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The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the present o ne th e most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mona; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.O. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BIGNELL, Proprietor. S A U C E.—LEA and PERRINS, THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improve the appetite, and aids digestion. 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Shewing also the localities where the various- strata come to the surface. The Diagram represents the various Epochs, Systems, and Characters of Rocks, from the Plutonic, through the whole Series, to the latest Alluvium, coloured so as to represent real specimens, with the organic remains to be found in each, and the localities in Great Britain where they severally . occupy the surface. Being the most concise and instructive publication on the science that has ever been before the public. B) Smith Evans, Esq., F.G.S. Price is. tryirEEDIE'S TEMPER. FACT AND H : London -W. TwEEDrE. 337. Strand CONT General Review of the Tempe rance Movement. Chronicle of the Temperance Movement. Teetotalism an Agent in Civi lisation. Researches Respecting Alcohol. The Result of the Personal and Professional Experience of the Benefits of Total Abstinence. Physiology of Drinking. Analysis of Bitter Ale and Beer. Judicial Testimonies. Statistics in Reference to Intoxi cating Drinks. 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TWEEDIE. 337. Strali In royal Bvo., handsomely bound in cloth, full gilt, gilt edges price 205., post free 21s. THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY of BRITISH MOTHS. By Edward Newman, F.L.S., E.Z.S. Giving a full description of the perfect insect from nature ; also a description of the Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Food Plant, Time of Appearance, and Localities where found. Each moth is drawn from nature by George Willis, and engraved in his best style by John Kerchner. The figures are life-size of every species ; and if varieties require it, three, four, five, and even six figures are given. The work Is complete in thirty-one monthly numbers, at 6d. each. The work is also issued in quarterly parts, in covers, at Is. 6d. each part. Part X. now ready, price 2s, Back numbers reprinted, and may be had. "We congratulate British entomologists on the completion and publication of this magnificent work."—.Field. " Both to the beginner and the proficient in that study this work will be invaluable."—Daily Telegraph. " It is illustrated with life-size figures from nature of each species, and of the more striking varieties, and it possesses great advantages over all similar works, inasmuch as the caterpillar of each moth, with his habits dtkUseason, is described. This, to collectors, will be an immense boon, and by its means they will be enabled to obtain many rare specirehiss."—Standard. "The completion of Mr. Newman' work on the British Moths is a benefit to entomologists of all classes. It is at once a text-book by a high authority, most valuable for reference, and a handsome, taste fully got-up volume, which will be an ornament to any library or drawing-room table. It embodies the results of many years' earnest and intelligent work by one whose reputation as an ento mologist deservedly stands high. . . We notice also with satisfaction that Mr. Newman's descriptions, whilst thoroughly scientific and minute, are given in plain and unaffected. English. With the help of these and the very excellent woodcuts, even a very young collector may with ease identify any moth ,he may cap ture. The figures are so well drat n that there is no need of colour to render them life-like. . . . We unhesitatingly commend this volume to our readers. We regard it as a very useful addition to our library." Land and ivaler, Oct. 9. London—W. TIVEEDIE. 337. Strand. W.O. Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Oases, in illus tration of the nefarious prooeedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QI7ACKERY By DIMOTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. 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KEM.I3ALL COOK, House-G•hernor and Secretary. or mers. stiOn of ;.2v York .esenta of the pa, will ositiou, lus far, reason to at rate of v that ; but, =idea we to ible to ght re aeously r equal' itimate to hear from taken we not like to delay state don of „ a te srto'rieg LOU.risb . uiedle ouns -6 Wee d 687;6: Kanc ler t a,ges- d e idesv orra°°' I, aged t, wife MORNING Et i TIO.N. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOPPING ‘_) THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUN DAY. London Auxiliary. A great open-air Working Men's Demonstration will take place at Trafalgar-square, Charing Cross, on Saturday evening, June 25th, in support of Mr. Rylands's SUNDAY CLOSING BILL. Addresses will be delivered by Revs. C. J. Whitmore, who will refer to the success of Sunday closing in Scotland, J. B. Wright, W. C. Van Meter, of New York, who will refer to the success of Sunday closing in the United States, E. Mathews, M.A., travelling secretary of the Central Association, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J. West, J. 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Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus, RICHARD I', SLATER, Sec. PARSONS BY POPULAR ELECTION. The chaplaincy of St. John's, Deritend, Birmingham, is filled by popular election. The campaign which has just taken place affords an excellent idea of what may be expected if the parish clergy should be elected by the ratepayers. One of the candidates is the Rev. H. L. Elliott, and the Birmingham Post gives the following sketch of his speech on Tuesday evening delivered at two successive meetings—at the top of High-street, Bordesley, and at the Five Ways, Ravenhurst-street Mr. Elliot, in the course of his remarks denied that he was a Ritualist, or that he had ever been inside a Ritualist Church,.and therefore (alluding to a handbill which had been circulated) he said the statement it contained was not worth the paper upon which it was printed. He con tended that Mr. B . adger (one of his opponents) had no ex clusive claim to Protestantism. He (Mr. Elliot) was a Protestant, but went a step further in his Protestantism than Mr. Badger, inasmuch as he protested, not only against the Popery and the infallibility assumed by councils, but against the in fallibility assumed by Birmingham Popes and Birming ham Bishops. (Applause.) He protested against that bigotry, ignorance,and assumed infallibility characteristic of the party which was pleased to call itself Evangelical. The matter rested with the electors, and the question which had to be decided was this : Were the people of Birmingham willing to accept the hard-and-fast line of theology laid down 300 .years ago, or were they willing to support a man who contended that that line must be re-examined? He (Mr. Elliot) came forward as the representative of Liberal opinions, not only in matters political and social, but in religious thought. (Hear, hear.) Here is Mr. Badger's speech "on the waste ground at the corner of Lower Trinity street and Heathmill-lane " :—Mr. Badger addressed the meeting at some length, and based his remarks on the words, "Fight the good fight." He said they had had for some time past to fight against prejudice, ignorance, and false notions, and he hoped they had come pretty nearly to the end of the battle. On the morrow, if it should please God, he trusted their labours would be crowned with victory. (Cheers.) He was thankful to those who had been working - for him, and should be grieved to see them disappointed. He then urged those whom he addressed to fight for the grand old truths as contained in the Bible, and in combating priestly assump tion, he contended that the blessing of a butcher, if he were a good man, was better than that of a bishop who was a worldly man. (Cheers.) He urged them to fight with the weapons of sanctified reason, and to persevere with patience in their struggle on the morrow. In reply to the question, whether,ll elected, he would give up the living he now held, Mr. Badger said it was impossible for him, by law, to hold two appointments, and that, if elected, he should at once commence and continue to preach in the chapel. (Cheers.) What had been stated about his holding two livings was a mere trick. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Martin then proposed " That Mr. Badger is a fit and proper person to fill the appointment of chaplain to St. John's ; and that this meeting pledges itself to secure his triumphant return on the morrow." (Cheers.) CHARLES DICKENS AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY. It will give the country great pleasure to learn that the proposal we supported on Monday has commended itself to the relations of our great novelist, and that the remains of Charles Dickens were on Tuesday laid in Westminster Abbey. Any announcement of this decision had been purposely withheld, in order that the last duties might be rendered in as much quietness and privacy as possible. The suggestion we ventured to offer has in this respect been followed, and Dickens's directions have been strictly observed in the simplicity of his funeral. His relations may be assured of our cordial gratitude for the readiness with which, amid their personal sorrow, they have thus consulted the feelings of their countrymen. They have happily combined a clue consideration for the wishes of the dead and a regard for the reasonable de sire of the public to claim for the great author, in death as in life, a national as well as a private relation ship. It is not the mere splendour of the Abbey which renders it a fit tomb for such names. A green turf offers, perhaps, as becoming a sepulchre, and certainly as beau tiful a one, as a mausoleum. But the Abbey may be considered as the family grave of the nation. The mass of men play their part among a small circle of relatives and friends ; they have their little time of influence, and they rest most appropriately among those who knew them best and where they will be longest remembered. But there are some few who hold kindred with successive generations, whose friends are found in the great of every age, and whose influence lives as long as there are Eng lishmen, or even men, to be influenced ; and such as these are most fitly laid in that which is to the nation " The Sepulchre of our Fathers." 'This modest barial in a magnificent abbey affords no / inapt illastration of Dickens's life. His genius sur rounded him with endless creations of beautiful thought and feeling, and even, as he himself has recently assured us, of devotion. But they never separated him, as they have too often separated other artists, from common life and common sympath ies. It was his pleasure, if not his very genius, to know none but homely thoughts and ways. His fame was great enough to have justified feelings of pride, or to have enabled him to gratify a laudable ambi tion. But he chose a simple life, and adhered with con stancy to the single aim he had adopted. He felt that the great gifts of heart and head with which he had been endowed were such as were best employed in the quiet work of a man of letters. He was concerned with the natural relations of men and women, not with the artificial forms of society and thought. His genius saw through our trappings, whether of want or wealth, and in life, as in death, his happiness was found in teaching us independence of such externals. He left directions that he should be carried to the grave as an ordinary man—nothing more and nothing less ; and his career has received this flitting completion. But his true place among us none the less demanded acknowledgment, and we have now recognised it in the only public manner possible. We congratulate the Dean of Westminster on his ready sympathy with the public feeling. He has found a grave for Dickens by the side of Macaulay, close to Handel, Johnson, Garrick, and Campbell, under the shadow of the monuments of Thackeray, Addison. Goldsmith, and Shake speare. The man, the company, and the place are alike worthy of each other. It was said of old to be the work of dramatic writers "to purify the passions," and nothing could better describe the office of modern novelists. It is, moreover, a peculiarly necessary as well as lofty function in a civilisation like our own. The chief danger of a highly-cultivated society is to foster artificial modes of thought and feeling, until the truth of nature is obscured, or its sensibility crushed by conventions. It is against outrages of this kind that Dickens appealed to our native human feelings of pity, fear, and love, and his glorylies in the success with which he recalled to us the pure sentiments of nature. He taught us to fear, not power; but wrong ; he led us to pity the suffering, and to love the good. So far, at least, as this world is concerned, no profession can assert a higher aim than thus to make us more simple, more pure, and more true ; and, as the Bishop of Manchestor said the other evening, the work of the great novelist was but in harmony with the Work of the Church. Among the means of this moral purification of literary art is all but the highest, and as civilization advances it exerts a wider and deeper force. Many a great statesman who has been borne with pomp to the Abbey had less oppor tunity for benefitting his country and his race than the novelist who was on Tuesday so quietly laid in Poets' Corner ; but, whetever the powers of the divines, or the statesmen, or the men of learning that crowd that national shrine, none used their talents with greater faithfulness or greater reverence than Charles Dickens. — Times. TENDER SKIN, OR SHAKY HAND P—A Scotch gentleman went into a barbar's shop to be shaved. He soon perceived that the man was much the worse for drink, as he had in fact cut the skin two or three times during the operation. He desired to notice this in as delicate a manner as possible, and suggested to the operator, " I think, my friend, the hot weather has made your hand unsteady." He very quietly replied, " Na, sir, its nae that so muckle, as the heat has made your skin some tender. SUICIDE FROM LOVE.—A night or two ago a lad named Bird, in the employ of a confectioner at Spalding, in Lincolnshire, was observed to leave his master's house and go into an outbuilding. As he did not return his mistress went in search of him, and found him suspended from a beam quite dead. An inquest was held on Monday evening, when it was stated in evidence that the boy, who was only 17 years old, had told a fellow-servant that a girl he had formerly courted had spoken to him coldly and had declined to walk with him or hold any communication with him. He was of an excitable temperament, and it is supposed that this led him to commit the rash act. A verdict was returned in accordance with the facts. " THE " PORTRAIT OF CHARLES DICKENS.—The finest, beyond any comparison, among all the life-like por traitures-of the great man everybody is now lamenting, is the masterly lithograph by R. J. Lane, A.R.A., taken from John Watkins' brilliant photograph. A few copies only, we believe, have as yet been printed from the stone manipulated by Mr. Lane, but the work, admirable as a work of art, and simply priceless as a likeness, ought without any further delay to be at once published. Published at once it might command an almost fabulous circulation. It is a noble and truthful present ment of a delightful face, and is a portraiture that will be henceforth treasured up among the most beloved laves and potato of our English homes, JUNE 16, 1870. BELGIUM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BRUSSELS, June 12. My attention was drawn a week since to a telegram in the Daily Telegraph which informed the English public that rumours declaring that the Ministry would resign if the King refused to ratify the order dismissing the Procu rator-Gdndral, were gaining ground. I suppose that many readers are unacquainted with the cause of the Ministerial crisis, and I will therefore make an attempt to explain it. Langrand Dumonceau, well known in financial circles, is a man who is said to have sprung from very obscure origi,i, and who, after filling the humblest situations in society, worked his way up till he became agent of an insurance company. As such he came in contact with some of the heads of the clerical party in Belgium. Enjoying the patronage of distinguished names, Langrand's schemes, and the many financial establishments he founded, drew the attention of all good souls in and out of the country. Other names belonging to the highest gentry, to the Court, and to the army were shining in the hand bills, which were distributed all over Belgium and in these were promised fair and enticing returns. Immense slims flowed to him. There were some who did not trust the scheme altogether, but they were won over byithe immense dividends said to have been paid to shareholders. The main reason why Langrand was so favoured by the clergy is stated to have been in consequence of his having done some service on behalf of the Catholic faith at the time of the Congress at Malines in 1863. He was then complimented in a letter from his Holiness the Pope. Subsequently the clergy supported him, thinking his mo tives thoroughly sincere in every project he undertook. And thus it was that after a time he succeeded in gaining his great reputation as a financier. It was soon after the formation of the soi-disant General Catholic Fund that he disappeared mysteriously from Brussels. The first person to point out the alleged fraudulent practices of Langrand was Marwell, the editor of the Cote Libre. This man denounced the financier, and called upon the Tribunal to prosecute him. A preliminary investigation was ac cordingly held, but the financier was acquitted of all blame, and no regular trial was proceeded with. Marwell then accused the Tribunal of incompetency, and he was himself afterwards ordered to appear before the court in the posi tion of a defendant. Marwell is a man who enjoys an undoubted esteem ; he had no personal interest in the affairs of Langrand ; his name is highly respected "on 'Change" at Brussels, and being a native of Hungary, the chief field of Langrand's operations, some say that he was the better able to judge of them. Langrand is a man about forty years old, and was born at Vospen, South Brabant. In his youth he enlisted as a soldier in Algiers ; returning from which place he became clerk in an assurance office. He married a Miss Dumon ceau, daughter of a grocer at Brussels, whose name he attached to his own, and he thus became Langrand Dumonceau. The procedure resorted to by the specu lator is reported to be a scandal almost without example in the financial world. Lan grand founded the Royale Belge with 3,000,000 f. L'Ancre with 5,000,000 f., and other companies to the amount of 50,000,000 f. All his companies were highly praised at first by high authorities in Belgium, including, it is said, unfortunately the clerical party. It is stated, moreover, that while friendly with the Princes of the Imperial family at Vienna, he was paying out false dividends to keep his enterprises afloat. It was while here that he founded the International Company, with a capital of 200,000 ; 000f. Langrand has been in his time created Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and Knight of some important Austrian Order. Langrand has now gone to America, and it is stated that he offers 100 per cent. to all who invest their money in the mines of Agnemara, but those who are alleged to have trusted the financier, say that a donkey does not allow himself to be hurt twice by the same stone. As I said before, Marwell, editor of the Cote Libre, accused Langrand Dumonceau, but the Pro curator-G4ndral would not continue his prosecution of the alleged defaulter, and thus great excitement has been caused. The jury acquitted Marwell on all points on the charge of slander, and the verdict was received with immense cheering. At the same time Langrand was declared bankrupt, and it was expected that the Procurator- General and the Procureur du Roi would tender their resignation. During the proceedings it transpired that the Procurator-General had given a written guarantee to Langrand, to the effect that if he would come from Vienna to be heard as witness in the case he should not be arrested ; it also seemed that the son of the Procureur du Roi, Monsieur Hody, was employed as a clerk by Langrand at a salary of 4,000 francs. At the hearing of the charge against Marwell, M. Jansar, his counsel, ended his speech thus :—" Gentlemen of the jury, on one side stands before you the Procurator- General, who allowed M. Langrand to decamp ; on the other side Marwell, in full conviction of his duty, and c ertaiu that ho objected against fraudulent unjust acts." The Queen and the Princesses will leave Balmoral for England on Friday afternoon. Count Beust is slowly recovering. The Emperor has paid him a long visit. The treaty of commerce with Spain will be signed shortly ; nearly all the difficulties which prevented ita conclusion having now been removed. The body of a young man, named Kelly has been found lying on the road just outsido Belfast. The poor Fellow is supposed to have been murdered. A Middlesbro' correspondent, reporting the con tinuance of remarkable briskness and activity in the North of England iron trade, says that puddlers are so scarce that in some works a considerable proportion of the furnaces are not lighted. AN ARDENT CONSERVATIVE.—Mr. J. M. Richardson, an auctioneer of Tunbridge Wells, made a journey to the Isle of Wight, on Friday, in order to assist in the return of Mr. Bane Cochrane. This gentleman has a qualification in more than twenty county con stituencies. SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY.—Mr. William Henry Edwards, a retired tradesman of Clifton, committed suicide on Tuesday, at tho Dawlish station of the South Devon Railway, by throwing himself across the rails just as a train was passing. ills wife was by his side when he jumped off the platform. The Freeman's Journal says that a bottle con taining a card has been picked up at Castlegregory, near the shore of the Maharees. It was stated on the card that the Cunard steamer Aleppo was in a sinking condition. The Aleppo left Queenstown on the 12th of May, for New York. TH.E Ems INTERVIEW.—An Austrian journal, the Vienna Presse, gives a new version of the much talked of rencontre between the Russian Emperor and the Prussian King at Ems. The matter under discussion was the mar riage of the Czar's second son to a young princess of the Prussian Royal house, and the betrothal was finally decided upon by the two monarchs. JAPANESE RAILWAYS. Mr. George Preston White, C.E., consulting engineer to the India O ffi ce, and examiner for all appointments of engineers for India, has been appointed consulting engineer for the Japanese Government in the construction of the railways for which the 9 per cent. loan of. £1,000,000 has just been raised. It is satisfactory that the Japanese in their first experi ment will thus have as much care exercised as if the works were under British control.—Times. THE CHARGE OF PERSONATING WOMEN.—Le Nord says that Mr. Cumming, against whom a warrant has been issued in connection with the charge of person ating women, went to Brussels immediately after the arrest of Park and Boulton, and put up at one of the best hotels. As, however, he had no papers, and could not give evidence as to his means of existence, he was re quested to leave the country. The Nord adds that when he was called upon he had his hair in curl papers, and that portraits in which he and a friend were represented in women's clothes were found in his rooms. MELANCHOLY CANOE ACCIDENT.—A canoe acci dent, resulting, there is every reason to fear, in the death of Mr. Peter Rintoul, jun., of Glasgow, occurred in Loch Long ou Saturday last. Mr. Rintoul, it is understood, left IDunoon or Ardentinny with the intention of proceed ing in his canoe to Arrochar, and he was observed about noon in the middle of the loch, paddling his tiny craft with great industry, there being a strong wind and a heavy sea on at the time. Nothing more is known to have been seen of him • but about three o ' c lo c k i n th e aftereoon the canoe which had evidently drifted ashore, was found on the beach at Strone Toll, on the east side of Loch-Long, some four or five miles north from the en trance to Lochgoil. TORPEDO OPERA.TIONS.--AR attack by torpedoes was made on Tuesday afternoon by the Royal Engineers upon the wreck of the Golden Fleece, which has been for so many months an obstruction in the channel way for shipping off Sully Island, Bristol Channel. The charges were in three iron cylinders, amounting in the aggre gate to 1;500 lbs. of gunpowder, and were applied to a portion of the vessel immediately in front of the engines A large quantity of timber was brought away by the ex plosion, and the genera l con diti on of the appearances dis played were such asto signify that the operation had been successful, but no actual results can be recorded until a survey by soundings has been made. PRICE ld STAMPED 2d. LITERATURE. Silvia. By Julia Kavanagh, Author of " Nathalie," Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Julia Kavanagh's books are always interesting. There is an earnestness about her style and a reality about the characters she describes that irresistibly enthral the reader's sympathy and attention. Silvia Nardi, the heroine of the present tale, is an Italian girl, gifted with all the fascinations, and possessed also of many of the imperfections of her race—wayward, impetuous, and pas. sionate. Her faults bring their own punishment. She refoses'a lover to whom her whole heart is devoted, and engages herself to one who is an object of her indifference, and is then overwhelmed at the results of her foolish im petuosity. The scene in the forest where Charles Meredith is shot at by the assassin is vividly and powerfelly described, The passionate emotions which thrill the hearts of hero and heroine are depicted with that mingled tenderness and purity so conspicuous in the writings of Julia Kavanagh. Contrasted with the impetuous Silvia is her friend aad companion, the gentle and unhappy Madame de l'Epine. " An ermine, a regular ermine 1" exclaims Silvia, as her delicate friend daintily lifts her dress from the duet of the bye-ways, and with equal care does Madame de l'Epno preserve the tranquility of her spirit amid the heavy trials of her life. Here is her beautiful theory of prayer—"l consider prayer," she says, " like one of those high places t• which men climb in order to get a wider view of all that lies below. Whenever I want to see how small my trials are, and when I cannot, because, alas 1 they are so near, I climb up that divine mountain and look down a$ them. How different they seem when seen from that die. tance. Some have vanished utterly ; others are so small that I could laugh at them. And there have been timer. happy times, when dwelling there, I, as it were, sew nothing else. All lay below, miles below, and quite for. gotten." "Is it not cold up there ?'' objected the ieapul. sive Siliva ; but we need not pursue the dialogue between these very dissimilar friends. Some of the minor characterer, Lady John, and Mrs. Groom, and Mrs. Green, not for. getting the all credulous but ever delightful Capitaine de l'Epne, are happily sketched and will not very readily be forgotten. The Household Fairy. By the Lady Lytton. HaU and Co. This is a pretty little volume dedicated to every house holder in the kingdom, and it treats of a subject which assuredly comes home to one and all. Readers may here learn by what all potent and irresistible necromancy Mr. Winifred Welldon converts " the greatest plague of life" into "a household fairy." The glimpse of Mrs. Winifred's charming abode, " The Blossoms," and her dainty little handmaiden Audrey is very attractive. and the delighted visitor is favoured by the good natured old dame with ample details as to the secrets of her wonderful art of housekeeping. And singularly prow tical and practicable are this good lady's theories, for instance, when shais asked how she can possibly keep her house so marvellously clean, she replies that the way she " keeps it clean" is "never to let it get dirty 1" and again when the visitor is astonished that onlyone servant is able to accomplish such admirable results, Mrs. Winifred shrewdly excaims, "Well, ma'am, there are twelve hours in the day; a great deal may be done, especially in a small house, in that time, provided it is done ; but forty-eight hours are not long enough to do any thing when every thing is always going to be done." As the King of France interrupted the apologetic mayor, who had twenty excuses to offer for not firing a royal salute—imprimis he had no cannon—by observing that that one reason was quite sufficient and he would dispense with the rest, so we are inclined to masa this one axiom of Mrs. Welldon's as containing the key to all her philosophy. Mistresses and maids will do well to consult the teaching of this homely soothsayer. Gymnastics for Ladies. By Madsane Brenner. In this little book, adorned with more than twenty plates, each containing eight or ten figures of lithe and graceful damsels with hoops, and cords, and dumb-bells, and all the varied implements of the gymnastic art. Madame Brenner explains the theory and details of her system as practised in her gymnasium. One of her first principles appears a very just one, namely, that the exer cise should not fatigue the pupil, to which is added the additional advantage that it should amuse the mind, while it employs the frame. To this end Madame Brenner advocates the accompaniment of music—the harmony of sound, and the harmony of motion. Primitive Man. By Louis Figuier. Revised Translation. Chapman and Hall. To the Antiquarian and the Archaeologist this work will prove singularly attractive, it is a revised transla tion of l'homme primitif of M. : Louis Figuier, and it is illustrated with no less than thlrty,scenes of primitive life: describing men, and women, and children in garments of skins engaged in war and the chase, in funeral ceremonies, in the rudiments of the potter's and sculp. tor's art, &c., ac., together With no less than two hundred and thirty-three figures of various implements and object* belonging pre-hiStoric ages.. We are relieved to find that M. Louis Figuier (an authority in such mat ters) does not adopt the Darwinian theory, and regard Man as the younger brother or lineal descendants of the Ape I HAYMARKET THEATRE. The revivalof Mr. Bnckstone's comedy, " Married Life," has proved a great flumes ; and, although ,the cast is nearly a new one, the broad'fun of the piece brought out in the moat remarkable manner. When the piece was first produced the principal parts were supported by Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Messrs. Farre n, Strickland, O.Smith, and Mr. Buckstone; Pall'fof whom, with the exception of the talented author, have passed from the mimic stage ; but, aided by the services of Mr. and MTs. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, and Mrs. Frank Matthews, the piece now " goes," as it is termed, with call its original effect. On the first night of its representation, Mr. Buckstone appeared as Mr. Henry Dove, and a more artistic representation of true comedy, we well recollect could not hive been witnessed on the metropolitan stage. It is now embodied with all that rich, racy humour, which has made Mr. Buckstone one of the most popular favourites on the English stage, and we sincerely hope he may be long spared to pursue his professional career, a :wish that will find a warm response in the breast of every admirer of legitimate acting. The applause at the fall of the curtain was enthuSiastie, and, had it been the _first night - of the representation of the piece; it could not have met . with a warmer Welcome. " Home ". has also been revived; with Mr. Sothern and Mis Ada Cavendish, and, altogether, the entertainment at the Haymarket is now one of the most pleasurable description. The house was most bril liantly attended. A SNUB TO ENGLAND.—A flagstaff is to be erected on the field of Bannockburn on the 25th instant, and a public demonstration is to be held on the occasion. The flat stone on which the column is to rest is about sft. square. The entire height of the staff, which is divided into two portions, one of iron and the other of wood, is about 120 ft. The former part is to be 75ft. in height, and along with the latter will weigh about three tons. TiE LATE Mr. Dicims.—The following poem on Mr. Dickens by the Hon. Mrs. Norton is from Albert Schloss' English Bijou Almanack for 1842 : Not merely thine the tribute praise Which greets an author's progress here; Not merely thine the fabled bays Whose verdure brightens his career ; Thine the pure triumph to have taught Thy brother-man a gentle part, In every line of fervent thought Which gushes from thy generous heart : For thine are words which rouse up all The dormant good among us found— Like drops which from a fountain fall To bless and fertilise the ground ! A. SHERIFF'S COMMENTS ON PROMISE OF MAR RIAGE.—The Sheriff of Perth has awarded £5O damages to a young woman named Elizabeth Forbes, who was the plaintiff in an action for breach of promise of marriage. Attached to his interlocutor was a note in which the sheriff said :—" This is not a case of hasty acquaintance followed by , promise to marry, heedlessly made and as wantonly violated. The parties are of equivalent ages and station, and their courtship was on the patri archal model of seven years. The amount of damages is the only question. Here there is a special damage, as the pursuer is proved to have made an exuberant preparation in articles which generally is the province of the man to provide, These still have their value ' • and if the defender was to pay their full value, he would of course be entitled to the equivalent, and some of them would be unsuited for his sex. But, doubtless the loss on the purchase forms an item of calculation. Loss of market,' is the favourite terms in which damages are often awarded. But the Sheriff-Substitute discards so ignoble an epithet, suitable only to the beasts of the stall. And, indeed, it has often been said that such actions ope rate rather to enhance than to diminish the worth of the rejected one." LB7O. /- rife of t he tt, ....''._, _--- 8 0, ►. 1 12 i X °