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• THEATRE -ROYAL, E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING th. , performance will commence with a new Play, entitled LOVE'S ORDEAL ; or, The Old and New lie. Time : Messrs. Walter Lacy, E. Pheps, E. Falconer, Mrs. Hermann Vi zin, &c. After which, on a scale of gre splendour, Milton' Mask of COMUS : Messrs. Walter Lacy, We Cooper, s Mas k Hen Drayton, Miss Toole, Miss Augusta Thomson, and Mrs. H. Vezin. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. me. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S MOTHER Mr. Chip pendale ; Miss N. Moore, Miss 6nowdon, Miss F. Wright, &c. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstor.e. Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, White, Coe. ; Mesdames k:nowdon, Stuart, 11111, Harris, Wright, &c. And EASY SHAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F. Wright ; esr.rs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, Sze, To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— ,,to rrovrtotor anu Nlan.+,7vr. li. N atmLet. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess s. C. H. Stephenson and Eburne ; Miss K. Kelly. After which, at 8, FAZIO; OR, THE ITALIAN WIFE. Rama, Miss Bateman; supported by Messrs. J ordan, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Ebume, Ashley, and Mrs. B llington. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the Pigskin. Mews. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Messrs. C. Horsman, Collett, M'lntyre, dco. ; Mesdames C. Horsman and G. Leigh. After which, at Eight, RUT BLAS : Ruy Bias, Mr. Fechttr; supported by Messrs. Ryder, E. Garden, Ray mond, M'lntyre ; Miss C. Leclercq, Mrs. C. Horsman, &c. To conclude with THE LOST CHILD. Mr. "Widdicomb. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elevt n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, ARRAII NA POGUE : Messrs. Dion Bonet vault, J. Brougham, H. Vandenhoff, D. Fisher, D. Murray Mrs Boncicault and Miss 51. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Mesdames Johnston, Weston, and Hughes. After which, at S, ONE TREE HILL. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, Jamei, Belford ; Miss A. Swanborough and Miss M.; Palmer. _ _ ----- To conclude cv'th ALADDIN. Messrs. 'Thorne, Jomes Mesdames Hughes, Weston, Thorne, a.nd Eliza Holt. THE LATEST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evenimr by W. ALEXANDER ( late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent,. 24, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. TILE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCe, by IL W. 13 A.ItRIS, Nec,spaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road, London, S. 1 SHE LAST EDITION OF , g THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLIGNA Sun be had Every Evening of G. R. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This 15AT.—Morning, 12h. 40m.—Afternoon, 12h. 58m, To-MOiatOw.-Morning, 20m.—Afternoon, 1h.40m, 34 , :‘Sul many proofs of their respect for law and order that it is superfluous to argue upon that point, though, perhaps, it would be safe to affirm that no class, as a whole, is less inclined to anarchy. The President of the Reform League, Mr. EDMUND BEALE, has just addressed the unrepresented classes, urging upon them the importance of unity and organisation, of the steady and consistent defence of their rights, and above all of respect for law and order. The manhood suffrage, which this gentleman upholds, is, we believe, a mis take, and it is neither in accordance with the habits of the people nor with their general feeling. The Ballot, on the contrary, though often stigmatised as " un-English," an easy argument, is in reality already in existence among us. In the clubs of all ranks, in many social arrangements, in committees, and associations it is constantly employed, yet the very gentlemen who make use of it in the club-house or the committee-room come forth into the outer world and denounce it as " unmanly" and " un-English." Here are empty words again, as empty as those which threaten us with a political de luge as soon as the franchise is lowered by £4. But our Reformers must bear in mind that this is a very different thing from the adoption of manhood suffrage, which would give the worthless and thriftless an equal voice with the steady man who has given hostages to the State. By perversely with holding the one our legislators will, if they do not take care, drive matters to such a pitch that they may be forced against their better judgment to re sign themselves to the other. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1865. Notwithstanding the ingenuity with which the diicussion on Mr. BAINES'S motion was postponed sine die, the Government has thought it more prudent to make a gracious concession. It has not availed itself of the opportunity for delay, but has consented to the debate being continued this very evening. It will be remembered that, during the very animated discussion which preceded the Speaker's decision on Wednesday evening, it was suggested that Monday evening should be fixed for the. resumption of the debate— -a suggestion that was received with very little favour by the occu pints of the Treasury Bench. Mr. BAINES hims,:lf expressed his readiness to accept that or arty other evening, but the difficulties which Sir G. G!ZEY and Mr. GLADSTONE perceived in the way wore so great that they could not allow the decision to be made. Whether the very unfavourable im pression created in the House by the shuffling policy of the Government had its effect, or whether the shrewd and keen-sighted leader of the Minis terial forces perceived and corrected the mistakes which his subordinates had fallen into, it is at any rate certain that the triumph so hardly gained has not been profited by, and the day might as well have been fixed at first without any equivoca tion. We have yet to learn whether the Lord Advocate is to represent the opinions of the Govern ment, or whether the same desire to conciliate the electors, which prompted the concession of the dis puted point of the adjournment, will open the lips of some more prominent Minister on the subject. The country has, indeed, a right to expect a frank exposition of Ministerial policy on this important topic. Year by year the grievances of our non-elec tors grow more prominent—year by year their re dress is postponed, shuffled off, talked of, and for gotten. The inconsistencies and inaccuracies of our present system of representation are too glaring to be altogether overlooked by the most preju diced or the most superficial observer, but there is never wanting an excuse for the delay of real Reform. It is evident to the most careless calculation that the state of things which was adapted to the population and the property of thirty years since cannot be suited to the requirements of to-day. Between 1835 and 1865 there have been wonderful changes, an increase not only of the wealth, but of the intelligence and education, the moral and mental possessions of the country, be yond all precedent. The classes that were com paratively insignificant from their scarcity of num bers have now risen into prominence ; those who tre in reality their allies and partners in trade, whose prosperity is identical with their own. If the men do not yet fully understand this similarity of interests, neither do the masters ; and if we are to wait for the extension of the franchise until each side has enlarged its views on the rights of labour and capital, lookers on might suggest that the em ployers as well as the employed should be excluded. The sweeping assertions which we so commonly hear as to the terrible effects which would follow any increase of the number of electors are really no thing but empty words, to support which the de claimers haVe actually no evidence whatever. One Would think from the denunciations made against an y change of the franchise, that it was pro- Posed to recruit the Parliament itself, and not the electors merely, from the lower classes, that the six pound householders were to fur nish not merely a proportion of voters, but of legis lators ; not a portion of the constituents, but the members themselves. Yet Mr. LOWE considers that the division of those mystical four pounds is the only plank between us and absolute anarchy. If the ex :eluded class is half as influential as these objectors pretend, where is the right or the justice of depriv ing them of all voice whatever in political matters ? If so large a body really has a g r ievance to compl a i n of, it is neither right nor politic to give them grounds .for disaffection and discontent. If anything would make our sober English artisans disgusted with .the existing re:gime, it would be the pertina city with which they are excluded from that * which is felt to be their right. Such was not the * principle on which our Parliamentary representa tion was originally based, and such narrow and arbitrary distinctions as are now insisted on were never contemplated by the large-minded and • patriotic framers of our constitution. The working classes of Englishmen, a large proportion of whom c are t indeed, included already in the election lists without auy fear of falling heavens, have given so The establishment of local metropolitan museums is a subject that is just now uppermost and deserv edly engages attention and regard. Last Saturday a meeting was held at the South Kensington Museum, for the purpose of considering the subject. Lord GRANVILLE, who presided, said that the ori ginal iron building was not now required on account of the new building at South Kensington, and there fore it was deemed advisable to utilise the structure as far as they could. When the noble earl had stated that, on the part of the Committee of the Council on Education, he should be glad to hear any suggestions that might be made, it was amusing to notice the excitement that prevailed among those gentlemen who had claims to prefer and separate interests to attend to. The south, west, east, north-west, and north-east of London were all set forth in terms as requiring notice, and as being deserving of attention in this respect. Taking all things into account, it may be said that the various speakers were about on a par as to the merits of their claims, and it is well that a period of six months has been allowed in order that time may be given to so important a subject before it is finally decided on. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE was, perhaps, the most successful in his description of the matter when he said that there ought to be five " local museums in Lon don." He advised that they should, first of all, decide upon the general principles, and afterwards leave London the task of providing for these addi tional museums. Allowing that the British Museum is the centre, it appears, as Mr. HOPE truly ob served, that there should be other museums in the north, north-west, north-east, south, and south east, or else some division will be sure to complain, and with justice, that it has been left out. Mr. LIICRAFT, a working man, made an interesting speech, which clearly showed the necessity which existed for the erection of these local buildings. He said that he had been deputed to represent the in terests of his brother workmen at Hoxton. He was a cabinetmaker, and if he had to perform any work which called for extra care or forethought, he and his fellow-workmen had no resource but to proceed to South Kensington. This expedition took three hours, which of course was too great a tax upon the working man. He also said that the artisans of this country were just now exposed to very " severe competition." Without complaining of this upon principle, he argued that the Government should place every facility in the way of those whom they had exposed to foreign competition. It is satisfac tory to notice the opinion that is entertained of the merits •of the South Kensington Museum, and it encourages one to hope that similar success may attend the efforts of those who seek to ex tend such advantages to their own immediate neighbourhoods. Lord GRANVILLE spoke very fairly in reply to the several statements that were made, and said that the Science and Art Depart ment were not desirous of making a monopoly at South Kensington, but, onthe contrary, they would be delighted to witness the establishment of museums wherever the inhabitants of any district desired them to exist, and considered them necessary and agreeable. We agree with Lord GRANVILLE in his remark that the meeting had been satisfactory, though not definite. His lordship made an amus ing allusion to the proverb of " not looking a gift horse in the mouth," which he said had not been very strictly adhered to by some present in their criticisms on the structure which it was proposed to demolish. We may consider then that, taking the difficulties of the subject into account, the meeting of Saturday came to a satisfactory conclusion, and that there is a fair promise of future benefits accruing from the exertions of those now active in the affair. An inmate of the St. Pancras Workhouse has made a complaint against the authorities of that place, and on Saturday inquiry was made into the matter at the Clerkenwell Police-court. Last Mon day GEORGE GRANT sent a letter to the Magistrate stating that he had_ been confined for thirty-three consecutive days in one ward, which had no means of ventilation, except by the door. To add to the discomfort of the position, the dead-house is exactly opposite, and the consequences were most unplea sant, and also deleterious. The man further de clared that he was not allowed to change the air. Of course counter statements were made to this declaration, and it was said that the man could have left the ward had he asked. This is somewhat doubtful, however, for it seems that he was . put there by order of the Board, because he had appropriated a sum of money be longing to another inmate. When all parties appeared before Mr. D'EYNCOURT, GRANT stated when sworn very much the same that he had written in his letter, and declared that he sought for protection for himself and the other inmates. Mr. D'Enccoura said he would write to the Poor Law Board as to " whether they would take the matter up, or as to whether he should proceed iu the matter." This is so far satisfactory, and it is of course im possible to form a definite conclusion until more is elicited, but it may safely be said in the present stage of the affair that some alterations ought to be made in the regulations of workhouses in this respect of " separation wards." It is a dangerous practice for the guardians to order any one to be confined in sepa rate wards, and it would be far better when an inmat e is guilty of a criminal offence for him to be handed over to the police. It would obviate many objectionable practices, and insure, at any rate, that the health of the delinquents should not suffer. _ There was contradictory evidence as to whether or not the occupants of these " wards" had exercise, and altogether it may be said th It health was rather at a discount in the carrying out of the order for separation, The Poor-law Doard 1 aye certainly Two sentries have been shot at Richmond by some unknown individuals. NEW YORK, APRIL 25, NooN. Business was entirely suspended yesterday and to-day. Mr. Lincoln's remains laid in state in Indepen dence Hall, Philadelphia, on Saturday and Sunday. On the whole route from Washington there were great demonstrations of mourning. The remains arrived in New York yesterday, and lie in state in the City Hall. The funeral procession will take place to-day. A courier reached Washington on Friday, announcing that Sherman had agreed upon a tem porary suspension of hostilities, and had arranged terms of peace on the 18th with Johnston, Breck enridge being present. Grant and the Cabinet unanimously disapproved of Sherman's action, and ordered him to resume hostilities. Sherman was informed that Mr. Lincoln's instructions to Grant on the 3d March had been to hold no conference with Lee except as a preliminary to surrender, and these instructions were approved and reiterated by President Johnson to govern the action of the mili tary commanders. Grant immediately left for North Carolina to direct the operations against Johnston. The terms arranged between Johnston and Sher man, subject to the ratification of their re spective Governments, were as follows—Forty-eight hours' notice to be given of the renewal of hosti lities: The Confederate armies to be disbanded, and deposit their arms and public property in the State capitals, subject to the action of the State and Federal authorities. The Federal executive to re cognise the State Government. The Supreme Court to decide upon the legitimacy of the conflicting State Governments caused by the war. The Federal authorities to guarantee to the people civil and po litical rights so long as they obey the laws. Finally, a general amnesty to be proclaimed, and the war to cease. The Federal Government disapproved of Sher man's proceedings as an improper assumption of authority. His agreement, it was considered, prac tically acknowledged the rebel Government, pre vented confiscation and the punishment of rebels, and would enable them to re-establish State Go vernments with slavery. It might also render the Government responsible for the rebel debt, formed no basis for a lasting peace, and would enable the rebels to renew the - war when their strength was recruited. Mr. Stanton apprehends that Sherman's suspen sion of hostilities will enable Davis to escape to Mexico or Europe, - with the plunder of the Rich mond banks and other accumulations. Halleck has ordered 3 leade, Sheridan, and Wright to push forward and cut off Johnston's retreat, regardless of orders from any one except Grant, on the ground that Shen na.n's agreement bound his command only. Canby and Thomas ha Ye been ordered to push the enemy in every directi ot'. Sherman was aware of Mr. Lincoln's assassin, ton before concluding the agreement with John , ston. The newspaper correspondents assert that Johnston offered to surrender on the same tants as Lee, but Sherman claimed full powers, and gr: v rated more favourable conditions. The press gem) ra,lly stigmatises Sher man's proceedings. Some h int at his action being treasonable, others censure St ant on for the severity of his remarks concerning Sht eria.q. Sherman issued an order to iii army on the ,16th announcing the suspension of hostilities, and stating that the agreement wit7i i J ohnston, when ratified, would make peace fro i n the Potomac to the Rio Grande. He hoped s oon to conduct the soldiers home. Correspondents state that the assassination of got enough on their hands just now ; this year has been prolific of cases for inquiry, but the more light that is thrown upon the subject the better, for at present many err unknowingly for want of experience and full comprehen sion of the requirements of a case. It is cer tain the inmates of workhouses are not allowed sufficient air and exercise, and the effects of these deprivations, combined with poor food, are most unfortunate. At any rate, we shall now- stand a chance of many revelations taking place, and the more known the better for the cause of improve ment and progress where they are so much needed. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) -- .0, AMERICA. (Arrival of the Europa, via Roches Point.) NEW YORK, APRIL 28, 1 p.m. Mr. Stanton reports to-day that Booth and Har rold (his accomplice) were chased from a swamp in St. Mary's County, Maryland, to Garrett's Farm, near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock by Colonel Baker's detectives. A barn in which they took refuge was fired. Booth was shot at and killed. Har rold was captured. Booth's body and Harrold are now in Washington. The following further particulars have also been received. It appears that Booth and Harrold, dressed in Confederate uniforms, reached Garrett's Farm several days ago. Booth was wounded. In conversation, he denounced Lincoln's assassination, and said that the rewards offered would doubtless. be increased to half a million. The Garretts, when arrested, asserted that they did not suspect it was Booth. Canadian bills for a large amount were found upon him. Harrold remains incommunicative. Booth was shot through the head ; he lingered for three hours. His foot also was injured, and he used crutches. The cavalry who surrounded the barn summoned Booth and Harrold to surrender. The latter seemed inclined to acquiesce, but Booth accused him of cowardice. After the barn was fired Harrold surrendered, but Booth shot at the cavalry sergeant, who returned the fire and killed him. It is supposed that Harrold is an accomplice of the assassin who attacked Seward. Dr. Mudd, of Maryland, set Booth's leg, and supplied him with crutches. Mudd has been arrested. Booth's brother, Junius Brutus, has also been arrested. The Confederates burned 94,000 bales of cotton before evacuating Montgomery. Gen. Canby reports that he captured in Mobile and the defences on the west side of the. Bay 150 guns, 1,000 prisoners, and 3,000 bales of cotton. Unofficial accounts state that altogether 3,000 guns, 20,000 to 30,000 bales of cotton, and several gunboats were captured at Mobile. A blockade runner, with 1,000 bales of cotton on boaro, was captured up the river. Smith's corps is marching on Montgomery. The army of the Potomac remains in the vicinity of the South-side railroad. Nearly all Mosley's command, including the officers, except Mosley himself, have surrendered. Kirby Smith's army is said to be disbanding. General Halleck's command embraces the depart ment of Virginia, the army of the Potomac, and such parts of North Carolina as are riot occupied by Sherman. General Ord retains his command for the present, but is to report to Halleck. The Government has furnished passports and passages to nalifax to those officers of Lee's army -who wish to leave the country. ME SU Pi, LOA DOl'`, MONDAY EVE Lincoln had caused a bitter feeling among Sher man's troops, who received the armistice order very coldly. Wilson occupied Macon on the 20th, taking Howell Cobb, Gustavus Smith, and other pri soners. All claimed the benefit of the armistice. Sherman directed Wilson to withdraw from Macon until further orders, unless he believed the rebels were changing their status to the prejudice of the Federals. Several members of the Carolina Legislature are en route to Raleigh to negotiate the restoration of the State to the Union. It is reported that Jefferson Davis was at Hills boro' during Sherman's negotiations, and wrote the terms of Johnston's surrender. Other accounts say that Davis had previously left HilLsboro' for the Trans-Mississippi Department, escorted by 200 cavalry. According to a rumour not considered trustworthy, he crossed the Mississippi at Turkey Bend on the 16th inst. A Richmond banker has received information that Davis is having specie, estimated at from $6,000,000 to $13,000,000, conveyed in waggons south from Goldsboro'. The Attorney-General has given an opinion denying the right of paroled Confederates to take up their residence or to wear the Confederate uniform in the loyal States. Paroled prisoners have been ordered to divest themselves of their uniform. The Governor of Western Virginia is said to have been instructed to establish a State Govern ment and assemble a loyal Legislature in Richmond. Mr. W. H. Seward is rapidly progressing towards convalescence. His son is also daily improving. The New York Assembly has adopted the Central Railroad Fare Bill. The people have petitioned the Governor to veto the bill. President Johnson has made a speech, in which he stated that the rebel leaders must be punished and impoverished, and their local position destroyed. Union men in the Confederacy should be remu nerated from the pockets of those who had brought suffering upon the country. He advocated leniency to the Southern masses, but was equally opposed to dissolution and consolidation. He attributed the assassination of Mr. Lincoln to the fiendish spirit of the rebellion, and appointed the 25th of May to be a day of mourning and humiliation on account of Mr. Lincoln's death. Mr. Stanton has announced that he has received information that the murder of the President was organised in Canada, and approved of in Richmond. He says the assassin who attempted Mr. Seward's life is now in prison, and is believed to be a St. Albans raider. It is believed that Booth fell from his horse and fractured his leg on the night of his escape from Washington. Telegraphic communication is open between San Francisco and British Columbia. The Bremen and City of Washington have ar rived out. The Royal Mail steamer Europa, from Halifax and Boston, arrived at Queenstown at 7.45 a.m. to-day. She brings 121 passengers and $16,163 in specie. She landed 140 sacks of mails and eight passengers, and proceeded at 8 a.m. All well. She experienced easterly weather. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold, 1474. Exchange on London, 162 ; on Paris, 3 50. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 101* ; Illinois, 117 ;, Erie, 84 ; 5-20 Bonds, 109. Cotton very firm. Middling Upland, 54c. Flour dull. Wheat steady. Corn slightly firmer. Provisions good inquiry. Coffee steady. Sugar advancing. Molasses good inquiry. Petroleum in limited de mand. Crude, 38 ; refined, 55. MEXICO. Advices from Mexico, via Havannah, assert that Cortinas had pronounced for Juarez, and attacked Matamoras, but was repulsed. Texan troops are said to have aided Cortinas. HEALTH OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, BRUSSELS, MAY 8. The King has passed a very good night, and a considerable improvement in his health has taken place. FRANCE, PARIS, MAY 8. The Enipress received Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow yesterday. Her Majesty, after • expresaing her profound emotion at the recent sad events in Washington, announced that she had addressed a private letter tendering her sympathy to Mrs. Lincoln. BOURSE, May 6.—There is no alteration to call for particular notice in the market to-day. Threes, for the Account, have realised the closing rates of yesterday, while Mobiliers have slightly advanced, the present quotation being 785 fr. Italian Fives are stationary at Gsfr. 55c. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per Cents 95 90 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 67 55 Do. end month 67 55 Credit Mobilier 780 Do. end month 778 75 Bank Shares 3675 Credit Foncier 1280 Roman Italian Loan 65 60 Do. end month 65 65 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes 45 Home Debt Deferred rAYS. R. Cash. Acct. ' Orleans Northern 1065 ~. 1070 Lyons and Mediterranean BBB 75 ... 887 50 Southern 590 ... 592 50 Western 526 25 ... 530 Eastern , 505 ... 507 50 Sardinian 303 75 ... 302 50 Austrian Lombard 541 75 ... 542 50 North of Spain 245 ... 250 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona l3O ... THE HOMEWARD AMERICAN MAILS DUE AT LIVERPOOL THIS WEEK.—The following steamers are due at Liverpool this week with the American and Canadian mails :—The City of Baltimore, with dates from New York to April 29, may be expected to reach Crook haven or Queenstown in the course of Wednesday morning; and the Belgian, from Portland, with corresponding ad vices, will no doubt arrive at Greencastle on Wednesday evening or early on Thursday morning. On Friday next the Cunard steamer Persia, from New York on May 3, may be looked for either off Crookhaven or Queenstown. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Pennsylvania, which was to leave New York on the same day as the City of Baltimore, will reach Queenstown on Wednesday. The National Company's boats, however, do not carry the mails—only a ship's letter-bag. ALEERSHOTT CAMP.—The new brigade arrange ments at Aldershott have been officially settled. Major-General Brook Taylor, commanding the first Brigade, and Major Deedes, his Aide-de-camp, are struck off the strength from the 30th ult. inclusive. Major General Lord Henry Percy, V.C., assumed command of the let Infantry Brigade, and Brigadier-General F. Adams, C. 8., that of 2(1 Infantry Brigade, from the Ist inst. inclusive. Commencing from the 2d of May the infantry brigades are re-numbered as follows :-3d, or Major General Russell's, will be the Ist Brigade; 2d, or Brigadier-General F. Adams's, will remain the 2d ; Ist, or Major-general Lord Henry Percy's, will be the 3d.—Army and Nary Gagette. THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—In our number of the Bth ult. we led our readers to anticipate that the result of the court of inquiry upon Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins, of the Coldstream Guards, would prove unfavour able to that officer, and that it was most likely he would either have to retire from the army or be placed upon half pay. The decisions both of the Court and t he Horse Guards authorities have been promulgaled. The former is adverse to Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins ; the latter is to the effect we anticipated, and the option of sending in his papers or going upon half-pay is offered him. We should add that Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins has made a representation in the nature of an appeal against this decision, and we be bellow kik§ for a court-niartial.—Army and Navy Gazette. Historic Pictures. By A. Baillie Cochrane, M.P. Two Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Mr. Cochrane disclaims any personal merit in the composition of this work, save perchance. that of a judicious selection of its materials. That commen dation the grateful reader will very readily accord to him, together with a pleasant recognition of the very agreeable manner in which these " Historic Pictures"—old friends with new faces—have been here portrayed. The first subject selected for these historic contemplations is entitled the " Spanish Marriages," the name being in one instance some what of a misnomer, namely, in the first of the in cidents selected, which refers, not to " the Spanish marriage," but to the proposal of a Spanish marriage of Charles I. when Prince of Wales. The romantic expedition of Prince Charles and the gay Duke of Buckingham to the Spanish Court to judge of the attractions of the proposed Infanta has again and again been the favourite theme for the romance writer, more especially that momentous dallying at Paris, where Charles first beheld his future consort, Henrietta Maria, and the Duke of Buckingham was enthralled by no less a personage than the French Queen herself. Even a " twice-told tale" like this is invested with a new interest, placed as it is by Mr. Cochrane in a series, as it were, of dissolving views, in which we find this expedition of Charles I, in 1623, succeeded by au account of the nuptials of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa in 1660 ; and that again followed by the startling contrast of another Franco-Spanish alliance, entitled simply "A .Mar riage at Kingston, 1864" referring, of course, to the recent union of the Count de Paris with the Princess of Montpensier. This latter ceremony, celebrated by the last heirs of a fallen house, is naturally a more fitting subject for painters' art or poets' fancy, than are the more magnificent incidents to which some other of these pictures are devoted. The longest and the most interesting, perhaps be cause the least familiar, historical episode commented on in these volumes is the history of the Abbe De Rance, the reformer of La Trappe. The history of this remarkable man, from the worldliness of his earlier days, when a great man among the great, to the marvellous ascetism of his after-life, is very vividly and powerfully portrayed. Very striking is the incident, when as a youthful Churchman rich in sinecures he returns to his gorgeous mansion, and the thought strikes his heart that either the Gospel must be false, or that he, the owner of this mag nificence, must be among the doomed. Such a thought cannot lie idle in such a heart as De Rance's. Very effectually has Mr. Cochrane followed the struggles of the doubting, irresolute heart until after hours and days of agony the sequel is thus tenderly and beautifully told : AFTER THE STORM. " The hours sped on, and darker and darker seemed to gather the clouds over the waters; but one morning, after a night of gre.t mental disturbance, when the storm had been raging without, and the old trees were rocked in the violence of the gale, the wind suddenly sank to rest, and the morning dawned peaceful, calm, and still ; the light vapour rose from the ground, as it were the earth's incense to the splendour of the morn. Do Rance rose, he tells us, his heart inundated with an immense joy; he opened his window, and the glory of tho heavens and the perfume of the valley soothed him into a dream of happiness ; he ex perienced that fulness of life which all men are susceptible of at moments. All around him seemed to abound with love, life, and repose ; down the skirting showers the sun had fallen on the hill-side. It was one of those moments in which the heart cannot contain its gratitude. The land of promise had been discovered ; the castaway saw the beacon light across the waste of waters, the. small' voice within whispered peace, the voices of the morning pro nounced their blessing. In this frame of mind de Rance entered the chapel ; brightly the sun shone through the painted windows, and beautiful was the reflection on the marble pavement. It was the occasion of a fête in a vil lage in the neighbourhood. On the altar were placed flowers, the freshest and sweetest of the season. Every thing seemed to harmonise with his ideas and sympathise with his feelings. A new youth, a new faith, a new life possessed him." A kindred picture to that beautiful thought of Beattie's " Hermit :"-- Darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn, So breaks on the traveller, faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn." Another episode from French history—the tragic fate of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette—concludes the second volume of these historic pictures. The recently published correspondence of that unfortu nate Queen gives a fitting occasion to this article, which is (necessarily) very interesting. For his very agreeable companionship, not to say guidance, in these pleasant bye-ways of history, the reader of " Historic Pictures" closes the volume with a grate ful reminiscence of their author. The Curate of Sadbrooke. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very earnest, thoughtful book, above the average rank of a novel, and, we much fear , also above the average taste of moat novel readers. The Curate of Sadbrooke is one of those gifted, but seemingly unhappy men, who are before their time, who recognise truths to which the multitude are blind, and who, to carry out a principle, or to en force a conviction, are willing to devote their lives, and to sacrifice every selfish inclination. Such a man is the hero of this novel. Here, in the fol lowing extract, is at once a glimpse of his anxieties and of his ambition. He has, with infinite diffi culty, suceeeded in commencing a poor boys' school, and he has just been assisting in the distribution of a charity, partly organised by himself, but which is productive of much discontent and disappointment : would not accept, and which he was ready, in church, in the school, in the cottages, by the wayside, wherever there were ears to hear, wherever there were souls to be saved, to declare. This passage is sufficient to interest many in the Curate of Sadbrooke. His character is very natu rally depicted in its varying phases, as is that of his brother, who forms a fitting contrast to him. Very charming is the gentle little heroine, and the scene in which nolens volens she gives the purse intended for another to the unbeloved suitor is very grace fully described. A more tragic interest attaches to some of the minor characters of the tale. The un happy Jem, the widow's son, who keeps away from school and falls a prey to the evil counsels of a chance acquaintance, his mother's lodger, is no doubt the sad history of many in similar circum stances. The incident of Jem's terror when, at the attempted robbery of the poor-box at the church door, the church bell rings out, is vividly told, only it reminds us (no doubt without any intention on the author's part) of a similar but (need we say ?) infinitely more powerful scene, namely, that thrilling scene familiar to all the readers of Barnaby Rudge. No lingering pity for Jem prevents the author from pointing the moral of his evil ways. Too late his poor mother bewails her careless neglect, too late the unthinking friend who had thrown him in the way of his evil genius laments the issue of the ill advised companionship. All is over with the un happy boy ; " but no !" exclaims the writer, " all is not yet over !" NO, MAY 8, 1F65. ITERATUE,E. TIM CURATE'S TRIALS The large donation he had given to the school had been received with anything rather than gratitude ; they thought if ho had so much money to give away, it would have been much better bestowed in relieving temporal want. Where there is actual bodily need people cannot be expected to value much any means offered to them for the improve ment of the mind. Even those parents who never thought of sending their children to Sadborough now stood up for the Sadborough school, saying it was quitenearenough for them, they did not want any other. So it was with every thing. Ile was far too strict in his views for the great number —far too liberal minded for many more. Ho was sharing the fate of all who attempt reform. Although those who knew him personally could• not help feeling real attach ment towards him, yet he was perfectly aware that all his plans and endeavours for the improvement of the place in any way were regarded with doubt and mistrust. Still for all this he was not in the smallest degree angry—not the least in any way put out. It would have been impos sible for such a feeling to have arisen in his heart. He believed, on strong conviction, that he was acting right, and ho was not to be turned from his purpose by a cold look or a discouraging word. He was not a man who con sidered he was made a martyr of by such things, neither was he the least inclined to make a martyr of himself with out cause. It was not, however, by any means because he was particularly mild or even tempered that he felt no annoyance. There was simply no room for such a feeling. _ _ His thoughts going on from the woman who had de manded another shilling took in the whole of Sadbrooke, the sad temporal want, the Still more melancholy spiritual 'need, the sheep who would not come into the fold, the people struggling and striving so intently one against another for the bread that perisheth, while they were perishing, unknowing of their destitution, for want of that which was to bo had without money and without price— the bread that endureth unto everlasting life. But his thoughts did not rest even there ; going on from Sadbrooke, they went on, taking in many other vil lages like it, the many other towns like.Sa.dborough—the sin and the sorrow, the suffering and the evil all around. Nor was this hero alone. England, with all this, was better off than other lands. The cry was going up from the whole earth ; still worse did it arise from heathen lands, homes of darkness and of the shadow of death. And so thinking, as far as could bo heard by mortal ears, there sounded to him then the ono wail that is ever going up to Heaven, the cry of the whole creation groaning in suffer ing together. . . Yet even for all this sorrow and suffering there was the ono remedy—the ono way of deliverance—there was mercy waiting for all who would seek it ; the suffering was not to endure for ever—it was the trial time now, the bright light might ever be seen in the cloud. But how grievous, how fearful to think of the multitudes who preferred dark ness to light, who chose sin rather than holiness ; and the few, the very few, struggling for the good! To see the fields laying - white together for harvest, and to know how few labourers were entered into the harvest !_ . ---- - With thoughts attuned to this height, could there be any room for such an idea as self-annoyance ? The one feeling that filled his mind, that was deeply fixed in his heart, was that of pity—pity for the perishing souls, pity for those who, thirsting and dying all around, would yet not drink of the water of life, not accept that message of love and mercy which was for him to deliver, that message which it seemed 130 strange to him they It would be well if histories like that of Jem Wilson could he disseminated far and near. How many children around us are being trained up in Sin, the wages of which is Death, the heart shudders to calculate. There is work, indeed, for many an earnest heart and active hand, as the Curate of Sadbrooke forcibly recognised. As possessing that earnestness of purpose and the will and the ability to exert it in a good cause, we congratulate the author of " The Curate of Sad brooke" on his book, even though it find no great favour with the out-and-out novel-reader. Violet Osborne. A Novel. By Lady Emily Pon sonby, author of " The Discipline of Life." Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. " Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, is our destined aim or way," sings Longfellow in one of his most charming poems : discipline being, in fact, the main object of life, although few are willing to recognise it as such. - Among those few is the authoress of " Violet Osborne," who, in a very successful book published some years back very ' happily enforced the lesson. Violet Osborne, in a different guise, attests the same truth. Very light and pleasant are the opening pages of the tale. The first chapter begins with a festivity, and Violet, the heroine, is charming as youth, beauty, wealth, and generosity can make her. The character of Violet is an original one for a novel heroine; her faults are as visible as her virtues. She is a spoilt child, allowed to have her own way in all things by her fond admiring parents. With a lavish hand she scatters gifts around, delighting in generosity, and proud of patronising. Beautiful as her character appears in prosperity, the touch of undisciplined. Violet's con sorrowproves her utterly duct, when her father's ruin becomes public, is most unheroic and unheroinelike,we had almost said, it is most unwomanly, but very truthfully does her bio grapher exclaim, as if deprecating our condemna tion : Let none harshly judge her. There are many unknown lands on earth, and those of mental trial are as unsounded by the inexperienced as the pathless sea, or the untrodden desert. We may wonder at the faltering steps of others, as they climb some hill of difficulty, or wade through some slough of despond ; but until we have walked in the same path, we cannot tell that ours would be stronger. Violet had been shielded not only from every breath of trial, but oven from the fancy of such a breath. A too fond love and cherishing care had averted not from her eyes only, but her thoughts, every picture of the instability of mortal things. She had heard of want and poverty coming to others suddenly like an armed man ; but that there were dangers of such mutability in her lot had been hidden from her eyes. As men of this generation had heard of wars and rumours of wars, but knew not till war in its horror was amongst them what was the meaning of the word, so Violet had hoard of the changes of mortal life, but thought not of them till they came upon her. How the discipline of life purges the dross from the pure gold in Violet Osborne's instance,• we must refer our readers to the work itself to learn. Some mention we must bestow upon the hero.. Ile is, however, one accustomed to neglect. Lady Emily Ponsonby has selected as the hero for her undis ciplined Violet, a singularly unattractive personage —a bashful man, a victim of mauvaise honte, and nevous trepidation ; one ready to shrink from ob servation, ani yet feel indignant at neglect; but here is his portrait— OVER! " It was over," said the good people of Chesterton and Sadborough, and they were very glad. That poor boy's fate had been hanging over them like a cloud, distressing them like a nightmare. It had prevented their enjoying any pleasure, or entering into anything with comfort or with spirit; but now they could feel quite happy again, it_was such a relief it was over, and they were very glad! And what was over ?—and why wero they very glad ? The life had passed away from their ken ; and that was all, for it was not over. How strange that people who read their Bible, and be lieve it to be a revelation from the Eternal God, should talk in such a maner as this! And yet, is it not common par lance ? But it is over? Has the thing, that has been, ever an end ? Do the words once spoken, go on reverberating in the air throughout all time ? Does the deed once perpe trated become photographed, to rise up again a witness at the judgment ? This may be a truth of science, or it may be an imagination. But, in ono sense, it is, indeed, true. The word that has been spoken arose from some other word ; it will be the cause of many more ; the respon sibility of it endureth for ever. The act that has been committed was caused by something that went before ; it will bo the cause of countless others that must follow after. Has there ever been a first since the beginning? Shall a requiem over bo sung over the last ? The thing that has once had a being, shall it over have altogether an end ? These are hard questions—they lead out into the deep waters. But could we once lift the veil that hides the present world from the Eternal, we should never again say of any departed life—" it is over." • The phase of existence that was before us has passed away ; the , shortest, the most insignificant, except from its after consequences, has merged into another, and that is all. This much has been revealed to us. But if we place between time and eternity a curtain of our own making— a veil, growing thicker and thicker every day with our own sin, and, looking at that in preference to the thing which has been revealed, say wo cannot see, surely in this matter our sin remaineth ! Oh! the doubt and the disbelief in every heart, coming to light constantly by words like these ! the distrust, the unbelief, that sin that doth so easily beset us, how are we holden by it ! If it were not so, there never could bo springing around us the crop that is even now, thriving and flourishing of infidelity, and despair. The life has en tered within the veil, but it is not over. _ _ _ "It is over," said the sinner, and ho went back to his old sin ; "life is but for a little while, and death, come when it may, is but a matter of a few minutes' suffering—it is soon past, and then it is over." Nay, but it is not over. Even to thyself the scene at which thou hast been present is not over—it is only a link in tho chain of circumstances of thy life, which it is thine to use, which, according to the use thou makest of each, will be a cable to draw thee up to heaven, or one that will drag thee down for ever into hell. The time will come when thou wilt believe all this, and when, either for weal or for woe, let others say in their ignorance as they will, thou wilt know for thine ownself—it is not over! TIIE BASHFUL MAN, John Leicester was one of this unhappy race. With talents above the average, with personal advantages which alone would have brought most men into notice, an unac countable diffidence had laid its frozen hand upon his soul. The world in general is too busy to observe those who withdraw themselves from notice ; but even among those who did observe, Leicester was misunderstood. He had, by the exertion of common sense and by natural strength of character, so far conquered his shyness as to subdue some of its outward signs, He had learnt not to stand waving his tall body, as many shy men do, when a seat would set him at ease ; he taught himself to go through the common forms of society, and to speak common forms of speech with a grave composure which concealed his in ward trepidation ; but the very conquest of outward weak nesses made him but the more liable to be misunderstood ; and, while it displaced pity, brought criticism in its stead. He was called proud, when often he would have been thankful for a child's notice ; cold and indifferent, when his heart was beating with sympathy ; dull and apathetic, when, had he dared to speak, his words would have won golden opinions from men. He know his infirmity, and ownod his woknoss ; but knowledge brought neither No. XVII. Chapman and Hall. Mr. 'Tr°Hope's story—the title of whic h / by rights, ought to have been given in the plur3 th number, as " Can you Forgive Them?" -o it , r heroines; as it appears to us, about pretty 0(1 113 ";, needing forgiveness, Lady Glencora, indee d, eN „:„ more so towards the close of the work than. Vavasor—Mr. Trollope's current monthly Ori ci3s story is now evidently winding its way to wilr ; , its conclusion. It might even be averred, ' c point of fact, that the Pronoun Felnill4l'' upon the interrogative title page of i ' c i ; tale, applies, for that matter, u° positively to Kate Vavasor and to "`" --5. Grenow, than it does to either Lady Glencor, Palliser, or to Alice the real heroine of the fle ti° fi lb f as the wooed and won and lost more than once 11 - 0 John Gray, the Squirt, and George Vavasor, to member of Parliament. The widow, we as reaci er c ; might not unreasonably be asked to forgive for b preposterous flirtations with Captain Bellflehl 311:0 Farmer Cheeseacre—Kate needing somepard eil DI O O at the reader's hands for-her perverse interpositiof between her cousin and her betrothed in favour, her own vagabond of a brother. Alluring ill i °l‘l ci though the story is, the characters in it are one II; all of them simply detestable. George is a swo rill u c blaspheming villain—MrPalliser, though a chivalf° 1 1 , gentleman at heart, is a horrible bore, yawning self, and nearly everybody else, too, into Pi eees o f John Vavasor, Alice's father, is the very dulle o j, old fogies—Cheeseacre, a selfish vulgarian—D el ta, a petty, scampish fortune-hunter—while of ~,va Kate, Mrs. Greenow, and Lady Glencora, '"" re , already expressed our opinion, both upon the I: t i ly , sent occasion and before now pretty freque ll to Altogether the book is in effect no more litelYtilo live upon the bookshelves than a periodical of Fashions. the THE FIFTEEN NEW F.R.S.—Last Yea r ; , I s selected list comprised four M.D.'s ; this year it Net t " , one poet and three astronomers—physical scien ce Prep the derates over physic. The. election is announced fefler. Ist of June :—H. Christy, Esq., the Hon. J. Cock- 1°7 , 0 0t, W. E. Dawes, A. Geikio, Esq., G. Gore, Esq.., 1-1 ' Esq., G. R. Gray, Esq., G. Harley, M.D., W. Huggin s, Sir F. L. M'Clintock, M`Donnell, M.D., W. .0 1 Esq., A. Tennyson, Esq., G. H. K. Thwaites, x 4 9." Lieut.-Col. J. T. Walker, R.E. 0 f til e THE POPULAR REVIEWER.—The par t the Graaculus esuriens is now played in London by ais• popular reviewer. Omnia nosdt. He is an oncyclope) it. Tom Sayers is itot beneath his notice, nor Mill abov.etico He will instruct one in boxing, and the othe r in P °ll ot Dor economy. He will slap one in the face, and pat the m hid on the back; and ho will be surprised if either res be attentions as an insult. His style, it is needless to s , V o ' coi s longs to the rollicking, fast school. He is on g ood t o o with all the world, but especially with himself. i fe n los off cheap knowledge ; we a r s the fa mous swor d of Diletto constantly by his side ; and has always the coffin °f met suspended in the air. With two weapons h e a g - ,,0 0 lates all the world. For our part, we wish that tile " I t t i t o sword were reverently placed in the coffin, and tai l, hrg latter were decently buried. Looked at more e ti° style is decidedly composite. It is plastered over w 4ll (I s o ill ° tions considerably the worse for wear. The m ud of theut tote defiles his well of English. For learning he bro lcs o e us e i t slang, and persists in writing Siren with a 9, be 31,,p-itv looks more knowing. For humour he adopts the lap-it the-back style, and wouldn't mind calling her one, far " Vic." Of real power of criticism he possesses 11 , tli e he has no knowledge but that which he gains f le, t se t book under review. If the author is wrong, lie cant him right ; but if the author is right, h e can o ften„ to y' wrong. Then, like a second Phaeton, he " "And brings in cloudy night imme diatelP a pose As for any philosophy, you might as well exPect ebtoclYit ledge of international law from a policeman, °I . 1 . 3 10 1. P t warden to refute the last German theory on St. ° diflic a : t 4 u a popular reviewer despises philosophy. When for ties, he quotes his favourite Birmingham Latilt, f t° . ite D. P; principles comes back to his Stratford-at-Bow litetopoill,lo in fact, appeals to public ignorance. And the ° ' jo y . P to never in vain. Every ono applauds him ; an ci 11 ,t of Wi said to live not so much by his wits, as by thel o th in others.—The Reader. of „a NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. —A WW l ,' committee of this fund was held on Saturlo se.l:; Houghton, the president, occupying the chair. tp o et eO , tary announced that he had received sin ce the ifterareStd subscriptions to the amount of £ lO5 . Severta . el ec e •' tatives of the press from the provinces • Bea, l ett , members of the association. A letters rom w", DiS the eminent French avocat, was read, joiero ability, owing to the pressure of professiotrol ditiorrel during the month of May, to be present at % as ort i ,, ° er . be held on the 20th inst. In his letter, whi ch ,„", to be entered on the minutes of the asseciaa,lo ryer said that he had heard with infinite P le ; vr tters c ol ° formation of the association for the benefit„eif 014110'1;0 W hile; : the - ner t uo nected With the daily and weekly papers• dy.o . ster your happy country," he said, "that it lilts t do cat ° , c o fil e honour and reward men who so worthilY 1' 1 ! o t cause of social and political liberty, are compelled to confine our efforts to rogaiu b t v et and the most patriotic of our intellect the lig a to v ie liberty to enlighten their fellow citizens, , t : n of their dearest and most cherished privileges• cc onv ed. THE BALANCE-SHEET.—The pe al , s 6p, the public income and expenditure ha!, rch 31, ' l c tse, 3 isS ll , The income for the financial year ending lu a _ t o P, co , consisted of £42,130,000 from Custom s p ost - pot-e s "" e . £20,780,000 from stamps and taxes, £310,000 CroNin lands, and £2,993,436 or „ l ids' , , 5, 43 6 ' eluding £872,750 received from India for 0 '; £7 0,3 1 0f t he iuter - t pa , .l serving there); making a total gross incomer The expenditure comprised £26,369,398 f_ o s3 for th ° tom debt, £14,382,672 for tho army, £10, 898, tro t be 7, 69 9 £9,160,140 for civil services, to which and • 41 oei; £870,673 for the Post-office packet service, ,ti(n.ra toll rede r° '" ineit t to for the second moiety of the Scheldt t _nue trli £4,606,471 for cost of collection of the rwc_, o ditur e , the Post-office establishment) brings the e_ s r a_ o f o r £4, l ° ° : oo itane eti to te In £66,462,206, leaving a surplus of £3,8 51, 0, 5 _ it aj out u _ de ra' to this expenditure the sum of £620,000 W . o f OP tifications, the amount being raised by to meat annuities terminable iu 1885. strength nor comfort; he felt his bonds, but could not burst them. - Thus it was that in general, as Albert had said, h e said neglected and overlooked. He could not put himself for ward, and no kindly feeling went forward to drag him out ; and thus too it was that, neglect acting and re -acting upon his character, he withdrew further and further from notice, into the solitude of his own soul. Whether shyness proceeds from pride or humility is e question often asked ; and since it probably proceeds from both, will be often disputed. It is a very true humility that causes a poor soul to doubt of its powers to please ; that causes it—comparing itself with other more gifted beings—sadly to to feel that the charm of attraction is wanting. But it is pride that makes it acquiesce in this want of attraction ; and, rather than seem to courts notice not freely given, to hide for ever the gifts it is conscious it does possess. The different ingredients are variously blended in different characters ; in some, pride prevails in some, humility ; but probably both are necessary to pro duce shyness in any aggravated form. In Leicester, the humility was very genuine. The talents that were over looked by others, he overlooked himself ; and in the power to attract, he was but too painfully conscious of a defi ciency. But though thus genuinely humble, it was also true that pride was slumbering in no small proportion within. When affected with any peculiar degree of ne rvous embarrassment, Leicester has a most extraordinari habit, a habit so ludicrous that we could almost imagine,. if taken from the life, for it is surely " too strange not to be true." When Leicester is in society, and feels especially nervous, and does not know what to do with his hands, he emp lo y s himself in twisting pieces of paper into the figure s of birds and beasts ! While waiting for dinner to be announced, at a party, he is conversing with Viu - , let, something drops, and she picks up what liau been, a few minutes before, an envelope of a letter, but which now is the exact representation of a sua l monkey ! ',Was ever lover or hero more ludi; crously employed ! On visiting his home vi olet finds that his sisters have a drawer full o f these curiosities—birds and monkeys, &c., that " Joie is in the habit of dropping about whenever he is par ticularly embarrassed Such a ridiculous anti climax is enough to convert the lady's tone into laughter ; and whatever his sisters or her biographer may think, we are inclined to regard Violet Osborne, at bath periods of he r life, as too good for the excellent but ridiculous° artist of the paper monkey. Violet's cousin/ til good-natured, matter-of-fact Albert, is a v er ,,, / natural character, very naturally described. v iolet father and mother, and the five sisters of Leic esteri and some of the minor characters are also happ ily sketched; as is Mr. Pope, the pompous country clergyman, who believes his parish and all in himself included, to be the best parish, Pa rs° , - t and people, in all England. With some &lg . '', ,drawbacks, as we have above indicated, the star. ' of " Violet Osborne" is very interesting and attr 3c i : tive—the heroine, save at one temporary int erv3 being herself very charming and delightful. Can you Forgive Her? By Anthony Trolice.