The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

THE Si. ? iN, LONDON, WEDNESDIY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1861,' 1111.••=r.. pi 0Y AL ENGLISH OPERA , COVENT-GARDEN. R Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne *a Ate. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. . THIS EVENT G. and during the Week, Balfe's New legendary Opera. BLANCA, THE • BRAVO'S BRIDE: $11.4 Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, Z. Wharton. H. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Lyall, and W. Harrison. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle uin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. p o l e no, H. Payne. Ifildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Siessrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes sold Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. amoureux, etc. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. T HEATR-E-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Leamee. Mr. J. B. Backstone. TATS EVENING the nerfnrmanee• will ilommenae with (by de , dr^)SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss liardcastle, Wigs Fanny Stirling; Tony Lnmpkin, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD JPiND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclere4s, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. U °TAT , PRINCES S'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. .1 0 TMS EVENING, the performances will comme enc with RUN' IItAS. Messrs. Feebler, Basil Potter, Garden, Ray • Graham, Cathcart, and A. Harris. After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitleg. d R OBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Kin of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinos heatresa and 14(111e. Marie Dumilatre , of t he principal cantinental t, Will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. ----- THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENTN'G, a new Drama,. entitled THE IRISH E M IGRANT. Messrs. G. Vini ng. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, und Mrs. .T. Rouge. Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravazanza, Alt e r which, the m Ly ICEYSTABELLE or, The Rose without a Thorn, showin v y sio v OF A ROSE. ITS FADrNG AT EVE . { AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILT) BRIAR. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Larry Hoolac,ran, Mr. John Drew. A 'DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roncicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, anti Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POIN T OF 'HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. S mith ; Miss Woolgar, X. Kelly, Laidlaw, and ! 4 '. Thorne. _Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 5. No charge for booking. PM/de boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. • B a lcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, Ss.; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit;ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Ading Manager-IKr, Wm. Smith. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Immense success of the Pantomime. Re-engagement of Mr. J. Crockett and the Trained Lions. A Grand Juvenile Fete will take place on Fridap, Jan. 25, comm encing at two o'clock with the Pantomime, concluding with the Lions. This Evening, a new Spectacle. en-titled THE f LION e coN ; or, The Death Jungle, e xpresslyor Intro d u ction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe pf Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and British Artistes. Concluding with Betty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto- Inime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, • entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL MORSE ; or, Percinet and GTOCIOSR, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy Kfyg, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing In the comae scene' Batty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade, and the ce lebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors open at half-rast 6, p e rformance commence at 7. CA NTERBURY -HALL PANTO MIME. " THE ENCHANTED HASH," EVE-RY EVENING. ENTERTAINING PEOPLE. Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. BELL. GOOD TF.OPLE. Wildrose, 1 Fairies, with the usual accom- / Mr. Marshall Primrose, plishments. Mr. Bell. COMMON PEOPLE. Farmer Thickhead (a husbandman, with a Wife and Child, who make a fool of him) Mr. Bell. Giles Gosling (the mysterious rphan. who runs O after every Miss, and afterwards Harlequin)Mr. Marshall. Dame Thickhead (who. havinc , worn out the breeches, takes to Pantaloons) .Mr. Bell. Dolly (the bell of the village, wh ich Giles in tends to ring the—chantres to Columbine).. Mr. Marshall. BAD PEOPLE. Tiowleygrowley, 1 Demo brighthe blackest dye 1 Mr, Marsha!! Growleyhowley, 5 andst Magenta. Mr. Bell. COMIC PEOPLE. Harlequin Mr. F. BELL. Columbine Mr. B. MARSHALL. Clown Mr. E. MARSHALL. Pantaloon .. . Mr. F. BELL. Scene, CANTERBURY (thaf-t's) ni HALL I —Time A.D. 1861, at halpast ne. Mr. B. A pack of nonsense ! Mr. M. Tv hat we wan t Mr. B. Pooh ! pooh ! The Idea! a Pantomime played by two ! HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 11b.. 9m.—Afternoon, 11h. 46m. To-molutow.-Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. 19m. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 23, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41—highest since soon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day at noon.. BAROMETER-30.27. WlND—South- Westerly—rather fresh ; with dull, cold %veal her. 0k , ,,749; .... :". I_,. v, e , e--.i__,'<:.t 04,,, A 4 4 " 4 4 , 'f f :' ' .1;: , r igi . .. .:1.. : .::: • :z . #./ . .‘ a ! ..7 ' . 7 • ,-...." 4 1, t bi;ift ' ~• _ -4, 4. 1 • \ I •`-- 11 1 c, 1. , v ,-,.. . •. r. - - k -,..«,- - - ---, THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1881 Nothing done by Congress, a good deal done by Southern States, diversity of opinion in the North, is the sum of Transatlantic news. There has been plenty of discussion both in the committees and in the houses, but with no practical result. Perhaps as remarkable a vote as any‘'was ene in commendation of the " bold and patriotic conduct of Major ANDERSON in withdrawing from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter," commending also the President for supporting him, and promising " to support the President in all Constitutional mea sures to enforce the laws and preserve :the Union." This resolution was carried by 124 yeas to 56 nays. A majority of the Northern democratic representa tives support it, and it would seem to indicate that the Union party is at least very strong in the house. A " caucus committee" of slave and free States have devised a kind of compromise, but nothing seems likely to come of it ; and it would be to be regretted if it should, since it certainly contains the germs of future quarrels. The chief feature of it is a second line of separation—lat. 36 deg. 30 min. N.—between free soil northwards and slave land to the south of it. To this is added some amend ment of the Fugitive -Slave Law, but also some stringent restrictions on the action of Congress in regard to slavery. The renewal of the proposal of a geographical line between slavery and freedom 5n the territories, which has failed before, could certainly be looked forward to with no confidence iow, and it would be directly in the teeth of the main principle of the Republicans, who insist, above all things, on the right of Congress to pre serve the territories for freedom. The South is going vigorously ahead. If Con gress does nothing the Secessionists are active enough. Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, have all either voted for immediate %secession or are sure to do so ; Florida, it seems, is a little backward, because she owes an old debt to this country for which, if she were to retire from the Union, she could be made quickly responsible; and Mississippi appears to be in the same position, Should these States complete their secession, it would be easy work indeed to deal with them. A correspondent from America sug gests that "a regiment from Jamaica with black faces and red coats would settle the business and collect the bills in a week. They must go with the Southern stream no doubt, and it will be a curious circumstance, should they thus place themselves in a position to have an 'execution levied upon them. Everything, how ever, seems to Proceed without a check in the South in favour of oecession. The President has flo ma naged, doubtless intentionally, that no mili tary arrangements shall interfere with the move ment; rather by hal ring the arsenals in their hands, should be at at military resourc their command. Meetings, speeches, messages of governors, all tend in one direction. There is hardly a visible breach yet of the unanimity for secession. The North is not quite so united. Some at least seem ready to compromise, to abolish the personal liberty acts, and to accept a few amend ments of the Fugitive Slave Law. The Democrats are even hoping that the Republican party will divide on the whole question, and afford them yet another chance. At present, then, on the whole, the North seems to maintain its main position on the non-extension of slavery ; and if it continue firm to that, the most important result of Mr. LINCOLN'S election will be secured. With hardly an exception, too, the feeling there for preventing secession by coercion if necessary is very decided — one Governor alone is indifferent to the little rest- less South Carolina seceding, but even he would probably think very differently of the whole South separating from the North. What the issue of all will be, it were vain indeed to attempt to conjecture, yet it cannot be concealed now, that secession on the large scale, which, at first, the Northern States thought to be as unlikely as we naturally did on this side the water, is now more than a possibility, it has become a probability. It is, therefore, now quite time to take the steps which our Government and Manchester merchants have adopted. We have long blamed Man chester for not acting with more vigour to open up new fields of supply. The East and West Indies, certain parts of Africa, and Australia, all needed just what Manchester could provide—capital, machinery, and European agents to stimulate the cultivation by ensuring a market. Railroads and cotton gins were especially needed in the East Indies, and the men whose factories depended on the certainty of the supply were just the men who ought to risk a million or two to obtain it. They seem now to be aroused to the necessity of doing semetliing ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL very properly offers them the services of our Con suls to make all possible inquiries ; and 4,000,000 of people dependent upon one article, may fairly enough ask such simple aid from the Government. The manufacturers themselves are also proposing ,to make the Cotton Supply Association, a thoroughly effective, a working company, with large capital, thus arousing attention in all the principal cotton districts of the world. We have seen Coventry more than once pointed to as an illustration of the effect of stopping our supplies of cotton ; but the parallel does not hold. Coventry is distressed, not for want of raw silk, but for want of a sale for her'articles; and in some respects the'result would surely be different. All manufacturers in every part of Europe and America would feel the effect of losing the American supply of cotton as much we do—there would be, there fore, a general demand for:what could be got—the price of raw material would rise, and the price of the manufactured goods rise too. Of course consumers could not purchase so much at high prices, and therefore the price would not be so high as to draw from all quarters an amount of raw material equal to what i 9 now used. Still there would be no want of employment merely because the manufacture itself was not wanted. There would be, of course, less to spin and weave, and shorter time would be worked ; but the short supply of the manufactured article might raise it to a price which, for shorter hours, might pay master and operative nearly as well as at present. We confess we have every hope from a large demand stimulating ingenuity and industry. Cot ton grows so abundantly in so Many places—it is also an annual plant to a large extent--that we can hardly doubt that this wary spring may witness a vast extension of its cultivation. The Consuls everywhere will set people's wits to work ; agents of the Manchester Association will do the same ; and we may see before the close of 1861 cotton pouring in from all quarters, with the prospect of a doubled supply in 1862. Mr. EDWIN JAMES'S admirable speech to the electors of Marylebone cannot possibly do otherwise than raise him still higher in the estimation of his constituency. Without doubt the majority of our readers have already perused the report of the hon. and learned gentleman's comprehensive address, as given at length in The Sun of last evening. Any who have not would do certainly do well to turn back and examine it, as it deserves, carefully. It is absolutely refreshing find one of the repre sentatives of the great metropolitan constituencies, speaking out upon a variety of important subjects intimately affecting the well-being not only of Lon don,but of the entire community,with such thorough earnestness, such absolute frankness, and such complete independence. Mr. JAMES'S views are literally thus expressed upon almost every topic of importance that will have, sooner or later, to be brought under the scrutiny of the House of Commons during the ensuing session of Parliament. Beginning with a reference to the Commercial Treaty negotiated last year between France and En g land by one whose name, he justly observed, could never be mentioned in an assembly of English patriots without reverence, namely, the hon. member for Rochdale, Mr. JAMES justified his own vote in favour of that Treaty by the avowal of his deliberate con viction that it is calculated in its effects more than anything else that could be well imagined " To ally more strongly than ever the great French nation with England, by welding together the commercial interests of both, and so securing a guarantee for peace and good will far more effec tual and durable than all the armaments resulting from a prodigal expenditure of public money." Whatever may be thought of the retrogressive influence of a reciprocity treaty in the midst of th, general development, otherwise, of Free Trade Prin. ciples amongst us in our vast commercial organisa tion, there cannot possibly remain in the minds of any one a moment's question as to the course lying open to those who have fully realised the force of this one dominant aspiration. Impressed with the efficacy of this mercantile Treaty in allaying irri tation between the English and French communi ties, and bringing them more and more intimately together in amicable relationship—no wonder the hon. and learned member for Maryle bone accorded his support to it, howeyer problema tical its advantages might be—as they still unques tionably are—to so many toiling millions of English men. But that it has helped to saddle us with the ten-penny income-tax, While it has failed altogether to diminish the necessity to maintain at the enormous cost of more than £30,000,000 annually in a time of Peace (so-called) our vast military and maritime armaments—but that France is still armed to the teeth by sea and by land while yet the signatures of the negotiators of this Commercial Treaty have scarcely dried upon the parchment—we should our selves be more readily disposed to accede to the reasonableness of these Arcadian anticipations. The hon. and learned member for Marylebone stands not alone, however, in entertaining them — he is in excellent company—and thinking and be lieving as he does upon the matter, he has acted and spoken upon it (as it alone became him to act and to speak) accordingly. Adverting, next to the particularly vexed, and, of late, the particularly vexatious, question of Parliamentary Reform, Mr. EDWIN JAMES alluded to last session, in its regard, in terms especially worthy of tl to lips of a representative of the borough of Mary lebone. Nothing, in truth, could be: more felicito• as than the remarks applied by the lion. and learne d g;entleman to the wretched little abortive outline Jot a measure introduced to the House of Com:nous last year by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and to the Nv hole course pursued in the matter of Parliaments ry Reform by that noble lord and the fifteen other members of the present Government. He argued admirably well that the delay in the introduction of the measure proved that they were in no way whatever in earnest about it. He insisted that, taken altogether, a more miserable Reform Bill was never propounded in Parliament. He maintained that Mr. DISRAELI'S Reform Bill of the year pre ceding, if only inasmuch as it conferred a lodger franchise (one of the frivolously derided, but really admirable " fancy franchises") was undeniably preferable. Pronouncing its condemnation utterly as a very small bill, and recalling to mind with a doubly scornful reminiscence that he had been present both at its birth and its obse quies, he humourously suggested, as about the aptest epitaph that could be inscribed over it, the following—" Sacred to the memory of a very little Bill, that lived a very a little time, and died but very little regretted !" As to this pitiable rough draft of our enactment, lhaving cost, in the preparation of it, as it is actually said to have cost somewhere about £2,000, Mr. JAMES elicited a scornful laugh from his constitu ents by the assurance that his clerk would have drawn up a bill quite as much to the purpose in twenty minutes for a couple of guineas ! The Honourable and Learned Gentleman's derision, however, was not by any means restricted to the Government Reform Bill of last year, and alluding to the ludicrous manner in which, as a matter of course, it was eventually given the go-by--he could hardly find terms sufficiently en cisive with which to cut up root and branch the wonderful ramifications of that latterly most enig matical entity the Liberal Party. "In point of fact," said Mr. JAMES to his Laughing Audience, "he hardly knew what the Liberal Party was !' Instancing as a justification of this bewilderment the circumstance of his having been twitted with not 1 having stood by his party, the mysterious Protean Liberal Party, last year during the midst of the well-remembered Paper Duty Excitement—when he was taxed with not having attended a meeting of that party, apropos of that evanescent agitation, or rather exacerbation. " I yen ured to ask how many had been present—and I was told there were Eleven !" Adding to this somewhat preposterous reminiscense that he re spectfully submitted that the great Liberal party ought not to muster in a wretched tea-room to the number of Eleven. Not by any means must it be supposed, however, that the member for the Liberal constituency of Marylebone had only smart and tingling blows of sarcasm to administer to his own political associates, when he found them rendering themselves more than usually ridiculous. Instance his perfect readiness to administer also a startling " back-hander" forthwith to the opposite party as represented in the serried ranks of the Conservatives—when he taunted them with an apathy bearing resemblance even to positive paralysis. Adding "It was true Mr. DISRAELI had spoken out ; but upon what ! Why about carrots and church rates." Could anything be better, again, than the hon. and learned gentle man commenting upon the public-private memorial addressed by some sixty members, not eleven mem bers certainly this time, but fully sixty members, to the First Lord of the Treasury, urging upon that ‘ noble Vlsocront nu the responsible chief of the Administration, to inaugurate, at last this year, a delightfully novel and perfectly unhackneyed system of retrenchment. Somewhat after the serio-comic fashion of the municipal authority Who began the enumeration to one of the Kings of France, of sixteen good valid loyal reasons why his Majesty had not upon his arrival at the town been greeted with a salute of artillery—" In the first place, Sire, we have no guns : " Mr. JAMES explained to his constituents that he had not signed the document referred to, because in the first place he had never been asked ! His recommendation, however, immediately afterwards that each of the sixty gentlemen whose names have been affixed to this Round Robin addressed to Lord PALMERSTON, should take the matter of that memorial into their own hands when the time arrived for their so doing, namely when the Estimates were being brought seriatim before the House of Commons, was admirably to the point —both in scorn for the memorial and in furtherance of the cause of retrenchment. As to the allusions made by Mr. JAMES towards the close of his very comprehensive and deeply interesting address to his constitutents, his allusions to Italy and the Italians, to GARIBALDI and the Garibaldians—they are precisely of the character that we might have lanticipated from one who so admirably represents the public feeling of the Liberal constituency of Marylebone. More than this they are exactly what could alone have been predicated from one who has been out there, in Southern Italy, in the midst of this won derful movement, who has grasped the hand of the Great Adventurer, and has smelt the gunpowder burnt by his followers. They are the senti ments if not of all— " Whom RUPERT led, and who are British born," at any rate of all who have watched sympathisingly the advance of GARIBALDI at the head of his red shirted braves—and who have done so, out there in Southern Italy, in their by no means alien cha racter as free born Englishmen. e THE BRITISH MUSEUMS.--The Department of Antiquities at the British Museum is to be divided into three sections, which will be placed under the care of Mr. Birch, Mr. Newton, and Mr. Vaux re spectively. Mr. Newton's great and successful labours at Halicarnassus and Cnidus are fresh in the recollection of the public, and afford the best guarantee of the advantages that the Museum may expect from his appointment. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Speaker of the House of Commons have exercised their powers as Governors of the Museum with an anxious desire to secure the best men for the public service, and this infusion of new blood into an old establishment cannot fail to be of signal advantage. His Excellency the Minister for the Hanse Towns will return to the residence of the Legation on Friday from the Continent. The Earl Brownlow comes to town to-morrow from Belton House, Lincolnshire. His lordship will shortly leave England for the Continent. The Earl of Wilton is about to receive a succes sion of visitors at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. Viscountess Feuding was safely delivered of a daughter at Downing, Flintshire, on Sunday last. Lord and Lady Feversham left tow❑ yesterday for Oak Hill Park, Herts. Lord and Lady Cranworth come to town on Saturday next from Holwood Park, Kent. The marriage of the Hon. George Waldegrave with the Countess of Rothes was solemnised yesterday at All Souls' Church, Langhani.place, in the presence of a large party of the relatives and friends of both families. ANOTHER COLLISION ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Two passenger trains came in collision yes terday, near the Wigan Station. A number of pas sengers were injured, but no fatal consequences oc curred. LATESI NEWS. • (REUTER'S "ELEGRAMS.) PARIS, JAN. 23. The Moniteur annomes that a Senatus-Con sultum has been presened to the Senate, order ing that accounts of thi sittings of the Senate, and the Corps Legislatif, shall be placed at the disposal of each journal every evening. A commission has leen appointed by the Senate to examine this project. No speech was held. ROME, JAN. 19 (via Marseilles). The reactionary movenent in the district sur rounding Ascoli has been suppressed by the Pied montese. Several prisoners were shot. A column of 2,000. Sardinians has been disembarked at Civita Novo, and are marching onthe province of Terano. It is asserted that the reactionary bands, after hav ing taken Tagliacozzo, Num defeated. Numbers of Royal officers and Roman peasants continue to enter the Abruzzi. GAETA, JAN, 19 (via Marseilles). It is asserted that Spanish frigates are about to be stationed off Civita Vecchia. NAPLES, JAL 19 (via Marseilles). Numerous arrests have taken place. Many Royalist officers hive been dismissed. ROME, JAN. 20. Admiral Barbier de Than has prevented the departure from Gaeta of a steamer laden with can non and soldiers, destined to aid the reactionary movement in Calabria. The reactionary movement in the Abruzzi is directed by the Dowager queen and Count Tra- pani. Several members of the an Fedista party have left for the Abruzzi, whither arms and ammunition have been sent from Rome, in charge of Ricci, the chief of the San Fedists. TURIN, JAN. 22. The Opinione contains an article showing that all combinations for the formation of a united Italy will be in favour of France, to whom Italy is naturally allied. The same article es presses a hope that the French Chambers will coincide with the policy of the Emperor. The deliverance of Rome will then become more easy, and the tranquillity of Europe be better assured. MILAN, JAN. 22. The Perseveranza slates that Garibaldi recom mends the conciliation of parties, and that he declares himself ready to act in political unison with Count Cavour. VIENNA, JAN. 22. The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Leopold has been conferred on Count Apponyi, the Austrian Ambassador at the Court of St. James. PRAGUE, JAN. 22. The municipality of Prague assembled to-day in order to discuss and sign a petition requesting the responsibility of Ministers and the early convoca tion of the Imperial Diet. PESTH, JAN. 22. The Imperial manifesto of the 16th instant was read at yesterday's sitting of the Committee of the Comitat. As regards the elections of the . _R Diet, the sth Article or the Electoral Law of 1848 remains in force, with some unimportant modifica- tions. The Pruman Gazette announces that the prelimi nary negotiations relative to the Treaty of Com merce to be concluded between France and the Zollverein have already commenced. Thi Prussian Commissioners are—M. Pommer Esche, .Director- General of Contributions, the Councillor of Lega tion Philippsborn, and M. Delbruck. The Cologne Gazette publishes the text of • the Address of the House of Nobles in reply to the Speech from the Throne. The Address . does not make any allusion to the Holstein question. As regards the apprehension of a general war, the Address expresses the hope that peace will not be disturbed ; but, should it be otherwise decreed, Prussia would rise like one rcan " for the homes, rights, and honour of Prussia.' GARIBALDI AND THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. A writer in Bullier's Correspondence says he has read a letter from Gariballi, declaring that he cannot adjourn the work of the deliverance of Italy unless the Italian Parliament relieves him of the solemn engagement he has contracted in the face of the world. This news, if true, is highly important, for the general opinion is that Count Cavour's Ministry is sure of a majority. General Turr has retuned to Turin from his visit to Caprera, and has communicated to the journals an account of some of the proceedings on the occasion of his visit. h presenting the "star" to Garibaldi, on the 13th, General Turr made the following remarks : General,—The thousand who disembarked with you at Marsala, with whom you conquered at Calatafimi, and planted at Palermo the flag of liberty, victoriously sur mounting every obstacle, present you to-day, through us, this star, which we hope you will accept as a souvenir of dangers past and a pledge of those that are to come. No; those who survive that thousand, whom you once called the remains of ten battles, will not be wanting at the next appeal which you make. Garibaldi, moved to tears, rgplied Rest assured that no gift has ever boen more dear to my heart than this which is ofered to me by my brave com panions in arms. Tell then that I accept it willingly, and thank them. I count again upon them when I shall carry to your beautiful country, 0 General, the aid of our arms, since I have sworn upon tae grave of those gallant Hun garians :who died for Italy that we, Italians, would re place them, as it is our duty. On the same occasion General Turr presented to the daughter of Garibaldi the new year's gift sent to her by King Victor Emmanuel. Garibaldi, who was present, smiled and said, " Thank his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel as much for me as my daughter for this new demonstration of true friend ship." This is all that General Turr has, up to the pre sent time, communicated to the public respecting his visit to Caprera. But it is known that he re presented to Garibaldi that disembarkation on any part of the Adriatic coast would be followed by the passage of the Po by the Austrian army, to which the Sardinian army could oppose but a feeble resis tance. General Turr was received on the 19th by Count Cavour, and was on the next day to have an audience of the King. THE SARDINIAN TROOPS BEFORE GAETA. The following order of the day was addressed by General Cialdini to the Piedmontese troops before Gaeta at the conclusion of the armistice, which expired on the 19th : Soldiers I—Gravo considerations have induced the Go vernment of our King to accede to the wishes of his Majesty the Emperor of the French to suspend hostilities until the evening of the 19th. The French fleet is leaving, and there will be but one vessel in the waters of Gaeta, which in turn will sail on the expiration of the armis tice. The Emperor wishes perhaps by this to afford to the place an honourable means of abandoning a hopeless coldest, and so put an end to useless effusion. - of blood. I know not what reception will be given at Gaeta to these humane intentions and this diplomatic attempt; but I know that in any case the King and Italy have con fidence in the power of our valour and in that of our fleet to give to the siege a different solution and one more con formable to our wishes—to combat and not to treat, and that they rely more upon our arms than upon diplomatic councils. Soldiers 1 for many years the road to victory has been familiar to you. Traverse it again, and respond to the hope of the country, by penetrating through the breach into Gaeta, and unfurling the Italian banner and the Cross of Savoy upon the old tower of Roland. (Signed) CIALDINI, FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 22.—The market continues firm, and prices have again slightly improved, English Consols having arrived with an advance of I- per cent. For the Account, Threes, which opened at 67f 40c, are now at 67f 50c ; Mobilier, 652 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,378 f 75c ; Northern, 958 f 75c ; Mediter ranean, 912 f 50c; Austrian and Lombard, 467 f 50c. The following were the last quotations : 4f per per Cents ... 96 85 Credit Fancier 925 Do end month.... 96 90 Belgian 4} — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 50 Roman .. 72 50 Bank Shares 2880 —' Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 668 75 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 663 75 ! Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 960 .. 960 New ditto B9O Lyons and Mediterranean 911 25 .. 912 50 Geneva 365 367 50 Southern 507 50 .. 508 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 470 470 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. It is at all times a very grateful part of the duties of the journalist, in matters theatrical, as in every other depart ment of literature or art, to draw attention to those in stances, which are unfortunately but too few, where suc ceed and public support follow upon the steps of merit. With very rare exceptions, the theatres of the metropolis have, during the past six months, realised but a poor return for the large outlay, the great anxiety, and the constant and unwearying attention, which public taste exacts from those who court its favours, or strive to follow its caprices. It is certain, however, that since the turn of Christmas a favourable change has taken place (at all events as far as the Lyceum is concerned), and public taste has in this instance, unequivocally pronounced a correct judgment, which in no case could be better deserved. It is absolutely exhilarating to witness the thorough and heartily-expressed enjoyment of crowded houses with the representation of the magnificent extravaganza, which reflects at once the most artistic combination of pictorial skill, with a lavish expenditure controlled by a most refined taste ; or to " laugh and weep by turns" at the admirable delineation of Irish character by Mr. John Drew, who has completely secured the applause of a London, as he had previously won the enthusiastic praise of a Dublin audience. We have noticed Mr. Drew's impersonations on previous occasions, and every successive representation confirms our original opinion of his very high qualities as an actor. Mr. Drew is now completely at home with his audience, who thoroughly enter into the life and soul of his unaffected humour. Besides—to parody a well-known passage in Beaumont and Fletcher—" he carries with him an infectious grief (or gaiety, as the case maybe) which strikes all his beholders," and which is shared in by those who are acting with him. The value of this in fluence can scarcely be overrated on the stage, and when we use the conventional expression of a dramatic company, " working well together," we pay the very best compliment that can be paid to the organisation of the corps dramatigue of the Lyceum Theatre. There is a singular evenness of tone, if we may be permitted the use of the expression, in all the compositions which Madame Celeste has put upon the stage of this theatre—not the evenness of inferiority, but of a very high standard. In illustration of this, we direct attention to the sedulous nicety which distinguishes all the accessories of the extravaganza of " Crystabelle." It may not be out of place, also, to note that although this spectacle has now been on the stage for thirty nights, the costumes of the ballet and the dramatis persona, without exception, are as scrupulously delicate, and , without a soil, as on the occasion of the first representa tion. Not even "the crumpling of a leaf" out of place is to be observed in the " Rose without a Thorn." The costumes of the Princes and of their valets are of most artistic design, and we know of no theatre in London where three such pretty princes as Miss Neville, Miss Hudspeth, and Miss Stewart could be found, uniting so much beauty and personal grace, with so large an amount of dramatic ability. Miss Lydia Thompson, as the roguish charming, and infuses into the part all that espieglerie, so necessary to give vitality to the conception of the author. Miss Turner, as the valet of Prince Finesse (Miss Stuart) leaves no point untold ; whilst Miss Ternan, as the Princess Chrystabelle, is unquestionably the most elegant and lady like representative of the " Majesty of the Extravaganza," on the stage. The subdued and unpretending tone which this young lady infuses into the part of the Burlesque Princess, and the Fairy Queen, Titania, stamps her as an actress of great judgment and ability, in being able to relieve two very different characters from the dan gerous vulgarity which might attach to them in less skilful hands. The buffo chamberlain of Mr. Rouse is an admirable performance, and merits the highest praise; and too much commendation cannot be be stowed on the very careful manner with which the con certed pieces were rendered by the vocalists, ably supported as they are by a most efficient orchestra, under the judi cious baton of Mr. G. Loder, We should enlarge too much our catalogue of praise were we to use every one according to his or her deserts, but we must not omit to notice the exquisitely graceful dancing of the two Misses Collinson, who have achieved a perfect triumph at this theatre, or the impression made by a youthful debutante, Miss C. Denvil, a name inseparably associated with the representation of one of Lord Byron's most remarkable compositions some years ago. This very young lady has a powerful contralto, reading with correctness and judgment, and has •a most pleasing and engaging manner. Her reception has been very flattering; and the little songs assigned to her have, we understand, been nightly honoured with an encore—a well deserved recognition of the ability displayed. With so many, and such varied claims to the support of the public, we are truly gratified to find that, at the Lyceum, success has, indeed, followed merit. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Last evening Mr. Fechter repeated the character of Ruy Blas, the novelty of the evening, however, being the first appearance of Mr. Basil Potter in the part of Don Sallust. The character, it will be remembered, was originally sus tained by Mr. Walter Lacy with much success ; and, as it was supposed he had made the part his own, much curio sity was excited as to the manner in which Mr. Potter would acquit himself of his by no means easy task. On his first appearance he betrayed a slight nervousness, hut as he warmed in the part lie improved in every sentence he uttered. The whole part was performed with such an artistic finish as to literally take the audience by surprise, and to leave no room to regret the absence of Mr. Lacy. Mr. Potter we only knew, until last night, as the bad genius of transpon tine melodrama, but immediately he became possessed of a fair opportunity of displaying his real talent, he has done 8* in such a manner as to advance him instantly to the front rank of his profession. He, with Mr. Fechter and Miss Heath, had to bow their acknowledgments at the fall of the curtain. The house was crowded to excess. A crowded and enthusiastic meeting was held on the 4th at Hamilton, Upper Canada, to protest against the extradition of the fugitive slave, Anderson. MR. BRIGHT AND CO-OPERATIVE S OCIETIES.— The Manchester and Salford Co-operative Society held their annual meeting on Saturday. Mr. Alderman Hey wood was in the chair, and delivered an interesting ad dress. The Rev. Canon Richson was also present. Apo logetic letters for non-attendance were read from Mr. Bright, Mr. Bazley, and other gentlemen. Mr. Bright's letter was as follows :—" Rochdale, Dec. 24, 1860.—Dear sir,—l have to thank you for the kind invitation you have forwarded me on behalf of your Co-operative Society. lam not able to accept it and to be present at your approaching annual meeting, owing to many engagements, and to the fact that I do not wish to appear to undertake any responsibility with regard to co-operative societies. I wish them all suc cess, and I am anxious they should be managed in all cases by prudent and honest men; and I strengthen my argu ments in favour of giving the suffrage to working men by showing what they are doing in co- operative societies, and in other directions, to justify their demand for a share of political power; but, as I can take no part in the manage ment of those societies, so I am unwilling to appear upon their platforms to induce others to join them. I think you will understand my position, as I have thus described it ; and I am, very respectfully yours,—JOHN BRIGHT." From the report it appears that the profits of this society have advanced from £67 in December, 1859, to £648 in December, 1860. The sales receipts were in the same periods £1,560 and £11,883, and the number of members respectively 300 and 1,600. TAKING CHILDREN TO CHURCIL—A minister's wife says :—" The first time I took my eldest boy to church, when ho was two years and a half old, I managed, with caresses and frowns and candy, to keep him very still till the sermon was half done. By this time his patience was exhausted, and he climbed to his feet and stood on the seat, looking at the preacher (his father) quite intently. Then, as if he had hit upon a certain relief for his troubles he pulled me by the chin to attract my attention, and ex claimed, in a distinct voice, " Mamma, make papa say annul "—Americaft Pape•. LITERATURE. Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury. By W. Farquhar Hook, D.D., Dean of Chichester. Vol 1. Anglo-Saxon period. Bentley. This is the opening volume of a work of great historical and literary value, and one which, if the writer should be enabled to complete, will be a standard contribution to our national literature. Of the early history of the English Church but little is known among us ; ind ee d, the general knowledge of our secular history at the Anglo-Saxon epoch is somewhat superficial and uncertain. Yet the Romans, in their palmiest days, cherished the song and legend, however fabulous, that told of the valour of the barbaria ns who founded their city, and it ill becomes us, from the pinnacle of our modern greatness, to look with scorn or lack of interest on the achievements of our Saxon fore fathers. In them, whatever their disasters or lack of unity and civilization, we may trace the sturdy independence of character which has made us what we are. We find the same intolerance of foreign inter ference, and watch the influence of some of the great principles which have rendered our constitution in every age the object of wonder and admiration. The mere outline of events, indeed, and the names of the principal monarchs, we may gather from our school histories, but of the internal jurisdiction of the country, and the feelings which animated the populace, and still more of the constitution of the Church in the Anglo-Saxon period, very little is generally known. This ignorance or indif ference Dr. Hook has undertaken to disperse. He remarks that to the national history subsequent to the Norman invasion, an especial interest is im parted by our chief historians, through the art with which they have grouped their facts round one central figure, and have pourtrayed the leading features of the age in connection with the characte ristics of the monarch. Following the example of Hume and his successors, Dr. Hook has selected for his principal personage the Primate of our Church, intending "to connect with his biography the ecclesiastical events of his age, and thus asso ciate facts which are overlooked in their insignifi cant isolation, and customs, which abstractedly considered, are valued only by the antiquary." From an early period of his life he has, he tells us, entertained this idea, but arduous duties in the manufacturing districts demanded all his energies, and only allowed him to make the study of ecclesiastical history his recreation. Now, however,"the increased leisure of advancing years has enabled him to resume his favourite pursuit, and we trust he may be spared for the full accomplish ment of his laborious but lofty project ; a project for which he is eminently qualified, not only by a clear and luminous style, and a vast fund of anti quarian knowledge, but by a spirit of comprehen sive benevolence, founded on an enlightened tolera tion for the weaknesses and inconsistencies of frail human nature, which is rare among the best writers, and is seldom the especial qualification of digni taries of the Church. In his interesting introduc tory chapter this characteristic is particularly ap parent, when he discourses on the failings and errors of our predecessors, and cautions us against rash judgments or hasty censures, by reminding us of the malignity of modern controversialists, and the fana ticism of many branches of our own religious world. The early history of our Church, he warns us, is a history of its gradual corruption in doctrine, in ritual, and discipline; its foundation having taken place at the time when the Western Church, of which it was a branch, was in a state of transition from its primitive simplicity to the complicated and uncertain doctrines of a later time. Its origin, as is well known, is due to Gregory the Great; and the chief of the, rst band of missionaries, and first Archbishop of Canterbury, was Augustine, who has been styled " The Apostle of the English." Of this great man, the author, though admitting his eloquence and ability, does not take so high an esti mate as some others have done. But although he is always ready to make allowances for the spirit of the age and the conflicting opinions of the time, his duty, as a fair and candid historian, prevents him from awarding equal praise to all the holders of the archiepiscopal dignity. That his opinion of the successive archbishops is impartial and unex travagant the following passage affords evidence : "Among the archbishops there are a few eminent men distinguished as much for their transcendant abilities as for their exalted station in society; but, as a general rule, they have not been men of the highest class of mind. In all ages the tendency has very properly been, whether by election or by nomination, to appoint safe men,' and as genius is generally innovating and often eccentric, the safe men are those who, with certain high qualifications, do not rise much above the intellectual average of their contemporaries. They are practical men rather than philosophers and theorists, and their impulse is not to per fection, but quiets non movere. From this very circum stance their history is the more instructive, and, if few among the archbishops have left the impress of their mind upon the age in which they lived, we may, in their biography, read the character of the times which they _ --I.olvmsa y w nna tneua zealous, but not enthusiastic ; on the revival of learning, whether in Anglo-Saxon times or the fifteenth century, they were men/ of learning, although only a few have been distinguished as authors. When the mind of the laity was devoted to the camp or the chase, and prelates were called to the administration of public affairs, they dis played the ordinary tact and diplomatic skiil of profes sional statesmen, and the necessary acumen of judges; at the Reformation, instead of being leaders, they were the cautious followers of bolder spirits; at the epoch of the Revolution, they were anti-Jacobites rather than Whi gs ; in a latitudinarian ago they have been, if feeble as gover nors, bright examples of Christian moderation andcharity." St. Augustine's success was extraordinary, and he was fortunate in being warmly supported by Ethelbert, King of Kent, who had married a Chris tian princess, daughter of Charbert, King of Paris. It had been stipulated that she should enjoy the exercise of her faith, and she came to England attended by her chaplain. The way was thus pre pared for the Italian missionaries, and the conversion of the King and establishment of the Christian church in Kent soon followed. The conversion of Northumbria was not so lasting in its results. It was accomplished in the reign of Edwin, one of the most powerful of the northern monarchs, and its chief instrument was Paulinus, first Arch bishop of York, He accompanied Ethelburga, sister of Eadbald, King of Kent, to the Court of Edwin, whose wife she became, and he succeeded in persuading the King to favour the new faith. It was impossible, however, to establish it in his domains without the consent of the witan, which was accordingly convoked. The following passage is interesting, as showing the support which the new religion met with from those who might have been expected to be its fiercest antagonists, and also from the proof it affords of the antiquity of free discussion among us : "The Witenagemot was held. The account of its pro ceedings is preserved in Bede, and is deeply interesting as the earliest report in existence of a parliamentary de bate. The first speaker was Coifi, the chief priest of the Northumbrians. It was to this effect 0 king, con sider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you that as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in it. For none of your people has applied himself more diligently to the worship of our gods than I ; and yet there are many who receive greater gods and higher honours from you than I do, and are more prospe rous in all their undertakings. Now if the gods were good for anything, they would rather assist me who have been most careful to serve them. If, therefore, upon examination you find those new doctrines which are preached to us, better and more efficacious, it only remains for us immediately to receive them without any delay.' " This speech is of much importance, since it enables us to account for the subsequent renunciation of Christianity, which was as sudden and complete as its reception. "Paulinus had made a grand mistake by encouraging Edwin, Coif!, and the 'other converts to believe that the merits of a religious scheme were to be tried by the tem poral advantages which followed its reception. Success in battle, the attainment of political power, the acquisition of wealth,—these were the rewards held out by Paulinus, from his first interview with Edwin, at the palace gate of Redwald, until his late victory over the West Saxons and Cuichelm their king. Edwin at that time promised to embrace the Christian faith if he obtained a victory, and the victory was claimed by Paulinus as an evidence of Christianity. We perceive the effects of teaching in the speech of Coifi, who had evidently conferred with the archbishop; and we shall see hereafter that the overthrow of Christianity in Northumbria, on the defeat of Edwin, is attributable to this error, one into which enthusiasts have frequently fallen. " We are gratified by the wiser speech of one of the witan, who may be regarded as the representative of those who are converts from higher motives, and who, when the time of trial came, were ' faithful found amidst the faithless.' " ' The present life of man upon earth, 0 king I seems to me, in comparison of that time which is unknown to us, like to the swift flight of a sparrow through a room wherein you sit at supper in winter, with your ealdormen and thanes, a good fire having been lit in the midst, and the room made warm thereby, whilst storms of rain and snow rage abroad; the sparrow, I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm; but after a short space of fair weather, soon passed over, he immediately vanishes out of your sight int-) the dark winter from which ho had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contains something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed.' The other niers, and king's counsellors, spoke to the same effect." Before many years had elapsed, however, Ki ng Edwin lost both his crown and his life in an adverse field, and the total extirpation of the Northumbrian Church followed. Paulinus had made a grand mistake in his teaching; he had, as the author observes, " based the evidence of Chris tianity on the Jewish principle, making temporal success the test of truth. What was the fearful inference which men who acted on the principle of Coifi were to deduce from the fatal fight on Hatfield Chase ?" The feeling expressed in the beautiful saying of Bacon, that " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, and adversity of the New," seems to have been either unknown or wilfully overlooked by most of these early teachers. Defiling with barbarians, they endeavoured to render their teaching comprehensible, by reducing the rewards and promises of their faith to tangible advantages, and the character of the people seems to have been perplexing to them. " They were offended," says Dr. Hook, " even more by the independence than by the rudeness of the people with whom they had to deal." Because they were Romans they expected kings and nobles to bow before them, and were affronted with the sturdy self dependence which even then distinguished the insular character. But as the author reminds us " we are to give them credit for self sacrifice, when, refined and civilised Italians, they took up their abode among a semi-barbarous race." To one of St. Augustine's successors, Theodorus, we are indebted, according to Dr. Hook, for the foundation of English scholarship. He took pos session of St. Augustine's monastery, and made it a school of learning. Hadrian, an African monk who accompanied him, was also instrumental in this great work. The indignant Wilfrid embarked for the Continent, and appealed to Rome, whither he repaired. This was a direct violation of the Church principles of the age ; for the patriarch of Rome had jurisdiction only where both parties agreed to refer the cause to him. To appeal from a national English synod,—from an English king and an English metropolitan,—was not to be tolerated by the free spirit which pervaded the land. And consequently, when Wilfrid returned with the papal decision in his favour, and, on the strength of it, demanded to be restored to his diocese, the king convened a council of the nobility and clergy of his kingdom, and by the clergy and the laity then assembled it was unanimously determined that the appeal was a public offence, and the papal letters an i nsu lt t o th e crown and nation. Wilfrid was condemned to nine months' imprisonment, and became for many years a wandering outcast." It is remarked that in the schools founded by Theo dorus, and carried on by his disciples, the grand principle of education laid down is still the char acteristic of English schools and universities • " not to impart knowledge but to exerci se the mind, not to sow the land but to plough the soil, not to bur den the memory but to give vigour to the intellect." The rule of Theodorus is also remarkable for an in, stance of the national jealousy of foreign intervention. Wilfred, Bishop of York, had opposed the Primate on some point of ecclesiastical reformation, and was consequently deposed from his see. "In Hadrian Theodorus found an able coadjutor. He is described by William of Malmesbury as a fountain of letters and a river of arts.' Both these great men under stood the importance of creating a learned clergy; they re garded civilisation as the handmaid of Christianity, and of civilisation they knew that learning is the parent. They found the English people eager to be instructed and appe tent of knowledge. They gathered around them a crowd of dispikoles, and, as Bede says, there daily flowed from them streams of knowledge to water the hearts of their hearers. Through their influence all the larger and better monas teries were converted into schools of learning, in which the laity as well as the clergy imbibed a respect for litera ture, and in many instances a love of it. Even the monas teries belonging to the fair sex were converted into semi naries of learning, and the Abbess Hildelidis and her nuns were, in the next generation, able to understand the Grocisms of Aldhelm in his Latin treatise, De Laudibus Virgihitatis,' writt en f or th e i r especial edification. In the time of Bede, as the historian himself informs us, there were scholars of Theodorus and Hadrian who were as well versed in the Greek and Latin languages as in their own. When literature was almost extinguished in France, Alcuin could boast of the learned men and the noble libraries of England. So indefatigable were the transcribers of ancient manuscripts in these English schools, that from them Charlemagne himself solicited assistance, when he laboured for the revival of letters in Gaul." The stormy days when the country was overrun - by the Danish hordes were at hand, to be happily succeeded by the wise and enlightened rule of the greatest of our kings. Religion and knowledge, which had suffered during the days of oppression, flourished again under the sway of Alfred, whose rigour in only preferring men of learning left many sees vacant at his death. Further on we come to the life of Odo, the Danish archbishop, whose association with the miserable story of Edwy and Elgiva proves his barbarian ancestry. Dunstan, his successor, has been elevated to the dignity of a saint, although more eminent for his administrative capacity than for his Christian humility. Dr Hook ranks him with Becket, Wolsey, and Laud, in the first class of ecclesiastical statesmen. His labours at least resulted in practical benefit to the country, as the following passage testifies : " The result of Dunstan's vigorous administration was such as must have afforded him that satisfaction which is enjoyed by men, who are permitted to see that, though they have laboured sometimes amidst doubts and difficul ties, yet they have not laboured in vain. Under the reign of Edgar the Pacific, Northumbria was divided into earldoms instead of kingdoms ; the Danes were either subdued or conciliated ; the sovereignty of the Anglo- Saxon king over the Scots was established ; the navy was placed in such a state of efficiency, that no enemy ventured to attack the coast ; English pirates who had. infested our ports, were restrained and punished; while at home, trade was encouraged, family feuds were suppressed, and men were compelled, instead of taking the law into their own hands, to submit the decision of their quarrels to the magistrate. Regular circuits were established for the administration of justice, forming a court of appeal from the inferior judges. As Athelstan had reformed the coinage, so now standard measures were made and depo sited at Winchester. Steps were taken in behalf of the heen, to annihilata the wolves which still abounded in them onntz-y. Even to trivial matters could the mind of Dunstan descend ; finding that quarrels arose very fre quently in taverns, from disputes among the topers, as to their share of liquor, respectively, when they drank out of the same cup; he advised Edgar to order gold or silver pegs to be fastened in the pots, that whilst every man knew his just measure, shame should compel each to con fine himself to his proper share." Stigand, the last archbishop of the Anglo-Saxon epoch, assisted at the consecration of Westminster Abbey, and the poem on that event, translated from Norman French, which is given here, will interest the antiquary. Stigan d died a prisoner in the hands of the Conqueror, in chains, and as some say in want of the common necessaries of life. With his death terminates the first volume of Dr. Hook's history, a work which, if it should be fully and fairly car ried out, will rank among the most valuable historical undertakings of the present day. A few:years ago its compilation would have been difficult, owing to the obstacles which then attended any access to the original authorities. These difficulties have now been removed by the publication of the " Monti menta Historia Britannica," which has placed the ancient writers within the reach of the modern student. Of these authorities Dr. Hook has largely availed himself; and though dealing with one of the least interesting portions of his subject, he has succeeded, by the aid of antiquarian research and literary ability, in worthily inaugurating a great ecclesiastical history. The Prince of Wales in Canada. By N. A. Woods, the Times' Special Correspondent. Author of " The Past Campaign." Bradbury and Evans. Among the events of the past year which the historian of our country will have to chronicle, few will surpass in interest the visit of the Heir apparent to the Anglo-Saxon race beyond the broad Atlantic. In this book we meet with a graphic account of the whole affair, which is written for the most part impartially, and with spirit and viva city. Short as the time was that elapsed during the visit of the Prince, it is probable that he re ceived more striking impressions and beheld more instructive and interesting scenes than during all his previous life. Almost every variety of scene was outspread before him, from the gay ball-room to the lonely prairie, from the brilliant reception, as he passed down the Broadway at New York, to the majestic sublimity of Niagara Falls. Among the amusing episodes here' mentioned is the ball at Quebec. In consequence of the crowd, there was hardly more space for dancing than on an ordinary tablecloth, and it is said, " during one of these terpsichorean struggles the Prince caught his spurs in a lady's dress, tripped and fell, he was up again in an instant laughing heartily, and dancing away more vigorously than ever." This was far too wonderful an event to be passed over by the news-mongers, and so we learn that five minutes after its occurrence it was telegraphed to the jour nals, in one of which appeared the subjoined series of headings :—" The Canadian Commotion—Splen did Splurge of the Quebeckers—The Prince at the grand ball given by the city,--he danced twenty two times—tripped and fell, his beautiful partner rolling over Honi, soit qui mal y pense'— the Prince immediately picked himself up, and continued the dance—terrible flutter of crinoline.' It is a relief, after all this show and glitter, to peruse the account of the visit to Niagara, where there was a lull " in the whirlwind of addresses, re views, processions, state balls, and noisy Orangemen. There is great truth in this remark : "It was, on the whole, quite as well that royalty was incog . before Niagara ; the shout of a mob or the tinsel of a pro cession would have sho wed :poorly by the side of that great Altar of Nature, where a misty incense is always rising to heaven and the eternity of water speaks only of One. Amid that scene, princes, powers, and denominations are all forgotten as you stand before the Falls of Niagara, which pour down with such a majesty of power that you can only gaze with solemn awe upon the grandest and most terrible of all God's works in nature." An ani mated description is given of the Prince's reception in New York. "It was, in fact, marked by such an ovation as has seldom been offered to any monarch in ancient and modern times ; it was not a reception, it was the grand i m pres s i ve welcome of a mighty people, it was one vast concourse of citizens such as few people have over seen assembled together, such as is not likely to be seen again in our time. When the Prince entered this great avenue of human beings a long, deep ch eer went up, such as could only be given by hundreds of thousands of enthu siastic people, it seemed less a cheer than a pro longed outbreak of welcome—the welcome and greeting of an em p i re. " An interesting fact is related regarding the attendance of the Prince and suite at Trinity Church, New York. During the service prayers were offered up for her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Albert Edward Prince of Wales, which was the first time such a prayer bad b ee n made for the Royalty of England since Dr. i