The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-21 00:00:00

R OY AL ENGLISH OPERA , COVENT-GARDEN. Ender the Slanagementrrison of Miss le Less Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Ha, So. THIS XVENING, and during, the Week, Balie's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE Miss LOtlifia Fyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, IL Corti, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. Belem, H. Payne. Ifildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdmc. Boleno and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, Scc. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will comment* with (by desire) SHP. STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Efardcastle, Miss Fanny Stirling ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone. Alter which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with BUY BLAS. Messrs. Fechter, Basil Potter, Garden, Ray mond, Graham, Cathcart, and A. Harris. After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Kin^ of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown. Mr. A. F. Forrest. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM, Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vining. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Bate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. J. Rouse. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE : or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing, THE VISION OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE, Larry Hoolagan, Mr? John Drew. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. : --- ik solf. Probrietor and Manszer. Mr. Bent. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Mae E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boncieault, D. Fisher, !Milne:ton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Aznes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesqne Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF RUE. Messrs. .1. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and R. Thorne. - - Doors open alPhalf past s—Commenee at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charn . e for bookinr, , . Private boxes, £2 2g. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ISs. - Balcony. 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls as. ; Pit Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. td. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting 'effawizer—qtr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— ..cm. Proprietnr and Manazer. Arr. WM. BATTY. Tmmense wneeeas of the Pantomime. Re-engagement of Mr. J. Crockett and the Trained 'Lions. A Grand Juvenile Fete will take place on Fridap, Jan. 25, commencing at two o'clock with the Pantomime, concluding with the Lions. This Evening', a new Spectacle, entitled TAE LION CONQUEROR ; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri'ish Artistes. Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLEQUIN AND , THE WONDERFUL HORSE z or. Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing in the mmie scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade., and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Do , .)ra open at half-Fast 6, performance commence at 7. fIANTERBURY-HALL PANTOMII4E. 1 / 4 _, "TUE ENCHANTED HASH," EVERY EVENING,. ENTERTAINING PEOPLE. Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. BELL. 000 D TEOPLE. Wildrose, j Fairies, with the usual mom- 3rr. Marshal Primrose, J plishments. j Mr. Bell. COMMON PEOPLE. Farmer Thickhead (a husbandman, with a Wife and Child, who make a fool of him) Mfr. Bell. Giles Gosling (the mysterious Orphan. who runs after every Miss, and afterwards liarlequin)Mr. Marshall Dame Thickhead (who. haring worn out the breeches, takes to Pantaloons) . Mr. Bell. Dolly (the bell of the village, which Giles in tends to ring the—changes to Columbine)..Mr. Marshal RAD PEOPLE. .TVowl'eyzrowley, j Demons of the blackest dye Mr. lfarsharl Growleyhowley, and brightest Magenta. j Mr. Bell. COMIC PEOPLE. Harlequin Mr. F. BELT,. Columbine Mr. F. MARSHALL. C10W8.............. Pantaloon ......... ....... Mr. P. BELL. Scene, CANTERBURY (that's) HALL A.D. 1861, at half-past nine. Mr. B. A pack of nonsense ! Mr. M. '►' hat we want— Mr. B. Pooh ! pooh The idea! a Pantomime played by two ! 'T.uts DAY.—Morning, Bh. 30m.—Afternoon, 9h. 9m. To-MORROW.-Morning, 9h. 53m.—Afternoon. 10h. 30m. THE WEATHER.—Srx OPIPICE, JAN. 20, 1861. THEIWONETZ/t, IN THE SITADN. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. Banomwrzn-30.33 ; rising again. Wryn—S.-W. till neon—now W. N.-Westerly—light; with dna weather. Slight rain in the morning, but very heavy in the night. JAN. 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETEII.--30.iS. %VIM) W.-S.-W. to W.—light ; with dull mild weal her comparatively. LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 21, 1861. The promise has been kept. The French fleet has been withdrawn from before Gaeta ; and Admiral PERSANO has notified the blockade of the place, giving, the inhabitants a few hours to with draw from the place. The foreign vessels have already left. Such is the announcement while we write ; but i t is impossible, and will be every day, till the place surrenders, to tall what tidings may arrive up to the very moment of our going to press. The point of interest is, of course, just now whether FRANCIS 11. will necessi,tate a bombardment or not. The long intervention of the French EMPEROR has traabied him to obtain the indispensable means of liolding out. He will have plenty to eat ; whereas, it first, provisions were very short in the fortress, it.rid a short blockade would have starved the gar ilson into a surrender. He has also added, t is said, to his stores of ammunition and ( i r d nance. If the wretched Bourb on does protract the defence, and sacrifice hundreds of bkuman livec, the Emperor of the FRENCH Dins t bear half the blame with him, since he afforded hire the means of doing it. But for his capricious and disloyal intervention the place would have B'n:rendered long ago, and all the mischief which Etas resulted from the protraction of the war have cased at the same time. As we have before inti rated, however, it is to be feared that mischief wag intended. The pride of the EMPEROR has been wounded by the Italians refusing to be cajoled 'With a Papal Confederation, and the spiteful pro jector of that blessed scheme has ever since done all be could to make union in Italy difficult. He would lot permit the complete amalgamation of toicary and Piedmont ; and now he has not only v i r tually patronised all the disturbances in the A b ruz zi, but has connived at the departure of nume- , of emissaries from the Papal States, rY low \a0:412 is t disturbance in the Neopnlican ',writ:lrks, repaying themselves by plunder. What will be the result should the siege proceed regularly, or rather, how soon the final result may bc• expected, we cann. , t pretend to conjecture. Louts NAPOLEON has intervened just long enough to compel the besiegers to expend an enormous amount of labou r and time in the construction of batteries; and, from various accounts which reach us, we incline to the belief that CIALDINI will be enabled to open on the devoted place another feu d'enfer, and make it almost untenable; it seems uncertain what PERSANO will be able to effect, directly, on the sea side. The defences that way were originally strong, and appear to have been .... .-.,-..,. 4., .-.4. :e * - -•-•- - 5 .v..70. 4 -.4 ....., . 4.„ ..„. _ i . A ,., .- 4 0 ~,;„ 41 1 : 40it 4 'No ..,, • . \,. ' , ..11t „, . -.1 , .-' , -,,••rit..r ..-..',,_1-$4.,• c:Lv r' 2 "‘" b i r;', 4 " . "' • r ' , 4P4 1 , ~ THE SUN. made yet stronger during,the two months' grace ' afforded them by the EMPEROR. We shall, how ever, at least soon know the plan of attack and its first results, should not the news be that the young monarch had the humanity and common sense to waste no more lives and money in so perfectly use less a struggle. But what has been the consideration for which Louis NAPOLEON has withdrawn his perfidious intervention ? One of his reasons was doubtless the approach of the day when the British Senate would sit in judgment on his conduct ; another, to mollify the electors of Italy now about to choose their re presentatives. But we are inclined to believe he has gone somewhat farther: The Opinions of Turin, which occupies about the same relation to the Government there as the Constitutionnel does to the Government at Paris, has an article strongly against the war policy of GARIBALDI. It pictures strikingly the miserable position of Austria, with her cause in Italy condemned by Europe—compelled to wit ness the union of all Italy against her will—and obliged at a ruinous cost, to maintain in Venetia an army of 150,000 men. It then goes on to shew that the only hope of Austrian is Italian imprudence—that she dare not attack Italy be caulle that would isolate her from all support; but the t if the Italians should attack her before they wore fully prepared to do so, she would have a cause which would be more easily justified, and Italians would risk by defeat all the advantages they have hitherto gained. The war party is adroitly appealed to thus :—" The war party is agreed with us in its principles; it recognises, like us, VICTOR EMMANUEL as the head of Italy ; but it is necessary that this recognition should not be contradicted by the facts. VICTOR EMMANUEL is King of Italy, and as King he alone has the right to declare war. It would be ridiculous for any one individual to profess obedience to the head of the nation and then to substitute himself for that head by provoking a war, and by involving the nation in dangers which the King wished to avoid." Again, turning to mere military considerations, such we may suppose as Colonel TUBE has been sent to urri on GARIBALDI at Caprera, the writer in the semi-official organ says :—" If the Sicilian expedition be drawn into the argument it will only have the effect of proving that the means emv 2 loyed in Sicily are of no avail against Austria. The fatigues and the labours undergone by our r,oldiers beneath the walls of Gaeta allow us to foresee what we should have to endure beneath the fortresses of Verona and of Mantua. The obstacles presented by the Austrian fortresses are not insuperable for a nation united, concordant, and determined to make every sacrifice of blood and of money to overcome them. But we must not deceive ourselves, and believe that the presence of bands of volunteers will suffice to chase away the Austrians, and to shake down the walls of the fortresses. The means must be in proportion to the difficulties, and to the power of the nation. Until these means shall all be brought together, any attempt would be extremely hazardous. The partizans of a war in the coming spring are neither blind nor senseless; they cannot hope to succeed by the help of mere enthusiasm and by irregular bands; and therefore they are endeavouring to force the head of the nation and to drive it into a war against its will." It finally - appeals to the electors " to take to heart these considerations, and when they shall have done their duty, it will then be the duty of the Ministry to remember that the responsibility of eZEIP`ii, 76 4 OM ORM r e mannerin which that responsibility has been discharged." How far is all this attributable to the man who has just withdrawn his ships from Gaeta ? There is at least a strong prima facie probability that he has given orders to Turin that there is to be no at tack on Austria this spring. Why it should not suit his purpose no one can easily tell. Nor is it easy to be sure whether the present Italian enthu siasm were the better weapon to wield against Austria, or whether a stronger Italy in 1862 and an Austria absolutely bankrupt might not be the best hope of success. We hear from Prussia that the worthy citizens there are much pleased with the straightforward , ness and directness Of the Speech from the Throne. It is certainly a :new quality in a Prussian Royal Speech ; the very last document issued by the KING on the occasion of his ascension being unintelligble in any translation, just because the original was perfectly so. Another very straightforward speech has been made to the generals on active service, and reported, we suppose, after Royal revision, in the New Prussian Gazette ; and this speech, as if he were in the presence of those whose active ser vices he should soon require, is even the stronger of the two. It is gravely warlike ; and were Prussia a Power which could disturb Europe, might give no little cause of apprehension. After a little personal remark he thus launches forth, "The impenetrable decrees of the Almighty have now called me to the throne, - which hitherto it had been my sole care to defend. This event has taken place at a moment big with danger, and giving a foresight of 'struggles in which, gentle men, I shall perhaps stand in need of your devotion. If my efforts and those of the princes who, like myself, wish to maintain peace, do not avert the storm which is rising around us, we shall have to collect all our strength to resist it and repel it." Addressing next his Minister of War, and then again the whole, he says, " As regards you, my dear Minister of War, Von Roon, I have not put you on a bed of roses, and you will have to work vigorously to make the army what it ought to be for Prussia's future. Let us not deceive ourselves ! If Ido not succeed in averting the struggle, it will be a struggle in which we must conquer, if we do not wish to be annihilated." After reading all this we are tempted to exclaim, if thifte straightforward, " Oh dear, what can the matter be !" When, and with whom, is the struggle so deadly to be? Conquest or annihilation in a war with Denmark seems almost too much of bom bast for even. a German speaker ; although last time the Prussians found that, on fair terms, they were no match for the Danes as soldiers ; and it would be in the power of Denmark to annihilate, in a very short time, that beautiful little toy the Prussian navy—the chief vessel in which, we pre sume, is the frigate we sold her so cheap for a gunboat. She has, however, no longer British tars on board of her. We look around, therefore, for something more terrible than a conflict between Denmark and Prussia to call forth all these big and solemn words, and naturally ask whether there be any truth in the rumour that Prussia is about, at last, to guarantee to Austria the possession of Venetia, in conjunction with Russia or some other Power ; and that she calculates that on that ac count, and also on account of the senseless inter meddling with Holstein, the KING expects to have France against him, and England certainly angry, though as certainly not disposed to go to war with him. France, however, is the old and natural terror of the Prussians. The Rhine is for ever in their thoughts—and, that terrific phrase, natural boundaries." All that can be said is, that if Prussia will intermeddle either in Denmark or in Italy she deserves to smart for it. She has no vocation in either case. If she takes the sword let her perish by the sword. We are inclined, however, rather to set all this down to simple braggery ; Prus sia is very much like hypochondriacal people, they keep their friends, till they understand them better, • in perpetual anxiety—they are always going to drown or hang themselves; only they never de it. Prussia, like them, even if she puts the halter over her head, will easily take it off again ; and if she walks into the canal, will walk out with nothing worse than a wetting. Perhaps, however, Prussia will feel a little more at ease, :so far as Italy is concerned, seeing the anti-warlike indications on the part of the Sar dinian Government, which we have noticed else where. Though, what business Prussia has to intervene against Italy more than we have for her, it is impossible to see. The resolution of the German Federal Diet, in the form of an ultimatum to the King of DENMARK, which Prussia is to have the honour of enforcing, may then become her military task. It is a mere antiquarian crotchet; the Duchies have no grievances whatever to complain of ; they are, or may be, if they like, freer than any German State, and it will be a scandal to humanity if on such trumpery pretexts as a few restless Germans can invent Prussia should really go to war with Denmark. It would repay her as she deserved, if the Emperor of the FRENCH did really undertake a diversion on the Rhine. THE PROPOSED ADDRESS TO LORD PAL.M.ERSTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Should the enclosed letter suit your columns I beg you will give it insertion, to explain my reasons for declining to adopt the proposed address to Lord Palmerston, respectfully expressing anxious con cern as to the present state of public expenditure, and respecting the serious considera tion of Goverment in preparing estimates for next session. Faithfully yours, VINCENT SCULLY. Reform Club, January 19, 1861. REFORM CLUE, PALL-MALL, Jan. 18, 1861. Dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge your circular with th proposed address to Lord Palmerston, already approved o by about 50 of the English and Scotch members, whom I should be happy to join in any useful effort to reduce the extravagant expenditure of the House of Commons. This however can never be expected by private addresses or de putations to Ministers, which rather impede than promote Parliamentary action. In my humble judgment, Parliament should at once in sist that, unless in exceptional cases, all the annual esti mates shall be submitted at an early period, instead of to wards the close of each session. The next step should be to appoint a select committee, and ascertain in what respects the national expenditure can be reduced without detriment to the public service. Notices to the above effect stand now in my name, but I should prefer to see them in charge of influential membei. No doubt, material retrenchments are loudly demanded, especially in our war establishments. For my own part, I have always willingly voted whatever funds appeared re quisite to avert the possibility of invasion from abroad, whilst averse to sanction supplies for promoting invasions from at home, under canting pretexts of extending com merce and civilisation, but resulting in barbarous plunder and unchristian slaughter of Caffres, Coolies, Sepoys, or Maoris, in their own countries. Adverting to the terms of the proposed address, I may be permitted to observe that it is not easy to define what is now "the Liberal party in the House of Commons :" that I could not truly describe myself as a general supporter of the present Government ; and that many of my constituents regard England as not having observed an impartial neu trality upon Italian affairs. I think, also, that the proposed address adopts too sup pliant an attitude, and that it is not constitutional to be seech a Premier as to natters which a nation has specially confided to our control, or to ask him to discharge our own duties for us. It does not well become the people's repre sentatives to go, hat in hand, to any Minister upon a matter tile Minister, it is his Jaffe' come fori£To ifieTaiiions, whose province it is to check extravagant expenditure,and censure wasteful outlay. The Liberal members should not be parties to any transra of their trust to the Crown or its advisers. Knowing you personally, my dear Sir, as an active Liberal and zealous B. eformer, it is with regret that I must respectfully decline to adopt the address you have been good enough to forward to me.—Yours faithfully, S. Morley, Esq. VINCENT SCULLY. Sir De Lacy Env .3 has returned the following reply to a request ti tat he would sign the address to Lord Palmerston which has already appeared in our columns : Bryanston-square, Jan. 1. Dear Sir,—l return th i draught of the " private" commu• nication you propose to. fiend to the First Lord of the Trea. sury with the signature ti of 40 or more members of Pullet. ment, and you request me to be one of those members. There is one sentencz in it in which I fully concur —the desirableness of a revision of the national taxation and expenditure, with a vie w to economy. But I entirely dissent from its being safe or expedient to disarm this country. I am not so confident as you appear to be of the maintenance c f peace in Europe, or of the unag gressive intent ions of th a Emperor Napoleon. His prepara tions for war, naval and military, while he talks of peace, and his seizure so short ly since of two frontier provinces of great strategical impos tance, in violation of his repeated asseverations to the cot itrary, and against which most of the Governments of Eu rope protested in vain, seem to have escaped your notice or appreciation. To these may be added a few other significant p articulars of similar import. More over, I venture to think that " private" communications to a Prime Minister to infl (lance by anticipation public legis lation are not quite in In raison with our institutions and the good usages of open dis( :ussiota, and might become a mis chievous precedent. But however those It tatters may be, I beg leave to be excused complying with ;your request, having due respect, however, be assured, for your patriotic intentions, and for those of the members wh have adopted your opinions. I am, dear sir, a . l9ry obediently yours, DE LACY EVANS. His Royal Highnes a the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene Highness 3 ?rince Edward of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by Col. the :lion. James Macdonald, returned to town on Saturday, fron t visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Pull The Duke of New castle arrived in London on Saturday from Clumber : Park, Notts. The Duke of SuthE 'Hand, as we learn from the last accounts from Trent) tam, continues to improve: The Earl Abingd i in, who has boon seriously indisposed for some weel :s past, at his residence in Gros venor-street, we are glad to hear is now progressing favour ably, and hopes are enter Wined of his speedy recovery. The Earl de Grey ai id Ripon left Carlton-gardens on Saturday, to meet the Countess at Newby-hall, York shire. The party at Broadi tinds breaks up on the 24th or 2oth inst., and Lord and ..Lady Palmerston return to town —the Premier to prepay c for the opening of Parliament, and the Viscountess to re ake arrangements for the opening of Cambridge House to ti Le beau monde as soon as the session is fairly inaugurated. The banquet to be g iven by the Liberal members of the House of Common s, under the presidentship of Lord Palmerston, to Sir Willi am Hayter, Bart., M.P., has (says the Observer) been fixed by the committee for Wednesday, the 27th of February, w hen a splendid testimonial will be presented to the right hon. baronet. This compliment from old friends and cot leagues will not be confined to the present members of th e Lower House, but will comprise those who sat in Perlia cnent at any time during the period when Sir William lla3 'ter filled the office of Secretary to the Lords Commissions re of her Majesty's Treasury. THE FUGITIVE Sl SAVE CASE.—In pursuance of the rule obtained in thj :s case on Tuesday a messenger of the Court of Queen's Bench proceeded on Saturday from Liverpool by the Cunard steamer for Canada, and Ander son will be brought ore r, unless it shall so happen that he will be liberated by the Court of Common Pleas in Canada before the messenger el rail arrive out. The people of Eng land have a long and g ;ratefu.l sense of the value of this writ of habeas corpus, but they hardly knew the extent of its operation. Its bent fits not only extend to every British subject, but to every all en ally on British soil. It is, more over, issuable by any of her Majesty's superior courts of jurisdiction—although .the high Court of Queen's Bench in England is properly selocted, because the Sovereign is there supposed (by fiction off ;law) to be present in that court, " wheresover he (or she) shall then be in England." It is possible that the points which have here been so ingeniously raised will never be formally argued. The C o l on i a l- o ff ice had already sent out instructions that Anderson was on no account to be given up without the assent of the Crown. This consent must be previously obtained, and is not likely to be given in such a case as this, which only the most strained and unnatural construction of 1113 Ashburton treaty could possibly bring under the law of extradition provido4 for that meuntablo convention. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1861. LATEST NEWS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of today, again denies that the Government is in any way respon sible for the political pamphlets Which make their appearance daily; and says : " The Government is invested with no power to preve'at the publication of books and pamphlets. It would, therefore, be unjust to render it respon sible for senseless theories, which the good sense of the public stigmatises as being contrary to the Catholic feelings of the country and to the respect due to the Holy Father, in regard to which the policy of the Emperor has always set an example." TURIN, JAN. 20. The Opiatione says Francis 11. having re fused the proposals of surrender, the Italian fleet has replaced the French Squadron before Gaeta." The same paper says :—" General La Marmora leaves to-morrow for Berlin on a special mission to tho Court of Ring William I." TURIN, JAN. 21. The Opinione publishes a telegram from Naples, announcing that AdmiralPersano had declared the blockade of Gaeta, and had announced that he would allow the inhabitants a few hours' time to leave the city. The foreign vessels had left the port. It was believed that the bombardment would re commence to-day. NAPLES, JAN. 19. The reactionary movement in the Abruzzi has been suppressed. The Italian fleet has left for Gaeta. The new Councillors of Lieutenancy have been well received by the people. NAPLES, JAN. 19, 11 p.m, Admiral Barbier de Tinan, with the remainder of the French fleet, left the waters of Gaeta today. GENOA, JAN. 18. Troops embarked here yesterday for Naples. Two frigates have left for Gaeta. GENOA, JAN. 19. The Corriere Mercantile publishes letters from Naples, dated 15th inst., stating that several thou sand Bourbonians, under the command of General Lovera, had entered the Neapolitan provinces through Roman territory, and defeated the less numerous Italian forces near Tagliacozzo, compel ling them to retire on Avezzano. General Sonnaz has left with reinforcements for Sora. TURIN, JAN. 19. The Official Gazette publishes a royal decree, con firming the nominations by Prince Carignan of the members to the new Council of Lieutenancy for Naples. The names have already bean announced. VIENNA, JAN. 20. The official Weiner Zettung of to-day contains an Imperial decree, dated the 18th inst., ordering the emission of a new 5 per cent. loan of 30,000,000 florins at 88. The object of this loan being merely to anticipate the payment of the taxes, the Minister of Finance is to issue the securities in such a manner fifth of the' t amount may be redeemed at a time, and the tax collectors are ordered to accept them at par in payment of the taxes for the current year. The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Leopold has been conferred on Prince Richard Metternich. MARSEILLES, JAN. 20. The Euxine, with the Bombay mail, arrived at Marseilles at 11 a.m. to-day. The mail leaves for London by special train at 1 p.m. BOMBAY, DEC. 27. Great indignation has been expressed in the Legislative Council at the Musore grant. Public demonstrations are being got up against it. The right of adoption has at last been explicitly con ferred upon the native Princes. The collection of the income-tax is proceeding quietly, but has hardly commenced. The import trade has been resumed after six weeks' suspension. BOMBAY MAIL. The Massilia, with the heavy portiom of the above mail, left Malta at 11 p.m. on the 15th, and may be expected at Southampton on the 24th inst. The Northam brought the mail and 60 passengers to Suez, arriving there on the 10th bat. (correct day.) THE OUTWARD MAILI6. The Nemesis delivered the London mails of the 4th—loth November, in Calcutta, on the 14th Decembers The Singapore and Nubia left Maras for Cal cutta on the 22d and 26th December respectively. The former had on board th e L on d on mails of he 12th-18th November (extra), and the latter lose of the 20th-26th November. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 19. BOURSE, Jan. 19.—The market contiaues inani mate, but the prices of yesterday have been well maintained. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f 20c ; Credit Mobilier, 648 f 75 .; Orleans, 1,368 f 75c; Northern, 952 f 50c; Me Eterranean, 897 f 50c; Austrian, 461 f 25c; Lombar d, 462 f 50c. The following were the last quotations : 4f per per Cents ... 96 70 , Credit Foncier ..... 925 Do. end month.... 96 701 Belgian 4f •• • -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 20 : Roman ,.... 72 Bank Shares 2860 i Austrian ..... 68 Credit Mobilier.... 651 25 ! Spanish Threes..... 47 25 Do. Account — I Home Debt ........ 47 25 RAILWAYS• Cash. ,A..ecount. Orleans Northern New ditto BB5 .. :887 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 900 . . -906 - Geneva 367 50 .. _ Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 465 .. .465 THE ARCHIPELAGOO. A communication of the 4th from N "ytilene in he Archipelago has the following:— " We have here at the present mom ent a very interesting case going forward. Is m ail Pasha (kulaksis-Oglou), ci decant governor co f our island, has been brought to trial, and it is to b hoped that a signal example will be made of hii A brief sketch of his career may be interesting; as an item of contemporary history. Since the tit a e of Sultan Mahmoud, the Pasha has been a kind, t )f Derc beg of the place. Ismail, in addition to hav'in g inherited a:large fortune, had much increased it b: 7 the gross abuses he practised during his Gover ac vent. His father's fortune had been left ( qually be tween him and his brother, but 313 mail want ing to have it all, used the mos t unscrupu lous means to obtain his bro th er's por• tion. The brother had [a son an ii daughter. INDI4iI succeeded in obtaining the Iha nd of the latter, for his son ; and, it is asserted that after some time, with a demoniacal spirit, he sctually excited his nephew to commit parricide. By the most artful means this crime was accomplished. The wretched youth as soon as the deed was done was arrested, brought up before the authorities, tried, and sentenced. Ismail immediately sent to the capital to obtain the necessary firman, and the miserable wretch was in due course executed. There still remained the daughter who had been married to his son. To get rid of her he did not attempt to counsel his son to commit another murder, but coolly advised, or rather, com pelled him, to renounce her altogether. For two years the poor girl remained immured under the closest surveillance, and in the interim her fortune was of course entirely absorbed by her husband, and herself was left without anything, being merely kept as a close prisoner. After remaining in this state for upwards of two years, Arif Effendi, happening to visit Mytilene, heard something about the unfortu nate female. On his return to the capital he men tioned the matter in influential quarters, and Emin Bey was despatched with full powers to prosecute an inquiry. On his arrival he ascertained that the story was true; he obtained the immediate liberation of the girl, and by virtue of the powers with which he was invested, superseded the governor, previously to ulterior proceedings. Ismail, finding matters going against him, offered to restore the girl's fortune, but her reply to this overture was that she would not be satisfied until she had full satisfaction for her father's murder and brother's execution. Ismail, it is said, has endeavoured to bribe Emin Bey, and has also addressed some tangible arguments to the capital to see what can be done at headquarters. In the meantime the daughter of the murdered man arrived at Constantinople, and has already spoken with the Sultan. Emin Bey, although ap pointed Minister of Justice, declares his intention of remaining at Mytilene till he finishes this affair." THE DANISH QUESTION. The following are the proposals made to the Frankfort Diet in the sitting of the 17th instant, relative to the Holstein question. The United Committee proposed that the Diet should decree : "1. That the financial patent of the 25th Sep tember, 1859, and all the laws consequent there upon, especially the financial law of the 3d July, 1860, are illegal as long as they have not received the sanction of the Estates of Holstein-Lauenburg. •' 2. To call for explanations from the Royal Ducal Government respecting the fulfilment of the proasorium to be established according to the Federal Decree of the Bth March, 1860. " 3. To allow a delay of six weeks to the Royal Ducal Government, after the expiration of which the decree of the 12th August, 1858 (preparation for execution) shall be resorted to." The Assembly decreed that the deliberation and vote should take place within three weeks from the present date. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, from Boston on the 9th, and Halifax on the 10th inst., arrived here at 8 p.m., landed all mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 8.30 p.m. She brings 88 passengers. The steamships America and Palestine, from Liverpool, had arrived out. Advices from Washington to the Bth inst., state that the Government was sending small detach ments of troops to the South. Mr. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, had resigned, on account, it was said, of the despatch of reinforcements for Fort Sumpter. Much distress was reported at Charleston. The majority at New Orleans for im mediate secession was 318. No plan of adjustment had yet been adopted by Congress. Later advices from Mexico state that Miramon had been entirely defeated, and had fled. The Liberals took possession of the capital on Christmas- ART' All was sun/Inc:pa fn ,led. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 8 (EVENING). But little change has taken place in either money or stock. New York Centrals are quoted 781 ; Illinois, 77 ; Erie, 35 to 36 ; 46 to 47. Exchange inactive at 1011 to 103 ; and bills at three days' sight are quoted 1061 to 107. Breadstuffs are heavy. Flour closed at a decline of sc. to 10c. per barrel ; sales, 14,000 barrels. Cotton firmer; sales, 4,000 bales ; middling Upland, 12/c. Provisions stiff. Freight engagements moderate. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 8. The cotton market is dull; middling is quoted 111 a. Freights for cotton to Liverpool, 11-16 d. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, JAN. 10. Advices from Washington state that the Presi dent, in his special Message, throws the responsi bility on Congress, and suggests the restoration of the Missouri Compromise. The Star of the West, with reinforcements for Major Anderson, having been fired into at Charles ton, has put to sea without landing the troops. The sloop of war Brooklyn has sailed for Charles ton. The Mississippi convention has passed an ordi nance for immediate secession. Mr. Seward has accepted the office of Premier under Lincoln. CABINET COUNCIL.—The members of the Cabinet received summonses on Saturday to attend a Cabinet Council on Friday next, the 25th inst. Most, if not all, the Ministers are expected to attend the meeting. THE COMMAND AT MADRAS.—Lieutenant-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8., will succeed to the post of Commander-in-Chief at Madras, in the room of Lieutenant- General Sir Patrick Grant, K.C.8., whose period of service will shortly expire.—Army and Navy Gazette. THE ALPINE TUNNEL.—The works of the tunnel through Mount Cenis have been suspended—some say, owing to want of funds, while others assert that difficulties of execution have appeared. This latter seems to be the more probable supposition, for the Sardinian Government regard the opening of this tunnel as an event of great im portance, and are not likely to allow the works to languish from want of funds. SERIOUS LOSSES AT SEA.—During the week, up to last night, no less than 360 ve3sels were reported at Lloyd's to have met with damage in the late severe gales and fogs, of which upwards of 50 became total wrecks. Amongst the casualties the Prince Alfred steamer is re ported to be wrecked at Flambro' Head, a loss of £30,000 ; as also the Westley, iron screw steamer, of 800 tons, belong ing to the Mayor of Hull, homeward bound from the Baltic ; and also the Bothema, from the north of Europe, for London. THE MIGNONETTE.—PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—ln consequence of the undaunted courage of Captain Selerby and the crew of the Mignonette, in leaving Surinam when dange?ously sick, and in bringing the brig, with her cargo of sugar, safe to England, the underwriters at Lloyd's have, through Mr. Collier, their agent here, paid them the sum of £loo—viz., one-half to the master, the other half to the men. Joseph Hale, mate, James Freake, steward, Frederick Bay and Adolphe Norvesky, seamen, and John Mew, boy, all of whom were severely affected with fever and ague, left the Sailors' Home yesterday and to-day for their various residences. They received their wages up to the last day, and the entire cost of their board, the charges of the medical attendance, and the fares by steamer and rail have been defrayed by the ship. _ _ SCOTLAND.—The Registrar-General for Scotland in his monthly report for the eight principal towns (with a population estimated at 908,646) states that the marriages in December, 843 in number, were more than he had ever before registered for that month—a circumstance which he considers speaks well for the commercial prosperity of the country, and on which, for another reason, Scotland is to be congratulated. In Aberdeen, in the same month, one child in every five born was illegitimate. The deaths -2,32 B—were also above the average. Zymotic diseases caused 27 per cent. of the mortality ; in Dundee, where smallpox and scarlet fever prevailed, no less than 46 per cent. Inflammatory affections of the respiratory organs were unusually fatal, constituting 18'3 per cent. of the total mortality, in consequence of the cold, but Scotland does not appear to have suffered so severely in that respect as might have been expected from its high latitudp. In Edinburgh the thermometer in December did not go below IF3 degs., and even in Aberdeen not below 7 degs. ; but some parts more southerly did not fare so well, for in Glas gow the thermometer fell to —3 degs., and in Paisley to —5 degs. In this last town it was also as high as 51 dogs., so that the range of temperature in the course of the month ! was no less than 56 degs. LITERATURE. Autobiography of the Bev. Alexander Carlyle, Minister of inveresk. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. This is a very interesting book, and when it is considered that it treats of eventful times and dis courses of celebrated individuals, it is most pro bable that its appearance will be duly appreciated. It is to be regretted that the gifted author of this work was not able to complete his task. It is said that the autobiography stops when the pen literally dropped from the dying author's hand. " It would be vain and presumptuous to attempt to carry out his purpose, the intended remains must be counted amongst the world's literary losses." He observed at the commencement of his task that he feared he should not live to complete it, as he had already entered on the seventy ninth year of his age. This fear was realised while he had still left unchronicled thirty-five years. It is truly said in the supplementary chapter that " it would have been extremely interesting if Carlyle had brought down his autobiography, to have had his remarks on the new literary dynasty, of which he lived to see the dawn." Among other noticeable recoeds given is the fol lowing :—" Sir Walter Scott has left a colloquial sketch of him, which, though of the briefest, is broad and colossal as a scrap from the pencil of Michael Angelo. He is discoursing of the coun tenances of poets— some that represented the divinity of genius, and others that signally failed in that respect ; ' Well,' said he the grandest demigod I ever saw was Dr. Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, commonly called Jupiter Carlyle, from having sat more than once for the king of gods and men to Gavin Hamilton, and a shrewd, clever old carle was he no doubt: " One of the most interesting facts recorded in this me moir is the precocious ministry of the future preacher. At six years of age he read a portion of scripture, and the whole of the Song of Solo mon, to a score of persons who were excluded from church by the crowd. Nor was this early effort of no avail—on the contrary, it was the first step of the ladder on which he afterwards mounted to fame. About that time some were praising his early powers of preaching, and hoped to live to see him as his father's suc cessor. " No, no," said he, " I'll never be minister of that church, but yonder's my church," pointing to the steeple of Inveresk. Some years afterwards, when it was proposed to make him minister of that very church, many objected on the score of his youth, frivolity, etc., but those who re membered his early sayings regarded them in the light of a prophecy that was being miraculously fulfilled, and so spread the report that all opposi tion was vanquished. In this place he remained for fifty-seven years, and thus in a surprising man ner were the earliest visions of childhood des tined to be realised. One of the most entertaining episodes is that which relates to John Home, and the clamour that arose on the production of his play. It is a proof that the wisest are sometimes foolish in their judgments—that Garrick, after reading the play, returned it with an opinion that it was totally unfit for the stage. As a sequence to this it is mentioned further on that " Mr. Home, after the great success of his tragedy of Douglas in Edinburgh, went to London and had his tragedy acted in Covent Garden (for Garrick, though then his friend, could not possibly let it be performed in his theatre, after having pronounced it as unfit for the stage), where it had great success. This tragedy still maintains its ground, has been more frequently acted, and is more popular than any tragedy in the English language." One of the chief merits of this volume is the commentary on the chief persons of the country with whom the author mixed in society. Some very interesting sketches are given of David Hume, and the following anecdote is very curious : "At this time David Hume was living in Edinburgh and was composing his "History of Great Britain." He was a man of great knowledge, and of a social and benevolent temper, and truly the best natured man in the world. He was branded with the title of Atheist, on account of the many attacks on revealed religion that are to be found in his philosophical works, and in many places of his History —the last of which are still more objectionable than the first, which a friendly critic might call only sceptical. Apropos of this, when Mr. Robert Adam, the celebrated architect, and his brother, lived in Edinburgh with their mother, an aunt of Dr. Robertson's, and a very remarkable woman, she said to her son, I shall be glad to see any of your companions to dinner, but I hope you will never bring the Atheist here to disturb my peace.' But Robert soon fell on a method to reconcile her to him, for he introduced him under another name, or concealed it carefully from her. When the company parted she said to her son, ' I must confess that you bring very agreeable companions about you, but the large jolly man who sat next me is the most agreeeble of them all.' This was the very Atheist,' said he, mother, that you was so much afraid of.' Well,' says she, youmay bring him here as much as youplease, for he's the most innocent, agreeable, facetious man I ever met ' Tme eeee feeler the ease with him; for though he had much learning and a fine taste, and was professedly a sceptic, though by no means an atheist, he hadthe greatest simplicity of mind and manners, with the ut most facility and benevolence of temper of any man I ever knew. His con versation was truly irresistible, for while it was enlightened, it was naive almost to puerility." Dr. Carlyle asserts that he did not believe that Hume really entertained the sceptical principles occasionally met with in his writings, and that he was confirmed in this opinion by an intimate friend of the great historian. When David's mother died, Mr. Boyle remarked to him that his sufferings arose from his infidelity, for otherwise he would believe so good a woman was eternally blest ; to this Hume replied, "Though I threw out my specula. , tions to entertain and employ the learned and me taphysical world, yet in other things I do not think so differently from the rest of mankind as you may imagine." The subjoined remarks on Adam Smith furnishes us with the opinion of one well qualified to judge of the remarkable man under considera tion. "Adam Smith, though perhaps only second to David in learning and ingenuity, was far inferior to him in conver sational talents. In that of public speaking they were equal—David never tried it, and I never heard Adam but once, which was at the first meeting of the Select Society, when he opened up the design of the meeting. His voice was harsh and enunciation thick, approaching to stam mering. His conversation was not colloquial, but like lecturing, in which I have been told he was not deficient, especially when he grew warm. He was the most absent man in company that I ever saw, moving his lips, and talking to himself, and smiling, in the midst of large com panies. If you awaked him from his reverie and made him attend to the subject of conversation, he immediately began a harangue, and never stopped till he told you all he knew about it, with the utmost philosophical ingenuity. He knew nothing of characters, and yet was ready to draw them on the slightest invitation. But when you checked him, or doubted, he retracted with the utmost ease, and contra dicted all he had been saying." Further on we meet with a critical comparison between Blair and Robertson which is sure to at_ tract attention, and which displays some of that quiet observation and skill of discernment which would seem particularly-to distinguish the autobio grapher "Dr. Blair was a different kind of man from Robertson, and his character is very justly delineated by Dr. Finlay son, so far as he goes. Robertson was most sagacious, Blair was most naif. Neither of them could be said to have either wit or humour. Of the latterßobertson had a small tincture—Blair had hardly a relish for it. Robertson had a bold and ambitious mind, and a strong desire to make himself considerable; Blair was timid and unambitious, and withheld himself from public business of every kind, and seemed to have no wish but to be admired as a preacher, particularly by the ladies. His conversation was so infan tine that many people thought it impossible, at first sight, that he could be a man of sense or genius. He was as eager about a new paper to his wife's drawing-room, or his own new wig, as about a new tragedy or a new epic poem." One may well be tempted to dwell on this vivid representation of men who belonged not alone to their own day, but whose writings remain to orna ment the literature of their land through many succeeding generations. There is much to win respect in the calm dignity of this consistent man, who has here presented us with the chronicles of his long and useful life, as was observed by his friend Adam Ferguson in the inscription on his tomb ; he lived ih a period of great lustre to the country in arts and arms, in literature and science, in freedom and religion, and verily he too was worthy of the times, and at the close of the eloquent description, he says, "and when fall of years, calmly prepared to die in peace." The concluding words of the editor, who has well fulfilled his task of ar rangement and compilation, are most worthy of attention, and fitly and appropriately complete the pages of a work which is rarely surpassed in interest, alike from its attractive style and its en tertaining contents. It presents a delightful sub ject of perusal to the readers in search of novelty, and will most likely add a lasting volume to the standard libraries of the country of which it treats. In any case it is the recollections of one who led a long life of honour, and has set down for the edifica tion of posterity whatever that life contained of the striking or remarkable. The final passage is as follows : " So departed one who, if men are to be estimated, not by the rank which external fortune has given them or the happy chances they have seized, but by the influence they have imparted from mere personal character and ability, is certainly one of the most remarkable on record. Born in a simple manse, he remained all his days that type of humble respectability—a village pastor; nor does he seem over to have desired a higher sphere. His lot was not even cast on any of those wild revolutionary periods which give men in his position a place in history ; nor did he attempt any of those great ventures for literary distinction in which many of his comrades were so successful. It seems to have been his one and peculiar ambition that he should dignify his calling by bringing it forth into the world, and making for it a place along w i t h rank, and wealth, an d dis tinction of every kind. This object he carried through with a high hand; and scarcely a primate of the prowl, Church of England could overtop in social position and influence the Presbyt er i an minister of Inveresk." Burst and Blackett's Standard Novels. The last•three that have been added to this series are "The Old Judge," "Darien," and, "Family Rontoce.' Of these it is not necessary to say much. The accomplished author of "Darien" has long been appreciated by all readers of refine ment and good taste, and his premature death was a loss not alone to his friends, but to the literature of his country. "Darien, or the Merchant Prince," was not the least successful of his brilliant works, as is testified by this being the fourth edition. " Sam Slick's" productions are quite original in their style, and the many admirers of the humorous will be gratified at the appearance of another work of his in this form. " Wise Saws and Modern Instances," " Nature and Human Nature" having already !been brought out in'this set, these spark ling volumes will now be in the possession of the purchasers of this elegant standard edition. A more amusing book than " Family Romance" has hardly been met with. Its sources of entertainment are most manifold; it consists of episodes in the do mestic annals of the aristocracy, and, of course, extended over a long period of years ; this account comprises all classes in its chronicles, as it takes note of those who have been raised to the peerage by various means. These last are not the least in point of merit or attraction in the list of the series that is one of the best at present appearing among the multifarious reproductions of the day. Stories in Verse for the Street and Lane. Being the Second Series of " Homely Ballads for the Working Man's Fireside." By Mrs. Sewell. Smith and Elder. These are most excellent little tales in verse, and well adapted to carry out their purpose of spread ing the lessons of instruction and carrying the mes sage of comfort to the sad hearths of poverty, where the dark night of ignorance spreads a pall over the mental faculties, even as the overwork cramps the powers of the exhausted frame. It must be a source of satisfaction to the labouring classes to find something written for themselves, and to bear themselves addressed as people of mind to under stand. It is too much the fashion with those who really wish to benefit the poor, to make the task a pound, shilling, and pence affair, either wilfully or accidentally ignoring the truth that they are not merely labourers, dependent on health and strength to toil for their present existence, but fellow-crea tures with faculties to cultivate, and with immortal souls to inspire:and influence. Others go to the opposite extreme, and inundate the dwellings of poverty with tracts, filled w ith t err ibl e denuncia tions against sinners, and fearful allusions to the doom of darkness and the pit of everlasting destruc tion, as if they believed that the barriers which shut out their poor brethren from the good things of this life are also to exclude them from those of the better life to come. Between these mistaken courses lies the wiser road to talus, which is adopted by the authoress of this little book. She speaks in a friendly spirit to the workers of lowly life, who comprise so large a share of the great human family, whom, we are told on the highest authority, are all equal in the eyes of their Maker. There is nothing of a style to encourage morbid ideas of the impossibility of content under trouble, nothing of the absurd no tions of equality to uproot the social fabric and leave all worse than before, inasmuch as the law less and cruel would have the upper hand ; nothing of a kind to engender an angry feeling against authorities, nor any mistaken views of rights and wrongs to be met with in a line of this volume. If it cheers any depressed spirit, if it carry consola tion to any afflicted soul, the object attained will be a blessed one ; and these homely lines, with their gentle words of kindly hints, are far more calcu lated to effect a change among evil doers than all the denunciations offierce fanatics. The still small voice of mercy and of peace best befit the language of those who presume to be the expounders of that religion whose Founder was born amongst the poorest of the poor, as was beautifully expressed in the sermon in "My Novel." " Your worldly inferior is of the class from which the Apostles were taken, in the midst of whom the Lord of Creation descended from a throne above the seraphs." The style of this little work is best exemplified in its own earnest words. In these selections the spirit of the entire production if/ manifested. In the Child's Dream we see the brightest consolation that can be bestowed on sorrow, and the only one which is valid in the darkest hour that earth can know. In the other verses there is a deserving tribute paid to those who are the bulwarks of their country in the time of need, as the poet truly expressed— ‘4 A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle." It is the same steadfast endurance which bears unflinchingly the sharp trials of poverty that in the day of danger exchanges endurance for action, and " Drives our English hearts of oak seaward round the world," to maintain the supremacy of Britain on the deep, and on land supplies the ranks of the army that has conquered in every quarter of the globe : " I cannot tell you how I went, My spirit seemed to fly, I left the earth behind and flew Right upward to the sky ; And I was singing as I went I was so full of joy. • "I saw ten thousand faces there, All beaming like the sun, Such blessed joy and happiness On all their faces shone, And when they sang, their voices seemed To mingle all in one. " And there I saw the Saviour stand, My very heart did melt— Al I mother, I can never tell How happy then I felt, When He looked down and smiled on me, As at his feet I knelt. " Oh I how I wish that you could dream My dream a little while, And see that shining company Rejoicing in his smile ; I think 'twould give you heart to bear Oar poverty and toil." " Well child, perhaps it might be so, If I had less to bear ; But now I'm almost worn to death, And driven to despair : 'Twould be hypocrisy in me To talk of God and prayer." "Oh mother, don't you recollect The words which Christ addressed To weary, heavy-laden souls, With care and sin distressed : He said if they would come to Him, That He would give them rest. "Do let us try to bear our lot, However hard it be, And take our troubles all to Him, Who looked so kind at me; And think how pleasant rest Will be Throughout Eternity." And in our dark alleys, our fields, and our mines, Whore the sun o f prosperity scantily shines, Unheard of by fortune or fame, We have fine manly hearts that in solitude bleed, I Yet leave to their country a right noble seed, To inherit a patriot's name. You are needed, brave hearts, that are facing the toil, And bearing unnoticed the wearisome moil, That presses on every day. We want the great souls that will suffer and dare, And all the inglorious martyrdom bear Of poverty's dreary decay. Bear up for awhile, ye are warriors good; Be true to your country, yourselves, and your God, — The day of account draweth nigh ; Then ye, who work hard in obscurity now, May find a bright crown is prepared for your brow, And a home in the mansions on high. Modern Statesmen. By J. Ewing Ritchie, author of " The London Pulpit," &c., &c. Tweedie, Strand. These able and effective sketches of our principal politicians are reprinted from the pages of the National lthzgazine, of which serial the author is now the editor. They are supposed to be taken from the Strangers' Gallery of the House of Commons, and describe the characteristics of our leading speakers as well as giving an outline of their career and an account of their views on the great problems of the day. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, and Chancellor of th e E xc h equer , are of course prominent figures in this gallery of pho tographs, and the negotiator of the famous French treaty, which does not seem to have been very productive of commercial prosperity, is not over looked. The brilliant leader of the Opposition occupies a conspicuous place, accompanied by tho late First Lord of the Admiralty, the Indian and Colonial Secretaries, and the Conservative Attor ney-General for Ireland. Besides the chiefs of the great parties, we have the independent members re presented in Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Lind say, Mr. Fox, and the late Mr. Henry Drummond. The author expresses his regret that the publication of his work had proceeded too far to allow the omission of the sketch of the lat e Si r Ch ar l es N ap i er , feeling that an essay written when it s su bj ec t was in health and life may jar on the reader, if read when he has so lately been laid in his grave. The sketches are all written with animation and vita lity, and show a thorough acquaintance with the parliamentary world; and although every reader will naturally dissent from some of his opinions, and differ from his estimation of the rel a ti ve mer its and abilities of our public men, yet the work is written throu g h out w i th tolerable moderation. andimpartiality, and is not likely to offend the prejudices of either side. Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Phy siology. By 0. S. and L. N. Fowler, Practice.' Phrenologists. Tweedie, Strand. Those who wish to study the general laws of health and disease, and to examine the theories of phrenologists, should avail:themselves of the sews- Once of this volume, whose analysis of form and i