The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-11 00:00:00

------- - EDUC HIL ATION REN OF PO LONODON. R CATHOLIC CD IN A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at ST. JAMES'S HALL on THURSDAY, the 14th inst., at One o'clock, for the EX TENSION of EDUCATION among the CATHOLIC POOR. The Most Rev. Archbishop MANNING will preside. P'uDuO USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and un furnished TOWN, rban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded tor two stamps, upon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, lacing the Museum. ---- 0 UTH KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, 1.:7; Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort gardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-ro id, Onslow and S T hurloe squares. Colt'ns. itc. Me, srs TO LIS aud Ito BE itT ',aye I DEN CES to SELL and LET in these an surroundiandng localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Itogend t-street, south Kt.nsington, lacing' the Museum. fl AZIC;T A L PA LAC E .—GREAT 1) NY and ‘-) EVENING WEDDING. FETE TO-MORROW (Tuesday), in commemoration of the Weotheg of her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. This truly popular day with all classes will be duly cele brated in unison w ith the general feeling at the Crystal Palace. Open from Ten till T e n—twelve ours. A of all kinds will fill u p the day and ev hening. musements Palace open at lO. 0 Royal Salute of Aerial Maroons ou Terrace and Military Band . l. 0 Orchestral Band 2. 0 Great Fountains 4. 0 Balloon Ascent by Mr. Coxwell 4.15 Combined Bands—Wedding Music 4.30 Ethardo Chang, Chinese Giant Popularßevels on Stage, Pantomimic Ballet until Special and most brilliant Illumination of Palace, decorated—Flags, Banners, and Wreaths, up to And everybody and Everything. ONE SHILLING only. Children half-price. NoI-B.—Arrangements will be made for a few good re served seats. Amusements To-morrow. TEETH.—AIr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. Eskell, surgeon-dentist, ot 8, Gros venor-street, W.) may be.consulted on all cases ot Dental de tect or deficiency. Ile has made arrangements for the use of Mr. Eskell's Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled ARTIFICIAL TEETH of the utmost durability are constructed (in a few hours when necessary), and are worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervous persons for any length of time, without pain, unpleasantness, or discomfort. The iavention applied to teeth of ordinary or interior construction. PAINFUL TEETH OR DISEASED STUMPS EXTRACTED WII'IIOUT PAIN. No chloroform ! and perfectly safe. OSTEO-PLASTIC ENAJIEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases 01 stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened and all operations on the most approved principles. Terms strictly moderate. Consultations free. 291, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and 3lansvr, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT : Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &z.; Mesdames Cavend!sh, Wright, Lovell, drc. After which, T E FAVOU KITE OF FonrIINE : Messrs, Bothern, Buckstone, Chippendal e, Rogers, Asc.; Mesdndleyamei Chippendale, Saville, 3Mr loore, Fitzwilliam, Hill, Li, ezc. Concluding with SHOCKING EVENTS: . Chip; en dale, Mr. Compton ; Miss Lovell, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Geo. Vining'. THIS EVESING, A LUCKY HIT. Messrs. J. G. Shore, IL M e llon. and Hiss K. Rodgers. Alter which, at Eight. LOUIS XI. Louis, Mr. Charles Kean ; Martha, Mrs. Charles Kean. Concluding with QUIET LODGINGS. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE. Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. T R IS EVENING, a new petite Comedy, entitled DOCTO R DA.VEY. Garrick (the Actor), Mr. 11. Vezia ; Messrs. Evans, Stanley, (tc. ; Mrs. Ho• sman and Miss Henrade. Atter which. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. Fechter; Messrs. Jordan, imary, Vezin, W iddicomb, Fitz patrick, tlorsman, Evans, Moreland, &c. ; Miss Lay. nu, Mrs. Ternan, Mrs. llorsman, miss Hatch, Miss Duyeracy, and Miss Henrade. To conc'tyle with a farcical sketch. UP IN' THE WORLD. Mr. 11. Widdicombe; Messrs. Evans, Pitzp thick, &c. ; Miss Borsman, Mrs. C. Horsman. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7 precisely (.t2d time), a new Drame- Comedy. in Four Acts, entitled T A.ST FAMILY: Messrs. Billington, J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, R Phillips, Ashley, liburne ; Mrs. Allred Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss 11. Simms, IliiB3 Furtado, Miss Smith (her 321 appearance), Miss Seaman, Miss Godsall, and Mrs 11. Lewis. Aft r which (first time ) , an Andulusian Ballet Diver IEBO - called LA FLOR l)IC S oNILLA, by the miebrated Spanish Dancers, El Senora Campubi, El Senor Allem any, and La Senorita Elvira, from the Teatro Real, Madrid. To corclude with CIIYING JENNY AN D LAUGHING JOHNN Y. Mcsars. J. L. Toole, W. 11. Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon and Idi,s Furtado. ROYAL STRAND 'THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, A LF.XIN A ; cr, True unto Death. Messrs. Parcelle, Thorne, Price ; Misses zwan borough and Simpson. Alter which nil! be produced a grand Eas'er Burlesque, FAKI ; or, \'ive Lc mpiere : Mee=ts. Stoyle, t horne,JameN, Fenton Mesdames A. Swanburougb, Ilaynharn, bluipSon. Johnstone, [Canoe, and Bolt. To conclude with JACK'S DELIGII P. QADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.- Under the Management of Mr. W. 11. C. Nation. Enthusiastic Success and Last Five Nights of THE POOR STROLLERS. THIS EVENING (Monday., 70, Bth 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th NlAts of W. Brough's brilliant Burlesque of PAPIL LON ETTA. Mis les L. Willmore, Ada Harlani,F.Gwynne, Hudspeth; Mr. Belmore. Pree , ded each eveninrr, with Watts Phillips' powerful Adtlphi Drama of THE POOR STROLLERS. Messrs. T. Swinbourue, Delmore, Barrett, Mlntyre, C. Warner, and Miss Ada Dyas. On SA I'URD &Y NEXT, June 16 (first tithe), a dramatic adaptation of Charles Dickens, E3q.'s latest work Our Mutual Friend," entitled THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN. New scenery and powerful situations. Commence at Seven. Acting Manager, Mr. NYE CHART. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER .— G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, 14:cl_tware-road, is specially appointed AGEN e to deliVer the LAIR If.DITIoN tit .riik: SUN " at the earliest possible moment atter leaving the press. lie is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same Lyening, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. lIE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION al Chelsea, 7.40 ; Kllbu.n, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30 Uxbridge, 9.20; Walford, 8.45. THE LATEST EDITION of " TIIE SUN." 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Although war has not yet been declared, it may now be momentarily expected; and, in point of fact, we hardly see how it can be avoided after what has taken place in Holstein respecting the advance of Prussi an troops. to Count I CAROLTI, protesting Count MENSDORFF has sent a N ote the troops against the entry o f into Holstein, and declaring the step to be a violation o f the Gastein Convention, which treaty should hay, beenconsidered valid until a definitive settlementof the sigc Duchy question had been made. The most is that Austria thro ws the ant part of the Note responsibility of the consequences of thi s a ff a i r upon Prussia, an d reserves to herself lib er t y of action for the future. It is t he next thing to a declarati on of war on both sides that the two consenting parties to the Gastein Convention should have each declared that the other has violated its condi t i ons, for this oft-quoted Convention was the tie that bound them together most completely, and of cours e the charge of being the first to reverse the decision is the greatest reproach that can be made under the circumstances. The Government of Vienna have now received information to the effect that the Prussian troops have occupied many places and are about to occupy more. General von GABLENZ has declined the invitation of General von MANTEUFFEL to resume the common Government of the Duchies. Of course the Vienna Government is too sharp witted not to perceive the insidious motive of this proposal, for it is merely a strategy to gain time until the Prussians had secured a firm footing to themselves in the Duchy of Holstein. The greatest excitement now prevails as to the opening of the Holstein Estates, which event will probably be the turning point to decide the momentous question of peace or war. The Prussians will not permit these Estates to meet in any part of Holstein, a n d General von MANTEUFFEL will take necessary steps to further this order. Of course doubt prevails as to whether Austria will oppose the measures taken by Prussia, or remain still longer in abeyance. It is not probable that the Austrians will consent to look on while the Prussians lord it over the Duchies after this fashion. No one can believe that such a thing as the proclamation re cently issued by General von MANTEUFFEL can be permitted to stand. In this he orders the dissolu tion of all political societies, and suspends the pub lication of all political newspapers until legal autho risation can be granted to them. The General also announces the dissolution of the Holstein Govern ment, which the Austrian authorities had appointed. The King of PRUSSIA, it is intimated in conclusion, intends to convoke the Estates of Schleswig and Holstein, in order to carry out the principle of unity of both Duchies. This is, certainly, taking the law into his own hands with a vengeance, and it is in point of fact a direct provocation to the Austrians to declare war. Very likely they may be driven to this in self defence; but if they are really the ones to give the signal, the Prussians will be the virtual aggressors, and the nations of Europe will admit this to be the fact. When Prussia goes so far as to appoint a Chief President for a new Government of the two Duchies it is high time to be prepared for any con- tingencies that may arise. It is curious to notice the dilemma in which the King of PRUSSIA is placed in consequence of the policy of his Government being adverse to the popular opinian of the country. So many addresses in favour of peace have been forwarded to His MAJESTY, and are still being forwarded, that he has deputed the Minister of the Interior to reply to them in general terms. The Minister accordingly gets out of his difficulty as best he can, and states that the KING " reluctantly perceives in these ad dresses an absence of the devotion which charac terised the Breslau address," but he repeats the assurances which he then gave as a fittinc , answer to all their addresses—the KING it is declared ex pects in view of growing dangers, the " uncondi tional devotion of his people." This is cool assur ance, but perhaps not more than might be expected from the self-crowned KING. What right has he or any of his Ministers to expect the devotion of a people to sustain them in difficulties that have been occasioned by the most wanton acts of spoliation and aggression. The " growing dangers" emphatically alluded to arc nothing but the natural conse quences of the fatal policy pursued by Prussia in spite of all warnings and in defiance of all advice. No wonder that the people of Prussia should have at last found a tongue, and made known their un willingness to engage in a war which will be costly, and perhaps ruinous, for no earthly end that they can see but the gratification of Count BISMARCK'S whims. We are glad to see that they have sense and spirit to discern the pitfalls before them, and to protest against the unwarrantable course of their rulers. The Breslau address was an unusual ex pression of loyalty, such as we are not likely to meet with again in a hurry in the same direction. Now that the chances of hostilities are so imminent it is not at all likely that the people will allow themselves any longer to act a part, and condone offences which so greatly militate against their interests. It is an unfortunate beginning to an arduous struggle that the people should this show themselves so unwilling for any war to take place at all ; and it is the more ominous, because the Emperor of AUSTRIA has been supported with the greatest unanimity, and continues to receive fresh proofs of zeal and devotion, so that the two Powers will not engage in warfare upon equal ,erms. It is not yet quite out of the question that an arrangement of an amicable nature may be come to, but the chances are so much against it that it seems almost useless to think of it or to speculate upon how or where the difficulties will be adjusted. In all probability we shall 80011 receive intelligence of war having actually broken out, and, if so, Prussia and her friends will have cause to rue the day. France, now so tranquil, will not long remain an inactive spectator of the struggle ; and of one thing we are certain, the people of this country will regard with indifference the spoliation of the Prussian terri tories, for that Power has shown itself so reckless of consequences, and so indifferent to the claims of justice, that it has forfeited the respect and regard once entertained towards it. Honour and honesty have been banished from the high places at Berlin, and any mischances that the events of war may bring will be looked upon in the light of a retribution rather than considered to assume the shape of a misfortune. Annual festivals are generally somewhat tedious things. They are very similar in feature—the speakers, however gifted in their several spheres, are forced to keep to the matter in hand, and the matter in hand is only interesting to those con nected with the institution. The loyal and national toasts are routine work, into which it is very diffi cult to infuse either spirit or originality ; and every one knows that speaking or writing to order is at at least a troublesome business. Sometimes, however, we have to celebrate the anniver sary of some association or establishment which belongs rather to the whole public than to any particular body of philanthropists, and whose interest is sufficiently general in its character to commend itself to all who think, read, and feel. Such may fairly be claimed to be the attribute of the Newspaper Press Fund, for those whom he designs to benefit are truly public servants, and the results of their labours are felt and seen around us every day. The most distinguished statesman re lies upon the assiduous industry of the reporter for the faithful exposition of his policy; the foremost orator cannot disregard the profession which en larges his audience from a limited assemblage to the whole intelligence of the country. On the other hand, the humblest and most obscure indi vidual feels a security for his rights and liberties in the existence of the Press, on which he knows he may depend for the ex posure of his wrongs if oppressed, or for independent opposition to the insidious encroachments of power. Until lately the literary profession was supposed to share the failing attached to most of those who live by the exercise of their heads rather than their hands, whose em ployment depends on the continuous exertion of thought or judgment, or taste or imagination. Authors, artists, and actors make their money rapidly and wit n h lg.e s s eeming ease, but the exer cise itsoelff etxhheausfatclu'ti T by he w w h o ic rk which done they w m it a h keitis compa rative easeand quickness necessitates rest even more than longer and calmer application. He who works against tittle must " put up the steam," and though the goal is reached sooner, the expendi ture is greater than power in a quiet and dilatory journey. Those who pursue these professions for their livelihood are very apt, therefore, to deceive TtiE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY' themselves and to deceive others. Because their work is less monotonous and incessant than that of most other callings, they too often forget that their income is more precarious, and that nature not unfrequently avenges the neglect of her warnings by paralysing the cunning hand or dulling the active brain.. So many painful instances are on record of men who have done their generation good service breaking down unexpectedly in the prime of their days when they thought to have many years of laborious work before them, that all must feel and acknowledge the truth of Lord GRANVILLE'S observation, that there is special need for members of the Press to remember the duties of foresight and prudence. The Institution, whose annual gather ing was held last evening under the kindly presidency of Earl GRANVILLE, was designed to meet the evils which every intelligent and thoughtful man was prompt to recognise. It had been in existence for many years previously to its thorough reorganisation some two years since, but it has since then been placed on a better and more substantial footing. The Press of this country has no need to make its asso ciations dependent on charity ; its members are sufficiently numerous and independent to provide for themselves ; at the same time, since the contributions of the richer and more fortunate brethren of the few may well be asked on behalf of the poor members of the professsion, there is no ground for churlishly refusing any subscriptions or donations which may be offered by the general public, in kindly recognition of the services rendered by the free and independent Press of this country. The objection raised in some quarters to the public character of this fund—that it would transfer the independence of the Press—more especially so far as reports were concerned, is simply ridiculous. If the English Press had been conducted on such prin ciples as that it would never have attained its present influential and important position. Most certainly it need not have been at the trouble of organising a public fund as a means of receiving bribes or extorting assistance. Lord GRANVILLE, in his usual courtly, kindly manner touched upon this objection merely to dispose of it, and set forward the claims of the society on the support of its members in the strongest possible light. The number of contri butiOns had, he said, increased, although the number of members was not yet fully proportionate to the numbers of the profession in town and county. Increasing subscriptions, he pointed out to his hearers, would not only add to the fund for indi gent brethren, but they would enable them to support what Mr. DICKENS justly called the soundest part of the scheme—the system of annuities. His lordship's excellent address was received with warm applause, and he was preceded and followed by noble lords and honourable gentle , men belonging to all parties and professions, giving testimony to the high manner in which the free Press of this country is held, and showing how . ready and kindly is the sympathy felt for those who labour in the interests of the public. dard, was Friday last. There is the same notion in France about St. Medard as there is in England ' relative to St. Swithin in July, that if it should rain on the Bth June there will be rain for 40 successive days afterwards. Last year there was on St. Me dard, but the proverb was not verified, for there was very fine dry weather soon after St. Medard. This year not a drop of rain fell. It was a most scorching day without a cloud, the hottest we have had, with the thermometer at 106 Fahrenheit in the sun and about 90 in the shade. The following day (Saturday) was equally fine but slightly cooler. Great fears were entertained three weeks ago for the corn and grapes, as the weather was peculiarly adverse, and there were sharp frOsts every night. The grapes have quite recovered, and within a radius of 20 miles of Paris the wheat crops are splendid. They promise an early and abundant harvest. To the south of and nearly in un fi u n s e u ' ally high, for I full Paris e a t r h . e In wh eat so m some s p lace s particularly it i s believe wheat does not often reach two yards. Yon may walk through many fields in the vicinity of Sevres where the wheat is higher than yourself. As to fruit, apricots, which were exceedingly plentiful last year, will this year be very scarce ; so will peaches, but other plums will be abundant. 'Cherries are exceedingly plentiful. The branches of the cherrytrees arc literally weighed down with them, and they are to be had almost for nothing. Pears are prolific and good, but not cheap yet. The ave rage price of those of good quality is Is. per peck. The quantity both of apples and pears will be im mense. Fish, which is usually dear in Paris, has been cheaper this season. Salmon, however, can seldom be obtained under ss. the pound. Mackerel have been 20 per cent. cheaper than last year. At the ordinary meeting of the Imperial Railway Carriage Company of Paris the accounts presented show that the receipts for the year 1865 amounted to 58,244,210 f. The gross receipts after deducting the salaries of the coachmen amounted to upwards of 17 millions. The number of horses employed on the 31st of December was 11,078 and the num ber of carriages 4,565 ; each producing an average revenue of 1007 f. The amount paid for forage was upward of 27,000,000 f. These carriages performed 1,098,564 journeys during the year. It was stated that the new regulations will be very advantageous to the company. The strike of the coachmen last year subjected the company to much loss. The magnificent vase of Amathonte has left Havre for Paris. It will come up the Seine, and is daily expected at the port of the Louvre. A Paris paper translates from a German journal the following account of Prussian Silesia. Prus ian Silesia, of which so much is said at the present time, is a province the population of which amounts to 3,500,000 inhabitants. Besides its capital of Breslau it contains a great number of populous towns and many fortresses of great strategical im portance. The population is half Sclavonian, half German. There are about the same number of Catholics as Protestants. The number of Jews and of different Christian sects is estimated at 50,000. Silesia was by turns a portion of the kingdoms of Poland and Bohemia. It then passed under the dominion of the house of Austria, from whom Frederic the Great wrested it in 1745. This conquest was facilitated by the sympathies of the Protestant Silesians, who had great reason to com plain of the intolerance of Austria. The Sclava population of Silesia are, for the most part, Poles. They are occupied in agriculture, whilst the Ger mans in general employ themselves in industrial arts. The report of a service of steam carriages on public roads assumes consistency. It is said that a plan is in course of organisat;on to run steam carriages from the Madeleine to the Bastille, a dis tance of about three miles. A man has just murdered his wife at Nogent Sur Marne by severing her head from the body with a chopper. He took flight after the crime, but left a note on the table stating that he meant to deliver himself up to the police. The heat has been tremendous to-day, with a heavy and oppressive atmosphere. Lord and Lady Cowley have left Paris for Lon don, in order to be present at the marriage of the Princess Mary of Cambridge with Prince Teck. Miss Russell's Concert. The frionds of this lady may be congratulated on the large and fashionable audience that assembled within the walls of the Canterbury Ilall on the occa sion of her concert, which took place on Friday even ing. The programme was one of the very highest order, and contained the names of several artistes of distinction, who had volunteered their services in behalf of this popular favourite. The " Piece de Resistance" was a selection from Verdi's opera of "La Traviata," in which Miss Russell undertook the role of Violetta, and the ap pearance of this lady was the signal for a perfect ovation, which lasted for some minutes, and which she gracefully acknowledged. When she was allowed to proceed her fine voice and brilliant exe cution were never heard to better advantage. She was ably supported by Signor Spanioli and Signor Tivoli. It was nearly one o'clock before the pro gramme could be completed, and then every one departed enraptured with the entertainment which had been provided by the fair " bienfaitrice." CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur is deficient of actual information in regard to the war, except that derived from the telegraphic despatches. The Constitutionnel, how ever, has a semi-official article, in which, after reviewing the position of affairs, it states that France will preserve strict neutrality, unless forced to inter fere by circumstances. This assertion of course leaves a large margin for future action on the part of France. The Emperor is a man of impulse, and such " circumstances" may arise at any moment. An Austrian paper received in Paris, the Notes Frenulenblatt, says that war may yet be prevented. All that is required is for France to declare to Prussia and Italy that she will remain neuter even in the pretence of Russian intervention in favour of Austria. I might cite other puerilities of the German Press. The proposed curtailment of the . Luxemburg Gardens excites some opposition, and various peti tions against it have been presented to the Senate. These petitions will be referred to the Ministers of State, and there seems a probability that the proposed curtailment may be abandoned. M. de Boissey spoke strongly against the proposal, and expressed the idea that the curtailment of the Lux emburg was only a step towards the curtailment of the gardens of the Tuileries. The subject is con sidered so important that a solemn official inquiry is about to take place. A letter from Florence, dated June 5, says : " War is now inevitable. It is said that at the ex piration of three or four days we shall hear cannon on the Elbe and on the Po. Do not forget, how- ever, that we have 30,000 volunteers to organise, equip, and arm. The arsenals can furnish equip ments for a million of men, but uniforms are wanted. It is not impossible that the present state of uncer tainty may be prolonged for a few days, unless Austria should take the offensive, which is not im possible, at least in Germany. The King returns in great haste to Florence, and on his arrival im portant measures will be adopted ; the first of which will be a forced loan of 750 millions. The credit of the State is much shaken abroad." The French Government has received despatches from Mexico to the 10th May, and from Vera Cruz to the 13th. Nothing of political or military im portance had occurred since the last accounts. The Emperor Maximilian, wishing himself to promote the economy recently suggested under the new financial system, had considerably reduced the ex penses of the Imperial establishment, and thus they had been brought within the limit of 500,000 piastres. The movements of General Lozada, in the Linoloa, had been suspended, the prompt paci fication of that promise being anticipated. The position of affairs in the Tamanlipas had been much improved, the capture of Ciudad-Victoria, by Col. du Pin, being considered as the guarantee of tran quillity by the natives. Curious devices are now adopted by some of the Paris papers to attract subscribers. The Nouvel Illustre, a halfpenny illustrated paper, sends the journal in a band on which the name and address of the subscriber is tastefully printed on beautiful paper, so that the band may serve as a visiting card. The Paris papers are not supplied through the medium of newsmen as in London, but are sent direct from the office. It may not be known that these printed envelopes form a serious item in the general expenses of a newspaper. A paper which has 50,000 subscribers pays for these envelopes rather more than £3OO a year, or, upon the average, say 2s. on account of the name and address of each subscriber. It is now the rage with Paris papers to offer prizes of all sorts to subscribers for six months and upwards. These prizes consist of books, maps, and miscellaneous fancy articles. The system bids fair to progress, and ere long the probability is that offers will be made to those who subscribe for a year to supply them w ith h a t s, s hi rts, coats, an d not on l y articles s s, but o perhaps rh o aercertain provisions qu quantity ne each tityap of s beef, ofdress, mutton, grocery, month. It may not be very inappropriate , t to supply food for the body as well as for the mind at the same time. So capacious is the imagination of Frenchmen of business that this idea, fanciful, perhaps, for the moment, will only, I think, become an accomplished fact. According to the private correspondence of the Moniteur, the Austrian troops in the Duchy of Holstein, commanded by Baron Gablenz only com prise 2,400 infantry , 150 horse, and one batter y of artillery. The Prussian arm y in Schleswi g , under the command of General Manteuffel, amounts to 19,000 men, to which ar e to be added 13,000 men cantoned in the Duchy Lauenbo ur g . Ike fete day of the French St. Swithip, St. Me- The Franchise Bill. Notice has been given of the following amend ments to this bill : Mr. Walpole—Page 3, clause 5, at the end, add " Provided always, That no such occupier shall be so registered in any year unless he shall have been rated in his owu name in respect of the premises to all rates for the relief of the poor made during the time of such his occupation so required as aforesaid, nor unless he shall have paid, on or before the 20th day of July in each year, all the poor rates and assessed taxes which shall have become payable from him in respect of such premises previously to the sth day of January then next preceding." Sir 11. Bruce—ln the event of clause 5 passing, to move " That, as the lowering of the franchise will then have been affirmed and the amount defined, it is inexpedient, considering the period of the year, and the importance of the other portions of that bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill, to proceed fur ther during this session with either bill." Mr. Buxton—After clause 14, insert the following clause : " All persons in the employ of Government who have been disabled from voting at the election of members to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom by reason of any Act or Acts in that be half hitherto in force, and by section (A) of this Act repealed shall, from and After the passing of this Act, and subject to the provisions thereof, be en titled to the exercise of the franchise." Mr. Weaber, an optician, of Oxford-street, has invented a clever little instrument which will prove of groat value to all who wear spectacles. All good spec tacles aro now made of pebbles, which do not scratch like glass, and are more free from flaws, but all pebbles are not good ones. This little instrument, which we have tested, though without understanding it, makes the quality of the pebbles at once apparent to the eye. If the lens placed in it is glass the spectator cannot see through it at all, if a good pebble he can as through an even piece of topaz, but if bad his eye is distracted by all the colours of tho prism. The multitude of little angles in a bad lens worry and strain the eye, as anyb o dy can see who will look patiently for a minute through an or di nary w i n dow pane, usually the very worst piece of g l ass i t i s poss ibl e to make. LORD GAINSBOROUGII.---It is with much regret that we have to announce the death of the Earl of Gains borough, who expired early yesterday morning. His lord ship was attacked with bronchitis threo months ago, and, notwithstanding his advanced age, ho partially recovered , when a relapse, the consequence o f a co ld, superinduced an attack of inflammation of the lungs, which proved fatal. The physicians who attended his lordship were Dr. Wat son, Dr. Roberts, Dr. Prothero Smith, and Dr. (lull. ELECTION EXPENSES.—The expenses incurred at the recent contest forTewkesbury have just been published. Sir E. A. H. Lechmere, the successful candidate, expended £.534 16s. Bd., besides the modest sum of £3 3s. for "per sonal expenses." Professional agents took no less than £231, although there was but a brief interval between the resignation of Mr. Dowdeswell and the election. Convey ance of voters cost £26 6s. The expenses of the unsuc cessful candidate, Mr. Martin, were £548 Bs. 2d., besides £2O for personal expenses, £286 2s. being paid to profes sional sgents, EVENING, JUNE 11, 1866 LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR CRISIS. ARRIVAL OF GARIBALDI. GENOA, June 11. Garibaldi arrived here last night from Caprera, and will set out at 5 p.m. to-day direct for Como. FLORENCE, June 11. The Opinione states positively that nothing has yet been decided relative to the modification of the Ministry in the event of War. Yesterday the Mexican Minister presented to the Ring a letter from the Emperor 11Iaximilian con ferring the Grand Cross of the Mexican Eagle upon Prince Humbert. THE OVERLAND MAILS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, June 10. The Massilia left at 6 30 p.m to-day. She may be expected at Marseilles on the 16th or 17th inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. GIBRALTAR, June 10. The Ripon, from Southampton, 4th inst., arrived at midnight yesterday, and left at 3 a.m. to-day for Alexandria, all well. She had experienced head winds. FRANCE. The Arago, which three days ago left Havre for New York with a full complement of passengers and goods, is one of the United States mail steamers, and not belonging to the Transatlantic Company. The Marchioness de Chasseloup-Laubat, wife of the Minister of Marine, has been safely confined of arson. Count d'Aquila has addressed a letter to the journals to contradict the assertion of his early departure from Paris for Rome, given by the Liberte. A Stockholm letter in the Nouvelliste of Rouen says :—" The administration of the omnibuses of Gothenburg, after having provided each of its vehicles with a vessel of fresh water and glasses for the passengers to quench their thirst, has just ex tended its courtesy, and provides each traveller with one of the journals which has appeared the same day." _ _ _ The official returns from Nantes gives the follow ing figures for the 7th :-14 new cases of cholera, and one death. In addition, three persons under treatment at the hospital have succumbed. There are at present only 18 cases. The Phare de la Loire announces that the turners in porcelain and pottery at Orleans have just struck, and that all work in these trades is at a standstill. It is rumoured that the Emperor has ccnferred the title of Count on M. Mallet, Senator, Inspector of Ponts-et-Chaussees, who represented the Suez Canal Company in the regulation of the boundaries between that corporation and the Government of Egypt under the decision by arbitration pronounced by his Majesty. The Italian Minister of Marine, Gen. Anzioletti, has joined the army as head of a division of cavalry. In his absence the business of his department will be conducted by a Director-General. Letters from Rome state that the Pope has re solved to raise Mgr. Lucien Bonaparte, aged 38, son of Prince de Canino, to the dignity of Cardinal. Mgr. Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans, is spoken of for a similar promotion. The Empress Charlotte of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I. of Belgium, completed her 26th year yesterday. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : " The baromter is rising and the sky is generally, fine over all Europe. The wind is moderate between N. and E. everywhere, and fresh from the N.E. at St. Petersburg. The mercury marks 770 m.m. at Lyons and Paris, and 765 m.m. on the west coast of Norway, England, and Spain ; also, in the Baltic and on Finland. The sea round all the European coasts is calm." At Paris yesterday th 6 weather was magnificent, but very warm. At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked 36.7 Centigrade (80 Fahrenheit). The body of a young woman, named Lhotellier, a farm servant at Ploumagear (Cotes -du-Nord), was found three days back in a ditch in the neighbouring wood of Malaunay, and bearing marks that her death had been caused by strangulation. Her master, named Simon, on being questioned, declared thatithe deceased had hanged herself in a loft, and, in order that she should not be deprived of Christian burial he had cut her down and carried her into the wood, so as to make . it be supposed that she had been murdered. That explanation not being deemed satisfactory, the man with his brother and father, who reside togther, have been arrested. Simon is believed to be the author of the crime, the object of which was to ob tain possession of a sum of money Lhotellier had recently drawn from a savings bank. Another account is that the master had been on terms of intimacy with his servant and bad murdered her to conceal the consequences of their relations. A Naples letter says :—The brigands have been very active of late. Cipriani's band carried away to Montalto a rich proprietor of Terracina, Signor Risoldi, with his son and servant. Signor Risoldi and the servant were afterwards set at liberty, on heavy ransom, and the son was detained as hostage for its payment. The occurrence becoming known, the gendarmes of Terracing, headed by the Briga dier Costanti, and reinforced by many volunteers, started in pursuit of the brigands, who were over taken at Monte Carnano ; .and a sharp combat en sued. Young Risoldi contrived to escape during the flight, and the brigands were defeated and pursued some distance. The Osservatore Romano affirms that since the edict of Pericoli, published in December, 1860, the military commission at Frosi none has had before it 130 prosecutions for brigan dage, affecting 276 prisoners. Of these 162 have stood their trial, and some have been condemned to death. One has been already executed ; others have been condemned to hard labour for life, and others to the various penalties prescribed by the edict." The Cologne Gazette of the 6th says :—" During the last few days several waggons of the Rhenish Railway have arrived here, loaded with silver ingots, which have been deposited in the Royal Bank of this city. To-day an express train arrived also, carrying a quantity of silver in bars, declared, like the rest, to be specie. These consignments have always been accompanied by English agents." BOURSE, June 9.—Two o'Clock.—The market is dull, but the principal speculative securities, not withstanding, obtain higher quotations. Threes, for the Account, are at 63f. 5c., an advance of 15c. Italian Fives show a similar improvement, at 36f. The advance on Credit Mobilier Shares is 3f. 75c., and on Credit Foncier 2f. 50c.—to 1,092 f. 50c. There is no noticeable feature in the Railway De partment. Discounts to-day are somewhat less ex tensive ; the list comprises 391,500 f. French Threes, 87,510 Italian Fives, 1,650 Credit Mobilier Shares, 375 Credit Foncier, 600 Comptoir d'Escompte, 1,000 Saragossa, &c. English Consols are tele graphed with an advance of Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : 4i per Cents — Do. end month — 3 per Cents — Do. end month 63 10 Credit Mobilior Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1097 50 RAIL' Bank Shares Loan 36 Do. end month Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Throes Home Debt Deferred For Account Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 755 Southern 513 75 Western 515 Eastern 487 50 Sardinian • 60 Austrian 285 Ilk Lombard 275 North of Spain Saragossa 130 Ditto to Barcelona — EoMan The Education of the Poor Roman Catholic Children of London. PASTORAL FROM THE REV. DR. MANNING. Yesterday an elaborate Pastoral from the most Rev. Dr. Manning, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, was read in all the churches and chapels within the arch diocess, in which, after an eloquent explanation of the fes tival of the "Sacred Heart of Jesus," which is celebrated at this period of the year in the Catholic Church, the learned dignitary referred to the collection that was to bo made that day in aid of the Poor School Committee, which laboured " _to train up children in the purity and sanctity of the Holy Catholic faith, and to protect them against the seduction and robbery by which they may be stripped of their inheritance." "The Poor School Com mittee," adds the Pastoral, " was founded in 1847 as an or gan of communication in behalf of the Catholic bishops with her Majesty's Government. It conducted its correspon dence with great prudence and success, and the agree ments made by it at that day continuo as the basis of our relations with the Privy Council until now. The consti tution of the Poor School Committee is that of a Council composed of 45 members, one• third ecclesiastical and two thirds lay persons, nominated by each of the Catholic bishops of England, and by two vicars apostolic of Scot land. It represents, therefore, tho whole of the Church of Great Britain. Every year, at the same time with the annual assembling of the bishops in London, it holds its general meeting. Priests and laymen from all parts of England have then an opportunity of conferring on the state of Catholic education. If it had no other office than this—namely, to form a centre in which the 13 diocesses meet—a great value would attach to it. As the subject of education becomes more and more appre ciated in its bearings upon the social and spiritual welfare of the people, such a body will become of still greater usefulness. The Pastoral then goes on to say that the Poor School Committee exercised valuable influence in connexion with Reformatory schools, and as no diocese could alone support the institutions for training masters and mistresses for the education of the Catholic poor, that committee assumed the maintenance of them. " The burden of their maintenance was, therefore, as widely dis tributed as their benefit—that is, over the whole Church in-England and Scotland." The Poor School Committee also assisted the local poor schools in each mission and in each diocess. " The diocesses of Liverpool, Salford, and Birmingham," continues the pastoral, " have in activity a wide-spread and vigorous system of education, the cost of which is borne by themselves. The schools of the diocess of Westminster are 148 in number, the maintenance of which must cost from £15,000 to £20,000 a year. The grants to this diocess . from the Poor School Committee, though very liberal in proportion to its means, amount yearly to about £3OO or £4OO for the build ing and support of schools—that is, for the last year, about a two-hundredth part of what is actually spent in and by the diocess for its mission schools. It is manifest, there- fore, that every diocess at this moment has to depend upon itself for the multiplication and maintenance of its schools. It is, therefore, to create a central diocesan fund, from which the missions may be assisted, that you are invited to attend a public meeting, to be held on Thursday next, the 14th instant, at St. James's-hall. "It is not necessary at this time to enter into the details of this subject. It will be enough to say that a trust will be created for the receiving, holding, and transmitting of funds, and a council to advise us in the application of the same. How urgent is the necessity for some such fund to supply to the diocess that which is beyond the strength both of the Poor School Committee and of the clergy of the missions is too obvious and too well known to need many words. We will, therefore, briefly state only the three chic; reasons for its present formation. First, it may be affirmed that thousands of Catholic children in are without education. Two very careful and guarded calculations have been lately made of the number who may be said practically to be without education. One of these estimates them at 12,000, and the other at 7,000. We refrain from giving our own conjectures, wishing to avoid all semblance of ex aggeration, and earnestly hoping that we may be mistaken ; but if there be 12,000, or even 7,000, or so much as 1,000 Catholic children growing up without Christian and Catholic education, we ought to do penance unless we make an effort to save them. "That there are not 1,000 only, but 7,000 at least, may, we believe, with perfect certainty be affirmed; and if so, it is a fact sufficiently terrible to tinge all needless self-indul gence with bitterness, and to break our indolent peace day and night. The ruin and the depravity, or the perversion and apostacy, of one baptized child is a sorrow which breaks the heart of a father or a mother. The loss of one soul, and that one of God's little ones, only the other day innocent and in union with God, marks a wound in the sacred heart of Jesus. How-is it that we can eat and drink, lie down, and rise up in unconsciousness and insensibility at the spiritual death of thousands before our eyes ? " If in any one place 1,000 children without education were seen together, we should be horrified ; but, though scattered, they exist, and they arc destitute as if they were all congregated in one of our maze of courts. Being dis persed, they are hidden by fives and tens hero and there in our thronging population, and, therefore, escape our eyes ; and because they are not seen some doubt their existence. Let us, therefore, lay well to heart that we see but little of that which, by its very nature, lies withdrawn from the eyes of Catholics— namely, the Catholics who, neglecting their own souls, neglect also the souls of their children. Such Catholics keep out of our sight. " There is also a second class of our children for whom we must provide—namely, those who fall under the opera- tion of the law for offences, or are committed as friendless and abandoned. The late Acts for Reformatory and In dustrial Schools enable us to provide for them with greater facility; the cost of their maintenance being drawn from the Consolidated Fund, the cost of management is compa ratively easy to bear. But so many are our poor children of this class, and so great is our poverty, that we are not able to keep pace with the need, and many of them have been sent to, and aro at this time detained in, Protestant institu tions. "But, lastly, there is a class of our poor children of which we hardly know how to speak. It is believed that more than 1,000 of our Catholic children are detained in the workhouses and workhouse schools of London. They are draughted for health and for convenience of management from the workhouse in London to the workhouse schools in the country. Within the walls of those schools, the edu cation is exclusively Protestagt books, catechisms, prayers, teachers, worship. And yet every Catholic child has a right bestowed oa him by God Himself to Catholic education. In baptism‘they acquired a personal right to be trained in the whole and perfect faith of Jesus Christ, and under the pastors of His Church. To deprive them of it is a fraud against God. To educate them as Protestants is to deprive them of it. And they are being educated as Pro testants as absolutely and as exclusively as children of the Protestant poor. It is no answer to say they would not bo there if their parents did not consent. Their parents do not consent. Every Catholic father and mother, unless they be sordid, and sell their souls, object with all their heart and strength to the perversion of their child. Hun ger and thirst and nakedness drive them to the work house, and their helplessness may give way under the temptations of meat and drink and warmth, for which their children cry around them. They hope to koep their chil dren from starvation, in the trust that God will keep them from perversion. There is no consent in this, nor in the apathy of a man who is faint with hunger in the midst of hungry children. To take ad vantage of such a man is cruelty ; to tempt him to wrong his own children is indignity added to cruelty. It is to use him as the instrument to rob his own children of the right which God has given - them as their own. Neither father nor mother has authority to do this. They have no power to disinherit the children of God—yet year by year this cruel and sinful robbery of our poor little ones is per petrated. Plead for it who may, and argue for it what wo may, the fact stands before God without a shade to soften its enormity. A thousand Catholic children, detained by hunger and practical mal-administration of the law, are defrauded of their education in the faith, and are educated in doctrines contrary to their faith. " Time compels us to pass over other topics. The agony and bitterness of Catholic fathers and mothers, who had rather see their children in a parish coffin than in a Poor Law school; the anguish of father and mother in the hour of death, when the light of faith is keenest and the love of their offspring is most vivid, as their eyes are closing upon all save the terrific vision of their sons and their daughters, robbed of the grace which at that hour is their only strength in the last agony—all this, and much beside, we must pass over now. We shall ask you hereafter to help us by your prayers to open the doors of these houses of bondage, and by your alms to enable us to receive these poor children into schools of our own. But this must be for the future." The Pastoral concludes with a stirring appeal on behalf of the Poor School Corhmittee, whose present useful labours would, it was urged, be made more useful by the success of the proposed diocesan fund. GEORGE GUELPH AND HANNAH LIGIITFOOT. —The proceedings in the " Princess Olive" case, upon which we may hereafter comment, have incidentally dis posed of a story our grandmothers conliztl!y bolieved—the marriage of George 111. to the Quaker Hannah Lightfoot. The certificates of that marriage were produced, and were promptly pronounced by tho Probate Court to be forgeries, the clergyman spelling "duly" with an e (duely) and the Prince of Wales signing himself " George Guelph." The Lord Chief Justice, in describing these documents, said that if correct the marriage of George 111. to Queen CAro- Ike was invalid and all his successors ineligible to the throne ; but is that precisely so ? Would not the recogni tion of that marriage as legal in repeated acts of Parlia ment legalise it under any circumstances whatever ? Spectator. _ _ _ OLD INHABITANTS.—Of the 5,081 patients in luna tic asylums in Scotland at the beginning of the present year, 292 had been there for more than 20 years, 63 for more than 30 years, and 12 for more than 40 years. One will next year complete half a century in a madhouse. WHo's YOUR Pocion ?—MOIIMITB PILLS. 4 anti Etrunliat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Helena, drove in the grounds yester day afternoon. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise also took a drive. Her Majesty, with Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice drove in the Howe Park this morning. The Earl and Countess of Derby and the Hon. Frederick and Lady Constance Stanley arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. Sunday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal nesses Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Princess Louise also went out driving. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor performed the service this morning before her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were aloo in attendance. Earl Cowley arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wel lesley had also the honour of being invited. The Earl of Clarendon had an audience of the Queen this afternoon. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by th e Crown Prince of Denmark, drove out on- Saturday afternoon. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Count Gleichen, and attended by Lieutenant-Colo nel _ Keppel, dined with the Master and Wardens of th e •Mercers' Company at their hall in the City. The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Crow n Prince of Denmark, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, with the Lady and Gentlemen. in 'Waiting, attended Divine service at the Ch a p el Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Communion Service was read by the BO' the Sub-dean and the Rev. Thomas Helmore. Anthem, 4 , 0 Lord, thou hast searched me out, Croft. Sung by Messrs. J. Foster, Montem Smit h ' and Lawler. Mr. Goss presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Rev. the Sub- Dean from John 1, iv. 16. THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS HELENA' __._ At Windsor Castle the workmen are busily en l " ployed in preparing the group of State apa,rtineut'l on the north side of the palace in readiness for tb festivities which will take place upon the occasion of the wedding of her Royal Highness Princess Helena and Prince Christian. The ceremony tak es place in the private chapel of the Castle adjoining the noble apartment known as St. George's ga ll ' where a temporary chapel has been fitted for the use of the Queen and Royal family during the requis ite alterations in the Royal chapel, and where a, ton' porary wooden gallery will be erected in order to afford increased accommodation for such me mbers of the Court, diplomatic corps, and aristocracy ,_ B 7 . may be honoured with invitations to attend the ceremony. Of necessity the invitations to th e n r r riage must be limited, as the chapel is only a build ing of the dimensions of a moderately-sized rooLuai originally built simply for the use of the Roy family, the suite, and domestics of the household. -ma- - His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambria, honoured the Right lion. Sir Robert and Lady Emily by his company at dinner JDII Sitturchlz evening at the fitTl residence in - Whitehall-gardens. The Duke arriv eu ti „ eight o'clock, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt. There we''' . present to meet his Royal Highness the Duke and Duel less , of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Dudley, Viscouu" and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe, the Bishop o f o:‘' ford, General Sir Hugh Rose, Sir Alexander Cockburn, Sit. Edwin Laudseer, Mr. and Mrs. Holford, and Dr. Q°' 9. After dinner Lady Emily had an assembly, which IC brilliantly attended. - LITERATURE. Elijah the Prophet. An Epic Poem. BY u " Washington Moon. Hatchard. Mr. Moon has indeed undertaken, what he h self admits to be, a difficult and an ambitious Os; He very appropriately exclaims at the clo se of b 0 poem, when attempting to describe the tr awls" of the Prophet : " 0, who can picture that transcendent sight! Who fitly can relate the - wondrous story ! Who paint the serial beauty of that night, Or sing the fleetness of those steeds of glory. And God's triumphant chariot of light Entering Heaven ! Never in depth or heig ht Had mortal gazed on such a scene before ; Never shall years, how long soe'er their MP' The solemn grandeur of that hour restore!' ur toA These lines we have quoted give a very ac c specimen of the versification, occasionally t he dious and occasionally halting. In alluding t° t bo difficulty of clothing thoughts in languag e .' h vio writer gracefully likens them to butterflies behold upon a rose-bush, " And try to catch—so instantly they rise ! If caught, the beauty of their plumage with the; "' WW I The Dole of Malaga. An Episode of Dramatised. By Digby P. Starkey. tfrs) Potter, and Galpin. ,atb°‘ Very effectively.and very happily has the antio of this drama succeeded in portraying the r °ll3 o th ° spirit of that age of chivalry and adventllll:l3fall time of Ferdinand and Isabella, and the d°4 llo to of the Moors in Spain. Very beautifully, tba nature and to history, does the charact er he gal' great Queen appear upon these pages, and t lant chivalry of the defeated Omar is, as Tb a Ferdinand declares, worthy of an thellidal li t last scene closes with a double tragedy, and line enforces the lesson— " That Kings are groat—as they are raerciftll2 Edi t 1)1 Aunt Judy's Magazine. Nos. I. and 1 1. Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Bell and DuldP cle' With the month of May commenced cud fut lightful sixpenny magazine, especially ilit eli t befo young people, and one that is likely to mak e I , r oota of the month a welcome day in many a 0 11°° if IV and play-garden. The first serial st° lll o oo ll ci ' Cousins and their Friends," is by that irer/ g i a 11 0 ing writer for the young, the author of o real Charlie" and " Sydney -Grey." All tb °se c :at 11 1 whose children may have passed som e Plea:08 W, profitable hours over those favourite vol 1: A O' hardly require any other recomraendation wwe Pb vf .t a ; Judy. We cannot say, by-the - w a y , t , 113 „ t but , ticularly admire the title of the magazine' iotr is, of course, purely a matter of ta ste. la P lis h e b duction to the first number the ace° io editress declares " her honest end eavour 5 fo r 0 ' o f to provide the best of men tal food ictio ages of young people and for manY v i iie se taste," and, as far as cau be judged bY or y fi r st numbers, her endeavours have bee° ado rn tv, t cessful. Some very pretty illustrations oallb:1 brochure. The frontispiece to the Ju ll eraii , reveals poor Kathleen Lord, with all her wo s tair ) ; and dictionaries tumbling pele-mete ci f ) w as° 0 , There is a sweet little hymn set to simple ca l 0° I , Alfred Gatty in this number, bu t the P°` 00131 tributious are not of the highest order. l- 1 • cool cos del+ singers as Mary Howitt or Eliza 03 oe , ng Y°ll to Ll ti°t l e jfe P selected it would be happy for the eta. If not, we should say it would be Wellly casionally some piece from our best po lo _ _ Good roe'rY' g ood g 0 1,10 provided ildoevde withto l t e h a e r n bestv e verses . b yhear t $ 111 or or , is the best rule for the school-room Undera" ~h e a tic tures, or none for the nursery. redid grea t care of Mrs. Alfred Gatty we may Pre cess for Aunt Judy's Magazine. house, Walhara-green. turday Wt.? OrtS SCHOOL.—The athletic PL this school will take place o n Sa KENSINGTONP3Oatifort- i