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ROY Al E . NGLIS II OPERA, cov: &NT-GARDEN. Under the . Eanage ment of Miss Louisa Pyne and M.: W. Harrison. THIS EVENT NG, Jo commence with FANCHETTE. ldiss Louisa nay t and 'r. W. Harrison. After which, a I Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a sale of un precedented m: unificence, .ntitled HARLEQUEN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open: at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. HE R AJESTY'S THEATRE. Nights of Performance Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. TO-MORROW EVENING, TU,'SDAY, FEBRUARY 9. Gounod 's Grand Opera, FAUST (In English). Lemmens-S; wring - ton, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, . Marehesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Commence at Ei4ht. Box - office of the Theatre open daily. Tickets, also, : L t Messrs. Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond otreet. T"' TRE ROYAL D U U R Y-L AN E. managel os, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENIZ 'G, the Performances will commence with e New Serio-Cot aic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled priG HT AND Ni C )RN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Me: is rs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, Ntld lIE on, and Heath. To conclude wi th the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBA D THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wnder of th, World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri; Basses. Mesf:rs. J. Cormack and S. Saville; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. B.trnes and J. mores ; Columbines, Madame Bolen() and Niisses Gun.niss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. e ment of Mr. Fechter. .11-111) Under the Sole Malsag BEL DEAONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with - a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: m es B,B. 11. Widdicornbe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland ; IClsses Percy, Pauline LeJlercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. LtaVellU. A ‘t er which, a t Eight o'clock, BEL DENIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux , taken from Stendhal's "Italian C',hroni c lea," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by 31r. Fectiter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Broue,-h:tlTl, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, "Zoilett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Layenu, Alrs. Lee, and atm; Elswor thy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either 4o: play bills or for the safe keeping of hate and cloaks, and. that the attendat ts in all parts of the house are forbidden to _receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. 711HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. TEAS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Ctdlentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Bill, &c. After witich, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EV - ENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The rine L so ady of Banbury Cross, and the Old W who Lived in a Shoe and Had Many Children didn'tsh 'Know what to do. EIV THE ATRE-ROYAL, ADELP HI, sole ronri..tor and Manacrer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVFLNING, THE PRETTY HORSEBitEAKER. Miss Woolgar. at to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, support zd by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss IL Simms, and Mrs. Billing,t)n. To conclude NV t h LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Magio Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti ;oseghs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA 13.-EVERY NIGHT, MISS BATEMAN. MISS BA7EMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING. the 111th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prii:cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of L FAIL has been attenaed. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENINU until further Dotice. R OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINEW every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs.. Stirling, sirs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr.. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Ft ederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Buckine ham, Esq., entitled T E SILVER LIN : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one. Mr. M ontague ; Mrs. harles Mathews. Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mi ss Cottrell, MissWentrth. and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles M woathews just translated from the French)in his chnracteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBE To conclude with 1863 ; or. THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON ; Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING-, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND MIRY fACE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. 11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containinc; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 4an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLItNIE, NEWS AGEICT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ........265. per ton. 1 Double .21s. per ton. Top 258. „ Nut 5........ Ws. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De• pots. Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf Paddington, W. Best Cote .15s. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taus DAT.—Morning, 2h. 19m.—Afternoon, 2h. 44m. rn-mcnuarevf.-Morning , 3h. sm..—Afternoon. 3h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 8, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock __ __ --- Barometer-29.66 , Wind—N,W.; moderate, and cloudy. fc-lwr P 41 43 g ""•-• LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 8, 1864. Left in the lurch at the eleventh hour, after being openly encouraged to expect support of e, very 4 ` material" kind during the ten hours (so to speak) immediately preceding, Denmark, although flushed with sudden hope by her first success, is nom Ifithdrawing before, if it is very far indeed from having yet succumbed to, the vastly superior powers opposed to her. The contest, it should be borne in mind, is not simply as it were, a struggle between a dwarf and a giant—it bears more of a resemblance, strictly speaking, to a brutal on slaught all ee dam by two giants upon a heroic pigmy. The whole population of Denmark, let it be remembered for a moment, is considerably less than the aggregate of the population of our own capital! And it is against this minor kingdom that the combined armaments of two of the great Powers of Europe are now being directed energetically and, by previous concert , simultaneou sly. Isolat e d as the Danes are, therefore, when assailed thus by the Austrians and Prussians, it cannot possibly be any smatter of surprizeto us that, although heartened on by the first brilliant success achieved by the Danes on the earliest encounter of the belligerents, the soldiers of Denmark—we should learn by the news fleshed to us from the seats of war, bit by bit in eluiost momentary telegrame—are becoming the setore in events very different, indeed, in their Miesunde, for example, before which the assailants were signally worsted for while at that first encounter, hes been even tea 'ly eleandoned. As might, in truth, have been eticipated. As was, indeed, for that matter, just, in one word, inevitable. Not only has it been thus, however , between the belligerents, but—the rite de pent at Missurale, hiving been blown up, the Danes have been pursued in the direction of Flensburg, several guns having been captured during that pursuit. An engagement of a rather san guinary character is known, moreover, to have taken place at Idstedt. And, a pontoon bridge having beet thrown across the Schlei at a point cllaracter. between Arnis and Cappeln by Prince FREDERICK CHARLES, at the head of his division of Prussians, the Danes, startled into a retrograde movement by that proceeding, at 12.30 a.m. on Saturday abruptly evacuated the city of Schleswig, abandoned the Dan newerke with the whole of the material of war there accumulated—included amongst this all-important material of war sixty heavy pieces of artillery ! The Austrians thereupon, of course, entering the city of Schleswig (as it appears at seven o'clock on tke evening of Saturday), and taking possession of the Dannewerke, together with the sixty guns, etcetera! And, not only doing this right promptly and ener getically, but afterwards pursuing the retiring enemy in the direction of Flensburg. Pursuing them thither so hotly and determinedly, that between Schleswig and Flensburg, consider ably nearer to the latter than to the former, at a place called Oversee, a battle has teen fought, in which the Danes were signally defeated by the Austrian forces under General GABLENZ, the Commander-in-Chief. In this battle, it appears, Colonel the Prince WILLIAM of WIIRTEMBIIRG was severely wounded, one lieutenant-colonel also being wounded, two hundred Danish prisoners being cap tured, and with those prisoners six cannon of heavy calibre, together with a considerable portion of the baggage trains and ammu nition. The mere announcement in the Danish capital of the evacuation by the national troops of the Dannewerke, with all the ma terials of war there delivered up no less completely and unreservedly than the city of Schleswig itself to the German invaders— has already, it would seem, created the greatest excitement and indignation at Copenhagen. The popular indignation, there, being mainly directed against the Danish Commander-in-Chief. And the depression upon public feeling because of these last events being so profound and excessive that a proclamation subsequently issued by the newly enthroned. Patriot King CHRISTIAN TX,, so far from reassuring the multitude, has, it would actually appear according to one of the telegrams, " produced an unfavourable:impression. ° While the complica tions of war are thus becoming every day more serious as between Denmark and Germany, what, in simplest truth, really is to be the policy of the PALMERTON Government between the belligerents ? The House of Commons, the People of England pause for a reply ! Few catastrophes impress the public mind more deeply and painfully than accidents by fire. The suddenness of the alarm, the imminence of the danger, and the fact that in the ordinary routine of daily life we are all more or less liable to it, enhance the consternation occasioned by the agonising and fatal nature of the accident. Of late years, thanks to the extravagance of fashion and the wilful recklessness of its votaries, such disasters have been distressingly common. At a recent inquest ou a lady the Coroner stated that 40,000 persons had died from burns in the last 15 years, being at the rate of eight a day. We have heard so often that the repetition, though always painful, is no longer surprising, of happy festive meetings turned into funeral assemblies, of family gatherings round the winter's hearth converted into ghastly tragedies of the young, the lovely, and beloved arraying themselves in gay attire like victims decked for slaughter, only to perish by the most terrible of deaths. But there is something especially startling in such a catas trophe when the victim has incurred the danger which has led to her destruction in efforts for the public amusement ; when we propose to pass a light and pleasant evening of diversion and recrea tion, and are suddenly called upon to witness an appalling holocaust. The shock of poor CLAnA WEISSTEIL'S melancholy death Created a deep and wife spread feeling of horror and regret, and steps were immediately taken to prevent the re petition of such a tragedy. Unhappily the danger, although diminished, is by no means overcome, and from time to time some poor sufferer, usually a ballet dancer, falls a victim to imprudence or misfortune. A case of this kind has very lately taken place, and combined with the dreadful catas trophe at Chili, has called public attention with renewed earnestness to the matter of theatrical per formances and risks from fire. However lamentable may be the sacrifice of a single victim, the scene and its consequences are far more terrible when the whole body of spectators are involved in one com mon danger, when the risk of suffocation, of broken limbs and mangled bodies, cf death from the tramp ling feet of an affrighted multitude, are superadded to the terrors cf the wreathing flames. The thought that naturally presented itself to the mind of every English reader, after the first moment of horror and commiseration, was, " What would be the result of a similar accident in one of our theatres ?" Nor is the danger restricted to theatres alone; every large music-hall and place of assembly would tell the same tale of many complicated turns, of narrow passages, of few and small sized doors. Any one who has sat in the middle of Exeter-hall on a crowded night, must, if the thought of fire pre sented itself to his mind, have wondered how that living mass would struggle out of that vast space in a moment of sudden panic. The Lord Chamberlain very prudently has not contented himself with moralising ; he has determined, if possible, to do something to mitigate the danger at present existing to individuals and to communities, and has therefore convened a meeting of the principal theatrical mana gers of the metropolis, for the purpose of considering the best means of preventing such lamentable acci dents. The gentlemen who appeared in answer to this summons unanimously expressed their desire to provide in every way for the safety of the ballet girls employed in their establishments ; but de clared that the difficulty was to deal with the care lessness and indifference of the girls themselves, Various plans had been tried, some managers even threatening dismissal if the rules were infringed. In answer to the Lord Chamberlain's inquiry as to the possibility of enforcing the dipping of the dresses worn in ballets in an uninflammable solu tion, it was explained that such a precaution was of little use, as it was generally the mass of light gauze under petticoats—often 13 or 14 in number —which caught fire. The girls always neglected to use the material for underclothing even when it was supplied to theni, and were habitually regard less of the regulations about passing near lamps, &c. We suspect, however, that if the plan adopted by Mr. CAVE, of the Marylehone Theatre, were extensively followed, and several girls actually fined or discharged for breaking the printed rules, such inattention would be less common. It is not sur prising if the girls themselves, who would be the victim s o f their own folly, Ix little busy and engrossinl; cannot be made to show more prud ence , t h at managers am id a ll the i r occupations are not very pre cise in enf orc i ng litich rules. Nevertheless this accident will probably startle many of them into renewed vigilance and greater severity. Bat it is evident that it will not do to reckon upon the security of the dresses being uninflammable ; the security must lie in having the lights well guarded. had the light which ignited the poor Columbine's dress at the Pavilion been protected by a wire network, the accident could not have happened, and the public have a right to ex pect that managers should take this simple and in ' expensive precaution. A rigid adherence to rules should also be insisted on, and no one should Ve THE, SUN. LUND suffered through ignorance or perversity to place herself night after night in positions of imminent risk. The matter of ingress and egress might also be more satisfactorily dealt with, although the body of managers seemed to think that nothing more could be done. It is not enough to have numerous doors if they are small and narrow, and lead into interminable and intricate passages. There should be good bread portals in several parts of the theatre or hall, or assembly room, which could be flung open in case of sudden alarm, even if not ordinarily used; and passages as ample and as direct as the nature of the building would allow should lead from them to the outer world. The gentlemen present at the deputation expressed their readiness to do all that lay in their power to remove all pos sible risks, and we trust that they will be enabled to do something on both points that will serve to relieve the natural anxiety of the public. Last Thursday the royal yacht Alberta under went a third official trial in Stokes Bay, but on this occasion, if the representatives of the press were not actually excluded from witnessing the trial, it was intimated by Captain R. BROOMHEAD that the Controller of the Navy objected to publicity being given to the result of the trial. Our leading con temporary, in referring to the subject, remarks that " before the yacht left Portsmouth harbour for the trial ground, Rear-Admiral ROBINSON intimated through the officer in command of the yacht, Capt• BROOMHEAD, to the Times correspondent at the port, who was present, according to his usual cus tom, on the occasion of anyitrial of interest, that he, as the Controller of the Navy, objected to any report of the day's proceedings being made public, under these unprecedented circumstances our correspon dent declined to go out of the harbour in the yacht." While feeling naturally indignant at this very ex traordinary conduct on the part of the Admiralty, we can nevertheless well understand the object. It will be remembered that some weeks since the Alberta went out for her first trial, when part of her machinery breaking down, the trial had to be postponed.. On the second trial the machinery worked most satisfactorily, but it was discovered that the performances of the vessel herself by no means came up to the expectations of her designers. The Alberta was built expressly for the use of her MAJESTY. It was proposed to construct a small paddle- wheel steamer to run between Osborne and Southampton, which should possess greater speed, steadiness, and accommodation than the screw yacht Fairy. In these respects the Alberta seems to have been a failure, for, according to the report of parties who witnessed the second trial, she fulfilled none of these requisites. The engines, which are of immense power, drove the vessel ahead, as it were, in spite of herself, which in indignity she resented by hanging her head in the sea, and rendering those on deck very uncom fortable by shipping as much water as possible. It is not, however, on the merits or demerits of the Alberta that we wish at present to remark ; failures and blunders are too common in our navy yards to create much surprise. We look forward with curio sity and interest to the new systems about to bs introduced in the building of our ships, by the con structor of the navy, and wish him every success ; but with regard to this new admiralty system of gagging the press as it were, we denounce it as quite un-English. It cannot be that they are ashamed of their blunder, and wish to hush up the matter. They have come forward too often boldly and un blushingly to admit a reckless expenditure of pub lic money. Yet, if such really be the object, we can only remark that the conduct is on a par with the wisdom and British spirit of our Foreign Office. Every day English institutions and English inde pendence are being pushed into the background by LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] N, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG. SCHLESWIG, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Austrian head quarters are to-day at Frorup, near Oversee. The Prussian head quarters are at Glucksburg. The Austrians are pursuing the enemy in a northerly direction, and the Prussian Guards in a westerly direction. The severe engagement which took place yester day near Idstedt, between the Austrian and Prus sian troops and the Danes resulted in a victory of the former. The King has set out for Copenhagen. In the engagement near Oversee and the streets of Flensburg there were many killed and wounded. The Austrian regiment of the King of the Bel gians alone lost 17 officers and 500 rank and file. RETREAT OF THE DANES, DANISH ACCOUNT. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 7, 10.57. Overcome by the fatigue occasioned by five days constant duty, the Danish army, giving way to superior force, retreated to Duppel, on reaching which place the cavalry took a northerly direc tion,the enemy being co n ti nua ll y i n pursu it. Several : en gagements took place ; the Danish losses were considerable. The German troops in Schleswig have everywhere participated in the demonstrations in favour of the Prince of Augustenburg. The excitement in Copenhagen still continues. At to-day's extraordinary sitting of the Rigs dag the President of the Council said that the King was not instrumental in the retreat of the army, that the proceedings of the Commander-in.Caitf were inexplicable, and that he had therefore been recalled. RECALL OF GEN. DE MEZA. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 7, 2.17 p,m. The Danish C o mmander-in-Chief General de Meza and the Chief of the Staff have been recalled. General de Luttichan has been temporarily entrusted with the command of the army. Notwithstanding its being Sunday both Cham bers of the Rigsdag held a public sitting to-day. concessions. DANISH EVACUATION OF SCHLESWIG. AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. BERLIN, Feb. 6. The Austrian Embassy in this city has received the following telegram:— " A communication was received from Gortorf at 4.30 a.m. to-day, at the headquarters, stating that according to a report from Colonel Feldegg, Schles wig had been evacuated without fighting. " A deputation from the inhabitants waited upon Lieut.. General von Gablenz, and announced that the Danes had evacuated that city at 12.30 to-day. "A report from Gottorf Castle announces that the Austrians took possession "of Schleswig at seven o'clock this morning. " The Danes, in evacuating the Dannewerke, left 60 heavy pieces of artillery behind them. " The Austrians have occupied Gottorf Castle. The troops are now pursuing the enemy to Flensburg. "It appears that the Danish decision was in fluenced by the knowledge that the Prussians under Prince Frederick Charles had concentrated yester day afternoon opposite Cappeln for the purpose of crossing the Schlei. "The best spirit prevails among the Austrian troops." MARSHAL VON WRANGEL'S REPORT. BERLIN, Feb. 6, 4 p.m. The foilowing telegram has just bee❑ received here from Field-Marshal von Wrangel : " SCHLESWIG, Feb. 6, 10.45 a.m. "The Danes evacuated Schleswig last night, without awaiting the attack which was intended to he made to-day. " The regiments commanded by Lieutenant- General von Geblenz end von der Mulbe are pur suing the enemy to Flensburg. " Many guns have fallen into our hands." RENDSBURG, FEB. 7 (Evening). Persons arrived here from the North state that the Austrians have occupied Flendsburg. The Prussians have advanced, leaving Flensburg on their left. Wounded soldiers have been brought here from the battlefield at Idsted, THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BERLIN, FEB. 8. Private letters received here from Warsaw an nounce the arrest of a). individual named Fawski, and state that it had .ed to most important disco veries, in consequence of which 1,000 persons had been arrested in Warsaw and the provinces up to Saturday last. . The same letters further state that the archives of the National Government had fallen into the hands of the Russian authorities, and that impor tant personages in Poland and abroad were thereby seriously compromised. The D:iennik announces the discovery of ten in• fernal machines, together with bombs and arms, at the vinegar manufactory of 11. Eckert. Satsuma has paid the indemnity and makes certain CHINA. SHANGHAI, DEC. 26. The Imperialists are gaining ground. Woosi has been captured by Rhode. those whose duty it is to uphold oar national pos tion, while they study, to assimilate our laws and political expressions, as far as possible, to the French and German standards. Great interest is taken at present in the construction of ships, many new plans of construction are being adopted. The Duke of SOMERSET stated recently, on a visit of inspection to the Ironworks of Messrs. BROWN and Co. at Sheffield, that there were ten or twelve ves sels being built, all at different stations, by way of experiment, for the Admiralty intend that the re presentatives of the press shall be excluded from the trials of these vessels, and the public kept in ignorance of the results. Much has lately been said about the jobbery existing in the Dockyards, but if this practice of keeping their doings in dark ness be continued at headquarters, it will be of little or no use to complain of the malpractices of their subordinates. We trust that some explana tion may be given of this unprecedented conduct, and that this exclusiveness on the part of Admiral ROBINSON may be the exception and not the rule of future conduct. The failure of the Alberta for the purpose for which she was intended is a matter of little moment, except it shows how long it takes Government officials to choose the right road when there is a wrong one open to them, and if it is pos sible to take the latter one, they generally do. These mistakes are not often made in our private yards. When the Thames, Mersey, and Clyde firms undertake to build a vessel of a certain tonnage and rate of speed, they seldom fail to fulfil their engagements. With the Admiralty it is, however, too often far otherwise, and we could mention any number of instances in which newly launched vessels have had to be metamorphosed and doctored to render them partially fit for service. The engines will probably be taken out of the Alberta and placed in a more promising craft, while she is turned over to some other purpose. These things have often happened before, and will probably occur again, but we trust that the representatives of the press may not again be excluded from trials of interest to the public, to snit the whim or fancy of any member of the Admi ralty. Government mistakes and blunders may be tolerated to some extent as unavoidable, but offi cial despotism is always to be condemned, and we trust that we shall meet with no more of it at the hands of the Lords of the Admiralty. THE NATIONAL SLIABSPERE COMMITTEE.—Prof. Donaldson (President of the Royal Institute of British Architects), the Mayor of Bath, and the Mayor of Wareham have been added to the National Shakspere Committee. A joint meeting of the Site and Monument Committees was held on Friday. The general impression seems to be, that the choice of site lies mainly between the Green Park, near to Piccadilly, and the Temple Gardens, close to the river esplanade. Primrose Hill finds many advocates, and a warm recommendation of Kensington Gardens has been made. The Mayor of Stratford-upon- Avon announces the details of the Shakspero celebration in that town. On Saturday, April 23, there will be a banquet with the Earl of Carlisle in the chair. On Monday, a per formance of " The Messiah" will be given, and in the even ing a miscellaneous concert. From Tuesday to Friday there will be dramatic performances and feedings, the festival concluding with a fancy dress ball, on Friday evening. A pavilion, capable of accommodating about 6,000 persons, is nearly completed. The profits are to be devoted to the endowment of scholarships in the Free Grammar School, and to the erection of a memorial to the poet in his native town. Some of our chief centres of provincial life have also announced their commemorative projects. Birming ham has resolved to collect a Shakspeare library,—Man chester to found scholarships, and perhaps erect a statue, — Derby and Newcastle to found scholarships in connection with their respective Grammar Schools. Liverpool and Leicester intend to have a local celebrationLa play, a din ner, a concert, which they will probably commemorate by some local foundation. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Cork, will probably move in the same direction. All this is as it ought to be. In a few years we may have scholar , ships in all the arts,—iithenceum FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 6.—The market has again become dull, and the business done has been at a decline on the closing quotations of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 30c. Mobilier re mains firm, as does also the Railway Market. The market left off as follows : Italian Loan 6B 20 Do. end month 6B 25 New ditto 67 Do. end month — Russian • Austrian Spanish Threes 5l Florae Debt Deferred f AIM C a sh. Account. Orleans 996 25 .. 995 Northern New ditto — .. Lyons and Mediterranean 930 3 ._— .. 932 50 New ditto BB 75 .• Southern 651 25 .. 652 50 W estern Eastern .... S ar di n i an 3BO .. .... Austrian Lon' bard North of Spain 25 .. 5 4 7 9 0 0 _— Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona . „ 4i per Cents. 95 30 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 40 Credit Mobilier 1002 50 Do. end month 1005 Bank Shares....., 3280 Credit Fancier 1220 Roman Ite.lL ..... NEW ZEALAND• A telegram from Alexandria announces a severe engagement having taken place at Rangiriri, on the Waikato River, near Lake Waikare. The natives were dislodged after fighting 24 hours. 183 prisoners were taken, including several chiefs. The loss on our side was 4 officers killed, 11 wounded, 37 non-commissioned officers and privates killed and 80 wounded. _ _ MELBOURNE, DEC. 24. Advicea from New Zealand announce that the Maories have suffered a great defeat. Two hundred prisoners were captured. The 50th Regiment had arrived. ..............••••• JAPAN• SHANGHAI, DEC. 26. A.dvices received here from Japan state that Prince LITERATURE. Sport in Norway, and Where to Find R. By the Rev. Mr. R. Bernard, B.A. One Vol., pp. 334. Chapman and Hall. There is little of originality in Mr. Bernard's book, for by far the greater portion of the most interesting parts is merely a transcript of the labours or discoveries of others. His catalogue of the " Alpine Flora and Ferns of Norway," is not the result of his own investigation, but is extracted, "by permission of the late Professor Blytt," from that learned professor's works, and has, tc.oreever (as Mr. Bernard informs us in a foot note), " al ready appeared in the pages of The Field newspaper. The extent of the "Flora," and the information to be derived from its perusal, may no doubt prove agree able to those naturalists who have not already met with it in its first form of publication ; but we cannot help remarking that the leading object of the book, as specified in its title, namely, " Sport in Norway, and Where to Find it," is carried out in a very im perfect and unsatisfactory manner. As regards angling, Mr. Bernard seems to know nothing per sonally of many of the rivers he recommends. He speaks of all doubtingly, as if afraid to pledge his character for the truth of what he asserts, whether as regards the sport to be met with in them, or the fact—a most important one to his readers, who have any intention of visiting Norway —as to whether the fishing of those rivers is already secured by lease or not. After giving glowing descriptions of the sport to be met with in some of them, he concludes by say ing, "I believe the fishing here to be engaged—l do not think it was in 1860 ;" and ho winds up a long list of first-rate pools and rivers with the fol lowing discouraging remark--" Let it be distinctly understood that I by no means wish it to be inferred that salmon fishing can be engaged in in all the above-named rivers, but that fair sport is occasion ally to be found in some of them I am quite con vinced." Now this account of where sport is to be found in Norway cannot be named as at all satis factory by such of Mr. Bernard's readers as consult his book, to discover where fish are abundant in Norway, and where they may ply their rods without the danger of interruption from those who have already secured the exclusive right of angling. A journey to Norway is rather expensive, and it would be, to say the least of it, annoying, that sportsmen on arriving there should find either that there was no fish where he was led to hope for them, or that where they are to found in some of these rivers that he could not there obtain permission to kill them. And we apprehend that few men will rely on Mr. Bernard's statements as to " Sport in Norway ; and Where to Find It." " Sketches from See itersdal" comprise the most amusing part of our author's volume, but in respect to them also he frankly tells us that " his information regarding these strange people" is principally gathered from a series of letters which appeared in a periodical published in Christiana, and that he has been enabled to lay it before his readers by the permis sion of the editor of " Cassel's Illustrated Family Paper," in which have already appeared, we hope not as original, his gleanings from a periodical of the town in which he resided, as chaplain to the British consulate. Christmas at Old Court. By the author of " Riche lieu in Love." One Vol. Pp. 475. Bentley. This very sprightly tale is by the author of " Richelieu in Love," a play rendered famous, some few years back, as " the Prohibited Comedy," and is dedicated, in some complimentary verses, to Benjamin Webster, Eq., lessee of the Adelp'ai Theatre. The story—which relates to us the Christ mas adventures and amusements, with au under current of plot and counter-plot,entered into by the family circle assembled at Old Court, the country seat of Sir Muspratt Glanville—is pleasantly told, and is sparkling and animated throughout. The history is narrated by one of the visitors—a charm ing damsel endearingly surnamed Verte-verte, who is the prime agent in the secret machinations entered into by the true friends of Georgiana Glan ville to open her eyes to the worthlessness of her rich suitor, Sir Harry Lao Childers, Bart., and to convince her of the wisdom of her own heart's instincts, which plead, but for a time in vain, for the noble-spirited Vernon Somers. Sir Muspratt, the host, is a capital and excellent character ; Lady Muspratt is an ambitious and scheming mamma. A variety of gusts enliven the scene and the story. Among other attractions, a drama—" A Spanish Tale," yclept the " Shakspere forgery"--is intro duced to attest the dramatic experience of the lively author or authoress of " Richelieu in Love." Anne Cave. A Tale. By Kenner Deene, author of " The Dull Stone liaise," &e. 'three Vols. T. 0. Newby. Anne Cave is a governess summoned to Yawley Manor to tame and train the wild and wayward, but genuine and loveable Elsie Aubrey. Anne finds herself very speedily involved in a chaos of difficul ties and disasters. The lady of the mansion, the crafty and treacherous Mrs. Aubrey, is resolved, with all the determination of a resolute and despe rate woman, that her son shall inherit his father's estates, to the prejudice of his elder brother, the son of a former marriage. The hero, Robert Aubrey, although sot so bad as he is painted by his step mother, is no model paragon of virtue. The story is full of trouble and treachery, and will be found highly interesting to the lovers of sensational romance. The Cities of the Past. By Frances Power Cobbe. One Vol. Pp. 216. Taibner. These little sketches of travels through the City of the Sun (Baalbec), the City of Victory (Cairo), the Eternal City (Rome), LHow, by the bye, can the Eternal City be ranked with the Cities of the Past P] the City of Peace (Jerusalem), with "a day at Athens" and another " at the Dead Sea," were originally published in Fraser's Magazine. The fair authoress, in commending the love of travel so remarkable in her countrymen and countrywomen, truly observes, as the results of her own experience, that " for a time, for a passing experience, there is nothing better for us than to cool our fevered lips in the waters of old Nile, and wash our wearied eyes in Jordan. We see this life in a new aspect from that different world, and we return to it with different thoughts." While we are disposed to dis sent with many of the opinions here expressed re garding the men and manners witnessed by this traveller tbrough the Cities of the Past, we have been charmed with her appreciation of the beauties of nature, as ,when in speaking of the delights afforded by the sight and fragrance of flowers, she exclaims, " Methinks, if there were no other proafs in the world of God's goodness, the flowers would supply them in abundance." Sermons. Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, by the late Rev. Frederick W. Robertson, M.A., the Incumbent. Fourth Series. One Vol., pp. 362. Smith, Elder, end Co. A now volume, completing the sermons of the late Mr. Robertson, the popular preacher of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, will be very welcome to his very numerous admirers. In the introductory remarks prefixed to this series the editor has introduced some very judicious observations on preaching, taken from the letter of a friend, which indirectly bear upon the discourses of Mr. Robertson, he hav ing possessed in a very remarkable manner the practical requisites of a good preacher, the frequent deficiency of which in the English pulpit is here so very justly remarked. "I think," says the writer here quoted, " one great need in our pulpit minis. trations is naturalness, by which I mean an exact recognition of the facts of our daily life. Tho phrase ' the dignity of the pulpit' hes given a fatally artificial character to the mass of sermons. M r. Spurgeon and his vulgar slang is a violent reaction from the cold, unfelt conventionalities with which men have grown so familiar, and his success is due to the fact that ha recognises the men and women before him as flesh and blood—sinning, suffering, tempted, falling, struggling, rising. Like all ex treme reactions, it shocks a great many by its levity, its irreverence, and its vulgarity." While free from all such extravagance of style, Mr. obertson's sermons are remarkable for their earnestness of spirit, and the practical nature of the instructions which they enforce. Arichandra, the Martyr of Truth ; a Tamil Drama, translated into English by Mutu Coomara Swarny, barrister-at-law, of Lincoln's-ion, &,?., member of her Majesty's Legislative Council of Ceylon, &c. Smith, Elder, and Co. This hook, which is dedicated to the Queen, as the first Empress of India, by one of her Oriental subjects, is indeed a curiosity, and well deserving the attention of the student, or inquirer into historical literature. Flom the very graceful dedication we extract the following : TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. Madam,—The honour of dedicating a book to your Ma• jesty has been sought, for the first time, by one of those millions of Orientals over whom you have been declared the first British Empress, and to whom, by the proclama tion last issued under the sanctionof your august name, you have accorded a charter of rights which opens up to them new careers of usefulness and happiness. Yet it is not to commemorate events such as these, great as they undoubtedly are, nor, in verity, is it from being dazzled by the lofty eminence which your Majesty occupies as the sovereign of one of the mightiest empires the world has seen, that I have solicited the distinction of this dedi cation ; but because it has been my heart's wish to leave though but a fleeting record of the unbounded admiration which the many virtues adorning your character have inspired in the minds of all, both natives of these realms and foreigners to them ; as also, of the brilliant example your Majesty has set in your own person to indicate, not only to your successors, but, indeed, to all the magnates of the earth, that their best title to govern men consists in their submitting themselves to be governed by the dictates of piety, morality, and stern and unswerving truth.—Your Majesty's most obedient servant, MUTU COOMA.RI SWAMY. The literature of the Hindoos, we are told, abounds in dramatic works; the one herewith presented to us is from a Tamil or Sanscrit origin. It is thus described in the preface : Amongst the various historiettes which were recounted in illustration of the principle they taught, that of Arichan dra, the King of Ayodiah, is held to occupy a pre-eminent place. Its singular beauty in the eyes of the Tamils in duced their poets at first, as has been intimated above, to make a distinct po, m of it, and its lasting popularity even tually resulted in its affording the incidents of an exciting tragedy. Thus the drama, of which this volume attempts to fur:- nish a translation, is purely Tamil, though the germ of the plot may be traced to a Sanscrit origin. Indeed, the value of the work, if any, consists in its being a Tamil play; for though several translations of the Sanscrit drama are to be found, yet no specimen or the Tamil has been presented in an European guise. The latter is, nevertheless, more ex tensive than even the Sanscrit; for while a learned Sanscrit professor has counted the number of plays in that language to be nearly sixty or thereabout, those in Tamil exceed perhaps a hundred, Of all these, Arichandra is held to be the most popular. The fate of its hero and heroine has again and again drawn tears from the crowds who so eagerly congregate in all rats of Southern India and Tamil-Ceylon to witness its representation. To have thus attained the foremost rank, despite its numerous competitors, the work must have possessed some distinctive merit of its own, or portrayed those sentiments which were most in unison with those of the people among whom it found so hearty a re ception. Hence its title to be a fitting specimen of the Tamil drama. Besides its great popularity, and its thereby affording foreigners an excellent key to the peculiarities of the national tone of thought, its claims to distinction rest also on the moral which it conveys. The whole gist of this play may be summed up in the words, " Better Elie than lie 1" It may, therefore, be a source of some encouragement to those who inculcate the desirability of improving the be nighted Indians with a better code of morals than that which their own systems of philosophy teach, that even amongst them are to he found admirers of such characters as Arichandra, who, though persecuted for his persistent adherence to truth and virtue, yet maintains his constancy to the last, regardless of consequences, in the midst of the most excruciating tortures, and in the presence of death itself. The story of Arichandra may be a myth ; but the response which its representation meets with in the hearts of a large section of the Hindus is a fact. To the general reader Arichondra will possess little interest, but to the learned few it will be at once a treasure and a curiosity. The English version does credit to the translator. The Gentle Life: Essays in Aid of the Formation of Character. One Vol., pp. 312. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. The term "Gentle" as applied to the Life here depicted, is understood in a spirit similar to that in which the same word is employed by Thackeray in his beautiful Christmas Carol, wherein he speaks of " Peace on earth to gentle men." The essays here collected are various in theme, but are for the most part genial in tone and courtly in style. They will find favour with many thoughtful readers, and afford profitable meditation for many a pleasant hour. Among the subjects treated, first and fore most, is the difference between being " gentle" and "genteel"—the great ambition and the great error of the present day ; the manners of the man, eti quette, disappointments, riches, servants, conversa tion, conceit, indolence, men's wives, women's hus bands, &c., &a. ; and other kindred themes are all in turn considered by one very well qualified for the serious and somewhat censorious task he has under taken. The Gentlewoman. By the Author of "Dinners and Diane, Parties." One Vol., pp. 118. Chap- man and Hall. As an evidence that the author of this curious little volume well appreciates the object of his study let us, before entering upon the merits of his work, quote his graceful portraiture of THE ENGLISH GENTLEWOMAN. It is only in the soil where weeds cannot live that the fairest of all flowers is to be found, and on which weeds c not be engrafted. The gentlewoman is a genus of the most assiduous cultivation, peculiarly interesting in truth, nature, and reason ; producing an equality of temper, exercising all the niceties of ceremony that makes her welcome wherever she may go; her conversation is habitually cautious ; all that she mentions is honest and agreeable ; she is an enemy to ill-nature and pride, and laments that they are so fre quent in the world I with a self-respect and consideration for others, she secretly condemns the follies and weaknesses of "keeping up appearances." Disdaining all fashionable outrage, she appears as the pink of neatness, the type of contentment, and when she goes abroad may be known by her innate grace and motion. Her home is elegant, and her table dainty, free from all vicious luxury; every hour of the day has its employment ; she attends to trifles, which saves more than suffices to pay all the imposts of her household, where reigns a serenity that is truly refreshing. Happy are the men that have such homes, for to a surety poverty never enters. The earlier pages of this little book contain some very interesting and judicious remarks and anec dotes, chiefly bewailing the decadence of household knowledge among the fair ladies of the present day. That this neglect of woman's mission does not find favour with the highest lady of the land, we have ample evidence in the following interesting parti culars respecting THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. But what will these ten millions of females say when they learn that Queen Victoria, the highest gentlewoman in the land, did, down to the lamented death of the Prince, pay daily visits of inspection of her kitchen, pantry, and confec tionary, and still-room, and was proud of, and did herself show those rooms to her visitors when staying at the Castle ; and, carrying out the recognised principle of female duty, model kitchens were constructed at Windsor and Osborne, where all the princesses, from the eldest downwards, havo passed a portion of each day in acquiring a knowledge of the various duties of domestic economy in the management of a household. In their model kitchen the princesses hove daily practised the art of cookery and also confectionary in all its various branches. There is a small store-room au' joining each kitchen, where each princess in turn gives out the stores, weighing or measuring each article, and making an entry thereof in a book kept for the purpose ; besides which, the princesses make bread ; aril that is not all, they have a dairy where they churn butter and make cheese. Among the miscellaneous matters here introduced as bearing upon the subject of female education, is en extract of a speech of Lord Brougham at the National Science Congress in 1862, in which his lordship pays n very beautiful tribute to the useful .labours of the Sisters of Charity. As every reformer has a particular panacea of his own, so in the opi nion of the author of this dissertation on " Ihe Gentlewom an ," t h e true remedy f or a ll the deficiencies and difficulties of the ladies and poor ladies of the day, is to b e f oun d i n the M o d e l Kitchen, pictures of which, and various recipes well adapted for which, are contained in the latter portion of the book. Many of these recipes will no doubt prove espeCiallY thlie highly acceptable to the fair reader, temptingly go ing to u prevent the master of the mansion club)." After quoting which we need surely sag entitled " Inexpensive trifles (wMfi, no more to commend this " Gentlewoman" to t attention of her fair namesakes. The author of ----- Dy Pictures tells o f the Past : and other Poems. Th William Bradfield. Longman and Co. pee us that he especially delights iti 0000f:I way of the places," " out of the way books," and 5 the way lore o f •,, ,cgay s loo! every kind. , sow ° cdi walk," he says, these unpretending little P,e,,e have I taken to view . iir ruinnl3l39 a pleastt illa; have or some famous site; I passed over some ancient book; 1-'3.054 time courted the quaint relations of old f"tilbee3 an out ha° e Ter a t s lll coa attraction, a pleasure, a passion, e2Ptisg. ha m connected with. my nativ e " untrlil°t 13° na'hire.,, After this introduction w° are the surprised to find among the poems Whi ch P s t he pages of this volume old legends, ouch as of Stoneman and Robin Hood's Stride, and P' c old places, such as St. Ann's Well, &:°' -.0 Si r o lt" Orpah's _Return, and other Poems. PY Aw i c ite , Alfred Hills. One Vol. Pp. 123. 116/....,.,tedti a r h fo , iln t ih h tew e r s ee i ds s t t i e tnh r g - e i i n rt - h l me a the The first little poem in this volume is sugg'"ooo of melancholy return to her deserted otter oh O ta r hd p e w h e e :i lteb ' el r I °ol t been selects deall themes t e h o s f e i b ri t :i in h er i N versification, among others the incideat recnererood, Irs. Jameson, when the fair sister of SE . A by liet attired in gorgeous array, and surrouede" irotah attendants, visited her brothera abbel of Ci d 6 p ogo and the abbot, scandalised by her pride % e nv ie s °s r a . model of humility and piety. imitate to see her, and bade her r eturn ';erot(11 imitate her mother. This sister became flit:gel vigour evidenced in some of the descriPti. ~The sages, as in the delineation. of the boar 2,", silli Death of Atys," we cannot congratulate P.obe 0 upon any very great poetic ability Whiellsoooo displayed in the composition of the Or° Pearl of the Rhone : here collected. While there.; er fir ..... The P William Duthie, author of a " Trse o Hardwicke. n eir el The dy Or st l author of these poems has sires oblisli in prose. He has now for the first tireelProdf.rs collection is and other reeitliirsi:get! a volume of poems, some of which Wen t 6 0,4 Si b s peered ill the magazines. As a e Is tifr sweetness about the verses contained fe °i vy o iaii llif full of promise; there is /6101000 which presents a pleasing contrast 10 sop O'e r ' The works we have recently had occasion to t ................. v St°44s4l otli Pickering'. ve l' Pl"B;ntt° This i King's Bell. By Richard gePrJ s a very charming slory, r - w io .- 1 ) told in verse of a certain King Feli l ' A be iirl Wl s pride a and joy of youth, erected a gil de ' e d i llil la bell of wondrous tone to ring I ` ciii (31 0 01(1‘ f day." He prophesied that his peopl e 1 eye d A li . deafened by the chime," expecting t% s ppi 5 : t fhis life he should indeed be " Al 3 a do r-fl e and the King." Alas, experience teaches ,80 a dr° o4 lesson and it is not till his lifeless 'OO powerless by his side that the silken Orb Pearl of o l f it D tle ay w s,' o ' "King's Bell" of joy rings °. Tte —_—_. autho r °f 0 0 ' Poems. By B. H. Farquhar, 3, l'ita l 1 , lection of moral and religious rlen3;:g ebi ldr o , which are some miscellaneous ver se ! 06°118r:4 . Many a true and beautiful thougb"o a Cli - 0 work contains nOtalliensVoallePrYllelavage:tos. ingly expressed, may be glea ned nig e ce s,: lo° ' glance over its pages, which are l e- hior . -5 dedicated to Mary Howitt. It is P re 0 008 1 and well suited for a gift-book for the 3' 4 Historical Odes and other Re igs 'irol„ ' p l ci°4 -----.. DI 10" ll Watson Dixon, .M.A. One ii tor"tl'' Smith, Elder, and Co. „ Wel l° of The first poem in this volume, 0300 01 it i 6 Historical Ode," gives a s pirited oat i diot; v oli. chief events in the career of the great s ° ibot e °.s liftir Pi followed irmhoereby a companion sketel; 01. 'oral 0 minor elaborate pieces, fi rs first pi e contraryee. to the g.e 01 in : in ''' such collections, are greatly inferior - 61 ? ose ° ' .._...,. f gier . IP The Preparation and Mounting e 17,01,,PP' Objects. 0 By Thomas Davies. °' e d ler , Hardwicke. has reP tite or , Hitherto, he reminds us, The author of this little Irstlb;°slco e5 O l tit an essential service to the s e ' sl3 , l ; l o a I the i c ie cr the preparation and mounting of inier°ootatY °b TO all inforuisscopic°Jr has been only discoverable in suPPle;l3:o6coPe..',o 0 ters to various works upon the 1111511 t 0111'00° information thus scattered in diger aedl3si•soifis. has here collected and given in 0 oleo_its of 11ot the form, together with the practical results to o f ' fi ` a o r veryo o r di judiciouslyn gi y t ho ve r e y x and others' experience. It is intenuedeot, th .- pee i beginner as well as the advanced etu de lis' l 10 15 r ef' .—.....-- prilladiinn:eZts °I the , AutiO ' sir of The Wars of Wapsburgh. BY t'e...,bridge' , Redclyfle" Heir of Redclyffe." Or°°`",,, TO i , 10' The talented and popular author 0 ! liefOoti here exercised her ingenuity in c Qu e en °l3st ile h lagt and many other chertelPrgotiog: 04 elaborate allegorical history of ni esP e " vg l li", er the domain of Wapsburgh--aaeenvirapobenli „y; other than a Queen Wasp, And '-oucier'"ts V p y a o p u t t 'e h r fu m l a r c e h a e de h r o .me. The storY I° ."itist r° genious, and will puzzle while it oe o go I ,ls o ......., aorrist vii Household Education. 131 " " 1— ' ' - ^ 0 ilj ear New edition. One Vol., PP. 4) . t lit i of and Co. , friet °l,,foli The very admirable essays of -o l d ' otiotypio f upon household habits and home e f0r te , ,,,,a 0 ° I collected in a cheap and popular t be P. OO a il work which should be studied W . ' os 1 0 0 0: every Household, so much jildici%oioe°,4 bO4l, its oo o f !P a, tt' of practical teaching is contained ia tern, from those which treat of ti le c , trsirj;ktion to others which relate to intellectua` 00; 09' development of the faculties sober a °cops° good habits. There is much o fil in the homely advice here give li ' (1 ' ...----. 11 11 nag at °al' r The Children's Party ; ors a '''''' -de. t i f f 1 Cousin Helen. Par"' et,, iacs; cerY x 1 O'Y e "This pretty little volume, to , ta e o p/4i trated, contains some half-dozen . 11 *OO f ioil ~s v , and verse, likely to find favour Insbee et, and nursery. Upland Hal), th e t doer' ot, area s : A . gve ,e 0 Little Mary's Dream, the CabLl3t was t ie 0. mamma's iresent and the wa y it , the , oil' 1 at (~o 0 lastly, the Partridge's Be °f 0 0 0 1, the various tales, in one of sq.ario,ero O t t o 01 drawer, a prying boy has his '.biaet ; 5 , taor.l)l a secret drawer of a forbidden _:sent of , a 0 , other, a cruel boy receives a Pi.' _ se en , horse , while his kinder brot her is r 1/' fliitii, ii live pony ! ................. ...... B. V f e Whist Studies. By C. a nd 0 05 1 (fl - a. R a n d CO . fsee hi ; h Pr° oe t 0 This little book contains in t-e the I t o 4 I ) e At of o f tdi judicious advice for the be n toe bo d y eat viii, inexperienced whist pleler, .00, ial,,a in i ro ,p being filled with a series of _V_eodish, aPtvt ". of according to the eystem of laid vdowa 00006 ou tration of the principles to i the t. e a Vi, s ial As no theoretical advice earl. %cis suggeP iviefo practical evidcuce the le°° d 113°f 8 . oe' B ~,,er e c i o instructive than an .-- PI games here described will b e f°,lfoissertliti a many_.------ -role. Ab p. e 9, set, F a bles $ T 0. A o ilel, A for . 1 1 r 1401 J nOr . 0 Old Saws Newly Liniey, the Youtiger•ao fables r o T o , r x e , A collection of world-faX° :al b , wiod, oteh -Wolf a n d the d Os I, vier po sari an d Wit ,i 8 i t s such as " The and Tortoise," " The . trate • pisi • ii, and the little collectio ,_ e ' r o f itg3.1.0 „olive 141 Many of these fables !a: I,.lllttib.6oag4 ,ciel:lsiPts,ti.° great merit in the Ma ui ° ..? w ith t _ 1 ~,60 ,u,,r, viol- 45 l'' v oi likely to bn a favourit _ pot je... too - sta tes e ve tilstr tile The Railway .Sew s carried ee1;111 tons of crinoline steels !ire_ liwo ci Sheffield, and Lincolnshire lo letion s not 84 °f tore Per een Abet "Sate Th e ai ltura ace,, -.. ~~ la ti 4 l argi 4104 18 gal ifaa e zPeri e tio4a pi hr ldwa hzt, Th e with ` C . l . i tats VOth lo i it Ap t* I °dl t S 1°1 ; tit Ad ei