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s~~,-~~ ~ ~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~ 31, . '.4;.'4r'.1'1 :'________'Tfr;''':l3.... - ''' jotbicov':'sn';nhedss-iliA CKW.I"'D:''.--. • , , . t , • . ..,:-..; i - • _ . ../ ---", 7 . ~ i ,' l , .--, - i, 1. . „ )1. , 7 • t., 4 • t 5 6 ,5 c" . „ - --' aiiF i h,..., . r / FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and ' e : .. , ,•!,' Q , .e- 141 : 11. .- - ~ligi \ 1... i!/ , he Iance FL°°RC LOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in . . , . :,-, aitvt c §. , - , 'd,; , 0 / , \41t :: :?“?'' \l' .: 44.... „-• lc T. , ~... ......... ,Q§,2111. - P.' '''.c. )"..•:"%.' ,ttdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class prods at second-class *. ' etc, , , prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to .1, ' ic' ~. ,; . ' 1_,..,......(: - .OA ....,•-- t . \. - ' . r. , ./ ~, ‘ ii t ~::;,fac orn _Ten and Gentlemen. An immense stock to 'seleet - '.•'.. '. , 1 ''' '' • ' fir - ,....: imPre, , ,„ . -.. ' •• , ,,is ,5 4.., , .. ~ 47 9 bow, .. . 4 .1 , it!, ,C . Wi1..,. ... .../' /,' . J‘. , - * Every die in showrooms occupying an acre of ground. ';' - . ', \ . ' ,4- t• - 1 / 2 . . ‘ „.. 1 - -,ord,i2. - 11-4„ ,-'; .7., ' 4 ' :77/ ' - .. 1- • •-,- :iltiolgiaille"' fl i qlh., ,c,1" )11 %.(,,,, . a-ahh. ' Il k ... ,l' 1 k4 I C .- - ':- ~ , -, .. , -•*•,- y.,arele warranted. ? - A '--- ' . D•-. ~, . - .mom 04 = - N - Z t- - - -- ' , - . • , ~,. . 2 , 7 1-- 6 , 1 -(4 , haGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- "...:-.---=', -_. ~ . i g hq v -- , ..tr,... • - , -e-- 1:. ~ . . are re respectfully informed that Mesdrs. Cobbett and ''„ Co., ' • • '.! , publishing an entirelYgemfilittion - of their un , , .. „ II& ~.. .....,...--_,___________ _ equalled HOUSE FURNIsHiNq OUIOE,-illastrated by 420 t ,____ . . . admirable env:raving's of eibry deSerfption of Furniture and . THE SUN LONDON ;FRIDAY tVENING JANUARY 1 1864 - ' Bedsteads, with prices attache , d. - A copy sent ,gi atis and. N 0 22,314 , , ' / PR1CE...,.. ...4d.., , • . po-free on application , i This costly work also contains - - STAMPED ...sd. Complete est'inates fur fu . rnlshing' on the &Bowing revised A.. t..... Seale ; - ' -, - . - A. Six-roem'ed Parsonage , MAGAZINE DAY, .An ight-roomed ditto THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING DEC. 1863. A Ten-roomed ditto LL BR W AN H DY IS . I(Y . , TogetherA Twelve -roomed ditto 164 11 0 This celebratei Old IRIS if WHISKY rivals the finest • --There is an article on "Capta . mostS p e 1. c i i t ini . , std , n s uchtitubateh J islnreat o ects, u sttithyi r ahin n irnii sedse a g: l ao.r , eilaf ' le ' doupea,ddr w teruutd b irnor i ftei c oeotsfie h rrisronneefd i ttda s hht „ taheett o riptopsa f rh:cense c ittu,mti o : ; e r b s ime e nr , 0. irotens IC us e l i f :gen t ei : with a friee List of purified bedding, sad a mass FRENCH BRANDY, . ...................411.......... °1 valuable information to all requiring hotiselold turniture, I s to Sold d ( No. I.—AU Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the Unit e d Kingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ended Dec, 31, 1863, compared carpets, or bedding. References kermitted to Cler2y- , i l i ity s e er s y i. Mo n l d e Wholesome. e i . )y Xnen i d gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Sou r tfig o p u t t o h n : Chi .1 , t. ,-. er. Bury, E:y, Preston, Grimmrsby, Ryde. P i: B e Ot il t i l i e l s d , ' 3 lll s. eBldlo,wa't Delicious the Agents in the principal towns m England or wholesale at . with the Corresponding Per,C9ds of the Preceding Year. ''' - •, - Oxiorri. Brizhon. Gainsborourgh, Margate. Kidder- 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W. • , • , ' ' e • er, wollington. Croydon. Cambridge, BtaineA Dorkittg, QuAirrEits ENDED • YEAR - • , • QUARTERS ENDED ~.. e A x lhan'a,'Worcester, Ipswich, Peterbarowilt, St s . Da_vicrst, ~ gi r s i ge n,s th L e L l4e . d his S k 7 l , , , Pink Label, and Cork branded ~........_______...._...7_.-..-.., .......:-..._...- _...-....._,,,...._ March 31, June 30, -Se t, 30, Dec. --' 31, . Dec. end e ll,. ' .March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, -- 1. - 7 —' ec. 31, le : c dA .c i t, , par( of (.4- ea ~ . r ham, and above 5.:0 other places 1 1 . 1 , au . Min. . ~ 1863 . 1863 . , 1863 1863 • 1863 - 1, 1862 1862 1862 ! 1862 1862 , , • COB BETT and CO., General House Furnisherit Deptford briA VHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THF, - . . . ------__ , . s ----- - - . 24 6 , , , 000 00 0 0 2 187 1 ,: 0 0 04 0 e 0 sE C r iS ci Ti E l , kl s. S. one end it belongs CoPloses and Herodo a: r t on i ro i d s ye , Pr p ib c;s o c;.u s urk p iti l: l l/3 1:. vi‘ x ‘bi 1 ( 1 -- -ge, London, S.E, V PANTOMIMES ?My dear Fellow, Gentlemen any . £ ' x 5,722,000 5,8.57,000 5,87 4 2,000 5,97 4 0,000 ' 23,4f1,000 ':5 724 4 000 5,791 4 ,0' 0 f 9 0 4 1 013 802 X oei ,: 0 0 050 3 .3 z , 316 : 9 ,( i ., --- ----:-_ - ______,-- -. CUSTOMS 1 :: t : 0 00 ,00 '1g :00 00 0 0 ' _ , 3 ): 9 15 22 1: 0 00 0 0 0 4 2:9 5 3 3 :0 000 00 1 9 7 :2 7 5 4 2 5 :( 00 )00 0 :,!.. 2 5 : 0 2, 1 3 4 :9 0 4 00 5 2 4 :2 8g : 1 : w oo ? ) 2 3 ) ,:6 1 - Lf, ( 07 00 00 13110VIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE at .E .. VANS', Covent-garden. - . , EXCISE ' ---' ' STAMPS and the Pyramids, at the other the different notable poin ASSOCIATION. R '• - TAXES- . 1 - e. , 357 , 000 = 1 , 3 9 0 ,%0 - 176,000 1,285,000 3,208,000 1 . 35 ),000 1,357,000 166,000 12;0000 3,1i8,000 TAXES. • • Established 184 0 . C" WIYY FUND —Those , Colonel CRAWLEY in his heavy expenses DU V NY' ' POST OFFICE ‘ 866,000 2,1&2,000 9,806,0(0 ;4,427,000. 2,772,000 974,000 2,931,000 11,101,000 PR()PERTY TAX. 595 00 ,000 t 50,00.) 904,000 e., o 3,800,000 , 905,000 850,000 895,000 f , 0,000 3,6 0,000 POST OFFICE. eo 3 C i f l i. 6 0 . c A , V N E L L L A A I\ N , E D O S u . s . . are natucd after our Gracious Queen, the E'rnperor L.:+e Napoleon," &e., Captain Spoke has entered into the detai 'furs - nes. 1,1 7 71,7 (4° 46 , .4 68 047 5 01 413,501 808,166 2,899,120 68,000 87,000 302,500 ' = 78 7;,r 45 1 4 r ., ,z) 47 4 02 6 8 31 6 : 000 928 2,16 98 1,' 5 ,' II Tho nl , l2 No L ,. F• q M.P. , 1 Wire. Geo. Prescott, Esq.' their Subieriptions to the above Plaid a,t s 3 . l t c r s e s e r t s: Li o el a r t, i , e n s : 3a CR Is O c r vd. L AN AN .E D , S .us ~,,...,.. 0 . of his exciting. adventures, and recorded his remarkable e. _, Wefts with an earnestness that imparts to them a daub 7honisen II a l iili'ey, s lifs ' q., 31. P. 1 Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P Farquhar, and Co., Bankels, 16, St. James ' TOTAL'S , ..... - ... 1.... i l -.......' ' -----....-... o,:rhis Association now numbers more th 41 7,0:0 members of S-W• • TOTALS. zest, and a descriptive power that adds to the cxeitit c rY class of society. . .. . ~..£5e,000 Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., i nature of the narrative. The "undramatised simplicity The Annual Inegne exceeds ' 22 BARBARA'S HISTORY. , ,f ' ' .. . . The Invested Fund exceeds '_ . , of the work is made special mention of in this criticism. ax tonnses have been aded to the participating By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. . 'Na. ll. — lnerease and Decrease in. the Periods ended December 31, 1863, as compared with the Correspondinr , Periods of 100,000 ~ doubtless its readers will coincide with the accuracy of ti ~. policies t 5 the extent of 0 remark. when its • TIAWAR sarci non in nnel 1,.• ~......... ..t..l— comprises all the best features of purely Mutual Assur- This story will take rank among the very best produc tions of its class. We have met with nothing of equal power . -- • the . or merit since the decease of Charlotte Bronte."-Messenger. - .•:. , ~ the Preceding Year. Di EWS PA.PE ft :- v A7,,. z , t ,., jr .:. very cot , yag i ,:e: l l4A: then matt 710.'" ---- ra • 4 It? 4 Englishman." itiill ;ca t ty S '1 / / gay find shor therfots judgment of posterity" is on to thetcheek of the . " future _ be in favour of Messrs. Seward, Russell, and lams. THE VICTORIA.—This number opens with an essay on " The Queen as a Ruler," which re's forth 'truly and simply the debt of national grktirtiOe which we:ewe to a sovereign who has restored to ti!w Englidi throne the love and confidence of the people ; has_ helped to preserve her country ua- Shaken by thc social convulsions and political c.nspiracies . which have agitated continental Europe during her reign, and has fulfilled in their highest sense those difficult and delicate duties of a conetiutional monarch which have rarely been adequately performed. Mr. Thomas .idal t phus's at - cry of " Lindisfarn Chase" proceeds pith consider- • able interest. This instalment chronicles site's very im portant events, and displays the characters of the two sisters in very Atrong light. The two offers of marriage, feared by the n ne, and courted. by the other, t..l:e place on the tame day with opposite results, although the ardrinative and ne gative _are both prompted by the weithty seer. - -t of the_ unithown heir. Kate's honesty and 7dargaree3 - ,eratftincsa are differently affected by th© hiitden L.-ailvq • eli_e,e that they ere to longer t-3: licll - 258, a of Lindisfarn. , reader ' , may reasonably i - jo p•E, howev e r , , that the reyste'ry may be:cleare,d up, and that the conree of trite love may finally rua smooth, even if it'eutails-the / comfiture of the ingeniotis Margaret. " The Dlificaltiee of Domestic Service" touches lightly upon a very important; secialquestion, and hints that the prevalent complaint, that "good servants cannot be had," might in some degree be echoed by the other side. Miss Frances Cobbe givesArs another of her pleasant papers of travel, and Mr. Dic i ey contributes an account of the rights and wrongs of Sch,les wig -Holstein. Those who wish to. understand a little of the subject had better read his brief and clearly written paper,l in preference to studying Air. .Punch,'B historical summary. 4,oe_s,ase... He intliines eatuewltzt to the-German bide, , NO. II: Increase and Decrease in the 'Periods ended Deeembei , 31, 1863, as compared with the Correspondin g Periods of pencies ta the extent of - luo,uuu _........ " This story will take rank among the very best produc• It comprises all the best features of purely Mutual Assur . *Lice— lions of its class. We have met with nothing. of equal power or merit since the decease of Charlotte Bronte."—Messenger. - • -- - • • .•, -_ ~. the Preceding Year. ____ ___ IkeVtomy of Management. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. -..,...-- • Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1863. Nine Months ended' bef.3686 3. Year ended Dee 31, 1863. Publicity of Accounts. . . _... _____________,___ PrOinAness and Liberality in Payment of Claims. . . • 0- I sPecital • atte lion 19 el:voted • to the system of Paid-up Now ready, crown Bvo., with Illustrations, 65., .rolicies, by which all lois is avoided on discontinuing an . .. . . , . : ' `.; 1. ' - Assisi we. . . THE LAST OF THE CAVALIERS. 7 ------_______.______ ,_,._ ~]:,,ecrease______. , :Increase,.:,._, ' 1 1 ,• , , , ,, :-..:;.. , , , Inc;reaLe. ....,,. , D ecrease, i t t ille Board . are prepared to appoint active and influential A NOVEL. Increase. '"geuts.iiipl . 4?s..where the A:Ala:Wien is unrepresented. Aldb. uniform, , . . ~, . ' Chiet (Ahem 15, Moorgate-street, E.C. nie INITIALS, By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." CUSTOMS .. ... _ £ x• . . -. . WU. THOS. LINTORD, Secretary. . 65.. EXCISE' ' - ~ •• 350000 - • 613,000 linitii"tiff6t - 1 - --- EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WooD, 6s. STAMPS 735,000 • • 59W,000 CUSTOMS. ' 106,000 .. EXCISE. The CHANNINGc.• By Mrs. Wool). 6s. TAXES 15,000 • • • STAMPS. PROPERTY TAX • • 58,000 2 33 1r :0 00 55 0 4... 61 : 5 .: °°° NIESSRS. BOTT , JACKSON, AND CO. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. WOOD. Os , POST OFFICE • 70,C00 •• 60,000 1 , TAXES, 761,000 40 . ,Z00 *. - 1,2;3,000 PROPERTY TAX. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. CROWN LANDS Year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. L• olden and , •• POST OFFICE. 173,233 • " 3,979 CROWN LANDS. .. Westminster Bank. - Post,ffice Orders payable at Camber- •• 145,559 Well-park. TILACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE TOTALS , • • 537 157- •• - , .. . MISCELLANEOUS. - 1,089,238 1,140,010 I I Xll.--Betting on the NriterrOo Cup. 1.1 for JANUARY, 1864. No. DLxXFX , Frioe . 2s. 6d. ~ 1,204,059 1,374,000 1,350,191 1 1,913,000 TOTALS. Address—Borr and Jacasorg, "Man of the World " Wine • CONTENTS. Y Net Decrease ....4J0,762 ..... y--.......--_,.....—....—....„.._ --....• Stores, George-street, Camberwell -park, London. Captain Speke's Journal. .. Net Decrease £169,941 Net De0rea5e.....£562,809 • Captain Speke's Journal. Tony Butler. Part IV. The Mind and the Body. Chronicles cf Carlingford : The Perpetual Curate.— Part VIII. Winchester ollege and Commoners. Letter from Poland. No. JV. A Song of Proverbs. The European Crisis. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE.:VT-NTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale Prices, with every description of \Vines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE- 9 7s - • ~ THE VINTAGE CLARET , I's. „ THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Clerics! Testimonials, together with the Illus. trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Fcur Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 doors south of New Oxford-street. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-Street, Hay. market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS Will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, M'Kcnney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, 31. GRENET. H 0 X F OR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. I< ishop ; also, from L A FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Renry, almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, nuish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS. the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant _ And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by IJNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene, Randail,W. T. Critchfleld, T. Maclagan, Gcorge Hutchen- Fon, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original rantat I, entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establshment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MO RTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is n.ghtly held at the CAN TERBURY TEAL L. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both In its serious and mirthful aspects; and, by means of spectral tableaux. to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr tars. At pre sent,.. the two o-ders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "white" Slaver, of a snorts boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be rapidly replace Iby others. The pages f z 4 bakspere and the el.er Dramatists, of Scott. Hood, Imzoldsby, Dickens, dm., &c., Nvi_l : _in turns, furnish subjects for illustrat , on. _ All the other Musics( -. And Pictorial attractions as usual, includimr Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by UNsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hudson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. OY A L ALHAMBRA.-FRANCONPS CIRQUE DIVERIAL at Two, and half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. —The Great Bare back Rider, JULES PEREZ, EVERY EVENING. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 O'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Flames ,. Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, .tc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhilling ~ tor Gentlemen only). BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the 3iagmetic Bock Dew Wafer from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be bad only at Madame RACH EL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. TF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOMS WIND PILLS. Tecir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. rnd 29. Oct ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist PRIZE M E x E rg IT fON—INTERNATIONAL FRANCIS TUCKER &Wax 1862. Chandlers, ete.., &C., CO.,COTo the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established iro) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church t es tifies to he excellence of the quality of Candle Tuckers' Candles i IR man ut acture. Candle . • n -62, A disti-Iguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed T uc ker and Co. , o n the subject of to Fra nc i s WAX CANDLES with PLATTED says:— WICKS, "I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerefly, in my tuin mend them to the clergy for the use o the altar. ,, ' reeom Finest quality, with Platted wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. Per lb Ordinary quality .. :•_, • • • • • • 2. ' °c l - Per ill VEGETABLE CANDLba, with a Mixture of w a , Best quality . .. .. Is. sd. per lb second qua i nt • • • • • ' . .. .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third qu a il 5 ' • • .• • .. •• • ls. I.d. p er lb Carriage Paid in London on Orders of Nive Pounds In value. FRANCIS TUCKED AND CO.. 8, South Moho TUC n-street, or° ~.cquar • e ganuf actory— K ens • t sveno . , , 1734 The larg est E in.- on (Established stabil '.• slim. tEngland for the Manufacture of Wax _ _n .In Candles for the use of the Altar. —_— TEETH —ai,i, r. ESKFLL's INVENTION th e _ has the in _ low i ng 'onstruction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH _ . u .ons hf r , it t, lvantagres :—A set of teeth, of excellent i!ro,,. r.„: 0 0 p er i= mechanism, can be made and fitted wititl out L'ida or y and success, in a few hours, wi gut l' t piastfe av ac tion_ of stumps, and to answer all the pu., ut ai r s or f a , t n and articulation. They are fitted Wi t t o r ( the ol ns, th e t enings, and adapt themselves so pertectly :3f the wea ,, r h , eY a. e quite immoveable, except at the op s d. u st these t `r. Invalids or residents 'country Ca n 6 t he J i dof a d e eeth to man chsavms f th th without " ris e a Mist Th y "• 9 e " use , nef Will ey arc not so aable to injury, are ant. t ise expl a i, last a lifetime. Comfort cruaranteed. 11 ns lospectie,ang Bin Eske.l's Patent, &c.'free for 7 staMY : strc e o .f Ltt,',BPecimens andconsultations'free.-B,Grosv enor ot iii” tara, .-strect, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill , Or' ---------- and 'llost u " lTNT-N G IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest ,1 60 .1:7 . 1. 4 0 01i N 8e f or it s N , yntion of the , day, A,GUA — AMAREL LA. tal on A ELL and CO., 3, King-court, I,,,rnba rd ,: to to . o pbl ie rerfumers to her Majesty, respectfully on" f v e .f l ' gt az,t.he ir this truly marvellou. fluid, which graduallY (mean hair to its pristine hue—no matter at dg e ' ' t ' h e_Agua amarelia has none of the properties o f l i t k e 4e.h aii n contrary, is beneficial to the system. a n r. hot vt i 1 , 11 once restored one application per mOnth ! l l; srh , st o u . ntn e erfect colour Price one guinea per bottle, or InN. 6d. Testimonials trout artistes of the U'ld to K Y b e a nd from individuals unooubted respects leoss h e ws: on . application.. 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Pyne, The National Gallery. The Proto-Madonna. Attributed to St. Luke, Illustrated. Almanac of the Month. From designs by W. Harvey. Il lustrated. Art-Work in January. By the Rey. J. G. Wood, M.A., ttc.&c. The Church at Ephesus. By the Rev. J M, Bellew. British Artists : their Style and Cbaracter. By J. Dafforne. Illustrated. The Houses of Parliament. Progress of Art-Manufacture :—Art in Iron. I lustrated. Portrait Printing in England. By Peter Cunningham, F.S.A, Hymns in Prose. Illustrated. Lays of the scottish Cavaliers Illustrated. History of Caricature and of Grotesque in Art. By T. Wright, DLA., P.S.A. Illustrated. New Hall China. A History of the New Hall Porcela'n Woks at Shelton. By Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. Illus trated. The Department of Sci -nce and Art. WlMani Blake the Arti.,t. New Method of Engraving and Multiplying Prints, &c. Early Sun-Pictures. &e. Ra. &c, Also three Line Engravings, viz.:— _ . Alice Lisle." By F. Heath. From the Picture by E. M. 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ESq'' " , F NG'S COUGH LOZENGFS.—Statistic, that 50,00) persons annually fall victims sborLcirdera, in consumption, diseasestoolPlhe. „„ on re spiratory organs. Prevent ion is at won° , ; , ,, a d to , c be, therefore, prepared durinatheama;;ds ches r o'bo ' a supply of BEATING'S 'letter t s e ason , ,l;ieb possess the virtue; f averting., as well 1! win rv, , „ Ai or cold ; they are good alike for the youno. 1,4, a cour , t h e y soothe bronchial irritation ; and for • of cul l - e t he preacher, states man, s i nger, and acTior. or foTt the V o t e ~u ed them r aveic r o . , oatru st. raul's Cathedral, 30th November, 1840. o h plcasurcin recommending y our lozenges "Roll' be distressed with hoarseness. They have a cveral occasions when scarcely able t to those , v e r eliel o f catarrh. I think they would be very afforded the dee" b a rristers, anti public orators. sin° . frolll yule"' Sir 'yours faithful' are, • .„ useful to c 1 'TOMAS r rtANcts, Vicar Choral. ~ boxes, ls tin and tins, 2s Od 4s 6d, f o ntlVg . ' ou r betas Kecr, chPrdst, tc.. '7O St. " To 3ln iv -- ., ,oicl Ill ho pY Lon don, Retail by all diu • ggiats — itod preparedA 003. and 10s ou hva to, , 1 ., ixt the world. ]'nut's Cltlre J , lea ap ate at ra OWL° No. 111—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipt s o f th e Quarter ended Dee. 31, 1863 ; the Application of the same ; and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. iurplua Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, viz. : Great Britain Ireland 457,580 457,580 .-C Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1863, in redemption of Exchequer Deficiency Bills for Quarter ended Sept. 33, 1863 Total Deficiency.: Deduct—ltedeemed by Sinking Fund Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, In th e Q uar t er ended £1,981,640 Dec. 31, 1863 8,777,292 Marge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1863, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt X6290,694 Terminable Debt 33 3 ,,448 Principal of Exchequer Bills Interest of Exchequer Bills Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List Other Charges on Consolidated Fund Advances for Public Works, &c. Sinking Fund 101,270 688,615 396,972 510,:95 Surplis Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, J 863, viz. : G reat 'Britain Ireland 8,362,701 978,212 £20,10,),552 instead of a mattock, a knapsack laid upon their shoulders instead of a hod, and their strength directed to destroy their fellow-creatures, and be destroyed by them, instead of to revolutionise the surface of the harmless and impassible earth_ Surely with all these advantages, the Northern States ought to be content ? They have got so much by these means that it is really inexcusable in them to seek for more. But, according to the report of a case heard before the bench of magistrates at Queenstown a few days since, it seems that the American navy at any rate is not content to conform to the municipal laws of this country so far as to abstain from enlisting the subjects of her Majesty within the jurisdiction of our courts, but that an American vessel of war called the Kearsage has been, without, it should seem, any very great at tempt at concealment, shipping sailors in no less public a place than the harbour of Cork itself. The men so shipped were committed for trial at the assizes, and we purposely forbear from a discussion of the details of the case from a wish not to preju dice pending proceedings. But at any rate there can be no harm in recording that John Sullivan stated that he passed the doctor of the ship at Brest; 7 that Edward PybuYn states that he . was examined by the doctor's mate, and that Thomas Leary went on board at Kingstown, and did not come on deck till he reached Brest. Why were they on board at all? Why were they examined ? Why were they kept below ? Whatever be the case of each of these men, it seems abundantly clear that this ship of war has employed herself in taking on board seamen just as if she had been a merchant ship. When we consider she manner in which the sur miao nothing like proof was ever offered) that the English Minister was privy to attempts to enlist American citizens in the service of England during the Crimean war was visited upon this country, we think we have some right to ex pect that the Northern States will content them selves with the recruiting of emigrants on their arrival, and not employ their commissioned officers on board their vessels of war to violate, in the face of day, the well known provisions of an Act of Parliament. We have heard and read the most furious denunciations of our own Government, be cause they did not interfere when they were not furnished with sufficient evidence to arrest the de parture from their ports of vessels which were subsequently armed and equipped for the service of the Confederate Government. It is not tdo much to expect and require that they shall weigh themselves in the same balance as they weigh us, or, if this be too much to ask, at any rate that they shall not employ their vessels of war, and officers bearing the commission of the United States, in the direct and open enlistment of sailors within the limits of British ports. Robbery of Five Hundred Pounds in Bank Notes. About half-past 4 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) afternoon a respectably dressed man, between 30 and 40 years of age, accosted one of the G division of police while on duty in Shoreditch, and in great tribulation made known to him that he had been robbed of ten £5O Bank of England notes under the following circumstances :—He stated that about nine months since he kept a tavern near Buckhurst-hill, in Essex ; that his wile recently had come into possession of about £2,000; and thai being desirous of taking a London house he came to town for the purpose of purchasing one. While pursuing inquiries with this otject he noticed a pub lic- house in Shoreditch, entered it, and after a few preli minary remarks offered the landlord £350 down instanter for the house. This sum was refused, and he was told that the property was not in the market. When on the point of leaving a man, whom he had not before observed, followed, and stated that he knew a house to be disposea of which would exactly suit, and they both repaired to a beer-shop near the City Theatre in Norton Folgate, where they par took of some ale, and then his new acquaintance accom panied him to another beer•shop up and down some turn ings, but where he could not afterwards find out. Some more ale was called for, several other men joined company, all respectable-looking and behaving, except one, and he remarked to him " Why, you have not money enough to pay for beer in my opinion." The reply was by the pro duction of a canvas bag from the left side outer pocket of his great coat, and which bag contained the notes mentioned; he at the same time saying " Here's enough to pay for more than beer." He thrust the whole quickly back, and while drinking and leaning on the counter soon found him self alone, the others having left the house ; very quickly he discovered his loss, and sought a police•constable. He produced his card as authority of his being the person mentioned, and his story,when inquired into by the officer, proved correct. A huge balloon 'a being constructed in Paris, to be called the Eagle, in honour of the Emperor, with whose arms it is to be decorated. Four gigantic eagles are to extend its wings over its vast circumference, The wings of each eagle measure 61 feet in extent. The circular wicker car is 12 feet in diameter. A stove six feet in diameter is placed in the centre, which is to heat the air by which the balloon is to be raised. Twenty people may sit at ease in the car which is to be attached to the balloon by chains and not by ropes. 'I he seams of the balloon are not less than 17 miles long, and 100 women have been employed in stitching them for two months. The balloon is to be exhibited at the Palais de l'lndustrie, but it cannot be fully inflated there as it would be twice as high as tho [ADVERTISEMENT-]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, is every stage, are only ag gTavatel and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Harry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured atter the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration ; exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl,—N. Lange, Commissafre de _Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial 'deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervousfancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. the Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakcnham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 48 6d ; 51b, Its; 121 b, 22a; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Ca., No. 77, Regent-street, London; alai Fortnum and "_anon; ar.d all grocers and chemists in every town of the Vnited sLugdoni. Income received in the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1863, as shown in... Account 18,31P,166 ,; , Amount received in the Quarter ended Dem 31, 1863, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &o. 428,052 £19,203,798 Balance, being the Deficiency on Dec. 31, 1863, upon the charge of the Consoli. dated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to March 31, 1861, and for which Exchequer Bins' • (Delicieuep will be issued i n th a t q uarter F••.• 199,054 420,102,852 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—Political economists tell us that the num bers of the inhabitants of a country must, under the ordinary conditions belonging to human life, de pend mainly on the quantities of food within their reach. The consequences of population pressing on the means of subsistence have often been pointed out and acutely felt during the Irish famine, and now also in the cotton districts. Yet this theory of food determining the number of human beings which may be supported within a given area would only partly account for that stream of emigration of the Anglo-Saxon ra ce w hi c h s i nce the time of Raleigh to the present day has continued to flow to other lands where great communities now live and flourish in every quarter of the globe attached to tie British Crown, displaying the peculiar characteristics of their ancestors. In spite, however, of exhausting wars, bad seasons, emigration, and other circum stances, the people of these realms have significantly increased during the last century; and although the land has retained its ancient boundaries, it has been better cultivated than formerly ; its prodace in some degree has kept pace with the public re quirementseand the industrial energies of the people have enabled' thine - TO commind the' superabundant supplies to be had in other quarters. Immense progress undoubtedly has been made in the cultiva tion of the soil, and in the development of the best breeds of our domestic animals. Can the same as sertion be made respecting the mode in which wa have managed our sea and river fisheries, which, if properly regulated, might furnish almost inexhaus tible supplies of good, wholesome food to every class of the community ? We fear not. Interested parties persisted in thinking that there were as good fish in the sea, and as many of them, too, as ever were caught ; proprietors of salmon rivers—either forget ful or ignorant of the habits of the king of fresh waters—pursued what they termed an " economic cal," but, in reality, an exhaustive plan of taking fish, and what aro celled free waters were infested night and day with the nets and other engines of destruction .of the poacher. These facts became so evident of late years that everybody acquainted with them declared that something must be done, and accordingly Parlia• ment facilitated the adoption by Scotch proprietors of arrangements about gaps, close time, nets, weirs, and the rights of the owners of upper waters, which have resulted in a steady increase in the supply of salmon ; and on the west coast of Scotland the great herring fishery there has had all the advantages which the visits of Commissioners and gunboats could give it in the maintenance of close time and the prohibition of trawl nets, even those that sweep inshore. Two years ago the Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales began their exami nation of the chief rivers to which salmon resort, and their annual reports are replete with va'uable information, and contain useful hints about the management of salmon property, which, if adopted by those chiefly interested, cannot fail to produce some improvement in the condition of our rivers. Commissioners appointed by Parliament are now busily engaged in taking the evidence of the fisher men residing at the principal stations along the English coast, in order to attempt a solution of the difficult problem whether the use of trawl-nets is injurious or otherwise to our sea fisheries, and dur ing the last session Sir Robert Peel's Salmon Act for Ireland was passed, which, by means of a com promise, proposed to reconciie conflicting interests; and commissioners are now at work in that country inspecting the obstructions that had gradually am mulcted in tidal waters, and ordering the demoli tion of many of them, on the ground of their being impediments to navigation. In reviewing, then, the efforts of Parliament to increase the supplies of food to belfound in British seas and rivers, it cannot be justly said that it has been inattentive to the wishes of the public when it complained of the errors that were being committed in the suicidal methods which were adopted in the management of those streams especially frequented by the sal monidee ; and, strange to say, most of the late im provements effected therein have been simply returns to the rules and traditions of our ancestors, as practised centuries ago. It is satisfact or y to know that we shall, in all human probability, have for the future continually increasing quantities of this magnificent fish and it may not be out of place t o re mind owners of river s t hat the y s hould cultivate its congeners, and to all other species of the fin n y in preference s almon extent of the breeding grounds to which it has ac numbers can be limited only by the ac cess. a tribes, l as t invariably returns, after certain time, to the same either for its own pleasure or for other natural purposes. With reference to that much dif ference of opinion prevails as to their present condi tion, The fact, however, i s c ertain l that the supply . r bot, soles, cod, and is not equa l t o the demand, u all th e commoner sor t s and shell-fieh, oysters espe cially, ar e b o th d eare r and scarcer than they used , to be. P ro b a bl y an i ncre ased consumption for th i s article of f oo d, st i mu l a t e d by railways, may partly account for the diminution in this supply,destructive enhanced price of sea fish may lead to method s of capture. From ascertained facts con especially salmon, trout, and and the nec ted with the natural history of our river fish, found that they deposit their ova on shallow gravelly beds, and heir fecundation cis pends mainly on their re- cc iving the i ' and heat of the influences of the light V ia l and those grayling, it is of a running stream. Arguing then from . dingy, it seems reasonable to suppose that the ,nsi, the evidence to b ays vv v ich e sea deposit their spawn in those sandy this suppositio con ceal the abound off every coast where they can and at sucti rn from the depredations of their enemies, on fact, it m a Bun can reach moderate depth that the heat of the which certain] tend to be vivify them: There is abundant ad in favour of the probability of ulti tance of the s h h b o i r t e their n, and should it turn out to be founded ra ke the bottom, and perhaps modify the use of trawl-nets, for obvious habits of the denizues' working with a certain dim tease . Unfortunately it is diffieult, mutely to pro enough is to ascertain accurately the known °f them of the salt water, but surely them to discontinue the practice of catching sprats (whi cb lime , be 1. 1 ring) i n e.or that b s t ' ° Ycn " c the tetabii - 4 tr ' meat of railways tons of them were often employed in manuring the land. Fishermen are sometimes not alive to their own interests when they thought lessly permit fry to perish on the beach after hauling in their nets, and it is to be feared that most of the oyster beds off our coasts are now suffering from over-fishing, and want of attention to their renova tion. Yet it is just as easy to cultivate a bed of oysters as to grow a crop of turnips, and there are hundreds of bays along our coasts admirably adapted to their habits which now lie fallow, but which in time we hope may be utilised. Various reasons have of late years directed public attention to this inte resting subject of the increase and preservation of fish, both for sport and the table, and the results have been a better acquaintance with their modes of life and a gradual improvement in the condition of our rivers. Much, however, remains yet to be done. It may be safely asserted that ten times the number of our best sorts of fish no to be found within the limits of these islands, including salmon, trout, grayling, and perch, might with ordinary care be produced in our fresh waters. Some rivers require stocking with a proper selection of our most approved species; trees and weeds might be judiciously planted. on the banks laf kl.k.e-svlotreterror whele required, for the p u ip ose btee ing inser=ts ; and we are persuaded that when owners of property in fish shall have become thoroughly alive to their own interests they will pay more attention than they have hitherto done to their preservation and increase, thereby benefiting themselves as well as the general public. The immense resources of our fresh waters have been sadly neglected in times past. Let us hope that a better time is coming, and that, with the help of the improved modern methods of stock ing waters, they may, in the course of years, become as productive of food and sport as they were in the olden time. TimEs.—Not withetanding the great dispropor tion between the numbers of the free population of the Confederate States of America and of the Fede ral States, there can be little doubt that, bad the struggle been fought out with the resources of the American continent alone, the North would have been defeated for lack of men with whom to continue the struggle. The Southerners made war like one of the States of antiquity, in which the names of freeman and soldier were almost synonymous, leav ing the cultivation of the land and the management of the ordinary business of life to their wives, their children, and their slaves, The time that was spent in amusement, in the sports of the field, or in the listless enjoyment of life in a half tropical climate, was devoted to war, and the motives to exertion being extremely passing, and opinion vigorously supporting the conscription, it has been found pos sible to maintain under arms a number of men ex tremely, we might say unprecedentedly, large as compared with the gross amount of the population. To be sure such an army cannot be efficiently re cruited. It pays the penalties of all aristocracies which dare not put arms i n t h e h an d s o f t h e labour ing classes. Sparta, from the smallness of the num bers of her privileged class, could not recover from the single defeat of Leuctra, and there is something touching in the calculation of the Southern news• papers that every year a number of youths grow up to an age at which they can bear arms, and so sup ply the otherwise irreparable gaps which every conflict leaves in the ranks of the Southern armies. Still this resource, feeble as it seems, has not yet been exhausted. The Southern armies have been less numerous than the Northern, bat they have been almost uniformly victorious, and there is no reason to suppose that the resources of the South would, even if the men had been forthcoming, have enabled them to support and bring into the field armies much larger than those which have hitherto offered so stubborn and so successful a resistance to invasion. In the North, on the other hand, the case is very different. There is in every free community a cer tain number of men who, :from idleness, from the love of adventure and excitement, from the want of regular means of subsistence or of settled habits, are always ready to swell the ranks of an army. With this kind of material America was particularly well supplied, as having been so long the city of refuge for all the unquiet spirits of the times. But when that material began to be exhausted it was found exceedingly difficult, even by the most extravagant inducements which could be devised, to supply its place. The very causes which have made the great ness and prosperity of America fought, and continue to fight, powerfully against the maintenance of a regular army. The dream of the nation is conquest and foreign war, and yet this is, perhaps, the only phase of national life for which its splendid destiny does not fit it. Tho causes of its prosperity—the abundance of land and the high appreciation of labour—are the most powerful connteractors that could be devised to the maintenance and replenish ment of the waste of a great standing army. These things, for ever bidding against the Government, and exposing it to a ruinous competition with its own citizens for the soldiers that it requires, are the most serious impediments to long and destructive ware. Even now the resources of the North in men would have been utterly exhausted had not the high wages of labour, and the enormous amount of bounty on enlistment which the Government has been forced to pay in order to compete successfully with the native capitalist, drawn over from the poorer countries of Europe a supply of men suffi cient hitherto in some degree to fill up, though not completely, the tear and wear of war, of disease, and of intemperance. In the first year of the war the South confronted the resident population of the United Statea. Those levies are now replaced by men of whom America is the stepmother—the children of other lands, whom she tempts into quarrels not their own —mercenaries who go to shed their blood for no other consideration than their bounty, their pay, and their allowances. Having mortgaged the labour of generations yet unborn to pay for the war, and secured the souls and bodies of people whose lives they consider as so much dross to fight and bleed for them, no wonder that the Americans at the present moment feel entirely at their ease, and believe that to morrow shall be as to-day and much more abun dant. Surely with such advttntages as these they companies have' been long engaged - Atl who might r r e a a i s l o w u a a y b y rest satisfied ? Agents for ima ginaryin R e told, eenain? P2f q am .antic , find oo tbeir arrival the laueket put into weir hands BLACKWOOD.—There is an 'article on " Captain Spekvs Journal," which is, of course, one of the most interesting features of this number. It would be difficult, indeed, to find a theme more sugges tive in its style, and more attractive in its associa tions, than this one referred to, Tne peculiarities of this subject are alluded to in the prefatory rem, rks, when it is said that this river unites the past and present. "At one end it belongs Coploses and Herodotus, the Sphinxes, and the Pyramids, at the other the different notable points are named after our Gracious Qacen, the Emperor Louis Napoleon," &e., Captain Spoke has entered into the details of his exciting adventgres, and recorded his remarkable ex ploits with an earnestness that imports to them a double zest, and a descriptive power that adds to the exciting nature of the narrative. The " undramatised simplicity" .E of the work is mad e special mention of in this criticism, and doubtless its readers will coincide with the accuracy of the remark, when its pages are scanned by eager students throughout the land. Thid work is not a book made up after reflection, but a journal of events set down as they occurred. As such it is far more valuable, and imparts to us more of that inner life of adventure and peril than any record of abstract criticism and occurrence, and embroidered *Aches of few _could possibly hays afforded:- There caul be no doubt that this journal of the discovery of the Source of the Nile will be one of the famous books of our day, and in its subject, and for its chronicles, it seems one of those rare works which will equally excite and interest other and distant generations, pre senting, as it does, a record of what belongs not to our age, but to all time. "Young Butler," is very amusing. In this instalment it relates the hero's adventures in town, which for rashness, inconsidera• tion, and absurdity may rival any provincial escapade or extravaganza on record. In farce or novelette, all comes alike to this energetic spirit, whether he is bullying the porters at Government offices, or frightening the respect able inhabitants of a suburban district from their propriety. His money spent, he returns home, having done little in the way of advancement for his future lite. "The Mind and the Body," by Pisistratus Caxton, is a quaint, gro tesque, even in parts a broadly comical dialogue ; full, how ever, of a profound significance. It appears to be a sequel, or rather pendant, to " The Boatman." Though—in a strain, how marvellously different ! " Chronicles of Car lingford ;" The Perpetual Curate is very exciting in this portion. The various dangers that sur rounded the unhappy Mr. Wentworth seemed to eel- I urinate, and the result is most oppressive to the be wildered young man. The disappearance of Rosa El - worthy, and the death of Mr. Wodehouso, continue to render the whole place in a confusion, and Mr. Wentworth is, of course, much mixed up in both ...hairs, '1 his writer gene.. rally contrives to get her heroes into some inextricable con fusion before the conclusion, and the Perpetual Curate now in that predicament. " Winchester College and Commoners" is a very readable sketch. The article fur nishes a fund of entertainment, with its varied accounts of historical reminiscence and anecdotal details. "Letter from Poland" refers at soma length to the pro tracted struggle that has taken all Europe by surprise for its pertinacious spirit. It has been rather the notion lately that all attempts to free Poland are unavailing, and that therefore it is better not to think about an unpleasant sub ject. This is, however, a strange kind of political moeality, and one that can hardly be suitable to the standard of right. It is well at any rate to have the me.tter brought forward occasionally, and in this instance it is done very effectively. It is justly observed that the attempts made by the great Powers have placed matters on a worse footing than ever, since the various remenstrances afforded that stimu lant from without that increased the ardour of the insur gents at first, so that afterwards, if a more threatening tone had been adopted towards Russia, that nation might have yielded to their demands. "A Song of Proverbs" is a lively strain that brings in many homely sentences in an ingenious form, and is suitable to the present season for its mirthfulness. A paper on "The European Crisis," that enters into the vexed questions now looming in the distance with a portentous aspect brings to a conclusion this number of Naga, which inaugurates the year with very varied contents. FRASER.—Fraser begins the nr year with a "discourse on " of Nations;' - which` treats on those points of international law which have been engaging the attention of the writers, speakers, and thinkers of England and America for the last three _years. It is followed by the con tinuation of the story of " Late Llureis," which proceeds with interest. Poor little Nelly's happiness trembles in the scale through the crafty malevolence of Florence, but she is rescued by the firmness and courage of her sister. Mr. Stephens's recent work on Criminal Law receives a careful and favourable notice, and those who in cline to that critical argument and analysis now so much in vogue will be attracted by the essay which follows it. " The Poetry of the Eighteenth Century" is the subject of an article which is mainly devoted to the consideration of the works and genius of Pope. Of the merits and gifts of that eminent poet the writer speaks strongly, paying him the tribute so especially due to him of refining and correct ing the style of the literature of his day. "In the highest qualities of imagination he confessedly felt that there was little more glory to be reaped. But what he did see was this—that the s t ragg li ng an d rat h er lumbering metre in which poetry was then written might be girded up and disciplined with advantage. This was the task he took in hand. He gathered up the loose threads, he re-wove it, as it were, and tightened our whole metrical system, and cast it in such a form as remained dominant tor a hundred years, and educated a school of poets." The singular story of " Nala and Damayanti" translated from the San scrit, is continued, and apparently concluded. It is a curious production, and chiefly interesting as introducing us to one of the standard works of that Oriental literature of which we know so little. Japan, which, after being un thought of and unnoticed for years, has suddenly risen into such conspicuous importance, is the subject of an article of some length. The most interesting paper in the number is, however, to be found at the last. Our old friend A. K. H. B. reappears under the familiar heading of " Concerning Ugly Ducks," and gives us his reflections on mis placed men, whom he illustrates by Hans Christian Ander sen's immortal story of " The Ugly Duck." It is easy to guess what sharp insight, what kindly philosophy, what playful sarcasm, what varied experience the essayist brings to bear upon his subject. He finds examples of his Ugly Ducks in John Foster, Archbishop Whately, Dr. Arnold, and Charlotte Bronte. The essay is not among the writer's best, but it is, notwithstanding, a pleasant conclusion to a somewhat heavy. number. MACMILLAN.—The talented author of " Ravens hoe" continues his new story of " The Hillyars and the Burtons ' with marked interest. The double thread of the narrative is a little perplexing at first to the reader, who is uncertain as to the connection between the dates of James Burton's story and the love tale of George Hillyar and Gerty Neville at the antipodes. Still this point will probably be vary soon cleared up, and meanwhile the plot is thickening, the incidents crowding closer and closer, and all the fascinations of the author's brilliant style combine to attract the reader. The Rev. F. 1). Maurice gives us his Christmas Thoughts on Renan's " Vie de Jesus," in which he comments on the marvellous inconsistency of that celebrated work, and finds in it a parallel to az ancient allegory in which the dead were represented as crumbling into eternal dust while the little children raised the pathetic cry "Have we no Father P" to be answered in an appalling negative; The eighth part of the "Letters from a Competition Wallah" discourses on some of the peculiarities of the Hindoo char acter. "It is not too much to assert," he says, "that the great mass of Bengalees have no notion of truth and false hood," yet he considers tho case by no means hopeless " Bengalees who have received an English education, and who mix much with Englishmen, have learnt to appreciate the English feeling about veracity." The love of gain and the aversion to work are two other prominent points in his portraiture. The love for litigation, which the native regards "as a stock exchange where fortunes are to be made by cleverness and industry, and lost by carelessness and stupidity," is another. A very able and interesting article on the seventh and eighth volumes of Mr. Froude's History of England will gratify the reader. "The Maul( are no believers," says the writer, " in the theories of Mr. Buckle, • They have a Strong and wholesome belief that mankind is not an abstraction, but signifies the men and women who have lived or do live, and that the history of England is the history of the men and women of Eng land, not of its soil, plants, and animals, and tharefore they crave for a history of the hearts and characters of those same men and women, and not a mere history of statistics, events, and principles. The statistics must be set forth in the weal or woe of the human beings who were the better or the worse for them ; the events in the deeds of the men who acted them ; the principles in the lives of those who worked them out, fought for them, died for them . The things did not d o th emse l ves, th e men o f o ld did th em, and therefore the men of to-clay must ece the men doing them." The editor continues his "Recollections of Three Cities," and the story of " A Son of the Soil' . proceeds with interest. A careful criticism does full justice to Mr. Wool ner's now poem, and it is followed by an article by Profes sor Cairnes on an American work on English neutrality. Author and critic alike, while they agree in denunciation, remonstrance, and argument respecting the wickedness of England in allowing the escape of the Alabama, find it very convenient entirely to forget the enlistment in Irish coast towns, the arms and ammunition er , ipp,d for the Federal Government from English ports. Such reasone.re man an:t,it inn —the desire to possess Kiel—but, on the whole, his essay is impartial and satisfactory. It appears but too probable, 'as he observes, that a question of orthography—Schleswig, or Sleswig—will plunge Europe into a war of which none can faretell the issue. TEMPLE BAIL—The author of "lady Atia l 4?.3 Secret," &c., is determined not to rest on laurels already gained, for before one story is completed another is commenced. Thus we meet with the conclusion of "John Marchmont's Legacy" side by side with the opening chapters of " The Doctor's' Wife." As might have been expected, the gentle Mary had passed through too much suffering to be able to recover her strength, and scarcely was she re-united to her husband before a still more insurmountable but less terrible separation divided them. It was a message of mercy that removed the stricken heart and gave the wearied spirit rest. There is more pathos in this story than in some of the writer's earlier productions, and after the sad fate of the fearful Paul, it is soothing to turn to the descrip tion of the latter end of his victim. The closing Scene of . this eventful story is very e ff ec ti ve ly re l a t e d. Th ere seems a calm sunset evening to a day of storms and tempests, and if the brightness of life is for ever dimmed to the hero, the picture is the more true to nature, for the mind never really recovers its tone after such fitful struggles as those whielk Edward Arundel nad gone through. After tbe description of his second marriage and the renewed measures which spring up around him, the never-dying link which bound.. him to the past is thus touchingly referred to :—" I leave him, above all, with the serene lamp of faith for ever burn.: jug in his soul, lighting the imageLf that other world in which there is neither marriage nor wing in marriage, and where his dead with will smile repos( him from amidst the vast throng of angel-faces, a child ever, and ever befard the throne of God." " The Doctor's Wife" begins in a very spirited manner, and his already introduced the reader to some very mysterious movements On the part of its heroes and heroines. " The Trials of the Tredgolds" still continues its dismal record, and in this nuLber the blow seems to strike home to the guilty man. Doubtless there are many Mr. Giffods in the world of livine men, and it would bd well if retributiOn thus overtook them in the eleventh lieu; of their iniquity. "The Streets of the World," by Augustus Sala, has for subject "Pall Mall." This aristocratic localitY is aptly sketched by this ingenious delineator, and many will be interested to notice their familiar haunts in print. " The Millers and their Men " refers to the fight for the Championship. What Ralph Hallsett Did" is a very entertaining sketch of a supposed mystery. "The Lady of Belmont" gives a description of the strange story of .the origin of "The Merchant of Venice." Various short poems diversify the contents, and there are altogether seve ral subjects to attract the notice of the reader. ST. Nw.sis. 7 ,The author of Sackville Chasz ,, cominefti4 , 44i* story in this part, under thu title .of " The Man in Chains," which promises to rth r fr us some of tlitintrfoltas - onr London society, and to exhibit the skeletons that somet:aics hide in a rich min's cupboard. The Rev. T. G. Wood, whose name is pleasantly known through the medium of some works of popular instruction, draws us a sketch of "Fairy Land"—not the dominions of Oberon and Titania, but a veritable fairy land, within easy access of mortals. A pi3ture of German home life and social manners is given in an account of "Society in the Schwarzwald," from which it appears that our estimate of domestic life in the Father land is somewhat too high. The third part of " The Science of Good Cheer" discourses on some of the atveni ties of the table, and a pleasantly written paper on "Penny Readings" sets forth the merits ofa scheme which we wish could be more extensively carried out. "Miss Pritawortle Butler" is a story for dark nights and lonely houses, but it has a moral, nevertheless. We have also a narrative of " A Trip to Athens," an account of "A Tour Round the Sun," and a further instalment of the story of "Madeleine Graham," GOOD WORDS.—This excellent serial begins a new year with fresh spirit, and if any doubts of its varied merits and popular attractions, they had better procure this January number as a sample. It opens with an essay from the pen of A. K. H. 8., on " The Sweetening of Sour Grapes," followed by " Personal Recollections," by Isaac Taylor, and a paper entitled " Meadowside House," by the author of "John Halifax," which describes an admirable institution lately founded in Edinburgh for poor, sick, and desolate children. Mrs. Henry Ward, authoress of " East Ly nne," begins with a new domestic story. Sir John Herschel commences a series of articles on weather prophecies. Principal Forbes has a sketch of the Admirable Crichton. Mr, Gosse begins the records of " A Year at the Shore." Alexander Smith discourses on the attributes of " Winter," and Jean Ingelow tells us the story of the first Eddystone Light houce. More serious topics aro touched upon in other papers, and the amount of really good reading in this un pretending serial is remarkable at the price, and sufficiently accounts for the immense circulation it has attained. CORNITILL.—" The Small House at Allington" is continued, but without much incident. The Earl and the Squire prove themselves but clumsy match makers, and Lily is determined to have nothing to do with the affair. This is unsatisfac- ,ory, for Bernard Crosbie is not at all deserving of being the ideal of any heart through life, and the sooner such an image is displaced the better. The poor Squire is very melancholy in his well meant en deavours to serve his nieces, for Bell engages herself to Dr. Crofts, and thus loses the chance of an excellent match with her cousin, who will inhereit the Squire's property. The very unattractive mansion in Bruton -crescent becomes the arena of a tragedy, after so long being the centre of comics enactments. One almost feels pity for Mrs. Roper; with all her objectionable qualities, as she mourns over sad fortunes, and depicts her sombre picture. " Publishers, before the age of Printing," brings some curious things to our notice, and it is truly remarked that the chief cause of the defec tiveness of old tests proceeds from the works being pre pared :from dictation, and copied by those who joined errors of the eye to those of the ear. " Sermons" is a paper that deserves attention, alike from the tone which. pervades it, as from the tenour of its remarks. The con- eluding passage is an exemplification of the style : " The highest form of a sermon is not oratory. If the message be anything, it is a Divine message. No flowers of rhetoric can exalt, and may ignominiously degrade it. Intellectual dignity of style it should have—neither common colloquialisms, nor slipshod expressions; but a certain solemn musical flow, which springs naturally out of tho high beauty of the subject. That, and no more. The simplest sentences, terse and succinct—the fewest illustra tions—the most careful avoidance of all claptrap appeals to the sentiment, fancy, or emotion of the audience : in fact, a style pure, noble, and severe as those discourses which are chronicled in Holy Writ—this is the perfection of a sermon." " Cousin Phillis" is proceeded with, and there is some. thing very pleasing in these simple details of :an unevent ful career. Phillis herself is a simple girl, who is yet as good a heroine as any stately game or love-sick damsel, wika substitute sentimentality fur feeling. " Respecting Asle," is a: paper on that much despised gusthived, which goes far to remove the atigtua that has beeu attached to thu sonies. 1u sumo parts it may provoke a sonic trout its extrunnynutions, but the general purport is a good tliff t and has for its olfootf 4 very important thing to establidt, the claims of a useful animai t to protection, iuitead 01.iTs being a drudge and a victim to tyranny and caprice. " Shylock in London," may prove of service to some as a warning from the facile approach, but difficult extrica tion from debt. " Yorkshire" relates the pecaliariti-, of that part of the world with a genial spirit that t :i ve ,,t s satire of its sting, and imparts a roeLne to desetiption. " Money and Money's Worth" is an analysis of en im portant question, which it is requisite to call attention to occasionally, or in the hurry of press:4:g :Itnirs it is apt to be put aside end neglected. " Margc.ictDeitzd's is ccntinued. This is a very strange story that cannot be calk(' pleasing . , nor is tke heroine attractive with her ex. traordinary peculiarities raid Strant,?,. :Adventures. RINGING THE OLD YEAR. GUT —Last night, ::.C• cording to ancient custom, the depariing knell of the year 18(13 was tolled on the bells of the several churches hrough- Qil~:, , Ao nactropoli, tuld nt, miduight rner and welcomed the commencement the Ineitzt 3ear.