The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES.) " Perfection of mechanism." --Morning Post. Gold Silver 2 to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, deser p tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for 55. extra. 33 earl 34. Ludgate hill 1,01_2_1212 L.C. Pstablls 1 114 x. TB EA :'RE-ROYAL, HAYNIARI(ET. Lescee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, THE FAMILY S ECRET. 2drs. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren , Villiers, Suckstoue, B. and White. Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. W ilkins, Miss Amy Sedgwick. entit l e d FITZSMYTHE O F Followed by a new farce. FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. After which, THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. RO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Tills EVENING, HAMLET. 31r. Phelps.] To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows Mira C. LeclerCq, Commence at 7. ADE-LP-11 I, NEW TIMATRE-ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. WOster. ile-appea-ante of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. THIS EVENING to commence with ITS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Miss IL Simms.. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 25.; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.; Front Circle Stalls, Ss.; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. meager mphitheatre, ls ; Gallery, 64. Acting Man—Mr. Wm. Smith. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. T a l e xy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING M o nday), and To-morrow (Tuesday), First representations of LA TENTATION. Comedie, en Ong actes, de M. Octove Feuillet. Mdlle. Duverger, M. Brin deau, and M. Paul Devoux. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Doors open at half-past 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— ..J.-1- r ro prietor, Mr. WM. BATTY. Last six nights of the Great Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING, The Grand Hippo-Drama. " TnE HISTORY OF A FLAG." Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World. Concluding with a Laughable Farce. The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De fries and Sons, Boundsditch. Doo: s open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOTMFA UST. OD'S OPERA, First Time in this Country. Faust .......................... Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles ................ Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel .......................... Mrs. Anderson. Marg-uerite ..... .......... IMss Russell. Conductor • Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dhiorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is Hall. 6d. Comio Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W.'l'. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA TaOUPE, their first appearance sin 1552, consisting of ELEVEN STAR , wh ce o will zee the whole of their inimitabIe PERFORMERS entertainment every eTening. Tne gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE IVE&TI1E11.-Surr OFFICE, JUNE 3, MO, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 82 —highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.45. The barometer fell yesterday to 29.21. WIND—South -Westerly. Squally and stormy, with occasional showers. JUNE 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.75. WIND—North -Westerly ; fresh, with heavy rain at times, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY. —Morning, lh. 57m.—Afternoon, 2h. 20m. To-moanow.-Isiorning, 2h. 41m.—Afternoon, 3h. 2m 4..... ii., s'•. .- - , L-1‘ . 4.„' -2 ,' - ' C .,,"\i - Z., „, - 2'4, )p.- . ~,,,..„ 4 Tkt 4 7 , ' 2 : 4 , -- : :::fpt .2 ,_,- .e „ ~,- ---4 4 , ' , * , L -e. - -, ‘1 - - r- - . - 4,-.4.,, 'f - ' ,-, ,i , 1iti'..,•_.!....,.__,,. - ~ _!;,,,,,r,.. , „ ....---, 4 , 1211-- ..-t „._ -‘ . THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1860, France itself is now a witness to prove that Lord JOHN RUSSELL was right. The illoniteur is ob liged to come forward, to testify to the " supposi tions of all kinds, and malevolent accusations or thoughtless interpretations to which they have given rise for some weeks past regarding the an nexation of Savoy, and the arrondissement of Nice." Just what our Foreign Minister foretold, in the strongest language diplomacy could em• ploy to a Government with which we desired_ to remain in amity. He warned the EMPEROR that so it would be, and must be. He told him that the step could only be taken at the peril of creat ing an amount of discontent not felt before in any country adjacent to France; and this he now finds to be inconveniently the case. Can he be really surprised ? Are not his secret wishes such as merely to make him regret that he has alarmed his game ? What does Europe see ? We speak from the tes timony of his public acts only ; and do not they tell all Europe two things ?—first, that the Ruler who occupies the throne of France is utterly destitute of any moral scruples. Politicians are not often, in deed, casuists; but, if we except the HAPS BURGS, there is hardly another European despot who could quiet an assembly of deputies by an ap peal to his oath, and grasp the hand of his officers, in his own house, one day, and the next sent them all to a gaol, introductory, in many cases, to banish ment ; while every citizen who appeared in the street or at a window became the victim of a sol dieu maddened with drink. We try to forget such things in the case of those with whom we must have dealings ; but perjury, fraud, and murder rise like spectres when fresh instances of unblenching duplicity meet us. The ghosts of the old crimes add fearful strength to the impressions of the last act which alarms us ; they force us to believe that in calculating the probable policy of Louls NAPO LEON we must regard him as wholly untrammelled by those unstatesmanlike considerations —right or wrong. secondly, his actions assure us that his language, his statements, his professions, are all used but to veil his thoughts. He deceived the deputies, and pounced upon them while yet deceived. Ile de ceived Austria by professions of not being armed, yet was four.d quite ready to be at Turin as soon as she was, and with an army as large as hers ; he deceived Europe with the magnanimous promise of mtenting himself with the glory of liberating► Italy ; deceived England with the belief that France made war only for an idea ; deceived us till the treaty was nearly safe--would have de ceived us longer if events and the Swiss had not marched a little too fast for him ; to the last he eqn ivocated —till, at length, unable to secure his prey by the free vote of the people, he compelled the KING to a treaty of cession, and went through hii favourite farce of compelling a universal suffrage in Savoy and Nice, and a large majority of the Par liament of Turin to vote, that the Imperial AHAB should have the inheritance of VICTOR EMMANUEL'S fathers. The poor King of SARDINIA knew full well that be must suffer NABOTII'S fate if he imitated NABOTH'S firmness. And now a few smooth words from M. FOULD, and a few self-laudatory words in the Illoniteui , "* aro to quiet the apprehensions of Europt All has been, we are told in regard to Saver y, so " just," so " for the interests of the provineef annexed to France; so surpassingly " fran2a , regular, and legitimate," that " accusation' ; of it are malevolent," and sinister interpretationli are " thoughtless," at least. Indeed ! Germany, Austria, Prussia, and England, are the best judges of that; and their judgment is shown by Rifle Volunteers, and by a costly war establishment in time of pe-tce in our quiet island, which would be but too happy to spend its money in trade, rather than on a navy and army ; it is shown by all Germany, like us, incurring the costs of war, during peace, merely , - as a needful insurance against their neighbour. And yet the Zfoniteur, when the utter distrust of Europe is perceived, tells us that we are all misled " under the influence of hostile passions or impru dent friendship, some listen to insinuations, others to appreciations which tend to attribute to the French Government the design of provoking or allowing to be' created complications iu Europe, in order to seek occasion therefrom to obtain new ag• grandisements of territory. This is an idea alto-' gether contrary to that by which it is animated." Not only are we misled, but the EMPEROR is grieved to his guileless heart that we are so, and assures us that he wishes to live peaceably with all men. " The Government, we proclaim it aloud, deplores the manoeuvres destined to propagate daily impressions the least exact as regards its real in tentions. The EMPEROR has made every effort to reestablish in Europe the confidence which has been shaken. His sole desire is to live in peace with other Sovereigns, his allies, and to use all his endeavours to actively develop the resources of France." Now, however, it is that we recal the past. " The coup d'etat," " Savoy and Nice," every Englishman and German mutters to himself—We have seen what professions meant thsn—what must we think they mean now ? The very professions are the strongest grounds for men's fears. " Methinks the Emperor doth protest too much," is the com mon feeling. We should feel safer if he did not sing to us his political lullaby. How easy were it to do something better than pen idle assurances Is it for mere whim or amusement that he has buil a navy equal to that of the only naval power which, though it would never attack him, might yet interpose in prevention of unbearably ambi tious projects? Is it for mere parade that he main tains an army of 600,000 men as well as his enor mous fleet ? One year of honest reductions in his army and navy—of reductions which could not be immediately reversed at pleasure—would do more to reassure Europe and " to develope the resources" not of France only but of all the continent, than a hundred Ministerial speeches at agricultural dinners, and a hundred columns in the Moniteur. The truth is, and it is affectation to conceal it— Louis NAPOLEON is the costly disquieter of Europe. He has but one thought—to please the army which put him on the throne and which keeps him there, and so to please a vain-glorious people who, to do him justice, care as little about honour or morality as he himself does, provided they have the empty re nown of victories, and the solid gain of augmenting their territory and getting commercial treaties of which all the gains are theirs. Next time he wants £20,000,000 of the people's savings he knows how to obtain it ; ready, therefore, financially as well as in naval and military preparations for war at any moment, who can feel assured that EMPEROR, army, and people will not very shortly demand that some fresh territories shall be called on to ballot for annexation to France, or for remaining under the Government of —, or for Government by 0 member of the Bonaparte family ? Will the ques tion be first put in Italy or on the banks of the Rhine—or, nobody yet knows where ? No one threatens Louis NAPOLEON, his military and naval preparations threaten all, and we believe the ques tion will soon be, whether it be cheaper for Europe to keep up war estab l ishments for years, or go to war at once, burn and sink his navy, and scatter his army. WILLIAM PATERSON, the Merchant Prince, who in 1693 founded the Bank of England, was, later on in his history, the projector of a far grander enterprise, which at length gives promise, after the lapse of more than a hundred and fifty years, of being happily realised. Its realisation, however, supposing it to be thus eventually accomplished, will be effected in a manner the originator of the scheme itself in the abstract could never, by any possibility, have anticipated. The cherished day dream of PATERSON was nothing less, it will be remembered, than the opening up of a World's Highway across the isthmus connecting the two Americas. A ship canal, cutting through the nar rowest portion of Darien, was to unite for ever the waters of the Atlantic with those of the Pacific. The commerce of Europe and the commerce of Asia was to be brought there into direct communication with each other ; they were to blend and amalgamate in the newly-dug ocean channel, there to reciprocate wholly incalculable advantages at that central point between the twin continents of the Western hemisphere. It was argued in favour of the undertaking, even at the period of its original announcement, that this surely should, among all favoured spots of earth, be the world's commercial high road, situated as it was familiarly known to be even then, within six weeks' sail alike of Europe and of Asia—midway between the golden regions of Mexico and Peru—in the very midst, as it were, of the West Indies, within eas♦ distance of the Spice Islands, of Japan, of China, and of Hindostan. Upwards of a century and a half having now elapsed since this magnificent enterprise was first projected—it appears, at length, tolerably certain to be now very speedily accomplished. Virtually the design of PATERSON will be fulfilled; though, in the mere manner of its eventual fulfilment, the enterprise will prove, in so many words, to be—the same with a difference. The isthmus will be crossed—but at another point than the one originally indicated. While, instead of the world's highroad being (as was intended) a ship canal—it will turn out to 1)2 (what PATERSON never dreamt of) —a railway ! On Saturday last— to be explicit—there waited upon the French EMPEROR, in the Palace of the Tuilleries, a deputation of the Honduras Inter- Oceanic Railway Company—a deputation consisting of Mr. F. Mourros, of Paris ; Mr. JOSEPH ROBIN SON, of London ; Dr. HOLLAND, M.D., New York, Physician to the Surveying Expedition ; and Mr. ROBERT ROWAN MOORE, Secretary to the Com pany—these four gentlemen being introduced to his Imperial Mojeety by Senor HERRAN, Minister Plenipotentiary for the States cf Honduras and San Salvador. From the simple statement of the facts advanced upon the occasion of this interview, it is obvious enough that the prospect of the projected railway being actually constructed is very far, in deed, from being in any way merely visionary, Con clusive testimony, demonstrative of the value of an interoceanic railroad in that particular quarter of the globe, has been afforded, in point of fact, for the last six years continuously. For it was in 1854 that the Panama Railway was first of all opened, and , from the perfectly reliable statistics of that rail- "`-'` THE bUN, LONDON, MONDAY EvENING, JUNE 4, 1860. way, the following facts have been accumulated and are now stated categorically as beyond the reach of contradiction. Firstly, then, it appears that since the date of its opening, six years ago, the Panama Railway has paid 12 per cent. per annum upon its capital as dividend ! Secondly, in doing this it has carried across to and fro annually some 80,000 pas se.ngers, together with treasure to the value of /10,000,000—t0 say nothing of large quantities of French and English merchandise. Thirdly, it is notified, not certainly as an indication of the aver- age traffic upon the line, but simply as (what it surely is) a very remarkable circumstance, that upon a single day - towards the close of 1849, upon one soli tary day in 1 ast December, there were carried over this route, on Ihe Panama Railway (each person at the average rate of £5 per head), as many as 2,300 passengers—otherwin yielding to the company that day, in passenger traffic alone, a round sum of £11,500. Fourthly, it is especially observable that, after the payment or the usual 12 per cent. dividend last year, the actual surplus exceeded £l9o,ooo—the sinking and reserve fund amount ing by this time to £242,000. Satisfactory, then, as those results are in regard to the working, for as many as six years past, of the little Panama Railway—it has been long manifest that a more favourable route than, that was still most desirable— is becoming daily, in fact, more than ever desirable. That eagerly looked for route has at length been selected, having been laboriously surveyed from seaboard to seaboard under English direction, and carefully reviewed and formally approved by Lieut.- Colonel STANTON, RE., to whom this responsible duty of supervision had been entrusted by her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Foremost among the important facts brought to light by this elaborate survey—facts which were distinctly placed under the consideration of the Emperor NAPOLEON on Saturday, upon the occasion of his MAJESTY'S reception of the deputation—were the subjoined :—" That—[the proposed termini of the new railroad across Honduras] —Port Cortez, on the Atlantic (lat. 15.49 N.), and Fonsica, on the Pacific (lat. 13.21 N.), are both first-class har bours; and that across Honduras is a perfectly practicable route for a railway of 220 miles in length to connect those harbours." It is especially worthy of consideration, too, upon both sides of our English Channel, that— as the deputation reminded NAPOLEON through their spokesman—" The security and neutrality of the route and the freedom of the ports are guaran teed in perpetuity, under all circumstances, by special articles in treaties with the Governments of Great Britain, France, and the United States." The treaty guaranteeing this security and neutra lity to England having been signed as long since as the 27th of August, 1856—that with France hardly one year afterwards, namely on the 28th of July, 1857—that with the United States as recently as the 28th of March, 1860. The " way" is cleared therefore —broadly and permanently. What is after this--(which is, of course, the first essential of all) —a matter of the very next importance is the fact that the proposed new route, say from New York to California, is shorter than that of Panama by 1,100 miles, or actually more than one-fifth of the entire distance of 5,224, extending by way of Panama from New York to San Francisco. The total estimated cost of this line across Honduras—adopt ing the figures from a tender actually received by the directors for its construction—would be precisely £2,500,000. Pronounced feasible by the British Engineers who have made the survey, ap proved by the English officer appointed to scrutinize the result of that survey by Her Bri tannic MAJESTY'S Government, guaranteed by NAPOLEON the protection and encouragement of his Government, requiring the expenditure of no more than two millions and a half for its com pletion—the Honduras Railway promisee clearly enough to realise at last, and that speedily, the splendid day-dream of PATERSON. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Meyerbeer's magnificent " Huguenots" was given, for the first time, on Saturday night. Although neither Madame Alboni nor Signor Mongini were included in the cast, it was, nevertheless, one of the most remarkable the resources of the actual period could have produced. To begin with some of the comparatively subordinate parts—that of Nevers was sustained by Signor Everardi. As might might have been expected, the character of the chivalrous Catholic nobleman, who has had the misfortune to espouse Valentine, protegee of Marguerite de Valois, and while hostile to the Huguenots, disdaining to wave against them the war of conspiracy and assassination, breaks his sword across his knee, as a symbol of his hatred of such practices —was remarkably well impersonated, and the music given to perfection. Associated with Signor Everardi, M. Gas sier figured as St. Bris, pourtraying the bigotted and furious assailant of the Huguenots to admiration. Then, the page, Urbain, was represented by the very clever and already popular Madame Borghi Memo, who imparted to the first air, " Nobil Signore," as to the second, "No, no," that peculiar charm which is a secret of her own, and invests all she does with an interest exclusively belonging to the most refined and genuine artistic manifestations. So overwhelming were the plaudits bestowed upon Made moiselle Mi2hal, and so unquestionable her artistic triumph, that Mademoiselle Titiens might reasonably have trembled for her laurels. Happily Valentine is this gifted lady's most consummate effort, and perhaps on no former occasion has it so thoroughly justified unqualified admiration. From the first scene to the last Mademoiselle Titiens was tran scendently fine. The duet with Raoul—the most admira bly dramatic piece in the opera, and the poilA at which the characters of hero and heroine culminate—was little short of inspiration. Such a Valentine would have sufficed to rouse the dormant energies of the most apathetic of com panions. There was a very brilliant and crowded audience. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—We hear that in consequence of the numerous applications made to the members of the Council by those patrons and friends who were prevented by the weather of the day before from at tending the grand fete and fancy fair held at Maybury, it is intended to hold a fancy fair in London, full particulars of which will be duly announced. The Post-office have notified to the Galway steam line (Atlantic• Royal Mail Company) that their service is to commence on Tuesday, the 26th inst., from Galway to New York ; on Tuesday, the 10th of July, from Galway to Boston ; and so on every second Tuesday. For the home ward passage the first departure from New York is fixed for Tuesday, the 17th of July, and the first from Boston for Tuesday, the 31st of July. ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE.—An event has just occurred at Hampstead which is causing no littla ex citement, and promises to be a nine day's wonder. One day last week, as it appears, Miss Clara Hill, the daughter of Sir Rowland Hill, the worthy secretary to the Post office, was nowhere to be found. She had been in the habit of taking riding lessons from a master of the equestrian art at St. John's-wood ; and on the servant repairing to the lady's room, she found a note addressed to papa, informing him that he need not expect her back, as, before he could read it, she would have become Mrs. --, which the registrar of marriages at a neighbouring church proved but too truly to be a fact. Sir Rowland and Lady Hill are inconsolable. CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—On Saturday thel t th i i e r c d tifi h er a o l ma f h -3 ta r h ea cl r up ly treerv o n r iao d ut i i n so a nd r aa y ly,) t r n we e l e ag t sg in rha g e - plhd of eitu t t . i h ini i ... s o c t op e e p s a company (adjourned tt e pany, Telegraph-street, Moorgate-street—the lion. Robert Grimston in thdchair. The bal ance - s h ee t su b m itt e d t o th e meeting on Friday showed that the total sum received on capital account was £33,827 6s. Bd. The outlay for con structing the line and for maintaining it in a state of work ing efficiency, winch had necessitated several repairs, was 0e2),313 17s. 3d. Sundry other items being t a ke n i n t,; ical culation, the balance n favour of the capital account was ,E 2,857. The revenue account showed that £570 12s. 5d including a balance of £22 iSs. Sd., had been received from messages, intelligence cntract, and transfer fees; and that £570 16s. od. had been expended for salaries, static) i ex penses, rent, taxes, gas, and other charges. The Chairman observed that the rucet:ng had been adjourned for a day, be cause there was not as many shareholders in attendance would constitute a quorum. The same difficulty had again presented itself; and he could only m ake an informal wale ment of th , intentions of the directors. It was proposed . that, in consideration of large expenditure repairing the cable, no dividend should be declared this year, but that the available balance in hand should . be carried to the reserve fund. Th.! motion for adopting tile report was not put in the r.qular way, but it was understood that the proposal of the airectors was acquiesced in, and the meeting was ad journed sine die. ASCOT RACES.—The Queen, with the King of the Belgians, will honour the course at Ascot with her pre sence on th-. 3 Cup Day, and thus maintain for the present anniversary the 1 , ailing grand characteristic of the meeting. L AT ES NE • The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : CAPITULATION OF THE NEAPOLITAN ARMY. PARIS, JUNE 2. The Paine states that a despatch has arrived to day asserting that a capitulation had been signed on board the Hannibal between General Lanza and Garibaldi and the revolutionary committee. According to the despatch the capitulation stipu lates that the Neapolitan army, 25,000 strong, should quit Palermo with all the honours of war, and embark with their materiel on board the Neapolitan squadron. When Garibaldi arrived at the Strada di Toledo he shammed a retreat, but resumed the offensive when the inhabitants revolted. A terrible and desperate fight then ensued, in which many women. participated. The troops were at last repulsed, and immediately afterwards the bombardment commenced. It is asserted that the English admiral having assembled the officers of all the foreign vessels of war (including those of Austria) off Palermo, they unanimously resolved to request the commander of the Neapolitan squadron to cease firing on the .own. It is asserted that Signor Carafa, in reply to com plaints of Mr. Elliot, has declared that he had no intention of accusing the English navy of having assisted at the disembarkation of Garibaldi at Mar sala! he only wished to justify the conduct of the Neapolitan naval officers. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Petrie asserts that the capitulation of the garrison of Palermo has been confirmed. The eva cuation will commence to-morrow morning. The Pays and the Constitutionnel say that the triumph of the insurrection at Palermo is decisive, and that there is no doubt of the capitulation of the garrison. The only question for consideration is, whether the tr3ops surrender at discretion, or obtain per mission to return to Naples. PARIS, JUNE 2. It is asserted that Signor Carafe. has demanded a guarantee for the territory of the Two Sicilies, and has also Oemanded the intervention of the Maritime Powers. Piedmont, it is said, has protested against any ntervention. NAPLES, MAY 30 (vIA TURIN). The following news has been received fvm Palermo : The barracks of San Giacomo have been taken by the people. Several houses in the Strada di Toledo have been burnt down. The people have opened a breach in the houses surrounding the Custom-house. Political prisoners have been set at liberty. A park of artillery has been captured. General Salzano is a prisoner. CAGLIARI, JUNE 2. The Utile, from Genoa, has disembarked arms at Marsala. The 2iToniteur publishes the following telegram " NAPLES, June " On the proposition of General Lanza an armis tice has been concluded between the Royal troops and the Garibaldians. The Neapolitan troops are concentrated in the Royal Palace and Castle, which are situated at the two extremities of Palermo. Garibaldi demands that they shall evacuate these positions." VIENNA, JUNE 3. The Ostdeutsche Post contains the following new from Constantinople : AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3. The royal mail steamship Asia, Capt Lott, which left New York on the 23d ultimo, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon, bringing 154 passengers and 120,510 dols. in specie. The steamers Persia and Edinburgh had arrived out. A crowded meeting of Democrats was held at New York on the 22d ult., at which resolutions were passed in favour of the nomination of Senator Douglas. The steamer Wave, freighted with arms for Juai•ez, sailed from Berwick's Bay on the 20th ult. General Wheat was a passenger. " The French and Russian ambassadors have made a declaration to the effect that their respec tive Governments fully agree to an independent inquiry by the Porte into the condition of the Christians in Turkey, and that they have received instructions to express the satisfaction of their Governments therewith." The ceremony of exchanging ratifications of the treaty with Japan took place to-day at the State Department. It consisted merely of comparing and certifying the correctness of the copies. The Japanese were still the objects of much at tention. On the 25th ult. the President was to entertain the Ambassadors at dinner, to which a number of distinguished gentlemen were invited. NEW YORK, MAY 22, EVENING. The stock-market is heavy. New York Centrals have declined t- to I ; the last quotation was 82/ to 82Z. Most Western roads are to 1 lower; Illinois, 611. Money easy. Exchange on London, 1094. Cotton steady. Sales, 2,000 bales. Middling upland, 11- 7 7 5 c. The receipts of State and Western flour are large. The market is in consequence heavy. Some descrip tions have declined se. per barrel. Provisions dull. Sugar steady. Freights higher. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, from New York on the 23d ult., has arrived at this port. Mr. Lincoln had accepted the nomination of the Chicago Convention. The Japanese treaty had been ratified. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAT. The Royal Mail steamship Niagara, Captain Ririe, arrived here at 11 a.m., embarked mails and passengers, and proceeded for Halifax and Boston at 6 30 p.m. ; all well." THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood's Magazine. There is an excellent article entitled " The Balance of Party," which can hardly be too highly recommended to general attention at the present juncture, and although it naturally displays some party predilections, there are no overdrawn state ments and no exaggerated remarks on public affairs. The paper has particular force at this period, when a grand Conservative triumph has been obtained, and when an almost unparalleled majority in the House of Lords has proclaimed the great influence there possessed by the Earl of Derby. This success seems for the Opposition like the poetical justice at the end of a romance, a political compensation for the scorn and contumely that has been heaped upon them by the Ministerial forces rampant with success and inflated with triumph that, after all, was obtained on false pretences, without fair dis cussion, and founded on fallacious principles at the outset. One chief object of the writer of this article has been to vindicate the leader of the Opposition, and this in every way an effort that redounds to his credit and reflects honour on the periodical in which it appears. If there is an instance more flagrant than another of political injustice and party ingratitude, it is exhibited by those Conservatives who seek to decry the abilities and discredit the services of Mr. Disraeli. There is no public man of the present day who has done so much for his party under such enormous difficulties as that statesman whom it is the fashion with some unfair opponents and false friends to style an adventurer, an enthusiast, a man of no principle, and so on. If these wise acres would condescend to give one appellation and explain it, the public in general would be the wiser ; but a string of unmeaning phrases and high-sounding expletives only take in those whose understandings are purposely misled. It is truly stated here that sueh criticism is "the malignant yell of a faction." " The man whom they paint, a wretch without principle, without feeling, without a single good quality, if he is not an absolute im possibility, is certainly an impossibility at the head of the proudest party in the State. All the abuse that has been directed against Mr. Disraeli has not succeeded in displacing him from the leadership of the Opposition, and it is worthy of inquiry whe ther the man who occupies such a position m 9.37 not possess at least a few estimable traits, whether in intellect he is not something more than an intriguer, and whether in aspiration he is not something better than a place-hunter." Towards the conclu• sion of this article we meet with some forcible remarks on, and some admirable descriptions of, the debates in the two houses on the paper duties. It is said of Mr. Gladstone's reply : " It was a reply that could not hold water, and was as fallacious as the assertions of the penny papers, that it is beyond the power of the House of Lords to throw out a money bill sent up to it by the Lower House. Mr. Baring disposed of the Chancellor's subtleties in a few words, and then Mr. Disraeli rose to finish the debate. It was'a most telling speech, the most eloquent delivered in the present session by the Tery leader. Ile showed, in the first place, that the facts were undisputed and undeniable, that in consequence of uncertainties which must enter into the calculation of every budget, and which were developed into painful realities sooner than usual in a budget framed so ambitiously and speculatively as that of Mr. Gladstone, we had a deficit staring us in the face ; and then he proceeded to attack Mr. Gladstone generally as a financier, as an ora - tor, and as a despot in the house. He exposed the absur dity of his great rival's pretensions, and gave one of those philippics for which he gained his earliest celebrity. Glancing at the state of Europe, he asked, is this a time when the country can afford to trust a finance minister who indulged so palpably in clap-trap, and whose schemes had all ended in failure." BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS AND CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Valetta with the above mails arrived at Mar seilles at 8 a.m. this day. Mails leave for London at 10 a.m. The Nubia, with the Calcutta and China mails, arrived at Suez on the 28th May. The Emeu, from Australia, had not arrived on 29th. (From the Second Edition of the Morning Post.) PARIS, SUNDAY, 7 P.M, Several important despatches have reached Paris to-day from Naples. The Neapolitan forces are rapidly embarking on board the vessels prepared for their reception. A demonstration has taken place at Naples, and it is expected that the city will be placed in a state of siege. It was on the demand of the naval officers of foreign vessels stk.- tioned at Palermo that the useless bombardment of the city ceased. The conduct of the Neapolitan forces on this occasion was just what might have been expected—many women and children were killed by the royal troops. The Neapolitan Govern ment has ordered its generals in Sicily to hold out at Messina, and promised reinforcements. To-day the telegraph was entirely occupied with despatches from official sources. Great and important events are taking place ; but all is mystery. The Journal du Loiret, and afterwards the Pays —neither one nor the other open to a suspicion of feeling partially towards the insurgents—give an account of facts communicated by an eye witness. They say:—" The troops of General Lanza are said to have sacked three churches and 36 country houses. An English lady, whose husband is a Sicilian and a Neapolitan functionary, found on returning home that her house had been pillaged, and saw three Neapolitan soldiers engaged in car rying off her property. One of them had some cashmere shawls under his arm. It appears that the calumniators of Garibaldi have applied their epithets to the wrong parties." The Patrie of this evening says :—" We are assured that General Lanza, whose moderation is well known (?), sent on the 22d a detailed account to Naples, in which he has not attempted to con ceal the gravity of the situation. If we are well informed, the general has exposed in this document that conciliatory measures have no chance of suc cess, because all the important persons in the island are on the side of the movement. He adds that after the capture of Palermo the island will not be tena• able, because the insurrection is about to generalise the partisan warfare already commenced with suc cess, and that in presence of such a war the Nea politan troops would be reduced to Messina alone.' General Lanza is likely to be recalled if he has told the King so man; truths. We have no official despatches from Napl( sto day. How is this ? Is Neapolitan invention dead? Equally happy are the following observations on Mr. Bright : " When it was first announced, indeed, that the house of Lords was likely to oppose the abolition of the Paper Duties, great was the fluttering among the penny dema gogue>, and so firmly did they imagine that what was all important to the proprietors of a few straw-I aper journals was all-important to the people of England, that they hoped to be able to get up an agitation sufficient to intimi date Lord Derby and the whole of the aristocracy. A very large meeting was held in St. Martin's drall. Large meet ings can be held anywhere if a great gun is in a position on the plat form, and promises to go off with a mighty detona tion. It is well known that on a platform Mr. Bright is the greatest of all guns. Where there is nobody to contra dict him, who can speak more 1 iudly than he? In any large city there aro thousands who would be glad to hear the successful orator, even though they have not one spark of sympathy with his peculiar ideas." _ _ _ 6 F.M. The ea,gles of diplomacy are swooping about the bleeding limbs of Sicily already. Crowned heads, too, sniff prey. The Moniteur, however, this morn ing, does not go further than register the news of Naples, which tells us how an armistice had been agreed upon, and that the royal troops were con centrated en the seaboard of the city. The French Government, I presume, must be in possession of litter news than this. All the journals of Paris print, and apparently from more than one: source, the telegraphic news I sent you last night, which declares the Neapolitan army, consisting of It is plausibly stated that the criticism of Mr. Gladstone came `Kith more force from Lord Derby than from either Lord Monteagle or Mr. Disraeli, as people distrust the criticisms of rival financi(\rs It is said that, unluckily for the prophets of ill, the "speech was as clear as crystal, and Lord Derby proved that he could, when he chose to take the trouble, make a 25,000, would be allowed to quit the city of Paler- financial statement unsurpassable in lucidity and a mo. So ended the negotiations between Lanza and accuracy." Lord Derby's remarks on the practice Garibaldi. of " double or quits" are thus commented on : . " A period of financial difficulty, says Mr. Gladstone, is The Contitutionnel adds to the already known the period for the country to make experiments which may despatch—" with arms and baggage returning to retrieve all deficiencies. If the experiments succeed, so Naples." At all events the diplomatic people here much the better; if they fail, we shall not be much worse off than before. 'My lords, said Lord Derby, ' I say that is in Paris, one and all, look upon Sicily as lost. Per- not the policy of a statesman—it is the policy of a despe haps even the old Neapolitan Minister here at rate and improvident gambler.' There was a Chancellor of the Exchequer who, on account of his wonderfully pro- Paris (Antonini), who is reported to have got into sperous budgets in a period of great national suffering, was bed ouhearing of Garibaldi's success, thinks so as named by William Cobbe tt, Mr. Pros p erit y Robinson. Mr. well. But never was such an amount of mystery. r Gladstone is the legitimate successor of that gentleman, dit will not b, son forgotten . that h . e was described by Whispered interrogations are the orders of the day. Lord Derby as a desperate and improvident gambler. No Dip!omatists ask each other "Will the great description could be more true, and the name will stick. , ) T t , s o s r k d t Derbyo fulfil. hadHeannootthmeerrealnyd put p e ?hasp Budgets a mo more important Powers permit Sicily to be annexed to Sardinia ?igpeogeant The Russian Ambassador, as far as I can make he put Mr. Gladstone himself into the same furnace. He out, is the only representative of a great Power in showed Mr. Gladstone's contradictions. He set speech against (laondst sp e eech, proposal against proposal, and showed Mr. Paris who sincerely advocates the cause of Franciscontradicting himself in the most barefaced way 11. The Chevalier Nigra, the Piedmontese whenever it suited his purpose." Minister, is reported to have left Paris incog. for The reader will find much more that is worthy . of Turin in order to speak with Count Cavour and notice in this particularly lucid and expressive , article. The other papers present a great variety. report the views of Napoleon 111. on the annexa- " Norman Sinclair" is continued, but it must be tion question. I still hold to the information I confessed is rather heavy. " Captain Speke's Ad gave your readers some days ago, and believe ventures in Somali Land" furnish an object of in- France will not throw any difficulties in the way o'f terest to all who seek to inform themselves of the Sicily becoming a part of the kingdom of Pied- peculiar nature of the unknown regions of which it treats. " The Schoolmaster at Home" is one of moat. The Emperor has always said there is to be those learned and thoughtful disquisitions that no foreign intervention in Italy. That is the most abound at the present day, and prove how much atten valuable feature of French policy towards the tion is paid to that important branch, the education of Peninsula, and as France may be said to dictate in the young. As the author of " Sybil" happily re- Italian Affairs, it is of the utmost value to know marked, " the youth of a nation are the trustees that France has made such a resolution and kept of posterity," and it is of vast importance that they should be well trained. The most striking subject to it, and that further France has shown and is here met with is the "Battle of the Belt ;" and, showing every desire to withdraw herself from the considering the excitement that has prevailed Roman States. M. Thouvenel having declared to about the combat, it will doubtless be hailed with foreign Ambassadors the Emperor's intention to acclamation by many a fierce disputant and many call home his forces from the Roman States imme- an eager debater on the all-important topic of the diately, General de Lamoriciere informs the French Championship. It is not often that so much wit and humour are met with, joined to versatility of Ambassador that he is prepared to maintain tran- style, ediscover flowing in measure, and animated allegory, as w quillity and protect the person of his Holiness.this excellent poem, and the This is Italy for the Italians—Napoleon lll.'s pro- author, whoever he may be, has certainly achieved gramme—and you may depend upon it it will be a most signal success. We subjoin a few of the applied to Sicily. most striking among the verses : THE FIGHT FOR THE BELT. ♦ LAY SUNG AT A FEAST IN PALL-MALL, The Fancy of Araerica By all creation swore, A British champion round his loins Should gird the Belt no mores With strange great oaths they swore it, And chose a m‘m straightway, And felt his arm, and saw him hit, And loafed, and chewed, and cursed, and spit, And sent him to the fray, Sooth was this picked American Of Irish parents born, As like Columbia's progeny As wheat to Indian-corn ; But 'tis the boast of that free land To take the stranger in, And, be he any tint but black, To own him for her kin. I do not know that great men Avail them of her grace, That shining merit makes her shores Its chosen resting-place ; But the persecuted burglar, Or the man of many wives, Or he whose quick ingenious wit With legal maxims doth not fit, Still seeks that land, and thrives. America's step-champion Went forth upon the wave, High hopes pursued him from the shore, And prophesyings brave, " Dollars to cents he wins it; Yes, sir, I guess he's spry ; He'll whip the cussed Britisher, Our prime Benicia B'y." Three years against all corners The Champion keeps the Ring, Keeps it against what fistic might The universe can bring ; Three years the mystic girdle The Champion's strength hath graced, Pelides' belt, or that which spanned The sinewy loins of Hector grand, No braver heart embraced. And in three years no foeman Had dared dispute the prize ; All feared the crashin g iron fist Whose blows not Pollux might resist, Though trained amid the skies. But now the loud defiance Across the Atlantic hurled, Warned Sayers he must guard his fame ; Quoth Tom, " All right, my boys, I'm game ; Old England 'gainat the world!" For deep in English bosoms A germ pugnacious lies, And skill to combat still calls forth The people's sympathies : They love to see men daring, Yet temperate, cool, though bold; Who shows no fear they love to cheer As in the days of old. And with the crowd came veterans Whom well the arena knows, Acute observers of the hug, The rally and the close : The noted Quaker bruiser From Manchester had come, Who, as he passed a gentleman, Still scowled and bit his thumb ; Beneath one arm a bludgeon, Cut from an olive bough, Was tucked—the other linked his mate, (Mate new and strange, I trow), The Flashy Chancellor, who bore Dark marks of punishment, Where Ben with might put in his right, And left him stunned and spent. By none so much as Heenan Must that mischance be felt, Who back to those expectant shores Returns without the belt ; For, though exalted office No doubt awaits him there, Yet, beltless, he will scarcely gain What, conqueror, he might well attain — The Presidential Chair 1 Meanwhile there swelled through London Vague rumours of the fray, No man, whate'er his own affair, Thought much of it that day— Swells at club-breakfasts, pausing In gastronomic jays, And little boys who, going to school, Met other little boys, And patriarchs old and hoary, And matrons grave and staid, • And the sick with his physician', And the swain with blushing maid, Fair penitents conferring With parsons Puseyite, And clients with their men of law— associate with it. The intervening epoch of de clining middle life, before the fact of being old is openly acknowledged or the energies and powers of youth are willingly resigned, is the saddest. On this branch of his subject our author writes as fol• lows : " 1:o not laugh, thoughtless folk, at the poor old maid, who persists in going bareheaded long after she ought to have taken to caps. You cannot know how much further away that change would make her days of childhood seem : how much more remote and dim and faint it would make the little life, the face, the voice of the young brother or sister that died when they both were children together. Do not fancy that it is mere personal vanity which prompts that clinging to apparent youth : feelings which are gentle, pure, and estimable may protest against any change from tha old familiar way. Do not smile at the phrases of the house when they are gray-headed boys, and girls on the lower side of forty-five : it would be a terrible sacrifice, it would make a terrible change, to give up the old names. You thoughtless young people are ready to deride Mr. Smith when he appears in his new wig. You do not think how, when poor Smith went to Truefitt's to get it, he thought many thoughts of the long-departed mother, whom he remembers dimly on her sick bed smoothing down her little boy's hair, thick enough then. And when you see Mr. Robinson puffing up the hill with purpled face and labouring breath, do you think that poor Robinson does not remember the days when he was the best runner at school ? Perhaps he tells you at considerable length about these days. Well, listen patiently : some day you may be telling long stories too. There is a peculiar sadness in thinking of ex ertions of body or mind to which we were once equal, but to which we are not equal now. You remember the not very earnest Swift, conscious that the decay at the top' had begun, bursting into tears as he read one of his early w3rks, and exclaiming, Heavens, what a genius I had when I wrote that 1' What is there more touching than the picture of poor Sir Walter, wheeled like a child in a chair through tho rooms at Abbotsford, and suddenly Come, this is sad idleness,' and insisting on be ginning to dictate a new tale, in which the failing powers of the great magician appeared so sadly, that large as its marketable value would have been, it never was suffered to appear in print. Probably the sense of enfeebled faculties is a sadder thing than the sense of diminished physical power. Probably Sir Isaac Newton, in his later days, when he sat down to his own mathematical demonstrations, and could not understand them and follow them, felt more bit , terly the wear of advancing time than the gray-headed Highlander sitting on a stone at his cottage door in the sun shine, and telling you how, long ago, he could breast the mountain with the speed of a deer ; or than the crippled L soldier, who leans upon his crutch, and tells how, many years ago, that shaky old hand had cut down the French cuirassier." The story of " Wheat and Tares" continues, and narrates some extraordinary events. Reginald's devotion to the absent Ella is considerably shaken by the attractions of the fascinating Grace. Another romance is pending between Wynne and Rachel, though the Shaksperiaii proverb does not seem likely to be contradicted in either case. " A Raid among the Rhymers" is the title of a criticism which makes a fierce, but not undeserved, onslaught on the ranks of our numerous versifiers and poet asters. The papers on Twickenham, under the head of " The Literary Suburb of the Eighteenth Century," are continued. Pope's villa, and Lady Alary Wortley Montagu and Fielding are the sub jects of the chapters before us. Those who occupy themselves in social questions should read the paper on the "Rochdale Pioneers," which gives a very interesting account of the co-operative socie ties flourishing in that neighbourhood. ?he Dublin University Magazine. The number before us Commences with a lengthened article of a somewhat abstruse and serious nature. It is entitled "An Analogy sug gested by Essays and Reviews," and discusses the characteristics and tendencies of the volume re sently published under that name by members of the universities. It is followed by the concluding part of the vivid but painful story of " Utrum Horum ; or, The Revenge of Shane Roe." The chief point of the tale is the capture of the two sons of the chief M'Mahon by his deadly enemy, who has the :barbarity to send a messenger to the 'father, telling that he may choose which shall die, but that if he does not do so at once both shall perish. The distracted parent is unable to make so terrible a selection, and his hair turns suddenly grey from the agony he endures. Fortu nately his sons are both saved by the devotion of his foster brother, and their inhuman captor reaps the reward of his crimes. "The World's Two Tribes ' • for, the Worker a n d th e Thi n k er ," i s th e title of a poem which displays more thought and greater poetic ability than we ordinarily find in periodical literature. The author answers in turn the mutual disparagement of the two rival classes, and upholds the claim of each to honour in its own vocation. We quote the concluding verses, which assert the poet's right to rank among the bene factors of his kind. Taunt not thus—the value of deep thinking, Not in carat nor broad piece is told— Well for thee, oh world, that some are drinking From the rare Platonic cups of gold. For the icy air of these abstractions Is by birds of strongest pinion cross'd, Ever dropping earthward seeds of actions In the soil of history never lost. And the setting in a ring poetic Of some kingly Koh. i-noor of thought, Of some pearl, pale, precious, and pathetic, From the sea of human suffering brought ; And the art that sheds a flush of beauty On the sad and solemn face of truth, Subtly winning to the side of duty All the passionate pulses of our youth ; These are things that Adam's sons and daughters Cannot spare this work-day world of ours— Cannot spare the bread upon the waters Cast, returning after many hours. O Two Tribes 1 ye shall have peace for ever, —But n .t here—and harmony untold, Workers pacing by the hill and river, Thinkers singing to the harps of gold Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne's forcible romance of " Transformation" is the subject of an able paper, which contains much original matter. The re markable story of " Vonved the Dane" proceeds with interest. Captain Vinterdalen concludes his exciting narrative of the Counts of Elsinore, and ends by revealing to his agitated wife the secret that the reader has before suspected—that he him self and the outlawed rover are one and the same. Ho has hardly made this startling avowal to Auralia, when he is arrested by the soldiers of King Frederick. We leave his devoted adherent Mads Neilsen plotting for his rescue. An essay on " Palceontology " traces the rise and progress of that curious and interesting science which owes so much to the scientific profes sors of our day. " Our Foreign Courier " discusses some recent Continental publications, and an article headed " Politics at Home and Abroad," will entertain the reader by its citations from some animated Parisian pamphlets. "My Greatest Fright" narrates the miseries endured by the writer, who travelled in company with an in toxicated man in a stage coach by night. Before the journey's end his fellow-traveller was dead, and a frightful suspicion took possession of the survivor that his death had been occasioned by an impatient push he had given him. He spent a terrible night of suspense, but his anxiety was happily relieved at the inquest. A lengthened essay on the prospects of French agriculture will attract the attention of the political reader. Bentley's Miscellany. The" Outremanche Correspondence" is continued, and maintains the same sarcastic tone in its review of our French negotiations, which rendered the first chapters so amusing. The cool way in which the supposed Frenchman chuckles over the Eng lish freetrader is worthy of repetition :—" It was a notable idea certainly, and as fertile in happy consequences, as another idea which Europe has heard of, to select an unlettered man, who, for the best of all possible reasons, enjoys an English news paper far more than a page of Thucydides, and pit him against the combined talent of French diplo macy, to negotiate a treaty of commerce with a nation like ours, which, with your permission, mon cher, is always ready to take what she can get, but never gives away anything she can possibly contrive to keep. And the result of this selection on the part of Lord Sohn Russell has been what everybody now sees—a second visit to Paris by Mr. Cobden, to ask the French Government to take pity on his ignorance, and allow him, at the eleventh hour, to make a better bargain." The eighth part of "0 vingdean Grange" commences this month. Charles the Second appears in person on the scene rather prominently, and the interest of the tale is kept up. We have a sketch of " The Life and Doings of Marshal O'Donnell, and his War in Morocco." Dudley Costello's story of " Gurney, or Two Fortunes," is continued, and the chapter on " Naples and the Neapolitans" will be read with interest at the present juncture. " A Lay of St. Stephen's" is cleverly written, but the chef d'ceuvre of this month is the wonderful tale of " Guy Vil liers ; or How the Major Shot his Tiger and changed his loves." 'We do do not expect that any man is to be found who could read the story from beginning to end, and we should be sorry for any one to risk the attempt ; but a cursory glance through it will amuse the reader by its absurdity. We would suggest to Mr. Ouida for the future to copy his quotations and not trust to memory, which will prevent similar misquotation: " With , a wet sheet and a flowing sea." Again, if he got some practi cal friend to correct his proofs the following extra ordinary passage would not be preserved to the public—" And away went with lots of coals in the boilers," &e. If this be a now mode of getting up the steam, why has not Mr. Ouida addressed a paper on the subject to the Society of Civil Euoi neers. Gentlemen who try to catch fish over the taffrail of steamships :under weigh may fish for a long time without success, and it is not much proof of tile cleverness of the hero of this tale to set him at such fool's work. To expect to find one sensible remark in this ridiculous story would not be natu re 1, and the author shows in the concluding chap All asked, How went the fight ? And well may both brave nations Be proud of both brave sons ; Through all the triu-nphs of the race A th - read in common runs ; Still Jonathan must feel to John As son to noble sire, Still John (tho' sometimes moved to chide), Watching the boy that left his side, As on he goes with giant strido, ...Must wonder and admire. Embalmed in verse strong Dares To far times lives anew, Why not strong Heenan? Have we not Our brave Entellus to ? And I would some worthier poet, In more melodious rhyme, Should sing the Battle of the Bolt, And send it down through time. Fraser's Magazine. Fraser's Magazine opens with the first part of an article bearing the somewhat formidable title of "Physical Theories of the Phenomena of Life." It will at once attract those of scientific tastes, though its length and the nature of its subject may deter the general reader from its perusal. It is followed by a reverie after reading Miss Nightingale's ad mirable "Notes on Nursing," which does not, how ever, restrict itself to the consideration of that work, but indulges the train of thought awakened by it. The writer muses on the care, watchfulness, and self-sacrifice necessary to restore one wounded man, and then he marvels at the-recklessness with which, in a single year, the rulers of mankind create a hundred thousand such difficulties by needless and profitless wars. " Gryll Grange," by the sparkling author of " Headlong Hall," proceeds with spirit. The literary recluse is evidently succumbing to the arts of Cupid, although fortified by endless anti matrimonial arguments drawn from classic authori ties. We must trust to the sage counsel of his friend, Doctor Opimian, and the influence of the green-eyed monster to convince him. The story is as usual quaintly told, and replete with classical quota tion and reference. Mr. Spedding makes some sug gestions for the improvement of the Reading Department in the British Museum, which would probably be of great assistance to visitors if they were carried out. Mr. Smiles's excellent work on " Self-Help" receives, as it deserves, a highly favourable notice, which contains some valuable remarks on this important subject. A. K. H. 8., the well-known contributor of so many pleasant and discursive essays, whom we should be sorry to miss from the pages of Fraser, gives us in this num ber the reflections he formerly promised Us " Con cerning Growing Old." Such a subject gives full range to his peculiar style , and t he essay is, as usual, replete with penetrating sense and full of kindly sympathy. The advance of age is a subject that touches us all very nearly ; few wh o have rea c h e d middle life can regard it with indifference. It i s true that to young and ardent spirits old age may seem a fitting theme for jest, and a matter with which they are entirely unconcerned. But 66 Wait till their first bright sands have run, And they will not smile at what Time hath done." So says our essayist in his plca2ant paper, in - which he speaks of age as claiming reverence and honour, although mournful thoughts of failing powers may