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Established 1749. 1) OY AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT i GARDEN —under the Management of Miss LOUISA FYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, TROVATORE. Madame Palmieri, Miss Leffler, Miss Albertazzi ; Messrs. Alberto LawrencQ, T. Distin, and Henry Haigh. Conductor—Mr. Alfred . Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. T REA TR g-RO YAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. THIS EVENTN ( I the nertormances will cornmencut with THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, Mrs. Wilkins, Mi , s Amy Sedgwick, Miss Florence Haydon. After which, the revived comedy of THE IRISH AM BASSADOR. Mr. John Brougham, Miss Florence Haydon, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclerega• Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manawer. Mr. A. - flares. This Theatre will RE - OPE N on SATURDAY NEXT, Oct. 27, When Mr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian re nown, will make his first appearance on the English stage. In an adaptation of Victor 11112:0'S celebrated Play of RUY BE, AS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. ; characters also by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Meadows, Garden, Graham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris • Miss Rose Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded by SUSAN SMIT A lt e r the Farce, the admired Play of' THE FIRST NIGHT. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. In „ n 4cpience of the extraordinary success attending the production at this Theatre of Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of TUE LOVE CHASE," the brilliant reception accorded to Miss Gougenheim in the character of Constance, and the enthusi astic applause bestowed on Mrs. Keeley's personation of The Widow Green, the Management feels called upon to announce its repetition during the ensuing week. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. The Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. Principal characters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. Georffe Vining, Mr. 11. Butler, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Yrs. Keeley, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Gougenheim. On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. the per formances will commence with a Comic Drama, by Charles Selby, Esq , entitled THE HUSBAND OF MY HEART, principal characters by Mr. G, orze Vining, Mr. 11. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. J. Rouse, and Miss Goughenheim. After which, a BA.LLET DIVERTISEMENT, in which the celebrated Dancers the Misses Marie and Annie Coln/l oon will appear. To conclude with. every Evening*, a New Drama, entitled THE PIO7„sTEERS OF AMERICA, principal characters by Mr. H. Watkins (his ith appearance in England\ Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. Campbell , Mr. Lyon, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Forrester, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. J. Morris, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Turner. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Great Success of the new Drama, by Dion Bourcicault, Esq., .‘ The Colleen Bawn."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even- Ing. THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bonrcicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC HA TH CHARMS. Mr. David Fisher. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes,'lL Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 115. ' • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6 d. ; Amp hitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A, STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wse. BATTY. Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand Spectacle of Rolm.; Hoon. This Evening:, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the Merry Ontlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud of highly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, Arc, A:lan a-Dale, 311ss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena—Star Riders of Europe. Dours open at half-past 6, performance oommenoe at 7. Boa-office open daily trom 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEAT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBUR Y HALL EVERY EVENING, A. Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. CONCERTS.- - - Norma .... ••• • .• ............ Miss RUSSELL. Adalcisa .......... (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Per formers. org,anised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental 'Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Nezro Delineations, Anecdotes, Scc. Prin cipal Neo-ro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. Balcony, ls , Hall, 6d. THB WEATHER.--SUN Omar, Oar. 21, 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—this day at noon. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52—highest since noon yesterday. BiatommrrErt-30.25; rising steadily. WlND—South-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. OCT. 22. THERMOVITEM, IN THE SHAM. 55—this day at noon. 43--lowest this morning and during the night. 55—highest since noon yesterday. BAROMETER-30.10. WlND—South •Westerly; light, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, 7h. 15m.—Afternoon, 7h. 53m. To-moßßow.-Morning, Bh. 33m.—Afternoon, 9h. 14m. 1_ , .00 61,13.1.11. klAz 4.44j,km..4;t 4: ; ?: \ 3 .1 ;4. sit;! #ti THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 22, 1860. The Austrian Constitution is at last published, and what to make of it is the question. On the face of it, the concessions are such, that had they been made spontaneously, and could the slightest reliance be placed on the Monarch who made them, they would be hailed all over Europe as an unheard-of tribute to liberal principles. Unfortu nately, every thing that can give confidence is wanting. The time, and the man, are equally advers e to the supposition of sincerity. FRANCIS ° sEPTI has shown no more principle than any of his ancestors, or rather as total an absence of any principlebut that of retaining absolute sovereignty by mingled fraud and violence, as all the HAPS BURGS have always evinced. When strong they would crush civil and religions liberty, when weak they would lay snares for it. Nor do we remember any important docu ment to - which they have put their hands, which they have not either openly trampled underfoot, or into which they have not contrived to insert some • provision which they could turn to their purpose. The first question any one asks wh en glancing ove r these seemingly great conc ess i ons are they intended to quiet Hungary, and to rende r trus t wor thy the 100,000 soldiers she contributes to the army, in the event of another Italian struggle ? The vast concentration of forces on the Po and the Mincio, and the sending of General BENEDEIC, their best general, to take the command in Venetia, look almost as much like attack, as mere defence. We have, however, the strongest assurances, even renewed up to this day, that Austria will not attack unless attacked. We have also every assurance that she will not be attacked, not only from the language of Count C.lvotilt, but from the language of Italian circumstances. We are glad, indeed, to see that the King of SARDINIA is moving on to Naples to take on himself the so v_e.reignty offered him by the people and by the 15 1kt:t or , and that his generals are thoroughly bettr t niC the Neapolitans and taking them prisoners. But Nri,..,, z)v. FotMANL - EL will have enough on his hands for in settling the political affairs of din en e at i hening her army, before he m lt e a d ly d , le a s with n Verse a • Not before next spring could things be suff4 enti 7 settled in Italy for him to think of attacking Venetia, and he will proba- bly then try more peaceful means. The other great fear pressing on Austria is that of bankruptcy, utter and hopeless. She cannot get loans without institutions which command. the con- fidence of the money-lenders. She cannot raise taxes without institutions which command the con- fidence of her subjects. Hence a Government which contents the people is the sine qua non of the sinews of war. Whether she would attack, or be safe in case of attack, she must make sure of two things, one that she can maintain an army — the other that Hungary will not be in insurrection in her rear—indeed, that the Hungarian sol diers themselves will not refuse to fight in her cause. Austrian beggary, Austrian fears of VICTOR EMMANUEL, of GARIBALDI, of Hungary, and Hungary's soldiers, all combine to force great concessions from a man from whom they are not worth even so much as those of our CHARLES I. This is the great difficulty ; and we must leave it to the Hungarians to say how they will meet it. In a short time we shall hear of Hungarian com ments on the HAPSBURG Charter. We may be wrong ; but, plausible as it looks, we fear there are points of danger in it which even a foreigner may detect. It makes no mention of the historical rights of Hungary—the point on which the people have so wisely insisted. The Pragmatic Sanction adverted to is merely, if we understand it aright, the sanction of 1722, under CHARLES VI., who had no male offspring, of the here ditary succession in the female line, in virtue of which the present EMPEROR has any claim to be King of Hungary at all. What the Hungarians, we believe, demand, is the recogni tion of all the arrangements sworn to by the late Emperor with the Diet of Hungary, and which Prince SCWARTZENBERG and the present Emperor have overthrown by sheer violence. Next, ive see no guarantee whatever for the security of what is conceded. It is a charter which the Emperor can revoke, and certainly would recal to-morrow if he were strong enough to do it. There is one provision in former compacts of the Hungarians with the HAPSBURGS of more :im portance than all mentioned in the summary before us—the King of Hungary cannot, legally introduce foreign, not even German, soldiers into the kingdom. That provision at least is essential to the safety of any liberties gained by Hungary. She must have her own army, officered by natives, and not permitted to be marched out of the king dom without her own consent, or she can never be safe. Were not HAPSBURGS HAPSBURGS, all would say that much indeed had been granted, and that Hungary is especially favourably dealt with. Legisla tive power is henceforth to be exercised only in con nection with the provincial councils; the Reichs rath is to be enlarged to 100 members, and its mem bers to have, apparently, entire control over finan cial matters. Centralization is to cease in regard to the Ministers of Justice, Religion, and the In terior ; Hungary is to regain her Chancellor, and he is to be a member of the Ministry ; but Transylvania is in this respect and in others, though desirous to unite with Hungary, to be separated from her ; and it seems to be the intention to keep the other minor parts of Hungary separate from her if possible. We are told that the Hungarian constitu tional institutions are to be re-established; the Hun garian lan gnage restored in official and judicial busi ness, the University of Pesth re-opened, the D iet to be convened " with the least possible delay"—and then the Charter is to be inaugurated, and the EMPEROR to be crowned King of Hungary ! But the Diet ought to have been first convened, and to have dis cussed the Charter; and the oath sworn by the KING should have been designated as the same as that taken by the last. Three reactionist Ministers, the the notorious Count THUN among them, quit the Ministry, and Baron NICHOLAS VAT, one of the foremost men among the Protestants in opposing the late patent, is appointed Hungarian Chan cellor ; all things indeed would seem to be in the right direction, were it not for the hand which holds the rudder. The people must take it into their own before they can be safe. The present is certainly a very remarkable year for Lord BROUGHAM. It will probably not close before the publication of his lordship's long preparing and long-expected treatise upon the British Constitution. And meanwhile it has been witnessing in various parts of the United Kingdom a succession of notable demonstrations expressive of the popular respect, affection, and gratitude towards that noble, and learned, and venerable ex- Chancellor. Lord BROUGHAM'S last appearance before a great public assemblage took place only the other day at Liverpool, upon the occasion of the presentation to that borough, by Mr W. BROWN, of a Public Library and Museum, for the benefit of the inhabi tants, and especially of the working classes. A fortnight previously the noble and learned lord had addressed himself to an equally vast and imposing concourse of the industrial population in in the city of Glasgow. Before that he had de livered a remarkable harangue, inuagurative of the latest of the annual proceedings at the Social Science Congress, over which his lordship pre sided as at once the " guid ephilosopher and friend" of that important association. A little earlier he had afforded—even those who best appreciate his comprehensive genius and his herculean grasp of knowledge—reason for new astonishment in his re gard, by the delivery from the academic chair at the University of Edinburgh, as its Chancel lor, of one of the most noble orations that had ever fallen from even those eloquent lips. This, moreover, within the vivid recollection of the superb speech not so very long previ ously delivered by " the old man eloquent" at the inauguration of the monument erected to the memory of Sir ISAAC NEWTON at that King of Men's birthplace, Grantham. Scarcely has the noble and learned ex-Chancellor afforded us fresh evidence of the undimmed vitality of his intellec tual powers in one locality than he appears anew at some other, ready to confirm that ever-welcome impression, and to convince the millions of his fellow countrymen that, what Lord BROUGHAM WaS in his physical prime, he is still to the last (even now at the approach of the period of decrepitude) as an octogenarian. The reception accorded to the noble and vener able lord wherever he has appeared during the past few him ,mboenstohnsd, mast certainly have tended to convince proud of him. Lord t moment's ito doubt, that we are all this time, we should imagine, i nm Great ust he himself at any rate is appreciated. And be is appreciated, to o , where a man of his character would best wish t o be appreciated—h e is aPre- elated where Sir ROBERT PEE L asp i red the most P earnestly to be borne in grateful and affectionate re membrance —in the homes and at the hearths of the of the labouring classes o f thi s country, Great body He has done a giant's work for the good of the people, and he has done it well. As as the greatest of all living law agreatL Reformers,aw English hasßeformer, swept away a hundred thousand abuses and grievances. As the antagonist of, Slavery he broke the last linklin the fetters ' binding the African race to the triumphal chariot wheels of Britannia. As the champion of the grand and beneficent cause of the Education of the masses he has done more than any other man that could be named, to diffuse knowledge at the cheapest rate and with the utmost facility among the bulk of the toiling population. It was in fur therance of this last-mentioned cause—a cause ever dear in a peculiar degree to the heart of Lord BROUGHAM—that the noble lord appeared and spoke on Saturday evening last at the soiree and distribution of prizes in connexion with the Mechanic's Institution, in the Philosophical Hall at Huddersfield. It was Lord BROUGHAM who distri buted the prizes. It was Lord BROUGHAM who deli vered the opening address, and who presided in fact over the whole proceedings. And remembering the character of the assemblage and the nature of the in cident which had brought it together, we read as a mere matter of course, in the account given of it, that the reception accorded to the illustrious ex-Chan cellor was one marked by no ordinary enthusiasm and earnestness. Huddersfield, recollect, is the home and the haunt of Lord BROUGHAM'S old constituency ! Many, many years have passed away since he stood there as the representative of what is now for the most part a bygone generation. No wonder we read then, at the very outset of the report of Saturday's proceedings that " his lordship was received with quitO an ovation of applause," or that when imme diately upon his appearance the whole of the audience then and there joined in singing " Auld Lang Syne," " the venerable nobleman was affected to tears." When Lord BROUGHAM upon the commencement of the proceeding directly afterwards rose to address the assembly, again he was the objeet of this heartfelt ovation, being received with a re newed outburst of acclamation. " I do assure you," said Lord BROUGHAM, " my old constituents, that I am very deeply affected by the kind reception I have met with at your hands"—the reporter adding in parenthesis " (his lordship was here visibly overcome)." Incidents of this kind do honour alike to the illustrious ex-Chancellor him self and to the multitude also of those grateful fellow-countrymen of his, for whom he has laboured during a long life so nobly and, thank GOD, so suc xessfully. " The elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and In diana have resulted in favour of the Republicans." Such is the gratifying announcement from America, The Democrats had hoped to carry Pennsylvania, which, next to New York, has the largest vote for the Presidency, and which turned •the scale in 1856 in favour of BUCHANAN and the extension of slavery. It may now be hoped that that State is secure to the better cause. The elections now re ferred to are those for State not Federal offices ; but they generally indicate, as nearly as possible to certainty, which way the voting for the President will go. Both the great parties exert them selves to the uttermost in the State, as well as in the Federal elections, and as the Republicans have triumphed now they will in all probability triumph in November also. It must be remembered that the struggle is not between abolition of slavery and its retention ; but for the prevention of its ex tension into the territories of the Union which are not yet formed into States. The southern men are eager to make slavery co-exten sive with the settlement of the territories ; the Republicans to prevent it. Republicans do not, any more than Democrats, think of interfering with slavery in states which desire to retain it, but they insist that all North America shall not, by any possibility, be blighted by slavery. They would limit and discourage slavery, and encourage free settlement; the Democrats would extend slavery to all places over which the stripes and stars waved. Mr. LINCOLN'S chances are certainly increasingly good. Some fears are entertained respecting New York, where the merchants have large pecuniary connections with the South, and where Irish Catholics are numerous, and, like their brethren who saved their lives at Spoleto, very fond of doing anything to enslave others, if left at liberty to talk treason themselves, provided in what they do they incur no hazard. There is, however, every reason to hope that New York is right in the present struggle. THE LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : NAPLES, OCT. 20. The head of General Cialdini's column has en countered and beaten a corps of Neapolitan troops at hernia. A general, 50 officers, 800 soldiers, and a flag, remained in our hands. TURIN, OCT. 21. King Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Sulmona. GRETA (via Marseilles), OCT. 13. The Protis has arrived with 360 soldiers. She will bring 500 soldiers of the garrison of Baia; Provisions are beginning to fail at Gaeta. ROME, OCT. 16. The Piedmontese troops are encamped at Rieti, 10 leagues from Rome. It is asserted that the enrolments for the Ponti fical army have ceased, and that General de Lamo riciere will positively return to France. BERNE, OCT. 20. M. von Strune, first Secretary to the Russian Legation, has officially informed the Federal Coun cil that the whole personnel of the Russian embassy has left Turin. TURIN, OCT. 21 (Evening). A despatch from Naples announces that the vote on the question of annexation commenced there at seven o'clock this morning, and continued amid much enthusiasm. A large concourse of citizens and clergy were assembled at the voting places. General Cialdini has captured a portion of the enemy's artillery. WARSAW, OCT. 21. The Prince Regent arrived here at 10.30 p.m., and was heartily cheered. His Royal Highness, accompanied by the Emperor of Russia, proceeded in an open carriage from the railway station to the Belvedere. The Emperor of Russia arrived here at 4.30 p.m., and was warmly received, The Emperor of Austria only is staying at the Chateau Lazienki. The Emperor of Russia and the Prince Regent have taken up their residence at the Belvedere. The ceremony of laying the first stone of the new bridge over the Vistula will take place to-morrow. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The .Patrie says :—" Baron Hubners's visit to France is solely on personal matters. A French journal speaks of an armed intervention of Austria in Italy as having been decided on. The latest in formation announces, on the contrary, that Austria will maintain a defensive attitude in Italy, and will not act unless she is attacked." The Press° states that Prince Metternich is ex pected in Paris. Count Kisseleff, before leaving Paris, gave ex planations to M. Thouvenel in reference to the interview at Warsaw. According to these expla nations, the object of the understanding of the three Courts is, without departing from the system of non-intervention, to agree upon the principles for the regulation of their conduct in the face of certain eventualities. Count Kisseleff, as well as Count Pourtales, protested in the most explicit manner against the supposition that the object of the interview is to resuscitate the Holy alliance. The Moniteur publishes a decree suppressing the Gazetts de Lyons. _ The Ministerial report, proposing the suppres sion, says : "Under present circumstances Government found it convenient to allow great liberty to the journals; but tolerance would be weakness if discussion were allowed to degenerate to injurious hostility and guilty provocations. For several days the portion of the press which pretends to represent the sacred cause of religion has redoubled its violence. An act of firmness becomes necessary. Conscience is troubled—authority and faith are lessened—by the confusion that party spirit establishes between the passions and religious interests. Religion would be compromised if the most respected principles were lowered to complicity im the revenge or am bition which the country has so often repudiated. The Gazette de Lyons has signalised itself before all others by its incessant appeals for agitation, the perfidy of its attacks against the Government, and the disdain it has opposed to the good advice of the Administration. Its number of the 17th instant, more especially, reached an excess that cannot be tolerated." BOURSE, Oct. 20.—The market continues dull and inanimate, speculators appearing to have lost all spirit for operations of any importance. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 61f 75c, are now at 68f 80c; Mobilier, 698 f 75c; Orleans, 1,365 f; Northern, 970 f; Mediterranean, 916 f 25c; Austrian, 483 f 75c; Lombard, 480 f. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per per Cents... 96 Do end month.... Credit 1 1 Sicier 9OO Belgian 4i 93 50 Piedmontese Fives 79 Roman 79 Austrian Spanish Threes 4B 60 Home Debt 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 75 Bank Shares 2845 Credit Mobilier 697 50 Do. Account 695 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1360 .. 1361 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 916 25 .. 913 75 Geneva 355 .. 355 Southern 503 75 .. 505 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4BO .. 480 THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, Capt. Christian, with the heavy por tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 65 passengers and six packages specie, value 132,000; also the following cargo :-300 packages dates, 112 barrels grapes, 4 packages elephant's teeth, 125 packages sundries, and 682 bales raw silk —value £680,000 sterling. The Ripon sailed from Alexandria on the 7th; Malta, 12th ; and Gibraltar, the 16th inst. On the 19th, off Cape Finisterre, she spoke the schooner Tees, standing to the southward ; 20th, at 2 p.m., passed the Tagus, with outward Peninsular mails, steering to the southward; and on the 21st, at 8 a.m., passed the screw-steamer Ceylon, with the outward Calcutta and Australian mails, steering the same course. Her Majesty's gunboat Assurance, Dutch cor vette Heldon, frigate Zellard, Russian frigate Elia Ammoniet, and the Egyptian fleet, were at Alexandria. Her Majesty's ships Queen, James Watt, St. Jean d'Acre, Argus, and gunboat Mohawk, were at Malta. At Gibraltar her Majdsty's gunboat Quail, and the yacht Mirage, to sail for Naples. Her Majesty's screw ship Mars, 80 guns, Capt. Strange, from Plymouth, left Gibraltar on the 13th, to join the squadron of Admiral Martin in the Mediterranean. The sanction of the Queen of Spain has been granted to construct a port of safety at Algesiras. The Government has allotted upwards of 11,000,000 reals for the expense of the undertaking. Queen Isabella :and the Rdyal party visited the principal theatre ea Saragossa on the 11th. On her Majesty's retiring, 1,000 students, with lighted torches, formed a d ouble line to the Palace, and re mained till dayligl it serenading the Royal party. The Persian Am bassador during his stay at Gib raltar visited the rock galleries and the steamer Himalaya, lying iA t the harbour. He embarked on THE] SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 18 6 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your notice on Friday last of the Free Library and Museum, which was inaugurated and presented to the town of Liverpool by Mr. William Brown, on the 17th instant, you have stated that Mr. John Weightman, the borough surveyor, " designed and superintended the building." As such a report is calculated to do me great pro fessional injury, I trust that you will allow me, through your columns, most emphatically to :con tradict that statement. A reference to the Times and other journals of the 2d of October, 1856, will show that on the pre vious day my designs for the Liverpool Free Library and Museum were selected by the Town Council as the " best," and I was consequently awarded the first premium of 150 guineas for the same. By a subsequent vote of the Town Council they were handed over to the corporation surveyor, to be by him carried into effect. With trifling modifications this has been done. I feel justified, therefore, in stating that the building has been erected from my designs, not from those of Mr. Weightman. I think it will be admitted that it is sufficient for Mr. IVeightman to enjoy the professional re• muneration without appropriating any little credit that may attach to the design itself. _ _ I have written to Mr. Brown on the subject, but I cannot allow such a statement as that in your columns to remain for any length of time uncontradicted, and I rely on your sense of jus tice for the insertion of this letter as early as con venient. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS ALLOM, Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Hanover Chambers, Buckingham-street, Adelphi, 20th Oct., 1856. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived in town on Saturday from Broadlands, Hants. The Lord Chancellor arrived at Stratheden House, Knightsbridge, on Saturday morning, from Hart rigge, Roxburghshire, in order to be in attendance at the Cabinet Council held that afternoon. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley have arrived in town from Folkestone, after passing more than three months at that rising watering place. Lord Stanley, M.P., arrived in St. James's square on Friday night from Knowsley Hall, near Prescot. It affords us much pleasure to learn that the Earl of Derby is progressing towards recovery favourably. Lord Edward Howard, M.P., after a short stay in town, has left for Glossop Hall, near Sheffield. Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont, have left their residence in Piccadilly for their seat in the north. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in• Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at one o'clock on Wednesday next, the 24th inst. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Sir bs G. C. Lewi s , L or d J o h n R usse ll, th e Ri g ht H o n. Sidney Herbert, Si r Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exche quer,on, Lord the Duke of Somerset, the Ri g ht H on . T. Milner Stanley of Alderley, Sir George Grey, and the Right lion, C, P, Villiers. board, under a salute of guns from the fortress, for England on the 11th. The following British ships had arrived out at Gibraltar :—Steamer Fairy Queen, from Ramsgate, in 10 days ; her Majesty's steam sloop ship Supply, five days from Plymouth ; steamer _Fern, four days eight hours from Southampton; brigantine Mary Sproat, 14 days from Swansea ; schooner Starling, 19 days from London; schooner Nancy, 20 days from Liverpool ; steamer Cadiz, seven days from London; steamer Cairo, 71 days from Liverpoot ; brigantine Maria Teresa, 30 days from Liverpool; brig Cistus, 22 days from Liverpool ; brig Sally, 25 days from Cardiff; steamer Capiolani, 10 days from Newhaven ; brig Charlotte, 15 days from Cardiff; schooner Margaret Jane, 19 days from Cardiff; and steamer Mavrocordo, 81 days from Liverpool. Gibraltar exchanges were quoted on the 16th — London, 90 days' date, 501 to 50Z-, ; Paris, sf. 320. ; Marseilles, sf. 33c. ; Genoa, sf. 33c; Madrid, eight days' sight, par; Cadiz, 'par ; Malaga, pm. ; Seville, 1 dis. ; Alicante, dis. ; Valencia, par ; Barcelona, pm. ; Spanish pillared dollars, Ferdi nand, 3 per cent. premium, no demand ; Carolus, 13 ditto, in demand. Freights to London, and outports in the United Kingdom, Brazil and River Plate, Gulf of Mexico and Havannah, 12 dols. per ton and 10 per cent. THE NEW AUSTRIAN CHAR TER. VIENNA, SUNDAY, OCT. 21. The official Wiener Zeitung publishes a manifesto of the Emperor introducing a charter (diploma), founded upon the basis of the Pragmatic Sanction, to be binding on all heirs to the throne, to be drawn up for all the provinces, and to be enrolled among the federal laws. The charter announces that henceforth the legis lative power will only be exercised with the co operation of the provincial Diets as well as of the Reichsrah, The number of members of the latter is to be increased to 100 by councillors elected by the Provincial Diets. The members are to be dis tributed among the provinces in proportion to their extent, their population, and the amount of their taxation. The Ministers of Justice, Religion, and the In terior, as iuniversal central authorities, are sup pressed. The Court of Chancery is restored in Hungary, and one for Transylvania has been established. The Chancellor of the Hungarian Court is to be a member of the Ministry. The affairs of the other provinces are to be represented in the Imperial councils by a Minister of State. A special Ministry is to be appointed for Public Instruction. The judicial affairs of all provinces not Hunga rian are to be represented in the Ministerial coun cils by the President of the Court of Cassation. The interests of national economy and commerce are to be represented in the Ministry by a Minister of justice. The financial functions of the Reichsrath are to be considerably increased. The contracting of new and the conversion of existing loans, the mortgage and sale of the landee property . of the State are to be subject to the approval of the Reichsrath. The customs, coinage, all monetary matters, credits, the regulations for the issue of banknotes, postal, railway and telegraph affairs, are only to be treated by Government with the co-operation of the Reichsrath. Our legislative questions are to be referred to the competency of the different Provin cial Diets. The treatment of general questions relating to all non-Hungarian provinces is reserved for a con ference of the Councillors of the Empire (i.e., mem bers of the Reichsrath) representing :those Pro- vinces. As regards the representation of non-Hungarian provinces, detailed instructions are to be given to the Ministers of State on the basis of local self-go vernment and the representation of all classes and interests in the Provincial Diets. _ _ The early presentation of provincial regulations, drawn up according to these principles, and the convocation as soon as possible of the Provincial Diets is ordered. The constitutional institutions of Hungary are to be re-established. The Hungarian language is to be introduced as the official language in judicial, political, and administrative proceedings. The Uni versity of Pesth is to be re-opened. The abolition of the personal services due to land lords and of the privileges of the nobles as to exemption from payment of taxes is confirmed. The representation of all classes of the country in the Legislature and the Administration is to be established as a principle. The convocation of the Hungarian Diet is to take place with the least possible delay, on which occa sion the inauguration of the charter and the coro nation of the Emperor as King of Hungary is to take place. The administration of justice is to be carried on in the prescribed manner, and on the basis of the civil and penal codes until they are legally changed. The Royal Curia in Pesth and the Stadtholder ship in Buda ara to be re-established. As regards the claims of Hungary and the Ser vian subjects of Austria for public rights, an Impe rial Commissioner is to be appointed to receive com munications from the most influential persons re presenting the different classes. The decision of the Emperor is reserved until the presentation of the Commissioner's report. Similar constitutional institutions are to be granted to Transylvania. The relations of Hun gary with Croatia are to be settled by a joint repre sentation of those provinces. The official Wiener Zeitung also publishes de crees to the following effect : "Counts Thun, Nadasdy, and Thiery quit the Ministry. General Degenfold is provisionally appointed Minister of War ; Count Szecsen is appointed Mi nister, without portfolio; Baron Mecsery, Minister of Police, Chief of the Sections ; M. Lasser, Minister and ad intervn Chief of the Ministry of Justice. " Baron Nicholais Vay is appointed First Chan cellor of the Hungarian Court of Chancery, and the Councillor of the Empire, M. Szagyenye, Second Chancellor. General Benedek is appointed Commander-in- Chief of the army in Italy, and General Count Mensolorf Commander of the Servian Voivedina." VIENNA, OCT. 21. General Benedek and the Archduke Albert Wil liam have been sent to Italy. (Fl'ol4 the Correspondent of the Vines.) VIENNA, OCT. 17, Several Hungarians of note were with Count Rechberg from 9 o'clock in the evening of Monday until 5 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, and during that prolonged sitting matters of high im portance to the empire at large, and to Hungary in particular, were discussed and definitively settled. On Saturday, the 20th inst., several official docu ments will be published in the Wiener Zeitung, and among others an Imperial manifesto contain ing the outline of a a " general law," which must be understood to mean a law that is to be valid throughout the empire ; in other words, a Charter. If the information which has to-play been acquired on the subject be correct—and I feel convinced that it is so--the Hungarian nation will have every reason to be satisfied with the result of the negotiations which have recently been going on between some of its notables and the Imperial Government. The kingdom of Hungary will have its ancient frontiers if the inhabitants of the Temeschvar Banat, Servian Vojvodina, Croatia, and Slavonia should express a wish to that effect. An Imperial Commissary, who will doubtless be a man of high character for integrity-, will imme diately be sent to the Banat and Vojvodina, where he will convoke an assembly of notables, whose business will be to give expression to the wishes of their fellow. countrymen. A Croato-Sclavonic Diet will also be convened, and desired to let the Go vernment know whether Croat ia and Sl a vonia wish to form an integral part of the kingdom of Hun • Transylvania gary, or to be a separate province. will not form a part of the kingdom of as the Roumans and Sa xons in the p y of t strongly insist on the maintellan principality Hungary, alit as he ancient rights and privileges of their respective nation- which your inexperience cannot show you, pause and thing that Netta is no fictitious character, her alities. Within six months from the period of the publication of the abovementioned Imperial mani - ' story no mere creation o f the author's brain, but the festo the Hungarian Diet, which will be a so-called s t s .ti or a rait and histo r y o f one ou t o f hundreds of wil g. "Coronation Diet," is to meet at Pesth. As the a . ughters brought to shame and grief, and bringing all belonging to them to shame ar.d grief middle and lower classes in Hungary have ac - by a unblessed and unholy marriage." Frivolous quired political rights which they had not for - . as was her character and faulty as were her actions merly, new electoral laws will be necessary, but there is somethin g t ouc hi ng i n th e d esc ription pf the Government has resolved not to meddle in the Netta's last had days. inThe fearful trials she had un dergone ameasure affected her reason, and , matter. The Cardinal Primate of Hungary andwhen her the " a state Court Chancellor" will convoke certain found her she was in a te most painful to behold, from the over-pressure of mental disquietude on a brain n number of notables of different ranks and classes, over strong and and the Assembly will have to draw up an else- on feelings never properly kept in subjection. One toral law, which shall be in accordance with the ne - happy thing for her she never knew the extent of cessities of the times. As it is nowhere said that her husband's crimes. She fancied that he had only plunge recklessly into debt, and did not the Hungarian Diet shall not have the right of now he was . arraigned .. as a felon. She was laid legislation, it must be supposed it will, as was for- • to rest in the simple churchyard in the village merly the case, have the privilege of preparing where she should have dwelt in sweet simplicity draughts of laws, and of sending them to the Cen- after her brief and gaudy course in foreign lands tral Government for acceptance. The so-called and great cities. Meanwhile while her spirit "Bur gerliches Gesetz-Buch" (civil and criminal sought the rest of the weary, far other scenes dawned on her husband, who was convicted and codes) is to remain in force in Hungary. A " iTudex con d emne d . Happily for him, his brother-in- Curzce" (highest judicial employe in the kingdom), law Rowland, the clergyman, contrived to exert and a " lavernicus" (the controller of the revenue) some influence upon him, and when at last he left will be appointed by Government, as also 52 ~ Ober- him on board the convict ship he felt some hope, gespanne" (lord -lieutenants of counties) , each of some latent trust that even in the dark life of of a convict some better days might be in store for whom will receive from the State a salary of 5,000 his wretched relative than when he was high in florins per annum. • position and rolling in wealth. Itowland is the The Reichsrath will be considerably reinforced, most superior of the characters here sketched. and probably by means of representatives of the Firm, upright, and consistent, he was still gene middle classes. It will, as heretofore , be a consulta- rolls, kind, and sympathising. He was not one of those really pious and well-intentioned individuals tive body, but it will be allowed to e xercise a direct who do more mischief than good by their bigoted control over the finances. As the Hung arians have notions and overbearing dictation. No one will now regained their ancient rights, they will doubt- ever attend to serious subjects because they are less consent to send representatives to the Reichs- threatened into them, and well would it be for the _ rath, which is likely eventually to beco me a politi cause of Christian charity and the welfare of all c . hurches and sects, if more and calbody of the very highest importance. Th e or g anic like Rowland Protheroe abounded sters. He was teachers placed laws for the Germany.nd Slavonic provinces will be • in a fitting sphere, in the centre of a large and given by means of Imperial autograph letters , which squalid population, among whom it would have will probably be addressed to the different Stadt- been cruel, as well as utterly useless, to be other holders. The bases- of the provincial statutes, than sympathising. Owen, the other son of David which are almost sure to be received with a very ill Protheroe, was a fine specimen of a sailor ; and, as some l one in the story observed, it did seem singu grace, will be equality between the different na arat two such brothers should have such a tionalities and equal political rights. The inhabi- foolishthat sister: e wen was hardly worthy of Gladys, tants of the German provinces and of Gallicia, who however, but he had the merit of thoroughly appre have hitherto been his Majesty's most loyal sub- ciating her. David Protheroe is by 'no means a jects, are likely to become very difficult to manage, perfect man. He exhibited many angry and sus icous tra of sosd it is not all to as they consider themselves entitled to exact l y the p his i credit to its have di pe p rsisted ition, i an n refusing his at consent same rights and privileges as the Hungarians. to his son's marriage with Gladys because he did The change of system will naturally lead to a not prove her parents to have been of genteel birth. change in some of the Ministerial departments. The Such a being as Gladys was a blessing to any house Ministry of the Interior will be done away with, she dwelt in, still more to the home she fixed herself and a Ministry of State formed for al l the provinces in. Miss Gwynne is a young lady who interests one in sp of man faults b h genuine great nia. the empire excepting Hungary and Tra ns y lva- natur e ite , and her her kind intention y er s. She did great nia. Count Coluchowski will be at the head of the service to many, altnough she marred the effect of new Ministry of State, and have seat and voice in much that she accomplished through her hasty the Cabinet, as he is determined to sacrifice his temper and indomitable pride. She learned wisdom. principles rather than quit office. You may per- in the great school of life. After her father's second iage she lost positio of heiress, and went haps recollect that he a short tim e ag o was the to marr reside with her the governess, n who had married Mr. avowed opponent of the Hungarians, because they Jones, the fellow curate of Rowland. She was in. claimed privileges "which could not be granted the constant presence of suffering, sin, and sorrow, without endangering the principle of the unity of such as she never dreamed of, much less beheld in the empire." The Hungarian and Transylvanian her luxurious home in Wales, and amid her father's " Hof-Kanzleien" (Cou r t Chanceries) will be re- prosperous tenants, whose means were limited but e stablished, and their chiefs w ill have the title of sufficient for their wants. She could hardly return from a morning spent in watching over the death " Hofkanzler," with seat and voice in the Cabicet. bed of starvation, surveying the fruits of sin, where The Ministry of Justice will be abolished. The the children were trained in vice by their aban- First President of the Supreme Court of Justice will doned parents, to indulge in the reveries of pride be the highest judicial authority in the realm, and and vainglory that had filled the thoughts and have seat and voice in the Cabinet. The Ministry swelled the heart of the heiress in her father's for Ecelesiastical Affairs and P ublic Instruction grand parks. She was at last united to Rowland, whom sh e had refused asbeneath her in her days will also be abolished, as mere matters o f adminis- . of pride, but whom she afterwards learned to con tration will be cared for by the official organs of the sider far above her in all that could make a fellow different confessions. A Government Commission creature honoured in this world, or fitted for the (probably a revival of the defunct " Studien-Hof next. Thus at the last a fair vista of peace Commission") will have the super in te ndence of the and prosperity seemed to open on the old farm of Glenarvon. True, " a mournful memory of the dead schools. The affairs of t he Pesth and Cracow Uni- was with them in the glades," as they thought of the versities will be regulated without dela y , and the beauty of their hose laid low; but they had the former will soon cease to be an exclusively calm retrospect of her last quiet days with them, Roman Catholic establishment. The Cracow which had soothed the bitterness of the anguish University will doub lers re g ain its ancient pri- that arose at the thought of her disgrace in having been united to a felon, and which had softened the v il eg es, which it ought never to have been de grief at the reflection that she had run away from prived of, as they are guaranteed by a Euro- their home. Also the teaching of Rowland had peen treaty. Before closi n g m y letter, which is assured them in language more potent than earthly necessarily written against time, I must inform you consolations, to refresh the weary spirit and heal that oral proceedings will be introduced in all the the broken heart, that theirs was the bright hope courts of justice, which are to be ope nto the public. to meet her again where their home could be no more invaded by temptation, or assailed by sorrow. So many troops have recently been se nt to and This work contains much in its varied and exciting fro in the empire, that the managers of the different pages to fascinate the interest while it awakens the railroadcompanies have resolved to represent to the attention of the reader. We see how human nature Government that it is impossible, without losing is the same everywhere. It is character that is the money, to convey the soldiers , artiller y , ammuni- granddistinction between mortals, not where they live nor how they were brought up. No fine lady tion, and supplies at the present prices. Full a year intent on airs and graces could have had a daughter ago your attention was directed to the advantageous more resembling her than the country maiden N position occupied by t he Austrians on the right Netta, whose mother, simple Mrs. Protheroe, was bank of the Po, and I now learn that they are in- as devoid of artifice as any one could be. Again, Rowland was superior to many of higher rank clined to make the most of it. When at Ravens when he went . to . Londen ; .his mind was in King Victor Emmanuel told the Syndicus that the advance of his family and friends, and culture Austrians about six weeks ago allowed a famous developed the great resources within him opportunity for doing mischie f to esca p e them. His Howel, though brought up in an obscure village, Majesty, doubtless, alluded to the moment when proved himself as apt a scholar in craft, deceit, and his troops were on their way to the Marches. cunning as if he had been born and bred in the purlieus of any city—among the haunts of knavery and vice. Some of the second-rate persons are admirably pourtrayed in some cases, as, for instance, the Simpsons, who so providentially came to the rescue of Howel and his cousin at their runaway marriage, and imparted an eclat to the affair that made them consider themselves quite enrolled among the elite members of ton. Lady Mary Nugent, who married Mr. Gwynne, is a finished specimen of a woman of the world. Her tact stood her in good stead through life ; no one was more sensible of this than her step-daughter, Winifred—. herself so lamentably deficient in that respect. Lady Mary's daughter did not inherit her mother's milliner with her beauty, and it is well shown what a difference arose in consequence. Lady Mary kept every one alive and animated, even if they did not care a straw for her or even disapproved of her. Mrs. Vaughan, on the other hand, quite irritated by her insipidity and nonchalance. Mrs. Jones, the governess, is a very estimable person, and she is one of those who in no way remarkable, yet make themselves more missed in a house than many much more gifted and attractive. Mr. Jonathan Protheroe, the vicar of Llanfawr, is quite a character in his way, with his extraordinary propensity to decipher old relics and descant on all kinds of archaeological and mediaeval knowledge. On the whole, " Gladys, the Reaper," will be found a most superior style of book, and all readers who wish to behold real life exemplified will do well to peruse its stirring and sparkling pages. It has mingled in its vari ed scenes and described in its glowing passages a ll the chief events that mar k the progress of human life, representing in those accounts the several phases under which the same events affect different persons. The last sentence aptly epitomises the work—" The wedding wreath, the christening robe, the shroud. Again the wreath and the robe. Such has been our tale, and such is life." * The Emperor will be crowned as King of Hungary. LITERATURE. Gladys, the Reaper. By the author of " Simpli city and Fascination." Three Vols. Bentley. This is a very delightful work, and one well cal culated to impress powerfully and to influence rightly by its touching narrative and by its lofty spirit. The heroine is one of those gentle and yet resolute characters. that more than any other can create real and salutary changes in the lives of others. Their consistency claims respect, their ten derness wins the affections, while their soft sympathy penetrates to the hardest and coldest natures, and their bright faith pierces the gloom of dark unbelief with the glory of the day-spring from on high. Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe might well have said that, in receiving a stranger, they entertained an angel unawares, for it is impossible to over-estimate the services she was the means of rendering to the family in which she found shelter when struck down by sickness as she wa ndered a penniless orphan on the highway of the world. There are many per sons met with in this tale, and some of them are represented in a very striking manner. Howel Jenkins is the very impersonation of a spendthrift of the most dangerous class ; he possessed the attraction of handsome looks and a general fascina tion of manner that few could resist. He was en tirely destitute of principle, and, moreover, he laboured under the overwhelming disadvantage of having been neglected in his youth and kept in an almost penniless state, his father being a miser, as may be conjectured when this young man came sud denlyinto the possession of an enormous fortune he grew reckless. It was this unhappy and misguided man that Netta Protheroe, the beauty of the village, chose for her husband in defiance of the commands, prayers, and entreaties of her parents, her friends, and well-wishers. On a beautiful autumn morn ing the young girl stole at daybreak from her father's farm to meet her unworth y cousin. Th life led by this thoughtless couple is a sad epitome of the existence of thousands, and ably illustrates the downward path ever trod den b y the gamester and , the reckless speculator. Rowel's giddy step was over in a few years ; led on from he consummated his crimes by forgery, step dtowsheenp the day of detection arrived he fled heancountry t d sentenced only to be brought back as a felon to transportation. Netta meanwbrilrhad often re crlit September pented the journey she took thathiehi was the one morning. Howek loved her, w ise blackened heart redeeming point in his otherbwut he acted as if he and perverted disposition ; hated her, for som e time. She was flighty and he was jealous ; she was too silly and trifling to ma tch with his superior acquiremeats and ready lost temper continually, wit, hence he establishment in Belgra and the dwe lt the two cousins, brought splendid via, where farm, and in a common shop, up respectivelY in Jenkins amassed his thousands) con (where Griffy but a household that dwelt in tained anything The s turdy farmer, David Prothe roe , wou ld unity, unication with his daughter, although hold no comm Mrs. Howel Jenkins were settled in a Mr. and farm i n his own immediate vicinity. Once only did poor Mrs. Protheroe see her daughter from the period when she ran away till she was brought hom e in poverty and misery to die. The occasion o f their meeting was at the birth of Netta's only child. The Llanfawr bells were pealing merrily to celebrate the birth of the daughter of the master of " Plas Abertervey." " But whilst they were ringing, the mother of the little daughter was ap parently about to depart for that other country where bells shall no longer ring out the old and ring in the new," wel come th e babe, or speed the spirit of the dead." In the absence of Howel, the doctor took upon himself the responsibility of send ing for the mothe r o f N e tt a . Painful as was the meeting, it was satisfactory. Netta recovered t o linger on for s ome y ears o f trial, and learned how hard a fate she had brought upon herself. It is truly said here, " Pause, then, and think all you iyoung women who may be meditating a similar course even whilst reading this story, or may be at issue with your parents, be cause their experience onewA the m a picture Lievereux. Vol. 11. By Sir E. B, Lytton. Black- wood-and Sons. The completion of "Devereux" by the issue of the twelfth volume of this beautiful Library Edi tion of Sir Bulwer Lytton's Novels, now being published from month to month, volume after volume, by the Messrs. Blackwood and Sons of London and Edinburgh—places entire in the hands of the subscribers the first of the six of Sir Edward's Historical Romances. Subsequently, in due succes sion, will appear "The Last Days of Pompeii," after that " Rienzi," then " The Siege of Grenada," afterwards " The Last of the Barons," and, finally, closing the second of the Four divisions of the Library Edition, "The Last of the Saxon Kings, Harold." In " Devereux," the completion of which we have now lying before us, we have, as it Wer e , evidence of the second phase of this Protean genius as a Romancist. His initial work as a Novelist— when "Devereux" first appeared—had been before the public but little more than a twelvemonth. That initial work—(counting the suppressedbeen thecelebrated volum e of "Falkland" as nothing)—had history of Henry Pelham, the Gentleman. An ela borate jeu d'esprit, sparkling, effervescing, run ning over with wit • and pleasantry —the ebulition of high animal spirits. In vivid con t ras t to which " Devereux" the next season made its appearance—much, doubtless, to the surprise of those who had scrutinised the refined humour of the gay gentleman of fashion. For cer tainly no two works could have been well more dissimilar than "Pelham Devereux"—the velist, inh and h e i s plots, or in the latter, by th e wa y , evidencin g t hus early in Bul writer's astonishing power%veen tanglementr's ea ofr eer a a constructiveness s an complication of the incidents to be recounted, and of the varied fortunes to be un ravelled. In these respects, indeed, "Devereux," though Sir Edward's second production as a ro challenge compar i son even w i t h invention, " My Novel" and thosemati c e m w a r s i t t e e i r , , p may es f What will he do with it." The elaborately con structed plot of " Devereux" manifesting quite as remarkable powers in this particular as either of those two ingeniously constructed fictions of Pisis tratus Caxton writing, though Sir Edward Lytton has done in the latter capacity, from the fullness of his lengthened and varied literary experience.