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The longer and more ambitious poems exhibit extraordinary genius."—The New Monthly Magazine. "As many of these compositions are already old acquaintances. we need only glance at the picturesque and appreciative de lineations of poets in their haunts, called 'Dreamland ;' at the rich and finished transcript from nature, entitled Fructidor at the chivalrous tone of the writer's mind and its sympathy with modern ideas, as evidenced in such poems as Lamartine in February ;' at his simple and genuine pathos, of which ' Amelia' is a type ; and at his sympathy with the animated . . pleasures of rural life, in evidence of which we may cite ' The Nforris Dancers.' Aletheia 'is the longest, and, on the whole, the noblest poem in the collection. It will be recurred to not only for its beauty of description, but for its pure and elevated philosophy. The reader will note not only the atmosphere in which the chief figure moves, but also the full and appropriate details which enrich the picture. The high and varied merits of the book ought to insure its popularity."—Athenaeum. " Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of ' The Sun,' ranks very high as a poet."—Publishers' Circular. "The versatility of style, and the fresh and vigorous writing in these poems, lend a charm which we seldom find in the poetry of the day."—Examiner. • "Poems .marked by grace, feeling, and strong love of nature, and a cultivated and genial spirit."—Daily News. " The poems which appear for the first time in this volume are not unworthy of the author's earlier productions."—Daily Telegraph. " Mr. Kent may not aspire to be classed among the Dii Majores ' of the poetic court, but assuredly he will take a very respectable position among the lesser divinities."—Standard. "There is much that is very beautiful in the poems before us—a collection of the thoughts, the emotions, the feelings of a whole lifetime."—Tablet. The "Rock" expresses its "cordial admiration for the genius and the taste of Mr. Kent as a poet of very considerable powers and culture," adding, "The real vigour of Mr. Kent's poetical spirit manifests itself chiefly in dealing with the feelings. Re is equally at home in pathos and in terror, and in strains that go right to the heart and stir the emotions to the lowest depths." " Mr. Charles Kent has long been known to wield a facile pen in writing poems of the class just indicated, and it is but fair to add that he takes high rank among the minor poets."— Echo. Thp "Westminster Review." while regretting it "cannot join in the chorus of praise, nor share in the enthusiasm which has been raised over Mr. Kent's poems," adds that it " cannot, how ever, part with the book without expressing a word of praise for its generous tone and sympathies." "Heis a true poet, and his works will live."—News of the World. "We have the pleasant task of welcoming, as a real addition to the ranks of our true poets, Mr. Kent. He is something more than a mere versifier ; he is a real poet, and has proved it. Milton at Cripplegate '—an exquisite picture of the blind old poet discoursing sweet sounds upon the organ in solitary but resigned sadness—is a poem that ought to live. Such of our readers as care for the roll of Milton's own blank verse, for thoroughly poetic fancies, for delicate imagery, and fora high and pure tone of moral feeling, we must leave to ponder over this short poem for themselves."—London Figaro. " That very graceful poem which appeared in the Times' as a welcome to Longfellow, and which, from the initials, was attributed to the author of Hypatia, was written by Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of The Sun,' and was worthy of a priest of Phoebus Apollo."—Punch. " We find in the volume a luxuriant imagery, the fruit of a life-long study of nature. 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NOTICE is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C., at Two of the clock p.m., on MONDAY, the Sixth day of February, 1871, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, of declaring a Dividend and Bonus, and of transacting the ordinary business of the Company. BINKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL BRILLIANT FLUID. For Cleansing Window, Looking, Plate, and all other kinds of Glass. In Bottles, 6d. and is. each. STOCK. EXCHANGES, LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Opening price of Consols at 11.15 and statement of business done at 12.15, with remarks— £2lBs. ad. per quarter. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Report and Closing Quotations— £2lBs. 6d. per quarter. PROVINCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES.—Two reports are forwarded daily from Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Leeds—charge, £1 19s. per quarter for each report. TRADE REPORTS. Arrangements have been made for obtaining first-class trade reports from the chief centres of industry, which are telegraphed at the earliest period at which the tone and result of business becomes khown on the chief market days. These reports will be found of great value for first-class newspapers and news rooms. They will be forwarded direct from the following places, and are supplied at Is. each : Belfast, Linen—Wednesday. Dundee, Linen—Tuesday. Birmingham, Iron Trade— Leeds—Tuesday and Saturday. Thursday. Manchester, Trade Tuesday Bradford, Worsted Trade— and Friday. Thursday. South Wales, Iron and Coal— Cleveland, Iron Trade--Tuesdo . Friday. mAnKrrs. The following markets are supplied at a cost of 4d. for each report. They are forwarded direct, and the most careful arrangements are made to ensure their prompt dispatch. Aberdeen, Cattle—Saturday. London, Corn Averages—Once Birmingham, Corn—Thursday. a week. Bristol, Cattle—Thursday. „ Potatoes—Daily. „ Corn—Tuesday and „ Produce—Daily. Thursday. ~ Provision—Daily. Clyde, Crushed Sugar—Daily. Leeds, Cattle—Wednesday. Cork, Butter—Daily. , Corn—Tuesday. „ Corn—Saturday. Leith, Corn—Saturday. Doncaster, Cattle—Saturday. Liverpodi, Cattle—Monday. , Corn—Saturday. „ Corn—Opening - rues- Dublin. Cattle—Thursday. day and Friday. „ Corn—Tuesday and „ Corn—Closing Tues. Friday. day and Friday. Edinburgh, Cattle —Wednes- ~ Cotton—Opening Daily. day. IP /I —Closing Daily. til Corn Wednes- ~ Produce—Daily. day. Lincoln, Corn—Friday. omucester Corn—Saturday. Maidstone, Corn—Thursday. Glasc,ow, Cattle—Thursday. Manchester, Cotton—Monday, „ Corn—Wednesday. Wednesday, and Thursday, ~ rig Iron—Opening at 4d. ; Tuesday, Friday, is. aily. Manchester, Corn—Thursday. „ ~ —Closing Daily Newark, Corn—Wednesday. `Hull, Cattle—Tuesday. Newcastle, Cattle—Tuesday. 7/ Corn—Tuesday. Corn—Tuesday and Kirkcaldy, Corn—Saturday. Saturday. London, Cattle—Monday and 'Norwich, Corn—Saturday. Thursday. Reading, Corn—Saturday. „ Corn—Opening Mon- Salford, Cattle—Tuesday. day, Wednesday, Southall, Cattle—Wednesday. and Friday. Wakefield, Cattle—Wednesday. n Corn—Closing Mon- „ Corn—Friday. day, Wednesday, and Friday. • , RiNK RETURNS, 395. per quarter. WIND AND WEATHER, 39a. per quarter. SHIPPING LIST, arrivals at Grave - send, Fal mouth,• and Queenstown, each 395. per quarter. NEW YORK PRICES, daily, 395. per quarter. SPORTING.—DetaiIs of terms for sporting news - will be supplied In January next. A discount of 10 per cent. is allowed on arrangements for not Less than twelve months. CONDITIONS. In all cases instructions to forward Telegrams are received subject to their acceptance and transmission by the Post Office. The Telegrams to be used only in one newspaper or news room, and are not to be copied. No order for less than Three Months can be accepted, and prepayment Is essential. Orders received on Monday MORNING can commence on the following Thursday ; orders received on Thursday MORNING can commence on the following Monday. Two weeks' notice must be given before the expiration of the current quarter if the service is not to be continued. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Proprietor. 112, Strand, London, W.C., December 1, 1870. . By order Of the Board, 9th January, 1871. CIIARLES GRU NEISEN, Secretary. N.B.—The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Monday next, the 16th instant, till M on d a y, the 6th February, inclusive. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. BINKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL PAPER BLUE, for Laundry and Household Purposes. This Blue needs no recommendation : it will recommend itself. Every lady who has used it is charmed with its cleanliness, simplicity, and cheapness. Sold in Penny Packets, and is far cheaper than any other Blue. BONUS YEAR.-SPECIAL NOTICE, CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing.... £230,355. ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested...... £1,707,760. The NINTH BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all With-Profit Policies.in existence on the 30th June, 1871, will participate ; so that persons who complete such Assurances before June 80th next will share in that Division, although one Premium only will have been paid. Report and Balance Sheets, Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be obtained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. • 13, St, James's-square, London, S.W. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE, Established 1821.—Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS: CHAIRMAN—FREDERICK 11. JANSON, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—JAMES GOODSON, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Henry Bonham Carter, Esq Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq, Charles F. Devas, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq., Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart. Archibald Hamilton, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. Richard M. Harvey, Esq. SECRETARY—T. Tallemach, Esq. ACTUARY—SaMUeI Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed at the Head Office, or with the Agents, on or before the 9th of January. Prospectuses and forms of proposal, with the Actuary's valua tion and statement of the assets and liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents, or to the Secretary. J. G. Hubbard, Esq. G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq. Augustus Prevost, Esq. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. William Stevens, Esq. John G. Talbot, Esq., M.P. Henry Vigne, Esq. IREN OH PRISONERS IN GERMANY, FIRST LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, H.R.H. the Comte de Paris H.R.H. the Duc d'Aumale . H.R.H. the Duc de Chartres Lady C. A., by Mme. Guenes £ s. d. H. Perceval, Esq. .... 6 0 0 T. Coster, Esq. ...... 5 0 0 Mrs. J. Freeman .... 5 0 0 W. H. Yatman, Esq... 5 0 0 V. Givry, Esq ..... 5 0 0 Leroy et Fils 6 0 0 Eugene Rimmel, Esq.. 5 0 0 A. G. M. ............ 3 0 0 C. Arundel, Esq. .... 2 2 0 Mme. Catillon ...... 2 0 0 C. P. Carter, Esq. .... 2 0 0 6u de Mussy Now ready at the Libraries, BY It Three Volumes, Post Bvo Originally published in "Blackwood's Magazine." . . ..... £BO 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 s. d. C. Downes 2 0 0 Anonymous ..... . Rev. W. H. Hooper Rev. J. Fairfax Renard, Esq 1 1 0 Mrs. Mason . 1 0 0 Miss Gregory Miss Hawkins 1 0 0 Sums under £1 Total of First List £233 8 0 Further contributions in money, food, or clothing, are earnestly solicited, and can be forwarded to any of the following members of the Committee of the " French Subscription " : Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. ; A. Casella ; A. Gsgniere ; E. Lazard ; Paul Pierrard ; A. Chauffourier ; T. Dromel ; Leroy et Fils ; Dr. Gueneau de Mussy ; L. T. Piver ; Eugene Rimmel ; Dr. A. Vintras ; or to the Hon. Secretary, Paul Pierrard, 60, Moorgate street, B.C. These contributions will be transmitted to M. de Meltm's Committee at Line, which possesses an organised staff of agents throughout Germany arid Belgium to attend to the proper and immediate dispensation of relief to the prisoners. HOME CHARITIES.—Owing to the noble and benevolent exertions made by the British Public during the last few months to aid the Sick and Wounded in the War now raging on the Continent, to relieve the French Peasants, and the relatives and friends of those lost in H.M.S. Captain, the Funds of the following HOME CHARITIES have suffered very materially, viz. : The Boys' Refuge, at 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn. Bisley Farm School, Surrey. Chichester Training Ship. • Girls' Refuge, 19, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. Home for Little Girls, and Girls' Refuge, Ealing. In these Institutions between 500 and 600 Boys and Girls axe educated, fed, clothed, and trained to earn their own living. Besides the above work, upwards of 500 Ragged School children are supplied with dinner once a week. AN URGENT APPEAL is therefore made for HELP to pur chase FOOD and CLOTHING for these poor Children. • -- Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, City, and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn - , W.C. S OCI E R T E E F f o am d R R E G P R A E N S S I G N C 3 71 E N C I Li c A IT R y I TABLE President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer —II. B. Praed, Esq. Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs. Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society : ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W. ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square: -Office, 28, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, W. WESTMINSTER.—Office, 38, James's-street, S.W. PADDINGTON. —Office, 3, Leinster-street, W. MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road, Mile-end-road, E. BATTERSEA. —Office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W. LAMBETIL—Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E. CLAPHAM.—Office, 11, Polygon, S.W. CHELSEA. —Office, 57, Flood-street, S.W. KENSINGTON.—Office, 39, Holland-street, W. HAMPSTEAD. —Office, corner of Church-lane, High-street, N.W. DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad way, S.E. ST. MARY, NEWINGTOIf.—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E. ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'. ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17,11 oburn-buildings, W.C. CONTRIBUTIONS toward! , the extension of this organisation throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the Society, or to Messrs. Contts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C. The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary. C. T. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary. • Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.C. SCHWEPPE'S POT aiSS WATER, Strongly recommended by the Faculty in cases of Gout, &c. SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER, - Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for its purity. SCHWEPPE'S BOTTLES Are protected by a Label having Name and Trade Mark. Sianufactories at London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow and Malvern. B 0 C K-B I N K O'S H. CHEMICAL MANUFACTORY, 3, CITY GARDENS, CITY ROAD, London, N. I~INKO'S BAKING POWDER , L IEBIG ' S I_, PRINCIPLE. Warranted Free from Alum. Penny Packets. ind 6d. and ls. Canisters. BINKO'S PATENT IMPERIA L PIICENIX POWDER. Muslins, or any other Fabrics, being dipped in a solution of this powder, will not take fire, thereby pre venting danger to life. In Canisters, 6d. and ls. each. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. 'he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street HENRY SEWELL, /[on. Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) QUESTION BY A SEWING MACHINE.—What is Woman's true sphere ?—The Hemisphere. NATIONAL ADVICE.—Never go to war unless you are morally certain that you are in tte right, and physically sure of being able to crush your enemy. A HINT FOR A HERO. —When next England goes to war, the battle-cry of her future Nelsons and Wellingtons must be, " Westminster Abbey, Madame Tussaud's or Victory !" INGENIOUS.—Farmer. "Jimmy, d'ye see the Wind has Blawn the Flay-Craw Down ? Get away, and Set it Up !" Jemmy (at his lunch). "It's Better as it is, Maister. The Craws'll Think it's Stoopin' to Pick up a Styer.."— North Country, " Stone." ECONOMY AND EXTRAVAGANCE. By Blood and Iron Bismarck wins, behold ! But conquest always costs us Blood and Gold. (From Fun. ) Too LITTLE FOR THE MONEY. —Britannia : " I'm very much afraid, Master Cardwell, that you haven't got the full value of the money I gave you !" _ - SKINFLINTS !—Shopman " Shoelaces ? Yes, m'm allow me to recommend these, m'm, —remarkable endoorin'—made o' porpu,s shin ! "—Lady :—" Good gracious ! Is that what they do with them ? Well, I have heard of cruelty in workhouses ; but shoelaces of paupers' skin ! "—Collapses. (From, Judy.) THE SCHOOL BOARD.—Bloggins : " Hallo, guv'ner ! Hopes as how you wotes for the working man?" Elector (pointing to curate): "Yes, and there he goes !" A WEIGHTY QUESTION.—tat Juvenile Politician : "I say, Bill, do you know why them Prooshuns don't raise the siege of Paris ?" 2nd Ditto : "No !" Ist Ditto : "'Cos they ain't got nothin' big enough to lift it with." SWEET WOMAN'S SYMPATHY.—" Oh, its all very well (sob) to talk about not f ee li ng f or poor Paris (sob), but where am I to get my boots and gloves and things from (sob) next season, I should like to know ?"—(Left sobbing. VERY LIKE-A-BULL.-Sir IZ. Phillimore has decided the case of the French cable, which was seized under a suppositious breach of international law, against Messieurs les Prussiens. This is as it should be. No sensible man could have any doubt as to the result. Contraband of war, in spite of Count Bernstorff's " benevolent neutrality," was in this case found to be not (h)appily-cable SPUTTERINGS FROM JUDY'S PEN. A Vessel of Wrath—A man-of-war. A Regular Nuisance.—Quarter-day. One would have thought that, as the rest of Europe could not possibly spare Paris, it ought to have made Prussia do so, at any rate. Why is it almost impossible to believe that the Prus sians have sunk six English ships in the Seine ?—Because theylnust be in Seine if they have done it. Two hundred watches were stolen from an Edin burgh jeweller on Sunday night, and other property to the value of 2700. It is said the thieves put a boy into the house by an aperture only a foot square. The boy unbolted a back door and let his friends in. A MOST DELIGHTFUL MAN.—Madame de Stael was a pitiless talker. Some gentlemen who wished to teach her a lesson introduced a person to her, who, they said, was a very learned man. The blue-stocking received him graciously ; but, eager to produce an impression, began to talk away, and asked a thousand questions, so engrossed with herself that she did not notice that her visitor made no reply. When the visit was over the gen tlemen asked Madame de Stael how she liked their friend. " A most delightful man !" was the reply ; " what wit and learning ! " Here the laugh came in—the visitor was deaf and dumb. MR. LE ATHAM, M.P., ON THE BALLO T.-Mr. E. A. Leatham, M.P., delivered an address on the Ballot in the room of the National Reform Union, Manchester. In the course of his speech he said that municipal elec tions must be regarded as the primary school of bribery. It was there where those lessons were learned which pre pared the man in struggling circumstances for the finishing touches of " the man in the moon." The lesson was again and again learned, until he became convinced that the vote was not a trust, but a perquisite and an article of barter. He began to look forward with expectation to the bigger prize, and when, after an interval of three or four years, the parliamentary election came, this promising pupil graduated 'in parlia mentary bribery with an outstretched hand and an' itching palm. Hs was, therefore, convinced that the ballot ought to be introduced into both municipal and parliamentary elections. The ballot question ought to stand among the first subjects for discussion in the House of Commons during the approaching session, but he had heard certain rumours that it would not. In his recent speech at Brighton, Mr. Fawcett, M.P., made a very vigorous attack upon the Government policy :—" We have a Prime Minister and a great Liberal majority, every member of which was returned pledged to the principle of religious equality. Not a single member of this party, including its chief himself, could have been returned, in England or in Scotland, with out the support of the Nonconformists. Bearing this in mind, we may indeed be disappointed that this Minister, supported by a majority of more than a hundred, intro duced a measure last session which would have restricted a considerable number of the fellowships at Oxford and Cambridge to clergymen of the Established Church ; ; that the head of the Government of the householders' Par liament supported provisions which would exclude from the governorships of our most important public schools all but members of the Church of England ; and that he also, with his most vehement eloquence, opposed the disesta blishment of the State Church in Wales, an institution possessing all the worst features of the State Church in Ireland. An objection is, I believe, to be brought against me because I have not more constantly sup ported Mr. Gladstone ; but let me tell you frankly and unhesitatingly that rather than vote for such proposals as those just mentioned, and for others which I shall proceed to enumerate, and which were supported by the Government, I would leave the House of Commons and never enter it again. You cannot point to any vote which indicates a change in my political prin ciples. The Radicals have never opposed the Government, except when it was wandering away into tortuous courses; sometimes bidding for Tory support; sometimes led away by aristocratic proclivities ; some times coquetting with early ecclesiastical associates ; some times forgetting that economy, to be just and acceptable, must not allow the rich and powerful sinecurist to escape, whilst dealing rigorously with the poor and unfriended. We have not forgotten the retention of the sinecure office of Lord Privy Seal ; not with the object of securing for the Cabinet such a statesman as Mr. Bright, who is temporarily incapable of enduring the exhausting work of administrative details, but the office seems to have been retained for the express purpose of providing a, place for a Whig Peer whose political activity had long since ceased. Few problems are so difficult as to suggest the motives which prompt many of the acts of a Ministry; when one observes the strange things which are attempted to be forced through the House, the only plausible explana tion is that a Minister has not time to attend to much that is introduced, and that a feeling of false pride prompts him to defend what has been once proposed. Unless this is the case, how can it be explained that a Ministry placed in power by household suffrage to defend popular rights, should session after session exert the full influence of party organization in assisting those who wish to despoil the public and the poor of what remains of the common lands of England? Upon the question of army reform, I will content myself with observing that nothing in my mind would more impede true cizilisation than the introduction of the Prussian system of compul sory service. Make us a nation of soldiers, and we shall then be always anxious to have some battles to fight, and we shall become the tools of any Monarch or Minister, who would gratify our am bition for military glory. Do not think that I desire to see the country left defenceless. The money which is now expended, if it were well and wisely spent, would make this country as strong as the most timid could desire her to be. It is not money that is wanted, but radical adminis trative reform. The purchase system should be abolished ; the double government of the Horse Guards and War Office should he swept away; the volunteers should be more encouraged—their officers, and also those of the Militia, should be selected upon the principle that trained efficiency is of far more consequence than social position ; and, as a necessary preliminary to all these changes, we should have a Commander-in-Chief, not chosen be cause of his affinity to the Court, but because of his proved skill as a soldier and administrator. In fact, it is hopeless to think of reforming the army, or any other State department, unless we are determined to keep firmly to the sacred principle of " merit, not birth." Of course it may be said that the consistent carrying out of such a principle would lead in the end to Republicanism. Some of you may blame me for saying so, but when a conclusion is based upon truth and justice; we ought not to shrink from it, although it may bear a name dreaded by some, and misunderstood by many more. Revolution is of ten mistaken for Republicanism ; some of those, and I may be permitted to say I am one, who are in favour of the Republican principle, are amongst those who would be most opposed to revolution. As practical politicians, we are not the un reasoning slaves of an abstract principle. Considering all the circumstances of England, we feel that at the present time any movement against our own monarchy could pro duce nothing but mischief ; and, for one, I would neither join, support, nor countenance such a movement. The maintenance of the monarchy in England will in the future chiefly depend on the monarchs themselves. It is not probable that another George IY. would be permitted to scandalise the country with his vices, and to demoralise society by his example ; and the English people will have lost their spirit if they should ever allow another George 111. to drive a second Pitt from power because the Crown would not give its consent to such a great measure of justice as that of Catholic Emancipation, after it was passed by a Minister supported by an overwhelming majority. The great cricket match between the North and South, to be played at Lord's Ground, is fixed for May; 29th. Willsher's benefit at Lord's will take place July 10th. The match between Eton and Harrow Schools will be played July 14th. THE TRAMWAYS AcT.—The Act (33 and 34 Victoria, cap. 78), which obtained the Royal assent in August last, and has since been printed, consists of 64 sections, the substance of a few of which it may be well just now to lay before the public. After defin ing certain terms, it enacts that tramways in any district of Great Britain may be constructed by, or with the consent of, the " local authority, or, in the absence of such consent, their construction may be authorized by the Board of Trade. Every tramway so constructed is to occupy the middle of the roadway, and a clear space of 9ft. 6in, is to be left on each side between the rails and the pavement, if a certain propor tion of residents object to its formation. Where the pro moters of a tramway do not open it for public traffic within two years of obtaining licence to construct it, such licence shall be deemed to have expired ; and when any "local authority " has constructed or become possessed of a tramway, such authority may lease it to be worked by individuals, with the sanction of the Board of Trade ; the local authority is also authorized to borrow money for a period not exceed.ng thirty years for the carrying on of the works (the sum to be sanctioned by the Board of Trade), where the local rate is insufficient ; and with this object the Metropolitan Board of Works is authorised to borrow £300,000. In the event of the guago of any tramway not being fixed by special Act, the guage is to be fixed at 4 ft. 8i in. Then follow regulations for the temporary breaking up of streets, the repairs of the roads used, the preservation of gas-pipes, sewers, tele graph wires, &c., from injury ; for the uniform construc tion of the carriages to be employed, for the licensing of companies or persons and their servants for working the tramway; also a clause holding the owners of carriages lia b le f or damage done by their servants; and another authorising the removal of a tramway if it ceases to be worked. The 43rd clause (perhaps the most important of all) empowers the " local authority to purchase the tramway, plant, &c., at the ex piration of 21 years, at its then actual value, and not at its prospective value. The rest of the Act is devoted to such questions as the power of sale, tolls, and by-laws relating to the rate of speed, the intervals between car riages, their stoppages, traffic, and passengers, nuisances and offences either against their construction or their use, penalties for causing obstructions, arrangements between the promoters and the trustees of turnpike roads, the right of police authorities to regulate the traffic, and the rights of the public to the use of the roads. The concluding sections provide for the regulation of all inquiries relative to matters of dispute or difference, which are to be conducted in public by referees appointed by the. Board of Trade, and secure to the Board of Trade powers from time to time to make, annul, rescind, or add to the rules with respect to matters which come under its cognizance. The schedules appended define the " districts " contemplated, the " local authorities " of several cities, towns, &c., and the nature of the " local rate," and give forms of applica tions to the Board, and regulations for the deposit of plans and other documents, and for duly advertising all proposed projects in the London Gazette. "L A SILENCIEUS E," Provided with Patent Hook and Needle Guard, which prevents the breaking of thread and needle, is the only really SILENT LOCK - STITCH SEWING MACHINE ON THE ROTATING HOOK PRINCIPLE. "These Sewing Machines are superior to any yet exhibited in England."—Court Circular, July 16, 1870. Patentees and Manufacturers—POLLACK, SCHMIDT, & Co., 210 A, Regent-street, London, W. ids led an )11. the yti the :on • that osed not men days Let Love- d of east, ,ssen love- the the )enly 3e is brows after con- from iany, ntion e in- FRE n the ifie is