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The triumphant conclusion of the much-dreaded expedition to Abyssinia forms a brilliant and for tunate episode in the history of British warfare. Although the native forces were not in themselves capable of confronting the British soldiery, or even holding their ground against the well-trained Indian troops, there were many circumstances which rendered the capture of Magdala a conspi cuous addition to the achievements of British arms. fo penetrate into so remote and difficult a country, whose climate and character were but little known to the best informed amongst us, is no easy task in time of peace. The adventurous travellers, who in the interests of science or in the love of enterprise devote them selves to exploring the African interior, are regarded as undertaking a most dangerous and uncertain task, not only from the risks inseparably attending the exploration of an uncivilised country, but from the wild and savage nature and habits of too many of the native tribes. This danger, though in some degree lessened by the presence of an armed force, was increased by the probability that THEODORE'S subjects might actively resent the invasion of their territory. They could not, indeed, repel the expe dition by force of arms, but they have harassed our advance by a guerilla warfare against stragglers, and, above all, they might have withheld the ne cessary supplies. Sir ROBERT NAPIER'S prudence in insisting upon having a sufficient store in the depots before he undertook any forward movement happily saved the army from much risk and incon venience. The natural difficulties in the way of the advance were in any case formidable enough, even in these days of fighting nature and overcom ing obstacles. Sir ROBERT RAPIER'S spirited and cordial congratulatory address to his victorious army especially alludes to these difficulties, which might well have startled the boldest and the most sanguine. " You have traversed," he says, " often under a tropical sun, or amidst storms of rain and sleet, four hundred miles of mountainous and difficult country. You have crossed many steep and precipitous ranges of mountains, more than 10,000 feet in altitude, where your supplies could not keep pace with you. When you arrived within reach of your enemy, though with scanty food, and some of you for many hours without either food or water, in four days you passed the formidable chasm of the Bashilo and defeated the army of THEODORE which poured down upon you from their lofty fortress in the full confidence of victory." This confidence, shared apparently;by THEODORE himself, precipitated the discomfiture of the Abyssinians, since British offi cers on the spot believe that had they not attempted to meet us on plain ground, but remained in.. trenched in Magdala, they would have been able to offer a prolonged resistance. Eventual defeat was certain, but the capture might have cost us many lives. It is very fortunate that such was not the case, and that there was so little to mar the satis faction of our victory. Sir ROBERT NAPIER him self speaks of " the almost inaccessible fortress of Magdala," and with reason. It is now but a" scorched rock," only memorable from its history, and from the recollection of the victims slaughtered there. Most satisfactory is it to know that the moral conduct of our troops has been as admirable as their military courage and endurance. Not a single complaint, says the Commander-in-Chief, has been made against a soldier, of fields injured, or villages wil fully molested in property or person. Indeed our army has found great difficulty in protecting the followers of THEODORE'S camp, and the remains of his army from their unrelenting native enemies the Walla Gallas, who rob and murder every Abyssinian they can get hold of. Tho forbearance and kindness which the British troops have shown to the scattered remnants of the Abyssinian force have been remarkable. It gives us a striking proof of the internal dissensions and wretchedness of the country that no less than ninety Abyssician chiefs were set free by our army. In a few nights the House of Commons will be called upon to acknow ledge the public services of the Abyssinian expedi tionary force under their gallant commander, who has proved himself a worthy namesake of that heroic NAPIER whose achievements are still fresh in his countrymen's memory. The close of the Customs Parliament in Berlin makes one reflect a little upon the progress that has been made there, and it cannot be said that Count BISMARCK has much cause to rejoice at the result of its labours. The Government has been defeated three times, and the Minister at last withdrew the Tariff Bill, that being called on for final considera tion, and a division being taken, the tax upon petroleum was again rejected by one hundred and forty-nine votes against eighty-six, whereat Count BISMARCK withdrew the bill. This was a wise con clusion to come to, but the action was a significant one, and no doubt the necessity of it caused deep mortification to this ambitious statesman. It must be confessed that of late the tide of success seems to have turned against the Berlin Cabinet. Some times indistinctly, and in a manner not likely to be generally noticed, but not the less surely, there have been signs and tokens that all is not going so smoothly as their hearts could wish, and that people are beginning to question the advantage of this scheme and the benefit that will accrue from this proposal. The President, in his closing speech, alluded to the unity which had existed among the members during the sitting of the Customs Parlia ment; and though various views had been put for ward, each passing week had only tended to con firm the fact that a complete understanding existed between them. The King of PRUSSIA delivered a speech to wind up the affair, in the come of which THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1868. he referred to the existing state of things in con nection with financial and commercial interests. Concerning these, he expressed a fear that in fu ture there might be an important reduction in the Customs revenue, but they must look forward, he said, to a reconciliation being effected next Parlia ment between these interests now at variance. On the whole, this speech was far more conciliatory in its tone than those which bis MAJESTY has delivered on former occasions, and so far it is welcome after the very high-flown and dominating speeches that we have met with. It may be so that the hints of late conveyed to the KING and his Ministers have not been without effect, and that a more sensible tone will be adopted in future in the addresses to Parliament, and such like measures. At any rate, we find at the close of this speech a very marked difference of expression to that feeling which has hitherto ani mated some of those Royal discourses. " Not the power which Providence has placed in my hands, but the rights upon which I:have agreed with my allies, and the constitutional representatives of their subjects in free treaties, will both now and in future serve as the guide of my policy." This is certainly a new regime, and if acted upon it may inaugurate a better policy, which is much to be de sired in all respects, for the constant collision. that has taken place for years between the Government and the representatives have produced much evil. The prosecution of ex-Governor EYRE engages a good deal of attention just now, and it is not sur prising to find that the indignation on the subject is becoming stronger, and that, as their plans un fold themselves, the Jamaica Committee meet with more and more reproach. It has, indeed, been sug gested that the prime movers in the matter ought to be indicted for conspiracy, they seeking to " in jure a man by a false charge ;" but without going so far as that, it is certain that public opinion has already declared itself most strongly against the course pursued by these individuals. To-day, in the House of Commons, Mr. DISRAELI will be asked if any assistance is to be given to Mr. EYRE, and we feel assured that if the answer of the Prime Minister be in the affirmative it will occasion the greatest satisfaction. Suppose he were to say that the Attorney-General should defend the ex-Governor of Jamaica, that would save a great expense to the distinguished man, who is bound to make good his case against those who cast such aspersions upon him, and it would also give a moral support to him that would be of great importance. It does not seem right thata man who has done so much for his country should be ruined to please the preju dices of a few perverse politicians, and those who do not altogether approve of the course pursued by Mr. EYRE during the insurrection in Jamaica are most surprised and indignant at the line taken by his opponents at present, and at the cruel and unjust persecution to which he is being subjected. We hope that these considerations will weigh with the Government, and that to-night we shall hear that some assistance is to be given to Mr. EYRE. Hitherto he has stood alone, and nothing at all has been done in any way to aid him in the very trying position in which he finds himself. If no notice whatever be taken of the situation in which the ex-Governor of Jamaica is now placed, it will be a very bad look-out for our colonists whenever a disturbance takes place, for who will be sufficiently self-sacrificing as to emu late MARCUS CURTIUS in suppressing a tumult, and then falling a victim to the consequences? For many reasons it is to be hoped that this will not be the case ; and we feel sure that the House of Com mons and the public generally will approve of and sanction the determination of the Government, if it should turn out that Mr. EYRE is not to be let alone to take his chance in the emergency in which he finds himself. Mr. BUXTON has written a letter to one of his constituents, in which he alludes to the part he has taken in this prosecution, and be says that be does not belong to the Jamaica Committee, but he seems from his remarks to share their opinions very fully, and to be giving them all the support he can. At any rate Mr. BUXTON seems to be pretty well aware of the feeling on the subject, for he says that Mr. MILL and his coadjutors will be subject "to an almost overwhelming torrent of public indigna tion," and he also declares that he shall be glad to hear that the present Government has undertaken the defence of Mr. EYRE. Still, with all these ad missions, Mr. BUXTON thinks that some inquiry should be made into the affair, and therefore he approves of the trial taking place, in order that all possible inquiry should be made into the case. That monopoly is a bad thing is so well known a fact that it may be called a truism, but if there were any doubt of it remaining in the public mind it would be most unpleasantly removed by the con duct of our great railway companies. No sooner is the wholesome check of competition removed than the public are made to feel the evils of monopoly, and the consequences will be sufficiently disagree able and oppressive to most of us in these days of busy traffic and living out of town. The union of the South-Eastern, Brighton, and Chatham and Dover lines has been talked of for some time, and the bill providing for it has passed the House of Commons. Happily, as the old Tories of the Reform days used to say, we have a House of Lords, and we must look to them to be a little more vigilant over the public interests than the Commons have been. What the members of the Lower House were about to pass such a measure may well be asked in blank amazement. They have often enough broken up monopolies and thrown out mischievous bills, and why or how they should now suffer them selves to be so misled is a perfect marvel. The bill provides that every passenger travelling less than six miles shall be charged for six miles, that every person coming into a station within four miles of Charing-cross shall pay ls. 9d., and 6d. each for the use of the stations, that the directors shall have the power of charging what they please for express trains, and that the fares generally shall be greatly increased. Here is a fine result of all our railway reforms, and inner and outer circles ! We must look out for the resuscitation of the old stage-coach and its four horses, if the directors of railways are to enjoy such limitless powers. The charge for the use of the stations is as preposterous as it is novel, and if the members of Parliament sanction such an innova tion, they deserve to be charged for the use of their houses. Mr. W. 11. Barrow, M.P. for South Nottingham shire, has been for some time past seriously ill. The hon. gentleman was born in 1784. Mr. Mark Firth, the master cutler of Sheffield, is about to erect and endow 36 almhouses, at a cost of £24,000. The houses are to be erected on a site of two acres of land, at Ilanging Water, Ranmoor, a beautiful neighbourhood, and a favourite quarter of the Sheffield well-to-do classes, and are to ac commodate 24 single persons, either men or women, and 12 married couples. The charity will be open to natives of Sheffield, without respect to religious belief. Each single inmate will receive 7s. per week, and each married couple 10s. A chapel will be erected for the use of the inmates, and there will be a house for the governor. Each house is to be two storeys high, and will contain a living room 12ft. square, a bedroom of the same size, and a cellar divided for pantry and, coals, and gas and water will be laid on to every house. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, May 24, To•day's news is contradictory. On the one hand we hear that your Government has taken an important step in order to bring about a disarmament, and has ad dressed the various Courts of Europe to that effect ; on the other hand, we have a multitude of unpleasant items which certainly do not tend in the direction of peace. French military agents have been purchasing a large number of horses at Pesth ; Marshal Bazaine is going to inspect all the strong places on our Prussian frontier; the Eastern question becomes more serious every day, and a large quantity of Prussian guns have been received at Bucha rest ; a Danish camp is to be formed in Jutland ; the German Customs Parliament are going to make a trip to Kiel ; General de Failly, who made the speech at Chalons which has caused so much comment, is, rumour says, to b 3 made a marshal. Meanwhile, there is absolutely no improvement in trade ; the Bank coffers are still choked with specie ; there is no confidence anywhere, and there will be none until Lord Stanley or some other diplomatist can persuade Napoleon to reduce his armaments. The latest political item is the simultaneous publication in Paris and abroad of a pamphlet, entitled " France, Poland, and Prince Napoleon," the purport of which is to re-establish the kingdom of Poland, and to put the Prince on the throne which is to be set up at', Warsaw. His Imperial Highness will, it is now said, put off his visit to Vienna until June, if indeed he makes it all. General Gondrecourt's visit to Paris is supposed to be con nected with some negotiations between Austria and this country, for the General has been employed before on the eve of important diplomatic events. The semi-official journals, however, declare that he comes here merely to assist at the marriage of a member of his family. The Emperor and the Empress have put off their visit to Rouen until June 1, and the State ball which was to have taken place on that day is postponed until Tuesday. It would seem, therefore, that the Emperor had aban doned his intention of opening the International Maritime Exhibition at Havre. The report that General Dumont had threatened to punish those French troops who refused to wear the Mentana medal is denied. There is certainly great room for improvement in some of the public departments of France, accustomed as you Englishmen are to vies.' them with envy. Certain members of the Socia6 des Gens de Lettres determined to ask Victor Hugo to place himself in nomination for the presidency. M. Augu wrote to Guernsey on March 5, and the letter reached its destination on May 19, two days after the election took place. M. Hugo has now replied that he has given up explaining the irregularities of the post, but he supposes that his letters are persecuted like his works. Here is another instance of delay. The Paris evening journals complain that they do not receive until the afternoon the reports of the debates in the Chambers of the previous after noon. The editor of the Moniteur replies that this cannot be helped, for the debates do not conclude until six o'clock p.m., and the speakers sometimes are correcting their proofs until seven a.m. This was actually done by M. Thiers last week. The editor goes on to say that the Paris journals are much better off than those of London, for the latter publish on Monday the debates of Friday. Clearly, the London papers are not taken in at the office of the Illoniteur, nor is the editor aware that the debates last till one or two a.m., instead of being over by six p.m. The system of official reporting is as bad as had can be. No journal dares condense or omit a speech, and as it cannot omit the debates altogether, it is obliged to give them in full, a very serious encroachment upon its space, especially when, as lately, important debates have been going on simultaneously in both chambers. Supplements are inevitable, and as the Government insists upon charging for a stamp upon these no less than on the principal sheet, the cost is very considerable. In fact, the Temps announces to-day that it can no longer bear this charge, and must lay it upon its readers, by increasing the price of the paper 4fr. a year. In an article explaining the matter, the manager says that during the seven years the Temps has existed its capital has been increased from £16,000 to £40,000; that is to say, the excess of expenses over receipts has been £24,000. The manager goes on to say that the journal was not founded with a view to prof t ; " it must seek its best and most enviable dividends elsewhere than in material profits. But one law is common to all enter prises : they ought to be self-supporting ; it is only then that they are definitely established." The Temps, I should add, is the organ of the French Protestants. Here is a new idea, which your mute Hiltons and hidden Raffaelles would do well to borrow. There has just been started in Paris a co-operative society in order to enable artists and authors to make their debut, a matter always of some difficulty. It is to be called the Avenir, and to be divided into four sections—Literature, Sculpture, Paint ing, and Music. The first section contains some of the most distinguished names on the literary roll— Sainte-Beu ve, R6nan, Dumas (pere), Laboulaye, Littr6, Paine, Thiers, About, and Hou.ssaye. Morning Post, which makes foreign affairs its speeialite, confirms the statement of the .Neue Freic Presse, that the British Government has entered into negotiations with the various leading Powers of Europe with a view to ob tain a general declaration in favour of peace. Our con temporary says : " The tendency of the overtures of the English Government is towards a general disarmament. The negotiations, however, present several difficulties which are felt to be almost insuperable. Whether, how ever, their result be successful or otherwise, the step is one which the Administration will not fail to take credit for at the approaching elections." No doubt Lord Stanley finds in this highly-creditable attempt a wel come diversion from the chronic humiliation to which the Government are exposed in the House of Commons. There is no one but will heartily wish him success. It perhaps with reference to this matter that the Austrian General Gondrecourt has undertaken a mission to Paris. The Paris journals refer to it as something mysterious and sinister. The Paris correspondent of the Herald says that although he cannot unravel the tangled web of the diplomatic relations between France and the rest of Europe, there will be no war this year. In spite of the herculean efforts of Marshal Niel, the reorganisation of the army and the organisation of the Mobile Guard have not progressed so rapidly as his Excellency anticipated. On paper it has been completed fast enovb, but in reality it is not more advanced than it was three months ago, the first attempt at forming the Mobile Guard contingent having proved a dead failure. We have already mentioned that the long-drawn nego tiations between Austria and England for a commercial treaty have proved abortive. The failure appears to have been due to the great jealousy of Baron von Beust which is felt in Austria. He is a Saxon, and has no influential relatives, and so everything that he proposes encounters strong opposition from the Austrian party, especially from Herr Herbst, the leader of the independent majority of the Reichsrath, who views with aversion a commercial policy not of his framing. Meanwhile, a commercial treaty with Prussia has been negotiated; and one of the objects of the parliamentary party seems to be to have this treaty pub lished and put in force previously to that with England. By the favoured nation clause, every concession granted to Prussia must be granted equally to us, and, commercially, therefore, we are all the more secure of obtaining what we desire. But to the undiscerning public it will appear that Austria has granted greater freedom of tra 7.e with this country only supplementarily and of necessity, and so the Opposition will deprive the Minister of the prestige which he would have derived from the succ .ssful negotia tion of the treaty with England. - - The city of Berlin has just given a dinner to the members of the Federal Council and of the Cust oms Par liament. There were 500 gues ts who represented a l l parties in the Parliament. Count Bismarc k made a speech which was fr e q uen tly i n terrupted by " frantic" applause. He said: " I wish to express here the sentiment which induces us t o g i ve a f arewe ll salute to our brethren from South Germ an y. Th e s h or t time that we have been assembled tog e th er h as passed asquickly as a spring day. M a y its effect in the future be like that of the sp r i ng upon f u t ure seasons. Our South German brethren may , i n t h e i r f a ith in the solidarity of German interests, b ear w ith th em the certainty that they have here brotherly hearts and brotherly hands ready to receive them under all circumstances. May each new meeting .strengthen these relations. Let us take care of material well-being and o f f am ily life, and utter, in this sense, to our brethren of South Germany, a cordial au revoir." Prince Ilohenlobe, Prime Minister of Bavaria, and repre sentative of that State in the Customs .Parliament, replied as follows " The enthusiasm to which the words of the Federal Chancellor have given rise in the hearts of the South Germans must spew you that there has been a drawing together between the South and the North, and that, far from being diminished, it has been increased by the labours of the Customs Parliament. I believe that everyone will be of my opinion when I say that the work of the German spirit has rendered snore firm the ties of the different tribes. This agreement of German spirit has a mission more noble, more magnificent, and more elevated than other pretended civilising missions. Let us remain faithful to this spirit and to this mission. In this sense, and with one united voice, let us drink to the union of the German tribes." It is understood that this matter is likely to be arranged by an international convention presided uver by France. Under these circumstances the rumoured resignation of the *tug*, clo Illoustier will not take place. LITERATURE. Jeanne Darc, and other Poems. By Robert Steggall. One Vol., pp. 199. Alfred W. Bennett. If the world ever witnessed the apparition of a heroine of romance, it did within the first half of the fifteenth century. Fcr then it was that a young peasant girl of Lorraine, "clad all in complete steel," surpassed by her deeds of prowess in the field the warlike achievements of the most daring knights of the age. Joan of Arc, as we English call her, Jeanne Darc, or simply La Pucelle, as she is called among her compatriots, Du Sys, as she was dubbed by her King when he ennobled her whole race as a public attestation of his gratitude, Maid of Orleans, as she is termed by the generality, born at Domremy in 1410, the daughter of cottagers, herself for a while the servant at a wayside hostelry—within au in terval of a few radiant mouths won for herself glory, for her country liberty, for her sovereign his coronation. She defeated the English army under the Duke of Bedford—raised the seige of beleaguered Orleans —conducted her monarch Charles VII. in triumph to Rheims, where iu the grand old cathedral he was crowned and anointed, robed, and sceptred, and enthroned, and where Joan, Jeanne, Du Sys, Darc, D'Orleans stood beside him, bearing in her hand the glorious banner with which she had led his lieges to victory. Taken prisoner by the E❑glish while heading a sortie at the siege of Compiegne, she was, to the everlasting shame of her captors, cruelly and infamously burnt at the stake as a sorceress at Rouen in 1431—being then scarcely of age ! Born at Domremy in 1410 —burnt at Rouen in 1431: behold the narrow span of her existence "A simple maiden in her flower," sings the Poet Laureate in one of his famous love ditties— " A simple maiden in her flower is worth a hundred coats of arms." Joan of Arc, in another sense (and in the Poet Laureate's sense, too) was worth a hundred thou sand. Pure, brave, loyal, sublimely self-sacrificing, beautiful in face and form, open-handed, large hearted, tender-souled, sinless in spirit—in every sense, in a heavenly as well as in an earthly sense, truly heroic—she is the very paragon, the ne plus ultra, the acme, the supreme presentment of ore's ideal of a heroine of romance. No wonder, remembering all this, that her story h been the chosen theme already of many a memor able celebration both in verse and prose. No wonder that Southey wrote an elaborate poem on " Joan of Arc," recounting her history, a poem for which he received fifty guineas from Cottle, the Bristol pub lisher : that Schiller in 1801 penned his great tragedy of " The Maid of Orleans" : that Cassimir Delavigne sang in her remembrance one of his most exquisite elegies ! No wonder all this ; we say it again, no wonder ! But, marvellous on the contrary beyond all comprehension, is it, must it ever be, that intellects like those of Voltaire and Shakspere could degrade themselves to the vile office of traducing, maligning, bespattering with base and deadly vi tuperations the stainless memory of that pure and virginal heroine of romance. Shakspere's only excuse is that in writing about her he was dis traught with patriotic ardour, and simply described her as a foe. As for Voltaire's excuse—he has absolutely none. A Frenchman, though not a Christian, he should have refrained, sim ply by reason of his being a Frenchman, from defiling with his sneering and cynical derision the spotless reputation of a maiden who, with her lily hand, had lifted the gonfalon of France out of the dust—giving a kingdom to its King and a King to his kingdom. Having no particle of sympathy in his nature for a tale so " wondrous sad and pitiful" as that of Joan of Arc, Voltaire, who had not shrunk from even casting his profane gibes into th e sanctuary, into the tabernacle, into the very cibo rium itself—must needs write of this peerless maiden—what ? A Burlesque and Immoral Poem ! One of the most baneful and poisonous effusions of his irreligious and sacrilegious philosophy. Revert ing, however, alike from the eulogists and traducers of the bright-eyed young adventuress, born at Donaremy, burnt at Rouen, to Jeanne Darc her self, we, as English, cannot but remorsefully call to our remembrance the fact that we have expiation to make at her glorious shrine. Of England's doings at Rouen, when she infamously burnt Jeanne Dare there as a sorceress, we may, in truth, cry aloud, in the words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as she herself did in lamentation over England's Inmn ness of revenge, during six cruel and acarsed years, towards the glorious Captive of St. Helena— "For oh, it was not well, it was not well, Nor tuneful with thy lofty chanted past !" St. 'Merle—Rouen : of each one might say, as Beranger said in allusion to Mont St. Jean-- " Co nom jamais n'attristera mos vers." They are names significative of the deadliest cruelty on the part of England—here towards a young girl w ho was treated by the English as th oug h t h ey had been devils rather than men—here towards a dauntless foe who, coming to U 3 as he himself said, like Themistocles, confided himself to our honour and (as the consequence) was immolated 1 England, so far as may be, has long since matile expiation for St. Helena by delivering up the d ea d body of her glorious victimto be buried t, on the banks of the Seine in the midst of the French people whom he loved so well"— asking, through the lips of Lord Palmerston, at the dine she did so, that all animosity might be buried in the tomb of Napoleon, but being apostrophised simultaneously by Elizabeth Browning, in her poem already quoted—" Ask a little room, too," in that tomb of Napoleon e Ask a little room too—for thy shame!" Expiation, however, England can proffer none to the outraged memory of Joan of Arc-..none at least beyond votive offerings, garlands laid upon her shrine, as it were, asphodela and amaranths of poetry conceived in a spirit as different as possible from that inciting Voltaire to his detestable scur rilities, and Shakspere, even our godlike Shaks pere, to his unmeasured and scathing vituperations. Remembering the latter, it cannot but be some satis faction to Englishmen when they observe another of their blood, another lyrical Panegyrist of the Pucelle _fired by the same zeal on her behalf which nearly seventy years ago kindled the enthusiasm of Southey at the dawn of the present century —step forth into the lists of literature, having bound upon his crest the sleeve of the maiden of Domremy. The author of this charming volume has the ad ditional satisfaction, moreover, of knowing that his book makes its appearance just at this moment in a manner singularly apropos. For, it has been but very recently bruited abroad among the co-religionists of Jeanne d'Arc that preliminary measures are now being actively taken at Rome for her solemn beatification. Columbus, the disco verer of the New World, and with him Joan of Arc,one of the most radiant champions and saviours of national liberty in the Old, having the homage of posterity thus signally evidenced in their regard by the enrolment of their names among those who are most venerated throughout the length and breadth of Christendom. Altogether, apart from any coinci dence of time, however, in regard to the moment in which it makes its appearance, Mr. Steggall's poem challenges opinion by right of its own intrinsic merits. It is written throughout in blank verse, flowing, ten der, and mellifluous. In reference to the mere struc ture of the poem, as a work of art, it is worthy of note that the author has divided his theme into five significantly entitled sectional parts—Dom remi, Chinon, Orleans, Beaurevoir, Rouen. Our only regret, upon this point, being that among the localities thus conspicuously com memorated no mention has been made by way of subtitle of that royal Rheims which was the scene of La Pucelle's most signal triumph, Charles VII. having there under her auspices been crowned. The very designation of those five divisions or cantos of the poem will serve to indicate clearly enough the order and progression of the events, here re counted by Jeanne's latest celebrant. To our mind, Mr. Steggall, manifests greater vigour and larger capacities as he advances in his narrative, warming to his wo.:k—his voice, so to speak, gaining new strength and sonorousness when he comes to the deli neation of the warlike scenes iu which his heroine leads the chivalry of France again and again through the storm of battle on to victory. Nothing could well be more delicately indicated than the first budding forth of that fair blol , sotn of Lorraine "A pure white Lily from the common mould That perfumed all the land with Liberty." As affording, however, at once a brief but signal evidence of the vigour with which Mr. SteggAll can write of deeds heroic, we would instance one among the many battle scenes described by him when the French and English armies fought against each other a l'outrance under the beleaguered walls of Orleans. "Yet once again they met in all their might, Like madden'd torrents from opponent hills, That, pale with breathless rage, pour headlong down And dash together iu the plains below,— Awhile swayed to and fro alternative Amid the Whirl, the tumult, and the fume, The cries and groans of those who struck or fell, The inhuman clang, and, through and over all, The fulmination that from verge to verge Made the earth tremble and the air with awe Of its almighty dominance, as when The loa r , , fue-hoord thunder strides from alp to alp ; Till broken and beaten back, the English hordes, Like ebbing billows spattered with spent foam And stained with blond of the slow dying sun, Retreated towards their trenches." Other illustrative passages might readily en3ugh b 3 adduced : yet, though we were to multiply our quo tations by so doing almost to an infringement of the laws of copyright, we should still be affording but an inadequate notion of the prevailing charm of a poem that, to be judged aright, should be read completely as a whole, should be scanned, as every true work of art ought in reason to be, in its entirety. So scrutinised, it will be found in many ways pre-eminently deserving of that scru tiny. Let the Poem but once be commenced and the reader of it is, as it were, entrapped within a magic circle—he needs must tarry until the wizard hath had his will. And it is in lee I a true wand of wizardry the pen with which Robert Steggall has here first of all most delicately sketched in, and afterwards with vigorous dashes and erratic strokes of genius, delineated with a won derful vigour of chiaroscuro, that ten ler but heroic central figure Isf Joan of Arc, which is here last of all revealed to U 3 in the midst of a lurid glow that long haunts the imagination, and in the mere remembrance of which her pure and virginal fame is in a man ner virtually transfigured. For the success with which he has accomplished what has manifestly been to him throughout a labour of love, Mr. Steggall•is fairly entitled to, what we would hereby offer to him very cordially, our earnest congratu lation s. The Gentleman's Magazine. Entirely New Series. No. I. Bradbury, Evan 3, and Ca. The Elixir vita!) after all cannot be so very fan tastic a day-dream, for here comes to us Sylvanus Urban—a venerable gentleman now in the one hundred-and-forty-ninth year of his age—with not a sign of decrepitude about him. On the contrary, it is Sylvanus Urban Redivivus? Transform with the bloom of youth upon his cheeks ; with locks flowing, abundant, and ambrosial; with a step and stride buoyant: and elastic ; a beau garcon every inch of him—a veritable and radiant exemplar of la Jeunesse Dore'e! However the marvel has been accomplished, accomplished it has been : and Syl vanus commands our welcome accordingly. He must for certain, by this time, be " up to a wrinkle or two," but physically at any rate there is no sign of it. Never were youth, strength, vitality, esprit restored so instantaneously. Without meaning any disrespect to Mr. Urban in the latter part of the previous phase of his existence, we are almost tempted to say that his sudden rejuvi nescence seems to us almost as wonderful in its way as the creation of a soul under the ribs of death. And now that he is transformed, we can only trust that his youth, and strength, and vigour will all of them prove perennial. As it is, in its new shape, The Gentleman's Magazine may take rank at once with the very bast and ablest of the other shilling magazines its contemporaries, with the Cornhill or St. Paul's, with Tinsley's, Temple Bar, Macmillan, Belgravia, or London Society, each of which appeals to an audience pecu liarly its own. With not one of them, with not the best and ablest amongst them all, we repeat, need The Gentleman's Magazine, now, shrink from the ordeal of direct comparison. We never remember to have seen a better first number of a New Series or a New Periodical. Externally it is pleasant to the eye—the ornamental border of the c wer being really worthy of minute examination. Internally the contents are as varied and exhilarating as could reasonably be wished. The contributions (admirably printed on excellent paper) extend to 128 pages— beginni❑g with a brief but sufficient preface, and ending with obituary memoirs, among others, of Lord Brougham and King Theodore. Two serial stories are commenced in this first num ber—one called " Not in Society," the o. her "The Memorial Window." Tom Taylor gives us the first instalment of an outspoken criticism "Among the Pictures." Shirley Brooks contri butes a delightful, sparkling dialogue between "Two of Our Early Subscribers"—a loving couple billing and cooing in their honeymoon, some century and a quarter since, forming a wondrous contrast to his immortal " Naggletons." Through a capital Stable Fragment about " Lord George Bentiuck" we obtain a vivid glimpse of the time when, as the writer says, "If we had to choose nine characters, all unique in their way, from the ' silk and scarlet' side of nature, our lot should rest upon Lord George as the turf leader, the late Sir Tatton Sykes as the old country baro net, Mr. aibaldeston as the all round sportsman,' John Scott as the trainer, Ransome as the stud groom, Jem Mason as the steeplechase rider, Charles Davis as the Huntsman, Jack Goddard ' as the whip, and Jem Robinson as the jockey." William Sawyer has a charming little poem called " Celadon." There is a chapter on " Croquet ;" another, drolly illustrated, on " Court Costume ;" and a thoroughly readable political paper, entitled "My Last Session." Is not that enough ? If not— there is more yet, " pippins and cheese to come," but that it were unnecessary, here, to particularise. In answer to a query in the Correspondence, we would remind Mr. Urban for his next (No. 2), that the jeu d' esprit ending— "But easy writing's curst hard reading," was Richard Brinsley Sheridan's. Altogether the Gentleman's Magazine in its new form is a literary phenomenon. Mr. John Hardy, at present M.P. for Dart mouth, will, we believe, in the event of that borough being disfranchised, be invited to offer himself as a candi date in the constitutional interest for Maidstone.—Lnyerial Review. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.— Mr. Le Gros Clark, F.R.C.S., surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, the newly-appointed professor of anatomy and surgery at this institution, will commence a course of six lectures on the " Principles of Surgical Diagnosis, espe cially in relation to Shock and Visceral Lesions," on Mon day, the Ist of June. These lectures will be delivered on each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at four o'clock. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURG[I•--Mr. Gladstone, M.P., has consented to allow himself to be proposed for the office of Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. Si r James Y. Simpson is chairman of the committee engaged in promoting the election of Mr. Gladstone. BOAT ACCIDENT AT MARGATE.--At about noon on Saturday, a coastguardsman observed that one of the Margate pleasure-boats had capsized near the Margate Station. Lieut. Hart, the chief officer, immediately pro_ ceeded to the rescue, and found that the boat had contained two ladies, a gentleman named Horn, and a Waterman named Emptage, who were clinging in an exhausted state to the boat. They were soon sufficiently recovered to be conveyed home. A PRINCELY " SELL."—The arrival of the Great Britain iu the Mersey on Saturday last was the occasion of one of the most perfect " sells" which has taken place in Livorpoool for some time. On Friday or Saturday the representatives from Scotlaud-yard and Dublin Castle, accompanied by local guides from the Liverpool de tective force, were on an eager-look-out for the ar rival of the " Dunclrum" favourite from the Anti podes. Some parson had informed the Home Office that several of the Australian Fenian head-centres were on board—the men who plotted the recent attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh—and that they were coining to this country to make further attempts on the life of royalty. Ono of her Majesty's gunb ate awaited the Great Britain, and we understand that after an active "rummage" the would-be head-centres wore non est. Considering that the Great Britain left Mel bourne in the early part of March, it was almost impos sible that the Cloutarf conspirators could be on board. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, May 22. . _ The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out iu the morning ; and also in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur went out fishing. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRALIAN MAIL. GALLE, May 15. The Avoca, from Sydney April 23d, arrived to-day. OUTWARD MAIL OF 20TH TO 26T11 FEBRUARY. The Bombay arrived at Melbourne on the 15th, and Sydney on the 17th. OUTWARD MAIL OF 4TH TO 10TH APRIL. The Surat reached Galleon the sth May. OUTWARD .MAIL OF 9th TO 15TH MAY. SUEZ, May 24. The Columbian sailed this morning for Bombay. Clears off all cargo. BERGEN, May 24. The German North Pole Expedition left this port at three o'clock this afternoon. Wind very favour able. SOLITIIAMrTON, May 25. . The North German Lloyd's steamer New York, from New York, passed the Needles at 10.5 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. Bo URSE, May 23.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 por Cent. End of month... Its Pan Loan — 3 por Cent End of month 69 55 Mexican Loan ... 21 50 Credit Mobilier Eud of mouth... -- Spanish Throes Credit Foneier ...1472 50 Home Debt — End of month._ Deferred — Cash Orleans ... 8721 • Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5831 Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 373i North of Spain Saragossa Itoina,n 43 RAILWAY . yf COT 113 E l l rill Tar • I)RINCESS'S THEATRE. On Saturday evening this favourite theatre re opened after a very brief recess, and on the occasion no less than three performers, new to the London stage, made their appearance, viz, Miss Reignolds and Mr. Frank Drew, from America, and La Petite Camille, from the Vaudeville, Paris. The first named lady selected the character of Donna Vio lanti in Mrs. Centlivre's comedy, " The Wonder," for her debut, which was a rather perilous under taking, considering the impression Mrs. Charles Kean made in the part. Miss Reignolds pos sesses au attractive personal appearance, bright sparkling eye, and a merry laugh, almost Nesbit tian; but her reading and pronounciation at times are very faulty. That she rallied through the part must be at once admitted ; but then she did so in true American style, which is not exactly that which suits a metropolitan audience. There was too much vivacity, which at times entirely destroyed the great charm of the part, although Miss Reignolds did not diverge into vulgarity, yet at times there were certain evidences that showed clearly enough that the delintaute had rather over calculated her own power. SJMC of the scenes given were ex ceedingly well, but it would have been much better had another part been selected not requiring such great delicacy in its treatment. Miss Reignolds has much to learn before she can lay an indisputable claim to the part, but the reception she met with was hearty and en couraging, and we hope to see her in a part more suited to the power she undoubtedly possesses. Mr. Drew, as Lissardo, was exceedingly successful, and elicited general approbation. He appeared also in the part of Peter Grice in " Nobody's Child," which he also played to the entire satisfaction of the audience. La Petite Camille is quite a pro digy, and quite took the audience by surprise by her acting in the farce entitled " Flo's First Frolic." At the conclusion of the farce the ap plause was as enthusiastic as it was well deserved, and for the clever little Camille we anticipate as great a success in London as she secured in Paris. The house was well attended. We have to con gratulate Mr. Vining generally upon the new addi tions he has made to his company, and also to wish him a continuance of that success he has achieved since he has been the lessee of the Princess's Theatre. It has been recently rumoured in Chester that Mr. W. H. Gladstone, one of the present members for that city, will not offer himself for re-election at the approach ing dissolution of Parliament.—lmperial Review. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—The directors have made an inspection of the works in progress on the ex tension of the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Gloucester-road, Kensington. They were accom panied by Lord Gort and other directors of the Metrc politan District Railway ; the contractors, Messrs. Kelk, \\Taring Brothers, and Lucas; the engineers, Messrs. Fowler and Johnson, and by other officers of the company. The works were found to be in an advanced state, and it is expected that in the course of the summer this im portant link of the inner circle of the Metropolitan Rail ways will be opened for public traffic. A CATHOLIC GRIEVANCE.—" A Lover of Jus tice," in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" Catholic lady presented herself before the Visiting Justices at Tothill-fields Prison last month to ask permission to play the harmonium for the Catholic prisoners confined there. Emboldened by the know ledge that an organ, at considerable expense, had just been purchased for the Protestant inmates of the prison, she presented her demand. She was m et with a complete refusal, all the justices in uni son triumphantly saying, " Contrary to Act of Parliament." She reminded the chairman that his own daughter and two other Pro testant ladies had the power of visiting any of the prisoners at any time for religious instruction, a boon refused to Catholic ladies, though repeatedly applied for. llis answer was that seven years ago they pas3ed a resolution to the effect that only ladies who had hitherto visited the prison should for the future be allowed to continue doing so, which, put into plain English, means that having secured the presence of three Protestant ladies in the pri son, by this resolution they would prevent the in troduction of any Catholic ones. At present all the Catholic prisoners are dependent entirely on the un aided efforts of one Catholic priest, without salary or remuneration of any kind ; but the number s are so great that it is impossible his instruction can reach them all. The consequence is they return again and again to prison, unreformed, an additiona l expense to the country. Why not allow us Catho lics to do what we can for the reformation of our Catholic criminals? It was only very lately that these poor Irish criminals had every Sunday to choose between attendance at the Protestant se' vice or being shut up for the day in their cells. By pressure from without the Visiting Justices have gradually had their eyes opened, and discover that the different things they have been forced to give way in are not contrary to act of Parliament. So We need not perhaps despair of their yet finding ou t that to allow a little music with their service t ° , , Catholics as well as to Protestants is not aga in° the law of the land. llorninzan's Pure Teas are Bd. per poured cheaper. Th e ': r 2,500 ageuts—confectioners in London, and chemists 1 7 the country—are constantly receiving fresh supplies these long-approved teas. Sold only in packets.