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TJ-Moßaow.-MorDiug, 3h. 36:n.—Afternoon, 3h. 50m. - " t ••• nu. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1867. The public career of the Compound Householder has been a short one. Scarcely had he risen into prominence, occupying the time of Parliament, per plexing Ministers, furnishing opposition orators with vigorous illustrations, and filling the columns of the press with explanations, suggestions, state ments, and counter-statements, than he vanishes into thin air. A political extinguisher comes down upon him, and the Compound Householder is hence furward powerless for good or evil. It reminds one of the old fable of the man and his wife, whom an unkind fate favoured with three wishes. They each spent one wish so hastily that they agreed to em ploy the third in wishing away all they had gained. Our M.P.s are in much the same predicament. They have all endeavoured to invest this Compound Householder with dignity and importance. To hear Mr. GLADSTONE denounce the, intolerable ine qualities of the Government measure, to listen . to Mr. BRIGHT'S bitter invectives against the broken faith and political dishonesty practised towards the people, to say nothing of the whole host of lesser speakers, an uninitiated observer would have been fully justified in believing that the Compound Householder was the embodiment of the ideal Englishman. With him the fortunes of the race and the prosperity of the country must rise or fall. Upon the treatment he received from the hands of Government depended the cause of civil liberty and individual freedom. The Minislerialists were equally ready to accept this view, and deprecated any accusation of offering a slight to this formidable citizen. But when all parties had agreed to set this idol on the Parliamen tary pedestal, fresh difficulties arose. Clause after clause was proposed, change after change intro duced, and still the idol remained un satisfied. It was impossible to propitiate him. To Mr. HODGKINSON belongs the credit of having broken the spell, and discovered that the exacting monster was only formidable in -appear ance. That gentleman, having tsken courage to propose the aboLtion of the Compounding Acts alto gether, all parties were at once relieved. Mr. DIS RAELI frankly confessed he had wished it all along, Mr. GLADSTONE gave his cordial consent, and it seemed to be only wonderful that no one had thought of such a solution of the difficulty before. The obstacles which the Opposition were anxious to put in the way of Ministers became a trouble some barrier in their own, and so long as the Compound Householder blocked the way the progress of the Reform Bill was tedious and uncer tain. There is a great deal still to be arranged about theinatter, and he will probably monopolise the attention of the Commons this evening, but affairs are in a fair way of settlement, and one of the most serious difficulties will have been con quered when the question is actually adjusted. We hope this is an encouraging augury, for hon. mem bers must not forget that much remains to be dune. The session is passing on rapidly, and they are still in the first stages of the Reform Bill. There is the redistribution to be thought of, 'always a trying and invidious task, there is the pre vention of bribery at elections to be considered, hopeless though the effort may be. There are nu merous points of detail to be discussed, and there are, besides, several social and .domestic questions of importance which are forced to wait aside till the Reform Bill is got out of the way. There is no time to waste if the work of 1867 is to be well done ; and now that there is reason to hope the Compound Householder will vex the Commons no more, we may reasonably expect that no time will be lost in push ing forward the Reform Bill, so that this session may see it, in its improved state, actually become law. The records of modern history present us with few more melancholy pages than those which tell the brief annals of the Empire of Mexico. The uncertainty of the fate of the gallant Austrian Archduke, the cloud which hangs over Lis fair young wife, give a deeper gloom to the story than the failure of an ambitious enterprise or the loss of a kingdom. The position which was offered to MAXIMILIAN was sufficiently tempting to have in duced many daring spirits to leave a position of com parative obscurity for a career which showed dazzling possibilities. The near relative of one of the first crowned heads in Europe, MAximILIAN was familiar with the science of government, and he felt himself to be endowed with the capacity to rule a people with prudence and firmness. His views, too, were liberal and enlightened ; he was not fettered by the feudalism which has been so serious an obstacle in his brother's path ; and he believed, no doubt, that in a new world he could reign without the restrictions and prejudices which embittered the old. A crown has powerful fascinations for most men, and it is no great wonder that MAXIMILIAN ' S ambition outran his prudence, and that the rich and beautiful country across the Atlantic became the scene of his hopes and dreams. The struggle has been a brief one, though gallantly fought. The fair promise of peace and security which deluded the new comers on their first arrival soon passed away, and was replaced by bitter, heart sickening disappointments. The American people resented the presence of a foreign dynasty on any part of their continent, and would not rest until the French EMPEROR had agreed to withdraw his troops. They refused, too, to recognise any Mexi can authority but JuArtEz, whom events have shown is unable to maintain his ascendancy over ORTEGA and his party. NAPOLEON, oc cupied with more pressing interests nearer home, and glAd to extricate himself from an unpopular struggle, agreed to bring home his forces when the Imperialist cause was doomed. The sad story of the EMPRESS'S visit to Europe, her painful efforts to obtain assistance from the continental Powers, and the final collapse of health and reason under the prolonged trial, are all familiar to us. The EMPEROR has remained at his post, animated by a gallant but mistaken conviction that he could not abandon it with honour, although his cause was hopeless. The Americans, roused by the painful spectacle, have exerted themselves on his behalf, and have endeavoured to save his life, but it is un certain whether they have been successful. No one knows where he is, and there is too 'much rea son to fear that he is no longer living. - Whether, under different circumstances, the story might have taken a happier turn is matter of conjecture. MAXIMILIAN, no doubt, in a less disturbed country, would have made a wise, a liberal, and popular ruler; but even if the Americans had refrained from diplomatic interference, a throne propped up by foreign bayonets could be but a discreditable and uncertain possession. The warning conveyed by the story of the Austrian Archduke and Archduchess is one which has been often told, but will need to be as often told again before the uneasiness of the head that wears a Crown is believed in by lesser mortals. The experience so painfully gained by disappointed ambition from the Queen of BOILEMIA downwards will never profit those who come after. What will become of Mexico itself is another question. The country is now given up again to anarchy and bloodshed, and there seems little hope of either party becoming so decidedly victorious as to insure peace even for a time. The Americans have quite enough on their hands at present with their own affairs ; nevertheless they must, it would seem, make some effort on behalf of Mexico, if they would be spared the pain and disgrace of coun tenancing reckless and indiscriminate slaughter. The Treaty negotiated at the Loudon Conference was signed last week by the Emperor of the FRENCII and the King of PRUSSIA, so that i& may be con sidered to be virtually settled. So far all is satis factory for the present, but there seeu►s m►►uch to indicate that the lull is only temporary, and at any rate that at any moment unpropitious circumstances may conduce to bring about hostilities. In the first place, the people of neither nation most concerned in the matter seem satisfied at the state of things ; and the next, the journals of both France and Prussia are in a very excited frame of mind, and are evidently determined to keep up the angry feelings that the chances of war have engendered ; consequently, those who take up the pacers of Berlin or of Paris are edified or horrified, as the case may be, by the details of the differences and disputes that have arisen, It is amusing to notice the length'; IHE suN, LOAt ON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20 1867. to which some go in their eagerness to proclaim the errors or mistakes of their rivals. A great deal of excitement has been caused by the attempts made by the students of Strasburg to convince those of Berlin of the necessity that existed for peace. These latter were much horrified, and accordingly have given vent to their feelings in very strong language. They have been incautious in letting out secrets, which, perhaps, bad better have been kept in the background. The " peace" which has just been gained has, we learn, been purchased by " fresh humiliation," and France has heaped opprobrium upon them. Luxemburg, Schleswig Holstein, and Alsace"are all, they declare, by rights the territory of Germany, and only traitors and enemies can recommend that for the sake of peace any German possession should be given up. No doubt this seems to indicate the state of mind among many, and there are not wanting additional instances to show that discontent is rife in many quarters. To the present the Prussians have cer tainly had the worst of it, and although in official circles much may be said and done to close over things, the real meaning of the matter cannot be ascertained by these expressions. It is more difficult to determine why the- French should be so dissatisfied at the aspect of affairs. Perhaps they think that there must be war before there is a real and lasting peace, and we look upon all present plans as temporary arrangements unworthy of much serious attention or notice. For the moment all these feelings can be disregarded, but the time will come when the senti ments which have gained ground in so many circles are more apparent, and then they cannot be despised or put aside as meaningless. The differences that exist on the subject of the Army Reorganiza tion Bill do not tend to improve the state of things in Paris just now as regards busi ness matters, and it is a dispute that is of no light nature. It seems that the Committee on the reorganisation scheme are desirous of reject ing the whole of the Government proposals, which supposed decision has thrown many journals into a state of alarm. It has been said that the Govern ment have resolved to draw up a fresh scheme, which may conduce to bring about an agreement, but this does not seem certain intelligence. M. PI CARD, in the Corps Legislatif, endeavoured to find out some of the truth of the affair, but, as might have been expected, he received no answer to his queries. It seems important that some settlement should be speedily come to on this material point, and those advisers are the true ones who coun sel that on the part of the Government and the Chamber there should be every effort used to come to an understanding. Certainly, under existing cir cumstances, it is expedient that not even the ap pearance of disagreement should be exhibited to the world. We trust that those patriotic feelings, which far outweigh mere considerations of expe diency or notions of independence, will conspire t o all rest thisdb oyu taskb tthse m t m o oa d p t te r el o rl n t gc e wil tl h a eb ef Arm v s p ou e ye r d a , i a l y e n ds i s e s tt u h e aa tt o s on e f t t t l rh e ee i ment of the case in dispute in a lasting form and a successful style. It has something like the effect of a transforma tion to pass from the interior of affairs in Paris to the exterior. Certainly no one who was present at the meeting of the Allied Sovereigns in Paris, half a century ago, could have imagined that the time would come when the nephew of NAPOLEON would receive in that capital the Sovereigns of Europe, or their representatives. Time brings many changes, and history several startling truths stranger than fiction, but Paris of the present day is as striking a contrast to Paris of the past as any one could seek to gaze upon. The entertainment given at the British Embassy last week was a general affair, and the guests comprised all of rank and consequence in Paris. It may certainly be regarded as the triumph of the work of the Con ference, and in this light we may consider that result to have been a fortunate one, since it allowed of the carrying out of the work of the Exhibition in its entirety. There has long been a doubt as to which of the conflicting interests precedence would be given, that of the Exhibition or that of the desire for work. As things stand at present the French E3r- PEROR may be congratulated on combining both i❑ a measure, for his Exhibition has prospered under all its auspices, and succeeded in drawing to Paiis a brilliant company, besides holding out the pros pect of witnessing yet gayer scenes before its close. As regards the war, for the present, his Government have had an indirezt triumph by the evacuation of Luxemburg by the Prussians and at the same time they are not compromised as regards the future should unfortunate circumstances arise. Notwith standing the under current of opinion in France, there seems no valid reason to doubt that the policy of the EMPEROR will be as successful as it has mainly been since he assumed so large a share of the direction of European politics. In the brilliant scenes now enacting in Pari3, we may discern a deeper meaning than that which at first sight meets the eye, and no doubt the Prussians will recognise the truth, unpalatable though it may be, that if their vaunted statesman has achieved wonderful successes, there is a more potent politician who has a larger grasp of mind and more firmness in carrying out a purpose, and that such a one may turn from the fetes at the Tuileries to a more serious game with spirit and determination. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. A Cabinet Council, at which the Emperor Pre sided, was hell yesterday at the Tuileries. The Empress was not present. Iler Majesty was, I believe, at St. Cloud with the young Imperial Prince. The miscellaneous news which follows is from the Moniteur : " Salvos of artillery announced on Thursday to the inhabitants of St. Petersburg the betrothal of his Majesty George the 1., King of Greece, to the Grand Duchess Olga Constantine Nicolaievicht, brother of the Emperor Alexander of Russia. " Yesterday morning the Pope held a Secret Consistory, at which four bishops were preconised. No speech was made by his Holiness. " A letter from Rome, of the 17th May, states that 50 brigands have spontaneously surrendered themselves as prisoners. Two of them were shot.' Numerous troops have been sent in search of the bands of the brigands who invest the territory of Corneto. The most energetic measures are adopted against brigandage. " According to the latest private accounts from Japan, the Taicoun had declared his intention to extend to all nations the provisions of the treaties of commerce concluded with some of the Foreign Powers." • A letter from Florence, dated May 14, says that various projects of law are under consideration, the most important of which is our relation to the re organisation of the army. The Italian army is to be divided into two distinct classes, the active army constituting a permanent force, and the Presidiare army which is to keep garrison and maintain tran quillity in the interior of the country. The active army will include 72 regiments of infantry, each of 3 battalions of four companies, instead of 80 regi ments of four battalions as at present. To the in fantry are to be added 5 regiments of Bersaglieri or Tirailleurs of peculiar organisation, as they will each comprise 9 battalions of four companies, twenty regiments of cavalry of six squadrons each, 8 regi ments of artillery, engineers, 24 companies, train, 4 brigades, corps d'administration, 6 companies. The Presidency army will be thus composed-96 battalions of four companies each, 12 battalions of Bersaglieri, 27 companies of artillery and 6 com panies of engineers. The two armies thus consti tuted will comprise on a peace footing 208,348 men, and on a war establishment 570,447 men, making a decrease, as compared with the state of the army on the 31st of December, 1865, of more than 8,612 men in the first class, and a difference of at least 99,673 men of the second class. The latest news received in Paris from Mexico completely confirms the account of the flight of the Emperor Maximilian. The Imperialists had been almost entirely repulsed from Mexico, and only occupied a few houses. The Memorial Diplomatique, which has always warmly supported the cause of Maximilian and the new empire of Mexico, is con strained to acjmit with sorrow that the cause for which France has sacrificed so much is entirely and hopelessly lost. There does not seem to be any cer tain account of the embarkation of Maximilian for Europe, but should he not have left Mexico, his de parture cannot be delayed. One of the Paris papers records as an interesting fact that there was never such a large assemblage of foreign pickpockets, male and female, as at pre sent. Many of them are unfortunate, for the re cords of the police offices lately show that there have been many convictions. A pleasant anecdote is told upon the subject.. A few years ago the special and holiday trains' carried numbers of the cleverest artists both from Paris and London to Calais, where there were some grand fetes. On the first day the booty of the professionals of the two cities amounted to 55 gold or silver watches. In the evening the French and English professionals met at a drinking shop, according to appointment. They drank and fraternised together, but the joy of the French was mingled with a spice of regret, as they were compelled to confess that they were beaten in the peaceful struggle for watches. The English had taken 45, and the French only 10 during the day. Nevertheless, there was no hatred or malice in their hearts, and they proposed to their English colleagues to consecrate the entente cordiale by bowls of punch. The English artists were no thing loth. The libations were so copious, and t n h e t h c e o r m d o i a r l n i n y g s t o h e o E v g p l o i s w h e r w i n e g r 0 , t r h o t n a g t g l l o o r i ' c o l u o s c l k y drunk under the table. As to the Frenchmen at that same hour they were rolling in the railway train towards Paris, taking with them the 55 watches, most of which the English pickpockets had acquired professionally during the day. The competition for prizes for implements used for reaping Emperor uro pe a h nadcontains the kindly and pr eserv i ng ' gra i n o f a ll ki n d s w ill this year be u nusua l ly interesting, as the Universal Exhibition Unitedpimplementslac e dst hait se sfao f rf r m o A m omf eallFroc America parts shoe The E, near St. Cloud, at the disposal of the jury for the purpose.,rhursdy next, a The first n first examination will commence o and will be continued as many following days as may be necessary. The compe tition for harvesting implements will take place towards the latter end of July. The show of horses instituted under the auspices of the Societe Hippique Francaise, or society for the encouragement of the breed and improvement of horses, which has taken place for some days past on the esplanade of the Inialides, has been satisfac tory and attractive. Great numbers of horses have been sold at good prices. The prizes are to be awarded on Wednesday next, and on the following day the horses which gained the prizes will be ex hibited to the public: The Correspondance Provinciale, which is sup posed to convey the sentiments of the Cabinet of Berlin, says—" The circumstances under which an amicable agreement between France and Prussia has just been newly insured offers a guarantee on the part of both Powers that they seriously and gravely desired a policy of peace. That pacific policy will receive additional confirmation by the journeys which the King of Prussia and the most powerful Sovereigns of Europe propose to make to Paris in order to visit the Exhibition. The deliber a ions of the Conference are terminated. Nothing remains but to exchange the ratifications. The re port of ulterior negociations between the Powers or some of them is erroneous. The ratifications will probably take place before the expiration of the proposed period of four weeks." A mysterious affair is under investigation by the authorities at Fontainebleau. On Monday last the body of a lady was discovered in a lonely spot near the promenade of Franchart. Part of the face had been eaten away by some carniverous animal. The dress of the lady indicated that she b e l onge d t o t h e rich class, but there is nothing to prove her identity. Upon further inquiries it has been ascertained that in the previous week the ladies went to a hotel in the town, and, after breakfasting, ordered a car riage for a drive in the environs. They proceeded to Franchart, and from thence sent the carriage back to the hotel. In the evening one of the ladies returned there, and in a tone of great grief said her friend had left her, and asked if she had come back to the hotel. Upon receiving a reply in the nega tive the lady returned to Paris. Th ere i s no d ou b t that the body of the missing lady i s that of the friend whO accompanied her to Franch ar t . A sur gical examination h as not indicated any external sign of violence previous to the mutilation of the face. A Paris paper has a report that her Majesty the Queen intends to come to Paris to visit the Exhibi tion. Another more probable statement is that the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Aziz, intends to come, although Sultans of Turkey seldom or never leave their country. The Prince Royal of Prussia is ex pected daily. q.'he King of Prussia is to leave Berlin for Paris on the Ist of June, and it is said that M. Bismarck will accompany him. The show of sheep of fine wool at Billancourt commenced on Friday. According to the Moniteur, which speaks on this subject with official authority, 4 , the finest specimens ever seen have come from Brie, Champagne, and Burgundy. It is known that the French merino sheep are in universal re pute, and that they are exported for France in large quantities, even as far as Australia. There `are to be seen the Metis merino species and Mau champ, which produce the finest wool in the world." In spite of indifferent weather to-day every hour has brought large numbers of visitors to the Exhi bition. There has been a shock of earthquake at Bor deaux. It took place at midnight. Three very distinct oscillations were felt. The direction was from north-west to south-west. The railway companies have commenced the series of railw ay excursions to and from P ar i s, t o enable visitors to come to the Exhibition at a cheap rate. Every day brings many hundreds of provin cialists. The Palace of the Bey of Tunis, in the Champ de Mars, which I gave an account , is to be opened to the public to-morrow. NORFOLK AND TH E RE FOR SI BILL.--A meeting of the Norfolk Ch am b er cf Agriculture was h e ld on Satur day at No rw i c h - 1 1r. C. S. Read, M.P., pres idi ng —t o con one member f rom Thetford, th us reducing sider the op era ti on of the Reform Bill as regar d s N or f o lk. It is propo se d t o di sfranchise Great Yarmout h , an d t o t a k e the aggregate number of Norfolk lumbers from 12 to 9 ; while it was shown that Devonshire would have no less than 22, although the amount of income tax paid in Devonshire was less than the corresponding :amount paid in Norfolk. After considerable discussion it was resolved unanimously that the proposal to take away three members from Norfolk was unjust, and that the most strenuous efforts should be made to retain to the county the 12 members to which it was entitled by reason of its population, wealth, and im portance. A memorial to this effect will be submitted to Mr. Disraeli. • THE MOST TAXED.—Let the taxpayers of New York take courage. Their lot might ba w3rse. Their burden this year, according to Controller Hillhouse, will be $22 75c, per head, exclusive, of course, of their propor tion of Customs duties. The Bostonians, however, aro fated to carry a much heavier load. " The estimated ex penditure of the City of Boston for 186 7 ," states the Adver tiser, "incl u di ng t h e State tax, but exc l us iv e of the Unit e d States' intern a l revenue tax, is $7,955,000, or about $4O per head." I n ot h er days John B u ll wa s considered th e most unfortunate o f t axpay i ng bip e ds. , By comparison he should now be esteemed superlatively blessed. His total taxation just no w i s b ut $9 59 c . , being ;$l3 16c. less than that of the New Yorker, and $3O 41c. below that of the luckless Bootonian.—lsTcw York Times. LATEST INTEL LIGENUE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Arrival of the Malta.) QUEENSTOWN, May 20. The Cunard extra steamer Malta, from New York, arrived here at 9.20 a.m. to-day, with 123 passengers and $131,973 i❑ specie. After landing 15 passengers she proceeded for Liverpool at 9.10 a.m. All well. NEW YOnK, May 18. The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa arrived out to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, May 20. The New York and Bremen CompAny'a steam ship Western Metropolis passed here at four a.m. to-day. CROOKUAVEN, May 20, 10.30 a.rn. The Inman steamer City of Paris from New York is now passing Browhead Signal Station. She will probably arrive at Queenstown about 3 p.m., and letters reach London to-morrow at 6.25 p.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 16. The Porte has just granted to the Viceroy of Egypt the title of Ilidiver, which is equivalent in Persian to King. Some other minor concessions are also granted. The Ottoman Imperial Bank has just published a statement showing that 900,000 liras have been encashed, and 410,000 liras will fall due in time to meet the July coupons of the general debt and the foreign loans. FRANCE. The funeral of the 12 persons killed by the fall ing in of the church at Louesmc (Cote-d'Or) has taken place in presence of an immense crowd. A staff of doctors are in attendance on the wounded, who amount to 23. " Prince Gorschakoff," says the Presse, " who is stated by several journals to be about to arrive in Paris on an important mission, has been since the Bth at Aix-les-Bains, where he has his attention apparently rather occupied with the restoration of his health than with political affairs." The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric state of Europe yes terday :—" The barometer is rising more and more over central Europe, but is going down, on the contrary, in the northern and southern regions. This morning a slight centre of depression still exists in the neighbourhood of Paris, where, how ever, the barometer has gone up since the preced ing day smm. At Brest the rise is only 22mm., and the mercury has fallen 3mm. in the north of Sweden, at Haparanda, and in the south of Spain at Tarifa. The winds are moderate almost everywhere, but are flesh on the coasts of Provence and in the Gulf of Genoa. Rain is falling at Bayonne. On Thurs day night at five minutes to twelve a strong shock of earthquake was felt at Tarbes, and seemed taking a direction from east to west." In Paris-yesterday the sky was overcast in the morning, but became clearer in the afternoon. At three the thermometer marked 15.5 Centigrade (60 Fahrenheit). BOURSE, May 18, Two o'clock.—A fair amount of activity prevails in the market to-day, and the quotations of all classes of securities show a sensible improvement. Three per Cents. are firm at 69f. 75c, an advance of 75c, and Italian Fives, after having been dealt in at 52f., are now at 51f. 85c., or 25c. higher. In Miscellaneous Securi ties, Credit Mobilier have gained 1 lf. 25c., at 375 f.; Foncier 20f., at 1,480 f. ; Paris Gas 15f., at 1,555 f.; and Immabiliere shares 2f. 50c., at 202 f. 50c. The railway share department is likewise buoyant, and all the principal lines are being transacted in at better rates. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : 4 per Cents 9B 40 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 80 Credit Mobilier 370 Do. end month 370 Credit Rimier — Do. end month 1475 Bank Shares 3500 Italian Loan 52 Do. end month 52 Mexican Loan l9 50 Do. Bonds l4B 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred AYB. For Account. Orleans Northern 1206 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 570 Western b6o Eastern Sardinian. — Austrian Lombard 3BB 75 North of Spain — Saragma — Ditto to Barcelona — LITERATURE. Idols of Clay. By Mrs. Gordon Smythies. 3 vole, Saunders and Utley. Mrs. Gordon Smythies has been very felicitous in the choice of a subject for her new novel. The name in itself is singularly suggestive ; it is at once a romance and a sermon. The words of Mrs. Italians' beautiful poem are familiar to us all. When contemplating a group of school-girls at their evening devotions, she tenderly exhorts them to pray before the sorrows of the future life come upon them, foretelling for some among them the fate of so many of their sex-- "to make idols and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship—therefore pray." Idolators of this unhappy class are the chief heroes and heroines of Mrs. Gordon Sinythies' novel. In the case of the heroine, the very charming and love able Belinda de la Tour, the recognition of the worthlessness of the idol of her devotion effects the happy cure for her idolatry, and she finds a wor thier object for her best affections. The story is full of incidents and adventures, many of which are startling and improbable ; but readers who take up a novel to find amusement for a leisure hour, may find a pleasing interest in its pages, while the moral lesson which it conveys is to many the lesson of life. Stella Thornhill is another of those female fiends so frequently to be met with in the pages of modern romance. She, too, has her idol, and also her idolator. So extravagant is the passion which Eche entertains for the one and which she inspires in the other, that before the commencement of the story we are told that, in a fit of despair at the coldness of her idol, she had attempted to destroy herself, and had inflicted a wound upon her throat, when the knife was wrenched' from her hand by her devoted idolator, who, being discovered at the mo ment, was arrested as a would-be murderer, and tried and transported for the supposed crime, his idol of clay never uttering a word in his defence. This one incident will convey a better idea of the sensational character of the tale than any comments which we could bestow upon it. Mrs. Smythies is not only possessed of a very vivid imagination, but of very considerable courage, both very requisite qualifications for the authors of sensational romance. DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED HOUSE OF COMMONS forms a most acceptable companion volume to the world-famous " Peerage " and " Baronetage." Compiled and edited (evidently with great care) by Mr. R. H. Mair, the volume, which extends to upwards of 400 pages, has boen issued from the press by the well-known publishers of Debrett, the Messrs. Dean and Son, of Ludgate-hill. In notic ing the work, immediately upon its first appearance a short time since, the Spectator facetiously directed attention to the whimsical coincidence that Mr. Bright's crest is rather appropriately a dragon's head vomiting flames of fire. A rather important word, however, in the heraldric description of this crest was omitted by our contemporary, who ought to have added that the dragon's head was a dragon's head collared. " ECHOES FROM THE CLUBS" began last week as a Sixpenny Serial, consisting chiefly of agreeable gossip from Pall-Mall and other favourite regions of Clubland, the day fixed for the publication of Echoes from the Clubs being Wednesday. The notion of a periodical of this kind is excellent in itself, and so far as we can in any way judge from a first number it gives promise of being admirably well carried out by its projectors. THE ST. STEPHEN'S CHRONICLE, now published by Mr. Bentley, as a Six Shilling Monthly, still holds its own triumphantly against all competitors as the People's Hansard. In its character as a Parliamentary record it is pre-eminently bindable for reference. Queen Victoria and her Subjects, The Saturday Review, in its latest criticism upon the Royal Academy Exhibition, takes this occasion to remark that Sir Edwin Landseer's picture, "Her Majesty at Osborne in 1866," will always be ex ceedingly interesting. The Queen is on horseback, and has just received despatches. She is in deep mourning, and the horse and three dogs have had the good fortune to be provided by nature with three permanent suits of black, a circumstance which has earned for them the honour of serving and at tending her Majesty on the p resen t occas i on. Th e human attendant is in Ilighland costume, but even his kilt and stockings are black, the tartan being for an inch of it t o b e too gay admissible. Two ladies in half-mourning are seated on a garden bench to the left. The effect of this funereal pic ture on the public mind is not likely to be favour able, and we rather d ou b t t h e po li cy o f exhibiting it. Three or four centuries hence there will be a great romance and poetry about the me mory of Queen Victoria. Her faithful devotion and long mourning will raise her into an ideal of widowhood ; and as it is always the excess of a ten dency which is sure to be remembered, she may become the type of conjugal devotion, as Bayard is the type of chivalry, or Sir Galahad of purity. When that time shall come this picture will have a n interest which we cannot now realise. The English people of this generation have become jealous of the memory of Prince Albert, and nothing can be more natural or excusable than a feeling of this kind. The people of England have loved Queen Victoria with a love such as no sovereign ever before excited in the heart of a great country, and they do not like to see that so much lcyalty has so little power of consolation. If any one will stand by this picture for a quarter of an hour and listen to the comments of visitors he will learn how great an imprudence has been committed in the exibition of it. If her Majesty, in the retirement of Osborne, carries her wish to be in mourning so far as to prefer black horses and black dogs, it is no business of ours—we respect the privacy of her Ma jesty ; but when Sir Edwin Landseer puts the Queen and her black favourites into what are, during the season, the most public rooms in England does more harm to her popularity than he imagines. The painting shows no technical decline. Sir Edwin could never paint a horse better than he can now. This black horse is quite wonderful ; too much attention is drawn to his beautiful coat, but Sir Edwin is so dexterous that lie cannot help giving gloss where gloss exists in nature. The hum as faces are of course not so good as the animals, but the subject falls more within Sir Edwin's range of feel ing than the " Godiva" of last year, and the picture is unquestionably a success. Like the clogs and the horse, the sky is in mourning, and dares not show a glimpse of blue, the only brilliant colour admitted being the red despatch-box on the ground, echoed in the distance by the red coat of one of the royal servants, who, however, atones for his brilliance by wearing crape on his arm. Sir Edwin Landseer has the reputation of being an accomplished courtier, and we congratulate him on having found means to imply that not only dumb animals but even the un controllable elements themselves sympathise with the royal feeling. HELIGOLAND. We learn from Hamburg papers that Governor Maxse's decree for the abolition of the gambling t Lbles at Heligoland has produced great consterna tion among the inhabitants, the more so as it has become necessary- to resort to a tax to supply the void caused to the revenue, hitherto mainly depen dent on this vicious source. lieltgolanders have hitherto regarded their gaining house in the light of a temple, wherein a deity presided for the pur pose of receiving tribute from foolish strangers on their behalf. That " our dear Government," as they express themselves, which maintains all the island officials for nothing, can sympathise with a sacrilegious attempt to depose their island god, and that they should be compelled to support themselves, they refuse to believe; consequently indignation meetings have been held and the home Government petitioned ; also a " Parliament" has been returned (for this small community boasts of a constitution and representative assembly) pledged to oppose all taxation, and thus render the play-table a neces sity. However, the world moves on, and it is to be feared even Heligoland must accompany it in its course. The Governor's energy, it seems, has already usefully prevailed iu abating the inordinate claims of his islanders to salvage in cases of wreck, which they have, unfortunately, but too often occa sion to prefer, while, at the same time, by cultivat ing the neglected oyster-beds which surround the island, he has materially improved its resources. IVe wish him equal success in his present reform, which Heligolauders may as well understand is not to be evaded.—Post. REORGANISATION OF THE ARMY. The reorganisation of the army is a serious matter. It means tearing away tender attach ments, lacerating the ligaments of office, disturb ing repose, disarranging vested and invested inte rests, upsetting departments —in a word, putting the official hive into a tremendous commotion. Queen bees and workers and drones are all alive ready to fight and sting for their own particular honey cell. And no wonder if one of the results of the contest should be delay and indecision, parti cularly as departments never reform themselves. Meanwhile, no one is responsible for the mischief arising from uncertainty and perhaps igno rance of affairs in one of the most important branches of the national service. We used to laugh at a Russian admiral or post captain with spurs, but surely the transfer of an excellent county magis trate and clever M.P. from the control of the Navy to the administration of the Army would appear " very odd" to persons who were not acquainted with Sir John Pakington's peculiar versatility and audacity of undertaking. He is the Conservative Lord John— " A man so various that he seems to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome:" And we are quite certain he would make as good a War Minister as the War-office clerks and heads of departments will let any man be, if he would only stiffen his backbone and act with some deci sion. From what we have seen we are led to think that it is almost better to have a man of deci sion, even if he be wrong, at the head of affairs than one who is not sure . whether he is right or wrong, and who twists and turns round every corner of every subject pre sented to him. Look at this transport orga nisation scheme. We gave the substance of the report of Lord Strathnairn's Committee long ago. What is the use of going to the trouble and expense of a commission if its report is to be hung up in the Dilly-Dally Office for daws to peck at till it falls to pieces or is pecked into -nothing ness ? A contemporary, whose eyes are very wide open, as it lives in the dark--the Stryx Bubo of our weekly literature—says the report is to be re ferred to a Royal Commission. If the Owl could only tell us what will becotno of the report of the Royal Commission that is to be ou the report of the Commission that has been it would be gratifying and of ease to the mind.—,lriity and Nary Gazette. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. —The public will learn with satisfaction that the following telegram has just been received from Valencia, viz.:—a' Good results ob tained last night. Place fault about three miles from office at Heart's Content ;" confirming the conclusion that the fault in the cable of 1866 is distant from the land only one mile and a half,, nd in water so shallow that the repair can be made quickly and at small expense. Yes terday 71 messages passed through the cable of 1863, yielding :el,OOB 19w. . _ rff• fill' 1r • 4 Zlat HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, May 20. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian dined with the Queen yesterday. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Earl of Derby rrrived at the Castle to -dap and had au audience of the Queen. --- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Clarendon by his pre sence at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-crescent. The duke was attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald ; and their Sore" Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe and a select party, wore invited to meet the illustrio us duke. -Weimar, The Archbishop of Canterbury had a dinner party on Saturday at Lambeth Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have arrived in town from Badminton. The noble duko has taken mansion in Belgrave-square for the season. The Duchess (Dowager) of Athole, the Earl of Glasgow, and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Wyndham have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Marquis of Bowinont has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Floors Castle. The Marquis and Marchicness Camden have arrived at their residence, in Eatou-square, from The Wil derness, near Sevenoaks. Hall of Arts and Sciences• LAYING THE FIRST STONE BY THE QUEEN. (Tins DAY.) The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Hall of Arts and Sciences having been fixed for to-day, and her Majesty having graciously pleased to perform the work, the nobility and gentry crowded the gardens of the Horticultural Society this morning. The spacious tent erected for the occasion was splendidly decorated with flags of all nations, and flowers of the choicest description, and in the centre of which a grand chair of state was placed near the spot selected as the foundation of the stone. Her Majesty, with the Princess Beatrice' arrived about half-past 11, and was received by hiS Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Earl of Derby, Earl Granville, the Duke of Bi le ; clench, and the provisional committee, and at once conducted to the chair of sta te : the bands in attendance playing the Nations' Anthem. The Prince of Wales, after a short ad dress from himself, handed to her Majesty the re port of the provisional committee recording the undertaking and the measures taken to carry it in to effect. The Earl of Derby then handed t) the Queen the coins and inscription, and Earl Gran ville the glass vessel in which they were to be en" closed, and her Majesty placed them in the vesse l ' Mr. Lucas, the builder, handed to the Queen the trowel, and Lieut.-Col. Scott, the director of tha works, the line and plummet, and assisted her 3 13 " jesty in placing the glass vessel in the stone. A t the lowering of the stone into its place a flourish of trumpets was given and a Royal salute fired in Hyde-park The Archbishop of Canterbury the e offered up a short prayer, and the " Invocazione all'Armonia" the composition of the late Prince Lou" sort, was performed, which concluded the ceremony' His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the pro" visional committee conducted the Queen through the south-east exit from the tont to the east door of the conservatory of the Royal Horticultural Society, where her Majesty was received by the council of that society and conducted by the north-western terrace of the gardens to her carriage at the Prince's Entrance, in Albert-road. The ceremony did not last above half an hour. As soon as her Majesty quitted the gardens the floral splendours of the Horticultural Society wer e thrown open to the public, and as also was decorated the tent. The weather had been lowering the whole of the morning; but towards one o'clock the rain came down in torrents ; the corridors of the society' however, formed ample protection for the splendid dresses of the ladies. The site of the building is on that portion of the ground which lies between the conservatory of the Royal Horticultural Gardens and the Kensington" road, and immediately facing the National Albert Memorial in Hyde-park. This hall, together with the work in course of erection, was designed aa the memorial for the Prince Consort, but the fund° collected not proving sufficient to complete both undertakings, it has been decided that the hal l shall be carried out as a separate undertaking. It is a larger building, somewhat suggestive, in i t° plan and general features, of the Colosseum at Rome, the design having been prepared by Lieu: tenant-Colonel Scott, R.E., assisted by Mr. (1. Townroe, and based on ideas suggested by the lat e Captain Fowke. The plan of the building is ellipti" tical in form, and it is to be constructed of red brick , with terracotta enrichments of a buff tint. The roof will be of wrought-iron covered with lead, with a large central skylight. The rooms, stairs, and all par' titions will be fireproof. Internally the main feature of the building is a spacious amphitheatre with two tiers of boxes. The central space occupies an area : 103 feet long and 68 feet in width. Lecture and concert, refreshment and retiring rooms, and offic e° for learned and scientiffic societies using the hall are. provided for between the outer wall and that 01 the hall itself. Above the upper tier of boxes is 3 corridor 20 feet in width, which is intended to be used for the exhibition of pictures, sculpture, a nd other objects of interest, or it can, if occasion requires, be adapted to the accommod:.tion of al audience. There is also an upper corridor of equ e width, and lighted from the top, w hich can be us ed for similar purposes. Each of the boxes is P r° .: aided with a separate room, to which access 1 ' gained from corridors of 9 feet in width. sic e l l build . ing and egress from different parts of the b''' . ing are provided for by numerous separ ate f entrances and staircases. The estimated cos t ° the building is £200,000. It will be built nud e: the direction of a provisional committee, of whi ch the Prince of Wales is the chairman, and th e management of the hall will be vested in a governs ing body under the authority of a Royal chart e k r ; The site of the hall has been granted by t cl Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, arl h it forms a portion of the estate purchased with ti t : surplus funds of the Great Exhibitio n . The fa ll , - for the erection of the hall h ave b een o btained ; the sale of the boxes, the freehold of those on t u ci first tier being £l,OOO, and those on the see„ ° , ll o £5OO each. The hall will accommodate 6tu.'" persons, and of seats provided 2,000 have been ° a ; posed of—the list of purchasers including the gre w ' bulk of the aristocracy and the leading bani` 4 , ° b ; merchants, and others of the city of London. receipts to be derived from the letting of the al io unsold will be applied to the maintenance a t r , hall, and defraying its current expenses. Ther i ttr o poses to which the great building are to be appli ed d es the holding of national and international cong re ,',o on subjects connected with science and art. hall will also be employed occasionally for Per l eat mances of choral and instrumental musio , i d organ performances, similar to those now give/1,10(1 the large halls of Birmingham, Liverpool, !jet; Leeds. Public bodies and societies having r t r b l e ir to deliver may have the use of the hall for of distribution s and societies for the promotion science and art will be permitted to hold t heir auail versaziones in the great hall. It will also be able for agricultural, horticultural, and other . '" no bitions, for national and international ex hibi e 1 0 . in' of works of art and industry, exhibitions a held dustry of the working classes, similar to those _ iu various parts of the country, exhibitions of 1 9 : - . „• tures, sculpture, and objects of artistic or set interest ; in short, the hall will be available for e purpose connected with the promotion of . or and art. For musical purposes th e hall will ° wo orchestra en g eo r n ea ta t i f n a s ci s l e it a ie ts s f ; t r I,opoaor t p e r r e f s o e r r i v n ed ors f , or an th d e , seats 11 b° required for orchestral purposes, the se se available for the public.