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FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. rs, London and South Western (HollowaY Bra nch )* HUGH B, GOUGH, Hon. Sec. CONTENTS.—Judith : A Tale of the Year One. Chap. XII. By C. G. C; Dunbar.—The Conquest of Universal Wealth, and its Distribution.—A Few Days' Journey in Norway. From Chris tiania to Bergen. By L. D. P.—" Jerusalem "—The Mother of us All. By J. P. L.—Great Britain and the War. German Duplicity, and False Excuses for it.—The Snowdrop. —Myreden or, Friends and Friends. Chap. 1., ll.—Our Book Shelf.—Verdict, "Found Dead."—The Editor's Letter Box. Price Sixpence. W. T. KEITH, Red Lion Court, Fleet-street, London, E.C., And all Booksellers, T HE ILLUSTRATED REVIE : A CRITICAL JOURNAL. Published on the Ist and 15th of each Month. Price Threepence. No. 8 now ready. CONT: INTS : A Memoir and Portrait of John Ruskin, M.A. REvrEws (continued) : Lady Holland's Memoir of Sydney Smith. Charles Kent's Poems. W. Sawyer's Poems. Spender's Fjord, Isle, and Tor. Mrs. S. C. Hall's Midsummer Eve. 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Notices of Booka. • London : BURNS, QATES and Co., 17 and 18, Portman Street, W., and 63, Paternoster Row, E.C. Third Series. Ready this Day, No. 5. Mr. Childers, The Admiralty, No. 6.—Cabinet Ministers. "THE SILENT MEMBER." SKETCHES IN rHE COMMONS. FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SERIES. • Price Sixpence each, by post Sevenpence. Or complete in One Volume, cloth, lettered, price 2s. Provost & Co., llenrietta-street, W.C., and all Booksellers. NOW READY, CHARLES K ENT'S POEMS. THE FIRST COLLECTIVE EDITION. Handsomely bound in cloth, bevelled boards, Crown Octavo, price Seven Shillings and Sixpence, • "As a poet their author must live. He has the sweetness of Wordsworth, the vigour of Southey, and the elegant versatility of Coleridge. It is, however, as a poet of the affections that Mr. Kent chiefly excels. 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 Morris 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. He 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. The "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 tlne and sympathies." He is 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 cave 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."—Yunch. " We find in the volume a luxuriant imagery, the fruit of a life-long study of nature. As for flowers !—Mr. Kent is as well up in them as Shakspere himself. Lastly, it recommends itself to us by its historical sympathies and views, and by the charm ing pictures of domestic life, with its affections and blessings, which it frequently affords us." —The Month. " When the goddess Flora appoints a poet laureate, it will certainly be Mr. Charles Kent. His poems absolutely glow with flowers in as vivid and delicate word-painting as ever depicted them. A poem of great stateliness and imaginative beauty, in which Mr. Kent vividly groups the more striking and poetical creations of Mythology, shows how their lustre, feebly illumin ing the light of the world, wanes before t he radiant approach of the Spirit of Truth, Aletheia.' "—The Illustrated Review. CHARLTON TUCKER, 21, Northumberland-street, Strand. 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The Society's offices are re rnoved from the City to the same building. K BiIIALL COOK, I fouse-G overn or and Secretary. CITY of LONDON lIOSPITAL 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. 'be Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Biukcrs, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street lIENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. COURT MARTIAL ON A SHIP'S STEWARD. A court martial assembled on Monday on board the Duke of Wellington flagship, in Portsmouth Harbour, to proceed with the trial of Charles Townsend, ship's steward of the Inconstant, on twelve charges of fraud and conspiracy to defraud the Queen of large sums of money. The contractor, James Curtis, was further cross-examined, and could not account for three different entries of a quantity of meat, supplied on the 31st of October, made in his foreman's book, which it is alleged contained the correct account of meat actually supplied to the Inconstant. The Admiralty have asked him to continue the supply for the present six months.. Prisoner had not at any time mentioned the sum of money he was entitled to, since he had not made payments to stewards. Thousands of pounds of meat have been rejected, and he had been subjected to heavy losses, although the meat rejected was as good in quality as that before received. He believed that the meat his foreman had sold for the stewards at Portland was also included in the certificates, on which he had been paid by the Admiralty. Curtis stated that he expected the amount in excess that he had been paid for the Inconstant would be deducted by the Admiralty from other sums he had to receive from them. It was proved, moreover, that Curtis had been paid for 27,5011 b. of meat, being 2,920 lb. more than he was entitled to, accord ing to the quantities entered in the contractor's and foreman's book. The case for the prosecution was con cluded, and on the application of the prisoner he was allowed until one o'clock on Tuesday to prepare his defence. ARE FATHERS CUSTODIANS OF YOUNG CHILD REN 2-VACCINATION CASE. An interesting point was raised by a defence made at Bridgwater, on Monday, by two fathers, in answer to the charge of refusing to have their children vaccinated. William Henry Roberts, coach builder, and Edwin James Bovett, veterinary surgeon, were the defendants. Their children were each aged nearly two years. The summons ordered the defendants to bring their children into court. The defendants' solicitors, Messrs. Barham and Lovybond, stated that their -clients had conscientious objections to vaccination, and with all clue respect to the Bench, they were determined to resist the application to the utmost. The children were not in attendance, and the magistrate's clerk advised that in order to justify the Bench in making an order, or to ensure conviction, they must be brought there. In answer to this it was contended that the fathers who were summoned, had not the custody of the children, but that the mothers alone had the control over them until they were seven years of age, and that there was no power to force the fathers to produce them. Mr. Reed, clerk to the Board of Guardians, submitted that the non-production of the children was contempt of Court, if not a misdemeanour, and he intimated that he should summon the mothers. Barham said this could only be done on the hypothesis that the fathers had not the custody of their children, but the mothers, and there would at once be an end of the cases, and an application could not be made against a married woman. The bench ruled that the children should be produced, and suggested a general ad journment for that purpose ; which Mr. Reed agreed to, but it was intimated by Barham that at the adjournment next Monday, the children would probably be not forth coming, and that the bench would have to adopt what course they thought proper. VANDALISM. -- The paintings on the walls of Whitecross-stieet Prison, supposed to be by George Mor land, have been damaged and defaced wilfully. It is a regrettable circumstance that no effort to preserve them seems to have been made by those in authority.—city. PreSs. THE GERMAN RAILWAYS.—A. meeting of railway directors representing all the German lines belonging to the association will be held in the course of this month at Dresden to concert measures of a general and uniform nature on which to found their claims for compensation from the Imperial Government for the unusual wear and tear of their rolling stock caused by the exigencies of the war traffic, especially with the heavy siege guns, with their shot and shells, under the pressure of which so many of their strongest wagons have broken down.—Railway News. THE PORTUGUESE IN BRITISH GUIANA.--it is said that the Portuguese inhabitants of British Guiana, who are greatly dissatisfied with their treatment by the Legislature of that colony, have addressed a memorial to the Portuguese Minister in London. This memorial has been handed to the Ambassador by Mr. Jenkins, who acted as counsel for the Coolies during the late inquiry. The Portuguese especially complain of the arbitrary and vexatious manner in which the Excise Laws are enforced. As they number 25,000 persons, they form numerically an important element in the population. There is reason to believe that the Viscount de Seisal, after con sulting with his Government, will warmly advocate their cause. Mn GLADSTONE AND THE BOROUGH OF GREF,N WICH. —The heads of the Liberal party in Greenwich having decided to take no action in the matter of the requisition calling upon Mr. Gladstone to resign his seat, the Advanced Liberal Association. at their meeting on Saturday night, confirmed the recommendation of the executive committee to present to the Premier an address, which was engrossed and duly signed by the chairman (Mr. Hay) and secretary (Mr. Floyd). It stated : " While this association considers it a high h o nour.that,Greenwich should have for its representative a statesman so eminent as the Right Hon W. E. Gladstone, and feel unabated confidence in him as such, they r espectfully hUpe that he will see the importance of submitting to the next Parlia ment measures to relieve the glaring inequality between the very rich and the very poor, by throwing a larger share of the taxation on those people whose enormous incomes promote a profligate expenditure, prejudicial to the individual and to society. The association feels con vinced that unless some substantial measures of relief which will a meliorate the condition of the poorer classes are promptly brought forward by the Government, the working classes will lose all interest and sympathy with their Liberal leaders, and the result will be that power will fall into the hands of a retrograde Tory party, and thus promote a wide-spread dissatisfaction most undesirable in the present grave political crisis." LAW AND POLICE. SINGULAR ACTION F>B LIBEh.—In the Court of Ex chequer, before Baron Bramwell and a special jury, or Rev. Mr. Edle, vicar for fifty years of the parish of South Berkstead, Sussex, brought an action against Majot- General Boileau, formerly of the East India Company's Set vice, for damages for having published alleged false an,il defamatory libels on his clerical and private character. When the case was called on the Solicitor-General, for the plaintiff, informed the court that the defendant had that morning made a satisfactory apology to his client for the letters of which this complaint was made (one of theth having been published in a Brighton paper, anti the other sent to the Bishop of Chichester); and he consented to withdraw the case on a verdict f,,r . nominal sum of ten guineas being returned by the jury. The ill-feeling which gave rise to this litigation was etf gendered by an unfortunate misunderstanding about parochial affairs. Mr. H. James, Q.C., for the defendant, having made a public apology, and retracted the (14- noxious statements and expressions, the case was with drawn. THE CHARGES OF ASSAULT AND LIBEL AGAINST Mm PUGIN.—At Ramsgate Town Hall, Mr. Edward SVelbv Pugin, the well-known architect, was summoned for assaulting Thomas Jones Burton, and a cross summons was also called between the same parties; but neither ,pf them appeared, and the case was dismissed. At the same time Mr. Edward Welby Pugin and Mrs Jane Welby . Pugin, his mother-in law, and Bernard AVelhan (late secretory to Mr. Pugin), were summoned for maliciously publishing defamatory libels against Mr. John Barnett Hodgson, postmaster at Ramsgate, and Miss Fanny Elizabeth Hale, his niece. The case was adjourned fin• a week upon the application of the defendants. The case has excited a great deal of interest on account of the posi tion of the parties, and also from the fact that Mr. Welby Pugin is held to bail till the ensuing Spring Assizes for Kent upon a charge of libel against Mr. Hod son. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. We take the following from the letter of the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian :—" It is now said that Lord Halifax has offered to take the First Lord ship of the Admiralty, about to be declared vacant by the retirement of Mr. Childers. The septuagenarian peer presided for some years in a former coalition Ministry over the Council of the Navy, and persuades himself, if not his colleagues, that he remembers all about it. The way in which his nomination to the Privy Seal was received by the public does not lead one to expect that the promotion of Lord Halifax to the Admiralty would add to the popularity of her Majesty's Government." Those men who have lately been dismissed from the voluntters have resolved to have their case brought before the House of Commons. They have also desirel a depu tation to wait on the Secretary of State for War to lay before him certain facts relating to the volunteer service. A Chatham correspondent writes :—" Consequent cm the disclosures which have been made and the fraudulent practices brought to light during the trials of the ships' stewards by the courts-martial which are still being held, it is announced at Chatham that the Admiralty larve decided in effecting a sweeping alteration in the nature of the duties now discharged by stewards in the Royal Navy, which will prevent the possibility of similar frauds being practised upon the public for the future." The augmentation of the Royal Artillery will disappoint a great many of the friends of those officers who have been so long looking out anxiously for promotion. It is stated that the increase which has now been proposed will only give three or four steps to the list of lieutenants. We hear it has been arranged that Vice-Admiral Sir R. S. Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, is to leave the Admiralty to-morrow, it having been determined to make him the Admiralty scapegoat ror the loss of her Majesty's ship Captain. It is probable, we are informed, that Admiral Drummond will succeed him as Naval Lord. —Globe. NEW BISHOPRICS.—Five new bishoprics in con nection with the Church of England will shortly be formed, viz., Heligoland, for North Europe ; Rockhamp ton and Ballarat, for Australia ; Lahore, for India ; and Ningpo, for China. The question of the proposed bishopric of Madagascar is under consideration. THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT.—Every week increases the excitement and interest in the crew ( f the Cambridge boat. The men are in first-rate order, and include the best oarsmen of the day. The towing-path was on Saturday lined with spectators, who anxiously watched the progress of the boat. Mr. Chambers, an old favourite, coached the crew from the bank, riding on horse back, while Mr. Goldie steered. On the return of the boat matters were reversed, Mr. Goldie pulling stroke, in the place of Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Chambers steered. Great hopes are entertained for the light blue, and the chances are in favour of Cambridge again carrying off the prize at Putney. THE HYDE PARK FRACAS OF LAST SEASON.— The fashionable world was startled last summer in the height of the season by a fracas in Hyde Park between two gentlemen—Major Kane and Major Gordon—in revenge fcr an insult alleged to have been shewn to the former by the latter at a ball given by Lady Mordaunt at a West End Hotel. Major Kane publicly assaulted Major Gordon, who was with two ladies. The affair came before the legal authorities, and was arranged; but the two gentlemen were expelled from their club, the Junior United Service—and have not been allowed to return. Major Kane's friends, however, have rallied round him, and seine 230 signed a requisition; asking to readmit him to membership. A special meeting of the club was con vened for Saturday, when the whole question was to be brought forward. The chairman, to the astonishment and bewilderment of Major Kane's friends, put a summary veto on the proceedings by announcing that by the rules of the club the proposal to re-admit Major Kane to the club could not be entertained, and the meeting broke up without having accomplished anything in the shape of business. This unexpected result • will have the effect of keeping Major :Kane in suspense until the gener a l meeting of the Club next May, when he will renew his application to be admitted to the privileges of member- ship. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS LotrisE:— The preparations for the approaching nuptials of her Royal Highness the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne are in full progress at Windsor Castle, and will doubtless receive a considerable impetus after the return of the Queen from Osborne. In the Lord Chamberhin's department, under the supervision of Mr. W. Sea brook, the officials are engaged in preparing the decoration of the Albert Memorial Chapel, from the interior walls of which the hangings have been removed, revealing the beautiful marble pictures of Baron Triqueti. On Satuirday. the excavation of the new road leading 'under the archway of the . gatehouse at th e en t ry of the Horse-shoe Cloisters to the grand new tight of steps at the west end of the nave of the Chapel Royal of St. George was being rapidly proceeded with. The mayor has issued the following circular convening a meet ing • to be held in the Council Cha m b er, to con 'sider what steps should be taken on the. approaching marriage of her Royal Highness: " Windsor, February 1, 1871. Sir,—l beg to inform you that a meet ing will take place at the Council Chamber of the Guildhall, on Monday, the 6th inst., at six o'clock, for the purpose of considering the course to be adopted in the royal borough of New Windsor with reference to ,the approaching marriage of her Royal Highness the Prinaess Louise, and I hope you will do me the honour to be present. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W ILLIAM - MASON, Mayor."-- A correspondent of the John Bull • points out that the royal marriage is fixed for St. Bene dict's-day, the 21st March. B 0 C K-B 1 N K O'S EL CHEMICAL MANUFACTORY, 3, CITY GARDENS, CITY ROAD, London, N.