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Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. r4t- -dpu, titip 1 . 041 16 .- 0 = • , MORNING EDITION. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1870. The proclamation of the Plebiscitum was on Saturday last celebrated in the Salle des Etats, at the Palace of the Tuileries, with all befitting state and ceremonial. As a mere spectacle, the scene pre sented to view appears to have been magnificent. From among the assembled dignitaries of the Empire, the Cardinals alone were absent, their Eminences being still detained at Rome, in attendance at the Nineteenth (Ecumenical Council, the first Council of the Vatican. Otherwise, France (and, through diplomacy, the same might be said alike also of Europe, and even of the World) was completely re presented. The Ambassadors were there, the Marshals were there—the Ministers of the Empire, the Senators, the Deputies, the great personages officially illustrating all departments of the Imperial Government. Precisely at one o'clock in the afternoon the EMPEROR, the EMPRESS, and the PRINCE IMPERIAL, accompanied by the other members of the Imperial family, and attended by the Court, entered the Grand Hall of the Assembly in the midst of reiterated and enthusiastic shouts of Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmperatrice I and Vice le Prince Imperial ! This latter cry being again and again repeated significantly —in remembrance of the appeal made by NAPOLEON 111. to his people, that by their affirmative response through the Plebiscite, they should facilitate the transmission of his imperial crown to his son. The response made by the nation has entirely justified the confidence thus reposed in its loyalty by the SOVEREIGN. And bearing in mind the grandeur of the majority again obtained by NAPOLEON 111.-- actually, for a fourth time in two-and-twenty years, as the EMPEROR himself reminded his audience on Saturday—it is impossible to wonder that the proceedings of the 21st instant gave evi dence, on the part alike of the Monarch and of his Government, of exultation at this signal and crown ing triumph achieved by the dynasty. Since the May of 1815, when the cause of Liberty and the name of NAPOLEON were, for the first time, associated—when BENJAMIN CONSTANT, one of the greatest constitutional reformers France has ever produced, exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, when speaking of the First NAPOLEON, " Why have I not known and understood him sooner ?"—when LUCIEN BONAPARTE, hitherto implacably opposed to his brother, the EMPEROR, was first re conciled to him upon a tardy appreciation of his character and became then, first enrolled upon the list of imperial princes—since the date of the great historical day of the Champ de Mai, there has been witnessed no such spectacle in Paris as that which took place on Saturday in the Tuileries, when again as signally, but with a yet greater deliberation, the cause of Liberty and the name of NAPOLEON were once more harmoniously and this time, we will hope, permanently associated. Their association, in 1815, was the tocsin that roused Europe in arms, from the Tanais to the Thames, to oppose the one un daunted mortal of whom all the kings of the earth were then in terror—a truth expressed, almost in those very words, upon the morrow of the Champ de Mai, in a letter addressed to Lord BYRON, from Paris, by the late Lord BROUGHTON, then Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, Sir JOAN having himself but just then returned from witnessing that far grander and far more magnificent spectacle than the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Europe, in startling contrast now to the Europe of fifty years ago, looks on, not antagonistically, but sympathetically, at this new May celebration of the union of NAPOLEON and Liberty. Upon the morrow of the Plebiscite, in the May of 1870, the Sovereigns of Europe independently and without concert, flashed through the electric wire their congratulations to NAPOLEON 111. Upon the Proclamation of the Plebiscite in the Salle des Etats at the Palace of the Tuileries, the Diplomatic body were conspicuously and unanimously in attendance. According to wont, the EMPEROR'S Speech was worthy of himself and of the occasion. Elsewhere in our impression, the translation of the Speech will be found in its entirety. There are passages in this re markable address, however, which deserve to be espe cially particularized. Foremost in order, and in one sense also it might even be said in importance, was the EMPEROR'S intimation that " the Plebiscite had for its sole object the ratification by the people of a Constitutional Reform." That " amid the conflict of opinions, and the excitement of the struggle the discussion was carried beyond this," his Majesty regards, as he says, immediately after wards, as no cause for regret ! And why ? Because, as he put its epigrammatically, " The adversaries of our institutions have raised the question between the Revolution and the Empire." And, he adds, with tranquil exultation, "The country has solved it in favour of the system which guarantees Order and Liberty." Strengthened upon its foundations, the Empire, observes NAPOLEON 111, calmly and grandly, " will show its force by its moderation." His Govern ment, he asserts, " will not deviate from the liberal course which it has traced." Its one a im and purpose, he declares, will henceforth be—" to rally round the Constitution which has just been sanctioned by the country, by the honest men of all parties, to insure public security, to calm party passions, to preserve the social interests from the contagion of false doctrines, to find by the aid of the highest intellects the means of increasing the greatness and prosperity of France, to diffuse THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1870. education, to simplify the administrative machinery, to carry activity from the centre where it superabounds to the extremities where it is wanting, to introduce into our codes of law, which are monuments, the im provements justified by experience, to multiply the general agencies of productions and riches, to pro mote agriculture and the development of public works, and, finally, to consecrate our labour to this problem, always resolute, and always seeking to find the best repartition of the burthens which press upon the taxpayers. Such," he exclaims, "is our pro gramme !" Finally, the EMPEROR, addressing himself to the great dignitaries of the State, and through them to the whole population of France, impressively remarks, " We must now more than ever look fear lessly forward to the future"—exclaiming, with a noble confidence in conclusion, " Who indeed could be opposed to the progressive march of a dynasty founded by a great people in the midst of political disturbances, and which is fortified by Liberty ?" Liberty ! It is his last word in responding to the proclamation of the Plebiscite. Well, in truth, almost wittily, did the President of the Legislative Body, M. SCHNEIDER remind his auditory that, from the beginning, the EMPEROR had declared that Liberty should Crown the Edifice. By the Plebiscite of the Bth of May, 1870, and by its formal proclama tion of the 21st, the Edifice is Crowned. IT is such a relief to think that in a few hours the Irish Land Bill will have passed through committee, that few persons will be disposed to examine very minutely the means by which that result has bee n attained. Careful investigation will, however, somewhat damp the general satisfaction. The bill will in all probability will become law very much in its present shape. Nevertheless it cannot be considered to approach perfection. Nor will it meet with anything like universal approval. The main principles upon which the measure is founded are thoroughly sound. So soon as it becomes law capricious evictions will cease, because the penalty for them will be so heavy that no landlord will care to pay it ; and the tenant, on surrendering his holding, will be repaid the value of his permanent improve ments. These two provisions should suffice to make farming in Ireland a business in which a prudent man may engage, and to establish friendly, because well defined, relations between the landlord and the tenant. So far the bill is admirable. We have less confidence in the second part of it. In theory Mr. Bright's scheme for the establishment of a peasant proprietary is good ; but in practice we fear the State will find some difficulty in enforcing payment of interest upon money advanced to peasant purchasers of estates. We sincerely trust that no such difficulty will arise. If it do not Mr. Bright will have proved himself to be a statesman of the first rank as well as that which we have long known him to be an orator of unsurpassed, eloquence. Our chief regret with regard to this measure is that Government having been bold enough to adopt two principles which five years ago some Liberals would have thought revolutionary, should have shrunk from admitting that permissive perpetuity of tenure, which was advocated by Sir John Gray and Mr. Morrison, and which has the sanction of so high an authority as Judge Longfield. Strictly speaking, there is more than one form of this permissive per petual tenure ; but in substance the two forms are the same. The principle is simply the creation of a statutory tenant-right by the mutual conssnt of both parties, the rent to be agreed on between them and to be revised at the end of every seven years. If the -tenant prefers to go out rather than pay an increased rent, he would be en titled to seven years' purchase of his holding, and also to the same compensation if the landlord declines to lower the rent, the compensation to be based upon the reduced rental demanded by the tenant. That Ministers should object to this plan is the more remarkable because they have all along, deprecated a government valuation. But govern ment valuation is inevitable under the Act as it now stands. Every case that is brought before the Judges means a valuation by the executive. Judge Longfield's scheme would simply take the existing rent as the basis of valuation. If the landlord thinks the rent in sufficiently high, he can raise it; and if the tenant objects to pay it, the latter can demand to be bought out at a price equal to seven years' present rental. If the tenant thinks it too high, and the landlord refuses to lower it, the landlord may buy out the tenant at seven years' purchase of the reduced rental. This is simplicity itself compared with the Government measure, excellent, though that may be. There is, as the Times has pointed out, another and grave reason for regret that Government has refused to entertain Sir John Gray's and Mr. Morrison's pro proposals. They would apply to twenty-three counties outside Ulster, and the representatives of twenty two of them have signed a declaration in favour of the proposals. Surely this is not governing Ireland according to Irish ideas. Ireland wanted one thing, England has given another; Ireland well know what it wanted and why it was wanted ; England had no reason for refusal, except that Ministers did not want to have their bill altered. In truth England was weary of the matter, and did whatever it was told without understanding the question at issue. It is this ignorant legislation and ndifference to local wishes, which gives force to the demand of the Nationalist party for anational legisla ture. For our own part we see nothing disloyal, nothing unpatriotic in the demand, and we discover no reason why Parliamentary candidates, whether Liberal or Conservative, should not declare themselves in favour of it. To say that the safety or the honour of the empire depends upon the question whether Irish politics shall be discussed in St. Stephen's-green or Palace-yard is nothing less than childish. We are quite certain that English legislation would fare much better if the Legislative Assembly at Westminster were not compelled to dis cuss Irish measures. Already for two sessions almost every great Imperial question has had to be postponed because Ireland has stopped the way. We rejoice that the whole kingdom has united in performing those two acts of justice to Ireland which are embodied in the Land and the Church bills, but it would be a serious sacrifice, and an altogether in tolerable state of things, if the suspension of Eng lish legislation were to continue much longer. Now that every small colony is getting its own legislature, there is at least no a priori reason why Ireland (which already offers one point of similarity to the colonies in the presence of a lieutenant-governor) should not enjoy the same privilege. The only room for doubt lies in the uncertainty as to how far two different races and religions would be able to co-operate. It is probable that they would not have co-operated with regard to the great reforms of the last and the present session, that there was need of a powerful English majority to overcome the antagonism of the Orange party and the territorial interest ; but now that these sources of controversy have been removed out of the way there seems no reason why all parties, classes, and interz•sts should not work harmoniously together. If they would do so, and settle Irish matters in their own - ,\ - ay, it would be difficult to decide if Ireland or England would be the greater gainer. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) WE have for many months past been in periodical receipt of unfavourable news from Portugal—her indebtedness, her misgovernment, the dissatisfaction of the people and the troops; but we were scarcely prepared for the extraordinary events which took place in Lisbon on Thursday. One of the most singular revolutions recorded in this revolutionary age occurred on that day. The Marquis de Loul6 has lately been Prime Minister of Portugal ; but Marshal Saldanha took it into his head that he ought to have the place, and forthwith proceeded to make arrangements to obtain it. The old machinery of securing a majo rity in the Legislature was scorned by this enter prising politician, and, indeed, very justly, for the Legislature is of but little account in Portugal compared with the soldier-statesmen who pull the wires. Marshal Saldanha took a more direct and much more efficacious course. With six battalions he marched off to the royal palace. The King's Guard resisted this violent method of redistributing political good things ; but in the encounter which followed the Mar shal and his six battalions prevailed. Busi ness commenced at one, and "at four o'clock Marshal Saldanha entered the Royal Palace, and had a long interview with the King, who summoned the Prime Minister, the Marquis de Louie, to his presence. The latter at once tendered his resignation, which was accepted." This three hours' revolution terminated in the the most admirable style of art. The King was trampled upon and insulted in his own palace, his guards were slain before his door, the Premier turned out of his position, and a bloodstained revo lutionist installed, without any more ado than the creation of a moderate quantity of excitement. It is difficult to decide which of the actors in this affair affords material for most astonishment. It is amazing that a King should have tolerated such an insult, even to save his life; it seems strange that the Minister could find no one to stand by him; and it is certainly in explicable that the worthy Marshal, after such a success, should have contented himself with anything less than the Crown itself. The affair is a fine commentary on the interpretation put upon constitutional doctrines in many parts of Europe. These nations copy constitutional forms, and ape constitutional manners; they make a parade of responsible ministries, legislatures, bills, and budgets ; but their doings in times of trouble are scarcely a whit more civilised than in the dark ages. Another week, it is hoped. will see the Irish Land Bill fairly through the House of Commons. It stands on the paper for this evening as the first order of the day after the University Tests Bill. To-mor row night it may be sufficiently well passed through Committee to admit of its being reported on Thursday, in which case the third reading will be " down " for this day (Monday) se'nnight. And upon the third reading there may just possibly be a division. Wherefore it behoves the Liberal members to be upon the alert upon the next four nights set apart for the business of the Government. '' ( ub . Minn 31 t J., HER MAJESTY. BALbIORAL CASTLE, May 21. The Queen arrived at Balmoral yesterday afternoon at a a quarter three o'clock, accompanied by Princess Louise and Priucesd Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, Mdlle. Norale, Sir Thomas Biddulph, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Mr Sahl, and Dr. Heffmeister. The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales, at tended by the Countess of Morton and Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, went to the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden. The 1 rince and Princess of Wales, with the Countess of Morton and Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale in waiting, at tended Divine servica yesterday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The service was performed by the Rev. he Sub-D an, the Hon. and Rev. R. C. Boyle, and the Rev. T. Helmore. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. R. C. Boyle, from St. Matthew, chap. 12, v. 37. CRYSTAL PALACE FLOWER SHOW. On Saturday the " Great Flower Show of the Season and International Bouquet Exhibition" took place at the Crystal Palace. The arrangements made for the show were excel lent, and the day being fine there was nothing wanting to lend to the success of the exhibition. A new feature has this year been introduced into the show, collec tions of plants having been arranged for decorative purposes, and special prizes offered for an international display of bouquets. The Great Show was held under the nave of the Palace. On each side of the promenade flowers . and plants were tastefully displayed. Be tween the nave and centre transept were two arches, surmounted by flags and decorations. The appear ance of the building on this special day was fresh and charming. At each corner of the transept were groups of statuary surrounded by plants and flowers, arranged as in a conservatory. The inter national display of bouquets was a novel and attractive feature ; tables were laid out for six teen bouquets, severally designed for wedding, ball, or table. Beauty of arrangement and quality were the tests of merit, and the exhibitors in this department displayed mostly in selecting and placing the 'different bouquets designed for particular occasions. The French bouquets were all delivered on Saturday morning fresh from Paris, carefully packed and preserved in wet moss and sand. Fortunately they were unhurt in the journey, and had the appearance of having been recently culled from the garden. The prizes for bouquets were divided into three classes, the first being open to all, the second for amateurs only, tie third open, and the fourth for amateurs. The first class was generally admired. The second prize was withheld in the second class, because it was adjudged that the arrangement was not good, the flowers not really having been formed into bouquets. In the third class, the first and second prizes only were awarded, the display not being large ; but in the last class there was a larger exhibition. Mrs. Green, of Crawford-street, Bryan ston-square took the first and second prizes in Class A and the first in class C. The show of roses was splendid The selections of roses exhibited by Messrs. Paul and Son of Cheshunt, and Mr. Turner, of Slough, deserve especial mention. The latter exhibited a cherry-coloured Victor Verdie and a yellow-tinted celeine Forestier that attracted much attention. Perhaps the great feature of of the show was the display of azaleas ; hundreds of these varied tinted plants appeared to be loaded and bursting with thick bloom. and nothing could have been better cal culated to produce effect than the plan adopted of placing rows of the gay flowers on banks of green each side the great stage, the varied hues of the specimen appearing like pyramids of light, their wealth of blossom being thrown up to perfection. The shew of fancy pelar goniums was proportionately fine, as was also the collec tion of geraniums. Specimens of choice calceolarias, some large as strawberries, were among the many floral beauties ; From noon until evening a large and fashionable company entered the palace, and the lawn and gardens at Rock hilis were oped to visitors. Within these grounds the large Wistaria Sinensis, a tree running for more than 200 feet, and covered with mauve and purple-coloured blos soms, some thousands in number, and many of them twelve inches in length, is in bloom. The band of the Cold stream Guards, under the direction of Mr. F. Godfrey, per formed operatic and other selections.during the afternoon, as did also the orchestral band of the company. There was a display of fountains and other attractions. There were altogether 17,360 visitoss, 13,846 of whom were ad mitted by season tickets. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has issued cards for a full-dress banquet on Saturday, in celebration of the Queen's birthday. [ADVERTISEMENT ]-- HOLLOWAY'S DINT' ENT AND PILLS. —Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica.—Thes maladies are always more or less connected with disorder or disease of the dige,- the organs ; hence the facility with which they yield to Holloway's remedies. Temporary alleviation immediately follows the proper application of this soothing ointment' while the pills taken internally reduce the digestive func tions to order, and avert all inflammatory tendencies. Ner vous invalids will derive ease and consolation from the influence of these medicaments, which are free from mer cury and all noxious ingredients. Holloway's celebrated ointment and pills present, at a trifling outlay, the means of ,preserving the health, or uprooting diseases which have assailed the body through accident, luxury, indolence, or other causes. LITERATURE. A Ramble into Brittany. By the Rev. George Musgrave, M.A., author of "Nooks and Corners in Old France," 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. A very delightful ramble recorded by a very delightful writer. Alluding to the great love of travel which exists in the present day, Mr. Musgrave discovers a new reading for the truism, "Humanum est errare," in proof of which it appears that between January and December in last year no less than three hundred and thirty.three thousand passen gers crossed the Straits of Calais from Dover and Folkestone, in addition to numerous others who went by Newhaven and other routes. However, there are, as the saying is, "travellers" and "travellers," and but few of the varied multitude above enumerated would be likely to reap so much benefit from the excursion as the rev. author of this ramble. Mr. Musgrave is no superficial observer, not only the "nooks and corners" of the country which he visits, but the minutest details in the manners and customs of the pepol• with whom he mixes, are for him matters of supreme interest and attrac tion. Thus, in viewing the college of St. Edmund's, at Doua, where, as an M.A. of Oxford, he was greeted " with cordial welcome and respect," M . Musgrave examined with particular interest, the course of instruction laid down for the pupils during a seven years' residence in the college. After awarding due praise to the course of classical instruction, the visitor particularly ad mires one branch of the studies in composition, which re quires the learners "to wri e letters in a style and autograph becoming educated gentlemen"—" a most excellent study," he observes, " and well worthy of• adoption, if there were but time for it, in our own best schools, from which lads of sixteen often send scrawls that might have been penned by pot boys." While passing through Morlaix, the observant traveller is sfruck by the elegant exterior of some of the humble abodes of the poorest inhabitants, composed entirely of granite. "In the quarters, where stone grows under the feet like grass and chisels do their work with the facility of scissors cutting paper, the stonemason knocks up a domicile tenable at 18s. a year rent with a working drawing before him that might have been sketched by Pailudio, and plumbs and fits granite cubes' with the precision and energy of .an ancient Roman." We must not lingor any longer over these pleasant pages. The book, however, we may remark in conclusion is not so much a record of adventure as a result of thoughtful investigation and research, and to congenial readors more especially, the Rambler in Brittany is likely to prove an instructive and desirable companion. Mary Stanley; or the Secret Ones. Chapman and Hall. This is a clever book, and is all the more interesting because it opens up new ground. Mary Stanley is an Englishwoman, as her name implies, but the story is Rus sian ; the scene is laid in Russia, and nearly all the dramatis personae, except the heroine, are Russians. The author has, we believe, lived many years in the great empire over which the Czar bears sway, and he has vividly depicted the customs and the society of that country. The date to which his story refers is nearly fifty years back, during the last days of the Emperor Alexander 1., and the catastrophe with which the book concludes is the accession of Nicholas and the formidable conspiracy with which he had to deal at the moment that he came to the Crown. The tale opens with an account of Mary Stanley bidding farewell to the family of a Russian baron, with whom she had lived as governess. She is about to undertake the same office in the far more distinguished family of Count Golovin. "Golovin the Terrible" he is generally called, for he is at the head of the secret police, and knows the business of everyone throughout that vast empire whose business is worth knowing. He is acquainted with the whole career of Mary Stanley from the time that she was a school-girl, which she soon discovers, not a little to her dismay. Not that she has any real cause for alarm; but though she has led a blameless life, she is not reconciled to the notion that a stranger is as cognisant of her history as she her self is. The tale opens with great spirit. We see Mary in the midst of a sorrowing, weeping crowd of serfs, who kneel down in their abject fashion imploring her not to go, for she has won all their hearts by frequent kind offices and interpositions which have saved them from many a blow of the knout. But she is bound to take leave of them. Count Golovin has sent his most trusty serf, his house steward, to take care of her through the many days' Journey that lies between her and St. Petersburg. Ivan is quite a character, andplays an important part throughout the book. He treats Mary half as the mistress of the house, half as his own daughter; obeys all her commands, and anticipates all her wishes. There comes a time when he has to undergo a hard struggle in his desire to do his duty. They travel by the sledge day after day across the waste of snow, stopping now and then for food and rest. Setting out after one of these halts, he tells Mary that they must return. She asks why, and he points to a cloud in the far distance, which he says betokens a storm. She laughs at his fears, and commands him to goon. He refuses. Then follows a struggle for the mastery, and Mary reminds him that he had been ordered to treat her as " one of the family," and insists upon his doing as she tells him. He yields with melancholy foreboding. Too soon Mary finds out what a terrible mistake she has made. She is overcome, not so much by fear as by remorse, at the thought that she has exposed the lives of others. The snow falls faster and faster. It becomes quite dark. They are in the midst of the steppe, with not a house near, and they have lost the road. A sudden thought flashes into Mary's mind. Are there any wolves ? Too likely ; and the party take out their firearms, prepared to sell their lives dear. For a long time they strain their eyes, until they are wearied out with gazing on the white snow. At last they think they see a black patch. It is moving ; they cannot clearly discern what it is ; but the horses know instinc tively, and begin to plunge. Mary takes a pistol, with a strange creeping in her flesh, and a quick beating of the heart. Suddenly the waving movements of the black mass cease. Ivan has fired, one of the wolves has fallen, and the rest stop to devour their comrade. They do not take long to finish him, and once more they set out towards the sledge. Another shot brings down another victim, and another temporary halt of the pack. Ivan tells the driver to cut one of the horse's traces and drive him towards the pack, for they are coming dangerously near. The driver refuses to sacrifice his beast, and Ivan, a giant in strength, hurls the driver from his seat and threatens to cast him to the wolves, but, better than his word, throws him on the farther side. Then, cutting the traces and giving the horse a cut with the whip, he sends him plunging blindly towards the fierce foes. They spring at his windpipe, settle on his haunches, soon bring the poor animal to the ground, and begin their living meal. " This was a sorry sight for Mary to see. She might have been frightened if she had been with any weaker man ; but the coolness and firmness of Ivan's movements filled her with trust. He had begun to reload the rifle, rightly judging that the horse would engage the brutes fora longer time than their fellow wolves had done. " ' Glory be to God, we are safe now,' Ivan cried out. And he fired again, and brought down another brute. But Ivan had spoken too soon. A number of the wolves had detached themselves from the pack, and came running towards the sledge. Whether they had scented a more agreeable dish than they had yet tasted, or whether they were plebeian wolves, who had not had their due share of the meals which had been menopolised- by the aristocrats of the little wolfish ,commonwealth, I can't say ; but so it was that they came towards the sledge. There was no time to load the rifle. Ivan cut the traces of the off horse, and let him loose ; but the horse happened to be a wise beast and galloped away from the scene of danger. " There was no time to unfasten the shafted,horse ; a long and slow process at the best of times. Ivan hoped that he would draw them to himself ; that the brutes would instinctively turn to their fellow brutes, but un• happily they did not, In this plight Ivan, with his right hand, seized the pistol which he had given to the driver, whilst his left clutched the knife. He fired; the foremost brute fell ; and the 'others were on him in a moment. " 'Shall I fire ?' asked Mary, beginning to be impa tient. " No ! wait a bit ; wait till they have finished him. They'll take some time he is such a monster.' " Ivan thought that ho would have time to load his rifle. But in the meanwhile, some more brutes had joined the foremost party, and helped to finish their fallen brother, while a few of the boldest impudently poked their noses towards their human prey. " I can wait no longer,' said Mary, seeing a huge monster, sniffing at her, and so she fired. Her hand was very steady ; not a muscle moved. The brute lay sprawling in the snow, but other wolves came up. One huge monster even sprang at the sledge. Ivan was ready with his knife, and plunged it into the brute's chest. Whether the wolves had had enough to eat, or began to be alarmed at the loss of so many of their comrades, I cannot say, but they now beat a retreat. Ivan exclaimed, Glory be to God, we are safe at last. The incarnate devils are off.' " Thanks to you, Ivan,' said Mary. " And to you too. Your honour is a trump. You gave them one mouthful, whereas that silly coward, sprawling there, has done nothing.' Count Golovin, though known as " The Terrible," is a very noble, tnali,. lie lquant.everythinft: becomes Re-. f quainted witir the desigiiir Ortre —a t 70717 a, " — " ° t o conspirators of the most heterogeneous elemen ts, some poets, some patriots, some philosophers, some soldiers' some only assassins. They find themselves checkmated atv every move, and Golovin takes care to let them kn°` that he is fully acquainted with all their ways, so that they may retreat without danger. Circumstances too long to th eauthor here, but told with much dramatic pow er by 11„ author of this novel, lead to Golovin's deposition from tre office of Chief of the Secret Police, and to his joining Union. That society now becomes a formidable organie3 tion, and its members are resolved that whateve r be the form of Government which they will establish hereafter, the cruel and blood-thirsty Constantine, the next brother easydies, the Czar, shall not come to the throne. Aie xa dies, Constantine renounces the succession, and Nicholas becomes the heir. At that time Nicholas had the repuci tation of being a wise and humane and liberal Prin ce, and Golovin tells the Union that they ought not -to oPP° e a ° him. They are very angry with their adviser, an threaten his life. He is restored to his old position by Nicholas, but before he has time to act he is sei zed and shut up by the Union, and the revolution breaks °llt. Nicholas is bravest of the brave, does not mind I t amount of danger for himself, but quails at the 001 '. of inaugurating his reign by shooting down his subjects_ But there is no help for it. A large part of th e arr l has revolted, the Emperor's aide-de-camp has been fir! at. Twice the Emperor tells the artillery to make recta' but at last the order was given to fire : thetheir The dreadful reality had come at last. The rebel s -r ° 41 , 6 their ranks and fled. But those who escaped towards river began to form themselves again on the ice. . 3 -'l O was some danger of spreading disorder throughout te, city during the night ,• but another discharge scamsrth'le them a second time, and finally broke the revolt. hopes of the Union' vanished for ever. In a few min had the Senate square was deserted, save by those w ho '- fallen and could not run. " The Emperor's wife met him on the staircase of the Winter Palace. The hearts of both were full. The gl o wife felt as if she were looking on a man risen fro the dead ; silently he pressed her to his heart, ancl i _ th i r e ,d gazing mournfully at her, with pale face and half - c ii°— voice he spoke— " 'What a sad commencement of a reign !' , s he " Yes, but what a hero it has brought out ! answered proudly." Then came the sore task of discovering who we re th .: chief conspirators. One by one famous men were br ough t before the Czar, and he learnt how great was the d ange t that he had escaped. He was terribly shocked when Co on i Golovin was led before him. Appearances wer e against the Count, and though Nicholas tried hard to be' lieve' him innocent, guilt seemed incontestable, an d Oount was condemned to death. He was marched to Ir iPi scaffold with others who had been sentenced. His eras° and badges were stripped from him and thrown int o : blazing fire. Yet all the while he looked like a lung' Then it was suddenly announced that all but fi re had been spared, and C-olovin was marched back to th e fortress. "Late in the day thirteen common carts rumbled on- ° the fortress info the st ree t, eac h car t h o ldi ng four men dressed in grey c onv i c t coa t s . C onsp i cuous amo ng theF a ' by his bearing as well as by his size, was Count Gol o in Even his coarse convict s u it he Ari looked every inc h ,: nobleman ; and his calmness, dignity, and courage' t o re murmurs of applause from th e crow d 'gathe dto see '"" noble exiles start an thei r l ong pil gr i mage ." They are •" Exiles of Siberia," and very tragic aut t. l mournful are some of the eve n t s w hi c h f o ll o w. B u though a somewhat melancholy b oo k, ‘, Mary Stan ley, is well worth reading, if only for the vivid pictures °f Russian social life which it gives. It has many et her merits. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The Times thinks Napoleon 111. was seldom 11 2.1 explicit or more resolute that in his speech on the ri biscite. On two points he will accept no compro ya n He is entitled to reign, and he intends to govern, wi th th . o . people's consent it is true, but with undivided suprenlacr He proposes to act for the public good, but there is nothit‘ in his programme incompatible with the strictest pers on s rule. But in fact the new lease of power the EnlPe r E has gained is due to the inability of the greater p 0 °, the French nation to reconcile order with liberty' Their experience of political changes leaves them nothing to hope from revolution. But their liberties maY be extorted under any system of government, and wider 11 0 n e , more easily than the new imperial constitution, provide ( ' they avoid extremes. The battle was one against iU perialism by Daru and his supporters ; it has been io' t through Rochefort and the Marseillaise. The Standard thinks that Napoleon the Third neve r delivered a speech which was more to the purpose than that of Saturday. The extreme party will not be eat" fled with it, but it is difficult, if not impossible, to eel what they want. The Emperor fully appreciated the importance of the vote, and said that the Irreconcilabl e° had converted it into a question of empire or revolution- He will now show his power by exhibiting his moderation . The Emperor is pledged to carry out the promise s he has given, and he appears willing to do so. Th e country takes a new start on the road of improvement allu, progress, and the Liberals, who are in earnest, ca nll°' refuse to aid his endeavour. Those who persist in their ill-timed opposition will chew that they are unworthy representatives of the cause they advocate. The Telegraph does not sympathise with the opposition to the designs of the Metropolitan Railway in the 11 street by the Mansion House. No doubt the dre ads erections which on Saturday astonished the pais e t by will divide the traffic into two streams, h i : that is an advantage rather than an objection in a crowded city thoroughfare. As for the threaten ed interference with the symmetry of the street, there is n ot ' and never will be, any beauty to spoil. If the structures we'" in stone, the colour of the neighbouring buildings, the/ would be almost imperceptible, and perhaps not altoget7; unornamental. If the members of the Lords' commit tee, who to-day deliver their finsi judgment on i ti : l e t scheme, have inspected the situation with indepena e L e and unprejudiced eyes, they will not hesitate to end ° % t the opinion of the majority of the Commons. We 1 1311 . }i open up the City to railway communication, and t ' question is, shall we do so speedily and economically' °r at an immense outlay after great difficulty ? The Post does not think that Mr. Gladstone's rernar l f fell short of the point on Friday in his allusion b° the Greek massacre. It is necessary to take time to' consider the proper_ course to adopt, and to obtan! the most accurate account of all the transanot ien ; which took place, one thing is certain that the Gr ee n Government will be bound to make repars t i ° ,. and must be held responsible for the mischief which h : e occurred. A full and searching investigation must made into the deails of the affair, so that justice mat '- done to all the parties concerned. The Daily News points out that the second reading the University Tests Bill comes on this evening' I ' n d those who are inclined to oppose it should bear in ono that it is a compromise, and that they ought c i e make the best of it. The extreme party might have ni ft better terms last year, but if they hesitate again th , e ;jj will repent when too late. The acceptance of the will modify the change that is inevitable, and put off t', evil day ; but if it be rejected they may rest assured tht'''' a sudden doom will overtake them and their privilega/' D'ARCY IRVINE.—On Saturday afteruo°; Mr. D'Arcy Irvine was conveyed to Dublin, where, i t a believed, he will be placed in an asylum. A large cr ° o o ' , assembled at the station at Irvinestown to see bin 1 ° ) but the train was backed to the ticket platform wher e got in unobserved by the people. 4 le' FIELD DAY AT WOOLIVICH.—This morning ,1 0 Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Camb a i ; ri ° K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, will inspect all the tr ° ;st in Woolwich Garrison on the upper common at half-P d, nine o'clock, after which Major-General Sir D. 11r° c o o ps the 'commandant of the garrison, will put the oPie through some interesting manceuvreing, and the Iv, hci ,jo will culminate with a general sham fight. All the Da„ l 't i l of the Royal Horse and Royal Artillery, and the " Regiment of Infantry, will be on the ground. - THE OUTRAGE AT CHRIST CHURCH, 00.°119. —The surrender of the perpetrators of the recen t l i t ; rage in the library at Christ Church has released o f authorities of that society from the painful dutY,nt prosecuting, and enabling them to take the puni Bbi Thig of the offenders into their own hands. Previous toee result there have, however, been numerous m til' of both of the authorities and undergraduates, the latter, er whom sought the advice and counsel of Mr. MerewetPef and the Hon. E. C. Leigh, barrister-at-law and fell ° , %v „ce All Souls' College, it having been found that the she-iiit of the offenders would entail a public enquiry in a cc) he of law, where the truth would most probably ° elicited. It was, we understand, eventually arranotit, by those implicated that full particulars of t he t b it t rage should be furnished under seal, on conditi on there should be no prosecution. The autlioritlia"; it is stated, after mature consideration, accepted the ter es proposed, when, strange to say, they discovered the neat s s , of some they had not suspected, and others who were ,1 1 ,. e petted were not implicated. Three of the ringlee;a'.o have, it is stated, been expelled, while one has D,17 0, rusticated for eighteen and another for twelve month, and at and the two least culpable of the party have been or, in other words, confined within the college w',7 e d until the end of term. The gentleman who has absenbote himself is, it is said, one of those expelled, a nd ' l9 o r egret id felt at Oxford that the society should lose st p o pular a member. We forbear to publish names bl ", l .e the offenders are all men of good family, and either figi l `,/ in the landed gentry or the peerage. The punishm ent expulsion is one that has not lately been resorted to A3l Oxford, lle1: or 0 7ill a flagstaff but i n St. J am state ce polls. .2 occasion cotanaiss s Weather Years h th e mos sPrinkle( anee the Bers on Played called fc l ieges in as no_, Passin g 1 gracious