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PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barim', Esq., 31.1'. I William George Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE FOR ALL CLASSES.:4 Annual income Invested Fund Rifle Corps.—No extra charge made to Assurers joining Volunteer Corps. The balance-sheets for the year 1859 are printed, and can be had on application at the office, 15, Moorgate-stret, E.C. Feb. 2, 1860. W3I. THOS. LINFORD. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of ➢tiss L. Pync and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ROMANCE, ➢iusic by Henry Leslie. Messrs. G. Honey and W. Hart ison: Miss Thirlwall and ➢fiss Louisa Pyne. Cond actor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Barnes, Tallien, Infantsuri, and Miss Clara Morgan. Doors open a t half-past 6—Commence at 7. • THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. • THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Nights of the Spanish Dancer, Isabel Cubas, THIS EVENING, a new Drama, called A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characfers by Mr. James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING T MIS I IBE AR D, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commenoe at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Art'Aur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack - Panta -oon, Mr. eaulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. -LI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. Reproduction of TILE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, TIIE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. :7 - After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor fer bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Wing-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter. ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING the performances will comments with A BORDER MARRIAGE. Messrs. 11. T. Craven' Charles Young, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, Od ; Pit, la. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Last Three Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season, THIS EVENING, the Grand • Illustration of Shakspeare's RICHARD THE. THIRD, or The Death of White Surrey. Richard, Mr. Ennis; Richmond, Mr. R. Phillips, New Olym pian Scenes in the Circle by the first riders of the day-Mr W. Cooke's great Mennge Act-terminating . with the" nines trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler thelluntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs. -Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene.-Ilarlegnin, 31. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. I'. Abbot -A family of Sprites-Epsom Races by Living Jockies and real Ponies, with ring and Stage com bined. Commence at 7. - • Grand Morning - Performances of the Pantomime on Satur• Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 11, at Two o'clock each day. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAIL. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come• Man and Mimic), W. T. Critchileld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of llalls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant eights of the metropolis. ROSA BON HEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FA llt is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings In the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 2, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day at noon. _ BAROMETER-29.98. WIND, North-Westerly ; fresh, with bitter cold wind and frost, but fair. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, 7h. &3m, To-MORROW.-Morning, Bh. 22m.—Afternoon, Bh. Mm, A . ? * , ler 1+ 0 IT • • • THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1860. The terror of the Ballot is upon Parliamen It is clear that come it mast so one more effort is to be made t o s t ave i t off. Sir FITZROY KELLY has brought forward his bill, now Mr. MELLOR proffers us another, and Lord PALMERSTON assures the House that within its immaculate walls bribery is much more d e t es t e d than it is in the country ; that, in short, the virtuous house would keep itself pure, if the constituencies would allow it to do so. The house, our Premier has the face to assure us, meant the Corrupt Prac tices Act as a bona fide measure, and that notwith standing the assurance of Sir W. ITAYTvIt himself, that he, from the day it was passed , considered it to, be a dead letter, and paid no kind of attention to it. Yet the noble lord pleads this very act as the proof that the house was better than the country ! The coun try, we beg to inform him, thinks just the reverse. It believes that the election auditor was made a nullity, and the members' declaration withdrawn, for the distinct reason that Honourable mem bers might, as before, bribe with impunity. For ourselves we never had the smallest doubt that the Act was a designed sham, and that it was in tended, by an empty show of legislation, to evade the necessity of the Ballot. And now the Government means to do some thing, and it will behave decently to Sir FITZROY KELLY and to Mr. MELLOR, lest it should be with out excuse. Lord PALMERSTON has most adroitly quieted the great free-traders by granting them the object o f th e i r h eart ' s d es i re. H e h as ',bought the g cotton interest with cheap French wines ; though it remains to be seen whether the country will pay income tax patiently in order that French wine-growers may send us their luxuries. If any thing should furnish us revenue it is confessedly superfluities ; an d if French wines be not in that category w e s h ou ld li ke to know - what are. Spare us the income tax, and we could still afford all we need of the luxury in question, but how intolerably hard will it be on the thousandsC and tens of thou sands who could not afford in amy case to be wine drinkers, or who must economise, to be forced to pay income tax that wine drinkers m a y enjoy their luxury at the lowest pike. o n thi - ,,, however, we must defer remarks till we see the Treaty awl financial measure together ; we only note it now, as the cleverest trick of our Anti- Reform Premier, that he has fairly bought the most infiu eneial and ablest knot of Parliamentary Reformers its the Kingdom; .itmN BRIGHT and his two friends will no more trouble the Premier on the score of Itcd'orm, after he .....4..••••• has made their most respected and able leader, the Plenipotentiary of a commercial treaty with France. But appearances must be kept. The Prevention Act expires this year,' Gloucester and -Wake field have made their revelations, and the friends of the Ballot are tolerably awake, with the argue ment from facts stronger in their favour every year. But how keep up appearances after the Reports of the two Commissions ? The Gloucester one is fully before uc. We see the leading Innocents acquitted —in one case, we are expressly told, because though the facts were against the candidate, his word must be ac cepted against all conclusions to which facts pointed ! It was clearly proved that an election which a House of Commons committee had reported to be a pure one, was one doubly steeped in cor ruption. And that, besides a host of humbler men bribed, between eighty and ninety of another class had been bribers ! That persons took bribes who could not plead poverty, and that two hun dred others were bribed as messengers! Wakefield, of course, will hardly yield the palm to Gloucester. The utter failure of the present Act and the glar ing necessity of doing something in the boroughs is therefore confessed. Cleverly then steps in Mr. ROEBUCK. He, lawyer-like, takes the firm ground of dealing with ' proved facts. Here are two boroughs which can not be made worse, Let us try the remedy of the Radicals on them. Persist in this, Mr. ROEBUCK. Let nothing bribe you to give way. You have them on the hip. Their sham act confessedly did no good at these two places ; do not let them try any other aet, then, without the ballot. Press your proposal ; it cannot be re sisted. They have not such a majority as will permit them to dispense with your aid. Arrange with Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. LINDSAY, Mr. WYLD, Mr. lIORSMAN, and several other good men and true, and tell the Government," We shall ask the Ballot for many more constituencies, but if you do not pledge yourselves to bestow it on Gloucester and Wakefield, we will put you in a minority as often as we can. Our demand is so moderate that we will not give our confidence to men who can refuse it." IVe believe, however, as we intimated at the be ginning, that it is the terror of the Ballot which is compelling all parties to assent to strong proposals of a penal kind in regard to bribery. We should not be surprised if even Mr. ROEBUCK be met with the reply—try what imprisonment with hard labour and efficient election auditors will do against bribery. The thought of two boroughs placed, in the Reformatory School of the Ballot will terrify all the members who sit by bribery and intimidation, more than any legal process for sending them to the treadmill for a crime of which they can rarely be convicted. If but two of the worst places in the kingdom should be surrendered to secret voting, the dread will be that others must follow. The opponents of the Ballot are so sure a trial of it will succeed that they will not, if they can help it, tolerate even the proposed trial. All boroughs would soon demand it. Municipal elections would be conducted by it. And, most dreadful of all— the counties , would follow, and the degrad ing reign of landlord terrorism be at an end for ever. If any party, indeed, had a right to complain it would be the friends of the Ballot. It is they who make the sacrifice in offering to accept a trial in such places. If the Ballot will, electorally, deodorise Gloucester and - Wakefield it will purify anything, while even to fail in two such places would be little of an argument against it. The arguments delivered yesterday from all sides of the House against Mr. M‘MArroN's motion for the second reading of the bill designed to give a right of appeal in criminal cases, were overwhelm ing. As an inevitable result, the motion, though seconded by Mr. EwART, was negatived, and the bill summarily dismissed from the further conside ration of Parliament. Upon the old hackneyed principle, De mortal's, 4.c., one might naturally feel disposed, without one word more, to pass by the still-born enactment. But the blun der of its introduction was altogether so egregious that it appears to us almost to demand a few passing sentences of retrospective reprehen sion. What, in effect, would have been among the more lamentable, and almost we might say abso lutely unavoidable, ill-consequences of the measure, supposing it to have been accepted and passed into law by the Imperial Legislature ? It would, in the first place, as the Home Secretary himself took oo casion very forcibly to remark yesterday in the course of his really admirable speech—it would, to begin with, have abruptly transformed the whole character and operation of the criminal law of this country, and in so doing must have militated against the interests, must have actually operated against the safety of life and property ! It would, as the hon. and learned gentlemen the member for Mary lebone insisted, prove, in a great measure, imprac ticable in its operation, and, wherever it might be be applied, eminently dangerous in its tendencies. It would, as another hon. and learned member maintained, hold out additional inducements to per jury, and lead almost by necessity to many more fictitious defences being trumped up by those who could afford to apply for a new trial in the Court of Queen's Bench. It would, as Mr. HENLEY forcefully put the case, diminish very seriously the responsibility now attaching to the finding of juries in criminal cases. Besides which, the Bill itselfananalogy w as based up on a pure l y i mag i na ry analogy, which th e new S o li c it or -G ener al (Mr. ATHERToN) pronounced as plainly as words could pronounce anything, to be literally undiscoverable and non-existent —the supposed analogy between Beyond a civil action and a criminal prosecution.p all, far above all which theropre Nserrn. s Pt rr L d enactment PHILLIPS, would according to the showing o tend practically to deprive the ofSecretary Stateurs , in for the Home Department of that merciful a nd benignant prerogative of revising the criminal decisions, which th a t hi g h an d responsible Minis ter ter of State has hit herto p ossessed. The Bill, in fact, would have gone the flagrant length of dim ming, if not displacing, the brightest and most precious jewel of the Crown—the prerogative of mercy solemnly confided to the Sovereign of these realms upon the day of coronation. It cannot be any wonder, therefore, after enume rating such objections to the bill as we have here already in these few sentences particularized, it cannot surely for one instant be any matter for astonishment to find that Mr. M‘MmioN 's motion was rejected, and the bill forthw ith thrown out of Parliament. If any additional argument were required, however, to demonstrate beyond the possibility of further misapprehension the ill-advised measure of the measure thus thrust upon the attention of the Legislature, it would be Found summed eiof n scseretar ee, up in one sweepingly condemn ator y r me ec y : thus expressed in the remarks of th e "In . 1848 a committee of the Lords w as appo i n t e d t o c onsider the Cri minal L aw s Administration wejiaicmilinthea . Amendment Bill, and Baron Park e , now Wensleydale, and Baron Alderson, w ere before it on the very question t o bill referred. Lord Lyndhurst, Lord B roug ham, and Lord Denman (then Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench) were I also examined before the committee, and gave their opinion on the same subject, particularly with reference to the evidence of Barons Parke and ALDERSON. The evidence of these eminent persons was sent round to all the other judges, wit'a a request that they would give their opinion upon the question referred to them. Barons PARKE and ALDERSON pronounced a very decided opinion against criminal appeals—i. e., the power either to the Crown or to the prisoner to move for a new trial, or in civil cases; That opinion was concurred in without any modification at all, but rather on stronger grounds, by Lords DRN3IAN and BROUGHAM ; and also, in written communica tions to the committee, by Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice WIGHT MAN, Mr. Justice ERLE (now Chief Justice of the Common Pleas), Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice MAuLE, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, Mr. Justice V. WILLI kms, Lord Chief Baron PoLLocx, Mr. Baron ROLFE (the late Lord Chan cellor), altogether by twelve judges, besides the Lord Chief Justice of England." After which retrospection one looks at the Bill last night, as POPE did at the fly in amber—wondering " How the devil it got there !" But there, happily, it is now no longer. The ill-considered measure is dismissed summarily to the state waste-paper basket, but in doing this the House has been compelled to lose almost the entire of one of its Wednesday afternoons. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reutor's office : MADRID, FEB. 2. Yesterday a considerable number of Moorish forces attacked the right wing of the Spanish encampment, but were repulsed. The Spanish then made an attack on the Moorish lines, threw the Moors into disorder, and took their positions, which they maintained until the end of the fight. The Spanish artillery caused enormous losses to the enemy, estimated to amount to 2,000. The Spanish lost 200. The victory was complete. The brother of the Emperor commanded the Moors. TURIN, FEB. 1. The Sardinian Government has ordered the workmen to accelerate the extraordinary works entrusted to the forges at the Royal arsenals. The report of an intended journey of Count Cavour to Paris and London has been contradicted. The King's health has improved, and his Majesty will leave for Milan next week. BERNE, FEB. 1. The report published in some Belgian papers that Switzerland had addressed a demand to the Powers that, in the event of Savoy being annexed to France, Chablais, Faucigny, and the Genevese district should be ceded to Switzerland, has been officially denied. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, lAN. 31. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Avon has arrived from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton this evening with 63 passengers and £6,275 in specie. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received this day at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : The Valetta left Malta for Alexandria at mid night of the 30th January. The China arrived at Malta on the Ist February, at 8 a.m., and was to sail for Alexandria at noon. THE Ir - SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, P6O. rES'ak Blackwood's .illatictzine. The second instalment of " Norman Sinclair" is very well worthy of perusal ; and among the anecdotes introduced, particular attention may be called to the" Bailie's Visit to Paris." This is a most entertaining sketch; and the horror with which the staid old adherent to forms and institutions re garded the reckless and unrestrained mob of demo cratic Parisians is most impartially described. The most absurd feature in the story is when the deter mined old man refuses to leave the carriage, and is therefore removed in it to assist in forming the barricade. No wonder, after escaping the dangers of a revolution, that he exclaimed, " Na, na, I'm for none of your mob rule or Radical ascendancy. I have seen enough of that already to last me for the rest of my born days." The account given of the hypocrite Jess is an admirable caricature, and re presents a class that it is sad to think swallows up hordes that might save the deserving destitute from starvation. Much sound senso will be found in the paper on " The Diffusion of Taste among all Classes a National Necessity." It is truly stated that taste, once the heritage of the few, has now at length grown into a national want, demanded for the many. All the principles here insisted on are of the highest importance; and the more tho correct, and not the mere ornate, is the object sought for, the more will the effect be eminently beneficial ; and it would be a happy result of the endeavours now making to improve the public taste, if, as is here prophesied, the time is approach ing when art shall penetrate into all the relations of life, " when not only the luxuries for the rich, but the simple necessities for the poor, shall adorn alike the cottage and the palace, with that beauty which is a joy for ever." The second part of " St. Stephen's" fully sustains the reputation of the first, and in many a glowing thought and in many a brilliant passage will the reader recognise the creation of no ordinary composer. Perhaps the description of Burke is the most effective of the masterly sketches that these pages contain : But poets colour all that they regard, And among statesmen Burke stands forth the bard ; By his own genius both obscured and fired, At times inebriate, and at times inspired; Has Truth ten sides ' he must invent the eleventh, And quit the earth to gain a heaven—the seventh! "Is it for that"—(no speeches read so well)— " That when Burke spoke ho was the dinner-bell?" Friend, if some actor murder Hamlet's part, No line supplies the histrio's want of art Nay, the more beauty in the words prevail, The more it chafes you if the utterance fail. Shakespeare, ill acted, do you run to hear ? And Burke, ill spoken, would you stay to cheer? " But what the faults that could admirers chill, And thin the benches plain Dundas could fill?" Partly in matter—too intent to teach— Too filed as essay, not to flag as speech ; Too slight a fellowship with those around, 'Words too ornate, and reasonings too profound ; All this a Chatham might have brought in vogue I Yes—but then Chatham did not speak in brogue A voice that made the brogue yet more displease, A loud monotony of tuneless keys ; A form, if strong, to well-bred gazers coarse, And that fati g uing fervour—want of force : Join these in Burke, and add his wisdom lack'd What most St. Stephen's needs and values—tact. Loud as a scandal on the ears of town, And just as brief, the orator's renown! Year after year debaters blaze and fade— Scarce mark'd the dial ere departs the shade; Words die so soon when fit but to be said, Words only live when worthy to be read. Already Fox is silent to our ago, Burke quits the rostrum to illume the page. He did not waste his treasure as he went, But hoarded wealth to pile his monument, Now voice and manner can offend no more, And pure from dross shines out the golden ore— Down to oblivion sinks each rude defect And soars, annoal'd, the eternal intellect. The readers of Maga w ill welcome this bright and attractive addition to the stores of their favourite serial, and will rejoice at the opportunity thus afforded them of beholding re produced the mighty masters of oratory, who ad dressed not alone the auditory of their day, but whose burning eloquence still speaks in the voice of fame to succeeding generations. "The Luck of Ladysmede" is continued, and presents some de cisive scenes ; this story is carried to too great a length, it would be more effective if curtailed, and the really striking passages thus forcibly impressed upon the mind. This applies, however, there to the earlier portion than to these last instalments, which, in vigour and variety, bid fair to form a spirited con clusion. The article on " France and Central Italy" is well written, and contains some admirable remarks on the volunteer movement. After adverting in suitable terms to some of Mr. Bright's most vehe ment vilifications, it is truly said that the criticisms which have been made are absolutely contemptible. " In broad military operations, organisation is of course of the utmost importance ; but is that to supersede loyalty, patriotism, and courage Were the three hundred of Leonidas—as some of our martinets seemed to suppose—trained to the goose step, or did they fight less valiantly, and become immortal, because they were enthusiastic young men—indeed, the volunteers of Sparta." Amid the paltry and unworthy arguments that have been uttered on this subject, it is eminently satisfactory to find in a periodical of such ability and influence, sentiments that are worthy of the cause it so ably advocates, and whose spirit will be appreciated by all who would maiutain the dignity and honour of ,heir country. Fraser's Magazine. The pleasant essayist who adds so much to the attractions of this magazine contributes another of his thoughtful and suggestive papers. It is on a somewhat novel subject, but one which, unfortu nately, addresses itself to most of us. It is entitled " Concerning Giving Up and Coming Down," and though the heading may at first sight somewhat perplex the reader, there is little doubt that he will on further perusal recognise the topic as one that has often come within his own personal experience. He thus explains himself at the out set : " By Coming ])own I understand this—Learn ing from the many mortifieations,disappointments, and rebuffs which we must all meet as we go on through life, to think more and more humbly of ourselves, intellectually, morally, socially, physi cally, zesthetically ; yet while thinking thus hum bly of ourselves and our powers, to resolve that we shall continue to do our very best : and all this with a kindly heart and a contented mind. And what is Giving Up ? Giving up means that when you are beaten and disappointed, and made to un derstand that your mark is lower than you fancied, you will throw down your arms in despair, and re solve that you will try no more." After analysing the various forms of Coming Down in all its pain ful varieties, and the inevitable lessons it teaches, the writer proceeds to denounce Giving Up in the strongest terms. The wise and good man will often, he tells us, have to come down, but never to give up And splendid success has often eome at length to the man who fought on through failure, hoping against hope. Mr. Disraeli might well hare given up after his first speech in the House of Commons : many men would never have opened their lips there again. I declare I feel something sublime in that defiant " the day will come whenyou will be glad to hear me," when we read it by the light of after events. Of course, only extraordinary success could justify the words. They might have boon the vapouring of a con ceited fool. Galileo, compelled to appear to come down, did not wive : " still it moves." The great nonconformist preacher, ' Robert Hall, fairlybroke down in his first attempt to preach : but ho did not give up. Mr. Tennyson might have given up, had he been disheartened by the sharp re views of his earliest volume. George Stephenson might almost have given up, when his railway and his locomotive were laughed out of the Parliamentary committee. Mr. Thackeray might have given up, when the publishers re,- fused to have anything to do with ' Vanity Fair.' The first articles of men who have become most sucessful periodical writers, have been consigned to the Balaani-box. Possibly this was in some measure the cause of their success. It taught them to take more pains. It was a taking down. It showed them that their task was not so easy : if they would succeed, they must do their very best. And if they had stamina to resolve that though taken down they would not give up, the early disappointment was an excellent dis cipline. I have known students at college whose success in carrying off honours was unexampled, who ix their fir s st one or two competitions were ignominiously beaten. oe would have given up. They only came down : then they went at their work with a will ; and never wore beaten more." Leaving this interesting essay, we come to a paper on the " Battle-fields of 1859," which gives us a view of the scenes presented by Magenta and Sol ferino. The second article on Mr. Collier's edition of our great dramatist decides that the emendations are altogether modern fabrications, and blames the eitor somewhat severely for his share in the H transaction. " ohnby House" is continued, and rapidly approaches its conclusion. Ihe doom of the king is sealed, and t he night beforehis execu tion has arrived, so the historical portion may be said to have already terminated, while the course of events leads the reader to hope that the obstacles that stood in the way of its heroes and heroines arc ov erthrown, and that aft er all their trials they may be made happy. " The Voyage of the Fox" forms the subject of an interesting paper. A sensible article on " Points of View" discourses on the very opposite opinions often entertained by good and able men on the same question of history, politics, national animosities, &c. There is, undoubtedly, much troth in its reflections, and few will dispute the justice of the following passage :—" If each party could clearly comprehend the view taken by the other, there would be an end to that spirit o f deadly animosity which is worse than the very evils out of which it has sprung. Each would see that its opponents were acting, howe ver wrong l y, with a real belief in the justice of their cause, and would ce,se to charge them with selfishness and cruelty, wicked motives and evil designs, and so to keep alive a flame far more deadly and disastrous " 2UTI QUI PROVIDI." Regularly as the Parliamentary campaign opens do our old friends the " Provident Clerks' Associa tion," whose motto stands at the head of this ar ticle, impose upon us the agreeable duty of chro nicling their upward march to wealth and great ness. Amid all the crashes and , amalgamations which have shaken the assurance world during the past year it is truly gratifying to mark the pro gress of this hardworking and well-managed insti tution, and for many years we have had but one report to make, viz., of their deserved and un- varying success. The secret of this success lies, not in the honored names of BARIWG, HANKEY, PRESCOTT, and ROTHSCHILD, which head their prospectus, not in the numbers or influence of the body by whom the office was originated (and to which even now many suppose, from its title, its business is re stricted), but in the energy and integrity of its direction, in the clearness of its accounts, and the publicity which from the first has been courted by its directors. In the succinct and intelligible balance sheet the members may read the exact amount of their receipts and expenditure, the items of each, and, better still, may learn in what securities the whole of their funds, now amounting to £124,000, are invested. An office which thus courts every investigation, and transacts its business in the light of day, has nothing to fear; and we rejoice sincerely to see that, being one of the seven selected by the Postmaster-General for his wise and beneficent Lifo Assurance measure, the activity of the directors has been rewarded by the lion's share of the business thus created. The adoption, too, of the system of "paid up policies" is a step in the right direction, and cannot fail to be highly appreciated by assurers of all classes. The one blot in the great system of Life Assurance is thus removed, and the assurer, while regarding with pleasure the policy which provides for his family, can now do so without a feeling of anxiety as to its possible sacrifice from his inability to keep it on foot. We are glad to see from the report that this feature was hailed with acclama tion, and its good results will doubtless appear in the increased popularity of the office. With an annual income of between thirty and forty thousand pounds, yearly increasing, and a constituency numbering more than 5,000 members, each of whom has a strong motive to spread its prosperity and promote its welfare, and with a direction equally honest and energetic, we have not a moment's doubt that the prosperous career we have so long chronicled will be well maintained, and that the Provident Clerks' Association will continue to occupy the rank it has fairly won among our best and soundest Life Assurance Institutions. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has returned to Fenton's Hotel from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness was attended by Count Rechteren de Rosande, Count de Bylandt, Lieut.- Colonel J. A. Van den Bosch, and Colonel Seymour, Equerry to the Queen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a select party to dinner, last evening, at his residence at St. James's Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary and household arrived at St. James's Palace, yesterday, from Cambridge-cottage, Kew, for the season. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and Countess Platen entertained at dinner yester day evening his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency the Austrian Minister and Countess Apponyi, Countess Marie Paumgartea, hi s Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Earl of Hardwicke, Countess Frances Waldegrave and Mr. V. Harcourt, M.P., Count and Countess A. Hamilton, Baron and Baroness Hochschild, Count Brandenburg, Count Jaucourt, Captain Falbe, &c. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon come to town to-day from the Grove, near Watford. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at Campden Hill yesterday, from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The noblo duke and duchess entertained a select circle at dinner last evening. The Earl of Beverley and Lady Louisa Percy, Lord and Lady Monson and family, Lord and Lady Sin clair, and Count and Countess de la Feld, are passing the season at Torquay. Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party last evening at their mansion in Chesham •place, when his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange honoured the noble lord and lady by his company. The Prince of Orange was attended by Count de Bylandt, Count de Rechteron, and Lieutenant-Colonel Van den Bosch, and Colonel F. H. Sey tegieloevreneppnesospanetileagtl monr, Equerry to her Majesty, in attendance on his royal highness. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, his Ex cellency Baron Bentinck, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, the Earl of Minto, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, Lady Goorgiana Romilly, Lady Dunfermline, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady G. Anson, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, &e., were present to meet his royal highness. General Le Comte and Madame Yermacloff and Admiral Pasini have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-streot, for Paris. We are authorised to state that the Queen, having accepted the services offered by the very numerous corps of volunteers formed throughout the kingdom, has been graci ously pleased to notify her intention of appointing a day for beforei hl l ae a l vva n eirn d nghgte exclusive fe c e l or u npa g s ejr. i e v nt reception lntalrgreks len:ne degt oe o ni f lt e, theßegent's-park. ..Majesty officer, that o f officers l.,llAN y c arerm s d T e E si n rou u s e N f .l p Ty r y. esen o t r ing o t p h D em -F se E lv L e L s o a l s v v s llun T te h e e r lodges, now nCmiyunfboerrmlainnd a new Lodge drew together, last in 185158431, opened in 1823, 2 in 1837 ° assemblage of members at the Crown and North London District, 1 was 8 in 1841, 7 in 1842, in 22 18 in 57 1 , 8 a 4 n 4, d lb in in 1838, 2 in 1839, 2 in 1840, park. Of the 72 B fi i i n at li u 4s 4 , 2 in 18-10, 2 in 1847, 2 • established as the " Perseverance" Lodge.. sur plus capital of this district to which the The gross nearly -.00,000 to meet the claims of m the branch belongs is and at death, and assist widows and orQilibers in sickness officers assisted the District Officers ') Ti l t , s. Ma " p ast Harris, and Roe, in the ceremony of opening, Rough, and the making of menibers caused a busy but pleaiant m et' THE LATE CAPTAIN HARRIsoN.—A meeting of merchants and shipowners was held at half-pastn three o'clock on Tuesday, in the Town-hall, Liverpool. his 1 worship the mayor was in the chair. The meeting w s called for the purpose of considering the best means of testifying their respect for the memory of the late Captain Harrison, and resolutions were unanimously agreed to, in promotion of the object of tho meeting, and also to procure subscriptions for the Harrison Fund. MURDER AT LIVERPOOL —The borough coroner of Liverpool held an inquest yesterday (Wednesday) on the body of a man, apparently an American sailor, who was found with his throat cut on the east side of Canada Dock ou Monday last. The of tir at present is enveloped in mystery, the deceased not having been identified, while the police have no clue to the perpetrators of the crime. The inquest was adjourned. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, Feb. I.—The settlement of the account has been going on heavily, and large sales of stock are likely to be made. Threes, for the present account, after having been done at 67f. 50c., declined to 67f. 30c. For the end of February, prices varied from 68f. 65c. to 68f. 50c. Mobilier steady at from 730 f. to 735 f.; Lyons, 877 f. 50c. to 880 f. ; Orleans, 1,342 f. 50c. to 1,345 f. ; Northern, 895 f. to 897 f. 50c. ; Austrians 506 f. 25c. to 505 f. ; Lombard, 543 f. 75c. to 541 f. 25c. The following were the last quotations:- 4f per Cents. 96 Cr6dit Fowler 740 Do. end month —•- Belgian 4} 3 per Cents. 67 25 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 67 35 Roman 76 Bank Shares. 2826 Austrian__ Credit Mobilior .. 735 —Spanish Threes 43 50 Do. Account ..... 730 Irmo Debt 421 RAILWAY!). Cash. Amount. Orleans Northern 895 .. 895 New ditto Bl7 50 .. 817 50 Lyons and Mediterranean BBl 25 .. 873 7 5 Geneva — .. 500 Southern Western 575 .. 5 7 0 Eastern Sardinian 390 .. 387 50 Austrian Lombard .... Exchangelon London, at sight, paper, 25f. 50. ; money, 26f. 4c.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 x.; money, 24f. 95e. SARDINIA. The following decrees appoar in the official Gazette " Victor Emmanuel, &c.—Considering the treaty concluded at Zurich between France and Sardinia, on the 10th of November, 1859, ratified by us on the 17th of the same month ; considering especially the proviso in the articles 3 and 4, for the creation of a rente' at 5 per cent. for filo capital of 160,000,000 lire, to be paid to France after the manner and for the causes mentioned in the said treaty ; " Upon the proposition of the Minister of Finance, who has said that, owing to the negotia tions diplomatically conducted between our Go vernment and that of the Emperor of the French, the amount of the rente for the capital of 160,000,000, and the sum representing the interests of this rente, due to France by reason of the said treaty, ought to be fixed at the sum total of 9,162,458 lire 31—namely-9, 147 , 792 lire 94 for the interests of the capital of 160,000,000, and 14,665 lire 37 for the interests of the interests. " Art. 1. For the payment of the sum of 160,000,000 lire, stipulated in the Treaty of Zurich, concluded between Sardinia and France, dated Nov. 10, 1859, and of the interests on that sum, we authorise the inscription in the register of the pub lic debt of the state of a rente of 9,162,458 lire 31, the interest commencing from Jan. 1, 1860, as ad dition to the rente created on June 16, 1849. " Art. 2. To this further issue the same rules for a sinking fund, and the other regulations relative to those of June 12 and 16, 1849, are applicable. " Art. 3. For the payment of the rente and the sinking fund on the capital, we empower the Gene ral Treasury of the State, from and after the Ist January, 1860, to set apart the annual sum of 10,994,149 lire 79, viz.:—For the payment of the rente, 162,450 lire 31; for the sinking fund, at the rate of 1 per cent. on the nominal capital of the rente, 1,832,491 lire 66—total, 10,994,949 lire 97. We order the present decree, sealed with the seal of State, to be inserted in the official register, B:.c. "VICTOR EMMANUEL. " Turin, Dec. 11, 1859. " We, Victor Emmanuel, &c., have ordained and do ordain as follows : " Solo Article.—The Government is authorised to guarantee, on tenders for 2,000,000 lire of rents, the payment of the loans that Tuscany and the other provinces of the Customs union intend contracting upon this guarantee—namely, 1,500,000 for Tus cany, and the other half million for the provinces of the union, and after the manner and under the con ditions that shall be settled between them and our Minister of Finance. " Turin, Jan. 20, 1460." BELGIUM. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives, in Tuesday's sitting, terminated the discussion of the Budget of Public Works, adopting it by 74 votes to 1. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JAN. 2 The new Cortes were opened by the King in per son on the 26th, with a very short speech, referring to the nomination of two Portuguese Plenipoten tiaries to the Paris Congress, if it takes place. It also refers to the railroad contracts during the recess, and directs particular attention to the im provement of public finance and to the bills which are to be presented by the respective Ministers. Money was scarce on the Lisbon Exchange, where the rates for three months were—on London, 53 1 4 ; Paris, 533 to 531 ; Amsterdam, 42 ; Ham burg, 471 ; Genoa, 528. Three per Cent. Stock Registered, 471 to 474 ; Coupons, 46 to 46 2 _ ; De ferred, 34 to 34i ; Bank of Portugal shares, 101 to 11 per cent. premium ; Oporto Bank shares, 271 to 29 per cent. premium. MUNICIP.XL INSTITUTIONS FOR MADRAS.—Sir Charles Trevelyan has invited the Madras public to form a municipality, partly on the elective principle, the first business of which shall be to consider what would be the be6t mode of providing for the water supply and sewage of Madras, and to borrow the requisite funds on the security of the rates.—Roinetcard Mail. in its effects than all the severities of despotism and the extravagancies of democracy. Quarrels, in short, whether of nations or of individuals, arc for the most part really what they are termed euphoni ously, ' misunderstandings,' and if this could be recognised and acted upon, there would be a fair prospect of getting rid of a large and pestilent class of them altogether." " Wheat and Tares," is con tinued, but the story does not make much progress. There is also another instalment of the pleasant sketch of Twickenham, as "The literary suburb of the eighteenth century." Pope's villa there is spoken of as " the first home of genius erected by the in dependent support of the English nation." " Why not the Lords too ?" is the title of an article which recommends that the proposed reforms in the Legis lature should be extended to the Upper House. The writer's tendencies are Conservative, and he evi dently looks with some anxiety and suspicion on the increase of political power in the hands of the masses, and as a safe counterbalance he desires to see the House of Lords more vigorously constituted. Whether the reader agrees with his suggestions or not, he will probably be interested in the perusal of his paper. He recommends the adoption of life peerages, at least for Lord Chancellors, and men who are raised for their own achievements, without any groat estate to bequeath to their suc cessors ; which would, he says, " put an end to the influx of obscure and landless men. The presence in the great council of the nation, of men without property, talent, or importance of any sort, sitting merely because they had an ancestor who was a successful lawyer or a distinguished soldier is a great and increasing evil." It is also suggested that it would he an advantageous arrangement if men who had held Cabinet offices for a long prim' were permitted to take their seats for the remainder of their lives in the House of Lords ; and he would extend the same privilege to ex-Governors of the principal colonies, and those who had received by name the thanks of Parliament for their public ser vices. Various other suggestions are made of the same character, and many of them deserve conside ration, but we think the writer is mistaken in sup posig the House of Lords would ever take the initia tive in legislation. It is by no means desirable that it should do so, as it would entirely disarrange the system of our constitutional government. Nevertheless the article is an able one, and deserves perusal. There are also papers on the Hague, and an English view of the United States. Colbttrn's Now Monthly Magazine. " The French in Abyssinia," is the title of a lengthened paper which opens this number, and gives some interesting particulars of that region. The tale of " East Lynne" is continued with spirit, and the plot is greatly developed. The story of the murder is told to us, and we are led to suppose that the unfortunate Richard Hare is unjustly sus pected. The narrative displays all the writer's ac customed vigour and skilful eketchings of minor incidents. " Sir Nathaniel" contributes a paper on Wallenstein in his " Notes on Note-worthies," and cites, as is his wont, the opinions and epigrams of many celebrated writers. His acquaintance with literature is evidently extensive, and he varies the article by his frequent quotations. Sir J. Em mersen Tennant's able work on Ceylon receives a commendatory notice. Mrs. Bushby furnishes a wild and gloomy story, whose incidents arc painful and repulsive. The veteran contributor Cyrus Redding gives us an interesting memoir of Washington Irving. Arctic Exploration is discussed, and it is remarked, at the con clusion, that probably the Russians, as they advance in knowledge and in enterprise will explore the vast extent of land that has been seen north of Behring's Straits. A paper on the Spe cial Services at Westminster Abbey contains much suggestive matter, The writer advocates strongly the necessity of plain, forcible preaching on these occasions, in language which is clear and compre hensible to the uneducated, and which points directly at the faults and vices of their everyday business life with vigour and simplicity. With re gard to the " vehement movement in favour of congregational devotion," as he terms it, which has lately taken place, he expresses, with justice, a strong dislike of religious frenzy. He says—" 'We should view with more hope a solitary gleam of pensiveness passing over the countenance in a quiet movement than we should the most frantic excla mations of alarm and regret. The sorrow which Heaven would send would find no vent in shrieks, the peace which God would whisper would not be shouted to the world amid uproar and confusion." Though there is much truth in his general remarks we think he carries some of his doubts a little too far, as surely it is a first step towards something better to gather this motley congregation together for professedly sacred purposes. Where there is nothing to excite or to amuse, there is surely some chance of awakening serious thought in some of the hearers, and we cannot coincide with his opinion that those who listened carelessly or indifferently went out worse than they came. The article en titled "Will There be a Congress," will certainly have the advantage of surprising the reader, as it is a truly astonishing production to meet with in the pages of an English magazine. We should imagine it must proceed from the pen of an Austrian, who has made himself familiar with our lan guage, though certainly not with our sentiments. We are told of sympathy " with the wrongs of the Pope ;" " the Pope would be equally powerful were he not to govern a rood of land ; b u t we pro t es t against the spoliation as a dangerous pre cedent." The " sacred cause of legitimacy" is upheld; "the condition of Central Italy is a peril ous example to the rest of Europe ;" and " the rights of legitimacy are trampled under foot." After all this wo need not bo surprised, though we may be indignant, at the conclusion at which so clear-sighted and liberal a politician arrives. " While Austria exercised a wise surveil lance over the demagogues all went on tolerably well; but since her expulsion from Italy matters have gone on from bad to worse. Believing that Italy can never remain tranquil unless the people are kept in subjection by foreign bayonets, we can didly confess that we should prefer the return of the Austrians to the entrance of French or Sar dinian troops." We should scarcely have thought such sentiments would have found utterance among us, but we are sere they will be indignantly re jected by the majority of their readers. The only poetical contribution in the number is the follow ing genial and graceful tribute to the popular poetess : TO ELIZA COOK. A BIRTHDAY GREETING, 24TU DECEMBER, 1859. (With a coloured Picture of a Robin singing among snow. laden Holly-boughs.) BY W. CHARLES KENT. This trivial leaflet—typo of love As true as that once borne by dove, The love of friends who prize the worth That sprang to being with thy birth — Reveals (apt symbol of thy art) The bird of winter, whose warm heart So throbs with love amoxg the snow, That all his breast is in a glow I Both born for eong in frosty days, His hymned 'mid holly, thino 'mid bays, Each sings with joy, and still shall sing— Blithe voices ' prophesying spring.? Aye thus below th' undying shade, For each th' appropriate covert made, Sweet bird, sweet bard, this eve of eves, Sing wider ever fresh green leaves. The Universal Bevietv of Politics, Literature, and Social Science. isl e a y t ahse here e w e r n i t C t e h n i r n l i e u s c K h n o g f ThTishe r re en i l s ar a k n a a b b le le m ar a t n iel h e e years, and his writings are of that nature that one canno t pass them heedlessl y by. Striking as i s th e power displayed in his works it is more the views set forth therein that arrest the attention ; b u t they derive additional weight from the brilliant and vigorous style which is conspicuous i n hi s luminous pages. Ample praise is rendered in this paper to the Rector of Eversley, while the writer states that "had he the power his space would not yield him the opportunity to do justi ce t o M r. Kingsley's varied faculties and extensive erudi tion." Deserved praise is awarded to this author for his strenuous efforts to further th e wor k of sanitary reform, and this is the more praiseworthy it is here truly stated, because at one time many of his professional brethren were enemies to that cause. The Rector of Eversloy stands out as a shining example to those priests who are here re presented as regarding the cholera as a heaven-sent scourge, because there are more dissenting chapels than churches in a town, or because the theatre is bettor filled than th e c h urc h . In one of M r . Kingsley's best works--" Two Years' A g o "—this subject is treated in a most able manner, and forms one of the most noticeabl e passages of the story in th e way of soc i a l im provements. All impartial judges will agree in the truth of the concluding remarks, that what ever some of his ex t reme op i n i ons may b e , Charles Kingsley has done great good im generation. " is not the ki n d o f politician for wise and good men of any party to quarrel with." After observin g th a t suc h a com bi nat i on as is presented in his w or k s i s rare even i n t h e i m p rov ing widening thought of the country, it is suggested that the only danger that menaces Mr. Kingsley is the speed of his p ro d uct i ons. Il e s h ou ld be more deliberate. " Ile has great powers hardly yet matured, and he may leave a great name behind him in the death less lit era t ure o f England." We commend this admi ra bl e ar ti c le to the earnest attention of those who appreciate the peculiar attain ments of a man who is decidedly one of the bright and particular stars in the sphere of literati. " Sir Everard's Daughter" is continued, and it is a story that evinces some knowledge of life i n its quiet touches, that are replete with graphic force and finish. The last chapter ends with a catastrophe, inasmuch as the old miser uncle has deluded the young nephew, who devoted himself assiduously to his comforts into the belief that his hoarded trea sures would be his possession, and at last the will re vealed that the shining stores were to enrich a hos pital. Those who have been interested in the fate of Hugh, will be inclined to exclaim that Mark Cudworth should have remembered the old adage, "that charity begins at home." The second title of this tale is " Unfairly played and falsely won," and therefore in the next instalment it is to be sup posed that some exciting incidents will be re corded. There is another paper very well adapted for the present period, on " Robert Stephenson and Isambard Brunel." It is a very interesting paper, and passes well-merited eulogiums to the memory of the departed. After alluding, in a de tailed manner, to the various works and achieve ments of our great engineers, the follwing just re marks are made :—Great Britain may well be proud of both her departed sons ; and though the verdict of posterity may be, and we believe will be, that of the two Stephenson was the greatest benefactor to his country, because his genius was the more under the control of his judgment, yet future generations will acknowledge that great truths are taught alike by great failures and by great successes, and will cherish the memory of Robert Stephenson and Isambard Brunel, as of molt whose lives have been fraught with valuable lessons to the whole human race." There are other papers in this number that will be found of interest in their several ways, and, on the whole, we must consider that the present is of more than ordinary merit, from theimportance of the subjects, and the excellent manner in which they are treated. THE FRENCH BAR AND THE AMNESTY. (From the Pres Bo.) A painful and surprising incident has just oc cured at Lyons. The following letter, which has been communicated to us, sets forth the facts, and these facts are of a nature to make a sad impres- sion. The Conseil de Discipline of the Lyons bar seems to have mistaken both principles and circum stances in claiming to make dependent on the re sults of a prsvions inquiry the admission of a former colleague, M. Juif, who was exiled for po- .itical reasons, and who has returned to France in virtue of the amnesty. Such a requirement would be only intelligible if M. Juif had voluntarily abandoned his country and his profession in search of adventures abroad. He has yielded, on the con trary, to the hardest necessity ; he has returned as soon as return was possible ; and moreover every body admits that, by a sort of generous fiction, the amnesty does not merely put an end to a certain state of things, but annihilates it, so to speak, in its causes and in its circumstances. Advocates should lose sight of this less than anybody. " To the Batonnier and Members of the Consoil (le Discipline of the Lyons Bar. "Gentlemen,--After more than ten years of exile, and in consequence of a general and unconditional political amnesty, I have returned to Lyons to re sume there the practice of my profession as advocate. In consequence, I have asked that my name should be inscribed on the roll of advocates, not as a favour but as a right, the most sacred all, that of making use of a property legitimately acquired, of following a profession which I have learned by many years labour and great expense. " You have not openly denied my right •, only you have forced me to understand that the Conseil de Discipline of Lyons is not composed of juris consults who officially examine my title to the exercise of my profession, but of partisans who set up a claim to sit in judgment on my political prin ciples and antecedents. This is a power which you have not, and which I refuse you. " At the same time I placed myself faithfully at your service, for all such explanations as you might deem desirable. During your deliberation yester day, which lasted an hour and a half, I waited all the time in an apartment of the court ready tobbey your summons. You knew that I was there ; you were all informed of the fact ; and you saw me there on your way to the council chamber. " You did not think proper to summon me before you. You preferred to compromise the dignity of our profession, by endeavouring to obtain front the Registrar of the Council of War a copy of the proceedings in the political trial which I underwent; you hoped, perhaps, to find in them some pretext under which to mask the real motive of your ostra cism ; and you have not even learnt the lesson in propriety which a public functionary, the Registrar of the Council of War, gave you, in refusing the eommunication you asked for. " Foiled on that side, you have taken the deter mination of submitting my conduct daring m y lout exile to the investigation of a commission—a c lever way, I admit, of keeping me at a distance W ithout taking the responsibility of a refusal. " Whole years would be insufficient to prOCUTIP you the information which you pretend is neces sary ; you know neither the laws nor th e cus t oul o of the countries I have lived i n; you k now s till less their intelligen ce an d f ree d om . Th e A mer i ca ns would smile with astonishment if you were to ask them what the proserit who left France, deprived of all resources and only his labour to live by, had done among them. They would reply, what I have told you myself, that he had energetically struggled against the difficulties of his situation; that he bad even known want ; but that, thanks to God, he had never been redueed to those extremities which make men commit base actions. " They would have added, that they had suffi ciently shown the consideration which they accor ded to the unaided foreigner, by admitting him to discharge among them functions which involve greater responsibility than those of our profession in France. " I had offered to communicate to you my diploma as advocate of the state of New York ; you have not thought fit to take notice of it. Your desire was not to exclude me without having tp declare your selves. You knew that exile does not enrich a man, and that I could not wait long for your decision. You have succeeded; bo satisfied ; I withdraw. I wish, however, that oar position towards each other should be clearly marked; that is the object of this letter. " I thank the very small number of my colleagues who have valiantly defended right and justice by defending me in the council, and I have just told endthat I withd raw f or th e presen t mission t o th e b ar of Lyons, so t h a t u further need t o d e lib erate upon you, miohya:h g leaa e ,Ni n ,e gentlemen, neo.mo:: a "F. JuiF, Advocate, Doctor of Law." REFORM OF THE CITY CORPORATION. The new Government Bill for the better regula tion of the Corporation of the City of London has been printed. It p rov id es for the div i s i on of the cityinto 20 wards, nine of the existing wards to remain unaltered, and the remainder to be formed b . y the union an d di v i s i on of old wards. The n i ne intact wards ara Aldersgate, Aldgate, Broad-strait, Castle Baynard, Coleman -street, Cripplegate With out, Farringdon Within, Portsoken, and Tower. The qualification for voting for Lord Mayor, alder men, common councilmen, and ward officers is to be the occupation within the city, solely or jointly, of any house, shop, office, or chambers for business, rated on a net annual value of £lO. Full provision is made for the registration of the civic electors, and the Recorder and Common Sergeant will hold courts for the revision of the lists. On the 21st of Decem ber (St. Thomas's Day) next ensuing, aid every subsequent year, 120 common councilmen will be elected in the 20 wards of the city, as now, for one year only. On the same day ono alderman will be elected in each ward, at the same time and place, and and in the same manner, as the common councilmen. The office of aldermen may be held for life, or the tenure of 'uaindiu se bene gesserint. The duties and powers of the new aldermen and common councilmen will commence on the let of January, 1861, on which day all the old aldermen and common councilmen, if not re-elected, will be officially extinguished, and cease to exercise their amhority. The Lord Mayor, however, will con' thine in office until the usual date, and those alder men who may be cashiered by the municipal con stituency in the preceding December will continue justices of the peace and have seat s (it is not said votes) in the Court of Aldermen. Ia 1861 the Lord Mayor will be elected by the new constituency , from among the aldermen of the city. Aldermen and common councilmen must be on the list of voters for some ward in the city, and must be seised of real or personal estate to th e amoun t 01 , £l,OOO, and be rated on an annual value of £ 3O at the least. Clerks in holy orders and dissent' ing preachers are especially disqualified. I , ll° accounts of the corporati on must b e sen t t o th e Secretary of State yea r ly, an d an a b stract th e reof be laid before the High Court of Parliament. The power of sale and leasing is restrained. Comm° ball elections are transferred to the Court of Coin' urn Council. Exclusive rights of trading in the City are aboli s h e d, as a l so street to ll s; t h e r i g ht 0 i porterage i s save d. Th e restr i ct i on on grants o f markets within seven miles of the City is repeal!' The Lord Mayor and aldermen will have nothing to do here a ft er w i t h S ou th war k, an d the 9,3 Coroner will cease t o ac t i n th a t b or o u gh. IP office of High Bailiff in Southwark is abolished' Provisio n i s made, in case of need, for the appoc,l3l; ment of a stipendiary magistracy in the l_ t _ Freemen of Londoit may take apprentices for th ree instead of seven years. rf En g win day Bhol COlll to I pro, crew den prio The quo havi Tar to 6 per 3 pi be, !IL illa