The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-05 00:00:00

rrHE COMET.—An intelligible astronomical DIAGRAM, indicating the position of the Comet in relation to the Constellation of the Great Bear, will appear in the LONDON REVIEW AND WEEKLY JOURNAL, conducted by Charles Mackay, of Saturday next, July 7. — Office, 11, Southampton-street, Strand. BB s 0 N'S WA T C IIE S. " Perfection of mechanism. Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's I llustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their rices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to P India and the Colonies for Si. extra. 33 awl 34, Ludgate-hill, Lonolt...E.C. 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS F'VENTNG the performances will commence with B LAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. M athews, Buck- THE OVE stone, Compton, C hippendale, Rogers, Mrs. C. Mathews , Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wins. After, which, the new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. To conclude with THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs intu i t i ve knowledge (for it becomes intuitive) of the allowance requisite for the direction of the wind, and the parabolic curve described by every projectile in long shots—all this needs considerable experience, and a zest for the object. It is with pleasure, therefore, that we have witnessed the formation of several Rifle Corps already, and most cordially do we recommend them to the attention of our young gentlemen. We all know what a formidable body the French Chasseurs de Vincennes are; and we have all been rejoicing lately in the efficiency of the T urkish Rifles, trained on their model, at Oltenitza ; but should an enemy ever land on our shores, the merits of the rifle would display themselves tenfold. With every inch of our country well known to us, and abounding, as it does, from its populousness and high cultivation, with available shelter for defence and ambuscade, a national supply of rifle men would almost limit an invader to the coast on which he landed. For domestic defence, at any point, it would hold any enemy in fear, and per haps in check, till our screw steamers and regulars could combine arrangements to finish the business. Then, after adverting to the Duke of WELLING TON accepting the colonelcy, with the Earl of PERTH as major, and to the letter of Lord PALMER STON accepting the offer of a volunteer corps, &c., we went on to say :—" In Prussia, the Landwehr familiarises the youth to the use of arms. Here \we have nothing of th e kind ; but were a taste for rifle practice diffused pretty widely, it would go far to qualify our young men to become, at a very short warning, most efficient defenders of their country. The fundamental qualification is to be a good shot; the requisite drill is more easily ac quired, btit for the former, skill and practice are essential. Where so much of the training must consist in target work, the requisite discipline be comes a highly interesting and stimulating amuse • ment ; and some of us can testify from experience that well conducted rifle practice is only second in in terestto the fowlin g-piece and the pointer. We really think it preferable to the modern battue shooting, a practice all but unknown when those of us above 50 had not reached half that age. We most heartily wish success to the Victoria Rifles, and hope they will soon be followed by other corps competing with them in furnishing first-rate marksmen. We do not quarrel with YOUNG ENGLAND for their taste for cricket, but we must hold that the man who can hit the bull's-eye very often, may be of much more service to his country than the man who can score most notches, or knock down most wickets." These having been so long our deliberate views, backed as they were from time to time by appeals to an indifferent public, we can but heartily rejoice that they are now shared by the whole nation, and that soon we may expect to see every town in Eng land setting up its rifle butts, and the rifle becoming to England what her long-bow once was- Alas ! for the poor little Innocents. The hot weather is beginning to tell upon them already. It was only on Tuesday last that the dog-days commenced, and that we had our first glimpse of summer weather. And upon that very even ing had we not an untimely " count out" in the Commons ? It appeared at the moment quite a casualty, something wholly fortuitous, a simple inadvertence, one that nobody at all had preme ditated. But a rumour since then unfolds its wings and begins to flutter about clubland—to the effect that the count out was by no means accidental—that it was, on the contrary, a dodge deliberately resorted to by the allied gas, water, and railway interest to defeat, by delay, the Me tropolitan Gas Regulation Bill ! Nay, the indi vidual member upon whom this ingenious " do" can be fathered has been particularised. Mr. JAMES BEAL, taking up his pen at 209, Piccadilly, and ad dressin g himselfto our contemporary the Daily News. has pointed the feather end of it distinctly at the hon. member for Peterboro' ! Referring to the count out on Friday, and attributing it, as before said, to a device of the allied gas, water, and railway in terests, with a view to the defeating by delay of the Metropolitan Gas Regulation Bill—" Mr. WHAL LEY," he writes, " has the credit of the achieve ment." To whomsoever this credit appertains there is the suspicion of the dodge here specified as one disingenuously resorted to by the advocates and abettors of the gas monopoly. At the very least this appears upon the face of it rather suspi cious. The count out occurring when it did has an ugly look. It is unquestionably a matter that re quires searching investigation. More particularly is this desirable seeing how energetieally the gas delegates, led onward by the honourable baronet the member for Westminster, have been battling of late in the interests of the great body of the gas consumers! The odds against them all the while being enormous, as might be recognised, as the phrase is, with half an cye, upon the merest casual glance at the funds upon the opposing sides—the delegates themselves with an almost empty money-bag, and the gas companies confronting them with an aggregate capital of somewhere about £8,000,000. Notwithstanding which disparity of " means" or " materiel," so to speak—RlGHT was here again proving, time after time, just one too many for MIGHT, when lo ! there opens before the next advance move of the delegates the pitfall of Tuesday night's count-out ; dug, or, at any rate, covered over, quoth rumour, by that doughty champion of the gas companies, the hon. gentleman the member for Peterboro'. However this may be, in truth, the count out of the preceding evening was as suspicious as it was inop portune. Yesterday again two more of the unfortunate innocents that are already massacred fell untimely victims before the advent of that seasonable battu which appropriately ushers in towards the close of July the heathery sport of the August grouse-shooting. One of these numbered 25 upon the list of votes and proceedings of the House of Commons (No. 105) under date Illercurii 4. die Ina. 1860, appearing there under its own dirty frousy name of Dealers in Marine Stores Bill, already read a first and second time, and yesterday to be considered in committee. The object of this bill by the way, it may be at o nce stated, is, or rather was, of the most highly moral kind. Mr. SPOONER watched over its development, and was seconded in the humane attempt by Mr. NEWDEGATE. Was it not, in fact, designed expressly to " put down," after the fashion of Sir PETER LAURTE, the lie ceiverA of Stolen Goods ? But how ? By means of a bill that the home Secretary was obliged to stigmatise last night as more arbitrary in its pro visions than any lie (Sir G. C. Lewis) well remem bered to have ~. een. And certainly on looking into even a few arndyg these provisions, it appears to have well deserved this rather unenviable charac ter. It would (unless modified in Committee) have rendered it incumbent upon all plumbers, black smiths, silversmiths, ironmongers, in fact all per sons dealing in metal, to take out a license, and to be liable at all times to police inspections ! One of the difficulties appeared to be the discovery of some exact definition of what might be said really and truly to define the Marine-store Dealer. As Commence at 7. ROYA 1, PRINCESS'S THEAT RE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will be rfomed THE WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John F r alstaff, Mr. Phelps. MERRY To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows, Miss C. Leclercq, Commence at 7. A DELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. r - A. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of the powerful Adelphi drama, "The Flowers of the Forest." Tenth week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly THIS -,VENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington, Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'SB. THE ANRE Di re cteur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. Chatterton. EVERY EVENING. TO-NIGHT, LES PROJETS DE MA TANTE. LES JEU AU COUVENT. M. Paul Devaux. LES FEMMES AUX OEUFS D'OR. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, Ss. ; Pit, 2s.'; Gallery, ls. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP HIT HE ATRE.- dr:A. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Notice.—The Entertainments on Monday Evening last having been honoured by the presence and' approbation of their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold and suite, and other distinguished visitors, the magnificent Hippo- Drama, and the Novel and Wondrous Scenes in the Arena forming the programme on the occasion, will be repeated every evening till further notice. By particular request, there will be ONE more) RAND MID DAY PERFORMANC E, viz., on Saturday, y 7, to commence at 2 o'clock. On Monday, July 2, 1860, and during the week, to com mezce with the immensely successful Grand Historical Spectacle in Three Acts, entitled .‘ FAIR ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS." To be followed by Scenes in the Cirque, supported by Madlles. De Berg, Mo et, and Leontine ; Messrs. Fernando, L'Epine, F. Watson, and Herr Christoff, ttc. Ste., artistes of unequalled celebrity. Conclud ing with a Popular Farce. Doors open at halt -past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open aily from 11 till 4. stage M anag er—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CONCERTS.- CANTERBUR Y HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOUN FAO OD ST. 'S OPERA. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Slobel .. Marguerite — Miss RusselL Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and nu merous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and 'Wiwi& and W. T. Critahfield. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of seventeen performers (organised expressly for this Establishment) will make their first a earance On MONDAY next for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. _____.---------- ____ _ THE. WEATHER. —Star OFFICE, JULY 5, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.30. Wpm—West-North-Westerly ; light, with very fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DlOr.—Mortting, 3h. 14m.—Afternoon, 3h. 33m. To-uolatow.-Morning, 3h. 52m.—Afternoon, 4h. 9m. . 1 . I , i '''• • . -,• fe tv.pe.,,,v ,\ • '4- s-,_:,,,, ,, ,7,:-. ~,, ;.! _ s, . i,- , 4 ,,, . 1..11-4.4.*25z z..10,,,, ,- - -47 - VA , i, ~.-_ ,•- 74 ,-Ai,, ; , : r•,t o , A e t. ...J.. : , „. ,, - -, . , ...= , .:4.it- „.sj . r" ~,,,,:„.., ' i THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 180. Three times three for Hyde Park and Wimbledon Common ! All England and all Europe now under stand where lies the last line of defence for tae metropolis. Even Lord OVERSTONE will sleep in peace. When a despot King was warring against his people's liberties, a march out of the London apprentices once turned the scale ; and should a despot's army—an army of soldiers content with political slavery themselves—ever dream of re ducing us to their own condition, a march of young London of the present day will convert the whole country into a living fortress. The key to national safety, in the last extremity, is now found. We entirely believe that our fleet will never allow us to need our riflemen ; but we alse know that every sailor afloat would fight with all the more assurance recollecting the Volunteers ashore. He has his wife, his parents, his bro- them and sisters there—he cannot absolutely in sure that in 300 miles of coast available for land• ing, no enemy can leap ashore before he can steam up to him. But his hand now will not tremble, as he lays and trains his gun aboard ship, for the safety of those at home, whose lives and honour are all dearer to him than his own. He will think of wife and children, and think of the Volunteers who watch them—and then bang !—it goes—a well-aimed shot at the enemies of England. How can Englishmen but glory in Hyde-park and Wimbledon ? Our soldiers do not fight for their pay alone, we well know. They must live; but if the hour of trial came, we believe every British soldier would fight, though the nation were as bankrupt as Austria; for it would be the bank ruptcy of a country of freemen, to defend which would be worth every freeman's while. But our volunteers are soldiers at their own costs. Con tributors of their precious time and morty, Tieing in discipline with the paid armies of the Continent, and learning in one twelvemonth what the slaves of despotism would not have acquired in many years. England has passed a vote of confidence in her self, which will warn all who envy her prosperity and freedom not to venture a hostile motion. We naturally feel great enthusiasm for the Rifle Volunteer Movement, and look on the Wimbledon competition with the highest pleasure. We can not feel quite sure how long it is since we have earnestly insisted on the great value of the rifle ns an instrument of national defence ; but we do f'eriieinber as long back as March 14, 1854, making jcn g 112 e Of the now splendid Victoria Rifle Corps, whichladbeen formed several months before, as a test for urgin g afresh our views on the public. On. that day, lan"uage as appropriate as ever, — and of whi c h the allusions interest, we will be recalled with wrote—" There can be no doubt that the Rifle will be the weapon which will decide the fate of most futa Already re battles. the artillery h is been requiritd to make great efforts to preserve its relative superiority ; b u t we must expect that improvements will continue to be made in the fantry weapon, tillthe discharge become so rapid, and the aiin so sure, that within the rang of half a mile or more it will be the most deadlye of arms. Few, however, become very quickly feet mark smen ; and hardly any ever become per first-rate who have, not felt some enthusiasm fcr the art of shooting- in early life. The steady hand appre ciation of distance , t he and eye, the correct THE SUN, LurspoN, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1860. the Home Secretary observed last evening, the definition in the bill was so ample, or rather so loose, that under it every blacksmith immediately came within the category of the marine-store dealer ! So too with the plumber, so too with the silversmith, &c. But, as Sir GEORGE LEWIS added, there was already a distinct statutory defi nition of the marine-store dealers, who are thus defined in the 9th and 10th Vict., ch. 99—namely, as " all persons who shall trade or deal in buying and selling anchors, cables, sails, or old junk, old iron, or old marine stores of any kind or descrip tioa." A better definition perhaps than even this might have been suggested to the right hon. gentleman, not certainly from the statute book, but from the hand of a late rev. canon of St. Paul's—not SYDNEY SMITH, but one in his way a lmost equal to SYDNEY SMI TH as a humorist — . the Rev. THOMAS BARHAM, who has sung thus, in the voice of THOMAS INGOLDSBY-- " In the Edgeware-road there's an old marine store, And a great black doll hangs over the door ; There are musty bones and fusty rags, And rusty locks and dusty bags." &c. &c. &c. Running on (certainly irrelevantly to the question under discussion yesterday in committee in the )ommons)— " And a lusty old woman called Thirsty Nan, And her crusty old husband's a hairy-faced man.' At any rate the Commons might just as lief have been quoting from the "Ingoldsby Legends," the immortally ridiculous " Legend of Hamilton Tighe," as pottering over the provisions of Mr. SPOONER'S -pet Marine Stores Bill—for all the good that eventually came of it. For at the close of that lengthy discussion—what is the brief but sufficient intimation that we read in the Parlia mentary reports ? " The Chairman then left the chair and the Bill dropped." Another of the poor little Innocents—" gone to its long home" (as Mrs. GAMP would say) in the waste paper basket. It is not only in reference to the Poor Litttle Bill about Reform that might be quoted the quaint couplet— " Since so soon that I was done for, I wonder what I was begun for." Hardly had Mr. SPOONER realised the fact tha his Marine Stores Bill had really dropped, after al that " pother," when Mr. CRAUFURD'S Highways Roads, &c., Bill is brought to the verge of the same stage, viz., committee—when, who but Mr. SPOONER (as though it were in sheer spleen and spite at his own discomfiture) moved, and moved successfully, that the Bill about Highways, Roads, &c., should go into committee on that day three months ! And so that innocent received its quietus ! The yearly appetite for destructiveness is increasing again betimes upon the Commons. They are beginning to taste the blood of the little innocents so frequently that we have a fair prospect of coming now all the sooner upon the grand, in evitable massacre. To-morrow we hope to learn the final decision of the Government in regard to the Census Bill, or rather the "Religious Profession" columns which the public were to be required to fill up under a penalty. The penalty is, indeed, now acknow ledged to be untenable. It was felt, as soon as mentioned, that to fine a man for not declaring his own religious profession, and that of each of the inmates of his dwelling, was much more than the country would submit to. Persons even who had no objection to write down their " religious profes sion" had the innate objection of every Englishman to doing it under a threat. But beyond this it is now quite apparent that there is a strong feeling, very widely diffused, against being asked our reli• gious profession in the name of the Government at all. What has the State to do with my religion any more than with my banker's balance ? is the ques tion indignantly asked by all men of independent minds. The fact that 169 gentlemen of the House of Commons could unite, on their own behalf and that of their constituents, and on behalf of the Liberal cause generally, to memorialise Lord PAL - MERSTON against the inquisitorial words, is suffi cient proof that the objection to them is no crotchet. We need hardly repeat that we view the whole business as a shabby job concocted by High Churchmen to reverse, if they could, the to them mortifying testimony of the last census. An attempt was lately made to throw the onus of the clause on Lord SHAFTESBURY and the Low Church, but the philanthropic lord indignantly denounced the rumour as unfounded ; and the clause as, in his opinion, useless and objection able. We believe, therefore, we were right in our conjecture on the first appearance of the proposal. We referred to the Bishop of OXFORD and his clique—we did so because they had showed such extreme mortification with the census religious returns on their first appearance. We can under stand why their religious pride should be mor tified—they are the Regulars, the religious troops of the line ; they take all the State honours and all the State pay, and they are annoyed that the Religious Volunteers should appear to quite equal, almost to surpass them in usefulness. But the country is not mortified. Ecolesiastically, it is proud of its Religious Volunteers, just as for mili tary purposes, it is so proud'of its Rifie Volunteers 1 1 —and let these sour ecclesiastics learn a lesson from the officers and soldiers of the line. They do not want, now they see what Volunteers can do, to throw cold water on the Volunteer n.ovement. One and all they praise, they even excuse slight mishaps, they exult with their QUEEN and coun try, in witnessing the success of voluntary zeal. They would to a man proudly fight shoulder to shoulder with the volunteers. Amongst the eccle siastics, on the contrary, we see nothing but the unworthiest jealousy. Instead of rejoicing that, — while they are doing their regular, stately work, with all the dignity of Apostolical succession, of Palaces and Peerages—an equal number at least are doing quite as much with no reward in the world, but that of doing what good they can—instead of rejoicing in this, they are doing their best to de preciate all this noble volunteership in religion ! Much as if General BURGOYNE, instead of exulting, as he did in the presence of Her MAJESTY, had endeavoured to make out that the numbers of the Rifle Corps were but few, and their drill inefficient. We have already exposed the dishonesty of the device to magnify the number of Churchmen characterg the of rel i t g l i t o e us ob c j e ec n t s i l o is n s i t l o Bm t h b e y compared with those of Di ssen ters, and the paltry mode n counting o f a ttendants at each place of worship. Indeed, as a takin contemporary whom we have quoted to day re mark:, they are all objections which tell equally on both sido3. Even if taken on the same plan, however, the next census will not be so trustworthy as the last ; there will be more efforts made to fill places of worship o n the Censw; Sunday. 'rim country clergy especially will allure or force almost all the parish to church on that day. The last Religious Census was the least artificial one we are ever likely to have. CHRISTY'S MIN STRELS.—Mr. G. W. Raynor, the manager and proprietor, takes his farewell benefit at the St. James's Hall, on Monday next, the 9th inst., under the patronage of Royalty and other distinguished persons, when crowded two on pe b r o f t o h rm oc a e n as ce i s ou N s V . ill be given, morning and even ing. Mr. Raynor being a great favourite with the public as a manager and singer, we doubt not that the hall will be LATE u The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : NAPLES, JULY 2. The state of siege has been raised. The Constitution of 1848 has been proclaimed. The Press laws of 1848 and 1849 have been re established. The Chambers are convoked for the Ist Septem, ber. The National Guard has been provisionally re established. The state of Baron Brenier is satisfactory. Naples is tranquil. PARIS, JULY 5. The Russian Ambassador, Count Kisseleff, has officially informed M. Thouvenel that the Court of St. Petersburg, having examined the three proposals of France for the definitive settlement of the ques tion of the annexation of Savoy, has resolved upon giving preference to the assembling of a European Conference at Paris. The Duke de Grammont has completed bis cure at the waters of Vichy, and is about to resume his functions as Ambassador at Rome. ROME, JULY 4, The Reforms which the Papal Government has decided upon granting are to be promulgated shortly in a motiz-proprio. Among other concessions the Pope grants to the Consulta of State a deliberative vote on all financial questions, on which until now it had only a con sultative vote. ______ But these reforms are to be granted on condition of the integrity of the patrimony of St. Peter being guaranteed. VIENNA, THURSDAY, The new Minister of Finance, Herr von Plener, has so arrang,d that coupons of the national loan falling due on the Ist inst. will be paid in specie, in all foreign capitals, at the rate of 2 francs 45 centimes per florin. PARIS, JULY 5, The Moniteur, of this morning, announces that, during the absence of M. Magne, M. Fould will undertake the direction of the Ministry of Finance MARSEILLES, JULY 4 GENOA, JULY 4 (via Marseilles. Foreign Affairs - l'Signor Natolie. Interior Signor Daita. War Signor Orsini. Public Safety Signor Laporta. . Giovanni. A project of law has been presented to the Corps Legislatif, for authorising the City of Paris to issue 287,618 obligations of 500 francs each. The Courrier de Marseilles states that a skirmish took place on the 30th ult., near Messina, between some aetachments of Garibaldians and a portion of the Royal troops. Advices from Palermo state that a new Ministry had been appointed in Sieily by Garibaldi, as follows : _ Religion ... . Don Lanza, Benedictine. Public Instruction Signor Loggia. Finance MARSEILLES, JULY 4 Advices from Beyrout to the 21st ult. state that the Druses, reinforced by hordes of plundering Kurdes and Bedouins, had attacked the town of Zahli, the last refuge of the Christians. The town was entirely burnt down, and 1,000 Christians were murdered. .. _ Deril Kamar, in consequence of the inhabitants having been unarmed, was plundered and deserted. Other acts of incendiarism, pillage, and murder had been perpretrated in the Anti-Lebanon. It was said that the children at the school in Mala hala had been killed, notwithstanding that they were under the protection of the French flag, and that the French Consul had sent to withdraw the children from the Catholic colleges. The Turkish military reinforcements had not arrived at Beyr'ut. Advices from Constantinople to the 27th state that the Sultan had written to the Grand Vizier, congratulating him on the results of his mission, and had assembled the Ministers, to whom he declared that he would support them against all rivalry. vernment to the Swiss note, urging the speedy meeting of the Conference : " VIENNA, June 7. ,Monsieur le Earon,—The Swiss Chargé d'Af- Aires has addresed to me, under date of 30th May last, a note the contents of which agree in all points with the views expressed to you by the President of the Confederation on the inadmissibility of the last French propositions, tending to resolve the Savoy question. " M. Steiger's note concludes with the declaration that Switzerland can but remain firm to her pro gramme, and that consequently she reiterates the wish to see the Conference meet promptly to bring the question of the neutralised districts, which affect so evidently the general interests, to a solution conformable with the stipulations of the treaties. We are ready, for our part, to comply eventually with the desire of the Federal Council However, the ensemble of the political situation, which isbecom ing mere and more complicated, does not allow us to take the initative in the matter. " The Swiss Chargé d'Affaires has also presented me with a memorandum, dated 25th May last, the text of which I dispense forwarding to you. " I beg of you, M. le Baron, to thank the Presi dent of the Confederation for the communication of that interesting document, which produces new arguments destined to refute the points of view developed in the different documents emanating from the French Cabinet on the subject of this question. "RECHBERG.” THE MAOAZINES. Judgment had been pronounced against Hassib Paella, ex• Minister of Finances. His property was declared sequestrated. The property of Osman Paella, the ex-favourite, had also been confiscated. Cyprus was agitated in favour of annexation to Greece. The Greek Government was organising the National Guard. The Turkish Customs authorities had seized a bundle of proclamations in favour of the re-esta blishment of the Byzantine Empire. The agents n whose possession they were found had been arrested. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. BOURSE, July 4.—The market has been buoyant, and prices have impro-red. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents 97 Credit Foncier .... 885 Do end month 97 Belgian ........ per Cents 3 SO Do. etd 68 60 Roman ......... . Bank Shares 2820 Austrian ........ , CrcdiL Mobilier 675 Spanish Threes.... 49 75 Do. Account 675 —; Home Debt ...... 481 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1341 25 .. 1345 Froilliern ..............980 .. 980 New ditto .............. 867 50 .. 870 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 878 75 G eneva k 398 75 .. 385 Southern W estern Eastern . 410 Sardinian Anstrian Lombard SWITZERLAND. The following is the official text of the note ad dressed by the Swiss Federal Council to the Powers that signed the act of the Congress the of Vna, urin in reply to the communication made by T Cabinet on the cession of Sa vo y and Nice to France : " Sir,—The Sardinian Legation has communi cated to us, on the part of its Government, by a note of the 14th inst., the official announcement, that the Chamber of I).puties, as well as the Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia, has approved the treaty of the 24th of March, concerning the cession of Savoy, including the neutralised provinces of that, country ; and that his Majesty has granted lts ratification to that treaty . It is, moreover, known, that on the same day (14th of June) the French au tholities took poss,essdon of Savoy, end that, in the eonuse . of last week, French troops en tered the nuut.r:lizL.t.l provinces. " We leave taken cognizance of this communica tion. We cannot, however, pass it by in silence ; on the con t ra r v , we think it our dut y to repeat our former representations relative thereunto, and, in maintaining our A iew of the subject, to renew note, still more positively, the protestations we have con stantly urged against the treaty in question. "You will be so good, sir, to bring this in the most suitable manner totheknowledgc oftheGovern. ment to which you are accredited, and to request, at the same time, that the Conference of the Powers invoked by Switzerland may meet as speedily a s possible. " The President of the Confederation, 66 FREY-HEROSEE. " Berne, June 16, 1860." The following is the reply of the Austrian Co- Blackwood's Magazine. In the political article the Reform Bill is the subject treated of, and considering the opinions of this periodical, it is not to be wondered at that the writer indulges in some pardonable exultation con cerning its failure. It is too much to expect any magnanimous consideration from the Conserva tives, after the very unfair manner in which their measure was treated last year. The withdrawal is here styled " as a pretty instance of poetical jus tice, and a curious illustration of party politics. It is said that Lord John is extremely mortified at the frustration of his unhappy bill, and we can well believe it, for, besides losing the chance_ of identifying his name with a further measure of Reform, he has incurred, for the third time in his life, the disgrace of turning out a Government, and failing to fulfil the pledge on the strength of which he was supported.' •In vindication of the Opposi tion, as being charged with a factious obstruction, it is stated that seventy out of the ninety amend ments to be proposed in committee were given by the supporters of the Government. Finally, it is truly stated that the one overwhelming obstacle was the doing of the Ministers themselves in their French Treaty and their Budget. Lord John an nounced that it was his duty to let the discussions on the Treaty and Budget take precedence of the debates on. Reform, and hence the stumbling block that really barred the way of the representative measure. In conclusion, there are some remarks on the rumours lately prevalent in regard to dis union and disaffection in the ranks of the Conser vatives, and it is forcibly argued that nowhere is there a party in which perfect unanimity is to be found. "There has always been a certain amount of disaffection in every political confederation. C a nning had to complain of it, Peel had to com plain of it, Disraeli has to complain of it also. On the whole, however, the discipline of the Tory party is remarkable, is in striking contrast to that of the Whig rank, and no doubt Mr. Disraeli is perfectly satisfied with the confidence which he enjoys. It may strike some calm unprejudiced observers, that these incessant reports about their opponents come rather inconsistently from a party whose leaders are proverbial for their quarrels; and it is to be considered, for the sake of argument, what would have been said had Mr. Disraeli ever followed the example of Lord John, in explaining one of his many disputes with Lord Palmerston, and, in speaking of Lord Derby to the Commons, had said, "My noble friend," I mean " the noble lord ?" If, while displaying uniform concord and remarkable unanimity, we hear of their everlasting warfare, what would be said if they took it in turns to send each other out of office, changed places as leaders, took alternately and indiscriminately the post of Premier, Foreign Secretary, &c., and indulged in other Whig manoeuvres to amuse the public and mystify their friends. It is asserted here, and it is to be hoped the vexed question will be left at rest, when an authority like this magazine has so ably and eloquently taken it up, that " the great Tory party take a view of Mr. Disraeli's character somewhat different from that of his too captious critics, that they are not unmindful of his services, and that they are prepared to give him their cordial support." We conclude our remarks on this excel lent article with the following forcible passage : "It should be remembered that his rise to power was peculiar, and would justify an impartial observer in ex pecting a much stronger dissent from his authority than that which actually exists. He rose into p.twer when the party was at war itself ; when sharp words were flung about on every side ; when ridicule and recrimination were all too freely used. Who can wonder that, joining in the strife with more than usual spirit, he should have made many enemies—implacable as they are powerful ? But over and above this, the very success of his efforts raised him into authority over the heads of men who were gradu ally working their way upwards, aid who looked forward with reason to leading the Tory party sooner or later. He has had to endure the implacable jealousy of these men, in addition to the implacable hate of those whom he ridi culed; and the marvel is that, having to contend against such influences, Mr. Disraeli has been able to maintain his position at all." • The paper on " Judicial Puzzles" is very well worth reading, and some of the occurrences men tioned are most curious. Hardly anything is stranger than the infatuation that possesses some people in moments of difficulty to declare they have done things which they have not. It is quite out of the common to meet with papers of this sort in a magazine, and the readers cannot fail to be enter tained by them. " Norman Sinclair," is a little more animated in this instalment, and as it pro gresses it will most likely improve. There are many other essays on various topics ; the continuation of " Captain Speke's Adventures in Somali Land," some criticisms on the Royal Academy, and other exhibitions ; also there is an article on poetry, which contains some very sensible remarks on many points, although it overrates in some degree the poetical achievements of the day. It remarks : " Few are the poetry works which can tempt us through them now-a days, but because we are old, dare any one suppose, that youth is dead and the seasons changed ." This is not true, because it is i m possible not to regret that we have no longer the race of poetic giants in the land that we had in the days of Byron, Campbell, Moore, and Scott. Let another generation pass and the sublime mystics who are the rage at present will not have left works that will live beside the immortal medodies that charmed the early part of this century. On the whole, there is a good deal of interesting and in structive matter in Maga this month. Dublin University Magazine. The remarkable tale of " Vonved the Dane, Count of Elsinore," is continued—the details are most striking, and we meet in this portion with a most effective account of the revenge of M ads Neilsen. Horrible is the fate of Herr Nealen—but one can hardly pity him ; for if there is one character more contemptible than another it is that of the betrayer, Moore has vigorously denounced such baseness in a glowing passage in " Lallahßookh," beginning— '• Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like the Dead Sea's blight, Comes o'er the counsels of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might." The second chapter relates the adventures of the unhappy young wife of the Count, and it is most interesting. The sketches in this story are vivid and powerful.. The hero is not a common malefac tor, 'but a brave man, who was so much ill-used and insulted that he had every excuse for the course he took—a course which in its wildest Moments was never stained with disgrace, or blackened with cruelty. The wild rovers of the sea were seldom those who displayed the night side of nature, and one often meets in . their records much consideration that would have done honour to the pious dwellers on the shore. There is an article on " Tennent's Ceylon," which is late in the day; but it does not so much signify since it discusses a work that will outlast many books published long after its appear ance. After .a good summary of its contents, and some pertinent remarks thereon, the writer con cludes by saying :—" We are not surprised .that this work has already reached a•fifth edition. It is one on which the author may rest his fame. It forms a cyclopurlia and standard reference to all who seek to be informed upon this interesting I island, and an indispenSable handbook to the emi grant and visitor. It is a Monument of the talent, industry, and perseverance of our distinguished countryman." It is always gratifying to welcome such a treasure to the archives of national litera ture, but it is not often that we can find a work so worthy of appreciation as the one now under dis cussion, and the tribute here paid to its merits is only what is just and reasonable. There is a paper on Rienzi by Professor de Vericourt, which is well written. The water does not take a very favourable view of the great man. Ho observes that " Sir Edward Lytton, generally so faithful to history with reference to customs and manners in his admirable romances, evinces a boundless enthu siastic reverence for Rienzi—with him the a acessron of the Tribune would have been the close of the rk th ra ldom of Italy and the abrupt limit of th d ages of Europe, if he had mot wit h a brave,enob intelligent, devoted people to bac k his projects., The writer goes on to state that many years after Volunteers, of whom he speaks in high terms of this loft;:; and unjust estimate of the Last of the commendation, and declares that, in spite of the Tribtie,s, a German historian, Papencordt, pub- low estimation in which they were held some time lis;.ied reaearches on the same subject. Whichever back in certain quarters, his countrymen will 'view the reader may incline to, it is certain that find, if they make the trial, that the Volunteers great care , has been taken in the compilation of will dispute supremacy with the best troops this article, and it is especially deserving of atten- they can produce. " Coaches and Courtship," by tion. There is a second part of the " Marshals of Ouida, is a decided improvement on some of his late Napoleon the Great," which is a subject paiticu- productions, and is an amusing tale of the unex larl3: attra.stive, for that renowned band furnishes petted union of a university fellow with a nabob's an instant's almost per se in history, of a class niece. " Rivers and their Associations," is con springing u.p to meet an emergency ; and although tinued from which much useful information is to be they might have been nothing without the super- I derived : vision of that " Some idea of the enormous quantity of water- that is " Genius that planned at its call perpetually flowing into the oceans of the globe is derived Where the whirlwind of battle should roll ;" from the extent of its chief river basins. The Rhone, for exrple, drains waters from an area of 7,000 square yet still in themselves they possessed shining quali -1 milestes obf itsthe drainstwicethat windings, area; and the Danube from 55,000 square miles total number of 26 of these marshals, no less than of surface : but the waters from an area of 300,000 square eight died violent deaths. Murat and Ne y , shot miles fall into the St. Lawrence, and those from 1,000,000 h of as squ i are miles into the Mississippi, which, by its windbags. by verdict of a court-martial, Berthier committed of toansenof t w h a o t t!,s fa 6n a t It i i t s o e t s h ti e mate d d i that 1,800,000,000 suicide, Brune assassinated, Lannes mortally wounded at Essling, Bessieres killed at Lutzen, besides the great rivers daily into into it, receiveste rra ne Mediterranean, which, more than Poniatowski drowned in the Elster, and Mortier twenty secondary rivers and innumerable smaller streams. killed by Fieschie's infernal machine in Paris. More than a fourth of the river water of all Europe falls " Found at Sea" is a very remarkable sketch, which into the Black Sea." is painful to peruse, but which is very forcibl y A short tale by Christian Andersen cannot fail to a ttract attention. "Gurney or Two Fortunes," is narrated ; and the way in which the murdere r is discovered is really marvellous, furnishing another continued.• The tale of " Ovingdean Grange" is b instance of the retributive justice of eve nts, and rought to a conclusion this month. Charles, after a _ being surprised by Stelfax, locked up—rescued and the terrors of a guilty , conscience. "The Work experiencing many adventures and hair-breadth day World in France enters into a discussion of escapes, at length embarks on board of a vessel at the relative merits of the systems adopted here and abroad in reference to children and their employers. Brightelmstone, and is safely conveyed to Fr a nce. It is stated that the advantages preponderate There is a d escri p tion of the town as it was at that greatly. on the side of the foreign arrangements ; time, and a comparison with the Brighton of the and from some of the instances here adduced it present day, in which despite the loss of the ro mantic, the latter has the advantage. So ends t he does appear that the laws are not so st rin g ent, t and that a greater freedom is allo wed, the young. tale. But the last chapter disposes of the les ser There is an article on " The French Treaty c h arac t ers —Clavering is wedded to Dulcia, and. of Commerce," which considers the question after the restoration Stelfax, then a Colonel in the carefully, but takes too favourable a view Guards, is received with favour by Charles. of the transaction as a whole. It states that " Time will show whether the ambi tious speculation of the Chancellor of the Exche quer in dropping the substance, of valuable re venue in pursuit of augmented trade, has grasped at a shadow, or has on the contrary inaugurated a new era of unparalleled pro sperity." To judge from the present working of the marvellous Treaty and miraculous Budget we should say the former would be the most probable result, and even if the experiment succeeds it will not justify such an awful risk being run in such a reck less manner. Great blame attaches itself to those who spoil a good cause; and while declaiming all the merits of free-trade and the advantages of in creased commerce, these wise legislators should have remembered the warning of Lord Macaulay, not to fight the battles of truth with the wea pons of error. They gave up reciprocity; and in their vehement desire to call foreigners their brothers, they denied to their own countrymen their rights, and treated them as they dared not have proposed to do the foreigners themselves, since they would have spurned a treaty whose terms proposed they should take all the loss at once and not share the profit for some time. Until some thing more decided and definite as to national ad vantage is seen to accrue from the new system, it would be as well for the admirers of Mr. Gladstone who think he monopolises the wisdom and oratory of the age to stay their panegyrics and reserve their felicitations. Finis coronat opus, and it is not cus tomary to recite the odes of victory before the con. quest has been' gained. Colburn's United Service Magazine. The leading chapter in this number is upon the reorganisation of the Indian Army. This is a sub ject of such long-standing and continued contro versy, that the public, despite its importance, be gins to weary of it. The author condemns Sir Charles Wood's policy, and suggests various plans of his own. The next is upon the Military Store Fraser's Magazine. The present number of Fraser, although dis cussing a wide range of subjects, is scarcely equal in interest to its immediate predecessors. One permanent addition to the table of contents has been made, by the introduction of the Chronicle of Current History, which is in future to be a con spicuous feature in this magazine. It is framed something after the fashion of our Parisian contem poraries, and contains a succinct though compre hensive summary of passing events. In the pre sent instance we have the condensed record of the varied intelligence of the past half-year; and though we must confess that discussions and dis sertations on the Budget, the Treaty, the state of Italy, the prospects of Continental Europe, the balance of parties and Reform Bill, at home, are more familiar than welcome, yet there is little doubt that, if carried on with care, intelligence, and consideration, this contemporary chronicle will be a valuable addition to the pages of Fraser. The fifth and sixth volumes of Mr. Froude's History are discussed at some length, though the writer prefers taking a general survey of the aspects of the time to minutely criticising the work. The volumes in question, as most of our readers are probably aware, refer to one of the most difficult epochs within the range of the historian of our country ; when the sceptre had just fallen from the vigorous, if capricious grasp of " bluff King Hal , " leaving the helm of state to be seized by the eager but incompetent hands of Somerset and his suc cessors. It is justly remarked, in the article before us, that the discussion of such an era demands more than ordinary sagaclty and temperance in the his torian. "If he measure men and events by any standard adjusted on the scale of happier times, he will exaggerate the one and underrate the other. In the Conservative party of this period he will see none but bigots and persecutors; in the Re formers none but headlong destructives." There is truly, as the same writer subsequently observes, a Romanist chaos and a Protestant chaos, and it is rarely, indeed, that we meet with an author who escapes from bkh. The work of Mr. Froude re ceives cordial encomium, and still greater success is prophesied to await him in the stirring annals of the reign of the Maiden Queen. Viscount Bury contributes an interesting paper on the Hythe School of Musketry, describing the course of instruction awaiting the Volunteer officers who arc selected to take part in its training. The introductory remarks on the general features and tendencies of the Volunteer movement are full of sound sense. The primary importance of each man being a good shot, and the absolute necessity of due attention being paid to the cleaning of the rifles, are points strongly dwelt upon in the course of the paper. The clever author of " Headlong Hall" continues his eccentric but ably-written story of " Gryll Grange," and leaves the heroes and heroines in a very entangldd and perplexing position, but it is rather valuable for the suggestiveness and origi nality of the conversations than for the interest of the narrative. The other story " Wheat and Tares' also progresses, though without any great fascina tions. We miss this month the pleasant essays of A. K. H. 8., whose writings have become one of the recognised attractions of Fraser. In his stead we have an article " On the Importance of Energy in Life," which, though containing sound and sen sible matter, is somewhat too weighty and involved in its style to do full justice to the subject. The writer dwells upon the possession of this invaluable quality as a remarkable characteristic of the great men who have attained success in the several careers of the general, the statesman, the politician, the lawyer, and the author. With regard to the artist or the man of letters, it is justly observed that energy is as requisite for the production of a great work in literature or art as in any other vocation, though physical strength may be less necessary. " The general or the statesman can re ceive aid of all kidds; in many cases he has but to determine upon the course and issue his orders, leaving them to be executed by others. The poet cannot get an aide' to observe, nor the historian a secretary to study, for him; still less can he hand over some of his task to be performed by another." The energy indispensable to the successful comple tion of a great work through inward misgiv ings and outward difficulties is also of no trifling value. In the more ordinary put suits of life, the possession of this quality will often neutralise considerable deficiencies in other respects. The second part of the essay on " Physical Theories of the Phenomena of Life" is given; but its matter is too abstruse and its style too elaborate and technical to adapt it to the general reader. The series of papers on " The Literary Suburb of the Eighteenth Cen tury" is brought to a conclusion—the object of the writer having been, as he tells us, "to collect some scattered memories of the days of merry England, when letters were in honour, and men sought rather for eminence than wealth, and to sketch one of the favourite retre ats of approved genius," he may consider it satisfactorily th accom plished, since his records have included greater part of the celebrities of t t i li le at have a humorous paper pleading a Years dv a: ofper p fe o c ffi t o t g rut s h ys i t t e i s d u a p y ;iori l t r v e system, y d h' v f e o r l t l i o s w e m e d e n t b s N a , e r paper our sent on Ago." It shows us some " Social and Political Life Five-and 'king contrasts he -s as s l n y p to: e t t the lr o t f Y affairs enter tt a w g e e e n of thatthe daypr present s e a n n td time, our o w and it affords an when George the Fourth was King. As might taining picture of the generilnaNi'loc be expected fio . n a writer on such a topic who owns to " the shady side of fifty," the article is somewhat diffuse and occasionally tedious, b u t there is some pleasant reading in it nevertheless. The poetical contributions consist of an onslaught on modern po ets b y an anon y mous writer , and a singular ballad by Matthew Arnold, neither of which possesses any high degree of merit. Bentley's Miscellany. In letter number six of " The O u t remanc h e Cor respondence," the writer continues his sarcastic criticisms on English politics, and the way in which things are carried on in general. The only exception he makes is in favour of the. Rifle Department, and the recommendation that all young officers who are at present engaged in that department should bd at once released from their desks, which may be occupied by civil clerks, and turned into the storehouses, there personally to in spect and handle the various munitions of war, is worthy the attention of the Horse-Guards. There are some severe but not uncalled for strictures on military education and the examinations for commissions. It is all very proper that candi dates for commissions should possess a reasonable amount of education ; but that education ought rather to be of a nature befitting their future career than that of a public lecturer. Why should the embryo general be expected to answer questions such as how many Popes there have been, and others equally absurd. Beyond a reasonable general edu cation, military tactics, general geography, not the minute division of counties,, should be required. Personal experiences of the Italian campaign, in which we find a vivid description of the battle of Montebello by an eye witness, is well written. At a time when owing to the severity of the season so many wrecks have taken place on our coast, and so much is spoken about harbours of refuge the re marks in "A leaf from the Wreck Charts" show that the greater number of wrecks does not arise from want of such harbours, the loss of the larger num ber of vessels being due to their being shorthartdedv ill found, and incompetently commanded:— Let us for a moment consider, as we are enabled to do, from the returns of the Wreck Register, as well as.fr6m the Report of the Commissioners upon Harbours of -Re fuge, what proportion of the wrecks that annually occur upon our coasts are really unavoidable. On this point it is necessary to direct attention to one or two statements in variably to be found in all returns upon maritime disasters, and they all tend to one unvarying conclusion, viz. :—that but comparatively few accidents occur to ships ably manned, well found, and commanded by able and sober masters. And also that the havoc is all, or nearly all, confined to vessels of the smaller class, but this is not in consequence - of their being small, but simply because in most large ves sels greater care is shewn in the selection of a crew, in the appointment of a competent master, and in having good anchors, cables, chronometers, compasses, charts, and other aids to navigation. So much is this the case, that in nearly every instance the loss is sustained by vessels ranging from 76 to 750 tons. because these are the craft most likely to be sailed, as the phrase goes, " eoonomically." Vessels so sailed are ne cessarily weak handed, badly found, have chafed cables, and old anchors, and, to crown all, are but too often com manded by men possessing but few recommendations for filling the office of captain, except that of being part owner, The result is, that such a union of evils afford but a sorry chance of successful voyages, and we find the consequence of such an alliance in " Lloyd's List." The subject of faulty anchors and cables has become so notorious as to attract the attention of our nautical M.P.'s. We find that Sir James Elphinstone, the member for Portsmouth, has given notice of a bill to establish a test for anchors and chain cables for the merchant service. At present any sordid wretch having a vessel can send her to sea with a certainty that she must come to grief on the first occasion when a reliance upon her chain or her anchor be comes a question of life and death to her crew. It seems that from forty to fifty shillings for an ordinary brig, schooner, or even for vessels of superior dimensions, is the difference of expense, between a sound and trusty cable and a bad one. And for such a paltry consideration as this, there are scoundrels who imperil the lives of our brave sailors.- These worthless wretches know that the insur ance will be paid, and this leads to a desire in such degraded minds, that their rotten vessels may be wrecked. It may seem inexplicable how the losses of these men can be a gain to the insurance office, but it is explained by the motto, of "the more wrecks, the more premiums." The shipowner wants a new ship for an old one, and the underwriter is not insensible to the above axiom. In " Secret transactions in Russia during 1812" we find the secret policy of Russia exposed, as also events which, though trifles in themselves, regu lated the course of that decisive campaign. The conduct of Sir Robert Wilson, who was in reality the directing spirit, is spoken of in the highest terms; he is but another example, unfortunately not by any means wanting, of British gratitude. " Sir Robert Wilson's services," says the writer, " we are Old were recognised by all the sovereigns of the great alliance except his own." The number is completed by papers on " The new Germanic frontier," " What is to be done with Sicily ?" this time will shortly show; " The Transport Serviee," " Greenwich Hospital," and "A French View of the Organisation of the British Army." Colburn's New Monthly Magazine. The clever author of " Ashley" appears as usual conspicuous among the contributors to this maga zine, and the present specimen is not inferior to the past ones. SoMetimes, it is true, the writer has allowed his imagination to depict the horrible too much in his stories, but as a general rule they are most artistic descriptions of life, men, and man ners, finely conceived, and forcibly executed, and in their brilliant entirety they redound greatly to the credit of their author, and form one of the most attractive of the contents of this publication. The character of Miss Carlyle is most natural. There is nothing that more effectually destroys domestic peace than such a woman as she was. Constantly nagging and grumbling she was covert in her attacks, but. not the less fatal were those crafty onslaughts. The apparition of Captain Thorn is the chief feature of this portion. " The Belles of the Island" is continued ; it is a sensible story re vealing the mischief and misery caused by girls rushing away to be married in a wild state of hurry and ignorance for the sake of being settled, and the great blame that attaches itself to those parents who persist in forcing their children to the altar without any regard to their feelings. " The Morris-Dancers," by W. Charles Kent, is a choral lyric, commemorative of a pastime familiar long and long ago among our English villagers; it is a lively and spirited sketch. We subjoin two e — are seen sie:velme,phlaifeyte t f h or e th st w y h le er : v c e o Ls e es g w en h tl i e c 2 h oo w m i e ll What frolics we mummers now foot on the green; Leave tankard uplifted and goblet undrained, The rosewood f r uit-littered, the maple ring stained, Bringing pipes from the taproom and eke from the hall, Forth I and smoke is ro theu sweet evening air at our call — While we bound Ere the ruddy sun sets, While rattle And prattle Our shrill castanets. Come striplings, come maidens, treop round is a ring, Here watch ou r * quaint gambols that welcome the spring Old gaffer in holiday smock trimly clean, Old gammer in sca r l e t c l oa k brave as a queen, And_ e urchins sw ep t b ac k b y th e w hi r l o f th e thong lding bladder elastic, restraining their throng : Draw round Where we bound In retreat and advance, To each shout Ringing out From our wild Morris-Dance. " A Holiday Town in Spain," by a Physician furnishes useful information ; it is stated that ~Gran ada cannot be deemed a health-restoring country for invalids, although the spring climate 19 reported as often pleasant." There is a very in teresting paper on Garibaldi, who is called the Washington of Italy. It is said that " the eyes of Europe have during the past month been fixed eagerly and hopefully on the progress of one man; politicians, of all shades from the most ultra of our Conservatives down to the mc'st captious Liberal, agree for once in recognising in Garibaldi the hero of the hour." We extract the concluding passage of this spirited tribute to the fame of the great patriot and glorious vindicator of his country 'e cause : Louis Napolean may go down amid blood and smoke, asd leave a name which will serve as a warning to futuro despots, if Providence allow such to emerge heagefortll;