The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-01 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOUD LUCK. Faddy O'Rafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE :-.TREETS OF M LONDON. Messy-A. - Vining , J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. NelF,son, H. Forre- ter. H. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Ercirna Barnett, and Miss F .nny Gwynne. Nw THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPI-11. s3l p , Fronriator and Mans.9. - pr, Mr. R. Web6ter. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF TIIE FOREST. Diesrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedfori, Billinvton, Stuart, Stephen son. s Roma*: Miss Woolgar, Miss Eleily. and Mrs. Bil linzon. At 11, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Penholder, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; C.2nstance, Miss H. Simms. Followed by TILE AREA BELLE, with a ..serrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, V. Bedford, A. itemer, Mist Woof gar, dad .Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. R aYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTEII. Last Two Weeks of the present Season. Crowded with rank and fashion. ProdactiPn of an entirely new orig - ind Travestie of a very popular subject. by F. C. BurnanA, Esq., entitled FAITS ALSD 31Alti.itJERIrE. in which Mr. and .11,8 Clutches atathews will appear. The new scenery b) the celebrated artists, Messrs. Dans= and Sons ; the incidental Ba.let by Oscar _Byrne. Re-engagement of those celebrated and popular artistes, Mr. an 1 Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular natnes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Me. tthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. i. Clarke, Mr. P.Lni Bedford, 3 fr. F. itobinsou, Mr. Asuley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, ert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, mi ss Fanny Jot ephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Niso Wentworth,. and Mrs. :3tir:ing. EVERY EVENING, at 7 o 'clock, A DAY AFTER THE and Mr. F WEDDING. Miss Herber t, F. Robinson. At a quarter-past s , a new Travel. entitled FAUST AND MA.E.GUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Nontag,ue, M hews.r. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberlatue, and Mrs. C. Mat At ;0, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, raid Miss Patti Joseph,. To conclu , le with UNDER TIIE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, and Miss Cottrell. OPERA a nd RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every varie'y of size, form, and mounting, matchless. for their great magnifying - power and sharpness ot definition. Price, from, ns. each, at CA.I.LAGtIAN'S, 23 ,-s-vw Eond-street, W., corner ot Conduit-street. Sole at4 ent for tne celebrated race and field. glasses and photo graphic lenses made by Ircigtlander, nna. Field glasses mace e K pressly for India. warranted to withstand the g. eatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently to ade for 11.11.13. the Prince. (.;f Wales . , though 01 the largest size, weigh but a lew ounce •. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. srs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING :,ILK Dii,EISES, suitatle for she country and seaside, and at the c.eariag-out puke of only lls. fd. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 231, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent, and it will soon reach a far tzteitter per-centage. Alessrs. JAY, tuerefore, iavite their numer,,us patrons to take adv ,ntag, , e of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will natur more Co.tly DA the price ci silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 21P, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marrpes' ...... .233. per ton. I Double 20s. per ton. 'lop .....» ' )2 s. p Well screvued and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and i 7, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. rrIE-IE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, be had Every Evening of C. R. GL'&.NLE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. ,The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 1, 1861. - A-♦- THERMOMETER ;Chia day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.1 0 . WI - ND—W.; Strong breeze, and very fine. .a/Gli WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.T.—Morning, lb.. 20m.—Afternoon, lh. 40in, f0.:40,:th0w.-Morning, la. 59m.—Afternoon, 2b.. 21m , ,z/111g, Sun, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1894. It often occurs that when a particular suliject has ergaeeecl the attention of the House, and even when all pirlies have so far coceurrid as to the excellence of the purpose in view, and the desire biiity of carrying out the aims and intentions of t;le proposer, that some individual starts up and coutrives, by a few mal, apropos remarks, to give chit e a wrong turn to affairs, and so impart a diffe rent lone to the discussion by the introduc!ion of angry topics, and the suggestion of exciting and irritating subjects. Stich ecourse was pursued by Mr P. TAILOR when Lord EDWARD HOWARD in troduced the question of emigration to America. The hon. member certainly entertains most extreme opinions on the subject of the American War. He almost entirely ignored the matter then before the House relative to emigration, and addressed his at tention_ to the old and vexed question of the relative merits of the belligerents, which was not at all the subject then under discussion. So indignant was he that Lord J. MANNERS had ample grounds for his assertion, that in all probability he had prefaced his speech as an answer to the motion which it had been ex pected that Mr LINDSAY would bring forward on the subject of mediation. Mr TAYLOR went so far as to say that it was a matter cf regret that the motion of the noble lord had teen supported by the hon. member for Sunderland, because he was a well known partisan of the Southern Confederacy, This was very absurd to start with, but what followed was worse still in point of fact and correctness of description. lie declared that the war had its origin in the desire to put an end to slavery, and that the sympathy of the mass of the people of Eogland was in favour of the North. Can anything be more absurd than this, and on one point Lord J. MANNERS very properly animadverted upon bis inconsistency of details, and exposed his fallacious statements. He reminded the hon. member that he seemed to have forgotten altogether the great meeting which took place in the town he represented, and he further added that the hon. me mber did not represent the feelings of that im pc:tant town or. this subject. It is to be hoped that the electors will look to thi s on a f uture occa sion, and demand from their representative that be more fairly advocate their views, or cease to be their member. It was really strange that Mr. TAYLOR should be so vehement, when nothing before the House called for any such display of feeling or expression of opinion. He stated that the war was simPlY " a question of the determined and continuous will of the North to put down slavery. It was scarcely to b e expecte d t h a t a ny one in thi s country would come forward at this junce tare and make so extravagant an assertion as this. All that has occurred since the commencement of the war clearly proves the contrary of the remark, and slavery has really .no thing to do with the contest. It is the way to dis" gust lookers-on instead of attracting them to the side of the Pederals to give out such fallacious statements as to the objects of the war. It looks as if the belligerents themselves and their enthusi astic partisans all here were really ashamed of the real mo tive, and thus sought t o g i ve i t a different Time, and bring it forward under new auspices. It is no matter of surprise that the concluding part of the hon. membot's speech was received with laugh ter, for he made statements that would have been more in keeping with the intelligence imparted by a New York paper than appropriate to the H ouse of Commons. When he informEd his hearers that there was hardly a State in the South that was not more or leesoccupied by Federal troops, and that their capital was beleagured, in fact it was Richmond, and not Washington, that was in danger, he really overacted his part, and only brought ridicule upon t hose he sought to uphold. It was very likely the cutting sarcasms that appeared in the speech of Mr. LINDSAY that roused the indignation of the hon. member for Leicester to such a pitch of fury, and made his remarks so excited.. Well might Mr. LINDSAY say that many entertained the notion that if her Majesty's Government had used the same exertions to find out about the enlistments as they employed to discover what vessels were built for the Confederates, the enlistments would have been stopped. This is most probaY.e, and the whole conduct of the Government has proved how very differently they act in respect tc, the several comba tants. Doubtless if matters bad been reversed, and there had arisen a discussion as to the character of the vessels built in certain places we should have hes rd that it was not expe dient to interfere with the rights i,f English sub jects, and that it was almost impossible to ascertain correctly who were the real o wners of these vessels ; and that, in fact, no steps could be taken. Such inconsistency is very marked, and it must strike all who notice it. Mr. LINDSAY represents the opinions of the people of this country when he said that they in general believed this to be a " vain war," and that the North cou'd never succeed in subjugating the South. The impression produced on the House by the excellent speech of Lord EDWARD HOWARD, and by the remarks of others who followed, will no doubt have its effect upon the country in general, and perhaps serve as a warning to the infatuated individuals themselves not to be drawn into the vortex, and be enticed from their country to meet with a deplorable fate in a foreign land. It would be well also if it serves as a salutary chock upon the machinations of the Federals and arrested them in their present iniquitons mode of inveigling oar subjects on false pretences, and then betraying them in a dastardly fashion. It is high time that something should be done, and it is therefore very satisfactory that this debate should have taken place. The last night of the session could not have been occupied in a more befitting manner, and if only a practical advantage is gained still it will be better than nothing. There is no immediate prospect of the war terminating in America, and if they chose over there to sap the strongholds of their own resources, that is no reaso❑ why they should be allowed to waste our population, and bring misery and want upon a large portion of her MeJEsTi's subjects, The quarterly return of Dr. LETHEBY respecting the sanitary condition of the City is always a mat ter of some interest. Although year by year the number of citizens who fix their pieces of abode out of reach of its smoke and dust is rapidly increasing, still there are enough inhabitants lett to render the condition of its health a matter of public importance. We may, indeed, expect within a very brief period to see the City still more depopulated, since rail ways and railway lines are about to invade its pre, cincts, to intersect its thoroughfares, and to convert its few green and open spots into stations and open depots. The railways are now about to do directly for the City what they have long been doing indi rectly by transporting its residents elsewhere. So rapid and easy have they made communication with the suburbs that John Gilpin's excursion to Edmon ton is now an every-day journey to many citizens; but the forced removal of the poorer classes is likely to create among them a good deal of temporary annoyance and distress. When the removal is, however, accomplished and fitting habitations pro vided at a distance for the cutcasts, instead of fore. iug them to take refuge in the already over-crowded courts and lanes around them, there is no doubt that the health of those who remain will be greatly be nefited. The two great evils of City life in regard to health are want of fresh air and overcrowd ing, and neither of these is its necessary and inevitable attendant. To look at the closed win dows in the miserable alleys of London one might almost suppose that too much ventilation and not too little was the danger the people had to dread, while the horrors of overcrowding are, as we all know, to be avoided by a plentiful supply of cheap and suitable houses for the working man, and, by trade being good enough, to enable him to secure them. An important feature of the sanitary work now goiag on is the inspection of houses. So actively is this work carried on that during the last quarter there have been no less than 2,547 inspec tions of house, and 905 visits to the common lodg ing -houses of the city. That these visits were neither superfluous nor fruitless is proved by their results : 1,477 orders have been issued for sanitary improvement, "among which there were 1,209 orders for cleansing and limewasbing, 205 for im proving the drainage, and 134 for amending the water supply." This system of inspection is an element in preserving the public health, and another valuable part of the sanitary arrange ments is the inspection of the markets and seizure of putrid and unwholesome meat. The quantity seized this quarter has for some unexplained reason been nearly double the amount usually forfeited. The immense quantity thus endeavoured to be palmed off upon the public at a serious risk to life and health is something surprising, notwithstanding the rigour which such en offence is dealt with. In visiting the mar. kets and slaughter-houses, the officers employed have this quarter found occasion to condemn 60,823 lbs., or more than 27 tons of meat as unfit for human food. In the corresponding quarters of the last three years the amount was little more than half that sum. The sudden heat of the weather early in the year had probably much to do with it, since a great part of the putrid meat, which forms the largest item, was seized in the third week in May, when the temperature suddenly rose above 77 degs. Fahrenheit. The amount of meat forfeited being from animals that had died of accident or disease, lays a great part of the blame at the door of the sellers as well as of the weather, and the fact that 11,058 lb. of meat was seized from this cause shows the necessity of close and careful super vision. Prairie birds which are imported from America appear to be a rather dangerous article of diet, since frequent complaints of illness are made after eating them, although Dr. LETHEBY says that he cannot detect anything of a poisonous nature in their flesh or food. Under these ciraum stances a little caution should be exercised respect.. ing them. The general account of the public health is tolerably satisfactory. As usual the mortality of the western part of the city has been considerably a bove the average, while the t o t a l o f the city w as b e l ow it. As usual too, unfortunately, the deaths of children under fire have been 40 per cent. of thee whole number. A great proportion of this infantile mortality was probably due in this quart er t o th e remarkable prevalence of measles . The fluctuations of zymotic disease are, as Dr. LETHELY observes, among the problems yet to be solved. The meteo rological report is interesting, and it is instructive to notice the rapid decrease of mortality as the temperature rises. This is in decided contradiction of the general theory that cold weather is the most healthy. The rainfall of the quarter has been re markably small, so as fully to account for the com. plaints of drought which meet us from various parts of the country. Had it not bean for the low state of the temperature the Thames, owing to the small amount of fresh water, would, it is thought, have been in as unpleasant a cond ~013 as in the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1864. years 1858 and 1859. Happily we have escaped that evil, and only contemplate it iu Dr. LETHEBY'S very useful and interesting report; It so often happens that undertakings and attempts which at first sight seem to be promising, and begin under most favourable auspices with every flattering augury of success, fall off after e time and gradually fade away, or suddenly die out to the grief of their prjectors, and the disappoint ment of those who had expected great things of them, that it is satisfactory to meet with as excep tion to the rule. The Newspaper Press Fund, from all accounts, appears to be in a flourishing state, and not to have unbeseemed the promise of its spring. At a meeting of the members and sub scribers on Saturday a report was received from the committee of management, and a statement of ac counts made. Lord HOUGHTON, the President of the Society, was in the chair, and he made a short address which set forth the present state of affairs in this undertaking. His lordship had the gratifi. cation of announcing that so far they had progressed satisfactorily, and took occasion to explain away some of the errors sud misconceptions which had obtained ground relative to the workings of this society and its general effect upon others, He very truly said that there had been a great deal of mis apprehension " as tojts exercising an improper in fluence, either politically or socially, as the Fund is not meant in any degree to apply merely to Par. liamentary reporters, or even to reperterss of any kind." It is quite as well that the president of the society should thus have contradicted the absurd rumours that were set afloat relative to the per. nicious effects likely to be exercised by such an institution. They were, in truth, most untenable objections, but still there are some people who will believe anything and be prejudiced against an tin dertaking on account of these representations, that are based upon no reliable authority, and often only put forth by those ,who wish to decry the :object in view. Lord HOUGHTON took the right view of the case, when he said that it would be almost impossible for this chimerical sup position to be carried into effect. The independence of public men in this country is too secure for such an event to occur. No one who really understood the whole bearings of the case would believe for a moment that the danger could exist but for the saki of the misled and prejudiced individuals who abound in society. It is as well that the absurd statement should be fully contradicted. It is to be hoped that the decided tone of Lord HOUGHTON will have its effect, and that henceforth no idle suggestion or inuendoes will be suffered to detract from the support which so estimable an institution eminently deserves. Lord HouGHToN's advice seems to be good when he urges upon the members to make the fund as "largo, as free, and as general as possible." This will be the only way to succeed, for any notion of exclusiveness, any idea of a limited action will be sure to exercise the most baneful influences upon its fortunes, and deter many from becoming supporters who otherwise would gladly have lent a helping hand. The plans suggested by the President are worthy of attention, and if strictly carried out will most assuredly not fail in producing beneficial re sults. Lord HOUGHTON has long been connected with the Literary Fund, and he advocated some of its rules as suitable to this new society. Without absolute secrecy being requisite it is advisable that discretion be adopted in the administration of this fund. Lord HOUGEt• TON fully explained his meaning as to this impor tant desideratum, and it is to be hoped that his precepts will be carried out. - Many will be de barred from seeking assistance if they think that the subject of their distresses will be made a matter of public notoriety, and thus the society will be de barred from fulfilling its object, and its mission, which is a mast praiseworthy one, will be frustrated. Taking everything into consideration, it may be fairly conjectured that there was more truth in the reassuring remarks made by the President, in con clusion, than in similar addresses often uttered on like occasions. He said if they attended to these suggestions, and added the energy they had already shown, they would succeed in establishing the fund on a sound and solid basis, and be great benefactors to mankind. There seems no valid reason why this fund should not answer, representing, as it does, a great want of the day that has been long felt to be in existence, and for which no timely aid or veritable remedy has yet appeared. It is all very well for the opponents of this plan to state that such a society is not called for, but the facts are distinctly contrary to these assertions. The resolution passed at this meeting declared that the necessity of the establishment of this institution has been fully proved by the numerous ap piications already made for relief. It seems idle, then, for prejudiced parties to persist in declaring that the thing is not wanted, and will not answer; their wish is father to the thought, and they are only too ready to find out flaws in the uianagement, and to suggest difficulties that will be found in the carrying out of the plan. No great or lasting work was ever yet completed without great care, and no institution or society of this class can hope to become U2i f a it accomp li a ll at once, Let the originators of the scheme then take courage, and press on to the goal of success, without paying much heed to the scorn or the sneers that are sure to bo their portion. The best and most efficient way to answer them is by success — that is an unanswerable argument in the eyes of the world, and it will be a source of great gratification to all now working for the cause in its present up hillstate, that by their exertions they have benefited many who urgently required it, and could not except by their agency have attained help in a manner congenial to their tastes ok consonant with their position. It is greatly to the credit of all who belong to this society that they should have taken it up with such vigour and energy, and now they must resolve not to flag in their exertions, because it is often after a prosperous commencement that the real danger begins in the history of such insti tutions. It seems a scandal on the community that before this nothing of an effective nature should have been done to provide for the emergencies and supply the needs of a class who stand in especial need of such a source of help. These anomalies are constantly occurring in life—however, the greater the necessity the less the supply ; but it is a cheer ing thought to those who have long lamented the void that existed to nil:et that now there seems a prospect of the want being supplied and the grievance no more existing. TILE ROYAL ACADEMICIANS have added to the list of their associate the names of Messrs P. K. Calderon, F. Leighton, and B. B. Stephens. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE OF VIOLENCE in the Chamber of Correctional Police at Lyons.—A man named Bartholey had been brought up, a few days since, on a charge of writing threatening letters, and was quietly seated on a bench in front of the tribunal. A witness was stating that the accused had been the cause of the unhap piness of his family, having dissipated his property and menaced with death his father and brothers, when suddenly Bartholey sprang upon him, threw him to the ground, and tore the man's face with his nails. The gendarmes on service, however, i n st an tly f or ced th e a ssa ilant to relax his hold, and while the witness, whose face was covered with blood, went to get his wounds dressed a judgment was pronounced on the assailant of five years' imprisonment and five years' surveillance by the police for violence exercised in a court of justice. The original charge was then pro • seeded with, and the prisoner underwent a fresh condem nation of ono year's imprisonment and 1001, fine. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Brilliant Close of the Season on Saturday. On Saturday evening last Mr. Gye brought to a magnificent termination the most resplendent season the Royal Italian Opera has yet enjoyed at this great lyrical establishment. Seventeen years have now elapsed since Covent Garden Theatre first became transferrned into a lyrical establishment. Upwards of eight years ago its radiant, though often anxiously developed, career as such, was suddenly interrepted—after some half a dozen sea sons had threatened (but happily only threatened) destruction to Her Majesty's—eight years ago the career of the Royal Italian, we say,was suddenly in terrupted in the March of 1856 by the thenceforth doubly memorable conflagration. A conflagration doubly memorable, for this reason, that from its ashes rose the scl.eme of the Royal Italian Opera at Covent-garden, not only with anew lease of life as the phrase is,but with evidences of a reinvigoration that have ever since then gone on increasing. Of the substantial reality of this complete rehabilitation of the project—after the fire—under Mr. Gye's direc tion—the annals of the Royal Italian Opera at Covent-garden have afforded abundant illustration. But the fact that it has really been as we are here re leting it to have been, has never yet had happier illustration than during the lapse of the season just now brought to a close. Between the opening night of the Royal. Italian at Covent-garden during the present year of grace,lB64, on Tuesday, the 29th of March, and the closing night of the season on the 30th of July, namely, only last Saturday, the sue• ceesful conduct of the establishment by Mr. Gye has been altogether unmistakeable. The brilliancy of this success, we perceive, is already beginning to be attri buted, now to this, now to that particular item in the ample repertoire of the establishment. The con tinued popularity of the youngest maestro among operatic composers—the encreasing merits, both vocal and histrionic, of the youngest prima donna upon the lyrical stage of Europe—the splendour of a Novelty—the magnificence of a Revival—now this, now that, we find to have been already speci fied as the secret of this exceptional success of Mr. Gye's during the present season. According to our judgment, however, that success is really and truly attributable to the judicious combination of them all under the skilful guidance' of his d:rection. His skill as an Operatic Director being derived from a very rare combination, in his instance, of enterprise, discrimi nation, and experience. That M. Gounod's genius, as the composer of "Faust," has nevertheless, had something to do with the pe culiar success achieved by the "Royal Italian" in 1864, is attested plainly enough by the circumstance that time nights of the season have been those set apart for the performance of his tragic masterpiece. Equally undeniable is it that Madlle. Patti, the Patti, Adelina Patti that is, the darling prima donna of all the great capitals of Christendom, has shared with M. Gounod in winning an exceptional racUance for the season which ended on Saturday—a genuine furor (one noticeable even in her career!) having been excited by the fair eantatrice through her representation of a e Marguerite I The substitution in " Faust" of Mdlle. Adelina Patti for Madl!e. Pauline Lucas, in truth, was so felicitous as a change for the better that the mention of it as such could has dly be deemed even by Madlle. Lucca herself, as in any way invidious. Another delightful peculiarity o!' the season brought to a close on Saturday was that of Signor Mario being in better N oic e this year than he has been in for a very long while past—Mario on one or two nights, indeed, singing almost, we had said, as finely as ever he did in his life ! Then, too, at the commencement of the season we had very vivid hopes held out to us that in Madlle. Emilia Lag grits, (" Emilia in England ") there !had at length been discovered a legitimate successor to La Diva, that imperial prima donna who, for a full quarter of a century held her own against all corners, she whose European name was given so ridiculously this season as " Mrs Grisi," in the Royal Academy catalogue! The splendour of Meddle Lagrua's singing and acting as Norma, turned out, however, t o have been in her instance something exceptional and apart—insomuch so that the hopes of her assured triumph as UK's successor faded out gradually as the public came to recognise with increasing regret her more and more obvious deficiencies as Donna Anpa in " Don Giovanni," as Desde monna in " 0 Cello," and in two of the many Leonoras of the lyrical drama, the Leonora of" La Favorite," and the Leonora of " Un Ballo in Masehera." Another " flash in the pan," among the apparent hits of this last season at Covent-garden, the pros found but fleeting sensation produced by Herr Wachtel's C above the line might almost be men tioned as having been —only that our so mentioning it would be little less than an act cf ingratitude. The physical capabilities of the young German tenor are indubitably great, however—they are, in truth, so remarkable of their kind, that a noble career is manifestly yet within reach of his attain ment ! Only—that great career of his has still to be commenced. .A single chest note can hardly be depended upon for the achievement of a reputa tion. That the new :German basso profondo, Herr Schmidt, obtained this year a triumph less dezzliug, no doubt, but more enduring, than that won for a while by his tenor compatriot, may be credited, even by those who failed to witness it themselves, when W 3 remark that the name ot Herr Schmidt is still associated among operaegoers (now that the season is over) with the great names of Formes, Staudigl, and—Lablache I As for the novelties promised in 1864 at Covent-garden, it is curiously noteworthy that two among them were apparently struck out of the manager's scheme for the season by an afterthought—one of these by reason of a doubtful success, the other by reason of an unmistakeable triumph achieved at the rival Opera House. The former of these (a verita ble Novelty) being the production of Nicolai's i' Merry Wives of Windsor" (for the which Mr. Gye judi ciously substituted " Stradellau)—the latter bein g simply a Revival (a projected re vival that Mr. Gye, quite as wisely perhaps, pass ed by alto gether) namely, Beethoven's wondrous " Fide tio ! Any mere d r y e numeration here of the operas actually performed this season vario at the Royal Italian, or of the artistes who took part in those same p erformances would be simply tedious end idle. Sufficient pec ially worthy of will it b© to mention as facts es us and gifted mention in the History of the Opera , here in Eng land, that the increasing love for, and appreciation of, the highest cla ss o f music among our fellow-coun try men has never been more signally attested than they havebeen this season at Covent Garden by the denecly crowded houses that have there, night after night, week after week, rewarded Mr Gye's enterprise ! Nay, more than once, by the genuine enthusiasm manif es t e d by those vast a udiences, audi ences hitherto regarded as constit utionall y undo monstrative. Und e r the direc t i on of the master baton of Mr Cost a ,th e no ble orchestra and the su perb choruses of the Royal Italian Opera have never on any previous occ as i on displayed greater efficiency. And, in this according to his wont, the manager or operatic director of the establishment may be said to have reserved the playing of his best card to the very 1 last—to wit, that radiant, dazzling, resplendent " Etoile du Nord," the magnificence of the represen tation of which towards the close of the season of 1864 on the stage of Covent-garden, not unfittingly marked—as if in tribute to the Great Composer's memory—the year saddened by the Death_of that Giant of Sweet Sounds, the wonderful Meyerbeer ! To how many other great operatic come posers, however, has not t he Royal Ita lian paid the noblest of all tributes dur ing this past season—that noblest of all tributes being, of course, the fitting performance of their masterpieces ! In this way) due homage has been paid not only to the genius of Meyerbeer, but, with him, and, among others, to the genius of Rossini„ of Auber, of Gounod, of Mozart, of Verdi, of Bellini of Donizetti! In the mere mechanical ordering of the various departments of so huge and complex an establishment as that of the Royal Italian Opera, the DireCtor has:in 1864 given fresh evidence of that skill which is alone to be acquired by assiduous care combined with very lengthened expel knee. And in the conduct of this mechanical ordering ot the whole to the satisfaction of all pinks during en un usually busy season, a season that must at times, indeed, have been one of almost bewildering activity, the Director has ever found at his right hand, in Mr, Henry Nelson, a not unworthy aide or cameriere. Upon the close of a season of such unusual brilliancy, we may, therefore, with especial reason, as we do, offer Mr. Gyc our very heartiest congratulations. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. (Via Greencastle,) NEW YORK, JULY 22, Evening. Mr C. C. Cl +y and Mr J. P. Holcomb, semi. official representatives of the Soutoern Government, communicated to Mr Horace Greely that they were willing to proceed to Washington for the discussion of peace propositions, although not accredited by the Confederate Government for that purpose. President Lincoln replied, through Mr Greely, that the Federal Government would receive and meet on liberal terms any proposition embracing the restoration of peace, the integrity of the Union, and the abandonment of slavery coming from the authority controlling the rebel army. Messrs Clay and Holcomb emphatically declined visiting Washington, Mr Lincoln's answer pre cluding negotiations by prescribing conditions of peace. If peace could only be secured by submission to terms of conquest, the generation was yet unborn that would witness the restoration of peace. It is reported that Sherman has occupied Atlanta. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 22 (Evening). Money tight. Gold, 252, Exchange on London, 272. New York Centrals, 132. Illinois, 1231. Erie, 109 i. 5.20 Bonds, 1031. NEW YORK, JULY 23 (Morning). A battle has been fought before Atlanta, in which the Confederates were driven into their fortifica tions with a loss of GOO killed and 4,000 wounded and prisocers. Sherman has cut all Hood's lines of retreat, with the exception of that by way of Macon. General Johnston has been superseded by Hood. The Etna and Germania, sailing to day for Europe, take out 290,000 dole. Gold, 254. NEW YORK, JULY 23 (Evening). The reports of the capture of Atlanta are reite. rated,but no official confirmation has been received. Semi-official accounts of the battle before Atlanta, which' was fought on the 21st inst., state that Sherman defeated Hood, who fell back to his fedis fications, leaving his killed and wour.ded on the field. Sherman took 4,000 prisoners, The Federal loss amounted to 1,500. A Confederate force, estimated at 5,000 men, is said to have recrossed the Potomac, 13 miles above Harper's Ferry. It is rumoured that a conspiracy has been dis covered extending throughout the Mississippi Val ley to form a separate Confederacy in the North West. Several prominent secessionists at Saint Louis, who were implicated, have been arrested. Money easier. Gold, 254 t. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1321. Illinois, 124 k. Erie, IC9Z. 5.20 Bonds, 1042. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 161 to 162. Wheat declining. Petroleum—crude, 50 to 51 ; refined, 82c. PROPOSED BASES OF PEACE. VIENNA, Aua. 1. The following are stated to be the bases of the proposed peace : " Lauenburg, Schleswig, and Holstein to be ceded to the two groat German Powers. '' The Island of Arro to remain with Denmark; Alsen, however, and the islands in the North Sea to go with Schleswig. " On account of the Danish enclaves in Schleswig, a rectification of the Jutland frontier will take place." FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. L Some German newspapers have announced that the Emperor and Empress were about to make a tour i❑ Alsace and Lorraine. This statement is denied in official quarters. BOURSE, July 30.—The market was duller than uvrtl, but the business done extremely limited, Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. sc. Mo bilivr at 985 f. Railway Shares are firm. The market closed as follows : 4 . 1 per Cents. 94 30 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 Credit Mobilier..., 080 Do. end month 978 75 Bank Shares 3360 Credit k oncier 1202 50 Roman Italian Loan . 68 05 Do. end month.... 67 95 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Austrian SpaniA Threes 54 Home Debt .. 4Bl Deferred RA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. 672 50 .. 870 977 50 .. 977 50 897 50 .. 890 25 Orleans .1 - Northern Lyons and MuclitQrranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian .. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona - 637 50 .. 610 - 512 50 .. - 480 - 477 50 350 - 317 50 425 - .. 422 50 528 75 .. 528 75 437 50 .. 435 - 523 75 .. 622 50 247 50 .. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JULY 31. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Magdalena, from Brazil, has arrived here, and will leave this evening for Southampton, with 127 pas sengers, £7,M5 in specie, 400 bags of coffee, 585 rolls of tobacco, 200 barrels of tapioca, 33 bales of cotton, 161 serona of ipecacuanha, and 154 packages of sundries. She passed the Oneida at sea on the evening of the 21st, and left Cape de Yards on the 23d July. POETRY AND PROSE.—HoW much greater is our nation in poetry than prose! how much better, in general, do the productions of its spirit show in the quali ties of genius than in the qualities of intelligence 1 One may constantly remark this in the work of individuals; how much more striking, in general, does any Englishman —of some vigour of mind, but by no means a poet—seem in his verse than in his prose. No doubt his verse suffers from the same defects which impair his prose, and he can not express himself with real success in it ; but how much more powerful a personage does he appear in it, by dint of feeling, and of originality and movement of ideas, than when'. writing prose I With a Frenchman of like stamp, it is just the reverse : set him to write poetry, he is limited, artificial, and impotent—set him to write prose, he is free, natural, and effective. The power of French literature is in its prose-writers, the power of English literature is in its poets. Nay, many of the celebrated French poets depend wholly for their fame upon the qualities of intelligence which they exhibit—qualities which are the distinctive support a prose —many of the celebrated English prose-writers depend wholly for their fame upon the qualities of genius and imagination which they exhibit—qualities which, are the distinctive support of poetry. But, as I have said, the qualities of genius are less transferable than the qualities of intelligence; less can ba immediately learned and appropriated from their product—they are less direct and stringent intellectual agencies, though they may be more beautiful and divine. Shakspere and the great Elizabethan group were certainly more gifted writers than Corneille and his group ; but what was the sequel to this great literature of genius, as we may call it, stretching from Marlow to Milton? What did it lead up to in English literature? To our provincial and second-rate literature of the 18th century. What, cn the other hand, was,,the sequel to the literature of the French ti grea t century, to this literature of intelligence, as by comparison wi th on' Eliz a bethan literature, w e ma y e a ll it, what did it lead up to? To the French literature of the 18th cen tury, one of the most powerful and perv a sive intellectual agencies that have ever existed, the greatest European force of the 18th century.—MArritEw AII,NOLD, in the" Cornha Na. 74- ;:ine" for iltfurtst, MAGAZINE DAY, BLACKWOOD,—" Tony Butler" is continued, and there are great changes taking place in the move ments of the hero and his friend, the gey and dash ing Sktffington. A variety cf incidents are met with in this number, and the " Major" evidently is destined to fulfil some memorable part in the story. "Chronicles of Carlingford" does not bring anything very striking before us in this part, with the exception of the scene between Wedehouse and his sisters. Lucy shows a natural spirit, and her indignation is quite justifiable. This passage is well drawn, and exhibits a good description of character. Mr Morgan's discom'iture also presents a warn ing to those who are too hasty in their judgments and rush at conclusions without taking time for ratection or taking a correct estimate of things. A harsh judgment is always to be deprecated, and bitterly did the Rector of Carlingford regret the hard measure he had dealt out to the Curate. It is more in description of character and in peculiarities of disposition that this author shines than in the narration of events or the details of everyday life, Some of the per sons met with in these pages are admirably delineated, while others are more or *fess exaggerated in their outlines. " The Public Schools Report, Harrow and Rugby," forms the subject of an interesting article, that is almost sure to meet with attentive readers. It is very desirable that from time to tame the notice of the public should be directed to the consideration of our public schools, concerning as they do so intimately the well-being of the youth of this gene ration. The Report of the Commissioners seems to have especially favoured Rugby, in praise of whose management the highest terms are employed, " The Vote of Censure" is the political article, and although by this time the sub ject may have been pushed aside by many, and more pleasant topics of discussion selected, it is incumbent upon those who watch the affairs of a nation to descant upon the various questions that are associated with that momentous political crisis. Some striking truths are met with in this paper, and though, of course, the other side of partisans will deny its premises and doubt its authpticity, still to the impartial observer there is great truth to be met with in its stern, but salutary exposition. Certainly, the mem bers of an Administration that can be spoken of in such terms, have not much to boast of when they keep office. It is shown how the supporters of the Ministry in the division were its opponents in debate; this was the most signal proof of the want of faith, that could have been adduced, and it must have "robbed the victory of its triumph to reflect ule e n the unwilling agents who con tinued to effect its fulfilment. The very incon sistent course adopted by Ministers from the meeting of rarliament until its close is very properly animadverted upon, and there is only too much reason to regret the core rectness of the remarks made upon the melancholy and humiliating position of a ruling statesman. When we are told that the ghost of Lord Palmerston's reputation is keeping the Ministry in nominal existence, who can deny the truth of this statement. The writer of this spirited article truly states that the only party which really triumphed in the late division was the Peace party. This interesting resume of public events may be confidently re commended to the perusal of all those who wish to glean an insight into the affairs which are now of such vital con sequence to the whole of Europe, and which, moreover, are unfortunately associated with the honour add interests of our country. This is excellent advice to all whom it concerns. "We fear that Europe is only at the ,begin ning of her troubles, and it behoves England to watch nar rowly the conauct of the men who are now at the helm of affairs." ' 6 Cornelins O'Dowd upon Men, Women, and Things in General," brings as usual some recentsketches of life and character before us, and also there are too short poems of average merit to enliven the contents of this periodical. The studious reader will find ample enter tainment in the article on " Lewes's Aristotle," and in the paper on " Victor lingo on Shakspere," which brings be fore us a vivid delineation of the author's style, and fur nishes thereupon some very appropriate comments. FRASElL—Diplomacy is not at present very much in favour with independent Englishmen, who have seen its stilted courtesies terminate in very unceremonious actions, while its awful threats prove an occasion to be Voxel praeterea nihil, Those who are not too much disgusted with the revelations of the blue-book on Schleswig-Holstein to care to study its tortuous character, may turn to a lengthened disquisition on Diplomacy and Diplomatic History, which opens the current number of Fraser. We warn them, how ever, that it will be a serious undertaking, since 22 pages of close print do not allow the author to exhaust his sub ject, but he promises to return to it at an early opportunity. The reappearance of A. K. H. B. in the old familiar pages is a welcome sight; and though the essayist does not fully carry out his subject, it is better perhaps than wearing it threadbare, as he was of old sometimes tempted to do. " Concerning Unpruned Trees" is the title of his discourse, and he takes care pleasantly to remind us, by means of this homely illustration, how many rough corners and sharp edges we all present lo the world. "A Campaigner at Home," after somereflections on church logic, gives us a few quotations from what he . calls ",the gentle poets," a fair band of poetesses, two ofwhom, alas I havesung us their last songs, A criticism oa the second series of Mendelssohn's letters is pleasantly written, and an article headed " A Pilgrimage to Compostella" tells of the days when Santiago shared with Rome and Jerusalem the favour of pilgrims. "It has," says the writer, " been thought by same that, as the names, " Roamer" and " Saunterer" were given to those who visited respectively the city of the Popes and the Sainte Terre of our Lord's ministry, so the name of pilgrim or stranger was at first applied specifically to those who resorted to the shrine of St. James, and only at a later period used by travellers for devotional purposes in general ; in the same way as many of the symbols of pilgrimage had originally a local significance. and the word Romero itself, whichis often used in Spain for a pilgrim, has lost its distincr five meaning. "The Tr anscendentalists of Concord" will be a title rather perplexing to many readers who may not be aware that Concord is the name of a village in Massa chussetts, about 20 miles from Boston, where Emerson and. his congenial spirits held their court. At this " Intellec tual Round Table," of which, according to the writer of the present article, the author cf representative men was the King Arthur, the most daring and original thinkers of the new world assembled. But it is after all a melancholy picture of the vanity of all earthly gifts to satisfy the cravings of man's mind for something higher and better than his present life, so long as genius is to be his only guide. The picture, half satirically drawn by a visitor—who did not belong to the charmed circle—of the club meetings at Emerson's, shows that after all Transcen dentalism is not what is needed to reform the human race. Can any one picture to himself a world exclusively com posed of such abstruse thinkers and speculative theorists ? However pure and noble their aims, however exalted their characters, theirs is not a life which ordinary men could live—not thoughts and principles that could actuate every day mortals in every-Jay life. Yet the magic elixir which is to inspire and elevate mankind must deal with the masses, mutt be suitable for rich and poor, for sage and fool alike— must be equally within the reach of the exalted philosopher and the toiling artisan. No petty distinctions of mental power, any more than the divisions of worldly rank, should suffice to bar any one from his share in the great regeneration. Yet these philosophic thinkers have, after all their declarations against ecclesiastical and aristocratical tyranny, a tyranny of their own no less dominant and ex clusive—the tyranny of the intellect, more noble and exalted it is true, but still a despotism. One only such levelling influence has been found which can embrace all degrees of wisdom as all ranks of society, which can recon cile those intangible antagonisms which are harder to deal with than any material distinction; but that influence no Unitarian will admit, and it is professedly to this Uni• tarianism that this school of thinkers belongs. DUBLIN.—" Maud Itufthyn and Uncle Silas," by the author of " Wylder's Hand," has now become more developed, and the story increases in interest. This tile will become a favourite with the readers who love mysterious incidents and admire the introduc tion of grim and fearful personages into the story. Madame de la Rougierre was enough to terrify the life out of any unfortunate young girl she had to deal with. This woman will doubtless be an important character in this story. She is well delineated in her peculiar style, and when dealing with adults instead of with a child she will appear to greater advantage. " Yaxley and its Neigh bourhood" is continued, and Lisette's troubles do not cease with time. She goes on a visit to Bessie, whb has become very much altered since her marriage, and some mysterious incident seems to work in the background and spoil the pleasure of the visit. "An Irish Actress, Margaret Woffington," is a very interesting sketch, and ample jus ice is done to the fascinating in dividual hero pourtrayed. A striking instance is conveyed by the career of this gifted woman of ,the in sufficiency of the world's renown, if •peace of mind and Self-respect are not in the possession of the favoured indi vidual who has honours heaped upon him. There we,e many redeeming traits in Margaret WolNngton, and these are alluded to here; she was not spoiled by prosperity or rendered selfish by her good fortune, It is a touching picture which is drawn of her later years when she lin gered out her life in retirement; of her it may truly be said that her brightest moments were her last. The sketch of her career is well worth perusing, and by its vivid rela tions it seems to plit a very correct idea 'of the great actress before us. " The Last Sibyl" is rather a peculiar sketch in verse ; it contains some good descriptions, and it is in some passages very impressively written. " Hibernian Demonology and Fairy Lcre" is a paper that presents some curious subjects to our notice, and during its course will doubtless furnish much to interest in the old world notions and the visionary nature of such subjects. " The Grand Tour" is continued, and the fifth excursion leads tht reader front Dresden to Vienna. We meet with some im• pressive relations of places of note, and incidents charac teristic of the diffetent manners which reign there to those which flourish among us. " Charles Townehend, Wit, and Statesman" is concluded in this number, it is written in s vigorous style, and brings before us the stirring incidents of a lug past day, This brilliant character is well de. scribed here, and the writer seems to have entered into the spirit of his subject and placed him before us in a true light. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY,—The relative prospects of French political parties are not now so interest ing to the English reader as they once were, still a paper on the present relations of Legitimacy and Imperialism is not without some attraction for the politician. The writer of this article is very strongly opposed to the fusion which some Legitimists are anxious to see brought about. Mr Dudley Costello has begun another of his semi-comic tales in a narra'ive of the adven tures tint befell Signor Tonakies in his summer tour, 4 0 the first part of another stets' bearing the romantic title of " The Corsair's Bride" is much of the same character. The readers of Bentley, we presume, prefer this style ef liters turn. More worth reading is an animated sketch o f societY in Washington, which will especially gratify the ladies from its giving an account of a marriage in high lif e in the wedding of Governor Sprague with Miss Kate Chase, daughter of the celebrated greenback financier. T he de‘ scription of the strong-minded American ladies is n ut a veal prepossessing one ; we should imagine, indeed , that the writer had not been successful in obtaining those l etters of introduction to the fair despots of American socie t y , 011 which he sets so high a value. Al r Francis Jacox, an tn dustrious and careful writer, takes another of his "Cu es from Shakspere" in Macbeth's mournful apostrophe of morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow," The craven spirit of our present policy is aptly put int o verso by Mrs Bushby, the stanch adherent of the Dan es ; and "The Carnival in Paris . ' is sketched by one who has taken part in its gaieties. The vexed question of the propriety of Capital Punishment is discussed with calmness B'lll moderation, and the editor's story of " John Law" advances to the ruin of the financier. COLBURN'S NEW MONTIILY.—An adventureas reader may possibly feel inclined to attack the opening paper, attracted by the interest felt in the prospects of modern Italy, and the important Wi ll ' once which the future of that country may possiblY exercise on the rest of Europe. Those who take up the magazine for entertainment will, however, be re' re likely to pass on to lighter articles, of which we find, as usual, a plentiful supply, One of the best of these is another article by the indefatigable Mr Jacox, on the applicationf the conditional tense to historical annals. He cs l ' s "Historical might, could, should, or would have hee ll l',: t i , vexed question;" and this vexed question is one I '' l-- many eminent men have been fond of asking thenssei ves. Such queries may be propounded in various forms, w hether by removing the influence of personal character from evened: ful epochs, or by changing the results of the great o:4' of fate. The answers to such inquiries as What 031 have been the destiny of England had Cromwell sailed le.rf America ? or, What the present condition of Eu ro p e 1 Napoleon had won Waterloo ? must indeed remain pr o• still they possess a singular fascination for th e torical student. " The Kimbolton Papers," reeentlY 0"; lished form the:subject of a notice that gives a fair i dea ° the bOok, while the melancholy history of Caroline ge tilaa of Denmark is briefly sketched in another paper. 11; stories of " Strathmore" :and " The Quest" are oonti ene " , and " Won Over" is brought to a conclusion. In add iti° ,, l l to these, we have a light and pleasant tale of the days Henri Quatro, MACMILLAN.—The interesting narrative 0f t he , varying fortunes of "The Hillyars anti the Burtoa, proceeds with undiminished spirit. The chaP tel : before us are, indeed, unusually eventful, sa chronicle the departure of the Buttons from t '" troubled world of Chelsea to that new land 0f OPe which is to produce se marvellous a transformation in t r il le social position. Erne Hillyar accompanies them, no t ' sv irs standing Emma's inflexibility, but Reuben Burton r eins behind, within reach, it is to be feared, of the evil as's:- v ' elates of his convict father. Gerty, now becom e 1 1,", Hillyar, astonishes London society by her silliness/ - beauty, and her extraordinary eolonialisms, Ow etl ib°r ' coining a new word for the purpose, styles them. (3111)t—ai11 W. W . Knollys cantributes a sensible paper on recruiting for the army, in which he recommends putting it m or e r e under the control of regimental colonels, who are the O. ties most interested in securing good and efficient nae ll stead of leaving it entirely in the hands of recruiting 8-; geants, whose object is only to get a certain iltlyabe enlisted without regard to their special fitness or naP a ; city ,'for military duty. He thinks also that t i i t were determined to quarter each regiment or its depe when abroad, as a rule, in the district from whence it toolt its name, recruiting would be much facilitated and deser prO7 tion discouraged, besides esprit de corps being muc h moted by such a course. The soldier would n°t feel himself so much cut off from all his old friends and associations, while information regarding him would be easily attainable, and he would nos be able to do what many do now—enlist in two or three parts of the kingdom to desert directly afterwards. A l on g and learned article on the distributive value of the pr ecious metals in the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries Oil' scarcely attract the general reader, though instructive to lb ° , student of financial and currency questions. A seemoriP paper traces the active and useful career of Mr Leonard Horner, founder of the Edinburgh School of Arts, Inspe ct(/ ' # of Factories for the United Kingdom during the trying period of innovation, and celebrated for his scientific abilities no less than for his philanthropic labours. He Was toes younger brother of the welhknown Francis Homer, one °' the band of Scotch celebrities who distinguished the e°lli part of the caitury, and was the friend and associate of many of the most eminent men of his time. "A S° pet the proceeds with intereat, and introduces us t o a an"-(1 extraordinary character. A "Gossip about Lochfple 6'e Herrings" gives us some curious and interesting details °r the homely but useful trado connected with herrin." RE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE,—The readers °f this magazine will see with pleasure the ° °l3 :: naencement of two new stories by authors of r e p o is The opening chapters of both are given in tat part, and both promise interest. " Only a C i° , lB . is, as the advertisements have already r e p eateu d• informed us, by the industrious authoress of "Lady l'''tinre ley'a Secret." It introduces us to two persons apparently destined to fill a prominent position in the s" I . s —one of them, indeed, being the "clod," its hero. 11°0; as might be imagined, the very reverse of a clod, he il3 , 6 intelligent, active, and good-humoured fellow, althoun. fills, when first made known to us, the unenviable Pc''itj°o, of private soldier, and attendant on one of the most dis e ° o ,, tented of mortals, Ensign Harcourt Lowther. To the • tense disgust of this gentleman, whose beau ideal of h°P O PI , O ness is life in the West-end, he is ordered to Van Diel°t°o - to take charge of a party of convicts. Such - b et tion, as may be supposed, is not a very lively on e ' b 10 0 Frank Tredettilyn, the "clod," finds himself ala cil to es miserable than his master, having a good many resoul3at of his own, while Ensign Harcourt Lowther has none' t of with the usual inconsistency of fortune, the wa rr3 , l3 h irtf release comes to the one who does not want it, and " e " O ld thousand a year left to Tredettilyn unexpectedly by a' as . miserly relation, transforms the social positions of t he Vol ter and servant. The other story is from the pen 0 0 pe t Feval, author of " The Duke's Motto" an d at' Demonie," and its scene is laid on the C ontine o It is animated in style and promises interest. " NY ' l° d e its tures in Algeria" is a brief sketch of a few years Pa s r u dr the French colony. "Dipplebury Scandal" is cent °j and, in spite of the energy and constancy of the her es,' threatens a melancholy eofaclus!on. " London Laundres'w is the title of a paper which does not refer to the go dde i r r e , of soap and starch, but to those mysterious dames 1 0 ° side over lawyers' chambers and similar abodes. " Ce— no - c 1 bell's Crusade" gives an interesting account of the g vi - 00 , work happily accomplished by that enterprising officertc.ipg has succeeded in stopping the terrible practic e of off o f human sacrifice which prevailed among the hill tribes fl Arissa. After the subjugation of the Khonds to Brit!_ci rule, Major - General Campb ell (then Captain) was appoiea;, mag istrate and political ag ent for the district, with to special commission of eradicating the practices of sacrifice and female infanticide. How well and wisece; f u lfilled this difficult task may be gath ered from the Idea. that when ho left India " he left behind him 15,000 jut e° v i c tims, saved for life by his exertions--a considerable.Pto 00 , portion of whom are now civilised persons and Oar is , t l o a There are several other papers, among them au arti °W the old Highland gift of second sight. • CORNIIILL.—" Wives and Daughters, ala day Story," is begun in this number. it b r iskly' to be an interesting tale, and it commences .de, which some really good stories do not. I° , oo , scription of Molly's gala day is very naturally and the adventures the poor little maid m et h ; tb , on her introduction into the g reat w orld p roved to _ttero.o truth of the old adage , " al l is not go ld that gll,..oera Clare is a well - drawn chara cter , and her pretty 1 :" 01 ,, to cover a selfish system of action, and a determined mes lose no chance of benefiting herself. The re is a fr eS o 213 a in the style of this writer which is very attractive' Lit e rary Influence of Academies" is a well-written 3 cie o f but it is rather too much in favour of the French 111°e/saiil. writing in comparison with the English one. It ° b y tli ° that no rules which exiet, and no influence e verte d l e ss Academy, ever will contrive to make our neighh°llra-i self• sufficient or prejudiced than ourselves• Itiser° questioned if the presence of an institution like t" a vie •sont s referred to would not interfere with the freedom an an' which are the great characteristics of all literat a , r e e r ' P re which represent the spirit - of the country. This P o ai of ttt i s , seats us with a good description of the vierk'e'sed academics in general, and will doubtle ss be peta:,.es noltr attention by many. " Monaca" recou nts the cba 6 .3 50 roe being wrought in that place, and brings he ft .' re th i. et 01 3421 ,7 strstuge accounts of the old and ne w regime in _ cchi enit " The Lovers of Ballvrookan" is the cosayo,e'ios. of ane tale of exciting c h a racter, W . ': 46 Th° probably w partake of an the. sensationa l elemernva s not ice, Limited Enlistment Act" is an article that deueeee, aro since it refers to the private soldier, w h os e Jr...terse greets it t o efien overlooked and disregarded by these who_ verag es, ,. to consider them. " -Morality of the Doctrine 0 141 . , no nde. t will do Well is a smart sketch that the w aterfalls „1 istu , over and take to heart, It shows the folly o