The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-19 00:00:00

MO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. '1 The English Railway Companies are borrowing money it from to 4 per cent. The Grand Trunk of Canada et per eent. Preference Debenture Bonds (a first charge on the rail way) are now 98. The Atlantic and St. Lawrence 90. Can any of your readers account for this ? QtrERIST. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA' COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. ' THIS •EVENING, VICTORINE. Messrs. Mergis, H. Oaigh, H. Cent, G. Honey, Walworth, Sm. Misses Parepa, Thirlwall. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 10 minutes to 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS. Miss Reynolds. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy 'of the True Lovers Knot. The pantoramists the unrivalled Leolercqs. ►7IHEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Re-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S 'EVE. Madeline (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUSFIBEARD, the _LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE - I Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every tight. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. - After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIA NT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, M 1 Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack - Panta loon, Mr. faulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. In consequence of the great success and demand for places , there will be Two More 'Morning Performances of the Pan tomime of JACK THE JIANT KILLER, universally ack nowledged the best Pantomime of the season, on MONDAYS, January 23 and 30. Children under Ten Half-price; com mence at two o'clock. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LIMLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar , C . Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six — Commence a t seven. Box- Office er bills open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor tof performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Messrs. H. T. Craven and J. Francis, Mesdames Murray and Eliza Arden. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Mies Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, ed ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half — past six ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATItE, Westminster-road. The Last Five Weeks of Mr. Cooke's Season. THIS EVENING, the New Spectacular Drama by Mr. R. Phillips, THE WARRIOR'S CAREER, with full stud of Horses and great effects.—Scenes in the Circle by Astley's world-renowned Equstrians, terminating with the Eques trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the God dess Diana; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs. —Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene. —Harlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot —A family of Sprites —Epsom Races by Living Jockies and real Ponies, with ring and Stage com bined—Performing Elephant, Dogs and Monkeys, and the Great Salamander War Horse enveloped by real fire. Commence at 7. Notice.—The Grand Day performances, at Two o'clock, will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21 and 28, and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 11. Mr. Cooke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will take place on Monday, Jan. 30. C ANTER BURY HALL CONCERTS. — EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. P. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEITIVS celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Painting i s in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery s open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. . THE WEATHER.—STJN OFFICE, JAN. 19, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE, 47--highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.68. WIND, W.N.W. ; light, with fine sunshiny weathsr. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.Y.—Morning, 11h. 6m.—Afternoon, 11lh. 46m. To-moßmow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 21m, THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 1860 Somebody has at last been found to speak ou quite frankly and explicitly against the Rifle Corps Movement. This somebody, moreover, being no other than the General Commanding in North Britain, otherwise, to give him his full title, the Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, the Lord MEL VILLE. The occasion for his lordship's outspeaking was a recent meeting at Edinburgh in furtherance of the very movement thus derided by the Scotch Commander-in -Chief. Hitherto military men have accorded the most genial and the most gene rous support to the Rifle Volunteers. They have co-operated with the unskilled mass of civilians in advancing the cause held manifestly so much at heart from Land's End to John o'Groat's, from the the Isle of Thanet to the Isle of Anglesea, by the great bulk of the population. Among the most re cent indications of this cordial co-operation, we find the gentlemen of the long robe, the enrolled mem bers of the Inns of Court Corps of Volunteers (already numbering as many as 600 rank and file), sponta neouslyelecting a gallant Crimean officer (late of the Indian army) as their adjutant, and another gallant officer, late Captain in the Rifle Brigade, to be the Major-Commandant of that regiment of barristers ! And not only this—but we find both the military men alluded to, awaiting eagerly their approval by the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. Proud, we have not the least doubt of it—and as they have good rea• sons to be — a t h av i ng b ee n thus chosen to officer a regiment, of riflemen, the private soldiers and non commissioned officers in in which, are members of the Lo bar of En g l an d . MELVILLE, however, thinks differently not al one of the Inns of Court Rifle Corps, but of the whole multitude of the now (at least numerically) formidable body of rifle volun teers. His lordship contemns, in point of fact, as the we have intimated, the val ue , efficacy, and the As Commander in-Chief wisdom of the entire movement. of Scotland, he pronounces th e vol eers generally to be nothing less than " a loose and uso• less kind of force," and a force that he predicts " never will be efficient." Further, quoth Lord MELVILLE, " The militia were not as efficient as they might be, but if placed on a proper footing they might be made efficient. As to the volunteer force, it was perfectly useless, and no general officer would command it." There is no doubt, of course, at once as to this being pretty plain speaking. But —as to the reasonableness of it ? Well, so far as the observations go they might be applied equally well to any body of raw recruits in any regiment in her ~ , ' , -:, .-, 1-t;?, ,4:-V.z- ~41- , , , - , ...",..,, , - ; .tar , , „ . ,L , c . , .. , , ~.- e -, ~ , -.,,,,,,.; i- ur /` ',' ''..- ~ ~ • ..:,... - kr*: v ,''''.' ''''' , ....,,,„ i. MAJESTY'S army when they are first going through their facings and practising the goose step. "Eyes right"—when they are goggling in all directions ! " Stand at ease "—when every limb is in a state of angular discomfort ! These and all the other mystic directions of the drill-yard are not one jot less eminently ridiculous at the outset among one class of recruits than among another—call them by what name you please, royal soldiers, militiamen, or rifle volunteers. And as to the hopelessness of any set of these recruits ever winning their way to a state of efficiency, how many raw recruits, we wonder—men who had never, as the phrase is, fleshed sword or bayonet, men who had never before smelt (when burnt in earnest) a single grain or whiff of gunpowder—how many of these recruits went up the hill of Alma to a glorious victory ? How many for that matter passed triumphantly through the deadly whirl wind of death careering forty-five years ago, upon a certain Sunday in the Belgian summer, over the plains of Waterloo ? Why, it is a mere farce for Lord MELVILLE, as General Commanding in North Britain—even sup posing, for the sake of example, that he were the oldest veteran in the army—it is the merest absurdity for him, or fer any other professional wearer of the sword, to be jeering, and flouting, and deriding any body of recruits, be they riflemen, or militiamen, or QUEEN'S soldiers, simply because they were but yesterday mere civilians, simply because the briefest interval has elapsed since their enrolment. It is an egregious folly this which might be demon strated as such by the light thrown upon it from almost any page of history. To know this Lord MELVILLE need not go so far back in his researches. He need go no farther back than the annals of the last generation. He may there recognise at every turn of the leaf, as he reads the marvellous volume, that the greatest soldier of modern, per haps of any times in the annals of the world, overran Europe during several successive years with a series of armies of raw recruits, young artizans and peasants, gathered from the plough and the workshop by the agency of the in exorable proscription. The vie ux soldats, the scarred and tawny veterans of the Emperor and King NAPOLEON being but a comparatively small and numerically insignificant portion of any one of his vast and triumphant armies, of the army of Ma_ rengo or of Austerlitz, of Wagram, or of Moskowa. And the recruits there were led on for "glory " they were martialled not so much for the defence of their own homes, as for the ravage of the homes of others. In a word, the derision expressed by Lord MELVILLE, in reference to the Rifle Corps movement, may be most aptly and accurately pro nounced a betise a word happily signifying, among our gallant neighbours across the Channel, at once a stupidity and an indecorum. It is a pleasant indication, by the way, of the enormous value in which the opinions of Lord MELVILLE are manifestly held in this matter by his gallant fellow-countrymen, that Scotland has already, in answer to the national summons, en rolled under the two heads of rifles and artillery a goodly total of upwards of fourteen thousand volunteers. To Lord MELVILLE himself this must be an indication of the value in which his opinions are held, especially agreeable and de lightful. Domestic politics will soon become of more pressing interest than those of Italy and Hungary. The latter will, wa hope, share in Parliament the attention which would best represent the sympathy of England with civil and religious liberty, and the struggle to attain it everywhere. Parliamentary Reform, however, must be the grand topic. It is the one in which there will be most room for dis cussion. With the exception of Mr. BowYER and the few Catholic members wbo fancy that the Romans should be political slaves for "the glory of God and the good of the Catholic Church," there will be none to dispute that our practical policy should be non-intervention, and that our moral influence should be used, not to uphold incapable rulers, but the right of subjects to be ruled as they please. Reform will be the subject of conflicts and divisions ; the POPE and his crew of eccle siastics will be left to steer their vessel as best they can, and will probably not be the subject of a motion on which a division can be taken. Of course we are all in suspense as to the specific intentions of the Government. It may be that they will bring forward some fran chise practically very different from the one which common report speaks of—the £lO county and £6 borough franchise. Lord JOHN himself sug gested them on the eve of the great division, but adroit limitations may reduce materially the not very large addition they will make to the con stituencies—to the borough constituencies at least. Now, it is surely time that intelligent Reformers should consider well by what measure they shall test any Reform Bill which may be presented. The professed object of every bill is to make the re presentation of the people more of a reality. Neither our Whigs nor our Tories will acknowledge that the changes they may propose are designed to strengthen their party. They all agree that to collect the opinion of the more intelligent portion of the public is their object. Pro perty qualifications for electors are adopted, as all agree, because they are a rough test of intel ligence. It is presumed that the man who has a little money has either possessed the native capa city which enabled him. to rise in life, or that he is descended from those who could afford him a decent education. The opinion of this large class of per sons is the avowed desideratum. To include it within the franchises proposed, and to enable it to elect those whose sentiments on public matters it prefers, is therefore the practical object of every Reform Bill. A bill which accomplished both these points would make representation a reality. Is the course now taken by reformers the one to attain these ends ? We think not. We shall not oppose the smallest bona .. fide improvement in our representation, but we may be permitted to doubt whether sincere reformers have done the best for their object. They have placed extension of suf of Sufri•aye, last. Their frage first — B ealit Y alleged reason is that the extension will lead to the reality. We doubt it. We must think that the order could be more successfully inverted. In Aus tralia, indeed, we ha ve a case in tection to the voter was followed by an almost uni versal suffrage. Be this as it may, we hold that a pure but comparatively li mited suffrage is of more value than a numerous constituency exposed to per verting influences. What we want in judges and juries is not numbers, but fair ability and indepen dence. We need the same in constituencies. A sufficient number of honest and sensible men of all classe s , cou ld th e y but rote free from any influ ence but that of public discussion in the press and at t he hustings, would be a better constituency than ten or twenty ti mes t h e i r num b er, a t th e m ercy of threats and b r ib es, Lord ST ANLEY ofa and s personal Sir E. L fears y and hopes. T TON BULWER both openly a vowe d that they wished the elect i ve power to remai n , w h ere i t now is, had us e d it well and would classes—that they with the middle con tinue to do so. We have little doubt Mr. DISRAELI If any class has the cordially concurs with them. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1860. supreme electoral power, certainly the one interme- diate between the most numerous but illiterate, and the select but most tempted to legislation for themselves, seems fairest. But if these distin guished statesmen are consistent, they, too, cu ght to be as earnest as any,to give their favourite class a real representation. They may justly consider themselves to be in a position parallel with that of a judge at a trial, who, while he must feel his superiority to the jury, has yet declared again and again that he regards the plain practical sense of the jury as of the highest value to him. So our statesmen, with all their information and talent, yet need the jury of an honest public to pronounce their verdict on the practical worth of their policy. For this, however, they need to have the unper verted sentiments of those to whom they appeal. As to our Whigs, we hardly know what to say to them. They ought, by all their professions, to be most ready to accept our doctrine. Popular liberty is continually on their tongues ; we ought to be able to believe them to be sincere. Yet, if they postpone freedom of election to increase of electors, we cannot think them so, and this is just what they do. Not only what they do, but what they would compel our ROEBUCKS, COBDENS, BRIGHTS, LINDSAYS, and all hearty Reformers to do. Extension now, they say—the Ballot when you can get it ! This policy we denounce as the mockery of Reform. We have already enough of electors of the present sort; of borough electors accessible to the innocents of Gloucester and Wakefield and Nor wich fame ; of county and agricultural borough electors, accessible to the landlord's steward, and as much at his mercy, electorally, as the slaves in South Carolina, are to that:of their drivers. What we need is not an increase of such unfortunates, but their liberation. We want to give them their own votes, that we may get at their own opinions, not at the party wishes of their landlords. And there are no means of effecting this but that of giving them the Ballot. The county constituencies, above all, are a.sham, not a reality. We call upon _Reformers then to consider whether they have not been duped by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. We think they have. He has coaxed them into accepting extensions of suffrage which Tories would have given if pressed to do so ; they whisper among themselves, and we shall get the Ballot and independence afterwards; but Lord John also whispers to his timid ones—and his soothing whis per is—" Let them have extension as a sop—while we have open voting they will never have inde pendence." Lord STANLEY and his friends avow that they wish power to be in the hands of the middle classes. Lord JOHN and his friends prefer to go lower, but it is to fence off the demand for reality of representation. MACAULAY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. JANUARY 9,. 1860. (From Punch.) Among the men whose words and deeds Lie best has taught our time to prize; Macaulay's honoured coffin lies, Mid hush of jarring cliques and creeds. A shadow falls upon his grave When morning lights the eastern pane ; And one, when sunset splendours rain Through the west window of the nave : That by his recent marble thrown, Who sang of Nelson and the North, And " England's mariners" rang forth in music like a trumpet-tone. This, by his earlier statue flung, Who in the lettered reign of Anne Stands out, serenest type of man, Best wielder of our English tongue— Addison, Campbell—such the guards At our Macaulay's head and feet; And what companionship more meet— Of Essayists and Lyric bards— For him, whose almost boyish breath The battle-ballad's clarion blew, And thence heroic war-notes drew, To breathe a soul through ribs of death— When the Armada's march he sang, Along the guarded English steep, While leaping watch-fires lit the deep, And village bells defiance rang ? For him, whose later essays taught To narrative fresh arts of grace ; Gave to old truths a novel face, And new to crystal clearness wrought ? If with the genial English life That in Sir Roger charms the mind, Drawing us closer to our kind, His brilliant pages were not rife, Yet let us own the Art that threw Concentred light on giant men; Made Clive and Hastings breathe again, And Laud and Strafford strive anew. Fitly his resting place is given With these great dead he loved so well. Stand on his grave, and you may tell The chief stars of our English heaven. From Chaucer's glad May-morning beam, To Spenser's planet rays that warm Cold Allegory with a charm Of life, sold given to Fancy's dream— And Camden's steady light, that falls In each dim nook of England's past, Now on some worn inscription cast, Now on grey tower or minster walls— And Johnson's, Beaumont's, changing stars, One moment glad as liesper's glow With light of mirth :—to tragic woe, Shifting, the next, like blood-red Mars— And all the galaxy that fused Their lesser splendours into one, When William ceased, and Anne begun, And state-craft writer-craft abused. Who knew and treasured of all these What was worth treasuring, more than he Who to their silent company Has last gone down, from life and ease ? Yet love and skill of letters give But half his claim to take his state In our Valhalla, with the great, Whose names in lettered memories live— With our historic worthies, too, He shared state life : their measure gauged With rule, where strife of party raged, Perchance not always just or true ; Yet, granting error, and an eye Too prone to wink excuse for friends, Too sharp for flaw in means or ends Of those whose camps o'erthwart him lie. Who shall deny his pen has cast New life in all wherewith it deals ; That light from his bright pages steals, Between the clouds that wreathe the past ? Who shall gainsay his right to sleep With those whom England honours most Whom, while they live, we loudest boast, - Whom, whey they die, we truliest weep ? Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary are staying at Ashridge Park, on a visit to Lady Marian Alford. A select circle of the aristocracy have been invited to meet their royal high nesses. The Duke of Richmond left town on Tuesday to join the Duchess and family, who are passing the season at Goodwood. The Earl of Granville, as Lord President of the Council and leader of the Ministerial party in the House of n L e o x r t d , s t , h e will give t a a t P h a i r s l i r a e m s i e d n e t: c r y e b in banquet n - o si n t r e ls e i t o , n to day a large circle of the leading supporters of the Government in the Upper House. The Earl of Hardwicke will come to town on Monday from Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. The coun tess and family remain at Wimpole for the present. Lord and Lady Rokeby and the Hon. Miss Mon tagu have left Hazelwood on a visit to Lady Marion Alford at Ashridge Park, near Derkharupstead. Sir G. C. Lewis left town yesterday for Windsor Castle. RARE DOMESTIC EVENT.—We find the following in a Scottish paper :—At Silverhillocks, Gamrie, the wife of Charles Wilson, of twin daughters—one born on the 31st December, 1859, the other on January 1, 1860. THE EDINBURGH ANNUITY TAX PROSECUTIONS. —On Monday came before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, the cases of Mr. James Hunter and Mr. Thos. Pennock for resisting the officers in execution of their duty while collecting the above tax. The jury returned a ver dict of acquittal in both cases, an announcement which was received with loud cheers. LATEST NEWS. The foll Owing telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, lAN: 18. The Patric of this evening says : "The prollibit!ons will not be abolished before July, 1861, when they will be replaced by pro tective duties of 30 or 25 per cent., which, with the advantages granted to French industry, will be quite sufficient to allow competition. Before taking any definitive resolution, the Emperor has decided to hear the opinions of the principal manu facturers." PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moniteur of to-day announces that M. Amedee Thierry has been nominated Senator, and M. de Lavenay, Councillor of State. MADRID, JAN. 18. Seven cannons and a large quantity of ammuni tion were found in the forts of Tetuan. The Moors showed an intention of attacking the Spanish position ; but a few cannon-shots sufficed to disperse them. Every preparation has been made for passing ;he river and advancing on Tetuan. MADRID, JAN. 18. Yesterday the Moors showed a disposition to attack the Spanish, but were thrown into disorder by the fire of the Spanish artillery. The projectiles nearly reached Tetuan, from which place the army was four miles distant. Th 3 Moorish army was encamping at the Sierra Dermejas. VERONA, lAN. 17. The Austro-Sardinian Commission for the regu lation of the boundary line has already held three meetings. The Austrian Custons officers have been rein forced by military, in order to avert (Abwebr; the provocations from the other side of the fron tiers. LISBON, JAN. 17. The Chamber of Deputies is composed of 123 Ministerial, and 19 Opposition, members. The Portuguese GoNernment has declared its be lief that all port■ of tie Brazils are infected with yellow fever. INDIA AND CHINA. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office, in anticipation of the mail due in London, via Marseilles, on the 27th inst. : Bombay, Dec. 29—Exchange—On London, 2s. IA. ; on China, 222ir. Freights, 20s. to 255. Money easy. Calcutta, Dec. 29 (five days after the departure of the mail)—Exchange on London, 2s. 0i d. to 2s. lid. Imports improving. Freights unchanged. Funds improved. Shanghai, Dec. 7—All quiet. Trade flourishing. Exchange on London, 6s. Bd. Hong Kong, Dec. 15—Freights worse. Trade dull. Exchange on London, 4s. 101 d. Canton—Limited transactions in tea. Batavia, Dec. 22—Trade dull; Singapore, Dec. 23—Cotton-market dull. Stocks scarce. Produce in demand. Exchange on Lon don, 4s. 10t1. Freights to London and China in request. Manilla, Dec. 10—Hemp and sugar fallen. Ex. change on London, 4s. 31d. THE BOMBAY MAILS. The Valetta with the above mails arrived at Mar. seilles at eight this morning. Mails left for London at ten. Letters will be delivered on Saturday. FRANCE. The Emperor received to-day the manufacturers who have come up from the departments, and con versed with them on the great subject of the day —the reforms in the tariff. The effect of the Emperor's letter in the depart ments has been most favourable. Accounts lion Havre inform us that the principal merchants in that town hailed the letter as a great event, and that flags were raised as a mark of rejoicing precisely as after the battles of Magenta and Solferino. The Pope's protest against the pamphlet "La Pape et le Congres" is said positively to have been brought from Rome by the Nuncio's Secretary. If the protest has no effect in drawing forth a dis avowal of it, the French Government are to be called upon to recall their army from Rome. The resolution to this effect was agreed to in a full Council of Cardinals, at which such unanimity pre vailed that those members of the Sacred College who had most widely and longest dissented from Cardinal Antonelli became reconciled to him. According to these accounts there was unusual accord among all to defend the territory by all means in their power. It is not said whether the protest has as yet been presented, though it is very probable. THE BOURSE, Jan. 18.—The market has been heavy, with very little business. Threes have been done at 68f. 85c., to 68f. 75c. ; Mobilier 770 f. to 766 f. 25c. ; Lombard, 565 f. to 562 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 537 f. 50c. to 535 f. ; Lyons, 924 f. 25c. to 918 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,387 f. 50c. to 1,382 f. 50c. ; Southern 512 f. 50c. to 540 f. ; Western, 580 f. to 577 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations: — ft per Cents. .... 97 50 Credit Foncier 727 50 Do. end month .. 97 Belgian 4i 99 3 per Cents 6s 85 Piedmontese (5) .. 84 75 Do. end month 6B 80 itoman .. Bl 50 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier .. 770 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 7 68 76 Home Debt 43 25 RAILWAYS. - Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 917 50 .. 918 75 Geneva — .. 500 Southern Western 578 75 .. 581 25 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7e. ; money, 25f. 6c.; three months, paper, 21f. 92c.; money, 24f. 91c. ITALY. The Cologne Gazette contains the following : "Tile attitude of Prussia and Russia merits examination. Some persons have lately_said that they were both drawing towards Austria, and that those powers would unite in opposing French ten dencies in Italy. The falsity of these conjectures is simply shown by the fact that the views of those three powers on the *solution of the question of Central Italy are completely different; for, whilst Austria desi:es the restoration of the Dukes and the restitution of Romagna to the Pope, Prussia and Russia do not think that the restoration is possible, do not wish for a kingdom of Etruria, and draw towards the views of England. in desiring' the annexation of the Duchies to Sardinia." ACCIDENT TO SIR H. RorEß.—On Saturday an accident of a serious nature occurred to Sir H. Roper, of Stoke House, near Chichester. He was out with the hounds, when his horse stumbled and threw him with great vio lence against a tree, dislocating his shoulder and severely injuring him about the head, it being at first supposed that his skull was fractured. When taken up it was thought that he was dead, as he was in a perfectly unconscious state. He was removed home in a fly,—Brighton Guardian. SAVOY.—The new governor of Savoy, M. Orso- Serra, on receiving officially the visit of the municipal coun cil of Chambery, has stated to them that it has never boon proposed at Turin to cede Savoy to Franca. At the time of his appointment he formally declared to the Ministers of the Piedmontese Cabinet that he would not accept the post offgovernor of Savoy if there was the remotest idea of ced ing it to France. THE WE .A MAIL SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Atrato, Capt. Wooley, has arrived. Her date 3 are :—Grey Town, Dec. 17th ` ; Ja maica, 27th ; Hayti, 29th ; Berbice, 25th ; Deme rara, 27th ; Trinidad, 27th ; Barbadoes, 29th; Gre nada, 2Sth; Panama, 24th; St. Thomas, Jul. Ist. She brings 44 passengers, 483,810 dols. in specie; pearls and watches, value £2,580 ; 647 bags cocoa, five casks coffee, 132 serons cochineal, 816 serons indigo, 76 baleS tobacco, 227 packages silver ore, and sundries. _ _ The Medway left St. Thomas in company with the Atrato. The Tasmanian on the 17th of December arrived out at St. Thomas, at 8 a.m. _ _ _ On the Ist inst. her Majesty's ship Styx had left Trinidad for Demerara 'with Sir A. Cloete, Com mander of the Forces at Barbadoes, on board, The Gorgon was at Grey Town; the Imaum, Valorous, and Cossack at Port Royal ; the Jasper, gunboat, at Carthagena ; the Racecourse at Ha vannah ; and the Alert at Panama. The ships at St. Thomas were all free from fever. A few cases were reported on shore, including the death, on the 23d ult., of Mr. John Kains, General Surveyor of the Post-offices in the West Indies. The Atrato has accomplished the voyage in 171 days, although only able to use one engine, the other being disabled on her voyage out. She left St. Thomas at 5.30 p.m. on the Ist inst., accom panied by the Medway as a precautionary measure, but the latter was left astern the same night, and was not seen afterwards. At noon on the 28th ult., in lat. 17 51 N., long. 74 51 W., the British barque Washington, from Sunderland, bound to Havannah, was spoken by the Royal Mail steamer Teviot, arrived at St. Thomas. Ten convicts,who recently escaped from Cayenne in a boat, had arrived at Demerara. Carlo de Rudio, one of Orsini's accomplices in the attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon, was one of the party, but left them at Berbice. The rainy season had set in at Demerara. Exports for the fortnight included 3,267 hhds., 113 tierces, 39 barrels, 324 bags sugar. At Grenada the weather was fine, and crops on the ground promising. Another fire had occurred at Valparaiso. The Republic was quiet, and public works pro gressing favourably. A company had been formed to establish a bank of discount and issue, to be called the bank of Chili, to start with a capital of 400,000 dols. General Velasco, ex-President of Bolivia, died at Santa Cruz on the 17th of November. The dates from Salvador are to December 10. The British Minister had concluded a treaty with Hofiduras, which was considered likely to satisfy both the British and United States Governments. Exchange at Callao ruled at 39d. for scope, 22 to 25 per cent. for United States, American gold 25 per cent. premium, Chili gold 15 per cent. pre mium, English gold 20 per cent. on five dollars. Freights continued at 15 dollars to the united States, £3 to Europe, and £3 ss. to the West In dies. The markets at Valparaiso were dull, and few vessels had arrived witn cargoes. The season had been dry for crops, and fears of their suffering from smut were entertained. Exchanges on London, 441 per dollar, 60 days ; Paris, 465 per dollar , 90 day s ; United States, 10 per cent. par, 60 days. Business at St. Thomas on the 31st ult. was rather dull and backward. Little doing in freights; demand for biils fair, and sales of merchants paper had been 4.95 for 90 days' draughts on London, 4.97 k for 60 days, and 5 for 30 days ; 505 to 515 for 90 days on Paris ; 421 for 90 days on Hamburg. THE LATE eIR WILLIAM PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Raving read the letter which appeared in the Times relative to the well at Cawnpore and Haveloek's grave at Luoknow, I should wish to known if anything is about being done to mark the resting-place of the late Sir William Peel, cer tainly one of the most distinguished men who took part in the Indian struggle. An officer lately re turned from India has informed me that the grave (which has greatly 'fallen in) is now only to be discovered by a wooden cross, with the inscription nearly effaced. A subscription was set on foot in India soon after his death to erect a suitable monu ment, but, as it would appear, without success. Surely, if neither the Government nor his family will do anything to perpetuate the memory of this gallant man, his own profession and the public at large ought. Yours, &c. R. N. London, January 18th, 1860. L TE T R L- 7 , RUNGA.R Y. " A Hungarian," in a letter to the Times, says : --There are mang great events in the history of the world which would excite our astonishment if we knew from what slight causes they arose, and if we could realise their improbability. A moment, an opportunity taken advantage of, often suffices to save nations from their fall, and to lead them to wards regeneration and a powerful future existence. Such moments have recently been given to Hun gary ; for the Kazinczy festival, the petition of the Pesth students, the Grauer demonstrations, the laying of the foundation stone of the museum in Transylvania, the public attitude assumed by the Protestants of Hungary, have clearly proved that all classes of the country hold together, that they have enough energy in them to form a strong nation, and that, holding firm to their customs, language, nationality, rights, and to the integrity of the country and to the independence of their administration, they know very well how to dis cern the difference between laws and patent. It is impossible to describe the impression made upon the public mind in Hungary by the leading article in the Times of the 27th of December. The passage—" Were Austria to be relied upon, were she strong enough to hold her own, were there any hope that her provinces would support her, or that her multitudinous army could combat at once in ternal revolt and foreign invasion, she would still be the natural ally of this country ; for England above everything wishes to strengthen the unambitious Powers of Europe. But it seems now to be generally acknowledged that there is no hope for the Empire. Should Austria rise again to the rank of a powerful and prosperous State, it will be one of the most remarkable re coveries recorded in history. The worst of the disease is that it is chronic, and that, though the disease may be no worse than at present for many years, it is, almost certain she will be no better," was received with rejoicing, and earnestly studied by many, as a manifestation of the well-con sidered practical view taken and knowledge of the question expressed by England ; but the men who even.now, as if struck by blindness, hold the reins of Government with feeble hand, smile at these well meant warnings, for they deem themselves by far too wise to lend ear to anything like sound advice. Man is.prone to go along with success, and hails it with enthusiasm. The victorious arms of France —despite the envy they may have caused in some breasts—turned the heads of the whole world. The alliance between England and France is becoming daily more pronounced, closer and closer ; for in the opinion of a practical Briton, whose feelings go more with his interests than with his inclinations, Austria is of little weight and must appear light— yes, too light. The Austrian monarchy, by many considered necessary for the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe, possessed sympathies abroad as long - as she was strong ; but now that she has be come too weak to be a bulwark against an attack from the East, .too poor in the talents of her de spotically appointed protectionist statesmen to win the confidence and affection of her people, of too volcanic a nature to give a durable peace to Europe, divided by obstinacy and stupidity, sunk too deep to find sympathies abroad where such still exist even for the worst systems of Go verment, she must either fall under the fate of complete dissolution or be reconstructed altogether ; and this every man knows who will not deceive himself. The only means of Austria saving herself would be for her to return to that point where she aban doned the path of legitimacy, of the laws, of acknowledged rights, and to act towards all her provinces up to the spirit of the present ago. But the Hungarian question is the most difficult —the most complicated—the most urgent ; it ought to be settled the very first, because by the passive resistance shown by Hungary everything is kept at a standstill, and Austria cannot form a Power with a dissatisfied Hungary ; sh( is, as it were, paralyzed, and yet she will not admit that the Hungarian question is the vital question of Austria, . _ The Wood-Rangers. From the French of Luis de Bellomare. By Captain Mayne Reid, author of the " Scalp Hunters," " Oceola," eto. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a most delightful work, full of freshness, life, and vigour. All the details of Indian life and adventures that have been brought before us by this author are remarkable for their striking nature, and this tale is equal to its predecessors. Although not original, the translation is so ably executed that few can detect a difference, and all lovers of spirit-stirring adventures, and admirable delinea tions of forest life, will be indebted to the author who has enabled them to peruse this book. The story is very complicated, and some may possibly deem it exaggerated in the last passages ; but those who have studied the course of events will ac knowledge the mysterious and marvellous manner in which the finger of justice has pointed out the criminal after years have rolled by, and the accumulation of occurrences have almost effaced the record of his crimes from the memory. A more solemn and striking scene could hardly be penned by the novelist than that which here de picts the last hour of Don Estevan. This proud and defiant man, who had outraged laws both human and Divine, had prospered as the guilty often do, and was on the eve of completing an undertaking which, in magnitude and magnifi cence, was to be the crown of his high endea vours, and the glory of his ambitious life. This was the hour of Heaven's retribution, when the splendours of earth's highest honours and the trea sures of her richest mines seemed to become the appanage and adorn the existence of the daring aspirant. He had wandered far and wide—in the court, the city, and the camp—had crossed and re-crossed the ocean, and had braved the horrors of many a stormy conflict ; yet he escaped the dangers of the storm, the whirl wind, and the fire, to hear the still small voice which came unawares upon him while he went, as he thought, where no eye could see him, while-- "He bent his steps where twilight reigns sublime, O'er forests silent since the birth of time." As the trumpet of the last • judgment the summons sounded in the ear of the exulting sinner, and told him that that day " his soul was required of him." A more spirited hero than Tiburcio could hardly be imagined. He was all that enters into the mind when conjuring up visions of dauntless chiefs and heroic warriors. In the description of the adven tures of " Tancred" in the East, it is said that he was regarded by the foe with the highest considera tion, " not because he was a great prince whose ransom would bring many camels to their tribe, but because he had shown those feats of valour which the wild desert honours ;" so, in the chronicle of this hero's adventures, we lose sight of his being the descendant of the most chivalric and stately nobility in Christendom, in the feeling of admiration which is called forth by his personal prowess and individual greatness. He required not -to look into the past for renown while his present was so glorious and his future so rich in promise. It is a satire on the futility that often attends the efforts of men, prompted by greed, gain, and gold, to survey the scenes that took place in the Golden:Valley. To the/daring Don Estevan, and the despicable Cuchillo, it was as if they were gaming, like the Israelite of old, on the promised land which he might not enter. To the brave trio, consisting of Fabian de Mediana, as Tiburcio was then styled, and the brave " Woodrangers," the hindrance offered to their search for gold was a disappointment, but not a vital hindrance. They looked on gold as a means, not an end, and the ob stacle that drove them back was not to their minds like the crystal bar which forbade entrance into Eden. When all was over, and the double murders of Fabian's mother and his adopted father had been avenged, all wish for wealth had departed from the honest minds of this brave band, and they left un touched the glittering piles, to gain which their enemies had been selling their souls to the powers of darkness, Cuchillo had murdered, in the most revolting manner, the man Who trusted him, and Don Estevan had several times planned the destruc tion. of Fabian, after having deceived, in the most treacherous manner, the confiding Don Augustin. The crime of Cuchillo had been perpetrated, like that of his patron, where no eye but that of his Creator saiv him murder his fellow-creature, but, unseen by man, it was marked of God. The dis clorure was as sudden to the guilty pair as if the sea had given up its dead from the depths of its fathomless waves, and as if the silent desert had found a voice to declare the outraged traveller "by a dark stream was laid," as if what seemed eternally concealed beneath the shade of its giant trees, was revealed by the murmurs of its mighty waters. In the course of the narrative the reader will find much noticeable description of the strange and peculiar life of the woodrangers, of which gallant band two finer specimens could not be ad duced than Bois-Rose and Pepe. The grand old Canadian sailor, and the brave Spanish carabineer found pursuits that were kindred to their daring souls, and a home congenial to their brave natures, in the primeval prairies, the forest depths, and the lonely deserts. No Indian hero whose only hope, when his life is over, is to resume his beloved sport in the eternal hunting grounds that await him in the land of spirits, could have exceeded in his fiery ardour the cool courage of these hardy adventurers. The preroga tive given to the sons of men to have dominion over the creatures that walk the earth is never more grandly exercised than when they track the beasts of prey to their hidden lairs, and confront the forest kings with a hardihood and dexterity that proves them to be the lords of creation. Those who desire to dwell on stirring scenes and startling adventures will find a treasure in this record of the " Wood Rangers," which may be fairly commended to the reading community as a work of mark, presenting as it does a glowing description of gallant deeds, and a striking passage of the annals of crime. It is, therefore, undoubtedly a successful addition to the stores of forest delineations. A Visit to the .Phillippine Islands. By Sir J. Bowring, F.R.S., late Governor of Hong- Kong. Smith and Elder. A work from the pen of the British plenipotentiary in China must necessarily attract some attention, since his official position would naturally give him many opportunities of observation which are denied to others. In the present instance, however, in ad dition to his diplomatic dignities, the author of the work before us bears a name not unknown in lite rature, and the narrative of his visit to the eastern Spanish Archipelago has consequently a double claim on the public. At the close of 1858 Sir John Bowring was recommended to relinquish for a time the cares of his office and to undertake a sea voyage. Having decided on visiting the Phillippines, he embarked on board her Majesty's ship Magicienne, which was placed at his disposal. His visit was a most successful one. Every one vied to do him honour and to show hospitality, with the excep tion, strange to say, of the British consul at Manila. Though Sir John 130 wring's excursion was a short one, the information which he gathered respecting the locality is comprehensive and complete. He re marks, with truth, that of these interesting islands but little is generally known. The manufacture of cheroots at Manila has rendered the name of that province familiar to us ; but with that exception they are scarcely ever mentioned. M. de la Giron niere's romantic work, of which a translation was published in this country, attracted some attention a few years ago; but Sir J. Bowring plainly tells us that there is little dependence to be placed on the truth of his narrative. Manila, so called from the fortification of that name, is the most prospe rous and populous province of the Phillippia-es. Its harbour is one of the most frequented i n th e Eastern world. The city of Manilawas founded in 1581, and Philip the Third bestowed on it sundry honours. An teresting account of the discovery of islands is prefixed to the volume. It apats that Portuguese s o na Fernando de Magellanes, the famou s z (Ise2poa. (separating navigator, started with a fleet of si vessels voyage of discovery in the Eastern seas in passing the straits which bear hiename Terre del Fuego from the m a i n l an d of South Ame rica), he arrived at these islands, where he succeeded in conciliating the king and people, who recognised the sovereignty of Spain, and took the oaths of subjection. However, this favourable state of things did a n: n i t a e st r n l a o l n Na g v , forr Magellanes having bee n s l ai n in inwhich he was taking part with his new ally, all th e rest of the leaders of the expedition were invited to a feast by the treacherous m ont d h e e r i e r d v . oy king fleet had d d b een basely lost murdered. Vitoria, returned to Three vessels of the Spain,ag e out,be being g d one th e only, first vessel that had circumnavigated other expediti ons the command er o f themet the globe. Various fo w u i r t t h h osifmthileamr g d a is v a e st t e h r e s n , a am n d e of the Phili pp i nes to the group of islands in honour of the Prince of Asturias, afterwards the gloomy and merciless Philip the Second. The fifth expedition succeeded in establishing themselves on the; island. of Zebu which was for some the seatof Spanish authority. time The sketch which is iven of g the successive governors is somewhat melancholy. Their tenure of office is usually extremely brief, and they are displaced by the Spanish Government without any 1 , • Asitation for the most trifling reasons. Bt e ween 1806 and 1844, there were no less than fourteen go vernors, but it is worthy of note that durinc , the period in which there have been 78 governors there have been only 22 ar - lops ; and b . h the many ocea,si.ons on which the clerical dig• • nitary 19,5, temporarily held th e reins • of government h ave tier-re,.(l to con..:,.elicl.th , i 1.1( ,- . - 2 , .:ciciastiwal (:tithe Misuuderbeandiu - gs between the Church and State could hardly be avoided where each has asserted a predominant power, and such mis understandings have often led to the effusion of blood and the dislocation of government. Mutual jealousies exist to the present hour, and as the friars, in what they deem the interests of the people, are sometimes hostile to the NieWS of the civil authority, that authority has frequently a right to complain of being thwarted, or feebly aided, by the local clergy." The popu lation consists of Spaniards, Indians, Chinese, and. mixed races. They have received 'very different characters from different visitors, but the author's opinion of them is favourable. In an interesting chapter on population, he gives some account of the peculiar qualities of the different races. The earthquakes have been very destructive, and have considerably . altered the geography of tho islands. On one occasion a mountain disappeared; on another a passage was opened to the sea. "In 1645, for two months, there was a succession of fearful. earthquakes. In Cagayan a mountain was over turned, and a whole town engulphed at its foot. All the public buildings in the capital were de stroyed, except the convent and the church of the Augustines and that of the Jesuits. Six hundred persons were buried in Manila under the ruins of their houses, and 3,000 altogether are said to have lost their lives." On the subject of these convul sions of nature, Sir J. Bowring writes as follows : " Like ether tropical climates, the Philippines are visited by the usual calamities gathered by the wild elements round that line which is deemed the girdle of the world. Violent hurricanes produce fearful devastations, typhoons cover the coasts with wrecks, inundations of rivers and excessive rains destroy the earth's produce, while long-continued droughts are equally fatal to the labours and the hopes of husbandry. Earthquakes shake the land, overturn the strongest edifices, and sport destructively with the power of man; volcanic mountains inundate the earth with their torrents of burning lava; clouds of locusts sometimes devour all that is green upon the surface of the ground ; and epidemic diseases carry away multitudes of the human race. The ravages caused by accidental fires are often most calamitous, as the greater part of the houses are constructed of inflammable materials. When such a disaster occurs it spreads with wonderful rapidity, and there being no adequate means of extinction, a whole population is often rendered houseless. During the change of the monsoons especially, the storms are often terrific, accompanied by very violent rains, fierce lightning, and loud thunder. If in the night the darkness thickens. Many lose their lives by lightning strokes, and houses are frequently carried away by the vehemence of the torrents." In one of the islands the author met Dr. Lefevre, whom he had known in Egypt 20 years before, and was interested to find that his opinions respecting the treatment of the plague were entirely un changed. Long years of experience and study of this fearful disease had only convinced. him of the soundness of his theories. The system of quaran tine, this physician regards as not only useless, but directly mischievous, and asserts that plague has never been knoWn to originate or spread where the air is in a state of great purity ; also that endemic: plague is unknown in countries where proper re- - gard is paid to hygienic precautions. Long and in teresting accounts are given of the history, geography, government, and produce of these islands ; of the races, religions, manners, and ens oms of the people, and several chapters aro entirely devoted to the commerce, manufactures, and finance. A selection of the native proverbs is curious, and a chap ter on the languages of the Archipelago will attract the philologist. The chapter which the author had originally written on this subject was unfortunately submerged in the Red Sea by the wreck of the Alma, and much of its contents is conse quently illegible,but the apology is scarcely necessary' since his sketch of the various tongues is. full of research and ingenuity. There is perhaps a little redundancy and repetition perceptible in the work, but its general value will be readily acknow ledged by the reader. Of the islands themselves the visitor speaks with enthusiasm, dwelling on the magnificent beauty of their primeval forests, and the undisturbed luxuriance of their fertile vegeta tion. The numerous coloured illustrations, which add greatly to the attractions of this handsome volume corroborate his descriptions, and confirm the remark of M. Mallat, that of all colonies founded by Europeans, these regions are per haps the least known, and the most worthy of being known. The work before us will go far to enlighten the ignorance or indifference of the Eng lish public, and if its readers are not tempted to explore for themselves, they will at least gain e ,arge amount of entertainment and information frog 'he author's account of these interesting localities* Learn and Teach: a Poem. By C. H. Abrahslir author of " Arctic Enterprise." Mallett, War' dour-street. The author of this little work is earnest in bll aspirations, and fervent in the expression of h . t. sentiments. The object of his poem is to set forte the great duties of mankind—to learn from Of constant study of virtue and knowledge h ow to sP° -ranee in the path of human progress, and to O r lighten and encourage those who are without s guide on tho road. Thi s id ea h e em b o di es i n • °°r of allegory, in which a youth, wandering amid the mountains, hears in their mighty solitudes a voic e of warning and instruction. The following passag e affords a fair sample of the author's descriptio n : From Nature's hand free-fashion'd, and intended For freedom's clime, By her great self from tyrant-step defended; And tyrant-crime, There is a Land that looks upon the world, As with a Heaven-assured defiance, hurl'd Mutely below.; All-coldly there around the tiller's toil She piles her snows, yet from the sacred soil They shut the foe. For wild exploit that land yields not to any, By many virtues, as by mountains many, On high uplifted ; Her womanhood is fair, her manhood free, Robust, and, as the mountaineer should be, Valiant and gifted ; Still prompt with various viand to regale The pilgrim-stranger, Fer he is of the desert and the dale, Alike, the ranger : There oft,—to bring the chamois to the bay,— With rifle girded, Well-breath'd, and with a body for the fray Belted and sworded ; Bloodhound to trail, and telescope to say Where ho is herded; Accoutred w e ll,ttro d u p g e h ril m th an gh y tl a y wil ; dering day, A He wends, and wilr his heart si ts yvith song lightly the hours . away, Fo The subjoined verses are melodious and pleasing" Home again, home again, reft one, That o'er blighted h opes art mourning I Home again I—yet there is left one His prayergTphlhane t he esne voice e t or i i l te l ei wi sodf th eiia th t e o e, Who waits thy re t urn i ng I thy warner h e thou s ra p e o a a le a n s What avails, n w e h , c a r t l a e v a a d i s l s to th r y ep l e a u m t e in n g ti , ng t , o s t th n y o t e c o o ul ar 01. Thr Co o m u To amend is the way to atone. If the throes of remembrance =blest Bring dspa, Or the s ti ng of remor se, e like ir a thorn in thy breast, Rankle there ; In thy y ears y e t to come be thy refuge at last, In the future, a balm for the pangs of the past I The author is evidently well acquainted with the best of our modern poets, and his mottoes are gool and well chosen. The moral of the work is bell expressed in two of its own lines— " Learn ancVimpart to all within thy reach, But praKi c e still the precepts thou dost teach." The concl-asion of the first part of the poem the expresses the same thought amplified.— LE1.8.11 THEN, AND TEACH I nor pass that precept by, Ever the sternest, — How best to live so as the best to die i Teach, and be earnestl This is the sum of wisdom ; a rich treasure !lath he who metes his conduct by this measure, And so guides his going, That still some sweet spring up his path to bless, In every step throughout life's wilderness For ever growing. But above all, a few brief truths instill, In life's young day, Ere, if thou canst, the thought of action ill Hath sway ; Point to the time, and give this truth to know, As its moments fly,— ",Virtue alone is happiness below," Vice, misery ; Contentment, the true wealth in every station; Unbounded hope, a mere infatuation. THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.—Proieo oor Anderson has boon astonishing the natives at Howittlai Along series of entertainments was attended with the 10 1 signal success, and tho Wizardwas pronounced, by the denizens of that distant portion of the globe, to be the OW' wonderful man alive. With his usual generosity, . Professor closed his visit with two performances for th benefit of the funds of the Queen Emma's Hospital. l b° se result of the entertainment was that a very large sum IL,. handed over to the trustees, who a c k now l e d ge d, in handsomest manner possible, their obligations to Mr. Jel dorson, and at the same time expressed th e i r m ost ferve n o wishes for his future success. A grand demonstratie • took place on the occasion of the talented artiste leaving island. CORT TESTIMONIAL FUND.—Wo understand tbre this fund is now progressing at Manchester, under . i re° lo influential auspices than has e ver y e t been attomPte" - Great Britain, for the reli e f o f H enr y C or t' s age d family in consideration of his marvellous inventions for the men facture of bar iron, the total make of which during the i s t f, seventy years exceeds thirty millions of tons, and are e s mated to have saved th e consumers a t h ome , a t £lO %, ton, instead of £ 30, th e p r i ce o f f ore i g n iron previell. s _ii: Six Hundred Millions Sterling, out of native materl7;,', useless before, and native labour. The committee at g'7,.; Chester is represented by the Mayor, Ivie Mackie, Es s r Thomas Baz'ey, .Esq., M.P. ; James Aspinall Esq., M.P. ; Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. ; William r 1 1 4 .; bairn, Esq., F.R.s. ; Joseph Whitworth, Esq., F. ll " te o Benjamin Hick T , Esq. ; John Penn, Esq. ; Thos. We bs ,. Esq., ; and John Boyd, Esq. More than 560011701' been already sulbscribed, and the fund is expected to r e e d £2,000 when all the principal towns in Lancashire 1.1. Yorkshire hay@ been appealed to. 11 Eni sent peel tar: onl: mai nov the eats ann the Chi: and Stoc whil Th Buhr ( au:tia ittaot as fo' Ix half. Preci, and I ter m tie s I fund. Peric Tt core / a pry the 4229, 1 411; met Th e VI I tilloi 41 181 rate , a l the