 guns, and four regiments of cavalry. His Majesty was at the head of 30,000 Another admirable and timely map from the establishment of the Queen's Geographer ! Itipre sents to view (as usual with Mr. Wyld) in the very nick of time the country between Pekin and the Gulf of Pecheli! It displays, in other words, those northern coasts of China where the Allied Forces are now side by side carrying forward their war like operationg. Yonder (marked with red, so that one can recognise the spot at a glance) is the landing-place of the Allied Forces on the Ist of August. There (a little lower down—also marked vividly with red) is the point attacked and cap- I tured by the Allies on the 21st of August. There is Tien-tsin—there, further on, stretching inland, is the whole sweep of the low level country re maining to be traversed, up to the very gates of the Imperial capital of the Chinese. In every way the map is singularly well-timed, and therefore pecu liarly acceptable. Tt is expected that her Majesty and the Court will leave Windsor Castle about the 12th inst. for Osborne, and that the Queen will remain at the Marino Palace for about a month.—Court Journal. We believe that the dowry bestowed by the Earl of Derby n his daughter, Lady Emma,' on her marriage with the Hon. Col. Talbot, was £50,000, subject, of course to the usual settlements. —Court Journal. LORD ST. LEONARDS.—We are requested to con tradict the report that Lord St. Leonards is dangerously ill. On the contrary, we are happy to hear that his lord ship is in the enjoyment of his usual health. L ATES` NEW (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DEFEAT OF THE BOURBON ARMY. (OFFICIAL.) NAPLES, Nov. 3. ENSIGN CHAPLIN.—Ensig❑ Chaplin, who re cently distinguished himself at the capture of the Chinese forts, is a on of the late Mr. W. I. Chaplin, for many years chairman of the South-Western Railway Company, and a brother of the present partner in the well-known firm of " Chaplin and Horne." The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn will leave town in a few days, for Brocket Hall. The Piedmontese army, under the command of King Victor Emmanuel, has gained a brilliant vic tory on the other side of the Garigliano. The Bourbon army attacked in front with great spirit by the troops, and in flank by the fleet, dispersed, leaving in our hands tents, waggons, stores, and a very large number of prisoners. General Sonnaz pursued the enemy and after wards occupied Mola and positions commanding Gaeta. The Earl and Countess Craven are expected in ,own in a few days, from Ashdowne Park, Berks. King Victor Emmanuel enters Naples to-day. The number of prisoners taken at Capua was 11,000. (OFFICIAL). Another despatch says : TURIN, Nov. 4. Yesterday our troops, commanded by King Victor Emmanuel, attacked and dispersed the Bourbon army beyond the Garigliano. Tents, waggons, and an immense number of prisoners were left in our possession. General Sonnaz has occupied Mola di Gaeta and other positions above the city. The following telegram is anterior to the battle : NAPLES, Nov. 3. A part of the division of General Sonnaz has crossed the Garigliano. The whole army will cross to-morrow. Bridges are being thrown over the river. Another telegram says:— A part of the division of General Sonnaz has crossed the Garigliano and taken the iron bridge, at the same time making 100 prisoners. A bridge of boats has been thrown across the mouth of the Garigliano. Another bridge is being constructed beyond the iron bridge. The whole army will cross the river to-morrow. The Royalists have fallen back upon Gaeta. Throughout their march they were much embar rassed by the fire of the Sardinian fleet. NAPLES, Nov. 3. The plebiscite has been declared to-day. The votes are : Ayes (si) 10,312 It is reported that the Emperor of Austria has asked her Majesty the Queen to be kind enough to permit one of the British ships of war to convey the Empress Elizabeth from Antwerp to the island of Madeira. Her Majesty will leave Austria about three weeks hence. The Emperor is gone for three or four days to Ischl, where he will shoot chamois. Noes . The prisoners from Capua, 9,000 in number, are arriving without their arms. Naples is en fete, It is aaid that Victor Emmanuel will arrive here on Tuesday. Garibaldi is at Naples. PERUGIA, SUNDAY. The voting on the question of annexation has commenced. The concourse of people at the urns is extraor. dinary. Notwithstanding the French occupation and the presence of Pontifical gendarmes, the inhabitants of several communes in the province of Viterbo are hastening to vote for annexation. VIENNA, SUNDAY. The report that a treaty of commerce has been concluded between England and Austria is un founded. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. Prince Metternich had an audience of the Em peror yesterday. The Emperor, on receiving the news of the death of the Dowager Empress of Russia, immediately telegraphed his condolences and those of the Em• press to the Court of St. Petersburg. Yesterday the Court of the Tuileries, without waiting for the official notification of her Majesty's decease, went into mourning for 21 days, BOURSE, Nov. 3.—The market continues firm, with a fair amount of business doing. For the Account, Threes, which opened at 691 35c, are now at 69f 50c; Mobilier, 725 f; Orleans, 1,381 f 25c; Northern, 980 f; Mediterranean, 922 f 50c Austrian, 495 f ; Lombard, 487 f 50c. The follow ing are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 70 Do end month.... 95 60 Credit Fonder 905 Belgian 41 — Piedmontese Fives BO Roman Austrian .. 75 75 Spanish Threes — Home Debt 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 50 Bank Shares 2850 Credit Mobilier 725 Do. Account 725 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1378 75 .. 1373 75 Northern New ditto BB5 Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50 .. 922 50 Geneva.. 360 .. 360 Southern Western .. Eastern Sardinian Blackwood. Austrian Lombard A prospectus has been issued of a " Croydon Sewage Irrigation Company," with a capital of £30,000, in £lO shares. The Board is composed of eminent agricul • turists and landowners, and a hope may therefore be enter tained that the experiment will be so conducted as to lead, through its successful example, to a general utilisation of the sewage of the large towns of the kingdom. In the pre sent instance a concession has been obtained from the town of Croydon for 100 years, and the quantity of sewage to be obtained is estimated to be sufficient for 9,000 acres of land per annum. This will be pumped to a reservoir on an elevation about two miles distant, whence it will flow to j each fa rm an d fi eld b y gravitation. The works could be completed by Much or April next, men. "Before reaching s:eansa King Victor Emmanuel SIJN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, IF6I. THE MAG ZINES. Dublin University Magazine. halted, and ordered a portion of his army to file off in presence of Garibaldi, that every one might ot serve the good feeling which prevailed between him and the chieftain. He then reviewed Bixio's brigade, which was posted a little beyond Calvi. He was received with the enthusiastic and unani mous shout of 'Long live the King of Italy !' Garibaldi has 7,000 men, divided between different positions. The King remained at Teano ; Gari baldi returned to Calvi to give orders." The most interesting article is that entitled " Ary Scheffer ;" it is most worthy of perusal alike from its subject and from the manner in which it is treated. It commences by stating that " the painter of Francesca di Rimini has, we rejoice to say, been fortunate in a biographer. The history of so true a man, the development of a genius so great and benign, a career so chequered, and in an epoch so troublous—the ever forward progression of an art which at length essayed such sublime argument—such a life and such a history well de serve to be recorded. It was Ary Scheffer who, beyond all his contemporaries, strove to make a picture the exponent of noble thought ; and now in these memoirs we are glad to find that the beauty and the pure emotion which breathe from his works were but the expression of an earnest life devoted to virtue and religion." In treating of the style of his works it is said that, " beauty—a heaven-born beauty, let it be known in these days of inveterate and cherished ugliness—was the idol of Scheffer's worship ;" and that, by general consent, his master piece was Francesca di Rimini, which for conception composition and treatment may take rank with the greatest pictures of any age or country. The last moments of the departed genius are narrated in a most touching and impressive manner. It is a solemn and a beautiful coincidence connected with his last hours that he was engaged in painting a work entitled the " Angel announcing the Resur rection of Jesus," " a few days told all hope had ceased, and on the 15th of June this great and vir tuous man yielded up his last breath. It was a beautiful summer's evening the calm splendour of which irradiated the scene of his departure from earth, not more calm however—not more serene was the aspect of the heavens, than were the conscience and pure spirit of him who thus passed to eternal rest to suffer, to strive no more." The following passage aptly illustrates the prevailing tone of his works, and in eloquent language informs us how the ruling spirit that guided his latter days was a grand one, and sustained him till he passed from the hard triumphs of this state to the blessedness of the world where he could gaze on the glories he had here fore shadowed, ,and, in the words of Christie Johnstone, the great painter could behold a grander scene " than human hand has ever painted the great meadow's on the other side of Jordan, which are bright with the spirits of the just who dwell there, and are warmed with an eternal sun, and ring with the triumphs of the humble and the true, and the praises of God for ever." Schaffer had long in his art hovered on the shadowy con fines of existence. He had for years, as we have said, been a denizen of Hades, and figures were accustomed to come to him from the dreamlike land of spirits. We have seen that during the later years of his life the New Testament was his constant study, and accordingly we naturally find that Scripture narrative, and subjects taken from the Chris tian's hope, were, after all, his most cherished themes. In his " Christ Consolateur" and " Christ Remunerateur," we see the highest types of a spiritual ideal ; the peace too, and the blessedness, which come as the gifts of hope and I faith. Christ is seated in the midst of imploring suppli ants, and gives freedom to the captive and consolation to the afflicted. This is the noble theme. It would seem, in deed, that Scheffer had now, after sore conflict— after a life racked on the rude world—after, even in his chosen art, much painful struggling for a perfection which ever eluded his grasp—it would seem, we say, that at length in his later works ho realised high spiritual longings, and entered in a newly created world upon a final repose and 'Ass. It was touching to see, in the exhibition to which we have already made frequent reference, pictures which, bearwg as their date the very year of his death, seemed as by anticipation of only a few short days, to hold converse with those serene heavens into which he himself was soon to enter. lie appears, indeed, in imagination to have already passed .through the gates of death, and to have seen the portals of that city whence so oft had issued pure and beauteous beings, the ministers of his art. "The Angel an nouncing the Resurrection" to attendant and awakening mortals, still left unfinished when the grave opened at his feet, shows with solemn emphasis the ruling passion strong even in death. But he had lived long enough to give to his art that perfected body which waits on immortality. "Norman Sinclair" is continued, and is rather ex citing this time for a novelty. It relates chiefly to the quarrel of Norman with Mr. Beaton on the subject of some securities and payments. " The Courtesies of War" is an interesting sketch, and tends to demonstrate the fact that " the brave can never hate the brave." " Judicial Puzzles" this month is filled with the Annesley Case. Unlese some very energetic and clear-sighted justices and judges are found, the next generation can cite the Road case as ample evidence that our day is very far behind perfection in the detection of criminals and the elucidation of mysteries. " The Romance of Agostini" is proceede.: l with, and is becoming very interesting as it is deveioped. The misfor tunes of the young Italian arc really very great; he has much to contend with. There is an article on " Civil Service Appointments," which observes that the work done upstairs in the house is more useful though less pretentious than what is done in the great national debating hall, and the select committee —of which Lord Stanley was chairman that sat during the months of March, April, May, and June to take evidence and report on the subject of civil service appointments, have done much to deserve notice. The following remarks are very just on the im portance of improving the prospects of those who are to enter on the service : _ We repeat, that what is really required to supply the Civil Service of the country with young men of mark and likelihood, and to keep the general efficiency of the service, is net a phalanx of cramming tutors, a board of erudite examiners, or a sytem of competition, open or limited, but sufficient attractions into the service itself to induce young men of promising abilities to enter it in preference to all other professions. There can hardly be a more important subject of parliamentary inquiry, b,zt it appears to us that our investigations have hitherto begun at the wrong end. When a man strips himself to fight a ba,ttle, or girds him self to run a race, you may be sure that he has ascertained beforehand that the prize for which he is to contend is worthy of his prowess. If he has really any good stuff in him he will not contend for an ignoble prize. Let us make the civil service of the country worthy of the best intelli gence in it, and we may be sure that the best intelligence will enter its ranks. We trust that, in the course of the ensuing session of Parliament, the whole subject will be submitted to inquiry. The question of initial appointment is really a small, and, as we think, a comi,aratively unim portant part of it. There is no more fear of our not get ting good men for a good service, than of our not seeing good horses entered for the Derby, so long as to win that race is to win " the blue riband of the turf," with a rich pecuniary accompaniment ' There are some very judicious reflections in the paper called " The Administration of India," which are most worthy of attention, and at the present time are most appropriate and applicable. The first article is called " The Vice of our Cur rent Literature." It:contains some solid remarks, and on the whole it is well worthy of notice. Here and there it is impossible to coincide with the con clusions arrived it, as, for instance, in the stricture on " Adam Bede," where we find the following passage :—" We laugh at Mrs. Nickleby, but we can only yawn over Mrs. Poyser. The latter may be drawn more outwardly true to life, but what good or pleasure can the reader gain from studying her small ways or listening ever so patiently to her small talk ?" He goes on to say—" What rational being cares to see the everyday talk of common place people repeated word for word, with all its gushing pettiness of thought and poorness of lan guage, in works ostensibly designed to interest and amuse us ?" This is not exactly correct, for it is always desirable to dwell on the portrait and linger over the details when it is so admirably executed and so graphically narrated as the sketch of Mrs. Poyser. Again the writer is too hard upon Miss Yonge's books, which, though they may suffer from the drawbacks of being too sectarian or pre judiced on some points, are remarkable works, and we do not at all agree with this idea—" Whatever else we may be tricked into learning from the pages of a seeming romance, the rubbish of theological small talk had better be shot elsewhere." The wise and learned who scorn instruction and scoff at advice are never obliged to read these little volumes, which in an unpretending form and earnest spirit set forward truths and contain principles which, if these sneerers acted upon, it might be more profit able for themselves and pleasing for their friends. Still the reader will find much to interest him in the pages of this criticism, and the concluding pas sage is very just in its views, and holds out useful warnings to the literary world in general : " In short, the plague of words, from whatever source arising, has spread already so fast and far, that unless it soon take a more measured turn, we are like to bse sight for ever of the few landmarks that still remind us of a healthior and more reticent age. Among living wr iters of any mark, can any one think of half a dozen, whose faith fulness to the higher aims and conceptions of their art can make us more hopeful of the future? How many modern novels or histories are there, to which Sidney Smith's plan of blotting out every other word migh t not be applied with remarkable success ? How many poems, save perhaps those of Tennyson, will be read and treasured by our great grandchildren, should the taste of their day risesbovmuchthat of ours ? Of course, there is su ch ath ng too compression, but that, unless it be found in the isworks re of Dean Milman, is no vice of the pre sent day. Itthe verse of that against which a modern critic should cry out longest and loudest. In an essay on faults, we have na erstnre, on turally been sparing of our praise, but a little,i censure hot nestly bestowed will not perhaps be an unp e! t an re ief o ears long sated with undiscer&Z flWerY• - the whole, has derived but doubtful benefit from the affected geniality of that new school of criticism that disowns the severer system applied by the helpmates of Jeffrey and Gifford. A timely warning may check the growth of that rage for lon• drawn sentiment, patty sermonising, and su perfluous details, which has already eaten much too far into the life of our best literature. No one who has any real concern for the national influence of such writers as Carlyle or Thackeray can help being stirred to warn them, however vainly, against the foolishness of pandering to those popular tastes which their own superior genius was given to them to cultivate and control." " Vonved, the Dane," is concluded, and it will most likely take many by surprise, as its brightest mo ments are certainly its last. Instead of a gloomy end, it is all gay and glittering. " No more of death or dying pang, No more of trump or bugle clang." A general reconciliation takes place, and the renowned outlaw is recognised by his Sovereign as the first subject of the realm. The courtiers were as much astonished as those of King James, when he exclaimed " Ask nought for Douglas. Yester even His prince and he have much forgiven; And Bothwell a lord henceforth we own The friend and bulwark of our throne." There are some interesting remarks on Maine de Biran, and in referring to a work published, called "Sa vie and Ses Pensees," it is stated that in the pre sent day, when the study of phil osop h y has so wonderfully revived, we can only be thankful for such a book as the " Pensees." From the home into which earth's kings enter there is nothing to exclude the crowned ones of thought. Tha alle gory of Bunyan is grandly true as far as it goes; only other Christians by thousands have had to fight with enemies of whom he never dreamed, and there are paths leading into the narrow road which he never saw. This book indicates some such enemies, and points out one such by-path. In the words of an unpublished poem : " The city of our God, which lies four square, Hath avenues to every human heart." and De Biran has traced one avenue from the heart of the psychologist to the golden streets. A new story commences, called " A House Divided against Itself," and perhaps some will be disappointed to learn that it concerns the old tale of the Royalists and Roundheads. "The Cid," by Professor Vericour, is an article that is excellent in its style and tenour. It refers to a character inseparably associated with chivalry and connected with courage. Of course the readers of this wise age are prepared to find that the immortal Chimene was his second wife, and not the young maiden of romance that hitherto has been supposed. The subjoined passage is fully illustrative of the merits of one of Spain's greatest heroes : " Christian Spain has adopted the Cid as the ideal of greatness. The greatest kings of the Peninsula have honoured his memory. All the popular poets of the middle ages have exulted in selecting him for the object of their songs and tales. During ages the name of the Cid has been associated in Spain with everything that is beautiful, great, and pious. The people have created round that name an imaginary world of adventures, unearthly powers, and heavenly virtues. Time has seen the figure of the Cid rise in splendour and influence. He is the hero, the idol, of the Spaniards, and therefore, even in our own age, not many years ago, when liberal Spain was rousing from the the torpor of despotism, the Spaniards, in the hymn of Riego, loved to invoke the name of their hero. They sang —' Tranquil, joyous, valiant, full of audacity, soldiers, let us sing the hymn of battle I Let the earth even be moved by our accents I Let the world recognise in us tke children of the Cid I' " Fraser's Magazine. . Fraser this month is scarcely equal in interest to its general character. The Manchester Man, whe has before contributed to these pages, furnishes an essay on the philosophy of marriage studied under Sir Cresswell Cresswell, not the most favourable exhibition of the votaries of Hymen. This medita tive discourse on some of the various phases of domestic life is followed by the second paper on " France and Paris, forty, thirty, and twenty years ago." The changes which have taken place in the chief towns of France since the days of Louis the Eighteenth are duly chronicled, and afford inte resting reading for these who like to watch the variations produced by time and circumstance in the busiest as well as the most retired localities. Dieppe in 1860 is very different, he thinks, from Dieppe in 1827, although the alteration has not taken place in the town itself or in the increase of the population or visitors, but in the class of people, whether French or English who frequent it. He gives us a full account of the em ly days ofCharles X. whose entry into his capital he witnessed. We have also an elaborate description of the old king's hunting establishment at Fontainebleau, for "le chasse," if it may be so termed, was his ruling pas sion although conducted on a system whi c h de manded neither skill nor courage. On the subse quent fall of Charles the Tenth, the writer says he could not help reflecting on the Chinese proverb, Empereur chasseur-dynastie perdue." The expen diture in costumes and banquets at Court in those days seems to have been of the most extravagant character. The prices of articles of consumption appear, however, to have greatly increased since the epoch referred to • indeed, the writer expresses his belief that "eatables and drinkables have risen twenty, thirty, and fifty per cent. within thirty five years." There are many entertaining details of a similar character in the paper in question, although it is somewhat diffuse. " Gryll Grange" is continued, and the perplexities of the various lovers appear likely to be solved in a very satisfactory manner. Alexander Bain proceeds with his examination of the sentiments according to phrenology, and takes a careful survey of the various qualities and predispositions, as developed in the phrenological systems of Combe and others. ' Mr. Monckton Milnes takes a review of the posi tion of Alexander von Humboldt at the Court of Berlin, in which he retnaekS that the annoyance felt at the supposed breach of confidence in the publication of the correspondence between the great philosopher and Varnhagen von Ense, as well as the malicious character of some largely circulated extracts, have prevented many from appreciating the merits of the volume, and of per ceiving all its interest, as illustrating the career and character of its chief writer. There are some verses suggested by Ward's picture of the parting of Marie Antoinette and her hapless son, which are forcible and pathetic. The " Chronicle of Current History is continued, and gives a fair general out line of the course of events, foreign and do mestic. Bentley's Miscellany. The Outremanche Correspondence has lost a good deal of its zest, the subject of criticism is again Italy, and although we can afford to laugh at our own short comings with our neighbours on the other side of the herring pond, we all take too much ia terest in the important transactions taking place in Italy, where a brave people are struggling for that liberty which we all hold so dear, to care to joke on the subject. The " Shingleton Mystery," by Dudley Costello, is a lively tale of the adventures of a retired brushmaker, who becomes enamoured of a mysterious young lady at a certain retired watering place. " The Shipwrecked One," by E. A. Bowring, may be very clever, but we confess that its beauties are beyond our comprehension, having searched in vain for poetry or common sense in the composition. The review of the " French Almanacs" is well worth reading, numerous ridi culous extracts being given, half in jest half in earnest, to show the notions of our Gallic friends. Commence at 7. A DET,PHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL , Sole Proprietor and Manszer. Mr. Benj. Webster. Great Success of the new Drama. by Dion BOUrdearat, Esq., " The Colleen Bawn."—bliss Agnes Robertson every even- THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss NV oolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billinzton. After which, THE COLLEEN SAWN. D. Bourcicault, D. Fisher, Billinolon, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. Followed by DINORATI UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss E. Thorne. Doors open at half-past ti—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for hooking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes,'Xl. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. : Front Circle Stalls, is. • pit Stalls, 25.; P;t, is. Bd. ; Amphithe a t re , i s ; Gallery, ed. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand Spectacle of Ronny Hoop. Second Week of Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome, and their Tronpe of uneqnalled perf rmers, &c., includinsr the incomparab'e Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest Wonder of the acre. This Evening:, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ' • or, the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud of highly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &c, Allan a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena—Star Riders of Europe. Doors open at halt-past 6, performance commence at 7. Boa-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. Wv,a , r. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. 4 C ANTERB UR Y HALL C ONCERT S.- EVERY EVENING, A. Grand Selection from the opera of N OItMA. Norma ...................... Miss RUSSELL. Adalcrisa .................... Madame MARIA, (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consistinp: of Seventeen Per formers. organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with NeTO Delineations Anecdotes, Stc. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown,f G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGIIMANS. Balcony, 19 Hall. dd. THE WEATHER.—Suw OFFICE. Nov. 4, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—this day at noon. 35—lowest this morning and 'during the night. 45—highest since noon yesterday. BAROMETER-30.15. WlND —North-Easterly; fresh, with dull cold, dry weather. Frosty in the sight. Nov. 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—this day at noon. 37—lowest this morning. and during the night. 41—highest since noon yesterday. • BAROMETER-30.14. WlND—East; fresh, with cold, dull weather. RIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY.—Morning, sh. 34m.—Afternoon, 6h. Om. To-mounow.-Morning, 6h. 26m.—Afternoon, 6h. 58m. Mij rtn...y. f • L 't'vf • a . .; ..14t ',PO • " •R _ THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 5, 1880. The resplendent victory gained at the point of his bold sword by King VICTOR EMMANUEL on the 3d instant—that is on Saturday —on the Garigliano will have prepared the way magnificently for his triumphant entrance into the southern capital of his Italian Kingdom on the following forenoon— that is yesterday ! According to the last telegram from Naples (dated Nov. 3) his Majesty was to enter that city at the latest on the following forenoon—viz., as we have said, yesterday. According to the last telegram from Turin (dated Nov. 4) his Majesty bad on the previous day obtained a brilliant victory over the army of the Bourbon fugitive now known throughout his ancient dominions as the King of GAETA. The sovereignty of the Two Sicilies—having dwindled down to that point—threatens soon to expire altogether. For the success obtained by the rival Monarch—King, not of Gaeta, but of ALL ITALY - "appears to have been in a very signal manner deci s i ve. " Waggons, tents, and an immense nuravm, of prisoners "—we read in the stirring telegr am 'flashed to us from Turin—" were left in our possession." As to the number of the prisoners tak en, we may form some proxi mate notion upon that point by bearing in mind for a moment the fact that, at the previous success that was gained only the other day at Capua, 11,000 of the Royalist troop s remained in the hands of the victors ! Compar e d with the contest on the Garigliano the recent struggle at Capua was but a skirmish. Eleven thousand prisoners, neverthe less, having been taken at CapuEt, we may conjec ture that it is not without reaso n the number is declared to be " immense" at the close of Satur day's battle on the Garigliano. Apart from the dashing nature of this late vie• tory-, the day appears to have been rendered remark able by the display of generalship on the part of the Piedmontese. Attacked in front by the soldiers o f VICTOR EMMANUEL, the Bourbon army was harassed on the flank by the fleet under Admiral PERSANO g eventually dispersed or driven back under the pressure of this double onslaught by sea and by land, leaving in tae hands of the conquerors, as we have seen and as we said, tents, waggons, materiel, and a very large number of prisoners. Nay, even when this has been said, we have not said all as to tho completeness of Saturday's triumph for the Piedra ontese. General SONNAZ-it is the telegram again, that is our lightning-informant —General SONN:AZ pursued the remnant of the de feated army of the young Bourbon, taking Posseasicn of Mole, and of various heights corn mandii,g Gaeta! So that the next news may now be very confidently predicted, and that, moreover, without laying claim to any especial or peculiar PHOTOGRAPAY. Stranger (to the artist)—Sir, I wish to have some visit ing cards with my portrait. Artist—Very well, sir; take the position in which you will wish to appear. Stranger—Stop a minute. I want to know how much it will be? Artist—Thirty francs for fifty copies. Once a proof is obtained, it does not cost much more to take a hundred. Stranger—But I wish to be taken in various costumes. My servant is with me. Shall I call him in ? Artist—But why, sir, do you wish to change your dress ? Stranger—Oh, because there is Amanda, a little one to whom I pay my addresses, who likes me in a long cravat ; whilst Fanny, whom I wish to propitiate, likes the little American necktie better. You know, sir, that a fortune often depends upon a necktie. Artist—Ah I you are perhaps in the right. Stranger—Then there is a rich young person whom I am desirous of marrying, who can't bear my Macfarlane, whilst the other ladies says it becomes me much. Artist—l understand you. You went your portrait done with a cravat with a long tie, and then with a short one; next with an overcoat, and then without one. Stranger—Precisely so, sir._ Artist—l that case, I shall have to employ so many plates, and you will have more expense. orepay. to Stranger —N ever mind sir,take your place, and I w il l Artist—ln that case , begin. Stranger--Stooptill I cr obtain a suitabl e a tti tude. Artist—Are you P r eady Stranger—Not yet. AKi what a time you are. stb—Dear Stranger —lt is a d serious thing to select a c orrec t posi tion. Do you think it be better if I was to put the knob of m y . walking stick in my mouth? Artist —Just as you like. The House, Blaswick," is continued. Mr. Acton i s mortified by his son's extravagance, but like a reasonable man endeavours to make the best of it. Tomboli" is a sketch of a public lottery in 'the lonian hies. The biography of " Agnes Sorel," the patriotic mistress of Charles the Seventh of France, gives a sketch of her life, and expatiates on the important influence which her bold spirit had in sustaining Charles during the struggle for French national liberty. Alonkphood furnishes a paper entitled " A Manual Exercise ;" and Ouida, faute de ntieux, resuscitates an old heroine and other necessary characters. We compliment him ; this is at least a change, Colburn's United , vervice Magazine. The first paper is on Our Two Navies, and is written in a quiet, sensible manner. It shows the gulf which bad treatment of old placed between the mercantile marine and Royal navy, and which will require great judgment and tact to close. After stating that during the old French war, when the pressgangs were out, the annual desertions amounted to from 10,000 to 12 ; 000, and that during toe late Russian war the merchant service furnished only 400 men for the Baltic fleet, who are described, not as seamen " but men who could not be called seamen at all," the writer goes on to state that— " There is another consideration connected with the sub ject, which must not be overlooked. The better class of merchant seamen, including all educated men of good cha racter, look forward to rising in their own service to a po sition which they can never hope to attain in the navy. There is no analogy between the position of a warrant officer and that of a mate or master in the merchant ser vice ; and no enterprising young man, possessing ordinary feelings of ambition, is likely to desert a service in which he can gain a status equal to that which may be occupied by the sons of gentlemen, and the relatives of his employers, for ono in which his highest aim must be the attainment of a subordinate position, from which he can never hope to elevate himself by his own exertions. It is not that every man wants to become an officer, or a gentleman ; but there are a great many men Atho like to have it in their power to say, that it is from their own free choice th a t t h ey are neither. There is another very important class of seamen whose services are not likely to be available —married men with families, who have become localised at the ports from which they sail ; to which may be added another—by no means the smallest—composed of men physical y unfitted for the performance of their dut es by age or infirmity." We have tne whole history of the " Ceylon Rifle Regiment," by an officer, in which he details ito first formation and all its subsequent career. There' is a chapter on " Naval Reform," as also one on " Iron Ships," by General Sir Howard Douglas; and in an article entitled " Thoughts about Navy Timber," the author, after showing the scarcity of timber fit for use in Europe, suggests that we should try the Eastern Archipelago. The thought is a good one, and worthy of consideration. " A French View of our Military Colleges" is a sketch of our military preparations, and a history of our Ordnance Department. " During the Season at a Himalayan Sanatorium," is a tale of life out of the world, in the healthy though dull recesses of the loftiest range of mountains in the world, which may well challenge Mount Blanc's title to the sovereign crown. The number closes with a paper on the subject of " The Patrimony of St. Peter." _One of Them.—Ch as . L ever. The readers of this tale cannot complain that they are not kept on the move, for no soone r have they landed in the New World, and had on e or two transatlantic episodes exemplifying nationad characteristics than they are drawn back by the tide of events to the Old. Alfred Layton, after meeting his father, proceeds in his company to wards the rendezvous fixed by Quackinboss, but before reaching their destination they meet at a road-side inn Mr. Winthrop,the identical man they are in search of, in company with Troyer, who, himself unknown, recognising Alfred, and pleading fatigue keeps out of the way until the waggon is ready to start. It turns out later in the :story that the vagabond banker was too much for. the Yankee, and beat him with - his own weapons, for having stolen important papers from him, he gave him the slip, found out the whereabouts of Mr. Winthrop, the guardian of Clara, and started off for England in his company. But unfortunately he met with the Laytons on the road and excited the suspicion of the elder, whose doubts were con firmed at the next post town, when the two, father and son, started in pursuit, but were too late to overtake him before the departure of the mail steamer. A new character is introduced in this number, for although we have met the professor before as a clever debauched vagabond, Herbert Layton, although the same individual comes out in. a new light, he is evidently to be the master spirit, whose all-grasping intellect is to confound the deep laid plans of Mrs. Morris and Co. This lady lets the reader behind the scenes in her interview with her father as to her contrivances, &c. &c.; but it would not be fair for us to tell too much, and trusting to have told enough to excite curiosity, we will say good bye to Mr. Lever until next month. Delarue's Diaries. These elegant little Fooks are worthy of all admiration, and they combine utility with orna ment in a most remarkable manner. They are called Indelible Diaries and Memorandum Books. There are two sizes adapted for ladies and gen tlemen. The table of contents presents a most inviting list of general information on the most prominent subjects of the day, including among others " The Administrations of Great Britain," and a table of Cab Fares, which latter is always a desirable companion to take on our travels. Foreign Book Postage, Foreign Money Table, the Time of High Water, Public Holidays, The Parliaments of Great Britain, Plinetary Phe nomena, Post Office Regulations, the Sovereigns of Europe, Bills and Receipt Stamps, Transfer and Dividend Days, Table for Calculating Wages, British, French, and Foreign Weights and Mea sures, Variable Stars, Astronomical Terms, Ex plained. These b oo k s are got up i n the most elegant style, and finished off with great nicety. Hence it is obvious that those who wish to obtain for themselves or present their friends with a useful category of information, and become pos sessed of a charming little souvenir, cannot do better than purchase these Diaries for 1861. Notwithstanding their small size they con tain conveniences for carrying various articles, and their arrangements altogether are most satis factory. Colburn's New Monthly. A lengthened paper oa the Druses of the Hauran opens this number, and gives many particulars respecting this wild and singular race, chiefly gathered from a recent French work by M. Rey, member of the Societe de Geographie. The inte resting but melancholy tale of East Lynne is con tinued, and shows us the rash and unfortunate Lady Isabel in solitude and seclusion at Grenoble, bitterly repenting her sin and folly. Doubtless we shall soon have further elucidation of the mystery attending the murder, which, we suspect, will involve Francis Levison. Sir Nathaniel, in his notes on Note-worthies, travels back to the days of ancient Rome, and gives us many pages of quota tion, reference, and anecdote, concerning Cato of Utica. Another biographical paper tells us the story of Count Struenzee, the unfortunate favourite, physician, and Prime Minister to Christian VII. of Denmark and his Queen, Matilda of England. We have also an account of the First Voyage round the World, made by Ferdinand Magalhaes, or Magellan, the P or t uguese nav i gator w h o gave his name to the Straits which divide Tierra del Fuego from the mainland of Patagonia. As has been so often the case, the prime maver and . manager of the expedition failed to reap its fruits, for Magid haes was killed in an engagement with the natives of the Philippines on his homeward voyage. Of the numerous band of ad7euturets who started from San Lucar on their daring enterprise in 1519, only three Asiatics and thirteen Europeans, ex hausted and enfeebled by toil and hardship reached it in 1522. having completed the circumnavigation of the globe. W. Charles Kent contributes some poetic and pathetic verses, entitled, "Bethlehem-- Jerusalem —Golgotha , which remind us of some of Heber's . hymns. Th e D reamer of Gloucester con tinues his mystic "Diary," and there are several other papers of varying interest. Mac e tnr y i // of Keats isthe Magazine. The life and po etr y subject of the first chapter. The incidents o f his literary career and his early death, together with the style of poetry advocated by himself and Wordsworth, form an interesting paper. " A Df e enee of Mothers-in -Law" will find many admirers among a certain number of the gentler but we fancy that there are not a few of the l sex,d „K or i s of the creation who would pooh-pooh it. oe Jock and the Weird of Wanton - Walls" is Y brought to a conclu sion. " The Last Clue," without showing much poetical talent, is pleasingly written. "Tom Brown at Oxford"advances. • His mother has her doubts as to the propriety of his particular attention to his coz Mary, but the blind little god has sent his shaft too sorely for mamma to extract it. There is a very interesting article on the blind and the institution at 127, Euston-road for their benefit. It is to the charitable exertions of Miss Gilbert the blind daughter of the Bishop of Chichester, in conju ns . tion with the design and practical aid Mr. W . Hanks Levy, also blind, that this institution owe s its existence. Here it is that the blind are in structed in trades and employment given them as far as the funds of the institution permit, and the detnand for the produce of the industry of thi s afflicted class. The author desires that the exist ence of the institution may be made as public as pos sible, not doubting that a sympathetic public will give all the encouragement in their power to this charitable establishment. We learn from the statistical table furnished that there are 30,000 blind people in the United Kingdom, nine -tenths of whom have become blind after the age of twenty one. And when it is considered tha t without the aid of societies like the one at 127, E uston•road, they must be a burden to their friends or the public, too muc h pra ise cannot be given to individuals like Miss Gilbert and Mr. W. Hanks Levy, The roll° sing extract expresses the author's feeli ng on entering the mansi,vn or darkness. " I arranged to meet Miss Gilbert the next tray,at 127, 9 E us t on •road. It wa s a h ou s e in no wise different -- ' from the other houses in the neighbourhood, ,except that outside it g shop-door there hung . a picture not badly • d - seating a room occupied by busy blind w or p k ainte l , repre senting itself was entirely filled with baskets, mats, (I);rushiee