The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-05 00:00:00

THE WEATHER—SIIN OFFICE, Jun' 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAM 62—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night, 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.20. WIND, W.N.W. ; light, with fine weather. Seven o'clock—Wind, S.W., with rain. JULY 5. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BABourrm 29.82 a sudden fall since yesterday. WIND, Northerly ; light, with dull cloudy weather. Heavy rain in the night. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS. DAT —Morn., 45 min. aft. 7—Even., 13 min. aft. S TaMoßßow—Morn., 47 min. aft. B—Even., %) min. aft. 9 THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. - It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman, wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food ; and he rays the effect was wonder ful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks, had gained no less than 12 stories. Again we find at the late agricultural chows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c.,:the anMiali which carried off the highest prizes, had been partly fed with Thorley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves. and we are foreed to the condo sion, that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and,testimoay of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Nevvgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Spezia, Ortolani, and Pie celoraini, Belletti, Beneventano, Vialetti, Aldighieri, Rossi, ana Ginglini. The following arrangements have been made:— To-morrow (TUESDAY). July 6 (last night but three of the Subscription), NINO (Nabuco). Abigail, MadUe. Spezia (be? first appearance). THURSDAY,JuIy S (last extra night), DON GIOVANNI ; and SATURDAY, July 10 (last night but two of the Subscrip tion), will be presented, first time this season, Balfe's Opera of LA ZINGARI (" The Bohemian Girl."). Arline, Madile. Piccelomini ; Yelva (Queen of the Gipsies), Madame Alboni (her first, appearance in that character); Count Arnheim, Signor Belletti ; Devilshoof, Signor Vialetti ; and Thaddeus, Signor Gipglini. On each occasion a favourite Ballet, in which Madame Rosati and Madllo. Pocchiui will appear. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT. First Night of IL TROVATORE. To commence at half-past 8 o'clock. This Evening (MONDAY), July 5, a Grand Extra Night (being positively the last Extra Night but two) will be given, on which occasion will be performed (fer the first time this PPnon) Verdi's Grand Opera, TT, TROVATORE. . _ Leonora, Madame - ^:!7 , • , • • Madame Taglia6co ; 11 Conte di Luna, Signor Graziani ; For sande, Signor Tagliafico Raiz, Signor Seldi ; and Manrico, Signor Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. Application for - boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to be made at the Bon-offica-of the Theatre, under the portico in Bow street, an 4 at the principal music,sellers and librarians. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. Second Appearance of Signor Tamberlik. To commence at half-past 8. • To-morrow (TUESDAY), July 6, will be performed Ros sini's celebrated Opera, OTELLO. Desdemona, Madame Geisi ; Emilia, Madame Tagliafico ; lago, Sig. Ronconi ; Elmira, Sig. Tagliafico ; Roderigo, Sig. Neri-Baraldi ; Doge, Sig. Polonini ; and Otello, Sig. Tam berlik (his second appearance these two years). R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the new farce, en titled DYING FOR LOVE. After which, Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT-OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. C. Kean— Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE SWISS COTTAGE. After which AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Euckstone, Chippendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz william. Followed by BOX AND COX. Concluding with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 OlDress Boxes 3 0 Uptier Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 2 0 Pit. 1 0 Callery THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. The Irish Boy and Real Yankee Gal, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. for Six Nights.—THlS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT WAS ; with OUR GAL ; and BARNEY THE BARON—in which Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will appear in three pieces, and introduce Irish jigs and Yankee melodies. Their last appearances. STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Eveninz will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. Followed by THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Messrs. Chas. Young, Turusr, do.; Miss Swanborough, do. After which THE YOUNG WIDOW. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brune% Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. John G. Fordo, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; - harmonium, Mr. Courtney ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans... Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. uppers, 4Sta , until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS LiftATIAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "1.1 DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. 4 . tri) , 414. • $4 WO LONDON, MONDAY, JTJLY 5, 1858. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. It is with deep regret that we announce another accident to the Atlantic Telegraph, which it was fondly hoped would have been completed during the present summer. From a telegraph just received from Mr. CYRUS W. FIELD, who was at Queenstown, Cork, Ireland, it appears that the Agamemnon and Gorgon had arrived at the Cork harbour this morning, and that "on Wed- nesday, the 29th of June, when these vessels had 1,42 miles of cable paid out, and all on board. the Niagara was going on perfectly, the signal from the Agamemnon suddenly ceased, and from the tests the electricians say the table must have parted at or near the Agamemnon." Unden these circumstances no alternative remained hut to return home with all convenient speed, in order that the best course may be decided on. It is to be hoped that the accident, whatever it may have teen, will not stop the undertaking. At present we have but little information as to the cause of the contre temps. Doubtless the Dikectors of the Company will take the best advice, and act promptly and judiciously, as well for the national interests as for those of their immediate constituents. It is impossible to esti mate The advantages that would result from the completion of the miraculous enterprise, which would Make almost instantaneous communication between the Cabinets of London and Washington, and the merchants of the British metropolis and their correspondents throughout the entire Union, practicable. They can be readily appreciated by every politician, and every one interested in commercial affairs. The full extent and nature of the accident w ill , ,f ronrse, he strictly investigated, and it will be asoortnned it was of temporary character that might be averted by in creased precautions, or whether it was such as to Prevent any well-founded hope of success, and therefore lead to the relinquishment of the scheme. A short time will tell, and we can only await the report with deep interest and anxiety. The Admiralty under Sir JOHN PAIIN6TON is not whit the Admiralty was under Sir CHARLES WOOD—when merit went unrewarded, and when birth Qr interest might alone invariably look for proinotior. Everybody bears this painfully 'enough in remembrance who is acquainted with the particulars of the life and death of ROBERT ROBERTS, late master of the Cyelope, who ought to have lived to be an admiral, but who was literally, if ever man was, done to death by the denial to him of the recompense he had so richly merited, namely, the rank of a Commander. In contrasi,:to that melancholy narrative, upon which we ourselves have deemed it our duly more than once to comment, and that, moreover, upon oc casion, at considerable length, and with all the fervour of unaffected indignation—the sorrowful tale of the great services of Master ROBERTS, and of the most low and cruel treatment by which (thanks to men like Sir CHARLES WOOD and Sir MAURICE BERKELEY) those great services were in famously doomed to expiation by death—there are now visible abundant and most welcome evi dence that personal merit rather than powerful interest, or high family connections, will hence forth secure recognition—i. e,, honorary reward and rapid promotion at the Admiralty. This under the regime (and honour to him for it) of Sir JOHN PAKLNGTON. The latest, but not by any means the least, striking testimony of the happy change here par ticularised is that afforded in the instance of the gallant young officer who succeeded the late lamented Captain Sir WILLIAM PEEL, R.N., K.C.8., as the leader of the Naval Brigade, at the seat of war in Hindostan. According to one of the most recent notifications in the London gaz , ite, this valiant young tar, Commander VAUGMAZI, JAW Litt lieutenant of E.M.S. Shan non, has just been nominated Companion of the Bath, in consideration of his distinguished ser vices in the Naval Brigade; and it is now intimated he has succeeded to the command of the above versel, upon the demise of the heroic PEEL, his friend and comrade in the alternate repose and turmoil of the bivouac and the battle-field. This nomination is another and appreciable step in the right direction. There is no tarrying here for interest. There is no dawdling attention to the idiotic and heart-breaking requirements of rou tine. The recompense is as promptly and spon taneously given and gracefully as judicioußly. Other departments besides the Admiralty might well act thus in obedience to the wise and humane old axiom, bis dat qui ell() dat—an axiom espe cially worthy of remembrance during the time of actual warfare, when the honours awarded by a gracious SOVEREIGN and a grateful nation may come too late—as it is bitter enough even now to remember that they actually did in the instance of the late dauntless and lamented HAVELOCK. Happily, our naval heroes may Vow look for prompt reward, and we doubt not also for speedy promotion, now that the Admiralty has passed from the malign influence of Sir CHARLES WOOD to the genial and rational regime of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. The recipient of this doubly valuable, because spontaneously proffered, badge of the C. 8., has won the distinction for himself on the battle fields of India—Commander VAUGHAN having served in all the various actions fought under Sir CoLIN CAMPBELL against the Bengal mutineers, and, what is yet more, having on every occasion received the warmest thanks of Sir Courr through his despatches as Commander-in-Chief. Remem bering all which, the young leader of the Naval Brigade may surely now entertain a confident hope of his promotion to Post Rank, so soon as he shall have served a sufficient time as Com mander. He has every reasonable chance of fair play at any rate, now that the Admiralty is pre sided over by an administrator, endowed at once with sagacity and magnanimity. Qualities, those too, to which his immediate predecessor could make assuredly but small pretension. Gladly, however, should we recognise, in addition to his own acts of grace, one or two signal acts of reparation adventured upon by Sir JOHN PAXINGTON —re paration for the great wrongs inflicted by that same predecessor of his during the existence of Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. There is the case, for example, of the widow of Master ROBERTS, R.N., the humble hero already speci fied. Might not the relict of that true sailor — we earnestly put this to you, Sir JOHN !—receive the pension to which she would have been en titled had she been what she ought to be, the widow of a Commander ? There was a general hope that, before the close of the present session, a private railway bill would receive the legislative sanction, by which public convenience would have been gre.tly promoted. It was proposed to construct a terminus near Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, from whence a railway should be carried along the line of the Grosvenor Canal, and thence across the river a little below the lately opened suspension bridge to Battersea-park; a junction would then be effected with the New West-end and Crystal Palace line, a little above the terminus thereof. under notice. If the Crown had been interested, the Right Honourable Gentleman by whom it had been represented had given a wall-considered and wise assent to the project, and the usual etiquette should have rendered his successor very chary of interfering therewith, if it had not absolutely prohibited any movement on his part. But the Crown was not concerned. There was not, as Lord CIRLMSFORD declared, the slightest neces sity for obtaining the Royal assent to the preamble of the bill. Why, then, should the House be required to suspend its standing orders ? Why should it lend itself, on what we cannot help desig nating as most frivolous and untenable grounds, to an interested opposition ? The effect of the resolution of Friday evening will be to materially increase the expenses of the company, and pro bably to postpone their operations for another year. But it is not of the injury to the share holders, although they have just grounds of com plaint, but to the community at large, that we com plain. They are deprived of a great convenience. Every West-end traveller to the South-Eastern districts or to the Continent, will have to waste time and money at the very commencement of his peregrinations. He will also be liable to lose his train by the closing lip or stoppage of some of the overcrowded thoroughfares, and experi ence the inconvenience and uncertainty of travelling, at its very earliest stage, starting with his disposition soured, and half the enjoy ment of his holiday taken away. Surely these are no trifling annoyances, and some regard should be exhibited by those who have handsome privthie ;;plc time for their less for tunate fellow-subjects. And what are the pleas on which this tardy op position, the right to which- was forfeited by the lackes already exhibited, proceeds ? First, that the toll on Battersea-bridge may be in some degree diminished by the railway ; and, secondly, that the view of the suspension -bridge may be prejudiced ! Now, we fearlessly take issue on both points, although asserting that, even if well founded they would not be sufficient, under the cir cumstances, to justify the opposition. In the first place, the railway facilities would be more likely to bring than to detract from the traffic of the new bridge. Many persons tempted by a cheap and rapid access to the Park would be disposed to walk home, and we believe that the number thus attracted would far more than compensate for those drawn away by the railway. But certainly a pound or two per diem, more or less, should not affect a question in which no private rights are concerned. The general convenience and the railway passengers' tax which would be received, although in another department, together with the improved value of the lands, would more than counterbalance any deficiency in the halfpenny tolls. As to the aesthetic part of the case, we can only say that doctors differ in matters of art as in every other vexed question. The tubular bridge across the Menai—the great triumph of engineering skill—has not spoiled the view of the suspension bridge connecting Angles ea with Carnarvon, and we really believe that a far larger number will consider it an im provement than otherwise. On the whole we trust that the opposition will not prevail, and the bill which has already passed the Commons, will receive the Legislative sanction before the close of the session. Great complaints are made in the City at the unne cessary de!ay experienced in the delivery by the Post Office authorities of the foreign newspapers, merchants, and others interested in the colonial and foreign trade baing thereby debarred from the only source of informa tion open to them. The report of the directors of the Australian Agricul tural Company, issued in anticipation of the annual meeting, which is called. for the 13th inst., recommends a dividend of 15a. per share, out of the funds in hand here, amounting to 13,09/. The fifth ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the City Bank is called for the 20th inst. ; and the annual meeting of the shareholders in the Western Bank of London for the 29th inst. LEGAL COSTUME IN CAPE COLONY.—The chief com• missioner of Kaffraria has issued the following :—"No Kaffirs will henceforth be allowed to enter or remain in King William's Town unless they are decently dressed in European clothing. The police have received instruc tions to remove from the town any native not complying with this notice." The announcement that the Lord Chief Baron is to retire from the Bench, at the close of the present sit tings, is entirely without foundation. We are happy to say that the learned judge is in the full enjoyment of health, and that he has not the slightest intention of abdicating his high judicial office in the Court of Exche quer. GOLD FROM NEW ZEALAND.—The Duchess of Leinster has arrived from Nelson, Now Zealand, with 2,500 oz. of gold, consigned to the Union Bank of Australia. This is, we believe, the first shipment of the produce of the newly-discovered gold-fields in that colony on any large scale, although considerable quantities have from time to time been forwarded to Sydney and Melbourne, through which the bulk of the New Zealand gold must come, as the opportunities for direct shipment are rare. —Australian and Nor Zealand Gazette. It is needless to expatiate on the many advantages which would result from the completion of such an undertaking. It would greatly relieve the routes, now crowded by excessive traffic, afford extraordinary facilities to every tourist to the continent or South-Eastern counties, and add materially to the value of the land reserved by Government in the vicinity of Battersea-park. It would be a great inducement, not merely to specu lative builders, but, to private individuals ready to erect commodious dwelliug-houses in that rising locality, if they could be certain of conveyance by railway across the river and into Pimlico, from whence they might proceed by omnibus or cab iu any direction. The land would rise so much in value as to justify the abolition of the pedes trian tolls across the suspension, and to make Battersea a people's park to all intents and pur poses. _ _ Everything looked fair and auspicious for this important measure. The unqualified assent of Sir BENJAMIN BALL had been obtained. The purchase of the Grosvenor Canal Imd been con chided on very advantageous terms. The bill was introduced and passed through all its stages in the House of Commons with comparatively trifling opposition—had gone to the Lords and been read a second time. All " went merry as a marriage bell." The share holders were congratulating themselves on their excellent speculation—the general public on the great facilities that would be afforded. But " there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip." At the eleventh hour, when all the expenses had been incurred, and after large sums of money had been invested on the faith of the official, and all but legislative sanction that had been obtained for the judicious project, a dark cloud appeared in the horiz ni that threatened to blast all their rea sonable anticipations. Some influences were in operation, which prevailed with the De partment of Woods and Forests ; and Lord JOHN MANNERS, the First Commissioner, was induced to enter a most unexpected opposition to the scheme. But there was still ground for hope. The time had passed by for so doing. A well-consi dered standing order, founded on justice and equity,. prohibited any opposition, under such circumstances, and if even there was a case where the House should have abided by its established rules and regulations, it was the one THE LIFE GUARDS.—Cornetoies in the Life Guards are at a discount. There are, we believe, six or seven carnets' commissions for sale, and no one will purchase in the regiment. Either the expensive style of living operates as a bar to the ambition of poor men, or it is felt that, in the dreary round of duty from Windsor to Lon don and back, varied with a fieldday at Wormwood Scrubbs or Hounslow, there is not much scope for mili tary enterprise.— United Service Gazette. THE WEATHER IN PARIS.--SATURDAY, July 3, 6 p.m. —For the last four or five days the weather has under gone a very sensible and not gradual change from in tense heat to the coolness of early spring. Yesterday and the day before the mornings and evenings were actually cold. The fierce heat which prevailed the greater part of June was miti g ated by one or two abun dant and beneficent showers of rain, which, though the parched earth soon drank it in, yet relieved us consider ably. But we had not, at least in Paris, any of those violent thunderstorms which were experienced in some of the departments. This day, however, it has been otherwise. The morning was lowering, a heavy shower fell at mid-day for nearly an hour. It then cleared up fora space, but the sky soon again grew dark, and at three o'clock the rain, mingled with large hailetonee, came down like a cascade and deluged the streets, Loud claps of thunder followed, and the lightning was fre quent and most vivid, and continued, with slight inter vals, till four o'clock. The rain, however, continued to fall. It ceased at five, but the sky still looks menacing. PROGRESS IN STEAM NAVIGATION.—Since 1850 the time occupied by steamers crossing the Atlantic between Liverpool and Now York is shortened by two days. The amount of fuel consumed by the steam-ships which rer - form the voyages so shortened is twice that which was required by the steamers which ran between New York and Liverpool previous to 1850. MUMDIT POWDER —One of the oddest things ever iu . troduced into Hateria .3.redica was the celebrated Mummy Powder. Eel ptian mummies, being broken up and ground into dust, were held of great value as medicine both for external and internal application. Boyle and Balm unite in commending its virtues : the latter, indeed, venturing to suggest that " the mixture of balms that are glatinoue" was the foundation of its power, though common belief held that the virtue was " more in the Egyptian than in the spice." Even in the seventeenth century mummy was au important article travellerof fybrought t ab o nr t on h ke ere Turkeypie e C e es wouldm. Ah p a ad o vu y ei t e s igr gratified ti h oi fi u n elided cam d ee of commerce, and was sold at a great price. One Eastern commiseioa : the Jews co ll ect i ng t h e b o di es o f weightLinceto pi executed criminals, filling them with common asphaltum which cost little, and then drying them hi the sun, when they became undistinguiehable from the genuine article. And the maladies which mummy was held to cure are set forth in a list which we commend to the notice of Pro fessor Holloway. It was " to be taken in decoctions of marjoram, thyme, elder-flower, barley, roses, lentils, b as e s fo ia r , e i b ia is rs a le g y e. .. j sw e il j rt a hT b o e b s xo , yin c lua u sc m i B. m wr i oi n nw - e s a, e e e n: d wi , c kb a , o r b r wu a at w st ae „gcastor, e :a l c ad mulberries.° did not approve of the use of the mummy. The world has come round to the great physician's way of:thinliing, and A.ee. eie i tie led in the pharmacopoeia of modern days.—Frasee's A series of returns published by the Gardener's Chronicle. of Saturday indicate a much earlier harvest than has been witnessed for many years. Peas and vetches, generally a very poor crop, are being already cut in some places, and the earlier sown and Talavera wheats will be ready in a fortnight or three weeks all through the southern counties. Late sown oats and b a rley have suffered from the unusual drought and heat, and beans are generally reported as promising below an average yield. THE AMOUNT OF DUTY PAID AT THE BELFAST CUSTOM. I HOBE, for the week ending June 26, wee 4,9731. 15s. 6d., against 6,9071. 53. 9d. the previous week, and corresponding period of last year, 5,9G21. 7e, 4d, the corresp THE SUN; LONDON MONDAY EVENING, JULY s,_ 1858, I L &TEST NEWS. - THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. 857 ; Reading, Shares, 44 ; Missouri, Sixes, 874 ; Michigan, Southern and Northern Indiaca, 43. The money glut continued. Good tininess paper was scarce and much sought after at 4 to 6 per cent, The weekly statement of the New York city banks showed a diminution in the specie reserve of nearly a million dollars. The banks had extended their loans by over 1,700,000 dollars. A moderate buiness had been done in exchange. Bankers had raised their rata to 9i per cent., and the quotation for sterling was 109 to 1091. In the produce markets ashes were steady at 6 dollars for both sorts. Coffee was firm, and in some cases ie. higher. Cotton was buoyant at an advance of ie. per l b. ; the demand, however, was moderate. The receipts of the week at all the ports amounted to 27,000 bales. Flour had declined 15c. for Western, but subsequently a partial recovery took place. Wheat was in moderate eemand, and for common red prices were in. lower. Chicago spring was quoted at 80c. to 89c. Corn was unsettled, and lc. to 2e. cheaper. Iron was dull, and prices of Scotch pig wer a barely maintained. Sales of the best brands at 24 doh:. Spirits of turpentine were dull, and had declined t 3 47e. Pork had fallen 25c. to 50z. for both mess ar , d prime. Beef was firm. Sugars were firm for raw, but dull for refined. To bacco inactive, and quotations rather nominal. Freights were without change in any directkm, and business was to a moderate extent. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The steamship Tagus, of the Peilinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Captain Christian, with the usual Peninsular Mail, in charge of Lieutenant Charleton, Admiralty agent, arrived this morning. The Tagus during the voyage experienced mode rate and fine weather to the Rock of Lisbon ; off the Rosk, hard squalls from the northward; mode rate and fine to Cape Trafalgar, when the wind in creased to a strong gale from the east. Home wards, moderate and line ; across the bay, strong winds from north-east, with head sea ; up Channul, moderate and hazy. Her dates of sailing were :—Gibraltar, June 25 ; 01 ,7 iz. 26 Lisbon, 29 ; Oporto, 30 ; Vigo, 30. 6no knnugd socon. , l, and. 27 deck I passengers. The freight of the Tagus consists of 15 packages of specie, value 5,1351., and one bag, 5981. 9s. 3d., 82 casks of wine and one pipe, 48 half-boxes lemons, 309 quarter boxes oranges, 425 cases potatoes, 56 tierces of drugs, and 14 packages of sundries. At Gibraltar—Her Majesty's ship Royal Albert, bearing the flag of Admiral Lord Lyons ; Curlew, Vigilant, and Redpole. The Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Northam arrived, June 24th, and sailed again same day. At Lisbon—The usual Portuguese fleet. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR ) —I am desired to forward you the enclosed copy of a telegram just received from Queenstown, and am, sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE SAWARD, Secy. i3y James M'Curley.) Atlantic Telegraph Crumpaziy, 22, Old Broad-street, London, July 5. " From Cyrus W. Field, her Majesty's Service, Queenstown, to Directors of Atlantic Tele graph, 22, Old Broad-street, July 5,185 S. "The Agamemnon and Gorgon arrived this morning. Oa Wednesday evening, June 29, when we had 142 miles of cable paid out, and all on board Niagara was going on perfectly, the signal from Agamemnon ceased, and from the tests the electricians say the cable must have parted at or near the Agamemnon. I advise your meeting here as soon as possible."l FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. Letters from the wine-growing districts speak en couragingly of the oldium having shown itself only here and there, at intervals wide apart, and there are strong hopes that this year its effects will be very limited and partial. Spirits have fallen in con sequtuce, auLl. 41..;)h . 1-, rt . the north are quoted at 51f., those of the south at 851. to 86f. tae Sugars until the last day or two . remained at former quotations throughout the week. The real sales have been few, and of comparatively slight importance. Beetroot was quoted 130 f. to 131 f. for the 100 kilo grammes. At Douai an improvement was visible, which was promptly met here by a rise of 2f. French colonial sugar, best quality, sells at 118 f. the 100 kilogrammes. The rise was presumed to be the re sult of speculation rather than the legitimate action of trade, for it was observed that refiners were not buyers at first, until some important sales at Havre and Bordeaux at increased prices proved the bona fide character of the transactions. Colza oil has also risen, on an average, 3f. during the week, although the crop is as promising as ever. The prices are 110 f. the barrel, and 118 f. refined. Olive oil re mains at 190 f. to 200 f. In coffee the prices are improving. At Havre upwards of 9,000 bags were sold at from 48f. 50c. to 621. 500. the 50 kilo grammes, in bond. Native_ wools are selling very well ; at Chalons-sur-Marne and Prons at 41. 50c. and 51. 30c. The silk crop is expected to be toler able this year, except, perhaps, in the Isere and the Var. The cocoons are selling at Valence, sf. to sf. 25c. the kilogramme ; at Romans, sf. 20c. to sf. 30c. ; Aubenas, sf. 25c. to sf. 50c. ; Joyeuse, sf. 45c. to sf. 55c. ; Cavaillon, 51. 25c. to sf. 35c. Silks are quoted at from 60f. to 64f. the kilo gramme, according to quality, and new silk from 58f. and 62f. PRUSSIA. The following is the text of the Decree, renewing for three months the powers delegated by the King to the Prince of Prussia : "According to the advice of my physicians, the re-establishment of my health still requiring a treat ment of several months, and a residence in another country, I request your Royal Highness will con tinue to represent me in the business of the State, for another term of three months, dating from the 23d of July, as well as in the administration of the affairs of my household. Your Royal Highness will therefore take such measures as the charge renders necessary. FREDERIC WILLTAM. " Sans Souci, June 25, 1855." The order is countersigned by all the Ministers. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Lott, which sailed from New York ou the 23d ultimo, arrived in the Mersey at 1.45 this morning, bring ing 169 passengers and 62,350 dols. in specie. The Asia experienced considerable fog on the passage, but, generally speaking, the weather was favourable for the Atlantic telegraph enterprise. On the 27th June the Asia came in collision with a French fishing ha-Leine, and took off her crew. The Royal mail steamer Persia arrived out at New York on the 22c1 ultimo ; her advices had been previously obtained by the news yacht of the Associated Press, off Newfoundland, and thence telegraphed to the States. Thera is no political news of importance by this arrival. The Washington correspondent of the IVetv York Herald says : " I am positively assured that under the Mexican Comonfort government, or that preceding it, a sale or cession was made of 39,000,000 of acres of land in Sonora (a tract nearly as large as the state of New York) to a colonising company in the United States, whose head-quarters are in the city of New York ; that the bargain was completed ; that the proofs are in one of your city banks ; and that the administration know all about it. In regard to the Mormons I learn that they are not included in the arrangement, as the contract between Mexico and the contractor was made before the Mormon rebellion bad assumed any definite shape; but it is quite possible that there may be some coftection between the late mission of Colonel Thomas L. Kane to Salt Lake City and the present movement of the Mormon community southward into Sonora." Colonel Kane bad a long interview with the Pre sident on the 21st ult., and also with the Secretary at War. It appears that there are, or were, two parties—peace and war parties—among the Mor mom, and hence has arisen the difficulty to under stand their position. The peace party appears to have triumphed. Brigham Young favoured this party. Colonel Kane asserted that there was no want of harmony between Governor Cumming and General Johnson on any important question. He thought there would be no war. The health of the President had improved. From St. John's, Newfoundland, we learn that a steamer was to be despatched to pilot the steam ship Niagara as near as practicable to the point where it had been decided to land the Atlantic telegraph. New York was visited on the 21st by a fearful tornado, and, though its duration was but half.an hour, its effects were visible in every quarter to an extent never before known after a storm of such short duration. At Hunter's Point, in the vicinity of New York, the American Flint Glass Company's factory was blown down, 'and two persons were killed and seven injured. Churches, houses, &c., suffered immensely, carts and carriages were blown over, and trees were uprooted in all directions. Many vessels were .forced from their moorings, but generally the shipping did not sustain much dam age. Detailed accounts of the destruction caused by floods and tornados iu the west have been pub lished. A correspondent of the New York Herald writes :-- . _ "Almost the entire west has been visited by incessant storms, which have not only destroyed the growing orops, but have rendered the lands unproductive for a year or two to come. It is estimated that 33,000,000 dole. worth of property has been destroyed." We have news from Port au Platt to the 2d ult. Up to that time no decisive action had taken place between the troops of Santana and those of Baez. Santana, however, was before St. Domingo city with 7,000 men, and only awaited the co-operation of hip fleet to make an assault upon the town. Both parties had procured and armed some dozen vessels each, and it was thought probable that the quarrels of the opposing parties might be finally settled by a naval battle of the two squadrons. By the steam-ship Black: Warrior, at New York, 'we have advice from savannah to the 15th ult. There is a full accauut of the double boarding of the American barque Maimion by' the British gun boat Buzzard, with the statement of the captain of the Mattnion. There is also a very full abstract of the testimony cf the officers, crew, and passengers of the American schooner Curtez, seized by the British gun-boat Forward, and attempted to be contiicated as a slaver. The British officers are c!iarged with committing gross outrages on these parties, besides robbing th , .!ra of all their valuables. A letter from Bermuda says : " The British steamer Sty/ is off and on, and has r , ceived positive orders to board no more American vPry much r,ardzs that visits peiLamed in the polittmt should cause unpleasant feelings between two powerful nations, of similar blood, manners, laws, language, and religion." COMMERCIAL. The New York Stock Market was dull, and although prices had undergone no material variation, the ten dency was downwards. The closing prices on the 22d ult. for the leading securities were as follows :—Erie Shares, 171, ; ditto, Bonds, of 1871, 321 ; ditto, Fourth Mortgage Bonds, 60 ; New York Central Shares, 81k ; ditto, Bonds, of 1876, 96; Illinois Central Ilonde, BINDING CONTRACTS. The question as to the nature of the security held by the public creditors of India was on Friday night adjusted beyond possibility of further cavil. A clause has been adopted that all debts and liabili ties in connexion with that country now and hence forth are to be chargeable, as has hitherto been the case, on its revenues alone. An effort was made to have the point left open by the omission of the word "alone," so that, in the event of the Indian revenue proving at any time inadequate, claimants might come upon the Imperial Exchequer. As this would have been tantamount to making a present out of the public purse to India Stock, bond, and share holders equal to about 50 per cent. on the ex isting value of theirproperty, of about 110,000,0001. sterling, since Indian 5 per cent. railway shares, under the guarantee of the Home Government, would be worth pet Imps 150, instead of 100, the public will not be surprised that it was negatived without a division. Yet it is certain that many persons interested have for some time past con trived by a number of sophistries to persuade them selves that the change now making in the machinery of the Indian Government would entitle them to such advantage, and nothing short of a distinct re solution. like that arrived at would have extin guished this delusion. It would inevitably have been nursed as a safeguard against contingencies, with the certainty that the fact of its having been so nursed could at any time of trial be brought for ward as a proof that it had in some degree been generally, although tacitly, recognised. That possibility is now closed, and, whatever may be the difficulties or prosperity of India, those who hold Indian securities will know than it is solely upon her future history that the results of their investments depend. At the same time, the Legislature, by insisting upon a rigid definition of this kind, have performed a ser vice to public morality by putting another check to the system of leaving contracts between Govern ments and individuals to be loosely interpreted, always in favour of the latter whenever they are found to take an adverse turn. Until very re cently it was the practice in almost every form of engagement between contractors and the State not only to allow the penalties of non-fulfilment to be mere scarecrows, but, nine times in ten, to enter tain a failure as a plea for the grant of new and improved conditions. The example, of course, spread, and in all descriptions of works, especially those for public companies, the idea of a contract being intended to be literally binding, except on one side, was becoming almost obsolete. No system could be more certain to throw all great undertak ings into the hands of the unscrupulous. The man who bound himself to complete a work for half the amount he knew it would require, relying upon his ultimate success in getting all the original terms altered, was, of course, sure to distance the honest calculator, ready plainly to state at starting what it would cost. Latterly, in mail steam con tracts, and a variety of other matters, Government have shown a disposition to remedy the evil and to make it understood that the terms are equally bind ing on both sides, and that the public interests are not to be set aside to remedy the reckless mistakes of individuals. All such operations seem harsh at first, but they are essential for the,maintenance of the national character. Before people enter into an agreement for any purpose it is their business to calculate all its contingencies—if it be a loan, the precise limits of the security offered, and if it be a work such as the construction of docks, railways, &c., either at home or abroad, all the risk s f rom climate, natural convulsions, politicai disorders, &c., and to frame their demands so as to include a full insurance for every uncertainty. Having done this, they must take all consequences which th e l e tt er o f their bargain implies, and can have no right to whine and petition to any authorities for a recon sideration of their position. Even within the last month or two a foreign government of unquestion able financial repute has be en threatened by an English company that its character on the Stock Exchange will suffer unless it consents to modify conditions which, when originally granted, were as clear and liberal as possible. Nothing could be more injurious than such examples, and the time is come when, at all events, whatever considera tion may be shown in the case of contracts made under the prevailing laxity of sentiment on such matters, a better understanding should be enforced for the future. As far as the contract between the Indian Government and its creditors is concerned every pretext for misconception is now happily removed. Persons must not expect to buy a 5 per cent. stock at the price of the Three per Cent. Consols, and to have the power at any time of in sisting that they fully understood the security for the one to be precisely the same as that for the other. The House of Commons have put the cove nant into plain words, and if respect is to be culti vated among Englishmen for engagements of any kind, there must be no future fancy that it is in tended to be departed from. —Times' City Article. MARRIAGES ABROAD.—The Earl of Malmesbury has brought in a bill to legalise all marriages hitherto so lemnised in the chapel of the Rushia Company at Mo?cow, either by ifs chaplain or by any minister in holy orders, according to the rites of our own church; all marriages solemnised at Niagpo by or before Mr. C. A. Sinclair or Mr. T. T. Meadows, and all marriages solemnised in the island of Tahiti by or before Mr. G.C. Miller. There are some doubts respecting the validity of such marriages, and to remove these is the object of the bill before the House of Lords. TIE GREAT IMPOSTURE.—Ween a rogue wishes to swindle you out of a sovereign, he usually puts on a white ceckcluth and Flack coat, sleeks down his hair, and introduces himself as a collector for a charitable scheme. Could you see him, an hour afterwards, over his third glass' of gin and•water, which your misap plied bounty is to pay for—could you hear him face tiously recounting to his fellow-rascals the way i:i which he tickled his trout and did you out of the money, you would prohahly thenceforward have less caufidence in your (mil judgment and penetration. In like manner, when a Whig seeks your vote, ho does it in the guise oil a Liberal. Ile pours out his patriotism as from a pump, exhibits the mo=t holy horror at corruption, denounces nepotism, girds at ex usiveness, and very possibly persuade you that he i; the pu-est creature in the taii,iversc, Aided by t l'` 4 n , rty come into (Mc?. You rind them useless, ; 4- • their promises ; grasping, greedy, profligate of ins public money; regardless of the honour of Blitair, 1 and playing fast and loose with its interests—till a s last you and your friends combine to k ck them out. Lo you I scarce a week has elapsed when there carves a knock to the door. You open. There stands your old acquaintance the Whig, conic again to persuade you that he is a Liberal, v Under such circustances there is only ono course to be pursued. Slam the door in his Leo., and tell him to go to Tavistook i Bitickicoocrs 4ray(C;ine. LITERATURE. The Ladies of Bever Hollow. By the Author of " Mary Powell," tte. 2 vols. Bentley. This work is strictly what it professes to be on the title page, a tale of English country life, it is simple and unpretending in its style and hewer, but it charms by its very simplicity, and engages attention from its quaint and primitive character. The ladies referred to are two sisters in the de cline of life, deprived of their earlier advantages of a weathy horns and good position, no less than bereft of their youthful bloom and beauty, by the inexorable decrees of fate. However, many a maiden, favoured by the smiles of nature, and the charms of art, might have envied them their cheerfulness and content. Mrs. Althea, especially, is a delight ful character; no one can fail to take an interest in the suffering invalid, compelled to one place, posi tion, and an unchanging, wearying lot. Her dis position is not represented as perfect ; she is no imaginary delineation of fictitious excellence, as such persons are often described, but a real, genuine humane nature, sometimes complaining, sometimes impatient, now feeling the burden heavier than she can bear, anon dis mayed at her own repinings and shortcomings, but always at last finding hope revived, and faith restored ; always seeking her own happiness in the enjoyment of others ; and ever stedfastly behold ing, as her only promise of rest, the kingdom where pain and weariness are unknown. Her sister, Mrs. Kitty, as she is called, is by no means so attractive as the gentle and gracious Althea. She was, as the author declares, " a rough dianiond ;" but she pos sesses the merit of straightforwardness. Some of the friends who flit in and out, of the simple abode in which the sisters reside are very pleasing and profitable subjects for study. The gentle Rhoda, the intelligent Pamela, each in her way amuses and informs. The picture drawn of the curate's family is a beautiful image of home, in its highest sense and holiest attributes. It seems to niche, father as Lauucelot Bohuu that the imagery of the Psalmist applies, " Thy sons shall grow up as the young plants, and thy daughters shall be as the polished corners of the temple." elany a noble and wealthy ons.llol d might have envied the peace that reigned ' 1..3 walL, of tirt humble habitation. Pamela, the eldest, is a most portraiture, and it is not to be wondered at that she was such a universal favourite. The latter portion of the story is chiefly occupied by the details of the strife, and confusion, that entered the sisters' home with the person of Eliza Brand. She was a regular mischief-maker, one of those insidious individuals who never openly suggest anything, or make any decided complaint, but are continually hintin g at this arrangement, and ceaselessly inferring the necessity of such and such a remedy. Well might the harassed and dis tracted Mrs. Althea have exclaimed, during the infliction of her presence " Oh ! of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh sava me, from the candid friend." The greatest trouble was that Kitty was inveigled into the snare of this deceitful woman ; by her specious contrivances, and her matchless plausibility she gained an ascendancy over the honest mind, and took a base advantage of the generous confi dence of the younger Miss Hall. Iu this passage the author has given a forcible and correct sketch of the misery arising from the introduction of such a character as Mrs. Brand into the home circle. It is satisfactory to find her at last routed, and vanquished, by the energy and spirit of George Mildmay,lwhile Pamela Bohun, once having entered the house, soon converted discord into har mony, by her decision and kindness. After the dark cloud that had obscured their horizon, we re joice to leave the sisters once more reunited, and to hear of the departure of their false friend, to carry out new schemes of deceit, and ensnare new victims by her subtle adroitness, in a land beyond " earth's central line," The charm of this work consists in its successful sketches of home life, and in its true descriptions of the small things, that are great in their consequences, and weighty in their p ,wer for good or evil, as they influence aright, or lead astray. Humble as their position was, simple their tastes, and obscure their lives, the ladies of Bever Hollow seem to claim that homage which is ex clusive to no rank, but is the heritage of all who respect themselves. There is something touching in their affection for each other, something truthful in their upright actions, and beyond all, something holy in the life of Althea. The Chaplain's Narrative of the Siege of Delhi. By T. E. Rotten, M.A. Smith, Elder, and Co. The siege of Dalhi, from the terrible circum- stances of its commencement, and the anxiety which it excited in every English home, is a sub ject well calculated to attract the attention of a large number of readers. The recital of the prin cipal events of the siege, - and of the last terrible assault, by an e 3 e-w itness of those fearful struggles, carries with it an authenticity and value which a more elaborate or eloquent narrative might want. The mingled pictures of the military manoeuvre=, and the chaplain's visits to the soldiers' deathbed ; the plain account of the difficulties and dangers with which our gallant army had to contend ; the horrors of cholera in the camp, joined to the enemy they were opposing, combine to give a vivid idea of the severity of the siege, and the merit of those who sustained their arduous parts with such un flinching valour. The style of the work is in no way remarkable, but the writer exhibits a tolerance and charitable spirit, in speaking of those of ano ther faith, not always to be met with in ministers of religion, however pure or elevated their doc trine. The sufferings endured by the author, in common with the rest of the army, from the want of comforts, the pestilential vapours, the swarms of flies, and the other miseries that attend a prolonged warfare in such a climate, appear to have been great. He speaks in the highest terms of the general conduct of the officers and men, and of the ready and willing spirit in which they per formed their duties. The perusal of this volume will in no degree lessen the admiration felt for General Wilson's noble army, while rendering more clearly apparent the obstacles which they had to surmount, and the sufferings they had to undergo. The Boy's Book of Industrial Information. By Elisha Noyce. Ward and Locke, Fleet-street. A more acceptable book of general enlighten ment, adapted to the average juvenile capacity, has rarely come under our notice. Most works of this class are either too weak or too strong, too light or too heavy, but Mr. Noyce has hit upon the happy medium, and pleasantly, yet soundly, in structs the inquiring and expanding mind on the subjects of Earths, Metals, Machinery, Manufac tures, Arts and Trade, Skilled Labour, and vari ens other matters which constiiuto the vital ele ments of useful knowledge. Three hundred and sixty-five illustrations by the Brothers Daloial add materially to the worth and excellence of the book, being equally apt and lucid in mental design, and correct in manipulative execution. Although denominated as the " Boy's Book," we should quite as earnestly recommend it for the study of girls, for it treats entirely of subjects which are, more or less perfectly fit to be acquired by feminine minds, as well as masculine ones. There is nothing more injurious in a woman's knowing something of the natural formation o f coa l and salt, than of a series of polka steps. Th e pro cesses of printing and weaving may claim a degree of attention as legitimately as the arrangement of ribbons for a fete costume; and even a notion or two of the construction of railways, electric tele graphs, ships, and such common, though " ab struse" things, may be quite as effective tonics for the " seam" brain, as fitful doses of Berlin work, or a persistent course of " Trovatore" music. In deed, this volume is one we should sedulously re commend to every school and family ; venturing to hint, at the same time, that m an y w ho h a ve "finished their education" may probably increase their stock of knowledge by dipping into its pages. Wild Flowers : how to see and gather then. By Spencer Thomson. When a book has reached its fourth edition, it needs little help from the critic's fair word, and this charming little volume may very independently now stand on its own merits. Dr. Thomson treats ably and plersantly of an undying subject—" Wild Flowers" a subject hallowed by our Great Teacher's illustration of the "lilies of the field," glorified by the poet's tuneful lament over the " wee modest crimson-tipped flower," t:nd worshipped by every lisping toddler who is big. enough to clutch a buttercup by its golden crown, or seize the ruby 7 decked mallow with destructive idolatry. SAnehow or other there exists a natural lova fur the very sound of the names of woodbine, dog-rose, cowslip, bluebell, sweet-woodruff, anemone, meadow queen, and the myriad galaxy of esrth's unnumbered gems; and we think we can assert that a better book than this of Dr. Thomson's cannot be consulted by those who, like ourselves, are prone to bather a bouquet of wild flowers, and then wish t I learn some :Lei:. I)ir h, plrPtitage, and education. Education of the Human Race. Translated from the German of G-otthold Ephraim Losing. Smith, Elder, and Co. . Here we find a short treatise which, in our opinion, is better adapted for private perusal than public criticism. The question of Theology is a delicate if not dangerous one to discuss in a light tone and limited space, and though the ratiocinations of a great German thinker may embody powerful and suggestive truths, yet the subject requires a different Medium of digestion from that which can be afforded in a short newspaper paragraph. Articles and creeds, recognised formulas and esta blished sects, are formidable things to iuterfere with, and generally aro more wisely and safely treated by individual reflective minds than by enunciated avowed principles which may startle rather than, convince the uninvestigating mass of humanity. The Common Objects of the Country. By the Rev. J. G. Wood. Routledge and Co. The Rev. Mr. Wood has given many interesting and agreeable works of instruction connected with natural history, to the public, and the present one is fully equal to any of its antecedents. Most of us are acquainted with field-mice, dragon flies, grasshoppers, brimstone butterflies, and that long list of the "lower order" of creation which may be encountered on every breezy common and sun-lit hill ; but few of us know much of their habits and manners. This volume plainly and simply tells us a deal about them, which cannot fail to please while it instructs ; and the numerous coloured illustrations are of that sup,Tior order which are eminently use ful in a work of this kind. This little volume is thoroughly adapted to form a most welcome pre sent to youth of either sex ; while it possesses full claim to a place on any library table. Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind. By Samuel Bayley. - Longman and Co. The intellectual scholar will welcome this work as the emanation of a mind duly qualified to pro duce it. As it is the secoA volume of a series, many of our readers are doubtless familiar with the abilities of Mr. Bayley in this department of litera ture, and will therefore duly appreciate his labours. The doctrines of the chief metaphysicians of all countries, the discussion of "causation," pshycology, physiology, and phrenology, in connection with the human mind, the entertainment of abstract ques tions regarding mental anatomy, the summary of perceptive theories, and an analytical examination of the relative systems of philosophy, yield an im posing volume, which will form a valuabl e a dditi on to the important, though limited, works of this high class. The Useful Library : The History of Francs. By A. B. Edwards. When circuunstiaic,s and time, ext.encling from the Conquest of Gaul by the Romans to the Peace of 1856, are compressed into a volume of a hundred and eighty-eight pages, a very minute and ample detail cannot bo expected ; however, the authori ties and style of this little work are above the ave rage of such publications, rendering it very read able and fairly accurate, and forming a desirable number of this cheap and excellent issue. The Art Journal.—lt is gratifying to observe how well this excellent specimen of art serials main tains its position, while such a flood of pictorial publications inundates us on every hand, and illustrated works are as plentiful as roses in the present month. The current number betrays no lack of its usual superiority in any of its depart ments, and constitutes an elegant and interesting addition to the library or boudoir table. The first of the chief engravings is from Stanfield's beautiful painting of " Ischia," by M. Brandard, affording an exquisite delineation of that lovely island, with its mingled sun and shadow, blue mountain and silvery water, grey castles and green trees. Ihe second gives " The Infant Christ," by Carlo Marotti, who was about the last great painter of the Roman school in the early part of the 17th cen tury, when Art was declining rapidly throughout Italy, and the glory of her people becoming absorbed in a gloomy destiny. The subject is reverently and delicately treated, and the expression of the face combines a sweet degree of childish beauty with holy inspiration. A very fine sampl e o f portra it sculpture is seen in Roffe's engraving from Foley's magnificent " Statue of John Hampden." After the lapse of more than two centuries the form and features of this resolute and large-minded man take their place in the Sonato Palace of England, a noble object for our present honourable members to con template ; either artistically, as an embodiment of the highest perfection of sculpture, or mentally, as a model of heroic patriotism. The grace, power, and faithful development of the statue are unex ceptionable. Mrs. S. C. Hall continues her very pleasant " Book of the Thames," an d h er v i v id sketches of the familiar poetic spots of beauty and fame, aided by charming illustrations from clever pencils, lend a feature to the number which adds considerably to its attractions. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. The Eclectic Review has, among other articles of interest, a biographical sketch of the career of Ulrich von Haden, whose brief and eventful life is perhaps less known in this country than it de serves to be. A review of "The Cruise of the Betsy," by Hugh Miller, gives a very attractive account of the geologist's rambles among the islands of the Hebrides, and the fossiliferous deposits of Scotland. " Spain and the Spaniards," and " Samuel Brown's Lectures and Essays," are among the remaining topics. The Irish Metropolitan Magazine has a very in teresting paper on battle painters. It occupies one of the series on the Romance of Art. It brings to the reader's recollection numerous illustrious names, one of the most remarkabie being that of Horace Vernet. Mr. Atkinson's valuable work on Oriental and Western Siberia is noticed, and nu merous extracts are given from it. The tale of Mrs. Stevenson's Will is concluded, showing how ill-gotten wealth never brings a blessing with it. The other stories of " The Irish Brigadesman" and "Dying of Love" are continued. There is also a memoir of the late lamented General Havelock, and other papers of varying interest. Titan is an old-established favourite, and it maintains its character for general entertain ment. The charming domestic story of " Which or Eddies Round the Rectory," is brought to a conclusion, which will be a subject of regret to most of its readers, although the mysteries of the plot are happily unravelled. "Behind the Scenes in Paris" will interest those who like to occupy themselves with their neigh bours' affairs. " How about the Money 7" is the title of a paper on the currency, attractive only to fiscal reformers, but there are many other articles of general entertainment. —The Assurance Maga zine has several papers of great utility and interest for those concerned in Assurance Companies. The second part of the essay "On the Rates of Interest for the use of Money in Ancient and Modern Times," is especially deserving of notice. It is by Mr. Barwick Hodge, Tice-President of the Institute of Actuaries. The continuation of the articles on " The Progress of Fire Insurance in Great Britain," as compared with other countries, is interesting. It gives an acco un t o f th e amount of insurance in Belgium, Russia, and Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany in proportion to their income. The Mechanics' Magazine contains its usual amount of scientific information and dis cussion on all topics of general practical interest." It is a valuable medium for scientific correspon dence, and all mechanics, whether amateurs or artisans, who de-ire to know something of the principles of their craft, should consult its pages. The woodcuts are numerous, and are a great as sistance to the reader in enabling him readily to comprehend the working of the machinery de scribed. All information about the inventions and improvements taking place in mechanics are re corded and explained.—Knight's Popular History of England brings us down to the stirring tim e s that followed the death of Charles the Second. —Routledge's Shakespeare contains in its twenty fifth number the third part of King Henry the Sixth. The type is clear and excellent, and the illustrations by John Gilbert are numerous and effective.—The Sunday School Teachers' Magazine s will be found interesting by all engaged in this laudable employment. The festivals of the scholars in different parts of the kingdom are des . cribed.-- roost s . E t ' oet attractiver ep represents e trsmt forms.—The vagariese_ Tbe of fashion of Charles in the admirers Lever will be glad to find his serial story of Charles "Davenport Dunn" maintained with unabated spirit. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND HIS DESTINED BRIDE, —To all present appearances our future monarch's choice of a wife is positively limited to exactly seven ladies of Royal blood—unless. indeed, he selects a consort much older than himself. This will, doubtless, appear start ling to some of our readers ; but it is nevertheless true. a correspondent wh The folloziorr list (compiled from authentic sources by g A i b i e l e x a f n o d r : i t: hand h o . f coom ha p e ri :L e d s re t o he m .o u n c i h y pains ladies inofinßvoeystail tbghlao: blood d: r %s i . this i c o ‘I subject)r . o i t e e s s : t _a u el. Princeare si Anne, and o f th e E m p ress o f ter of Prince Al bert of o P f r u o ili B a e ), D b a o r r m n st F ad eb t :u n a ie iy ee 0 1 f , tp, l l B lllo 4 , 2 s7 . 37 2 ,:d r p ri u n ess k c eof A born relay 25, 1843 3. Princess Augusta of Elolsteini Glucksburg, barn February 27, 1844. 4. Duchesw Wilheltuina of Wurtemberg, barn July 11, 1844. 5. Princess Alexandra (.lau4hter of Prince Chris tian of Denmark), born December 1, 1844. 6. Princess Mary of Saxe-Altenburg, born June 28, 1841 - ? . 7. Prin ceEs Ca.,herine of Oldenburg, sister of the Grand I).c!insit Nicholas of Ruec4a, bc,rn September 21, 1846. IVithout reeturing cy, we are di‘ pii.-d to think that No. 5 will be consider©d the most eligible lady, Prince Christian being heir presumptivo to the crown of Den,aark. The Prince of Weles was born on the 9th of November, 1841; when he attains the age of 21 the Princess Alexandra of D-nmark will be nearly 18. This list really seems to exhaust all possibilities, shnuld his Royal highness marry early. —Litfrary COeilifi. 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