The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-03 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lestiee, Mr. J. B. Basksionr. THIS EVENING. the ucriorraanees Will oomracnoe with the Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTB. Messrs. Chas. Mathews. Buckstone, E. Villiers. Rogers, Lto. , Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. hlathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. And THE BUN AND THE WIND. Commence at 7. 1.? OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee and Manazer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. . Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, dm ; Misses Beath, Llsworthy, and IL Leclercq. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Baxvn. " The Adelphi "Census" every Evening. THIS EVENING, the successinl new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (196th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. limmicault, D. Fisher, Millington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Homer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billinglon, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. .1. Toole, Eburne, Romer, r. .T. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. ...home, and Mrs. Chatterlcy. Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A MPHITHEATRE.- Til IS EVENING, Production of the Grand Spectacle of MNZEPPA, with new scenery, dresses, &c., supported by Mr. James Holloway and a most powerful Company. To be followed by SCENES in the CI RC LE—The Rocky Mountain Wonders. Concluding with a Comic Ballet. Reduced prices. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera. THE BAL MASQUE (first produced In England and only to be heard at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; Ernst, Mr. Solos on the Cornet-a piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day) ; the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely new and original entertain. ment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); con tinued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Blanchard, and numerous other artistes. Re-appearance at these Concerts of Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONG 'DUNS. T H E 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston--Grand Selections (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, &c., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornari, Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, Huish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus. conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The following . Combs talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey, and French, and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAY.—Morning, Oh. 56m.—Afternoon, :10h. 26m. To-monuow.-Morning, 10h. 56m.—Afternoon, 11h. 28m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 2, Is6l. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BARomETEu-29.91. WlND—South-Wegsterly—variable ; with dull weather. ,Afternoon fine. JUNE 3, THEENOMETER, IN THE SHADE. GO--highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 58 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'08. WlND—West-North-Westerly—rather fresh; with dull weather. e.,,,,, :: ,,, ~- 4 7 !-.• a r 1 4 , ,, 1....,,,N 114, i'.'•'7,',.-"\L,..- . ~4 , , , , ~ ,, .3 .0 - ..c..?....:1 ' - -..., .1.- ~,' hit; .-..,.,—,-.... -•t. . - . __-_, G t ~ ~ 3 ~\ TUE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1861. News from the United States in America, and the United States in Paris and from both places, unfortunately, similar in one respect—the foolishly arrogant tone of the Government and its representatives towards European countries, and towards England in particular. It indeed little con- We hold on our even course, not much caring, except for its own sake, whether the crossed child of England across the Atlantic vents a little of its anger on us or not. But we must remind Americans who may honour us with a glance, that all England is deeply grieved for the misfortune of America ; that few indeed are cerns us. the individuals who sympathise with the Southern States, and that but a few nights back, when the angry young renegade from Liberalism, who now mis-represents the West Riding, spoke contemptuously of the American Republic as a bubble burst—he incurred a rebuke froth our Foreign Secretary which he will not soon forget, which the house applauded, and which com pelled him to retract. Why then do we find in the telegrams to-day "that the Federal Government bas resolved to de- Blare war against any Power that should interfere in the present dispute." It seems like the rude warning through Mr. DAYTON, to ali whom it might concern, that the sooner European statesmen dis missed from their heads all thought that the Northern States would tolerate secession the better. Why this blustering, putting them selves out of their way to inform us of their intentions. No one has yet purposed to interfere with the belligerents. But the use of this word reminds us that it is one cause of offence. Our Foreign Office is blamed because Lord JOHN, in mere humanity, concedes to the Southern States the rights of belligerents. Good heavens !is it come to this under Christian civilisation, that those few rights which it leaves in warfare, and which it leaves just that war may not become savage exter mination,—that these rights are not to be conceded to nearly half the States of the Union ? No country more cordially detests their cause than does Eng_ land. But that detestation will not lead us to sanc tion barbarian practices in war. The meetis:g at Paris was all that Mr. LINCOLN Could wish in its enthusiasm for the Northern cause. The speakers, all being republicans, seemed disposed to get rid, by rather revolting persiflage, of their difficulties in consistently commending French Government and liberties; the EMPEROR, and Frenchmen of good taste, while ready to accept their gratitude for aid in the revolutionary war, can hardly admire the needless efforts of Repub licanism to paint the most absolute despotism in Europe in colours like its own. Mr , CLAY, the Minister to St. Petersburg, who taught us our lesson in the ?Imes, rehearsed it once more at Paris ; this time with the informa tion that if we would preserve cotton for our mil lion we must join in putting down Southern Rebellion ! But that if we interfere in its favour (which we certainly never dreamed of doing) we should force the North to do what would be a calamity to us as well as to them — at a blow to destroy slavery for ever"—a calamity, most Englishmen would reply, which is the strongest temptation you can place before us to bring it on all as quickly as possible—the calamity of the destruction of Slavery ! How little could the man appreciate England 'who could talk such stuff. En regard to the movements of the belligerents their seems to be little change. The South has authorised a loan of fifty millions of dollars. Three-fifths to be at 8 per cent. interest and to be redeemable in 20years—if not repudiated by the shatterd States long before that time. North Cnrolina has passed unanimously a secession ordi nance. Virginia voted on secession on the 23d; Kentucky was for neutrality against both North and South. The North not only talks big to European Powers generally, but has told Spain in particular that she would take possession of St. Domingo at her peril. Canadian Volunteers have offered their services, which have been accepted. No aggressive movement is contemplated immediately, but General BUTLER and nine regi ments are sent to Fort Monroe, which commands the Bay of Chesapeake. The blockade of Charles ton Harbour is - raised ; why, we are not told, we presume temporarily, the Niagara being sent to the Gulf of Mexico. There is nothing material beyond preparation yet. Amongst other preparations, Mr. LINCOLN'S Government is now willing to accede to the code of the European Congress of 1856 in regard to privateers !!! We make no comment. In a woodcut sketch the London American gives a clear view of the actual seat of War, and our readers are indebted to it for permis sion to make use of the same. Every reader of the newspapers will require now to have just such an idea of the strategic position of parties as this map, with the accompanying description, will furnish. With the further aid of Mr. WYLD'S comprehensive and admirable map he will be enabled to comprehend the whole action of both the belligerent sections, from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, down to the Gulf States. The useful little sketch before us exhibits just that part where military operations are now in progress. On the North the boundary of Pennsylvania stretches away from the Delaware river—which separates it from the small Atlantic State of New Jersey —some 250 miles to the West. Immediately south of Pennsylvania, and along this direct line, for 200 miles lies the State of Mary land, which follows on its southern border the wind ings of the great river Potomac, on which Wash ington stands. The river squeezes Maryland to the territorial advantage of Virginia, into very narrow dimensions for about a hundred miles of its Western part ; but were the Marylanders a free and commercial people, they would be abundantly com pensated by their state, including all the upper half of the noble Bay of Chesapeake, which forms the estuary of several noble streams. Virginia claims the seaward half of Chesapeake Bay, and then follows on the North the course of the Potomac till it meets the quakerly straight border of Penn sylvania for about 50 miles, when the Ohio becomes the line which separates the " Old Dominion" from freedom, flourishing as it does in the state of that name. Virginia's other Western neighbours are Kentucky and Tennessee, which both also bear the black brand of Slavery. The Western part of Virgi nia, however, has scarcely any slaves, is favourable to the North and to freedom, and will protect the west flank of the Northern advance southward. Washington itself stands in a small district, origi nally ten miles square, divided pretty equally and diagonally by the Potomac, which were ceded to the Central Government in 1789, but the Southern half was ceded back to Virginia in 1846, an act which, by the light of 1861, appears to have been an im prudent one, since there are situated the Arlington heights, of which our readers have seen mention, which command the city, and from which it could be laid in ashes. We may now easily see the strategic position. Washington stands in a Slave State, Maryland, and is sixty miles in a direct line from the Pen nsylvanian frontier. But, as usual, the populous line of communication is not the direct one; the real communications with the free States are by railroads through the busy city of Baltimore, and by sea, through Annapolis, on the Chesapeake Bay. The first route is much the quickest, since Anna polis can be reached by vessels from the north only by doubling completely back for about 140 miles up the bay. Hence the first efforts of the South, through the agency of the Baltimore mob, to ob struct the passage of the Massachusetts regiment to Washington, and then, by destroying the bridges on the two principal lines of railway from the North. One of these runs to Havre de Grace, thirty-three miles, and on to Philadelphia, and crosses some important streams ; the bridges here have been restored. The other passes northwards through York to Harrisburg, both also in Pennsylvania. On this line the bridges were chiefly of iron, smaller and easily restored. The Federal troops are now in possession of all these communications, and Maryland has no alternative but to submit to martial law and be modest. In fact Virginia is now becoming, as she deserves to be, the battle-field between those who are fighting to extend, and those who fight to limit slavery. This proud old colony has long driven a most pro fitable trade in what it is revolting even to mention, —in breeding and selling their fellow-Americans. We were going to say—black or coloured fellow- Americans. But this is only part of the horrid truth. The most profitable article of this kind, is a young female, the daughter of a planter, by one of his white slaves, as we should think them ; who, after receiving education, and being even taught accom plishments, fetches an enormous price as the victim of Southern licentiousness. Into this State, thus cursed, the arms of the North are advancing. ;Eta fleet already blockades the Bay of Chesapeake ; and its forces occupy Fort Monroe, near its entrance. Harper's Ferry on the Virginian side of the Potomac, where the martyr to liberty, JOHN BROWN, made his unsuccessful attempt, is the other extremity of Mr. LINCOLN'S present advance. The place is strongly situated, but as the arsenal was destroyed, it is not probable that the works have been well mounted with cannon since, and tncre is little doubt that it must soon fall before the Federal army. The left advance of the v t i h r e g n ini b a e , , ab it ou i t s i s o a o id m , il o e n s sßouicthhmofond,theacramp capital of o il f l Wash ington ; by Alexandria, Dumfries, and Fredericks burg. In what force the South will be able to resist such a march, or to protect Richmond and the other towns from capture, is not yet apparent. If Virginia succumbs, the Southern c a u se will be badly damaged in • its mili tary prestige; but we fear the North still wants the grand requisite to sure success the courage to proclaim liberty to all the bondsm en who join its advancing ranks, while, at the same time, warning them that assassination and private reveng would incur the extreeme penalty. Our Foreign Secretary's despatch, dated 22d May, 18G1, and given by us on Saturday, will have been read with pleasure by this time by hundrgds of thousands of Englishmen. It is worthy of Lord JOHN RUSSELL—and reflects honour upon Lord PALMERSTON and his Government. The despatch here referred to, it may be remembered, had refer ence to one recently addressed by the Prussian Premier, Baron SCHLEINITZ, to the Prussian Am bassador to the Court of St. lame..3'2, to wit Count BER.NSTORFF. Lord JOHN RUSSELL''6 missive being an answer to that conveyed through the same round about diplomatic fashion, namely, through our English Ambassador to the Court of Sans Souci (so often a ridiculous misnomer !) viz., Loi -41 A. LOFTUS. This correspondence, having reference, .like so much that had gone before it, to that wretche3 little affair relating to Capt. MACDONALD ! As to ',the contents THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY of Baron SCHLEINITZ'S despatch to Count BERN- I STORFF, Lord JoHN remarks, " I have to state that, as it consisted substantially of a reply to and an animadversion upon the speech of Lord PAL MERSTON, it was natural that I should consult Lord PALMERSTON as to the manner in which that de spatch should be dealt with ; and I have now to inform you that, if Baron SCHLEINITZ's despatch had contained merely a renewed record of the opi nions of the Prussian Government on the MAC DONALD affair, and a statement that those opinions had in no degree been changed by what was said in the House of Commons on the occasion in question, Lord PALMERSTON would not have considered it necessary to prolong by an answer a discussion which every well-wisher to a cordial good understanding between the Prussian and British Governments must regret, and must be desirous of seeing brought to an end; but as Baron SCHLEINITZ has chosen, in one part of his despatch, to accuse Lord PALMERSTON of heaping ungrounded reproaches on the Government and laws of Prussia,' and in another part ' of having put forth reproaches without grounds or justification against the Go vernment and laws of Prussia,' he deems it right to state that what he said on the occasion in ques tion was said advisedly, and upon full conviction ; that he deliberately abides by all that he then said, and that he sees nothing in it either to be retracted or to be explained away; and he is convinced that the opinions which he then expressed are entirely shared by the great bulk of his fellow-couLtrymen." Rather a long sentence it must be acknowledged ! But one the meaning of which is just exactly what we could all of us wish it to be. 'Yes—all of us—except. ing perhaps, let us say, Mr. VINCENT SCULLY! Mr. SCULLY being one of the very few perverse people in this country who think that Captain MACDONALD only met with his deserts—why ? because he was a travelling Englishman ! That is really the mean ing of the defence set for those brutal little Prussian jacks-in-office who acted in so very outrageous a manner towards a British officer and gentleman ! Lord JOHN, however, has not had all his say in this last despatch of his, extracted in the foregoing brobdignagian sentence. His lordship then intimates yet further in regard to the opinions expressed by the Prime Minister of England, and sympathised in by the great mass of his fellow-countrymen, that it should be maintained by Baron SCHLEINITZ that " those opinions were confined to the conduct of the Prussian Govern ment and of their subordinate officers ;" adding, " he (Lord PALMERSTON) said nothing that could justly give offence to the Prussian nation, with regard to whom he only expressed a regret that they should be liable to laws which vest in subor dinate and irresponsible agents powers and authority which, as in the case of Captain MAC DONALD, are capable of being used with cruelty and injustice without any overstepping of the strict limits of the law." With this dignified rebuke the despatch is drawn to a conclusion. And unless the Prussian Government can at length understand how much grace and dignity there would be re flected upon itself by its volunteering now (how ever tardily) to express regret at what has occurred in reference to this transaction—let us in the name of public decency trust that we have heard the last about this wretched case of Captain MACDONALD. MADAME PUZZTS COI CERT. Madame Puzzi's concert is always one of the best conducted and best attended of the musi cal fetes of the season, and the perform ances last Monday at the Hanover-square Rooms fully maintained this character. The concert takes place just in the order in which it is set down in the programme, all delays are avoided and repetitions generally discouraged. There were many vocalists of great talent, prominent among them being Madlle. Parepa, Madame Rieder, Signor Gardoni, Signor Andreoli, and M. Ole Bull. The re-appearance of M. and Mme. Gassier, after an absence of two years, was also a conspicuous feature. They were warmly applauded in the duet " lota de los Toreros," which received one of the few encores of the concert. Madame Rieder sang the variations on the " Carnival de Yellin" with marvellous brilliancy and effect. Her execution of the florid passages was wonderfully correct, and was enthusiastically received. Mme. Lemmens Sherrington, whose clear voice and care ful singing have obtained distinction in the con cert room, sang the famous Shadow Song from I)inorah. Mdlle. Parepa gave an air from Auber with taste and expression. There were many other singers and several trios and quartetts in which the chief vocalists joined. The celebrated violinist, M. Ole Bull, played a fantaisie of his own composition which delighted the audience, and Sig nor Andreoli, who is one of our first pianists, played Thalberg's grand fantaisie on the " Sonambula" with great power and brilliant effect. The concert altogether was most successful, and the crowded state of the rooms testified the satisfaction of the audience. SI ANI ORD'S NEW HAND MAP OP THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AIILERICA. This enterprising publisher has already furnished the public some excellent charts and maps of our various colonies, but for distinctness of delineation and minuteness of detail the map of the United States deserves particular notice. A very interest ing statistical table is furnished, in which the census of the various States is given in detail. We find that the population has increased during the past ten years among the free population from twenty -three millions to thirty-one and a half, while amongst the slaves the increase has been scarcely worth mentioning. The map is bound in cloth, and is of a convenient size to be carried without incon venience, thus rendering it doubly valuable. RETURN OF THE COURT TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal High ness the Prince Consort left Osborne at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in the Fairy, royal steam yacht, for Gosport, and travelled by a special train on the South- Western Railway to the private station at Vauxhall, en route for town. The Countess of Malmesbury had a reception on Saturday night at her ladyship's new mansion in Stratford - place. Above 400 persons of rank and distinction graced her saloons b) their presence. The Earl and Countess De Grey and Ripon en ertained a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday even ing at their residence, Carlton Gardens. _ _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary honoured his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess de Flahault by their company at dinner, on Saturday, at the French Embassy. A distinguished circle were invited to meet the Royal guests. ACCIDENT AT WESTON'S MUSIC HALL.—On Friday night, one of the Lee family, while going through his performance, unfortunately missed his hold, and fell with great violence to the ground. THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART.—The prizes and medals of the Female School of Art were awarded on Satur day, they being distributed to the successful students at the Theatre of Practical Geology by Earl Granville. In the speech which his lordship delivered at the close of the cere mony he remarked that it was now impossible to walk through the streets of London, to look in the shops, to see the productions of every art and manufacture, and to remember what the same articles were some years ago, without feel ing convinced that these schools had done a great deal to improve the taste of the producer and the purchaser. m, could, whose taste and knowledge of art were great, after being some weeks in this country, stated that we had re cently made such progress in the arts of design and decora tion that Frenchmen would soon have to come to England to receive instruction in them. ----- SANITARY CONDITION OF THE INDIAN ARMY. — A meeting ef the Royal Commissicn on the Sanitary State of the Army in India was held at the War-office on Satur day last, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.l'., in the chair. The other Commissioners present were Sir Proby Cautley, K.C.B. ; Colonel Greathead, C.B. ; Si r Ranald Martin Physician to the Council ; Dr. Gibson, C. 8., Directo r- General, Army Medical Department; Dr. Sutherland, aid Dr, Farr, Mr. T. Baker, the secretary, attended, ;EVENING, JUNE 3, 1861. LATEST N.E W S. TURIN, JUNE 3. Count Cavour is recovering. The national fete was celebrated yesterday with great splendour. TURIN, JUNE 2. The Chambers have been adjourned 'until Wed, nesday next. Count Cavour has again been taken ill, and was bled twice in the course of yesterday. However, no serious fears are entertained as to his recovery. ROME, MAY 31. Three vessels, laden with counterfeit money bear , ing the effigy of Francis 11., have sailed for Amalfi ROME, MAY 30. A Bourbon Committee, under a religious deno mination, has been formed here. It is presided over by Count Trapani. BERLIN, JUNE 1. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputie4 the treaty with France for the construction of a navigable channel between the Rhine and Marne canal and the Saar was approved after a protracted discussion. An amendment to adjourn the discussion until after an estimate of the expense of carrying out the project had been laid before the Chamber was rejected. PESTH, JUNE 1. A very stormy discussion took place to-day in the Lower House on the proposition of M. Deak relative to the Address. Forty-six members who are known to be in favour of voting an Address to the Emperor renounced their right to take part in the discussion. M. Bonis declared that this was merely a party manoeuvre. CRACOW, MAY 31. Yesterday there was a procession in the streets of Warsaw. Order was not, however, disturbed. The troops are still encamped in the streets. INDIA. BOMBAY, MAY 12 (via Malta). Mr. Laing brought forward his Budget for 1861- 62, and made his financial statement in the Legis• lative Council on the 26th of April. The Budget is satisfactory, there being no deficit. The Scinde Railway was opened on the 11th of May. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 3. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Magdalena, from Brazil, left Lisbon, for South ampton, yesterday at 7 a.m., with 136 passengers, £35,687 in specie, and 2,000 bags of coffee. The Valetta, with the mails from Bombay, Mauritius, &e., was to leave Malta for Marseilles on the Ist inst. at 5 a.m. The Masailia, which left Marseilles with Indian and Australian mails on the 29th of May, reached Malta on the 31st, at 10 p.m., and was to leave for Alexandria at four the next morning% FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 2. A despatch has been received here from Constan tinople, dated May 30, asserting that in the sitting of the International Conference on the 29th of May it was resolved to establish in the Lebanon one Christian Government, the chief of which shcoald be of the religion of the majority of the inhabitants, and be directly dependent on the Porte, and not on the Pasha of Beyrout. The Patrie of this evening says:— "Prince Napoleon, after having visited Algeria, Spain, and Portugal, will proceed to America." The Moniteur of to-day publishes an official note, regretting the passionate character of the discussions in the journals and pamphlets against the Catholic clergy, and declaring it to be the duty of the Go vernment to make religion respected. It requests writers to exercise moderation, and warns them that the Grvernment will repress all attacks which should degenerate into offences. The lifoniteur also announces that two pamphlets, the one entitled the "Crimes, Offences, and Scandals of the Clergy," and the other the " Small Books of the Rue de Fleurus," have been seized, and that the publishers will be prosecuted. The Droit of to-day says : " MM. Mires and Solar will be brought before the Tribunal of Correctional Police on the 6th instant, charged with fraud, breach of trust, and the distri bution of a dividend on the shares of the Caisse des Chemins de Per that was not justified by the real state of the concern. "The members of the Counseil de Surveillance have been summoned to appear as responsible par ties, according to the civil law." BOURSE, June I,—The market has been heavy, and Stock having been rather offered, prices have undergone a slight decline on the closing rates of the previous day. For the present Account, Threes are now at 69f. 60c. Railway Shares also heavy. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 96 40 Credit Fancier 990 Do. end month.... —; Belgian 4} 99 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 301 Roman Bank Shares 2895 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 702 50 ; Spanish Threes sok Do. Account 702 50 1 Home Debt .. 49 AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan non, arrived off the harbour at 4 45 a.m. She brings 88 passengers. She landed all mails, except those for Liverpool, and 18 passengers, and pro ceeded at 5 a.m. ; all well. She left New York on the evening of the 22d ult. The steamers Canadian, Edinburgh, and Persia had arrived out. NEW YORK, MAY 22, 2 P.M. The Confederate Congress has ordered the issue of a loan for 50,000,000 dols. Three-fifths of the amount are to be issued in bonds bearing 8 per cent. interest, and redeemable in 20 years, and the remaining 20,000,000 dols. in Treasury notes with out interest. General Butler and nine Federal regiments have been ordered to Fort Monroe. Advices from Washington state that the Federal Government will make no immediate aggressive movement. The Washington correspondent of the New I ork Herald announces that the Federal Government has resolved to declare war against any Power that should interfere in the present dispute ; that Mr. Lincoln's Administration is willing to adopt the code of the European Congress of 1656 in regard to privateers ; and that it had informed Spain that she would take possession of San Domingo at her peril. President Lincoln has accepted the regiment of Canadian Volunteers. The New York press discusses the statement re ported to have been made by Lord John Russell in Parliament,that Englan d would regard the Southern privateers as belligerents, in a tone highly hostile to England. The Governor of North Carolina has telegraphed to President Davis that the Secession ordinance has passed unanimously. The people of Virginia will vote to-morrow on the Secession ordinance. The North Carolina Legislature has voted 5,000,000 dols. for the war. The Governor of Kentucky has warned both the Federal and the Confederate troops against making any movement on Kentucky soil, and declaring a strict neutrality. The Federal Government has seized all the de spatches which have accumulated within the last 12 months in every telegraph office throughout the free States. The blockade of Charleston has been raised, the frigate Niagara having left for the Gulf of Mexico. Several vessels have arrived and sailed. A British ship has been chartered for cotton at 21d. per lb. President Davis has arrived at Pensacola, and was received with enthusiasm. A Federal steamer has destroyed one of the bat teries defending the approach to Norfolk Harbour. More riots have taken place at St. John's, New foundland. The troops fired upon the mob, killing two. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1357 50 .. 1356 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 927 50 .. 930 - 411 25 .. 412 50 572 50 .. 572 53 522 50 .. 525 - 675 - 575 - 380 - .. 380 - 507 50 .. 508:75 496 25 .. 497 60 The Unita Italiana of Milan, a Mazzinian organ, publishes the following letter from Garibldi, dated Caprera, 10th ult : " Sir,—l am much obliged to the Unitary Ita lian Society of Palermo for the honour it has done me in choosing me for its honorary president. Having learnt from the English papers that there is a plan afloat for giving Sardinia to the Pope, I have conceived the idea of submitting to the con sideration of your society, to which I have the honour of belonging, the following resolution, the principles of which should be propagated, not only among the members of the Society, but also among the Italian people generally : " Considering that Christ, by consecrating upon earth equality among men and nations, has de served gratitude and love, we belong:to the religion of Christ ; considering that the I'ope, the Cardinals, the Sanfedists, all the mercenaries of Italy, and the spies assembled at Rome, are the chief obstacles to the unification of Italy, by their provoking and foment ing civil war, we do not belong to the religion of the Pope. In consequence of the above considera tions, Resolved :—That the Pope, the Cardinals, &e., shall shut up shop (canzbiar bottega), at once, and betake themselves to some country as far away as possible from Italy, thus allowing this unfortu nate Italian nation, which they have been torturing for ages, to constitute itself definitively.'—l am, with affection and thanks, yours, " GARIBALDI." The Rev. Charles Ellicott, Trulscan Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and Professor of Divinity in King's College, London, has been appointed Dean of Exeter, Mr. Spencer St. John, now Consul-Gene ral at Borneo, has been appointed Consul. General and Charg4 d'Affaires to the Repu'lic of Hayti, in the rcom of Mr. T. Neville Usher, who bas retired, after a service in the island for many years. Mr. George Benvenuto Mathew, now Secretary of Legation to Mexico, and who has lately been acting as Charge d'Affaires to the Mexican Republic, has been appointed Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Quatemale, in the room of Mr. Fagan.- 9bserrer. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Stocks are dull, and lower. Illinois Central are quoted 651 ; New York Central, 71i ; Erie, 211. Exchange—Bankers' bills, 106 to 1061. The cotton market is dull and heavy. Middling upland, 111 e. Corn steady. Flour improved. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 21. Cotton—Middling, 1110. Freight to Liverpool, ld. do 11,d. QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY NIGHT. The Canadian screw steamer North American, Captain Aiton, from Quebec on the 11th ult., has put in here disabled. The Nova Scotian had arrived out. The news by the North American has been anti cipated. SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Arabia arrived here at 1.30 p.m., embarked mails, passengers, and latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax and Boston at 4.40 p.m. ; all well. TILE MAGAZINES. Blackwood. The first article is very deserving of perusal, as it presents us with some very curious information regarding a species of humanity not often brought under consideration, namely, " The Book-Hunter." We could hardly suppose delusion to have gone so far as is the case in some instances here cited. It is said that the danger is inevitably incurred when the first duplicate is purchased. After this there is no hope, and the infatuated individual goes on heaping up pile upon pile of his literary stores till his friends are horrified and his acquaintances amazed. The following passage relates to the re markable accumulation of books that were the pro perty of Heber. It is said that he always consi dered it advisable to possess three copies of a work. Hence the sum total of his manifold hoards is not so unaccountable:— " The greatest book-sale probably that ever was in the world, was that of Heber's collection in 1834. There are often rash estimates made of the size of libraries, but those who have stated the number of his books in six figures, seem justified when one looks at the catalogue of the sale, bound up in five thick octavo volumes. For results so magnificent, Richard Heber's library had but a small be ginning, according to the memoir of him in the Gentleman's Magazine, where it is said, that having ono day acciden tally met with a little volume, called ' The Vallie of Varietie,' by Henry Peacham, he took it to the late Mr. Bindlay of the stamp-office, the celebrated collector, and asked him if this was not a curious book. Mr. Bindlay, after looking at it, answered, ' Yes—not very—but rather a curious book.' This faint morsel of encouragement was, it seems, sufficient to start him in his terrible career, and he trifle becomes important as a solemn illustration of the obsta principiis. His labours, and even his perils, were on a par with those of any veteran commander who has led armies and fought battles during the great part of a long life. He would set off on a journey of several hundred miles any day in search of a book not in his collection. Sucking in from all around him whatever books were afloat, he of course soon exhausted the ordinary market; and to find a book obtainable which he did not already possess, was an event to be looked to with the keenest anxiety, and a chance to be seized with promptitude, courage, and deci sion. At last, however, he could not supply the cravings of his appetite without recourse to duplicates, and far more than duplicates. . . . Many scholars and authors ob tained the raw material for their labours from his transcen dent stores. These, indeed, might be said less to be per sonal to himself than to be a feature in the literary geo graphy of Europe. ' Some years ago,' says the writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, 'he built a new library at his house at llodnet, which is said to be full. His residence at Pimlico, where he died, is filled, like Magliabechi's at Florence, with books from the top to the bottom —every chair, eve ry table, every passage containing piles of erudi tion. He had another house in York-street, leading to Great James's-street, Westminster, laden from the ground floor to the garret with curious books. He had a library in the High-street, Oxford, an immense library at Paris, another at Antwerp, another at Brussels, another at Ghent, and at other places in the Low Countries, and in Qer. many,' " There is a paper on " The Monks of the West," which is a summary of that work. It is stated that the "great majority of writers interest the world chiefly on account of the books they have written, and it gives a piquant addition to literary fame when the position is reversed, and books have a prior claim upon the attention of the public on account of their author. Such is the case with all the works of M. Montalembert." It is instructive and interesting to dwell on the works of this gifted Frenchman ; and many who have read this article may desire to see the work itself. Some pages are devoted to the consideration of " Miss Bremer in Switzerland and Italy," and a just tribute is paid to the merits of her travels that appeared some little while since. At the same time, there is rather too sweeping a censure on her style in general, and some rather trifling themes are selected for scrutiny in this criticism on her writings. "Norman Sin clair" is proceeded. with, and some satisfactory events take place. A very amusing incident is that of the celebrated thief -catcher being himself caught and locked up for a considerable period. " I'm very fond of Water," is a new tem perance song. It is very ludicrous, and will have many admirers in those who like a comic style. The idea is ingenious, and carried out in a spirited manner. " Memoirs of a Tory Gentle woman" refers to a very interesting book by Miss Eliza Cornelia Knight. This lady in early life had written various things, but it is said she out lived her reputation as an authoress. " But she did not outlive the esteem in which she was held by a very large circle of friends, including kings and princes, and the honourable of the earth of all ranks and degrees. Few people have had so extensive an acquaintance as Miss Knight, and when we say that her reminiseencs extend over a line of European worthies, beginning with Oliver Goldsmith and ending with Bnjamin Disraeli, no one will question that the most attractive book which such a person can write is a plain record of her personal experiences." " From the Father land," gives some account of feelings and preju dices in that locality, and concludes with the fol loming remark, in which there is more truth than politeness, in reference to the allies England might choose in time of need. It is said that the Germans would be the safest, " whereas the friendship of France, though doubtless very plea- sant and desirable, inevitably suggests the kind of uncertainty that attends domestic relations with a tame tiger." Dublin University .211agazine. "An Only Son" is continued at some length, and the character of Keane Burkitt comes out in a very conspicuous manner, he seems the embodiment of selfishness and 'greediness. The sketch here is a very adroit one, and doubtless this crafty hero will figure prominently in these adventures on a future occasion. "Scenes and Customs in the West Indies" furnishes us with some very readable remarks on Jamaica. This island is worthy of notice, and we do not often meet accounts of it. Idleness appears to be very prevalent in the place. " Fresh butter and fresh fish are seldom used, though the former is easily made, and the latter abounds in the rivers and on the coasts, It is easier to bring dry salt fish from America, and import salt butter, which not unfrequently resembles the unctuous yellow deposit which is applied to railway carriage wheels." Nothing can be more absurd than the pretended independence of negro servants who will not pay any attention to the ringing of a bell. They will sometimes insist on having the prefix of Mr., Mrs, or Miss, to their names. " Heigh, deur call me, like daag ho crit ; me no go, me no daag." " Ministers of the Devil" is a very amusing paper that treats of some striking peculiarities in the mode of cookery. "It was remarked by some body who knew what he was about, that God sends meat but the Devil sends cooks." The proverb, it may seem, has a deeper foundation, in fact, than has commonly been imagined. Taken in its more lite ral sense it points to spoliation of good vic tuals, by ill-starred notions of cookery. None but the Devil could have suggested to Soyer the horror of a red herring pie, or potatoes mashed with cad-liver oil ; and surely it must have been the Devil if not Moloch himself who put into Liebig's head the horrible notion of extracting the red juices of raw beef and mutton by cold muriatic acid, and calling the product " soup." " Our Minor Macaulays" is a little sketch that is admirably exe cuted, and contains some striking truth 3 regarding many of the glaring errors into which those fall who are more copiers than originators. Without any acerbity the writer adduces some instances in which the mistake is made of attempting more in show than can be carried out in substance. The following passage will speak for itself : " But while indulge genie is one good rule of authorship, ne quid nimis is another. An author, above all things, must not appear to ride his Pegasus too hard. Spare the whip and use the reins, is good advice to the young Phaetons of fancy, who wish to let out all their powers, and so betray the effort under which they are composing. The half, in these cases, is more than the whole—the good thing unsaid is the reserve of power, which should always be kept in for some future emergency ; and the reader should be sent away wishing for more, and not fatigued by the prodigality of the banquet. "We have singled out Mr. Windsor as an instance of the style which errs by excess of illustration; but a glance at the periodicals of the day will show that, as the fault is a common one, it calls for some correction. It arises from the incessant appetite of the public for something smart and lively. The travelled volubility of Mr. Walter Thorn bury, Dr. Doran's annual appearance with a volume or two of chit-chat about royalty, Mr. Jeafferson's books about doctors or novelists, stuffed out from the rag-bag of an in dustrious literary cheffonier, are all the results of Macau lay's over picturesque style. The best cure for this man nerism is to send ambitious authors to study English in the school of Mill, Hallam, Dean Millman, and Helps. Sometimes eloquent, always lucid, always natural, these four writers, however they differ in other respects, agree in this, that they have carried down the style of writing Eng lish, as Addison and Locke left it before Johnson spoiled its simplicity with Latinisms, or Carlyle with Teutonisms. We look to the writers of the present day in a spirit of wise Conservatism to keep to the traditions of the past, as these four writers have done, and to hand down that sacred trust, a nation's language, unimpaired, to generations yet un born." " The Month's Chronicle" presents the reader with the usual quota of information regarding the chief events that have lately transpired at home and abroad. Some very just observations are made on the " Budget," which tend to prove that unneces sary clamour was raised on behalf of Mr. Glad stone's measure, but that has been so often the case that few can marvel at the reiteration of such infatuation when there was a so-called popular question to be traded on, and the enlightenment of uneducated millions conveniently served as a war cry for disappointed financiers and patriotic dema gogues. " Modern Pre-Raphaelism" contains some very wise criticisms on the extreme lengths to which the followers of the new fashion have gone, and many may derive instruction from this carefully written essay. There are some other articles of varied interest in this number, and some verses which are pleasing but do not present anything very striking. Yraser's _Magazine. The first paper in Fraser will probably attract many readers, being from no less a hand than that of Mr. Fronde, the historian, and bearing the at tractive names of " Queen Elizabeth, Lord Robert Dudley, and Amy Robsart." Mr. F rou d e d oes no t accord to the Virgin Queen that favour which he lavished on her headstrong sire, thereby producing a revolution in modern English history. His cen sures en Elizabeth, however, are founded on authentic letters of the time, now just drawn forth from the archives of Simancas, that famous depo sitory of State secrets. The active and confidential correspondence constantly addressed to the wily and astute Philp the Second, by his ambassadors at the other European Courts, throws light on many disputed passages of history. However disin genuous the crafty Spaniards might be with other sovereigns, they knew better than to attempt to de ceive their own, and the information furnished to the despot of Spain was usually as copious as it was accurate. The story of Elizabeth's perilous posi tion amid the plots and counterplots that were thickly gathered round the commencement of her reign, of her mad infatuation for Dudley, afterwards, as all readers of Kenilworth know, the famous Earl of Leicester; of the masked designs of the Spanish ambassador, and the steady firmness with which Cecil saved his country and his Queen, is briefly and graphically told by Mr. Froude, who promises, moreover, to enlarge on this subject another time. "The City of the Sun" is a some what less surprising narrative than it would have been twenty years ago, when ladies were restricted to the insides of stage coaches at the very least. It is a pleasant paper written by a lady, telling of her solitary rambles among the deserted cities and temples of the ancient world. The great ofject of her desire was to visit Baalbec, and of her wan derings amid its mighty rules of palaces and tem ples she gives a vivid description. "Baalbec," she observes, " has two characters peculiarly its own— enormous magnitude and redundant richness. The buildings are not only of immense height and ex tent, but each individual block is of dimensions almost unexampled elsewhere." Thus one stone in the temple of Baal measured, we are told, thirty one feet. Further on the enchantment has in creased. "Here were the towering six columns of the giant fane of the Sun ; here the second temple, the most magnificent, the most perfect left to us of the ancient world. Passing out at the great ruined gateway, here are the vast and splendid square and hexagonal courts, with their walls forming exedrie, and loaded with an indescribable profusion of orna ments, columns, pilasters, entablatures, niches, and seats overhuug with garlands and sculptured wings of fanciful creatures. All that the richest of the styles of ancient architecture could achieve, the magnificent Corinthian in its most luscious dreams—seems perfected here." It is necessary for the wanderer, who wishes fully to realise the vast ness of these ancient temples, to linger some time among their ruins. As the writer before us re marks,—" It always takes time for the effect of grandeur to sink into our minds. Beauty we dis cover at a glance, though its power does not fail also to grow and strengthen. But the immensity of a building or a mountain does not reveal itself till our eyes have, as it were, learned the perspec ; tive of its magnitude, as a child learns to see. Thoughts of poetry, and philosophy, and ancient associations, are profusely mingled with her de scriptions, the style being occasionally,it must be admitted, somewhat inflated. Nevertheless, many readers may find it pleasant to quit the dusty highways of European discussions, for a rambl e through these vast and mighty rains , w i th so enthusiastic a guide. The two stories which have been going on for some time both make progress. In " Good for Nothing," the hero declares his love to the fair music mistress, and starts for Australia to see the world. In " Ida Conway," there is also an eclaircissement between the hero and heroine, though not of an equally agreeable nature. Al though Count Ernest gives a full exp l ana ti on to Ida of the reasons which had occasioned his !flys tei ious conduct, IVliss Con way i s t oo i n di gnan t to be pacified , and dismisses him in the most sum mary and uncourteous manner. The author of this tale certainly does not f a ll i n t o th e mistake of making his heroine too perfect, since Ida's incon sistencies are somewhat curious. - Mr. Alexander Bain continues his series of phrenological papers, giving, as usual, much interesting information re specting the science. There 's also an attractive paper on " Historical Art in England," censuring us, not und eserve dl y , we f ea r, for our national in difference to the higher walks of art. Allusion is made to the recent death of Mr. Criss, whose fi rst historical picture achieved a striking suc cess , an d is at present in the House of Lords, yet whose later works met such unworthy neglect, that he had to support himself by teaching children. It is the old story, welch tells us that, even in our own days, Grub•street has its parallel. There interest, and the are other papers of varying "Chronicle of Current History" is continued with conciseness and spirit. Bentley's Miscellany. Harrison Ainsworth's radiant Historical Romance " The Constable of the Tower," as hitherto during so many months past, again leads off the new number of Bentley's Miscellany. This time, how ever, with no illustration from the hand of that facile artist John Gilbert—and, what is yet more remarkable, without any explanation whatever as to the cause of that unwonted absence of embellish. ment. Not that Mr. Ainsworth's story this month really needs pictorial adornment. It is, in fact, wholly independent of the artist's aid—Ainsworth's pen colouring the page into life as vividly as though that pen were the brush of a painter. With eight additional chapters, the Second Book of " The Con stable" is brought to a conclusion. The Constable himself—and so far the work appears (in the pre sent instalment, at least) somewhat of a misnomer —passes across the scene only for the briefest in terval, and then quite incidentally. If Sir John Gage has little to do this month towards the deve lopment of the plot of the narrative, the Lord High Admiral has everything to do with it. That handsome personage has certainly seized upon the lion's share of the interest inspired by this courtly tale of love and ambition. Every one is (in importance) subordinated to him—his brother, the Lord Protector—his wife, the Queen Dowager —his erst-while lady-love, the Princess Elizabeth--his Majesty himself, the boy- king Edward VI. ! Mr. Ainsworth tells us (as who but Mr_ Ainsworth could tell us P) how a gorgeous fete waist given by the Lord-Admiral at Seymour House; how the lord Admiral's marriage with the Queen (Catherine Parr) was ennounced ; how in spite of that the Lord Admiral's passion was revived for the Princess Elizabeth; how the Lord Admiral furnished money to his royal nephew; how the Lord Admiral deigned to lay the young King's grievances before Parliament; how the Lord Ad—. miral's letter was transcribed by the compliant hands of the sovereign ; and finally, and this is without any question the most powerfully written chapter of 113:4 how the Lord Admiral and the Lord Protector Were again —when it might least have been expected— reconciled ! Some passages in this stormy interview between the two brothers we must give, if only in. evidence of the skill with which the characters are discriminated. Seymour has been conferring with. King Edward and is about to retire from, the royal presence with an obeisance. But ere he could do so he was stopped by the sudden en trance of the Lord Protector, accompanied by the Earls of Warwick and Arundel, Lord Russell, Sir Wm. Paget, and Sir John Gage. For a moment the Admiral was taken aback, but quickly recovering himself, he drew himself up to his. full height, and regarded his brother with a glance of de fiance. " Soh I you are here, my lord, in direct defiance of my injunctions," cried Somerset. " My uncle is here at my request," cried Edward, throw ing himself between them. " I sent for him." " Your majesty will not be able to screen him," observe Somerset. "I am too well informed of his plots. He will be brought to account for his treasonable designs." " Treasonable I" exclaimed Edward. " Nay, your high ness, the Admiral has been guilty of no treason in coming to me." " He will have to answer to the council for what he has done," rejoined the Protector, "and it will be for them to decide whether his designs are treasonable or not. I charge him with a flagrant disobedience of my commands and au thority—with constantly labouring and studying to put into' your Majesty's head a dislike of the government of the realm and of my doings. I charge him with endeavouring as much as in him lies, to persuade your Majesty, being of too tender years to direct your own affairs, to take upon yourself the government and management of the realm to the danger of your person, and the peril of the whrde kin dom. Let him deny th ese c h arges, if h e can. " g " I will answer them at once," replied the Admiral, boldly. "It is no treason to be here with the King, my nephew, in disobedience to your grace's mandate. I deny tlat 1 have soul ht to create a dislike of the government in my royal nephew's mind; but I will not deny that I have said that his affairs might be better managed, and that he himself ought to be better ordered—and that I would de my best to have him better ordered." You are an audacious traitor, and glory in your guilt," cried the Protector. "But you have crowned your offences by obtaining a letter from the King whereby you seek to accomplish your object of supplanting me in the governor ship of the Royal person . But you will be balked in your design." " What paper hath your lordship in your hand ?" de manded the Earl of Warwick of the Admiral. "A letter to the Houses of Parliament, which I myself shall deliver to- morrow. ' Tis written by his Majesty, and signed by him, as ye may see." "But drawn up by yourself," remarked Warwick. " My lord, you have done wrong." " In what respect ?" cried the Admiral, fiercely. King is dissatisfied with the governor of his person, and would change him." " Who has made him so dissatisfied ?" asked Warwick. " Not I," rejoined the Admiral. "You would seem to infer that his Majesty cannot judge for himself ; that he cannot toll whether he is well or ill ordered ; that he is willing to be kept in subjection, to be deprived of the society he most affects, and to be stinted in his purse.. You think he cannot find out all these things without my. aid. But I tell you, my lord of Warwick, that his majesty has found them out, and is determined to have re dress, if not from you, from Parliament." "My Lord Admiral, you will never deliver that letter," observed Warwick, in a stern tone. " Your lordship is mistaken," rejoined Seymour. " In the name of the council I command you to give it up to his highness the Lord Protector," said - Warwick. " What if I refuse ?" rejoined Seymour. " We will order your immediate arrest," said the earl. " Sooner than surrender it to him I will destroy it," cried the Admiral, tearing the letter in pieces. " What have you done, my lord ?" cried the King, alarmed at the proceeding. " You will destroy yourself if you go on thus, my lord," observed Sir John Gage, in a low tone to the Admiral. "The authority of the council is not to be braved with im punity." "1 am not to be frightened, good Sir John," rejoined Seymour, haughtily. I fear neither the council nor the Lord Protector. They will not molest me." The event proves the reasonableness of Seymour's boast, for the Lord Protector is speedily cowed by him (in a whispered converse away from the rest) into a meek pretence at least of reconciliation. It is at that point that the narrative breaks off for the time being with the close of Book the Second. As the crowning glory of the romance will come, of course, the record by Harrison Ainsworth of the Rise and Fall of the younger and haughtier Lord Protector ! A few words as to the remaining con tributions in this new number of Bentley's Miscel lany. " The House, Blaswick" is brought to a con clusion. It is the oddest little instalment. Less than three pages. Yet it is sufficient. Frederick Marshall, in continuation of his series about French Trade and Population, give us an instructive chap ter on " Education " among our imperial neigh bours. Monkshood, in his " Mingle Mangle," has another pleasant little chat about Town and Country, as usual interspersed with abundant quo tations. Dudley Costello begins to awaken more interest in the reader's mind in behalf of his young hero " Lorn Loriot"—the last of whose adventures is capitally t o ld, i. e., the passing of the for ge d cheque at the banking house. Besides all which 0 oida has another of his sparkling little pungent witty historiettes of Love in High Life. The New Monthly. The opening article in this ma gaz i ne i s generally devoted to fereign subjects, and the one b e f ore us is no exception to the rule. It refers to Cilicia, which it styles " the most b eaut if ul and interesting of all the provinces of Lesser Asia," and is founded on a recent work by M. Victor Langlois. This gentleman, it seems from the account here given of him, is a distinguished French archaeologist, who, in December, 1851, we are told, presented a work on numismatics to the Emperor. The Emperor did not then enjoy the imperial dignity, but we suppose that M. Langlois, out of gratitude for the favour shown to hire, has not hesitated to con fer the title a little before the time. The Emperor, glancing at the b oo k, as ked if the writer had tra velled in Asia, to which M. Langlois replied thnt he had not, but hinted that he would be happy t o do so under Government auspices. The conversa tion terminated, but eight days later he received a commission from the. Minister of P u bli c Instruc tion to explore .. An abstract of hi s wor k i s given in the paper before us, which may interest the reader. The story of " East Lynne" is con tinued, and probably approaches its termination. Sir Francis Levison is arrested for the murder of Hallijobn, and the unfortunate 'Richard Hare has a prospect of being cleared from suspicion. Mr. Carlyle is returned as member for Lynne, his victory being secure even without the rival candi date's capture by the police in the midst of the election. Poor little William Carlyle is doomed by the physician, and his mother nearly bet rays her self in her grief and anxiety. The unnatura l position of Lady Isabel in her former home is most painful, and mars the reader's pleasure in the vivid and life-like style of the st ory . Si r Nathaniel, in his Notes on Note-Worthies," tells us of Cardinal Alberoni, one of those ambitious Churchmen whose fortune it was to experience the proverbially fickle favour of kings. In this instance, however, his sudden dismissal was very like an act of historical justice, repaying his own treachery to Princess Orsini, pe r h aps b etter known as Madame des Ursins. M. du Chaillu's famous book on the Gorillas is the subject of an entertaining article, which gives copious extracts from the volume in question. Mrs. Bushby commences another story of West Indian life, under the title of Why is she an Old Maid ?" Another work of fiction going on is the history of Granville de Vigne, in th e p resen t instalment of which the marriage b e t ween D e Vigne and Constance Trefusis take s pl ace, and the passionate and self-willed hero speedily realises the value of his friends' warnings. The punishment of his own misdoings is merited, however great might be the treachery o f th e d ece i ver. For poetical contributions we h ave some verses on " The Rose in the City Alley," by Nicholas Michell, lnd the following humorous recipe for the conic sections by W. C. Kent, which is dedicated to the anonymous author Qf the immertgl lines, beginning r