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FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SERIES. Price Sixpence each, by post Sevenpenco. Or complete in One Volume, cloth, lettered, price 2s. Provost & Co., Henrietta-street, W.C., and all Booksellers. NOW READY, CHARLES KENT'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 hot 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. gent 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 tone 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 mo ra l 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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THE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A COUNT. —At the Central Criminal Court Count Ernest Lusada was indicted upon a charge of conspiracy with Thomas Arthur to cheat and de fraud one David Forest of the sum of £100; also with obtain ing from him 2,000 rifles, under the alleged pretence that they were for the French Government. In the October Sessions of last year Arthur was brought up for trial, and after the opening for the prosecution, the Recorder said emphatically that he could • see nothing to support the charge, and directed the jury to acquit the prisoner. The Count did not thesurrender, and permmission was asked that he now be permitted to do so. The Count having gone into the dock, the learned counsel for the pro s ec u ti on ex _ pressed a doubt whether, under the direction of his lord ship, with regard to Arthur, a conviction should be obtained. He, therefore, proposed to offer no evidence. The learned counsel for the defence said perhaps now the capitulation of Paris had taken place, the prosecutor would obtain his money. The Count was ordered to be discharged. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—The second sitting of this Court for January commencd at the Old Bailey, before Russell Gurney, Esq., Recorder. Probably in consequence of the short time that had elapsed since the last sitting, the calendar was comparatively a light one, and no very serious cases were entered in it. A STRANGE CHARGE.—Two persons have been coin. mitted for trial at Bow-street—bail, however, being accepted—on the charge of having incited a printers's boy to steal a copy of one of the examination papers of the Apothecaries' Company. One of the prisoners, named Gerard, acts as a "coach" to medical students ; and the excuse offered for his conduct by his solicitors was that he was anxious to assist a pupil who had been " plucked" in the preliminary examination, and whose father had declared that if he failed again he would assist him no further. GARROTTE ROBBERY. —On Saturday night, about 11.45, as Mr. Ralph Harrison, the manager of the Birmingham Daily Gazette, who resides at No. 4, Warwick-terrace, Frances-road, was proceeding home, when near his own residence, he was attacked from behind by two men, one of whom gave him the usual " G-arrotter's hug." He was held so violently as to be unable to offer any resistance, and the men robbed him of £2l9s. in money, a gold watch, and memorandums and papers of the value of £lB. The men appeared to be well dressed, and a description of them has been given to the police. Mr. Harrison is at present confined to his bed, suffering from the effects of the injuries he received.—Birminghanz, Morning News. It is believed that several of the Irish bishops will commute their ecclesiastical incomes. Among those who have definitively made up their minds upon the point are, it is stated, the Primate, the Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishops of Down and Derry. IRISH SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE.—A movement has been set on foot for sending a vessel laden with provi 7 sions from Ireland to France. The Rector of the Irish College at Paris has been designated to solicit subscrip tions in Ireland. HUNTING ACCIDENT.—Mr. N. F. Davin, a gentle man connected with the London press, who has been stay ing in Cork, niet with a serious accident on Thursday, He was out hunting, when he fell from his horse, and sustained such severe injuries that his life is in great danger. The Captain Committee, which commenced its sitting at the Admiralty on the 18th instant, was up to Friday last engaged in arranging preliminary matters. On Saturday the real business began by the exami nation of Vice Admiral Sir R. Spencer Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, which promises to last a long time. The Metropolitan Board of Works having agreed to the proposal of the Native Guano Company to erect trial works at Crossness, in order that they may give proof of the resultf of their A B C process on the sewage of the metropolis, the company, it is stated, will enter on the necessary arrangements with all possible dispatch. DESTRUCTION OF A THEATRE BY FIRE.—The fine theatre of Santiago has been burnt. Two thousand persons had just retired from hearing Madame Carlotta Patti, otherwise the results might have been frightful. The fire broke out on the stage by the incautious ignition of gas accumulated below. Three employes and an officer of the Salvage Corps lost their lives. The building cost half a million dollars, and was not insured, no company being willing to ensure it. The Daily News understands that Mr. Trevelyan intends as early as possible in the session to bring forward two re solutions in the House of Commans ; one declaring that the system of purchasing commissions in the army should be abolished, and the other that the existing arrangement* at the Horse Guards are unsatisfactory, and stand in need of reform. These resolutions will be seconded by Mr. W. E. Price, the member for Tewkesbury, whose experience as an officer in a line regii anent and afterwards as the commander of companies as the Militia and Volunteers, has made him familiar with . the various branches of the service. It will probably, be deemed respectful and expedient, the News says, to wait until the Government scheme is produced before propos: ing any other plan; but " the supporters of army reform in the House of Commons will, strenuously protest in Parma liament, and, if necessary, by au organised move►nent throughout the country, against the nation being called upon to incur any additional burthens until the command of the army is taken out of the hands iu which it at pre sent lies." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIG . NOE. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis arrived at Alexandria on the 23rd, and the Jumna at Suez on thti 27th instant. Her Majesty's ship Juno t Vaptain Baird, with the battalion of Marines for China, under Colonel Richards,. arrived at Singipore on the 23rd of January; all well. News from the West Indies, dated January 4th, says : —" Her Majesty's ships Aboukir and Royalist were at Port Royal, Jamaica. Admiral "Fanshawe arrived at Barbadoos on New Year's-day in the Royal Alfred, from Bermuda, accompanied by the ironclads Niobe and Eclipse, to await a squadron under the command of Admiral Seymour. Admiral Fanshawe landed on the following day, and a ball was given at Queen's-house o the sth by General Munro, and another on the Gth, at Government-house, by the Governor, in honour of him and the officers of the squadron." The Pioneer of India is informed that all the reports on the Martini-Henry rifles sent out to India for trial, to the absence of which reports their military correspondent makes feeling allusion, have now been sent home. They are, they believe, almost uniformly favourable ; and they hope, therefore, that in a short time the new arm, indis putably the best in use, will be in the hands of the whole British army. NEWS FROM INDIA. We have received, via Brindisi, the Bombay mails to• date January 7th. The following heads of intelligence we extract from the Bombay Gazette and the Times of India : It is in contemplation, we hear, to reduce the - salarieir of the Secretary in the Home Department, and thd Under Secretaries to the Government of India,-tho former from 84,166 to 83,500, and the latter from R 1,500,, to 81,000 per month. A rumour—to which, however, no credence is attached. —has got abroad that the Punjab and Siud are to be formed into one province, ruled by a Lieutenant-Governor. On the departure of Major-General Tremenheere, C. 8., to take up his post as Political Resident at Aden, an' address was presented to him by natives of Bombay ex pressive of their sense of his services there as a member of the municipality. A plot has been discovered to murder the Governor- General of Batavia and take the island. The Swissi soldiers of the army are concerned in the plot, and four= teen of the conspirators have been arrested. New Year's Eve was fixed for the revolt. We regret to announce the death of Major Brown, Paymaster of Her Majesty's 45th Regiment, Sherwood Foresters, which took place at Fort St. George, Madras, January 1. Captain Johnson, lately serving at Allahabad, with ite detachment of the 1-14th Regiment, has committed suicidd at Ca wnpore. The maintenance of the excessive postal charge of four pence per copy on newspapers by the Brindisi route causes much dissatisfaction in India. Dr. C. G. Wiehe, the Inspector-General of Prisons, at tended at the Girgaum police court on the' charges preferred against him by Dr. McGraLli, Bth Bombay N. 1., of adultery, enticing away a married woman with criminal intent, and with physical force. The case was postponed until the 14th, and Dr. Wiehe was liberated on bail. Dr. McGrath has since withdrawn the case. An ironclad is to be stationed at Aden. The Roman Catholics of Madras have presented to their Bishop a carriage and a pair of horses on his return, last week, from the Ecumenical Council at Rome. Mr. Arthur Kingston Green, barrister-at-law, has filed an action in the Madras High Court for a divorce from his wife, Laura Green. GENERAL RYAN.—From the Madrid j ournals it appears that the Government had received a telegram from Havannah announcing that the steamer Hornet, which, according to the accounts received by the _Pacific Mail, left Colon on the 31st December, with 1,000 cases of arms, ammunition, and several Volunteers under the filibuster General Ryan, had been captured by the authorities, with all the cargo, during an attempt to effect a landing in Cuba. The Sporting Gazette states, with reference to the prosecution of the kennel-keeper of the Old Berkeley hounds for having overworked a horse, that the Court of Queen's Bench have sent back the case on appeal from the decision of the county magistrates (who refused to convict the defendant), with the intimation that the magis trates were wrong in not doing so, under the 9th sec. of the 11th and 12th Victoria. The Orchestra understands that the decision of the magistrate in the matter of " Superb& " will hava the effect of making Mr. Strange convert the Alhambra into a regular theatre, and applying for a dramatic license. Smoking will be abolished in the house, and there will be opened to right and left of the present Alhambra bright and cheerful cafes communicating with the theatre, after , the plan to be seen abroad. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.-NOtWitil standing the frost of Thursday night, Mr. Benson took his crew down to Iffley and back, as usual, twice on Fri day afternoon, being the fourth day of practice, when Mr. R. Lesley (Pembroke) was still stroke. The course of the boat was greatly impeded by the floating ice which abounds on the Isis when there is a sharp frost. The crew on Saturday afternoon were attended on the bank by Mr. M. Brown, of Trinity College, a famous Oxford stroke, Mr. Benson handling the rudder lines ; but, on the second journey to Iffley, the former gentleman steered, and gave the men the benefit of his great experience. TOTAL Loss OF A UNITED STATES MAN-OF-WAR. —On Saturday last intelligence was received in Liverpool from San Francisco, dated January 13, giving particulars of the total wreck of the United States war steamer Saginaw, and the heroic conduct of one of her officers in going a distance of 1,500 miles in an open boat for assist ance. The vessel was wrecked on one of the Midway Islands, and temporary tents were erected with canvas, and provisions sufficient for four months on quarter rations per day were secured. After the wreck, Lieu tenant Talbot volunteered and took a boat to Honolulu, distant about 1,500 miles, to bring back assistance. This noble and daring venture was carried out successfully, and Commander Sicard bears testimony to the courage and gallant conduct of Mr. Talbot. —ln the dis- I to rsue s of ,the ople tpre. tern. ays, the mies with Free the Y.- raine ny of