The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-12 00:00:00

R. POPE HENNESSY AND APRIL FOOLERY—the Ruins and the Railways Finished ducation, &c.. in FUN thin week. One Penny BONNET'S SILKS a LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes As title either from the inventor or -nanufacturex, and the more perfect the production the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incap a ble of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such a s assertion is ex n pos,:d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Reg,ent-stre et. The followi.ag interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :--" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon e Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. Yrom this time until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and atsrday. • Mdlle. La grcia—Signor Craziani—Signor Mario. THIS EVFNINC- (Tuesday , the 12thlApril , will be per formed, for the 2d tine this season, Donizdtti's opera, LA. FA VORI TA. Leonoila, Mdlle. Emi Lagraa, her 2d ap pearance in that charac , e t : in England; Inez, Madame Tag liafico ; Alfonso XI., Signi'r Graziani ; Baldassar , Signor Attri ; Don Gasparo, Signor Rossi ; and Ftrdiaando, Signor Mario. Conductor , Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlle. Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre r , ta is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 29. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-of:ft, under the portico of the theatre, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, MAGIC TO I'S. Kiss Lydia Thomp- 8011. After which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakipere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of' HENRY THE FOURTH. No pains or expense will be spared to render t and ithis presen tation of our National Author's most popular, may be said, most representative English Drama, a becom ng Corn me noratfon, in example, at the National Theatre, of ti grandeur and corn lehensive character of his genius. The cast will include impersonations by those emintit artists, Mr. PHELPS. Hr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy. M-. A ddiso , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Eobert Roxbv, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhaf, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss H se Leclercq, .m 1 Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-la:.e Ccm- pany. Tim now and characteristic seeiery will be entirely de . sizned and painted by Mr. William Beverley. The coscumes, armour, Jzo , wid bi fa , Mioned from designs by It. W. Keene, Esq., t iken from illustrated MSS. of the period, and other autuor ties. Concluding with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. a Beimore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manazer, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 12, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs tothern, Bnckstone, Chipptn isle, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Bill, Harri 4, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly ?cower, UM, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manag - er, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Dromios, by the Brother 4 Webb. To conclude with. 12th time, a new Farce, by J. 31. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. The Two ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY M'TER THE PAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A ' , ter which, at Eight o'clock, the 129th Night of BEL DE MONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle ." Principal characters by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, :2ollett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, hiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping, of hat, and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. NEW T REA ritE-Ro YAL, AD ELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manarrer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS : L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, and Miss K.Kelly. At 8, Ll4l aH : aliss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss FL Simms and :Hrs. Billington. To conclude with TELE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, tt. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.-L E A H.-THIi EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den further notice. In order .o give due effect to this most remarkable snows; of the se son, eit ire y new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and sons, and Thompson. New drrss , s and appo fitments have be. n prepare 1 for its productior..—N. In consequence of the pressing and numerous Applications at the Box-ofll e, ar ,Angement 3 have now been made by which Seats m,y be. ob a Fortnight in Advaw.e. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. nader the Management of 3Er. B. WEBSTER. Crowded will Rank and Fashion. —The greatly successful lew Corn dy every Evening.--Re-engagement of those cele brated artistes. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged are Mr. Benj. Webster, gr. Charles 3lathews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bodoni. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE W ZDDING. 31. r. F. Robinson and Miss Hereert, her first appear ince this season. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckin4iam, Esq., entitled T FIE SILVER LINING Mr. harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After whi3h, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. R'OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRES &LIVER. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPFIEUS AND EURY UWE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. f Concluding with TURN Hill OUT. Commence at 7. 11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _a_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLES HAL G COMPANY'S COAL 3. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26s. per ton. Double.. .. 21s. per ton. Top2ss. „ Nut 5........ 19s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Aient. The Weather—Sun Office, April 12, 1864. THEILDSOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5O Barometer-30, 60. Wind—N. ; fresh breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAY.—Morning, sh. 46m.—Afternoon, 6h. 10m. fo-mottaow.-Morning, 6h. 30m.—Afternoon, 6h. 56m. Lit SUO LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1864. About GARIBALDI'S reception yesterday by the people of London there cannot possibly be (as there certainly ought not to be) any misapprehension whatever. It is the simplest truth—it is the merest statement of a fact—to say that it was, just i n one word, magnificent. The weather was superb I the multitudes assembled together were stuPendous; the enthusiasm displayed by those multitudes admits in no way of exaggeration. In proof of all which, one single fact will speak for itself —namely, the fact that it took five hours and twenty minutes for GARIBALDI to reach his princely destination, as the pest of the Duke of SUTHER LAND, from the moment of his leaving the rail way carriage at the Nine Elms Station ! Five mortal hours and twenty minutes between the time of his emergi n g fro m the railway carr i age on to th e platform at the Nine Elms terminus, and the time of his crossing the threshold of Stafford House, in St. James's. The distance intervening between those two points is tolerably well k nown to every Lon doner. It could be walked readily enough in very little more than half-an-hour. And y e t so dense was the throng of people of all ages, of both sexes, of all conditions, that poured out to se e GARIBALDI and to welcome him on his arrival in our m e t ropolis, that it took those five hours and twenty minutes for one of th e D u k e o f SUTHERLAND'S carriages, drawn by four horses, mounted by postillions in the Duke's livery, to convey GARIBALDI to his destination. That one fact, we say, speaks clearly enough for itself. It indicates at once the vastness of the assembled concourse, and the enthusiasm of the people gathered together along the route of the procession. As to the actual number present, there, i'n the streets, to see GARIBALDI, it is, of course, impossible to compute it with any thing like accu racy. Bat, remembering the extent of the popu lation of London, and remembering also the vast throngs that poured into the capital by railway yesterday from all parts of the country to catch a glimpse of the celebrated adventurer whose arrival was being so very eagerly looked for, we don't think it would be extravagant to say that he was greeted -during those five hours and twenty minutes, between the Niro Elms Station and Staf ford House, by fully 1,000,000! After this—again we say it—there cannot surely by any doubt what ever as to the character of GARIBALDI'S reception yesterday by the people of London. Bat, now, as to its meaning —as to the meaning of this vast and astounding popular movement. It is to be hoped that that, too, admits of no misapprehension whatever. It is a movement so far without any of the sinister significance attached to it by such noodles as M. ASSOLANT, that the real meaning of it all, as it appears to us, may thus, perhaps, all things considered, be the most accurately ex pressed : Englishmen have got it into their heads that GARIBALDI is one of the very bravest, that he is one of the most dauntless men living. And his exploits, his known exploits, those achievements accomplished by him as a Soldier, as a Sailor, as what the Spaniards called a Buccaneer, what the Americans call a Filibus ter, what the Italians themselves called a Condot tiere, if they indicate anything at all certainly in dicate in GARIBALDI'S nature not so much per sonal valour as absolute audacity. As indicative of this consummate audacity, his memorable expo dition, with one thousand followers, free lances, so to speak, or freebooters, or by whatever name we may choose to call them—his renowned expedition, at the head of those one thousand men, from Genoa to Sicily, is comparable only to one other incident recorded in modern history—meaning the Return from Elba of the great NAPOLEON ! NAPOLEON also traversing the waters of the Medi terranean—from Frejus to Cannes—at the head of one thousand followers. Only, it should be borne in mind, certainly, that while the two incidents were kindred in their audacity, there was this difference between them, that whereas NAPO LEON'S advance upon Paris was achieved without the shedding of one drop of blood, there was fierce fighting enough at ono or two points before GARI BALDI'S conquest of the two Sicilies could be accomplished. Indeed, if regard be had to the relative disproportion of numbers between the combatants and the signal victory achieved in some instances by the minority, Melazzo end Calatafimi may take rank in this way with Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S dashing exploits at Meannee and Hyderabad. Englishmen, again, we would say then, have somehow got it into their heads that GARIBALDI is one of the most dauntless men living. His defence of Rome against OUDINOT in 1849 ; his retreat thence towards Venice in the same year when pursued by the Austrians; his daring advance against the Austrians ten years afterwards, when, between the lakes and the mountains to the north of Lombardy, he opened what afterwards came to be known as the War of Independence, the war later on signalised by the French victories of Magenta and Solferino; above all, his conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies four years ago, when (as is now universally known, as, indeed, was notorious at the very time) at the head of a mere handfull of fellow-adven tnrers—these facts, especially, in the history of GARIBALDI have impressed the English people with the notion that this man is, in truth, dauntless, that in his nature this world-famous Soldier-Sailor has a heroism of character akin to oar own NELSON, or our own DUNDONALD. Again, the history of GARIBALDI has impressed the English observers of it with a profound sense of the man's individual disinterestedness. It is a fact, as undeniable for' example, as that NAPO LEON 111. conquered Lombardy, at the head of his insignificant army, and then handed over that conquered province as a gift to King VICTOR EMMANUEL, that GARIBALDI at the head of no magnificent army at all, but simply taking with the mere handful of followers already mentioned, after conquering, at the point of his sword, and then completely taking possession afterwards of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, handed over that king dom as a gift to that same King VICTOR EMMA. NUEL. Nevertheless, while those two facts just par ticularised, those two achievements and those two gifts were precisely as we have described them to have been, Englishmen have got somehow to remem ber as the historical sequels or consequences of them, that whereas NAPOLEON 111., later on, absorbed Nice and Savoy into hie own empire, GARIBALDI has profited nothing, pecuniarily or territorially, by his " transaction." They attach to the memory of his deeds, therefore, a sense in his regard of complete disinterestedness. The reception they have given to him, therefore, to sum all in one sentence, is demonstrative of their ardent recogni tion of his personal valour and his personal disinte restedness. Foreign nations will do well, we would observe, when they come to hear of GARIBALDI'S reception in London, to recognise this, in truth, as the real inner meaning and signification of yesterday's astounding demonstration. M. ASSOLANT et hoc genus omne may write themselves down what DOGBERR Y wished to be written down by the clerkly Sexton, they may do this ad libitum to their own perfect edification, doubtless, but certainly (there can be no ques tion about this) to our excessive amusement, whilst they are so writing. Bat Rational Observers on the continent will look, on the other hand, some what more dispassionately at the incidents now transpiring in this country by reasons of GARI BALDI'S presence amongst us, and so, regarding them, will attach to these incidents, we repeat, no sinister significence whatever. As if in testimony of the fact . being precisely as we have here put it, the very manner of GARI BALDI'S receptioe, betokens that it has no party significance, that it is more of a pers ona l de monstration. While, for example, GARIBALDI is greeted in the streets by the humblest classes of the population, he is, during his stay ill Lond on , t h e guest of one of the wealthiest patricians in the land, the young Duke of SUTHERLAND. Upon this very morning, again, down at Chiswick he has been welcomed by his ducal host's mother (one of the most intimate personal friends of her Majesty the QUEEN) her Grace the Dowager Duchess of SUTHERLAND. To-morrow evening, moreover, at Stafford House, GARIBALDI is to be entertained ac a grand banquet given there in his honour—a banquet at which the chiefs of both the great politi cal parties, that is, of the Government and of the Opposition, will attend. Chief among those chiefs being the Earl of DERBY, the ex-Premier, and the now Prime Minister of England, Viscount PAL MERSTON. Whether or not, in recognition of the Dake of SUTHERLAND'S hospitality we know not — but, at any rate, precisely at the time of his displaying it, there appears the announcement that his Grace, for no other earthly reason conceivable, saving, indeed, hie wealth and his lineage, i. to receive the Vacant Garter. As indicative, again, that the pre sent is a personal and not a political demonstration, it is worth noticing that conspicuous among those who fraternised with the Italian chief during his recent sojourn in the Isle of Wight, there was one so little of a politician in any way, certainly so little of a politician in any parti. san spirit, as the Poet Laureate ! While, conspicuous_ upon the list of names, names good, bad, and indif ferent, making up the hodge-podge of what is called the Reception Committee, appears the name of CHARLES DICKENS, the Great Novelist. The de monstration yesterday, upon the arrival of GARI BALDI in the metropolis, it is agreeable to think, passed off without any untoward incident whatever —such as the tumult sardonically anticipated by the Spectator. And it is thus, toa, in spite of several pro• ceedings eminently calculated either to render the popular movement of yesterday ridicu ous, or to pro voke among the right thinking feelings of profound indignation. A preposterous panegyric on MAzzINI, articulated through one of the addresses presented to GARIBALDI, might have justified, as it appears to us, any amount of indignation, and that, namely, as an interpolated panegyric conceived, in every syllable of it, in the most evil taste, and one, it should be said, moreover, having nothing what ever to do with the proceedings of yesterday. As to the nonsensical inscription upon one of the ban. ners of "Rome or Death," while it was signally suggestive of the Big Word, and No Acts signal ising the Foreign Policy of Earl RUSSELL, it looked immensely like a mal apropos reminder to the hero of yesterday's ovation of about the most flagrant error of his whole life, that blunder (worse than a crime, a mistake) ending in his fiasco at Aspro monte. "Rome or Death" were GARIBALDI'S watch words then : and certainly it was for him much more like Death than Rome at Aspromonte. *.* With one solitary oversight, which we are anxious here to particularise, the Police arrange ments yesterday were admirably good. But the oversight alluded to—a distinct and shameful over sight on the part of the Police authorities, was nothing less, as it appears to us, than an outrage against Public Opinion of the most flagrant charac ter well conceivable. And the outrage we refer to was nothing less than this—that in the ne:ghbour hood and along the line of the procession there were allowed to bs displayed upon the walls, by hundreds bed in upon hundreds, disgraceful posters, inscr bold le ,ters thus— TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1864 GARIBALDI, MAZZINI, S T ANS F ELD, AND LORD PALMERSTON FOR EVER. An outrage like this ought certainly never been quietly tolerated by the police. It 1 to have ,he pla cards so inscribed were posted up, on the sly, during the night time, the police authorities ought at the least to have had them torn down with indignation in the morning. Thera seems to be really no end to the lamentable cases resulting from the mismangement of affairs by the Bethnal-green officials. Mr. CHRISTY, the re lieving officer, has already earned a most unenviable reputation for his harshness to the sick and desti tute, and he seems to be only carrying oat the wishes and expressing the sentiments of those around him. There is no doubt that the charge for the maintenance of the poor presses very heavily on the inhabitants of a district like Bethnal-green, where a great part of the ratepayers can barely keep above pauperism themselves, and the anxious desire of the guardians to keep the expenses of the Union down to the minimum is, of course, princi pally due to the real necessities of the district. A striking proof is thus afforded of the evils arising from the inequality of the poor rate, since St. George's, Hanover-square, could certainly pay treble the amount charged on St. George's-in-the.. East with less inconvenience, instead of being only celled upon to contribute a small proportion of the sum demanded from the poorer parish. It is hard and unjust that the chief burden of supporting the absoluteiy destitute should fall upon the poor instead of the rich, but that such is the case the returns of the parish rates indisputably show. Still, allowing for all natural reluctance to increase an already exorbitant charge it is cer tainly difficult to exonerate the officials of Bethnal Green from the charge of indifference to the lives and sufferings of their fellow creatures, if nothing worse. We can hardly set down the constant re petition of deaths from want and neglect, of coro ners' inuuests, and mutual recrimination, to acci dental or casual causes. They are rather the fruits of a system regularly carried on, whose effects vary in proportion to the degree of sickness and destitu tion it encounters. The one grand object seems to be to give as little relief as possible, to disgust the poor with parish aid and to saddle their assistance, when at last reluctantly granted, with conditions that render it so distasteful as sometimes to make absolute starvation preferable in the minds of those who have "seen better days." It seems at the outset very strange that when there is an organized and costly system of parish relief professedly avail able for every destitute person, such a thing as deatb from want of the common necessaries of life should be ever heard of amongst us. Yet the re cords of this winter alone reveal some startling tragedies, and there is little security that another season of equal severity will not witness their repetition. One grand barrier which has been found very effectual in deterring the more respectable class of the very poor from seeking parish aid is the condition that if one member of a family is ill and wants care and relief, the whole family must come into the house before it is attainable. The recent case at Bethnal-green was an instance of thin sort. A woman, aged 62, the wife of a weaver, died from congestion of the lungs, her death, according to the medical testimony, being accelerated by pri• vation. The husband stated that Dr. MOORE had attended his wife, and given a certificate for her admission to the infirmary. The man, who pro bably could not read, thought it was an order, and took his wife with it in a cab to the workhouse. When there, the porter refused to admit the woman, saying it was as much as his place was worth to let her in without a regular order. She could not stand,but had to be supported at the gate, where she remained for nearly an hour. It was raining fast, and the poor woman at length begged to be taken back, or she "should die in the street." The porter was asked for a chair, that she might rest for a little while, but he refused it. The next day the hnsband obtained an order for nourishment from Dr. MOORE, which he took to Mr. CHRISTY. According to the evidence, that gentleman said, " I shall give no nourishment. You must both come into the house." The man r e u p r l t i It is very hard th a t t h e par i s h chould be h e e d—" ned with two when on l y one wants re li e f." b Mr. CHRISTY said he did not cake, both should come in. Ultimately--it is not said how long after—he sent an order of admission, when the poor woman was taken to the infirmary, and died soon after. This evidence was mainly corroborated by other witnesses ; and a gateman at the union, who did not remember being asked for a chair, confessed to having orders to let no one sit down. The family, who were six in number, were supported by the daughter, who earned LI a week by washing. Such a sum, though quite sufficient to keep the healthy members off the parish, would certainly not allow for comforts which a sick woman might absolutely require. These are the very cases which our unions should especially aid—the struggling poor, who maintain themselves as long as they can, and only come to the parish from absolute necessity. But it is all alike to Mr. CHRISTY and his associates. " Move on," is their watchword. "No admittance" should be inscribed on their gates. So long as no pauper sits down at their gates, the porter's work is done; so long as the relief and attendance for the sick is made conditional on a man in health becom ing an inmate of the dismal able-bodied ward, at the cost of separation from his family, and sacrifice of his independence, the relieving officer's duty is accomplished. If a pauper dies, more or less, what does it signify ? There are already too many in Bethnal.green. If their deaths are hastened by cold and exposure at the workhouse door it will teach a useful lesson to the survivors to be less troublesome when their turn comes. Mr. CHRISTY is, apparently, of the Echo°, of DRAW, and we fear he is not the only man who ren.iss poverty as the first of crimes. LITERATURE, Adela Cathcart. By George MacDonald, M.A., author of "David Elgiubrod," &e. Three Vole. Hurst and Blackett. "Adele Cathcart" should, most assuredly, have been issued at Christmas time, and it would have taken its place as one of the most delightful Christ mas books which have appeared for many years. It is appropriate to the season of lay and legend on account of the variety of miscellaneous tales and songs which are in the course of its pages happily introduced, and it is more especially adapted to the season of love and kindness by reason of the Chrietian spirit of charity and tenderness by which the whole narrative and series of narratives is suffused. As Professor Kingsley says of Dr. Newman, "We like its tone"—it is one which will or on should the t t fi l e n - find a u g ni e, v i e t r s i a s l f e a a v e o y u r t 0 . W r e e i o t g h o n ut i se t m ,e Adelen a e the main nnogd a ps s woitnf t ohg h raey e n:p, e nto rli ihdse e a t : n ssytt a hohi tio dying yga e of robat ea.waiy a A d poet's child ea m otfh in ea d hv v , e heroine and ed the ionwe widowed d n y s , w a i t t Christmasany a t p i m p she fa th i e s r a r o n r ne e w ure do h c y tor th i e s e t. a e n il t e ca i n u s , e w , mental ho u lti m o a r t e p l y h y e s ff i c e a e l t . B h A e agency of an elixir not specified in the Pharmacopia. This doctor and Mr. John Smit c h, a ear d elightful old bachelor, th e nar:ator of the history, d concoct a plan to her life of ideal - win the young ltdy back from sorrow to a contemplation of th e stern real ''t of actual existence, as exemplified in the li:ees of her fellow-creatures. To this end a set "ar very charitable conspirators meet together, and narrate tales and recount histories singularly varied in style and character, but all animated by one high beneficent purpose. The young lady listens—and, as her tears fall for the woes of others, already her own individual burden becomes more light. Among the group of characters assembled at Purleybridge we are introduced to some very interesting indivi duals. First, and foremost, there is our host, the father of Adele, the worthy Col. Cathcart, "straight, broad-shouldered, and tall, with a severe military expression underlying the genuine hospitality of his countenance, as if he could not get rid of a sense of duty even when doing what we liked best." The good Colonel, who is devoted to his daughter, Is nevertheless anxious to have for his son-in-law his nephew Percy, who forms one of the Christmas guests, and who proves to be an empty-headed coxcotnb, who can only think of number one. This gentleman generally passes the time of the story-telling asleep on a sofa. His character is best revealed after church on Christmas day, when, having declined to accompany the party of worshippers, he meets them on their return. " There, in the churchyard, we found Percy, stand ing astride of an infant's grave, with his hands in his trousers-pockets, and an air of condescending satis faction on his countenance, which seemed to say to the dead beneath him • • " Pray don't apolo gise. I know you are disagreeable, but you can't help it, you know,' and to the living coming out of Church—' Well, have you had your little whim out ?' " Percy owns that he does not like Sunday. His mother, he tells us, had produced this effect by an over-strictness and a too-constantly enforced at,endance at Church. " But the worst of it is," confesses the delinquent, "I can't get it out of my head that I ought to be there even when I'm driving tandem to Richmond." Mr. Smith, who narrates to us the whole story, is, he himself says, a Nobody, f u ll of sympathy in all the joys and sorro ws of all around him, and hence himself a most loveable and welcome companion. The curate and his wife, and the docto r a b ove ment i one d, are interesting studies in their different w a ys, but t he old school master and his wife are to our mind the most attractive persons in the motley group, and the stories related by them surpass all the rest in ten derness and truthfulness. The schoolmaster's story, with its pathetic pict ureo f th e death of a little baby, so simply an d natura ll y d escr ib e d, will appeal t o the heart of every mother who may read it. " The Broken S wor d s " i s a very an i ma ted and interesting narrative. The young so ldier, who has one sword broken in disgrace, more than retrieves his honour and the second sword is broken as he gallantly falls standing alone in the post of danger. So various are the histories introduced that we cannot be sur prised that there are some among the number not quite to our t aste . Of t h ese are, strange to say, the contributions of Mr. Smith, who, practical man as he is, tells us the story of a "Light erin cese," who has been deprived by a wicked fairy of her gravity, or po wer o f gravitation, which is humorous in the extreme, but this sto r y and the " giant's h eart " are certa i n ly more adapted to the children's library. Were the book, however, as w e have eaid, a Ch i i i t mas b oo k (and it is well worthy of appeari ng as suc h i n a secon d edition next winter) then even these fantastic vag ar i e e would be in season. There is a moral, however, in the most apparently frivolou s . A mong t h e more attractive contributions iwshaocwhaars borneaing osntocryhriet of "Uncle Day, and who in conse ncle Peter"—Uncle Peter quence re gar d e d ever y suc ceeding Christmas as anew excuse for acts of generous kindness. We heartily agree w ith C o l one l C a thcart who, when it is ob• jetted th a t U nc l e P eter is not natural, exclaimed, " Chen he o ug ht t o b e ! an d it is all the morere reason for putting him into a story if he is not to be found in the world." Mrs. Bloomfield tale of how a lady learned a lesson—the lesson— from an idiot boy ; who gratefully trusted every thing to the bountiful care of " Blessed Father." Some fragments of Mr. Armstroug's discourses we would willingly quote as specimens at (nee of the beautiful style and tender teaching that abounds in these • three volumes, but isolated passages would do injustice to the book, which is better read as a whole, and far which many a thoughtful reader will feel a new debt of gratitude to the author of "David Elginbrod." THE COMPOSER OF TUE NATIONAL ANTHEM : WAS IT DR. JOHN Bura, 2—" The name," said Mrs. Nickleby the beloved, " began with B and ended with G. m ight be found t o s t an d a t u P s e e rh o a f ps th i o t se w s a y s h W o aletveres." whim A sy n motto than thi s , f or t h e :orse the head of the con t rovers i es concerning the parent age o f our noble Nation a l Hy mn , The last speculation put forth concerning it, with the usual charming assurat,ce and ac quaintance with facts of our Allies, in one of their journals, is this, that Haydn (I) pilfered the tune from Lulli, and presented it to England.—ilthencem. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE FRENCH BUDGET. PARIS APRIL 12, 11.7 a.m: The Budget stipulates that the stamp duty, levied in accordance with the law of the 13th May, 1863, on rentes, loans, and public securities of foreign Governments P hall be raised from 50 centimes to 1 franc. This measure is to take effect from the Ist July, 1864. THE BOMBARDMENT OF DUFFEL. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 11, 1.55 e.m. A violent fire was uninterruptedly kept up by the enemy uniil 7 p.m. yesterday. Twenty of our men were wounded. The windmill on Duppel hill has been burnt down. FLENSBURG, AritiL 12. A rescript of the Civil Commissicners prohibits all public officers in Schleswig, under penalty of immediate dismissal, from affixing their signatures to any resolutions or addresses having reference to the London Conference. . THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 12. The Royal Mail steamship Seine, with the above mailF,has arrived here. She brings 150 passengers, 2,681,695 dole. in specie, and 821 packages, and a general cargo. She left St. Thomas's on the 29th ult., and experienced fine weather throughout the passage. Diplomatic negociations between Chile and Bolivia had been broken off. The quarrel is prin cipally the MEjillones Islands and their deposits of guano. Peru and the Minister of the United States had offered their intervention. Electioneering was progressing. It was anti3i pated that the results would be favourable to the liberals. A disastrous fire had occurred in Valparaiso, and property to the value of 400,000 dole. had been destroyed. The fire originated in the best part of the city. Messrs. Huth, Gruning, and Co., and Messrs. Green, Nicholson, and Co., English firms, have been completely burnt out. A better tone prevailed in general business. Considerable sales had been made. Foreign arrivals were numerous. Home charters had declined. Her Majesty's corvette Alert left Valparaiso on the 20th ult. for Vancouver's bland. At Valparaiso exchange was quoted 41d. to 441 d. Bar silver, per mare, fine, 10 dole. 75 c. The general news from Peru is unimportant. A measure had emanated from the Government to put down gambling houses, and punish gamblers. The experiments made in Guatemala for growing cotton had been successful. In Honduras General Jose Maria Medina had been elected President, and General Florencio Xatruch Vice-Present. Alvarez, the opposition can didate, bad loft the country, and taken refuge in the island of Roatan. The constituent Assembly in Salvador was hold ing session. Several laws had been passed, and a commission appointed for reformingthe constitution. In Nicaragua President Martinz had tendered his resignation, which the Congress had declined to accept. The cotton crop was better than had been ex pected. It was calculated that it would amount to 20,000 quintals. Extensive preparations were making for the next crop. Large tracts of land had been cleared for cultivation. Trado was reported dull at Greytown. The new channel to the harbour was completely closed up, BOMBAY AND mAußnius MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 118 passengers, a general cargo, and £l2O in specie. She left Gibraltar on tho 7th inst., and on the Bth spoke the steamer Ceylon. Gibraltar exchange on London, 20 days, 501; on Paris, 5.30; Marseilles, 5.31. Freights unchanged. The weather was fine at Jamaica. The cotton cultivation was engaging attention, and being ex tended. The sugar erop was backward. Coffee was scarce, and prices advancing. Freights were plentiful for Europe. Exchange, 90 days, half per cent. At Demerara the weather was fine, and the estates were busy. Produce was arriving freely at the market. Freights unchanged. Exchange, 90 days,:47o dollars. Barbadoes was suffering from want of rain. Sugar reaping, and the general yield was unsatis.• factory. The young canes were healthy. Trade dull. Exchange, 4S7§ dollars. From St. Domingo nothing inaportant. The insurgents were said to be disheartened. AUSTRIA, VIENNA, April 9. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Emperor left this city for Trieste. His Majesty was accom panied by his youngest brother (the Archduke Louis Victor), the Archduke Leopold, the Ministers Count Bechberg and M. ♦on Schmerling, Count Crennevitle (the First Adjutant-General), Count Keefstein (the Lord Marshal), M. von Carolyi (the Hungarian Vice-Chancellor), M. von Mazaranic (the Croatian Chancellor), and Baron Geringer, the representative of Count Nadesdy, Ito Chancellor of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. The Abend Post (a supplement to the official Wiener Zeitung) tells us that the Emperor has gone to Trieste, " to affil his signature to a Staats Acte (Public Act), which the acceptance of the Imperial Crown of Mexico by his Imperial Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian has rendered ne cessary." When his Majesty left he said he expected to be in Vienna again early in the morning of Sunday (to-morrow), but he will hardly be able to get back so soon, as it has been snowing heavily for the last four and twenty hours. It is understood that his Imperial Highness will retain his title of Archduke of Austria, and his ap panage of 120,000fi. (Ll 2,000) a year. The Em peror has allowed hie brother to levy 6,000 men here. The Austro-Mexican Legion will consist of three battalions of the Line, one regiment of Lancers, one regiment of Hussars, two batteries of eight guns each, one company of Engineers, and one company of Pioneers. Officers and men are to be engaged for six years, and at the expiration of that time the former will be allowed to re-enter the Austrian army, and to have the rank they held when they left it. The bounty money offered is 25f1. for the common soldiers and 501 for the nos-commissioned officers. Many officers have already offered their services to the Archduke, and some of them are men of rank and standing. For the last few weeks an artist has been employed at Miramar in making drawings for the liveries and other household necessaries of the future Emperor of Mexico. Information has been received from Bucharest that 400 Austrian and Italian refugees are collected on the frontier of Transylvania, and are waiting for an opportunity of getting unobserved into that pro vince. The men of action in Moldavia are said to be in direct communication with persons in the Szekler districts; but I doubt the correctness of the statement, as people here are much in habit of making mountains of molehills. As six regiments are posted on the frontiers of Transylvania, ;;he Austrian Government has little or no cause to fear that 400 men, who have not a single leader of note, will attempt to enter that province. 15,000 men are on their way from Salzburg to the Southern Tyrol, and several battalions are now marching from Hungary to Venetia. Men in office still think that there will be a revolutionary outbreak in the above-mentioned province before the year is at an end ; but persons of my acquaintance, who are in correspondence with the inhabitants of some of the principal Italian cities, say the prevalent opinion is, that the moment is inopportune. The Dalmatian Diet has been dis solved " because no benefit to the province is to be expected from it." The general Synods of the Lutherans and Calvir ists in Austria have a t length been convoked for May 22, 1862, and their sittings will be held in this city. Sohubert, the renowned composer, died here on the 19th November, 1828, and his property, which consisted of wearing apparel and noses, was valued at 631 Tne expenses for his funeral, which were defrayed by his relatives and friends, were 84.35f1. The sum of 17,00011. has new been subscribed here by the admirers of Schubert's compositions, and the money will "oe employed in the construction of a monument to the memory of a man of whom the Austrians are very proud, As is but too often the case, the merits of the originator of the musical composition known as the German " Lied" were not properly appreciated until he was dead and gone. Schubert was 32 years of age when he died. BELGIUM. The Belgian Senate in its last sitting adopted the bill for annexing to the commune of Brussels two zones of territory belonging to the com:bunes of Ixelles and St. Gilles, lying by the side of the avenue leading from the boulevards to the public promenade of the Bois de is Chambre " The bill for allowing the entrance duty free of vessels built abroad and purchased by Belgian shipowners was the object of an amendment pro posed by Baron Osy, senator of Antwerp. The bill fixed the Ist March last as the day from which its enactments were to take effect. Ihe amendment proposed to alter the date to the 15th of the same month. Baron Osy objected to the retroactive character given to the law. The Minister of Finance had been accused of wishing to render the law executory on the Ist of March, in order to favour an Antwerp shipowner, the purchaser of a vessel nationalised after that date. Baron Osy deCared that he did not propose his amendment in consequence of that circumstance, but solely on principle. The code interdicted retroactive laws, because they might be at tended with danger. The Minister of Finance rep!ied that the charge brought against him was unfounded, that the shipowner alluded lo had not nationalised his vessel, and therefore could derive no advantage from the let of March. He also remarked that, as to the questio❑ of principle, Baron Osy only objected to retroactivity for the Ist of March, but admitted it for the 15th. However the Sen ate would consider whether, fur an amendment of such trifling importance, it was worth while to incur the inconvenience of sending the bill back to the other Chamber, which had already rtjected a simi lar amendment. Tha Senate then declared against the amendment by a large majority, and adopted the bill. PRANCE. A letter from• Canton in the Illonite::r says : " M. de Trenquayle, the French Consul at this port received a visit on the 15th Nov., from the Viceroy of the two Kounags, and was fortunate enough to induce that eminent personage to accept an official invitation to be present at the Catholic church of Canton. The two Tartar Generals, the Go vernor, the Superintendent of the Finance and the Treasurer, have also promised to attend. Grand preparations are being made, and great curiosity is felt to witness the strange spectacle of all the Chinese authorities coming offi cially to render homage to a faith the profession of which by a native only a short time since entailed the penalty of death. This incident is a striking proof of the influence which France exercises in the south of China owing to her successes in 1857. The French Consul has received from the Chinese Go vernment expressions of its satisfaction at the im provement apparent among the Chinese troops owing to the instruction given to them by the French ,vab-officers appointed for that purpose. A communication from Vile says—The Dormuz brigade having returned to support the Prussian troops, the Gondrecourt brigade has partially occu pied the position so left, and which covers the corps of operation before Fredericia. The advanced post, to the north are supplied by the Prussians and Aus. trians alternately, the Prussians occupying them for 48 hours, and the Austrians then for as long. Since the arrival of the Austrians the Danes have not shown themselves south of Horsens. The screw corvette Heimdal, from the Sound, has arrived at Copenhagen, with a screw frigate, the Amphion, 300 horse power, built for war service, but without guns, and under jury -masts. The Heim dal sighted this vessel carrying the English flag in the neighbourhood of Elsinore. As she presented a suspicious appearance, she was ordered to lay to, but disregarded the order, whereupon the Heimdal fired a shot across her bows and brought her up. The captain stated that he was bound for Copen hagen to offer the ship to the Danish Government, but as there was reason to suppose her intended for Dan tzic or some other Prussian Port, the commander of the Heimdal thought it best to bring the suspi cious strangerinto this port. BOURSE, April 11.—The market is without ani mation, but Saturday's quotations generally well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now unvaried at 66f. 15c. Mobilier have slightly im proved, being last quoted at 1,053 fr. 75c. The Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 93 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end mouth 66 25 Credit Mobilier 10: , 5 , Do. end month 1056 25 Italian Loan 67 80 Do. end month 621 10 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. — Spani,th Threes — °me Debt Deferred Cash. ikeoo Bank Shares 3300 Credit b ancier 1290 Roman aA IL Orlsar NTorthern 906 25 .. 907 50 976 25 .. 977 50 New ditto — • byona and Mediterranean 943 945 N e v. 7 ditto . SSS _ _ _ S Althorn _ . _ .. Western Bastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 590 .. 587 50 Ditto to Barcelona HOLSTEIN. A large majority of the members of the Holstein Estates (40 out of 49) met on the sth at Kiel, in extraordinary Session, and unanimously passed the following declaration : We, the undersigned Deputies to the Holstein Assembly of Estates, at present consisting of 49 members, solemnly declare, with regard to the Conference of European Powers about to assemble in London, as follows: " We protest against every decision that may be come to at the above Conference, respecting the future of the Dachies of Schleswig and Holstein, and in especial with regard to the person of the successor to the throne vacated by the death of the King Duke Frederick VII., without the opinion of the country being first taken as to the hereditary right of his successor. We further declare every recognition of any such successor by the European Powers without the previous consent of the country as not legally valid and binding upon the same. " We declare, moreover, hereby as the rights of this country before God and man— " 1. Tnat the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein are independent States, inseparably connected with each other fur ever. "2. That by lineal succession and primogeniture the male line of the adenburg Royal House is exclusively called to the throne. " 3. That Christian IX., King of I - )nmark, is therefore in no way rightfully entitled to the throne of the Duch 4 e2, being excluded by agnate of nearer claims, but that the LAElen Treaty of May 8, 1852, together with the Danish sueetsion law of the 31st of July, 1853, are nct legally b'uding upon the Duchies ; the former because foreign PoR ers in no way possess the right of disposition over a coun try not belonging to them, and the latter incase not ratified by the assent of the Schleswig and Holstein Assembly of Estates, the agnates, and the Germanic Confederation. "4. The nearest claimant among the new living Princes of the House of Oldenburg, after the renunciation of his father, is Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Augustenburg , who has already declared that he has assumed the Government as Duke Frederick VIII, of Schles . wig and Holstein. " We further declare that the voice of the Conn' try, agreeing herewith, has unmistakly expressed its desire, in numerc.us petitions to the General Federal Diet, and in addresses of devotion end deputations to Dike Frederick VIII. from the Schleswig-Holstein nobility, the University, the clergy, the teachers, and the towns and rural districts of Holstein as well as Schleswig, to recognise Duke Frederick of Schleswig- I Di' stein Sonderborg- Augustenburg as the sole and only rightful successor to the throne, and has testified the readiness of the people to sacrifice life and property in his service as their legitimate Sovereign. "Finally, we hereby protest most solemnly ag ainst every arrangement of the European Powers by which an illegal ruler shall he fcrced upon the Duchies, contrary to their expressed wishes, and by which the connexion with the kingdom of Denmark definitively severed by the death of Frederick VII. shall be restored by force. We cast upon the ori ginators of any such arrangement the responsibility of the inevitable disadvantages and dangers to the tranpillity and peace of our country, of GermanYr and of Europe." (The signatures follow.) It appears that in consequence of the war, maul Lubeck naerchantmea now sail under the Russian flag. The Russian consuls, however, now make great difficulties about granting the permission to do so It is asserted that it is the Hamburg merchants w h o for purposes of speculation, have informed the Danish Gcvernment that, since the commencement of hostilities, the Russian flag is used to excess ; in consequence of which the Danish Government has complained to that of St. Petersburg, which has accordingly forbidden the Hanseatic consuls to lend the Russian flag any longer. At : L. S IK Itf ) irtnikr, HER. MAJESTY. -o - WINDSOR CASTLE, April 11. The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley, walked in the grounds this morning, His Majesty the Kin.: of the Belgians, attended by General Cuunt do Moerkerke, went to Clare. moot, and visited the Queen Marie Amelie, In correction of the description of dress worn by the Queen at the Court on Saturday last it is to be stated that her Majesty wore diamonds only i 4 the cap, and an opal brooch set in diamonds. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, April 11. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales walked i❑ the grounds on Saturday, and afterwards rode out. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with Lient.-Gen. Knollys, Captain Grey, Mr. Wood, l Mr. Ho!sealan, and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, attended Divine service at Sandringham Church yesterday. The Rev. G. B. Moxon, 8.A., officiated and preached. The vacant Garter will, it is believed, be bestowed upon his Grace the Duke of Sutherland. The Duke of Kispalda has left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. Lord Clarendon will, it is said, shortly proceed to Paris upon a private mission to the Imperial Court. It is no secret that a considerable alienation has sprung tip between the two Governments within the last few months, whhth Mr. S!ansfeld's alleged share in the Mazzinian demonstration has not tended to remove. Lord Clarendon, from his courtierlike instincts, has, we understand, been selected as an instrument for restoring more amicable rela tions, and dispelling tho irritation produced by Lord Russell's policy and Lord Palmerston's speeches. Napo leon 111 must be the most forgiving of men if he succeeds. —Herald. MR. AND MRS. HERMANN VEZIN will return to the Princess's on Monday next, making their re-appear ance in "Donna Diana." They are to be succeeded, Nye believe, by Madlle. Stella Colas. A CHARMING INSTANCE OF TOLERATION..--Ther o is a story afl)at in the Inns of Court which seerns to require a refutation. It is said that Mr Pope Hennessy has joined the Home Circuit, but on applying for admission to the mess he was biackballed. As the mess is not a club at which any one can exercise a veto the committee inquired the reason, when the dissentients gravely alleged that they had acted on principle, that they did not object to Mr' Hennessy as a barrister, or as a politician, or as a gentle man, but simply as an Ulrrarnontane I It that story is true in any degree whatever, bigotry would seem to have found. her last refuge in the Home Circuit. Isio such exclusion can, of course, be maintained for a month, but one wonders if the gentlemen who resisted would object to dine with the Pope, or send an excuse to a duke whose lists of guests included Cardinal Wiseman,—Spectator. FEARFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday morning, at about 5 o'clock, a 3 oung man named Perry, living in Hallett's•row, Brickkiln-street, hearing a noise as of some one in distress in an adjoining house, occupied by an old couple named Holland, knocked at the door. His mother was with him, an.l some one inside the house told them to break open the door. They did so, and found tha place full of smoke. On entering the house they heard groans in the pantry, a place about three feet wide by els feet long. On going into this pantry they saw a horrible sight. In one corner was the old man, shrivelled and charred in a fearful manner, quite dead. In the opposite corner was his wife, groaning and crying for water, and her clothes burnt from her Lack. From the state in which the man was found the woman must have seen him burnt to death. His clothing was completely burnt to a cinder. Several pieces of money were found in the pantry, quire black, and as though they had been exposed to great•heat. The woman stated that she caught fire while in the kitchen, and she rushed into the pantry , to throw some water on Ler clothes when her hu,bancl followed her, and in attempting to extinguish the flames must himself have been burnt. The old man was a shoo maker and worked at home, his wife cad some employment at a neighbouring factory, and both were much given t 0 drink, On Saturday, after drinking all day, the unhapP9 couple went 'tome intoxicated, and were heard quarreilh until between three or four in the morning, and after that time groans were so continuously heard that at last Aire. Perry aroused her son.--Manchester Guardian. CHARLES DICKENS'S title to his new story, "OLIV Mutual Friend," now immediately forincomiogr have called forth many protests "in the interest of the Queen's English. " What is a mutual friend ?" asks one hypocrite." If A has friendly feeling; towards B, aced reciprocates them, their friendship is mutual ; and thei may without impropriety be called mutual friends. Bu t i f A and B are two persons, each of whom enjoys the friendship of a third person, C, there is no " mu'uality" the case. C is in this case their common friend; and the use of the word " mutual" to express the relation in chic // ' any one of them stands to either of the others, is manifestly incorrect. Two brothers cannot be said to have a mutua l parent. Their father is their common parent. There I no doubt about it, and we remember remarking the fact the first moment the title of Mr. Dickens's new story ca 3l6 to our knowledge, that in one of his essays Lord Macaulai has made a particular and emphatic protest against tilt expression. Our contemporary, the Athcriceunt, very justly remarks, however, that Mr. Dickens, it is admitted, has th e power, and the right, to raise a mere colloquialism out et the dust, and to confer upon it the dignity of a litereJ9 idiom I • ----- • The new novel, " Adela Cathcart," by Georg° MacDonald, M.A , author of "David Elginbrod," Sr-c• 3 de , vols.—" Adela Cathcart (rays the Sunday lbws) is lightful book. We quit it with reluctance. It is not often that we are called upon to review a work in wh ich we dad so much to admire. Written in purest English, clu3ini sparkling, and graceful, anon delighting us with flashes ° humour or winning us with true and subtle 1:03h"' AtiLla Cathcart' may at once take up its position among the masterpieces of modern English &Um." It has been announced that no further appliea tions for the bends of the Vemzuelan Government Six per Cent. Loan will be received after Wed nesday nest. The subscription at Cologne and Amsterdam closes on the same day. _ )