The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-02 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY• LANE,- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. The Theatre will be Closed This Evening. TO-MORROW, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. 31essrP. G. Eelmore, Fitzjames, G. Wes'on ' • Misses Helen },toward and R. Leclereq , Mrs. Vandenhoff, Mrs. C. Melvill , e, ste. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'c'ock,"Shaksnere's Tragedy of M k CBETII. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick. R. Roxby, G. Belmo e, A Rayner, Edmund Phelps, H Sinclair, G. F. Neville, T. Neville, Bartleman ; Miss t, elen Fauzit, Xis. Rebecca Isaacs, and Miss Emma Heywood. Doors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. M Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN ADD THE WIND. After v hich, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip endale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Bratd, &c. Iffcsdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwiliiam, Moore, &c. Fullowed ty ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gord, , n, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. And OUR MARY ANNE. 'Miss H. Lindley. To commence at 7. I'N A OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, x• Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. EVENING, TILE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fan, Vie King's Butterfly, Mr. Vechter. Messrs. Ity,fer,lVld die„,b, rie , , M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, 31orelan.i, C inrd, Collett; Misses Carlot a Le3lercq, 31. lleurade, E. C..avenue, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by NUEBEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Corea ; Miss Lavenue,Mis. I,ee. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from El3v,n till Five. ___ 1 i i 2 NO'S BUTTERFLY.-LYCEUM 1 : TI EAT itE.--Fanfan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. ~; , 1 1T.E :t. —The most successful Drama produced for years. 11, 0Y A L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole L ess , ,- and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS E VENI NG , JIORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'llafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. MEM' OF LONDON. Messrs. Alter which, THE sT: Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fii.iler, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwyn.uc. NEW THEATRE-HO VAL, ADELPHL— Salo Prooriator and Manao - er. Mr. B. Webster. rruis EVENING, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling and Mr. J. Clarke. Alter which, THE HE AND CHICKENS. Messrs. Billingtor, It. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss IL Simms. To be followed by HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan (with songs , , Mr. John Collins, supported by Messrs. Billington, Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Mrs. H. Lewis and Miss A. Sea man. To conclude with DOING BANTING. Messrs. J. Clarke, Etephenson, R. Romer; Mrs. II Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENP TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, arc re engaged. THIS EVENING, and during the week, UNDER THE ROSE. After whi,h, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, entitled SY 13ILLA ; or, STEP BY STE Mr. and 3i.rs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WvOD, OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. inOYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manaqeress, Mrs. Swanborough. TUTS' EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor.ugh and Randers. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Itaynham, Simpson, este. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 255. per ton. I Double .. 21s. per ton. Top 245 . Deep Kell screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbonrne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOILN SCOTT, Sole Lgent. (11FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. violation of the laws of truth and honour. In the sight of God and man the Prussians are showing their contempt for the dictates of justice, and are putting aside the claims of equity, It is a wilful perversion of right that might may triumph, that has arranged, planned, and carried to a consumma. tion this Danish business from the first. A day of retribution must and will come, however, even if it tarries in its advent until the chief actors in the disgraceful scenes have passed away to their last account. All history's living page bears witness to the decay that is planted with the germs of such actionf.2. It may seem all straight and fair showing now, but when a page or two of the volume of the future is turned, this generation or its successor will see a heavy doom awaiting Prussia. She has thrown away opportunities and neglected chances that might have given a tone to the Constitution, and shed a new and brighter lustre over her his tory than any which past renown in arms could have afforded. Instead of this she has aped the tyrany of the despot, and tried to retrograde in the sight of Europe, carrying us back to those dark ages of thraldom and oppression, from which it was the boast of this century that we had been severed for ever. " All is lost but honour" is reckoned a noble and worthy remark email the chances and changes of life, but the Prussians seem to think a good name is only of secondary importance, and a possession that they can well afford to part with. The approach of winter heralds the time of death and distress for the poor, and already the increasing severity of the temperature must tell upon those who have no regular place of refuge for the night, It is therefore very satisfactory to find that the Poor-law Board has issued full and complete directions to the guar dians of the various unions and parishes through- out the metropolis as to the carrying out of the provisions of the act with respect to the houseless poor, which was passed at the close of last session. The pub lic mind had been so strongly excited by the details of the shocking cases of death from absolute want of the common necessaries of life which were so pain'ully fre• quent during the intense cold of last winter, that it was felt by the Legislature that something must be done be fore another winter's keen winds and sharp frost claimed their victims from the houseless, hungry, thinly-clad ranks of the destitute, There are doubtless many who have " seen better days," who would shrink from avail ing themselves of its benefits ; but it is impossible for the law to provide relief for such petsons, and the care of them must be left to private charity and kindness. It is enough if the statute provides that no person need wander houseless and foodless about the streets of this wealthy city during the bitter nights of the winter months before us. If they will, all can have sufficient food to keep the flame of life still burning, and sufficient shelter to prevent the sharp winds from penetrating their thinly-clad frames. The directions just issued to the guardians contain very full and precise directions as to the manner in which the provisions of the act should be carried out, stipulating that there should be proper ac commodation in different wards, for males, and females, and children, with a bath at hand, and with some means of heating the sheds during severe weather. Where the 9rFIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by NRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. admissions are likely to be numerous, it is further re- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T ifIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 28m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45m. 0-moauow.-Morning, 4h. i2m.—Afternoon, :4h. 20m. 14) , g 4 1 ' 4 ,46 , 44 WI 41*. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOY. 2, 1864. The end crowns the work is a well..known say. ing, and certainly the peace negotiatiors are a fitting conclusion to the war which has preceded them. They are almost unprecedented for their rapacious demands and selfish exactions. Many persons who were really eshamed of the conduct of our Government with respect to the Dano-German war tried to believe that at least the influence of England would be felt in the councils where treaties were considered, if not in the fields where armies contended. It is melancholy to think that all these expectations have been entirely disappointed, and that the well known and often expressed opinions of the people of this country have not been suffered to prevail in any way for the benefit of the Danes. On the contrary it appears that the cruel and unjust arbitrators who have trodden down the un happy kingdom beneath the iron heel of conquest have augmented their requirements, and at the eleventh hour have interposed as necessary parts of the transaction some most exorbitant demands which cruelly increase the burden and add to the difficulties which the vanquished nation has to endure. Such conduct is a disgrace to a civilised State and a reproach to a Christian one ; it puts the finishing stroke to the reputation for tyranny and oppression which the Prussian nation has ever earned for itself. Whether they found it impossi. ble to resist the temptation, whether they took advantage of the impunity with which they had perpetrated their foregoing encroachments, it is difficult to say ; but the fact remains the same for the unhappy victims. The monstrous demands made and the enormous exactions required by Prussia in the terms of the treaty are in some way more degrading than her conduct in the war. Some allowances may be made for the excitement of a contest ; and in gene. ral when resort is had to arms much more is done than is at first anticipated ; but no possible excuse can be offered for the base designs that are concocted in the composure and calm of meetings and councils, where there is ample opportunity afforded for reflection, and where there is every facility for drawing back from any move ment that appears on consideration to be harsh or ill timed. Did a spark of good feeling or a fraction of fair play animate or distinguish the sentiments and actions of the great German Powers, the world would have seen very different peace negotiations to those now so wantonly paraded and unblush ingly set forth. Having got all they required at the outset, and more,ra hundredfold, than they first bargained for, it would have been a graceful and benign task for them to have mitigated the severity of their war regulations, and to have atoned in some measure for the hard terms which military arrange ments had exacted. Such a concession would have been a courteous offering of amity and good will to the nations of Europe ; but instead of all this possible En Aeration being displayed, what do we witness in reality ? T3O particulars of some of the stipulations of the treaty are such that many might we ll h ave refused to credit them if they had been suggested to them beforehand as likely to be contemplated. Perhaps one of the worst things in the whole iniquitous affair is the demand made that the Danes are to pay for the prizes captured (luring the war. Can anything surpass this for extortion and, greed ? Between two nations of equal propor tions such a treaty cauld not have held good a day ; but when the weak are crushed the day of reaction is indeed terrilale. If nothing can or will be done to stop this infamous transfer of rights, and this mei oppression of a gallant but small nation, it is some satisfaction to protest against what is, in reality, a crime of the deepest dye, and an open commended that there should bo a superintendent in each ward, and the exaction of a task of work in return for the night's food and lodging is strongly insisted upon. This is doubtless very necessary as a check upon mere vagrancy, and it is stated by the board that they have found it as the result of their experience that in those unions where the task of work has been strictly insisted upon vagrancy has sensibly diminished, and they strenu ously recommend the universal adoption of this test instead of the plan which has been adopted in some unions of al lowing the casual paupers to forego the task on condition of dispensing with the morning meal. There may, however, be instances in which the casual paupers may be really unequal to the task set before them, and it would have been as well if the board had reminded the guardians of the possible existence of such cases. The public would gladly see a little more libaral measure meted out to this class, so that they may be spared the pain and disgrace of the weekly record of deaths from starvation in the midst cf the plenty of the metropolis. The difference of a shilling or half-a-crown a week spent in the relief of the casual poor would be little felt even by the poorest parishes, while it would make a vast difference in the general management of the board. If the task of work be insisted upon the parish will get the money value of the relief given, and if the masters, porters, and relieving officers can be got to give the paupers the benefit of the doubt there will be many lives saved during the winter. The difficulty lies in reaching those sufferers of the more respectable class, such as poor widows, needlewomen, and others who shrink from the workhouse even in the last extremity. A melancholy case was recorded a few days ago, in which a poor woman, who earned a miserable living by making the bodies of shirts, succumbed to actual want. She got four pence for each body, and could with difficulty make one a day, the result being naturally her death from want and hunger. Another similar case occurred in Bethnal-green, in which a poor bootbinder, who it was stated in the evi- dente never earned sixpence a day, died from want of the common necessaries of life. It is this class who cling to their miserable rooms as long as possible, though the land lady in one case at least seems to have shown little enough feeling, that are not easily reached by any form of public relief. Still a great point has been gained by the passing of the recent act, and we may reasonably hope that it will di minish not only the number of deaths in the highway from want and destitution, but the sufferings of the large class which they represent, whose misfortunes never reach the public ear. THE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVhNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1864. military education is the propriety and even the necessity of forming his character by adapting it to the circumstances of our country and of our times. It is, therefore, advisable that his Royal Highness should, from his tenderest age, be accustomed to devote his attention to the army, and to study its organisation i❑ detail. He will thus necessarily acquire the qualities of a great captain, if, as we hope, the character of his mind should second the primary elements. The preference for the military direction does not exclude on the contrary, it takes for granted; that the prince will at the same time receive the religious, moral, scientific, and literary education which his faculties will permit." HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, A new and exquisitely characteristic portrait of her Majesty the Queen has but just now made its appearance from Mr Mitchell's well-known Estab lishment in Bond -street, It is announced as pub lished by command, and is dedicated to their Royal Highnesses the Princesses. The engraving, which is produced in the finest style by Wm. Holl, is from a painting by A. Graefle. Attached to this eminently beautiful work of art, inextricably asso ciated with it, are a few at least among the lovely words of that now world-famous benediction or the Poet Laureate • . His love unseen, but felt, o'ershadow thee ; The love of all thy sons encompass thee; The love of all thy daughters cherish thee; The love of all thy people comfort thee, Till God's love set thee at his side again." And touchingly appropriate is the quotation thus emblazoned beneath the engraving, seeing that beside the seated figure of the Sovereign, arrayed in her widow's weeds, there is the marble effigy of her Ithjesty'd lamented Consort, Albert "The Great and Good." No more charming portraiture of our beloved Monarch—" Revered Victoria"—has ever been produced. It will be gratefully welcomed by a loyal and attached people. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BENTINcK, Another coloneley becomes vacant by the death of Lieut. Gen. Chas. A. F. Bentinck, colonel of the 12th Foot, who. while on a visit to his brother in law, Count Waldeck, at Bergheim Castle, in Germany, died in a fit of apoplexy on Friday afternoon. The melancholy news reached the family in London on Sunday last. The gallant officer was the brother of General Sir Henry Bentinck. THE CHAPEL ROYAL, SAVOY _ , .The Qaaen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Sidney Smirke's designs for the restoration of the Chapel Royal, Savoy, which, it may be remembered, was burnt down last sum mer, and the works are being proceeded with at her Majesty's expense, Messrs. Myers and on being the builders. The council of King's College ave granted to the chaplain of the Savoy (the Rev. 11. White) the use of the chapel of the college for Sundry eveni, g Service. The first service will be held on ps..ituday ev ning next at a quarter after aevau. _ LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REI7TER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Jura via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, OCT. 20 (Morning). Hood is retreating southwards. One corps of Sherman's army is at Lafayette. Price has captured Glasgow, recruiting his army, which is now assuming formidable proportions. Forrest has invaded Western Kentucky. Twenty-fire armed men arrivt dat St, Albans, Vermont, robbed the Bank, killed two citizens, and afterwards left in the direction of Canach. They are supposed to be southerners from Canada. President Lincoln has made a speech, stating that some persons have construed Seward , s remarks into a threat that if he (Mr Lincoln) was defeated in the Presidential election he would do what he could to ruin the Government. Others interpret the fact of the Chicago Convention not adjourning sine die as an intimation that if their nominee were elected he would at once seiz3 the control of the Government. The people teed nit be uneasy on the latter point, since their will, constitutionally expressed, must be law for all. The steamsr Roanoke is reported to have been captured by the Confederate Lieutenant Brain, who took her to Bermuda, where he landed the passen gers, and burned the Roanoke off the harbour. Afterwards Lieutenant Brian returned to Ber. muds with his crew in boats, when he was arrested by the British authorities. Quebec despatches state that the Conference had decided on Confederation, which will be submitted to the existing Parliament without direct reference to the public. NEW YORK, OCT. 21. Sheridan reports that on the 19th the enemy attacked his army at Cedar Creek before daylight, turning and driving most of his line in confusion, and capturing 20 guns, Sheridan hastened from Winchester, found the army between Middletown and Newton driven back four miles, formed a com pact line of battle in time and repulsed the enemy's attack at one o'clock in the afternoon. At three o'clock Sheridan attacked the enemy, drove and routed him, capturing 50 guns, including those pre viously taken by the Confederates. Unofficial advices state that the attack upon Sheridan's army was made by L3ngstreet during a dense fog before daylight. The Federals were surprised and their left com pletely turned. They fled in disorder, abandoning their breastworks and 24 guns. Sheridan then rallied his troops, attacked the Confederates, drove them from Middletown, across Cedar Run, the cavalry pursuing them beyond Fisher's Hills. Confederate General Ramseur was killed. The Federal General Bidewell was killed, and Generals Wright, Grover, and Ricketts were wounded. Sheridan captured 1,600 prisoners. The correspondent of the New York Herald e3timates the losses of Sheridan at 5,000 men. Stanton reports that the telegraph is working to Atlanta. Southern despatches indicate that Hood is about to change his base of operations to North Alabama, where he will be joined by Beauregard, for the prosecution of the campaign against Huntsville, Alabama. Southern journals continue to represent Sher. man's position such that the evacuation of Atlanta may daily be expected. Price reports from the east of Blackwater River that Rosencranz was marching against Mtn. A Federal force has been concentrated at Karsis City to attack Price. The guerillas who entered St. Alban's, Vermont, have been mostly captured, and the money re covered. The Canadian authorities assisted in capturing them. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 21 (Evening). Money easy. Gold 109 per cent. premium. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 11%; Illinois shares, 1171; 6 per Cent. United States' Five Twenty Bonds, 1071. NEW YORK, OCT. 22 (Morning). Curtiss engaged Price's advance. The burning of the steamer Roanoki is confirmed. Advices from Mex i co state that the French occu• pied Matamoras on the 25th ult. Money easy. Gold, 108 k per cent. premium. NEW YORK, OCT. 22 (Evening). The Richmond Enquirer recommends a conscrip tion; also that all negroes arming should be free. The paper thinks the people will call upon the next Congress to provide for it by law. The Confederate Government of Louisiana also recommends arming the slaves. NEW YORK, OCT. 22 (Evening). Money easy. Gold 112 2 _ per cent. prem. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1181 ; Erie, 974 ; 6 Per Cent. United States Five Twenty Bonds, 1071. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 118. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn inactive. Petroleum etude, 43c. Refined, 65c. LISBON, Nov. 1. The Royal MAU Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena reports having passed at sea on the 22d October the Oneida (with the outward Brazil mails), which left St. Vincent on the evening of the 21st October. SPAIN. The Madrid journals publish two very singular Royal decrees countersigned by Marshal Narvaez, and dated 27th October. The first orders that the professional education of the Prince of the Asturias shall commence immediately, and be continued in conformity with the development of his faculties, the Queen reserving to herself ite supreme direction. The second appoints six military officers, under the superintendence of General Antonio-Sanchez Osorio, as the young Prince's professors. The report which precedes the former of these decrees is of a very martial tenor. After observing that the attempts made in 1648, 1715, and 1815 to found the European equilibrium on a stable basis were attempted with little success, it says Wars burst forth again, and, however disastrous they may have been, reflecting persons consider them but as a faint prelude to those which may now be expected. A noteable circumstance has marked the wars of Europe —namely, that ail tire sovereigns of the belligerent nations led their re spective armies to the field of battle, the cause of the nations thus becoming the personal cause of their monarchs. It is perhaps for this ratan that the education now given to princes is everywhere of a military character. Spain cannot proceed otherwise than the rest of the European Powers. The interests that may arise cannot be indifferent to her, and therefore the Queen's Government is bound to see that the Spanish nation, with its glorious past, maintains its high rank and its exalted sentiments of honour and dignity. The nation would suffer silently, but intensely, if he who is now its prince should not, in a given conjuncture, tread in the footsteps of his ancestors, owing to a false direction having been given to his education. If the condition of our country and the state of Europe require that the edu cation of the prince should be military, it would be imprudent to give it a different direction. It must not be forgotten that the fundamental reason which decides your Government in isvour of this FRANCE. The Opinion Nationale hqs received a " communi cated " note from the Ministry of the Interior correcting several statements made by it relative to the project of erecting a new llotel-Dieu at Pc ris. Steaks cut from bears, which are said to have been an invention of M. Alexandre Dumas, are not a chimera, at least is Savoy, for we read in the Mont Blanc of Annecy :—" An enormoua bear which had been killed in the mountain of GiEz has been carried through. the streets of this place. The hunters had been on his track for several days. The animal has been purchased by M. Laperrousaz, one of our butchers, who will retail it at 41 1 . the kilo." Miss Bateman in Dublin. (From the Irish nnes of Nov. I,) The drama of " Leah" possesses no merit except its moral. It has no pretensions to literary power, it affords no instance of true dramatic skill. Even the lesson of forgiveness which it inculcates would produce little effect unless it had foand an inter pretess of unparalleled power in the person of Miss Bateman. The best proof of this is the fact that other actresses have attempted the character under a different name, and failed egregiously. There is an element of repulsiveness about the play which is only kept out of view by the marvellous imper■ sonation which has made Miss Bateman's fame. Almost the first feelings which arise after the sense of wonder has subsided and the spectator is released from the spell, are the hope that such a reputation will not end with this piece, the regret that the excitements of mere "sensation" have kept "Leah "so long before the public. Miss Bateman has done so much for a part essentially weak that we form the strongest expectations of her future, and are impatient to see our predictions realised. There are so few artists now who can assume the style and dignity of tragedy, that it is not pleasant that the light of a new and brilliant " star" should be so long confined to melo-drama. Not that her representation of the injured Jewess is in any true sense melo-dramatic. It has no appearance of exaggeration, it never steps outside the limits of good taste, it is animated by genuine feeling and realised with startling power. The object of tragedy is to display the force of human passion, the intensity of human woe, and the heroism of suffering. Of these in all their phases Miss Bateman's Leah is a faithful picture, or rather a series of pictures which astonish us by their originality of style, simple grandeur of conception, strength and completeness of sympathy. Theother characters of the story are either unnoticed or forgotten, The rude village life and hearty mirth, the gentle love of Maddalena, the weak dis trust and manly remorse of Rudolf, the bitter hatred of the apostate, only form a background which serves to throw into deeper relief the beauty of the pale suffering face immortalised by the actress. Leah, in her bravo defiance of her persecutors— Leah, in the midnight loneliness of the forest, and the fervour of her over mastering love—Leah in the bitter moment of unjust accusation, and in the noon stillness of the churchyard, when the agonised doubt of Rudolt's truth resolves itself into the soothing phrase, " perhaps he loves me still," and the earnest " Amen" with which she blesses the marriage rite—Leah in the sudden fury of hate transformed into love, a transformation always accompanied by rage and imprecation, when she recalls the sympathetic " Amen!_ and utters the scathing curse which another solemn " Amen" con summates—Leah, way worn and desolate, but still sustained by the hope of revenge—Leah, sad and repentant, weeping over the face of the child of the marriage she has banned, and revoking the horrible prayer of the churchyard—each and all of these various aspects of the character cling to the memory and haunt the spectator in his dreams. Like all great tragediennes, Miss Bateman possesses the art of associating facial expression with declae matory power or pathetic grace. Her face is the pictorial commentary and expositio n o f the words she utters, It seems capable of b u t a few trausitions.—the transitions from love to hate, from stormy grief to quiet wretchedness. But what distinguishes hers from other faces i s th e rap idi ty of its transitions. Now it is agitated by the conflict of emotions; now it has the show of beatific love; now the sadness of silent reproach; again it is as fixed as fate, or as cruel as a fury; finally it passes into a sort of stony calm and deadly pallor, which is thrown into strange relief by the flow of rich brown hair. At all times, whether gloomy with hope, writhing in agony, or petrified with despair, it is a beautiful and memorable face—never un womanly, never repulsive. It is aided by such statueeque gestures as no other living actress could assume, Every separate attitude is a study for a sculptor. There is something utterly inde scribable yet easily felt about the effort of true genius. Whether it consists in the closeness of the sympathy, which links the artist and the audience—whether it is in the towering majesty of a conception not understood, but clearly seen, or in the strange tremor and eager attention which agi tates those before whom the success is achieved, is nothing to the purpose. But such is the Leah of Miss Bateman. It stirs deeper feelings than are associated with the triumphs of mere talent ; it is almost too great for applause, and so perfect is the identification of the part with the actress that the name of the character has become her own. The sources of her extraordinary influence are not easily found ou t. Sh e h as the art of showing, and at the s am e time hidi ng the strength of feeling, of making the inner fire felt where its light is scarcely seen. She h as a nervous energy which suits the rapid change of emotion, and the art of making the very most of her resources; her outbursts of indignation and her expression of sorrow have all the appearances of spontaneity. Charles Lamb, in one of his finest essays, compli ments an actor upo n str i king true to the moment of passion. This is Mi ss B ateman's gift. She is never too late or too soo n b y a second. Her sensibility is so quick and keen that each utterance of emotion finds a response in the sympathies of each hearer, and the w h ole audience becomes as a single man. A n d this is accomplished in spite of Americanism of accent and manner. Her almost forei gn i ntonation is forgotten when she delivers th e curse, and the cl i max of heroic strength i s reached in the thr i ce to l d " Amen," each time expressed with a different cadence. Ristori exceeds Miss Bateman i n power, and Rachel surpas se d her in sterl i ng ve h emence, but neither could make silence so impressive. The look of fixed horror which forms the interval be tween the revoked blessing and the awful curse is a good instance of the ieflaence she can exert without the voice. But her voice is in complete accordance with her appearance and attitude, and she banishes the painful impression of her curse by the placid and loving repose of her dying forgiveness, which is given with a thrilling purity of accent and grace of manner that mat c h t h e splen did f ury o f h er more impassioned scenes. - AN ESCORT ROBBE D BY BRIGANDS.—The Umbria Gazette of the 26th October states that two morn ings before, on the road from Foligno, a convoy, containing money belonging to the railway contractors, and escorted by six Lancers, was attacked by a band of 20 brigands, who carried off the whole sum, amoun ti ng t o £155,000f. • INUTS FOR NATURAL PIIILOSOPIIERS.—AS th workmen employed at the steam saw mills of Messrs. Douglas and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, were engaged in sawing a largo balk of En-gli,,h oak, they found in the centre of tho tree 21 nuts. Singular to state, not the least flaw could be discovered in the tree to account fur the nuts getting inside. The nuts are of the colour of mahogany and the kernels are as sound as when they were finst_ripe, TILE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD.—" My Latest Vacation Excursion" is the title of the first article, which will not suit the admirers of the German nation, for it disposes unmercifully of the peculiarities and prejudices of that nation, and discloses some secrets which doubtless the inhabit eats of Fatherland would rather have had left in a convenient obscurity. There is no mincing the matter here, however, and in plain terms we find some striking specialities put forth as distinctive specimens of the style of German management. Four heavy weights, we are told, press down the population in Germany, and keep them from attaining to any height in greatness or good ness. These are, " exe:ss in eating, excess in drinking, excess in smoking, and excess in the inhaling of foul air." It must be confessed that such a sketch is not a very fl tit tering one, and that it is not very creditable to any country to possess such a reputation ; but the descriptions are very ingeniously given, ar d there is little doubt remaining on the mind of the reader as to his having perused a genuine his tory of the manners and customs of the Germans. Great stress is laid upon the want of fresh air which distinguishes the country ; and it is said that the German outrages all sanitary laws, and contrives to do without any of that pure atmosphere which has been considered by many as essen tial to the well-being of the human frame. When we hear of shopkeepers so aft aid of inhaling the outer air that they shut up their shops and transact business with their cus tomers through a hole in the window, it seems difficult to understand how anyone can exist in comparative health or strength. A comparison is instituted between the phlegmatic Germans and the energetic manner in which the people of this country pursue their way, and it is said with great truth that "ours is the true developm_nt of the race; our activity does not wear us out; we thrive by it; it confers the health and strength proper to its own purposes, and, after a longer lease of life, sends us to our account with a far longer list of services to our race than the dozing devotee of laziness and sensual enjoyment can show." Altogether there is much to win notice in this sketch of foreign manners, and some may gain an insight into a life of which they know very little in reality, however much they may think they do. "Tony Butler" is continued, and in this number it progresses somewhat, for he joins the Garibaldian expedition, and we learn that he is heir to a large fortune, but divers untoward circumstances prevent his hearing of his good luck. Mrs Trafford is not at all an attractive character. She gets mixed up in various cent a sions, from her imprudent mode of proceeding, and one is really at a loss to divine her intentions and comprehend her sentiments from her uncertain words and fitful actions, "Enoch Arden'.' is a very interesting article, that does full justice to the merits of the Poet-Laureate, while it con tains just criticism on some of his particularities. It is truly said that the author would have done better to have ended the poem with the impressive lines which record the death of the wanderer, and his touching words, "A sail I a sail—l am saved I" Of this it is affirmed that "they tell us that what he preyed for in those long years of banish ment to which his mind has Rendered back has come at last, the ship to take him to the true haven, and that the exile has at length been fetched home.l! "The His tory of our Lord" is a thoughtful and reflective paper, which presents to our consideration the full sublimity and majesty of the subject, and enters fully into the requiremoats of the case. " Cornelius O'Dowd upon Women, and other Things in General !! is continued, and we meet with the racy style and general analysis of events and persons which have before lent such vigour and vivacity to the pages of this writer. There is one treatise on Servants which souse will turn to ; the most unfavourable view is taken of this class of beings, and, after a humorous sketch of the domestic miseries that they inflict upon us, the writer pathetically exclaims, " 'Why can modern mechanical genius do nothing for us? Oh for a steam butler and a self-acting housemaid I Oh, for a cook that a man could wind up like an eight day clock and never think of till the end of the week." "Ranting on Corpu lence" is an article that contains some very wiss remarks upon the mistakes into which people may fall, who start with the notion that they must get rid of their superfluous flesh at any cost. These will do well to ponder the warnings here addressed to them before they seriously injure their constitutions, and undermine their health, by their sudden changes and their wild extremes. Most readers who have studied the subject will agree in the truth of the concluding passage, which says that a " mixed diet is the best : and after all that has been said and written on the sub ject temperance is the one thing needful to secure a man against the evils of inordinate obesity." " The Three Foot Rule" is a lively song about the dislike of a workman to the modern innovations that are threatened in the way of stan dards of measure. " General M' Clellan" is the conolud ing subject met with, and of course just now is a very appropriate sketch ; it mill be read with interest and deservedly so, for the tone of the writer is fair and impartial, and he beings the complicated case be fore us in a manner that is in every way suitable. It is said that the General stands out in " honourable distinction" from those of the North who have boon prominently put forward during the war, and that he has displayed many qualities which give him a fair title to consideration and a great claim to respect'. It is truly stated that the election of M'Clellan would go far to retrieve the deep stigma which now rests upon the North, for his elevation to office would mean humane and civi'ised war." DUBLIN.—" England and her Colonies" is the first subject met with. It refers to some difficulties that have arisen lately in respect to our dealings with our distant possessions; and it is truly said that at the next general election this question will be one of the important points to settle between the candi dates and their constituents. There is much force in many of the remarks here made, and especially in the concluling passages, where it is affirmed that the security of England in respect to her colonies is that she lets them have their way, and also that it is the mission of England to plant colo nies, and it will be her disgrace if they are not planted legi timately, and governed, as long as their government is in her hands, wisely. " Uncle Silas and Maud Ruthyn" is continued at some length : it is a most complicated narra tive, and the author's powers of depicting the mystic and describing the marvellous, have full scope in the fitful scenes put before us. The story is more curious than agree able, and the reader is more likely to look upon it as a spe cimen of ingenious design and brilliant execution than of pleasing delineation and attractive recitals, It, is not, how ever, of the sensational style, but belongs to the romantic type of an earlier generation in its exciting and eventful pages. " Goethe's Faustus," second part, is a sketch that attracts attention from the thorough investigation of its subject, and the light which is brought to bear upon a diffi cult study. Dr Anster's translation of this great work is highly commended, and it is observed that " the universal verdict of cultivated criticism has long indicated the first portion of the work to ha the most compete poetic transla tion in English literature," and that the second part is worthy of its predecessor. " Venice, its Interior Life," puts some pictures before us that are always welcome, as are all accounts of' the whilom, " Queen of the Adriatic." "Fairy Alice" is a charming sketch of one of those delightful little creatures, who seem sent as a glimpse of above, and come awhile to cheer our earth ere they shall grace their native heaven. Touchingly sad is the record of the little fairy's sojourn in her home, of which she was the light and glory. Heaven gives its favourites early death, was true of her es of many like her, and her last action was a very character istic one, for she strove to bo a peacemaker and to unite her parents in the bonds of unity, for they were most uncon genial natures, and only agreed in love of her. "George Anne Bellamy, an Irish Actress," is a retrospect of a cele brated career; her end was a very sad one, and it is in con- elusion that, with all her faults and frailties, sho endea voured to Promote the comforts of others, and never employed either riches or talents when in satence or splendour, to render any one miserable. Reader, here is a biography which emphatically tells its moral; ponder over it, and profit by its lesson." " The Drama, Classic and Romantic, in Paris" is an interesting account, and it is satisfactory to find that the tone of the French stage is now improved under the rules imposed on theatrical perform ances. " Browning's Dramatis Personae" is a suggestive article that demands attention, and some other subjects of interest, such as the " Grand Fair," &c., combine to corn plete the contents of this number. FRASER.—An article on the peasant proprietors of the Drome opens a very good number of an old friend and favourite. It examines very thoroughly into the different systems of proprietorship which are prevalent in France and in England. The difference is familiar to most persons, and conbists in the different mode of inheriting the land. In Franco an estate is usually divided equally among the children of the owner—in Eng land it romaias the property of the eldest son. The result is, as the writer puts it, that in Greatßritain, as a general rule, the land is the heritage of a few large proprietors, in France it is shared among the people. Of course there are not wanting advocates of both systems, and those who would like to know something more of the working of the French one will do well to read the article before us, which is written by one whom a long residence in the country has made familiar with his subject. Mr Furstor's able works on the reign of Charles I. form the topic of an interesting and well-written paper. Popular Education is a subject which has been worn somewhat threadbare ; still there is no doubt that the question has many aides, and that we have not yet found the best way of educating our labouring classes. The story of " Gilbert Rugge" proceeds with some interest, though the events move somewhat slowly. We learn from the present chapters that the poor maniac who is kept secreted in the lonely cottage is the eldest scn _ _ of the Lieutenant. "A Chapter showing How We Live at Awarnutu" gives an interesting account of military life in New Zialand, which at the pres„nt moment will not be unaccoptablo to the public. The contributions of A Cam- paignor at Home and The London Recluse are, as usual, among the best things in the number. The former tells a graphic story of Scottish lov e , w hi c h un h app il y ends _— in a tragedy._ The latter finds courage to declare what all the world believes and acts upon, though it thinks proper to clotly it— that works of fiction form a very necessary and valuablti part of our intellectual and moral training. THE UNITED SERVICE keeps up its naval and military character with true bpirit and increabed zeal, if we may judge by its several articles for this month. The first is of national importance both as respects the present and the consequences likely to result in the future. Our naval dockyards are the natural homes of our shipping, and no cost should be considered too much for keeping them well in order for any exigency that may arise. To this subject we have repeatedly called public attention, and of late even the Parliament has been awakened to the necessity of keeping the cradle of our maritime greatness in a state ready for any emergency. It would appear ridi culous, but for its actual truth, to learn that a nation which has fleets spreading over every sea, in case of a sudden disaster, should find it difficult to provide for the repair of the chief arm on which its safety mainly rests. But such is and has been actually the case. And it is only when the progress of science has now stimulated our enterprise to more exertion that the necessity of keeping pace with the extension of commerce has startled our rulers to a proper sense of their duty. The state of our eockyards at home h' - :s been found of late to be very poor indeed, but the tare: want of shipping accommodation for repairs abroad is a national disgrace. It is tho more so when we consider the large sums annually wasted by what is termed the naval estimates. It has become a national reproach, and the pub lic now have taken it up in a spirit which will brook no fur- ther shaling or delay. So the Admiralty have been com pelled to look to the matter, and as a proof ( f their earnest ness the principal members of the board have gone to Malta for the purpose of seeing with their own eyes the merits of the dock accommodation at that important station. The next article is on the "Dragoon, his horse, and trimming," and gives an excellent summary of the mode, or rather want of mode, in which_the discipline of our cavalry has been conducted, The writer is evidently a practical officer, who fully understands the subject, and his suggestions are well worthy the . immediate attention of the Horse Guards. What is wanted in our country, he says, is a faster pace, for that in 99 cases out of 100 in attack surprise ensures success, and in these sharp attacks "surprise is the mother of miracles." "On Maritime Invasions" is another good article, full of information, both as regards ancient and modern enterprise. " Oswald Hastings" and other papers serve to keep up the character of tite journal and its acknowledged reputation in naval and military matters. How to dispose of the sewage of our towns and cities has long been a question to puzzle the practical reformer. It has been long familiar to the public that, were " the matter in the wrong place" transferred to the right place, not only would some millions bo saved and evil influences avoided, but as much positive good would be gained as positive evil removed. The gases which poison the air, and spread fever and pestilence through the lanes and alleys of our cities, would, if spread over the face of the earth beyond their walls, give vigour and stimulus to all beneficial growths. In the face of this absolute certainty, no way of reconciling fact with theory has yet been formed, and wo have gone on poisoning our rivers, and devising new and costly schemes of drainage, while our agriculturists are annually incurring great expense to procure manure for their lands. The mem bers of the Metropolitan Board having, of course, long been familiar with these facts, have recently determined to see for themselves the actual results of a practical experiment. They have therefore betaken themselves to Carlisle, and have carefully inspected the works now in operation in that city, under the superintendence of Mr Alexander M'Dougall, for the utilisation of sewage. The result of their inspection was highly favourable to the experiment, and the general arrangement of Mr M'Dougall's works secured their ready approval. Tho area irrigated is about 6) acres, and the sewage is first deodorised and disinfected by being mixed with carbolic acid and lime water. Any deteriorating effects which herbage grown on the soil thus irrigated might have experienced are completely obviated by the 1189 of this fluid, and the deodo rizing element is even said to have a beneficial effect on the health of the sheep that are put to graze on the land, having a tendency to cure tootrot. The fine grasses, which in other cases were sacrificed by the employment of sewage as a manure, are proved by this new system to be preserved unhurt—a result naturally of much importance to the cul tivator. The stock generally are found greatly to prefer the irrigated land to the neighbouring meadows, a fact easily accounted for by the increased luxuriance of the grass. Mr M•Dougall reckons the produce of the irrigated land to be four or five times as great as that of other parts. According to the method followed, each part of the land is irrigated three times a year, which is sufficient, from the evidence of the owner, to raise its value to double the former amount. The Board of Works were much gratified by the result of their inspection, and having completed their survey, pursued their route to Scotland. It is to be hoped that this practical evidence of what can be done in this matter will rouse their slumbering energies, and bring for ward some well considered plan for carrying out, on an enlarged scale, a change that promises to be of so much public benefit. TEMPLE BAR,—" The Doctor's Wife," as usual, is the prominent feature of interest in this number. It is not yet completed, but records some important events. The fearful Mr Sleaford keeps his promise, and all but kills the luckless Roland Lansdell, while simple George Gilbert breathes his last. His unattractive career reached its close in pact) and quiet, and if ho was not distinguished in life, ho met death with more composure than many who have led far more brilliant courses. Isabel's character becomes rapidly formed amid the scenes of trial through which she passes, and the por traiture of her life which is hero presented is true to nature iu its lights and shades. " The Streets of the World," by G. Sala, this time takes us to almost forbidden ground—the city of St. Petersburg—the Balsekoi Morskaia, The chief incident here chronicled is a very uncomfortable visit paid to a grand General for the purpose of obtaining a passport. This account does not tend to enhance very favourably any opinion the reader may entertain of Russian courtesy and good management. A very readable article is that entitled "Military Occupations, Amusements, and Punishments." It is written in a fair spirit, and whatever cause its stric tures may have to occasion umbrage among military autho rities generally, to the unbiassed and impartial reader they will appear alike straightforward and well-timed. In the first place, what can be more reprehensible than tho want of occupation which our soldiers have to endure. This is a fruitful source of intemperance in itself, and yet no one troubles himself to endeavour to rectify the evil among the many martinets who are ready to deal destruction to all who do not strictly conform to their most trivial orders, and obey their punctilious regulations. The "lash" is here very properly called " a standing disgrace to our military code." It is stated that the only deterring influence that this custom holds out, is to prevent young meL ef a better class frcm entering the army, because they very naturally shrink frcm a service where such a disgrace ful possibility hangs over them. "In nearly a quarter of a century's experience wile soldiers, the writer has always, and without a single exception, found flogging makes a goof man bad, and a bad man worse." It would be well it due attention were paid to the suggestions of this article, for it contains much matter that can hear !elite:ion and inquiry. The state of an army ought to be looked into in a higher sense and a better spirit than it is, and truly is it hero affirmed, that " the theory of making soldiers anything more than mere machines for parade or guard, of which real care was to be taken in their leisure hours, is new in England, the practice is still more so." May it not be said without exaggerati n, that until this anomaly be put an end to there will be a blot upon our military escutcheon which nothing can efface. " Broken to Harness" and "Paid in Full" both progress considerably this month. In the former Kate Mellon is in great difficulty and meets with a serious accident through incautious vehemence, In the latter the plotter, Ledbitter, is himself plotted against, and we may expect some startling events before the denouement. "De Mortals is a lively little sketch, which disposes of many time-honoured measures in a manner that will raise the direst wrath of old-fashioned persons, but nevertheless with some show of reason. "The Queen's Necklace" is a sketch of one of the most extraordinary things of its kind that have ever taken place in the annals of court intrigue or the records of high life scandals and mysteries. A very clear account is here given, and many will be glad of this opportunity to refresh their minds with a resu,•me of events which, trifling in themselves, led to important consequences, the issues of which have not been fully worked out. It is truly stated that " Here has it been said that the trial of the necklace was the prologue to the Revolution." " Tripping it Lightly" is an agreeable reminiscence of a cheap excur sion taken in defiance of the advice of those who looked on money as everything, and sneered at one wise enough to make the most of his means and of his time. "Not wisely but too well" is the title of some verses that are nothing particular in its style, and records the loves of ono who can inspire no sympathy for his trouble because he is wanting in self-respect. "The Equinox" is a melancholy little sketch of the stormy elements, which is appropriate at this inclement season. CORNUILL,—" Armadale" is a new story oGm menced in this number, It is very peculiar and certainly original in its style. It is al ways a ven turesome undertaking when a tale commences in an impressive manner, and it remains to be seen it this one will fu'ill its intentions, and redeem the promise of its spring. Some of the characters met with are sketched in a masterly style, The old Scotchman stands out in a lifelike manner, with his doubts and his decision, the wife of the sick man is excellently pourtrayed in her jellous fears and her deep distress, and altogether we have the prospect of an exciting and interesting tale before us, " Middle-class Education in England" refers to the train ing of girls, It contains some usef al hints in its general survey and particular criticism, and no one can deny the justice of some of the strictures met with as to the faulty method of the teaching which is called education on the principle of lucus non lucencio. After referring to the very successful experiment made last year in applying the Cam bridge examination to girls as well as boys, the writer ob serves that with the knowledge and experience now gained we may hope " to see principle and method introduced into the chaos from which something like order is beginning to arise, and even the next generation much better qualified than the present or the last to justify and confirm the tra ditional lofty and benign reputation of the womanhood of England," "A tete-a• tat: Social Science Discussion" is a curious sketch that is amusingly told, " Wives and Daugh ters" is continued, and the "new mama," in perspective is a sad picture for pcor Molly. Mrs Kirkpatrick does appear very charming as a bride, and the fears of the pi little maiden are not ungroundless as such misgivings trouble sometimes are. 'The Scottish Farm Labourer' is instructive sketch that brings before us some noticeable fi tures of its class, and mentions some glaring evils; it is st that the owners of the soil too often reverse the sentirai Lord Broughton. " I well know and esteem this rule of : father's—rather build two cottages than ruler one 0 "At, Rest" is a very pleasing poem. Il simple and touching in its truthfulness, and the grief tl is merged in hope and faith is thus fully expressed in 11 1 lines': I shall yet hear thy voice and see thy smile In the bright morning when thou shalt awaken. Colonel Gordon's Exploits in China is an article that ref to momentous occurrences, and tells of what can be done spirit and enterpr'so. MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE.—Contrary to the uEt custom, Macmillan opens with an instalment fiction, and the twelfth part of the history of " S)n of the Soil" is the first thing to greet ti reader. Very eventful in the history of Col Camr bell does this chapter prove, leaving hint the fulfilment of ono part of his Mentor Lauderdale's 13 1 diction—betrothed to the gentle Alice, although by means having realised the other part of his prophecy falling in love. Mr Christie contributes an interestit paper on the Cambridge "Apostles," a name somewb flippantly given to a conversazione society at the Univi city, which has numbered among its ranks some of Li ablest men of the day, including the Laureate, the anal of "Friends in Council," and many a man of mark in a politics, and ;letters. A paper on William Blake, prink pally culled from Mr Gilchrist's life of him, sketches brief but graphic outline the career of a strange 1; g . f ted man. Mr Dicey, in a very sensible and temperate written article, conclusively disposes of the pretensions the Brothers Davenport. He admits that he could it discover the mechanism by which the trick was effects and even goes so far as to say that he does not entirely di claim all belief in spiritualism, but he very pertinent asks, " Was it more likely that I should be unable to di cover a trick of sleight of hand, or that a supernatur operation should be performed at the price of ten guineas hour, lights included ?" "The Hillyars and the Burtonl proceeds, and the good fortune which has long been dawnil on the Burton family culminates in the patriarch of ti family becoming owner of a desolate track of land containiZ a rich copper mine. The fortunes of the Hillyars are lei flourishing, and it is difficult to unwind the thread of then from the entangled web, which the author by the agena of incoherent Sir George, crazy Lady Hillyar, and myst l rious Samuel, thinks proper to weave. The article o " Claus Seidelin," a Danish apothecary of the last ce tury, is full of curious and amusing anecdotes, and a page entitled " About Trm, or What they do at Schwalbacbt gives a pleasant picture of those German baths which haV boon honoured this year by the presence of the Empresses LONDON SOCIETY.—The opening record of th' experiences of" Miss Pink's First Season," finds place in this number, and many a fair belle of tb season may recal her own sentiments as a debut:ant while studying it. " Politeness, Insular and COa tinental," is a readable papor, showing how they manaP some things better in Franco, if others not so well. "1 1 Merchant Princes of England" are continued, and we wee with a sketch of one whose career well deserves to be he ll in grateful recollection by Londoners, Sir Hugh Myddletoll to whom we are indebted for the New River, Gerrao Baths are seemingly in vogue, for we have a description° Baden-Baden, the elysium cf gamesters. " Rose Blacke t and her Lovers" is a pleasant little tale, possessing now rare recommendation of beginning and e ndi°l uader one cover;' and " B tck and Front" gives an enter taining summary of poor Nathaniel Hawthorne's B ore what crabbed criticism on England and the English. illustrations are, as usual, plentiful and life-like, GOOD WORDS.—Mrs. Wood's interesting story of " Oswald Cray" proceeds with rapidity, and i t/ seemingly nearing its conclusion. Poor Caroline Cray is sinking under the misfortunes that hay! come upon her, and a general. ecluircissement 1° apparently approaching. The editor contributes an es s9 / on the "Principles of Christian Toleration," which deserVe ° careful reading; and Mr Plumptre gi ves us an accoun t 0 1, the old age of the Prophet Isaiah. There is a very interest' ing paper by Isaac Taylor, entitled, "A Family Pen," 111 which he gives some details of the literary labours of his r e ' latives. The names of Jane Taylor and her sister are do , servedlyknown and cherished wherever the 'Original PoePl s o have found their way, and where have th e y no t found It,; Their wide and enduring popularity sufficiently proves tia el o intrinsic worth; and, as t he brother with honou ra ble pr id a observes, they have been instrumental in helping forwe r , the early training of two or three generations. An Englis l3 , woman abroad contributes as account of country life t i Sweden. Mr Gosso proceeds with his "Year at the Shod` and there are several other papers of var) ing interest. TIIE QUIVER. Part I. New Series.—This well-conducted serial of a religious and moral cb ° : rector, designed for f am il y rea di ng among tli; middle classes. It ha s b een esta bli s h e d for b 0111; years ; but so many now competitors have recently °P o peared on the scene, that it has been thought desirable t , improve it, and increase its general interest. The depa rt rnent for young people is especially pleasant and attracti ° and a highly interesting account of the Earlswood AsYll comes under the head of "London, and its Labours °,, Love." True to the End" is a story of domestic life tlas:l can scarcely fail to awaken the reader's attention, and 0 30 are many miscellaneous papers of merit. THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.—This new serials which comes before us with the recommendation 0 Dr. Guthrie's editorship, contains many valuab le and instructive papers. The account of the labours of the Bible women is especially interesting; and the " Lif° Blaiso Pascal" deserves to be better known to Erigli 6P readers, LE FOLLET.—This "glass of Fashion" shows 116 as usual, the costumes of the day to full advantage/ and exhibits likewise to the eager eyes of i ts fa it t votaries the several designs for mantles and wil lte a wraps of various descriptions. Tales and poems are ocl° s to divert the read er f rom t h e more serious studies of the of the toilette, and the usual attractions of Le _Follei are I A no way diminished. THE ECLECTIC has some interesting paper s ' prominent among which we may notice a review of id ,i f Babbage's • • P assages f rom th e Lif e o f a Phil ocep h er “ an article on Marietta's discoveries in Egypt. NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL has an article 011 the North London Industrial Exhibition, as well as othe r° on the recent explosion and on engineering monstroaitil We find, of course. the customary record of patents to improvements. AN OIL ARISTOCRACY.—At one time Californ ia poured its treasure into the lap of the iruper ill city of the New World. The world then became all agl ° upon the subject of gold discoveries. Great Britain cuu° l3 " the fever, and, adopting American ingenuity a nd ide 66 opened the glittering caverns of Australi a t o t h e eyes o f it s poor and for the benefit of the English aristocracy. tjt :, will try to "strike ile" n ex t. Th e C a li fornia aristocr ao had its day, its fashionable period. Other aristocracies f° / ; lowed—codfish, blubber, anthracite, and shoddy. J 3 jj among all these, with a ll th e f ashion and luxury they cod, command, the city o f N ow Y or k never b e f ore reached ',- present degree of prosperity and magnificence. Abe. aristocracy has risen as with a wand of magic. Petrolia is its name. It has given a lively impulse to fashionable movements. It has added a glittering spur to fashionab i j developement. It h as b roug ht some o f th e s t ur dy c'' Knickerbockers from their dusty desks and f ro m fll u l solid old mahogany sideboards to look w i t h f avour 03; smiles upon it. A new joy ha s b een di scovered, an d s' New York rejoices. The equipages on the Park wa re never more dashing nor numerous. A day or two s i n ce the Park seemed lik e th e d azz li ng panorama of an Easte rg pageant, with nature and her sublime artist, Frost to touch the pi c t ure w i th their unapproachab le 0 tints, The stor es were never better patronised for and costly goods. The opera was never more gay aid brilliant. The theatres never better patronised, includinv " Solon Shingle." The fancy stores, the superb establige went, like that of Helmbold's, just above the Metropolitati; never had more lucrative customers, The hotels wore nev 6 more crowded, so that you have to order a room a week advance in order to secure a comfortable one. How is ° , l this ? Where does the money come from ? The fact is comes from the lavish expenditures of the Petrolia arie e cracy, whose advent has just been made, w h o occ upy tli best apartments in our be s t hot e l s , wh o a re j us t e nteripv g e upon the fascinating field of fashion, who have just had wedding at which a million was given and a million takl and who are bestowing upon the people of New York t l3 treasures which a bounteous earth, richer in liquid weal ,l, ': than California or Australia has poured into their r e servoit' Long live Petrolia I •••.A r c IS York Herald. WAR STEAMER FOR JAPAN.—The New -i-s• Times describes the trial trip of the steamer S i vette Fuseyama, a vessel which h as b een b u ilt by a York firm for the Government of Japan on an order f to ceived through the Am er i can Mi n i s t er i n J apan , an d 10 the consent ei the American Government, The Fuseyl t , is said to be capable o f runn i ng 12f knots p er h o ur. has a capacity in coal bunkers for 300 tons of coal, and Wl 4 consume from eight to ten tons per day on ordinary ste i q .4 ie iug. Her arm ame nt consists of one 30-pound er P ar rott ri t o in pivot on the topgallant forecastle, two 30-pounder Per r° o s rilles-in broadsides, ono 100 - pounder Parrott rifle in P i o v iA amidships, four 9-inch Dahlgrens in broadsides, two ly pounders and two 12-pounders in broadsides—total, set guns. The trial trip was very satisfactory, and the verge is by this time on her way to Japan. NIA.—Th , -ny TAsMANIA. .e imports into the e e l it . Tasmania last year amounted to £902,940, and the 04.1 3° 6 " 5 t to £999,511. The shipping entered inwards was 117 '/5 tons, and outwards 116,143 tons. I n t h e co l on y 3G 7 ' - of acres of land were under cultivation, a nd th e nutob el cattle was 20415, and the number of sheep 1600,811'