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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK.Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE bTREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining', J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Torre:4er. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry hlarston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss FAnny Gwynne. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sale Pronriotor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedfor Billington, Stuart, Stephen son, itomzr; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly. and Mrs. Bil lington. At 11, ONE TOUCH OF 'NATURE. Penholder, Mr. 31enjamin Webster ; Constance, Miss H. Simms. Followed by THE AREA. BELLE, with a s Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, r. Bedford, R. Romer, Mis Woolgar, and H. Lewis. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. W.P.:BSTER. Last Two Weeks of the present Season. Crowded with rank and fashion. PrOductign of . an entirely new origin“ Travestie of a very popular subject. bv F. C. Burnan!, Esq., entitled FAUS Ar D 3l44.lV}til,ilti PE, in which Mr. an d ALs Cnarles Dlatnews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Damson and Sons ; the iucidental Ba.let by Osear Byrne. R e - en gagement of those ce'ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. awl Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, 3lr. J. Clarke,s, Mr. Piul _Bedford, Mr. F. tiohinson, Mr. As hle y ; 3lrs. Cha Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, M:iss A. Cottrell, Mi ss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth,. and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at I o'clock. A , DAY , AFTER THE ne w Trave.9.tie, entitled FAUST WEDDING. Miss He'rbert, and Mr. } . Robinson At a qua. 8, AND MA.RGUERITE • Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, air. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W. 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JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. LACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r'sen 15 per cent, and it will soon reach a far irreater per-centag - e. iklessrs. JAY, taereto. e, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of onf avour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b more Co,tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. ,SHALL COMPANY'S COALS. —The LILL - Direct from their own Collieries. 31arcitils' 23s. per ton. I Double ..20s. per ton. Top "s. „ Deep ....215. „ Well scr3ened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, 'P a ddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF 't THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENZE, owa be bad Every Evening of G. R. GLBNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 1, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 72 Barometer-30.10. WI - ND—W+.; strong breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THis Der.—Morning, lh. 20m.—Afterncon, lh. 40m. ld. 59m.—Aftornoon, 2h. 21m. oto 4 . 4 Tr ‘ ,ll. t.,4„ I.CNDON, 'MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1864. It often occurs that when st. particular subject has engaged the attention of the House, and even when all parties have so far concurred as to the excellence of the curposo in view, and the desira bility of carrying out thu aims and intentions of the proposer, that some individual starts up and contrives, by a few mal- 4ropos remarks, to give quite wrong turn to affairs, and so impart a diffe rent tone to the discussion by the introduction of angry topics, and the suggestion of exciting and irritating subjects. Such a'course was pursued by Mr P. TAYLOR 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 su'oject 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 been 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 England was in favour of the North. Can anything be mare absurd than this, and on one point Lord' J. MANNERS vary properly animadverted upon his inconsistency of details, and exposed his fallacious statements. Ho reminded the hon. nember that he seemed to have forgotten altogether the gieat meeting which tool: place in the town he represented, and he further added that the hon. me mber did not represent the feelings of that im portant town on this subject. It is to be hoped that the electors will look to this oa a future occa sion, and demand from their representative that he 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 stared that the war was simply a question of the determined and continuous will of the North to put down slavery. It was scarcely to be expected that Any one in this country would come forward at this junc. tore 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 :L ; i ? , of the Ftderals to give out such fallacious s tatements as to the obj ec t s o f t h e war. It looks as if the belligerents themselves and their enthusi astic p )rtisans all here were really ashamed of the real mo tive, and thus sought t o g i ve i t a different bring t forward unde r new ausp i ces. It Time, and i is no matter of surprise that the concluding part of the hon. member 7, 6 epeech was received w ith laugh ter, for he made statements that would have b een more in keeping with the intelligence imparted by a New York paper than appropriate to the Souse of Commons. When he informed his hearers that there was hardly a State in the South that was not more or less occupied by Federal troops, and that their Capital was be l .eagured, in fact it was Richmond, and not Washingeon, that was in danger, he really overacted his part, and only brought ridicule upon those 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 holt: 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 disoover what vessels were built for the Confederates, the enlistments wou:d have been stopped. This is most probable, and the whole conduct of the Government has proved how very differently they act in respect to the several comba tants. Doubtless if matters had been reversed, and there had arisen a discussion as to the character of the vessels built in certain places we should have heard that it was not expe dient to interfere with the rights of English sub* jects, and that it was almost impossible to ascertain correctly who were the real owners of these vessels ; and that, i❑ 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 way," and that the North could 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 genera], 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 check upon the machinations of the Federals and arrested them in their present iniquitous mode of inveigling our 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 reason why they should be allowed to waste our population, and bring' misery and want upon a large portion of her MAJESTY'S subjects, The quarterly return of Dr. LETIIEBY 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 places of abode out of reach of its smoke and dust is rapidly increasing, still there are enough inhabitants left to render the condition of itshealth 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 outcasts, instead of fore 'log 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, end 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 going 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,M7 inspec tions of house, and 905 visits to the common lodg ing -houses of the city. That these visits were neither superflaous 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 limewashing, 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 an 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 delta. 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 circum 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 avers ge, while the total of the city was below it. As usual too, unfortunately, the deaths of children under five have been 40 per cent. of thee whole number. A great proportion of this infantile mortality was probably due in this quarter to the remarkable prevalence of measles. The fluctuations of zymotic disease are, as Dr. LETELEvr 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 corn plaints of drought whi c h meet us f rom var ious parts of the country. Had it not been 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 condAion as in the years 1858 and 1859. Happily we have escaped that evil, and only contemplate it in Dr. LETHEBT'S very useful and interesting report: It so often happens that undertakings and attempts which at first sight seem to be 'eternising, and begin under most favourable auspices with every flattering augury of success, fall off after a time and gradually fade away, or suddenly die out to the grief of their projectors, 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 ecribers 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 gratifia cation of announcing that so far they had progressed satisfactorily, and took occasion to explain away some of the errors and 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 mite% apprehension " as to,its 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 reporters 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 un 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 sake 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 "large, 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 HoUGII• 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 most 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- elusion, 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, bat 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 plications 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 management, 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 ust fait accompli all 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 be 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 or 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 diets who stand in especial need of such a source of help. These anomalies are constantly occurring in life—however, the greater the necessity the leas the supply ; but it is a cheer ing thought to those who have long lamented the void that existed to reflect that now there seems a prospect of the want being supplied and the grievance no more existing. THE ROYAL ACADEMICIANS have added to the list of their associate the names of Messrs P. H. Calderon, F. Leighton, and E. 13. 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, instantly forced the assailant 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 • ceeded with, and the prisoner underwent a fresh condem nation of one year's imprisonment and 100 f, fine. Ml 4: SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S AUGUST 1, 1864. 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 transformed into a lyrical establishment. Upwards of eight years ago its radiant, though often anxiously developed, career as such, was suddenly interrupted—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 scheme of the Royal Italian Opera at Covent-garden, not only with a new lease of life as the phrase isdaut 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 lating 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 suc• cessful 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. Oyes 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," hes nevertheless, had something to do with the lies culiar success achieved by the "Royal Italian" in 1864, is attested plainly enough by the circumstance that the 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 radiance for the season which ended on Saturday—a genuine furor (one noticeable even in her career!) having been excited by the fair cantatrice through her representation of tie Marguerite I The substitution in " Faust" of Mdile. Adelina Patti for Madlle. Pauline Lucca, in truth, was so felicitous as a change for the better that the mention of it as such could hardly be deemed even by Madlle. Lucca herself, as in any way invidious. Another delightful peculiarity of the season brought to a close on Saturday was that of Signor Mario being in better voice 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 grua, (" Emilia in England ") there Shad at length been discovered a legitimate successor to La Diva, that imperial prima donna who, for a fall quarter of a century held her own against all comers, she whose European name was given so ridiculously this season as " Mrs Grisi," in the Royal Academy catalogue ! The splendour of Maddle Lagrua's singing and acting as Norma, turned out, however, to have been in her instance something exceptional end apart—insomuch so that the hopes of her assured triumph as Grisi's successor faded out gradually as the public came to recognise with increasing regret her more and more obvious deficiencies as Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni," as Dasde manna in " 0 tello," and in two of the many Leonoras of the lyrical drama, the Leonora of " La Favorite," and t'oe Leonora of " Un Ballo in Maschera." An:ether " flash in the pan," among the apparent nits of this lest season at Covent-garden, the pro. 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 cell 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 dazzling, no doubt, but more enduring, than that won for a while by his tenor earopatrio‘, may be credited, even by those who failed to witness it themselves, when we remark that the name of 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 wore 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 en unmistakeable triumph achieved at the rival Opera House. The former of these (a veritable Novelty) being the production of Nicolai's "Merry Wives of Windsor" (for the which Mr. Gy e judi ciously substituted " Stradella")—the latter being simply a Revival (a projected revival th at Mr. Gye, quite as wisely perhaps, passed by alto ;ether) namely, Beethov e n's wondrous " Fide lio ! Any mere d r y enumeration nere of the operas actually performed this season et the Royal Italian, or of the various and gifted artistes who took part in those same performances would be simply tedious and idle. Sufficient will it be to mention as facts espec ially worthy of . mention in the History of the Opera , here inEng land, that the increasing love for, and appreciation of, the highest class of music among our fellow-coun trymen has never been more signally attested than they have been this season at Covent Garden by the densely crowded houses that have there, night after night, week after week, rewarded Mr Gye's enterprise ! Nay, more than once, by the genuine enthusiasm manifest e d by those vast audiences, audi ences hitherto regarded as constitutionally unde monstrative. Under the direction of the master baton of Mr Costa,the noble orchestra and the superb choruses of the R o y a l Italian Opera have never on any previous occa s i on dis play e d And, in this according tothe manager or his wont, geater efficiency. operatic director of the establishment may b 3 said to have reserved the playing of his best card to the very last—to wit, that radiant, dazzling, resplendent " Etoile du Nord," the magnificence of the represen tation of which to war ds the close of the season of 1864 on the stage o f Covent-gen, not unfittingly tribute to the Great Composer's marked—as if in ard memory—the year sa ddened by the Death of that Giant of Sweet Sou n ds, the wonderful Meyerbeer ! to how many other great operatic com posers, - however, has not the 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 Gonnod, 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 s - in 1864 given fresh evidence of that skill which is alone to be acquired by assiduous care combined with very lengthened expeiience. And in the conduct of this mechanical ordering of the whole to the satisfaction of all parties during an 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. Gye our very heartiest congratulations. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. (Via Greencastle,) NEW YORK, JULY 22, Evening. Mr C. C. Cliy and Mr J. P. Holcomb, semi• official representatives of the Soutaern 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 abandonnient of slavery coming from the authority controlling the rebel army. Messrs Clay and Holcomb emphatically declined visiting Washington, Mr Lincoln's answer pre-. eluding negotiations by prescribing conditions of peace. If peace could only be secured by submissian 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, 123 i. 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 600 killed and 4,000 wounded and prisoners, 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 viols. Gold, 244. NEW YORK, JULY 23 (Evening). The reports of the capture of Atlanta are react 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 forti fications, leaving his killed and wounded 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, 15 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, 2546. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 132 i. Illinois, 1241. Erie, 1092. 5.20 Bonds, 1041. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 161 to 162. Wheat declining. Petroleum—crude, 50 to 51; refined, 82c. PROPOSED BASES OF PEACE. VIENNA, AUG, 1. The following are stated to be the bases of the proposed peace : " Lamenburg, Schleswig, and Holstein to be ceded to the two great 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 Garman newspapers have announced that the Emperor and Empress were about to make a tour in Alsace and Lorraine. This statement is denied in official quarters. BOURSE, July 30.—The market was duller than usual, but the business done extremely limited, Threes, for the Account, are uow at 66f. sc. Mo bilia at 985 f. Railway Shares are firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 94 30 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 Credit Mobilier 9BO Do. end month 978 7.5 Bank Shares 3360 Credit Foncier 1202 50 Roman Italian Loan 6B 05 Do. end month 67 95 Ditto Threes — New Mexican 55i Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 504 Home Debt Deferred BA ILWAYB. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern ........ Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona .... Cash. Account. 872 50 ~ 870 -- 977 50 .. 977 50 897 50 .. 896 25 _ 637 60 .. 640 -- 51 . 2 50 .. - 480 - 477 50 350 - 317 60 425 - 422 50 528 75 .. 528 75 437 50 .. 435 - 523 75 .. 522 50 247 50 250 - PORTUGAL. LISBON, JULY 31. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Magdalene, from Brazil, has arrived here, and will leave this evening for Southampton, with 127 pas sengers, £7,545 in specie, 400 bags of coffee, N 5 rolls of tobacco, 200 barrels of tapioca, 33 bales of cotton, 161 serous of ipecacuanha, and 164 packages of sundries. She passed the Oneida at sea on the evening of the 21st, and left Cape de Yerds on the 23d July. POETRY AND PROSE.—How much greater is our nation in poetry than prose I how much better, in general, do the productions of its spirit show in the quali ties of genius than in the qualities of intelligence I 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 : sot him to wiite 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 of 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 aro less transferable than the qualities of intelligence; less can be 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 grea t century, to this literature of intelligence, as by comparison w ith ow Elizabethan literature, we m a y c a ll it, what did it lead up to? Ta the French literature of the :Bth c entury, one of the most powerful and pervasive intellectual agencies that have ever existed, the greatest European force of the 18th century.—MATTHEw ARNOLD, in the 45 Goth'" U _Naga gine" for August, 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 gay and dash ing Skeffington. A variety of 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 Wodehouso 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 discomfiture also presents a warn ing to those who are too hasty in their judgments and rush at conclusions without taking time for reflection 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 pecu:iarities 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 less 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 time the notice of the public should bo directed to the consideration of cur 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 hr . .," especially favoured Rugby, in praise of whose mar,dgement the highest terms are employed, "The of Censure" V is the political article, and although by 'this time the sub jeot may have been pushed aside by ;,any, and more pl easan t topics of discussion selected, is incumbent upon those a nation to descant upon th e who watch the affairs o; various questions the are associated with th a t momen t ous political crisis. Some striking truths are mot with in this paper, and tlsough, of course, the other side of partisans will den:y its premises and doubt its authenticity, still to the impartial observer there is great truth to be met with is 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 upon the unwilling agents who con tinued to effect its fulfilment, The very incon sistent course adopted by Ministers from the meeting of Parliament until its close is very properly animadverted upon, and there is only too much reason to regret the cote reetness 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 remind of public events may be confidently re commended to the rerusal 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 and 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," " Cornelins O'Dowd upon Men, Women, and Things in General," brings as usual some recent:sketches 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 Hugo on Shakspere," which brings be l fore us a vivid delineatio n o f th e au th or ' s s t y l e , an d fur nishes thereupon some very appropriate comments. FRASER.—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 cf the blue-book on Schleswig-Holstein to care to study its tortuous character, may turn to a lengthened disquisition ou 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 moans of this homely illustration, how many rough corners and sharp edges we all present to the world. "A Campaigner at Home," after• some reflections on church logic, gives us a few quotations from what he,calls ",the gentle poets," a fair band of poetesses, two of whom, alas I have sung Ili their last son gs, A criticism on 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 hal originally a local significance, and the word Romero itself, whichis often used in Spain for a pilgrim, has lost its distincr tive meaning. "The Tianscendentalists 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 ' 6 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 - day life. Yet the magic elixir which is to inspire and elevate mankind must deal with the masses, must be suitable for rioh 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 Rufthyn and Uncle Silas," by the author of" Wylder's Hand," has now become more developed, and the story increases in interest. This tale 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, who has become very much altered since her marriage, and some mysterious incident seems to work in the background and spoil the pleasure of tho visit. "An Irish Actress, Margaret Woffington," is a very interesting sketch, and ample jus ice is done to tho fascinating in dividual hero pourt rayed. A striking instance is conveyed by the career cf 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's many redeeming traits in Margaret Woffington, and these are alluded to here ; she was not spoiled by prosperity or rendered selfida by her good fortune. It is a touching picture which is drawn of her later years when she lin gered out her liCe in retirement; of her it may truly be said that her brightest moments were her last. The sketch of her career is well worth parusing, and by its vivid rela tions it seems to pat a very cerrect 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. " Ilibernian Demonology and Fairy Lore" 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 the reader from Dresden to Vienna. We meet with some ins• pressive relations of places of note, and incidents charac • teristic of the different manners which reign there to thost which flourish among us. " Charles Townshend, Wit, and Statesman" is concluded in this number, it is written in I. vigorous style, and brings before us the stirring incident s of a long past day. This brilliant character W°).' de ea- 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 narrative of the adven tures that befel Signor Tomkins in his summer tour, and the first part of another story bearing the romantic title of of litera " The Corsair's Bride" is mus h o f th e same character. The readers of Bentley, we presu me , p re fer this style tore. More worth readi ng i s an an i m ated sketch of s ociety in 'Washington, which will es p ec i a lly gratify the ladies from its giving an accou n t o f a marr i age in high life i n the wedding of Governor Sp rague w ith Miss Kate Chase, daughter of the cel e b ra t e d green b ac k fi n ancier. Th e de scription of the strong-mi n d e d A mer i ca n ladies is not a very prepossessing one ; we should imagine, indeed, that the writer had not been successful in obtaining those letters o 1 d w o h e i t e r h i n h s e sets and so careful high a w r value. iter t a l‘ k l e ra anotherranci s introduction to tho fair despots of American society on from Si:Asp:ire" in Macbeth's mournful apostrophe of" To morrow,s.t and to-morrow, and to-morrow." Th e craven . P of our present policy is aptly put into ve re ,, e by Mrs Bushby, the stanch adherent of the Danes; an "Tl., Carnival in Paris" is sketched by one who has taken n part in its gaieties. The vexed question of the proprietY oJfachotla, "Cues Capital Punishment is discussed with calmness an moderation, moderation, and the editor's story of " John Law" adva nces to the ruin of the financier. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—An adventurous reader may possibly feel inclined to attack tha opening paper, attracted by the interest felt iu t he prospects of modern Italy, and the important ingtv once which the future of that country may possi b Li: exercise on the rest of Europe, Those wh o to " up the magazine for entertainment will, however, be wo r a e likely to pass on to lighter articled, of which we flacloh: usual, a plentiful supply, One of the best of these is a nute- e article by the indefatigable Mr Jacox, on the application 01' the conditional tense to historical annals. He ce ll ! t e , "Historical might, could, should, or would have been% vexed question;" and this vexed question is one wh.c ;, - many eminent men have been fond of asking theraeo ve ' Such queries may be propounded in various forms, w hether by removing the influence of personal character from ev ° : fal epochs, or by changing the results of the gre at etie(ici of fate. The answers to such inquiries as Wha t ' 11°& have been the destiny of England had Cromwell s ailed I. n f America ? or, What the present condition of Europe 1 Napoleon had won Waterloo? mutt indeed remain 13 , 1 :: blame, still they possess a singular fascination for the a. torical student. "The Kimbolton Papers," recently p eb e i lished form the 'subject of a notice that gives a fair idea L' the book, while the melancholy history of Caroline ga1,11611:e of Denmark is briefly sketched in another paper. 4 : stories of " Strathmore" :and " The Quest" are cO IIIII-' and "Won Over" is brought to a conclusion. a dditil to these, we have a light and pleasant tale of the (UV ° Henri Quatro, MACMILLAN.—The interesting narrative of the y , varying fortunes of "The liillyars and the Batons proceeds with undiminished spirit. The elloP ter d e before us are, indeed, unusually eventful, ane chronicle the departure of the Burtons fr om tb troubled world of Chelsea to that new land of 1 1 °P? which is to produce se marvellous a transformation in tl3e h lf social position. Erne Hillyar accompanies them, not standing Emma's inflexibility, but Reuben Burton rerti behind, within reach, it is to be feared, of the evil WAds e elates of his convict father. Gerty, now becom ° Hillyar, astonishes London society by her silliness, t, beauty, and her extraordinary colonialisms, as the antlie; coining a new word for the purpose, styles them. a P ti" W. WW. Knollys =tributes a sensible paper on recruitilsgs for the army, in which he recommends putting it Zaer under the control of regimental colonels, who ar e the lo," ties most interested in securing good and efficient Issen 113 .: stead of leaving it entirely in the hands of recruiting ebe`; geants, whose object is only to get a certai n nuns enlisted without regard to their special fitne ss or eePa ; city e 'for military duty. He thinks also that it o 1, were determined to quarter each regiment o r its dep: when abroad, as a rule, in the district from whe nce it too its name, recruiting would be much facilitated and cleser tion discouraged, besides esprit de corps being much pro; mated by such a course. The soldier would h i feel himself so much cut off from all s old friends and associations, while information regarding him would be easily attainable, and he would n ot be able to do what many do now—enlist in two or thre e p arts of the kingdom to desert directly afterwards. A long end learned article on the distributive value of the pre cione metals in the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries Oil' s carcely attract the general reader, though instructive to t he no student of financial and currency questions. A memorial paper traces the active and useful career of Mr Leonar d Homer, founder of the Edinburgh School of Arts, Inspect or 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 t be , younger brother of the well , known Francis Horner, One t e. the band of Scotch celebrities who distinguished th e earl, part of the century, and was the friend and associate of many of the most eminent men of his time. "A Son o f the Soil' proceeds with interest, and introduces us to a we' d extraordinary character. A "Gossip about Lochfyne af Herrings" gives us some curious and interesting details Of it c aller the homely but useful trado connected wi th herrin." of IHE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.--The readers this magazine will see with pleasure the cote inencement of two new stories by authors of rePtl: is The opening chapters of both are giv en in "a, part, and both promise interest. " On l y a Clod s .s, as the advertisements have already repeatead: informed us, by the industrious authoress of "Lady sad ley's Secret." It introduces us to two persons vib e ,,,, e , apparently destined to fill a prominent position in the eu, o 4 , —one of them, indeed, being the "clod," its hero. Ile an as might be imagined, the very reverse of a clod, hei l l intelligent, active, and good-humoured fellOwt fills, when first made known to us, the unenviable P° - cea of private soldier, and attendant on one of the mo st dis e tented of mortals, Ensign Harcourt Lowther. tense disgust of this gentleman whose beau ideal of haP o P, O althougsitio'n ness is lite in the West-end, hods ordered to Iran V i l ma ,. Land to take charge of a party of convicts. Suc h 11 6 but Lion, as may be supposed, is not a very lively o ne; les s Frank Tredettilyn, the "clod," finds himself ranenrcets miserable than his master, having a goo d many reeell,et of his own, while Ensign Harcourt Lowthe r has none• 'of with The usual inconsistency of fortune, the warran t 0 release comes to the one who does not want it, and thirt y thousand a year left to Tredettily n unex p ectedly by an a': miserly relation, transforms the social p ositions of the mss' ter and servant. The other story is from the pen of Ve a l Feval, author of " The Duke' s Motto" and " 13° Demonio," and its scene is la id on the Cantina' It is animated in style and promises interest, "My eadven.; tures in Algeria" is a brief sketch of a few years passed ld the French colony. "Dipplebury Scandal" is continue and, in spite of the energy and constancy of t he hero, 10 threatens a melancholy conclusion. " London Laundresse% is the title of a paper which does not refer to the goddeere; of soap and starch, but to those mysterious dames eche P side over lawyers' chambers and similar abodes. C e/13 0 d bell's Crusade" gives an interesting account of the good work happily accomplished by that enterprising office!! has succeeded in stopping the terr ible p ractice of 0 . 11 ; o f human sacrifice which preva il e d among th e hill tri re..b Arissa. After the subjugation of theJihonds to 13 i ir 4 rule, Major-General Campbell (then Captain) was appo magistrate and politi cal a g ent for the district, with special commission of e radicating the practices of lin : 0 sacrifice and female infanticide. How well and wiselY,_llot fulfilled this difficult task may be gathered from the 7 04 th a t when he left India "he le ft behind him 15,000 Intel:1_0, victims, saved for life by his e xertions—a considerable Pr s• por tion of whom are now civilised person s and Chriel e le on There are several other papers, among t h em au antic' the old Highland gift of second sight. sters" . CORNIIILL.—" Wives and Daugh ters, an olio day Story," is begun in this number. It Pr ° ,,,o, to be an interesting tale, and it commences p er sty' which some really good stories do not. Ti a o , script ion of Molly's gala day is very naturallYOw"th and the adventures the poor little maid . t ee on her introduction into the great world proved to meterel.o.o truth of the old adage, "all is not gold that gllstpora Clare is a well-drawn character, and her pretty r e s _ re to cover a selfish system of action, and a determined re u tt ' o s lose no chance of benefiting herself. There is a a es Tao in the style of this writer which is very attractiVe• _tic's. Lit era ry Influence of Academies" is a wellawritteu o d eq of b u t it is rather too much in favour of th e French 111 :erta i ' l ;5 wr iting in comparison with the English one . It „ tee that no rules which exist, and no infl uence exerted ter; less Academy, ever will contrive to make cur Lleiglibbe t in y delf• sufficient or prejudiced than ourselves. It hot bent questioned if the presence of an institution 1 , v iva referred to would not interfere with the freedom en" which represent the spirit of the country. Tb le . P3Peof Pre' which are the great characteristics of all literature: ;:e ct .• gents Us with a good description of the workirig:ad w ith academies in general, and will doubtless be Pe rth ' es W V attention by many. "Monaca" recounts the c hant s 00 0 being wrought in that place, and brings be . „ t s po. strange accounts of the old and new regime la e "; evle at " The Lovers of Ballyrookan" is the entn N n i t , icia wi of a new tale of an Exciting character) The probably partake of the sensational f lense r n: c not i c e, interest ,ince it refers to the private soldier, whose itz ty 1 1 , 5 , 0 W ll°Se " Limited Enlistment Act" is an article that dese aro too often overlooked and disregarded by thcs Avg r a-' t .o consid e r them. ':M or ality of the Doctrine owtel is a smart sketch do that the ma terialist will o f tsY l " over and take to heart. It shows the fo Y