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SONNET. (FROM HOGG'S INSTRUCTOR.) Life bath two exits—by the Hill and Vale Of years. The valley o'er which mists brood vale .Receives the race of men. But the high Hill Our saints ascend, as nighest God, what time They quit us for the skies. In its calm clime, Where day sets not, and holy winds are still, The world's far clamour mingleth low but clear With echoes from on high. 0 ! Father dear, upon whose brow, even now, I see the snow That never melts, be thine to choose the Height ; Bat, having reach'd the goal of all thy sighs, Forbear to leave us, though the Heavens be bright. Stand, Father, on the top with heavenward eyes, And keep the watch of love for them who toil below REVIEWS OF BOOKS. 331ac.'Iwood's Magazine. Edinburgh : Blackwoods. It is always a labour of love to notice a magazine which, confessedly at the head of our periodical Sterature, maintains its position so ably and so sell. The number for October commences with a -ireview of " Uncle Tom's Cabin ;" a work which ,he writer acknowledges to have read only within - the last month. He admits many faults of con struction in the story, but highly eulogises the genius, piety, and good intention of Mrs. Stowe, in her celebrated book ; of which the gem, in the" reviewer's opinion, is the character of Topsy. ISpeaking of another character, Gassy, he de scribes her as " a being whom we did not suppose airs. Stowe, with all our trust in her previously cxhibited powers, equal to conceiving and sup porting. She occasionally reminds us of some of the greatest passages in Greek tragedy." Praise from such a source, and it is• not spared, must add to the already wide reputation of the authoress. —The charming story of " Lady Lee's Widow- Ilood" is brought to a conclusion, after the approved - fashion, though it seems to have required several ,glaring improbabilities to accomplish it.—The -third part of the notice on " New Readings in Shakspere" completes the review of the several Alterations proposed by the MS. commentator, -inhered into notice by Mr. Payne Collier. It is a .merciless onslaught on the daring hand—for whose vccupation the writer has no sympathy—when he 'Was parin g and pruning the darling of the uni -verse.' We agree with the reviewer in most of his iconclusions, but must take exception to his expla mation of the following passage in " Antony and Cleopatra," where Caesar says : " But you are come A market-maid to Rome, and have prevented The ostentation of our love, which left, unshown, Is often left unloved." lie meaning of which the reviewer conceives to be—love which is left unshown is often left un returned. A far more obvious interpretation is, that where love is left unshown, it often ceases to be felt. In the tragedy of " Macbeth," Act IV., :scene 1., he gives the MS. commentator credit for altering, " Rebellious head, rise never" into " Re bellion's head." It is an alteration with which -we have been familiar long before the old corrector was brought to light.—A paper, headed, " Rail stud Saddle in Spain," is a sweeping, though de served exposure of the perfidy and dishonesty of the Spanish Government, and a caution against iembarking any money in Spanish Railway schemes. 'There is no political article this month, and the 3:umber concludes with an able vindication of the icharacter of Dean Swift, from the unjust and un vbaritable aspersions of Mr. Thackeray, in his. Le ctures on " English Humourists." Chambers' Edinburgh, Journal. Liverpool : Orr. The part just published is one of the best which tas yet appeared, notwithstanding the long and popular career of this well-conducted periodical. It contains several highly-interesting articles, both of -entertainment and information, of which not the least curious is an exposure of the secrets of some of the apparently unintelligible advertisements .which have appeared in the Times. 27ie Dodd Family Abroad. By Charles Lever. No. XIV. London : Chapman and Hall. The adventures of this erratic Hibernian house hold continue as full of frolic and courted mishaps as ever. The manoeuvring blunders of the "mamma, the little more skilful fishing of the -daughter and son, and the half-knowing, half -blind perversity of the father, afford materials for las nice a nitlange as the most enthusiastic lover if light literature could desire. The illustrative i3tehings are, as usual, clever and characteristic. The Comedies of Aristophanes. A New and Literal Translation. By William James .Jliekie. Vol. 11. London : Henry G. Bohn. On the English student of the Greek classics, few greater boons can be bestowed, by any means, than by furnishing him with literal translations of the standard Greek authors, and more especially of the dramatic poets. In the dramatic poetry of I Greece, the machinery and language employed lhave so little in common with the same appliances 1)1 the English drama, that a thorough comprehen sion of the meaning, and even an approximate *ppreciation of the former is to a common English scholar a matter of considerable difficulty and great labour. By the intervention of such translations Its this, the concluding volume of which is now ibefore us, much of this labour is spared and mearly all the difficulty obviated. On the first volume we felt warranted in bestowing a warm said approving welcome, and we are glad to find that this, the concluding one, sustains the charac ter of the first. The present volume contains 4 "Lysistrata," "The Thesmophoriazusw," "Frogs," "Ecclesiazusw," and " Plutus ;" and, as in the =ling volume, the translator, in addition to a English rendering of the text, furnishes us also with copious readings from the best German land other commentators ; besides giving parallel illustrative passages from Greek and other poets. In short, the translation and its accompanying motes display much scholarly attention and a ready understanding of the author, as well as familiarity -svith the elucidatory remarks of the best commen tators. It forms a highly creditable addition to the valuable series published by Mr. Bohn under the denomination of the " Classical Library." The Universal library. Nos. 21 and 22. London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. The two parts just issued of the very hand ,,ome and comprehensive series published under the denomination of the " Universal Library " maintain its character for cheapness and elegance. 'hey contain " Bacon's Essays, and Locke on the iteasonableness of Christianity ; " together with •' The Neighbours," " The Twins," and other tales Uy Frederika Bremer. Izaak Lakadam. By Alexander Dumas. Part I. London : Vizetelly and Co. This is a romance from the fertile pen of Dumas, the wonderful Parisian feuiltonist, whose speed and eccentricities of composition have formed themes of admiration to the literary cognoscenti of Europe. The scene of the story before us is in the wicinity of Rome, and its period the latter half of the fifteenth century. It contains some striking and characteristic events, enriched by accompam -silents which in an ordinary romancist would be called elaborate ; but, if we are to credit the tales eve are told of the facility of romantic creation pos sessed by Dumas, we must consider them as little better than artistic make-weights, hastily snatched ,4ip by the author, and thrust into the scale with -out premeditation or arrangement. The scenes end incidents are generally dashed off with sninch spirit, and are in a high degree suggestive. Among those incidents is a competition of archery, in which Izaak, a sort of nondescript pilgrim, plays -the principal part, with the most perfect coolness .end indifference, beating his competitors in a man lier much similar to that of Locksley in the cele brated archery competion at the tournament of Ashby-de-la-couch in Ivanhoe, to which trial; in ideed, the scene bears a considerable resemblance. How the story may turn out is, of course, diffi cult to say; the field it proposes to traverse is a fertile one, and from the opening it promises well. It is lbeautifully printed, and illustrated by two exceed ingly clever wood engravings. l'he Three Presidencies of India. By John Capper, F.R.A.S. London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. I'ew books are more likely to be generally ` l am', or have greater chances of extended use ." L ess iam ., than a succinct and well-digested history At the present time, when it is felt by all p art • es that th e resources o f th e vas t em pi re sessei vos by Great Britain in the East have scarcely receivedan even the rudiments of their de goverriira7nt o t f t ' i s i vhile crude schemes for the future s great empire have been foisted on the peopl e o f Some estimate of the rendering country, a means of forming hitherto pu rsued, and the progress made in endrseing our Indian territory .snd itt3 productio ns available for British uses, fig at once both welcome and necessary. The qualifi cations required for the task of, producing a book which shall supply such a means will not readily be found united in one individual•; and it is no disparagement to either the talent or the judgment of Mr. Capper to say he does not fulfil all the con ditions requisite 'to the production of such a work. One qualification, however, of no mean order, he does possess. From a protracted residence in the East, and from •having had practical opportunities of studying our oriental institutions, and of can vassing their immediate operation, he is entitled to be heard and attended to as an intelligent witness ; and if we are sometimes • compelled to receive his testimony cum notw, as one whose conclusions have been biassed by the prejudices inherent in the position he occupied, we are never theless called on to admit that he displays very considerable knowledge of the subjects on which he treats. In •his preface he lets the reader into the secret of his feelings in respect to ~-. ~. OUR MANAGEMENT OP INDIA. A country, the greater portion of which has been in our possession for three-quarters of a century ; whose commerce has remained stationary during the last eight or nine years; whose inhabitants pay in taxes half as much as is collected in Great Britain and Ireland, and vet annually consume no more than one shilling's worth of British goods-per head, or one-fourteenth part of the value taken by the inhabitants of Chili and La Plata ; whose entire roads receive no greater outlay than is spent upon the streets and highways of one of our large towns ; upon whose education the annual sum of three farthings per family is disbursed; where railroads, under the fostering care of the Court of Directors, have progressed at the rate of fifteen miles in fifteen years ; within whose colleges, maintained by a. Christian government, the Holy Scriptures are a contraband thing—the name of the Saviour a forbidden sound, heard but in stealthy whispers ; such a country as this cannot be an indifferent object to Englishmen in the nineteenth century. Nor is it. India has but to raise her voice, and she will be heard by a people to whom a cry for justice was never yet raised in vain. The case put by our author in the above extract is a strong one, and, even 'allowing a little for overcolouring in the picture, enough remains to call for serious inquiry and deliberation. • To aid us in that inquiry, and also, we are afraid we must add, to sway us in that deliberation, the book now before us has been written. In it the subject of India is taken up for consideration, under four dis tinct heads, namely, its historical, its political, its physical, and its moral aspects ; the whole being prefaced by a brief introductory sketch of the na tural history of India. The divisions of the sub ject are judicious, and, in most instances, it is no more than bare justice to admit that they are treated with candour. The historical portion of the subject, particularly in its earlier periods, though highly interesting, we must dismiss with brief commendation. Much has been said in condempation of the anomalous powers enjoyed by the East India Com pany, and no small amount of eloquence has been expended in demonstrating the evil tendencies of the capricious application of those powers in re pressing the commercial spirit of India. One well authenticated illustration of such caprice, and its baneful effects, is worth a shipload of arguments, and among others take the following : TREATMENT OR A. BANKING FIRM. Another event occurred, during the short administra tion of Mr. Adams, most disastrous to many of the Euro pean community of India. The commercial firm of Palmer and Company had for a series of years, and with the private cognizance of the Marquis of Hastings, contracted for loans of money to the Nizam of the Decan, amounting in the aggregate to £700,000 ; and, as security for the repayment of the balances, they received a lien on the re venues of the Nizam. Such transactions were contrary to the laws of the company, which reserved to itself alone the right of entering upon monetary transactions with native powers. Some difficulties having arisen between the contracting parties, the entire affair came under the notice of the supreme government ; whereupon the acting governor-general declared Palmer and Company had throughout acted illegally, and could not recover from the Ni za m. The effect of this was to cause the immediate in solvency of this wealthy firm, to the serious injury of great numbers of the service, who had employed them as their bankers. The question here,we apprehend, is not so much whether Palmer and Company were wrong or right in the first instance, nor is it so much whether the government of India should ever have been pos sessed of the power they claimed, as was the im propriety of first covertly permitting a course of commercial operations, and then overturning its transactions by the application of a law which they had winked at the infraction of. Such a fast and loose system of administration must, indeed, operate powerfully in retarding the commercial prosperity of any community ; and if we can bring ourselves to believe that such a system was exten sively exercised, surprise at the slow development of Indian commerce may well cease to be enter tained. The singularly infelicitous administration of Indian affairs by Lord Auckland, while he was governor-general, is thus pithily put forward by Mr. Capper as TUB RESULT OF LORD AI7CKLAND'S POLICY. It was Lord Auckland's destiny to place the British arms in a position they never previously occupied on the continent of India ; to carve out for the British forces a career as disastrous as its origin was unjustifiable and un worthy ; to peril our position in the East ; to sacrifice an army of brave men ; and, finally, to clothe half the nation in mourning, and to overwhelm the other half with shame and indignation. Strong terms these, no doubt, to apply to the operations of a governor-general ; their chief sting, however, we are more than half afraid, consists in their absolute truth. The narrative of events which followed as the military sequel to his lord- ship's mal-adroit expeditions and negociations, is given with much spirit ; and we regret that the extent of space already devoted to a consideration of Mr. Capper's book precludes us from presenting our readers with his brief but graphic descriptions of the Affghanistan and Punjaub campaigns. An interesting as well as a long chapter is devoted to a consideration of the growth and manu facture of cotton in India, in which the early his tory and present condition of that important branch of eastern industry is fully, as well as curiously, discussed. After considering the various means adopted for improving the quality and increasing the quantity of cotton grown in India, we find the following stated as among the causes which have materially retarded the progress of this branch of industry. THE WRETCHED ROADS OP INDIA. In the countries of Central India, not less than in those to the north and north-west, owing to the absence of all roads for vehicles, the ordinary means of conveyance is by pack-bullocks, who [which] in vast droves track their slow and weary way across sandy, sterile tracts, through wild jungle-paths, and over steep ghauts, for hundreds of miles. To bring the cotton of Berar alone to Bombay, it is computed that the services of 180,000 head of cattle are required; and when we remember that their journey is for a great distance performed through districts in which both water and fodder are always scarce, it will not be surprising that the utmost uncertainty prevails as to the receipt of crops at the port of shipment. This primitive mode of conveyance is not only the most tedious, but the most costly of any in existence ; yet by far the greater part of British India possesses no roads which will allow of the employment of carts. It is in vain that British enterpise and capital are brought to bear upon the g reat experiment of cotton, so long as the universal cry for roads is disregarded. British merchants have been found with energy sufficient to brave the difficulties attending the establishment of agencies in the interior ; but their ardour is damped, their efforts thwarted, and their capital jeopardized, by the one great crying evil, the utter absence of roads available for car nages. The old mode of transport is of necessity resorted to—that of pack-bullocks ; and so slow and costly is this, that long before one crop of cotton can be despatched from the place of growth, the following harvest will have commenced ; ships which have been provided in anticipa tion for the conveyance of this cotton to Europe are mean while awaiting its arrival in the harbour of Bombay until the shipping season shall have passed, and the interest on the capital thus indefinitely locked up accumulates, until it forms a heavy and grievous item amongst the charges of the operation. - - - - From the extracts already given, it will be seen that Mr. Capper's book is one of very diversified interest. The topics embraced in it are of deep importance to the public generally, and doubly so to a community like that of Liverpool. Let us add that the volume, besides being handsomely got up and beautifully illustrated by engravings, is also very low in price. BOOKS RECEIVED. Church of England Quarterly Review. No. LXVIII. London Quarterly Review. No. I. Blackwood's Magazine for October. Dublin University Magazine for October. Hogg's Instructor for October. Warren's Works, (Diary of a late Physician.) Plr. Ed. Part I. The Comedies of Ariatophanes. By W. J. Hickie. Vol. 11. The Pantropheon, or History of Food. By A. Soyer. Speeches of Kossuth, edited by F. W. Newman. The Three Presidencies of India. By John Capper. One Vol. Egypt. Ethiopia, and Sinai. By Lepsius. One Vol. Bernard's Hand Book of Foliage and Foreground Drawing. Fredrika Bremer's Works. Translated by Mary Howitt. Vol. I. Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio. One Vol. Carpenter's Physiology of Temperance. The Universal Library. Parts XXI. and XXII. Izaak Lakadam. By Alexander Dumas. Part I. The Rhine. By Victor Hugo. Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. By Peter Burke. The Alain Family. By A. Karr. Translated by R. B. Brough. London City Tales. Fitz Alwyn. One Vol. Yankee Humour and Uncle Sam's Fun. The Dodd Family Abroad: No. XIV. The Life and Ad ventures of Dick Diminy the Jockey; No. I. Punch for September. Chambers's Journal for September. The Pro testant Magazine for October. The Bulwark for October. The Christian Family Advocate for October. Home Thoughts for October. The Ragged School Union Magazine for Oc tober. Our Children's Magazine for October. Temperance Chronicle for October. Th►eves, Beggars, and Prostitutes : by the Rev. Isaac Holmes. Mr. Lover's Magazine, No. I, for October. The Coming Rest. New Music.—The Magic of Home. The Captive. And Oh Do not leave thy native land. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER SIB —ln the columns of your last Tuesday's newspaper, I read, with anything but feelings of pleasure, two letters with reference to the services at St. Philip's Church, on the previous Thursday, when Dr. Hook, at much personal inconvenience, left his own parish to come among us, and kindly assist me in my earnest, though humble, endeavour, to incite the members of the St. Philip's congregation to a more frequent attendance in the house of God, and to increased liberality in helping forward the holy work in which we are engaged. The want of knowledge so con spicuously manifested by one of your correspondents in his misapplication of terms, will not have enhanced the imagined importance of his letter in the opinion of persons better informed on such subjects than he appears to be. And the spirit breathed in the sentiments of both " A Churchman" and " Nemo" could not fail to awaken in the hearts of really religious persons sorrow and regret. My object, however, in writing to you on the present occasion, is not with any desire to enter into controversy with your before-mentioned correspondents : nor, had there been a personal attack upon myself directly or in directly, should I have deemed it necessary on that account to trouble you with a letter, but I write simply for this reason, viz., having it in my power, I trust, thus to remove any unfavourable impression which may have been made on the minds of some, with reference to the ability or painstaking of the gentleman who officiates as organist, and to whose care the musical portion of the service at St. Philip's Church is entrusted. Where there is just cause for complaint, no one ought to be offended at the complainer, when that complaint is made in a right and proper manner. That there was just cause for complaint on last Thursday week, as far as the singing is concerned, cannot be denied; but there are extenuating circumstances which could not easily be made known at the time to those strangers who were present, although known to the regular members of the congrega tion. The organ had been closed for several weeks, and the repairs and enlargement only completed half an hour before the commencement of divine service—the singers were recently brought together —some of the best voices were not present, being unable to leave their daily employ ment—and Mr. D. C. Browne, the regular and much-valued organist, unable, through severe illness, to preside at the organ. Now, Sir, I cannot but hope and believe that, had your correspondents been acquainted with these particulars previously to writing the letters you inserted for them in your valuable paper, instead of venting, in unmeasured strain, their feelings of annoyance and disapprobation, they would have sympathized- with the Clergy and congrega tion of St. Philip's Church in their deep regret that such untoward circumstances should have caused the musical services to have been so imperfectly performed on that day, as it must be acknowledged they were. It may be asked, why were the musical services attempted in the absence of the regular organist and some of the best voices of the choir? To which I would simply remark, that I believed the arrangements to be complete, and that I was not aware of the deficient means of carrying them out until it was too late for remedy. Sincerely hoping, that the next time "A Ch urc h man " and " Nemo " are induced to attend divine service at St. Philip's Church they may find very considerable improve ment in the music and singing, —I am, Sir, yours, faith fully, C. H. BURTON. Liverpool, Oct. 7, 1853. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rey. A. Holland, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Bartholomew's, Birmingham. Rev. L. Browne, to the Incumbency of Whittlebury and Silverstone. Northampton. Rev. H . H. Candy, 8.A., to the Curacy of Inkberrovr, near Alcester. _ Rev. J. Carr, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Westoe Chapel, South Shields. Rev. E. V. Chappel, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Rothwell, near Wakefield. Rev. T. Coldwell, to the Rectory of Greens Norton, North ampton. Rev. T. M. Dickson, 8.A., to be Head Master of the Grammar School, Berwick-on-Tweed. Rev. J. Ford, M.A., to the Rectory of Somerton, near Clare, Suffolk. Rev. G. T. Hoare, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Tandridge ' Surrey. Rev. G. Lermet, 8.A., to be Head Master of the Grammar School at Dedham, near Colchester. Rev. T. B. Lloyd, M.A., to the Incumbency of St Mary's, with St. Michaels annexed, shrewsbury. Rev. E. G. Moon, M.A. of Magdalen College Oxford, to be Chaplain to the Lord Mayor Elect (Alderman ' Sidney), for the year of his mayoralty. Mr. P. Newman, 8.A., of Exeter College. Oxford, to the Second Mastership of King Edward the Sixth's Grammar School, Ludlow. Rev. J. L. Prior, M.A., to the Rectory of Lynby, and to the Perpetual Curacy of Papplewick, Notts. Rev. W. Tatlock, to the Incumbency of the new church erected at Bark Island, Halifax. Rev. W. Temple, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Nymet Rowland, Devon (void by reason of simony). Rev. F. C. Tremlow, M.A.:, to the Rectory of Forton, Staffordshire. Rev. E. Twells, 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Assistant Curacy of the Parish Chdrch, Wakefield. Rev. H. Walker, to the Curacy of Buxhall, Suffolk. Rev. J. C. Wharton, to the Vicarage of Bierton, near Aylesbury. The following presentations have become vacant by the death of the incumbents:— The Rectory of Finmere, near Bicester. Value, 4350 a-year. Patron, Mr. J. Walker. The Vicarage of Melbourne St. Andrew, Dorset. Value, 4250 a-year. Patron, General J. Michel. The Rectory of Bondleigh, or Bundley, near Crediton. Value, 4100 a-year. Patron, the Earl'of Egremont. The Rectory of St. Peter's, Nottingham. Value, £450 a-year. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Incumbency of Ridware-Pipe, near Rugeley. Patron, the Chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral. The Head Mastership of Rugeley Grammar School. The Rectory of Lamplugh, near Whitehaven. Value, £3OO a-year. Patron, Mr. J. L. Raper. The Rectory of Waybill, Hants. Value, £5OO. Patrons, Queen's College, Oxford. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREPERMENTs. — The Rev. Richard Moss, to the Stipen diary Curacy of Christ Church, Macclesfield, in the county of Lancaster ; the Rev. David Thomas Barry has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Barnabas Church, Liverpool, void by the cession of the Rev. George Dover. Patrons, the Trustees. COBSBCRATIONS. — The new church at Grange, in the parish of Cartmel, in the county of Lancaster, is to be consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, on Thursday, the 13th instant ; and the church of Preston Patrick, in the parish of Burton-in-Kendal, Westmoreland, which has been entirely rebuilt, together with the additional burial ground, on Friday, the 14th. ORDINATION. — The Lord Bishop of Chester intends to hold his next Ordination at Chester, on the second Sunday In Lent. THE Rxv. Dn. AsrniALL, minister of St. Matthias' Church, has been appointed by the Bishop of Moray and Ross to the incumbency of the Episcopal Church at Duffus, Murrayshire. DIOCESR or MANCHESTER. — Preferments: On Tues day, at the Diocesan Registry, the Bishop of Manchester licensed the Rev. Joah Bates, Wakefield (formerly curate of the Parish Church of Prestwich), to the perpetual curacy of South Shore, near Blackpool, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Bowden Banner, the last incumbent; on the nomination of Mr. John Talbot Clifton, of Lytham Hall, the patron. His lordship, at the same time, licensed the Rev. Wray Richard Hunt, 8.A., to the stipendiary curacy of St. Paul's Church, Preston; on the nomination of the Rev. Samuel Flood Page, the incumbent. Vacancy: The perpetual curacy of St. James's, Accrington, has be come vacant by the death of the Rev. John Hopwood, who held the living for the long period of 36 years, having been appointed to it in the year 1817. The living is in the gift of Huhne's Trustees. THB MANCHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH BI7ILDING SOCIBTY.—The quarterly meeting of the above society was held on 'Thursday last, at the Town-hall, the Lord Bishop of the diocese in the chair. The following mem bers of the committee were present :—The Ven. Arch deacon of Manchester, the Rev. Canons Master, Parr, Raines, Hull, and Turner ; the Revs. R. Durnford, St. Vincent Beechey, J. Clarke, T. Corser, E. J. Hornby, and T. Mackreth ; J. Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P.; R. Towneley Parker, Esq., M.P. ; C. Carill Worsley, Esq., E. H. Royds, Esq., Thomas Clegg, Esq., T. F. Dearden, Esq., W. C. Jones, Esq., Joseph Lamb, Esq., J. T. Hibbert, Esq., J. Burder, Esq., treasurer, and the Rev. J. P. Pitcairn, and James Street, hon. secs. The committee resolved that all applications for aid in the erection of parsonages be for the present deferred. The grants made in aid of the erec tion and enlargement of churches are as follow :—St. John's, Longsight, £lOO for enlargement; St. Matthew's, Chadderton, £2OO for building; St. Paul's, Burnley, £l5O for building ; Flixton Church, £25 for enlargement ; Wer neth Church (Oldham), £35 for building. The total amount of grants made by the society in aid of the erec tion and enlargement of churches, and the erection of par sonage houses, since its formation, is £3,487. ' It was re solved that the signature of an architect be required in all certificates of completion of work (unless specially dis pensed with by the committee) in addition to the' signa tures of the incumbent and churchwardens.—Manchester Guardian. TRH CLERGY AND TUB INCOME TAX.—An impor tant question has arisen with regard to the liability of curates who are paid by the Church Pastoral Aid and other similar societies to the income tax, the contribu tions thus raised being of a purely voluntary: nature. The Archdeacon of Chester has kindly undertaken, on behalf of the clergy generally, to have the question legally settled. The venerable archdeacon, in a preliminary state ment upon the matter, says that the Church Pastoral Aid Society makes grants, not to the curates, but to the in cumbents of parishes ; that the curates employed are nominated by the bishop of the diocese, without reference to the sources from whence the stipend is derived ; and that the bishop's license secured a certain stipend as a remuneration for their services, which sum the incum bent is bound to pay, even should the grant be withdrawn, so long as the bishop licenses the curate. In this respect there was no difference between the cases of the curates whose salaries were derived from the Church Pastoral Aid Society or the Curates Aid Society, and those whose sti ' pends were paid by the richer rectors themselves. It is true, the archdeacon remarks, that a gift is not charge able with income tax, but that the grants of the before named valuable societies are of an eleemosynary character only to the incumbents, or rather to the parishes. He might also remark, that if the aggregate incomes arising from legal incomes and gifts equalled or exceeded the minimum chargeable with income tax, the proportion which was legal was assessable to the tax. The archdea con states that he has submitted these considerations to the commissioners of taxes, who thought his law was good but that the case was worth trying. As the arch deacon's curate at Middlewich is paid by the Church Pastoral Aid Society, the venerable gentleman has ar ranged that an appeal by his curate shall be made, so that the opinion of the Board of Taxes may be taken, and the question definitely settled. The arguments will turn upon the question, whether a curate is the object of the society's bounty, he being required to give a receipt to the society for the money received, though transmitted in the name of the incumbent. Tian Am COLLIERS had their wages advanced to 6s. per day on Thursday Inst. This is the fifth rise in their wage)/ gate November, the wages then being half-a-crown. VARIETIES. THE CONCEIT or THE WonLn.—" There isn't a mite" (says Lavater) " but what fancies itself the cheese." THE EDITOR of Notes and Queries thinks that the husband of the celebrated " Mother of Pearl," must be the venerable Bede. A QUESTION FOR LADIES.—Are kisses more valuable now, in consequence of the busses having raised their prices ? _ _ _ A YOUNG PHYSICIAN asking permission of a lass to kiss her, she replied—" No, sir ; I never like a doctor's bill stuck in my face ? IF You WANT TO move AN AUDIENCE, pass round your hat soliciting contributions. They'll scatter in dou ble quick time. _ SEEDY Aunicats.—Hood, in an article of sinular humour, states that the phrase '`republic of letters" was hit upon to insinuate that, taking the whole lot of authors together, they had not got a sovereign amongst them. BELIEVE that mine will be the fate of Abel," said a devoted wife to her husband one day. " How so ?" inquired the husband. " Because Abel was killed by a club, and your club will kill me if you continue to go to it every night." A LAWYER, not over young or handsome, examining a young lady witness in court, determined to perplex her, and said, " Miss, upon my word you are very pretty !" The young lady very promptly replied, " I would return the compliment if I were not on oath !" "FAST" LITERATURE.—A sporting "gent," who has courageously entered the " lists " at several betting houses, has lately purchased an elaborate work on " Ethnology," in consequence of his having heard that it will give him much information on the subject of " races." A FAST" Rom I sat Baum—The Bishop of Lyons being at breakfast, the Abbe de paid him a visit ; the bishop invited him to partake of the meal: the abbe refused—the prelate insisted. "My lord," said the abbe, " I have breakfasted twice already; and, besides, this is fast day !" GENERAL ZAREMBA had a very long Polish name. The king having heard of it, one day asked him good humouredly, " Pray, Zaremba, what is your name ?" The general repeated to him immediately the whole of his long name. "Why," said the king, "the devil himself never had such a name." " I should presume not, sir," replied the general, " as he was no relation of mine." VALUE or A PLoUGß.—Among the Caffres, agriculture is considered to be a kind of labour unworthy of a warrior, and is therefore left entirely to the women. When they first saw a plough at work, they gazed at it for a time in astonished and delighted silence; at last one of them gave utterance to his feelings in this exclamation—" See how the thing tears up the ground with its mouth ! It is of more value than five wives !" DRY WIT.-Dr. Jaspar Main, who lived in the reign of James I. of England, was celebrated as a scholar and a wit. He displayed through life a strong propensity for innocent raillery and practical jokes. Just before he expired, he told his servant, who was sadly addicted to intemperance, that he had bequeathed him something that would make him drink. The servant, as soon as his master was dead, impatiently opened the legacy, expecting, of course, to find a heap of treasure; but alas ! his disappointment was great in finding nothing but a red herring. A PARAGRAPH FOR HousEwivzs.—To those who de sire to impart to shirt bosoms, collars, and other fabrics that fine and beautiful gloss observable on new linens the following receipt for making gum arabic starch will be most acceptable, and should have a place in the domestic scrapbook of every woman who prides herself upon her ca pacity as a housewife, and the neatness of her own, her husband's and family dress ; and if she does not take pride in them, her husband is an unfortunate man —Take two ounces of white gum arabic powder, put it into a pitcher, and pour on it a pint or more of boiling water, (according to the degree of strength you desire,) and then, having covered it, let it set all night. In the morning, pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it, and keep it for use. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred into a pint of starch that has been made in the usual manner will give the lawns (either white, black, or printed,) a look of newness, when nothing else can restore them after wash ing. It is also good, much diluted, for thin white muslin and bobbinet. THA.CKBRAY AND DICKBNS COMPARED.—Thackeray has given to his pictures of society and character all that they could receive from extraordinary skill of mental analysis, great acuteness of observation, and formidable strength and fineness of sarcastic irony. But he has not been able—if, indeed, he ever desired—to excite con tinuous or lively sympathy, either by interesting inci dents, or by the exhibition of deep passion, vehement or pathetic. Dickens has done much more than all which Thackeray has left unattempted. While his painting of character is inimitably vigorous and natural, his stories are always interesting, and would be much more so if they were less encumbered by minute details ; and his power of exciting emotion ranges, with equal success, from horror (sometimes too intense) to melting pathos, and thence to a breadth of humour which degenerates into caricature. He cannot soar into higher worlds of imagi nation • and his tread is too heavy even for the secluded field of romantic or poetic meditation. But he becomes strong, and inventive, and affecting, the moment his foot touches the firm ground of reality ; and nowhere is he more at ease, nowhere more sharply observant or more warmly sympathetic, than in scenes whose meanness might have disgusted, or whose moral foulness might have appalled.—Spalding's History of English Literatnre. DIAMONDS.—Modern chemists have laboured almost as zealously to produce diamonds as the alchymists of old did to turn all metals into gold ; and through the progress of science, it is said, they believe they have a reasonable chance of succeeding. Diamonds, it is known, consist of pure carbon ; and it is therefore assumed that carbon may be made to produce diamonds. M. Despretz, member of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, in a recent meeting of that body, detailed a series of experiments to which he had subjected some carbon coming from the calcination of sugar. He caused an electric pile, in which some platina wires were extended, to act on the carbon without inter mission for the space of a month, and he then found the wires covered with slight powder, which, on examination by a microscope, was seen to contain black and white crystals of the octahedral form. This powder, being experimented upon, was found to possess the qualities that have heretofore exclusively appertained to the powder of diamonds. This is the nearest approach to the production of real diamonds which has yet been made, and even if it should not be found possible to carry it further, the making of diamond dust will be of considerable com mercial importance. Whether the action of electricity on the carbon is to be ascribed to heat, or to some unknown quality, M. Despretz has not yet ascertained.—Literary Gazette. HINTS Pon LADIES.—Let the ladies observe the follow. ing rules. In the morning use pure water as a preparatory ablution ; after which they must abstain from all sudden gusts of passion, particularly envy, as that gives the skin a sallow paleness. It may seem trifling to speak of temper ance, yet this must be attended to, both in eating and drinking, if they would avoid pimples, Instead of rouge, let them use moderate exercise, which will raise a natural bloom in their cheek inimitable by art. Ingenuous candour and unaffected good humour will give an openness to their countenance that will make them universally agreeable. A desire of pleasure will add fire to their eyes, and breath ing the air of sunrise will give their lips a vermillion hue. That amiable vivacity which they now possess may be highly heightened and preserved, if they would avoid late hours and card-playing, as well as novel-reading by candle light, but not otherwise, for the first gives the face a drowsy, disagreeable aspect ; the second is the mother of wrinkles ; and the third is a fruitful source of weak eyes and a sallow complexion. A white hand is a very desirable ornament ; and a hand can' never he kept white except it be kept clean ; nor is this all, for if a young lady excels her companions in this respect, she must keep her hands in constant motion, which will occasion the blood to cir culate freely, and have a wonderful effect. The motion recommended is working at her needle, brushing up the house, and making herself as useful as possible in the per formance of all domestic duties.—Mrs...fameson. SLANG SvNonvms.—Only consider what a vast multi tude of equivalents the perverse ingenuity of our slang iness has invented for the one generic word money. Money—the bare, plain, simple word itself —has a sono rous, significant ring in its sound, and might have sufficed, yet we substitute for it—tin, rhino, blunt, rowdy, stumpy, dibbs, browns, stuff, ready, mopusses, s hi ners , d us t, c hi ps , thinkers, pewter, horsenails, brads. Seventeen synonyms to one word ; and then we come to species—pieces of money. Sovereigns are yellow-boys, cooters, quids crown-pieces are bulls and cart-wheels ; shillings, bob s or benders ; sixpenny-pieces are fiddlers and tizzies ; four. penny-pieces, joeys, or bits ; pence, browns, or coppers and mags. To say that a man is without money, or in poverty, some persons remark that he is down on his luck, hard up, stumped up, in Queer-street, under a cloud, up a tree, quisby, done up, sold up, in a fix. To express that he is rich, we say that he is warm, comfort able, that he has feathered his nest, that he has lots of tin, or that he has plenty of stuff, or is worth a plum. For the one word drunk, besides the authorised synonyms, tipsy, inebriated, intoxicated, I find of unauthorised or slang equivalents the astonishing number of 32, viz.—in liquor, disguised therein, lushy, bosky, bully, hooey, mops and brooms, half-seas-over, far-gone, tight, not able to see a hole through a ladder, three sheets in the wind, foggy, screwed, hazy, sewed up, mooney, muddled, muzzy, swipey, lumpey, obfuscated, muggy, beery, winey, stewed, on the ran-tan, on the re-raw, groggy, ploughed, cut, and in his cups. For one article of drink, gin, we have ten synonyms —max, juniper, gatter, duke, jackey, tape, blue ruin, cream of the valley, white satin, old Tom.—Dickens's Household Words. WHERE MALACHITII IS FOUND. Siberia and Australia are nearly the only two which can be named. In Australia the discovery has been very recent ; but in Siberia malachite has long been known. Until within a few years, the largest mass obtained weighed about 100 poods (a pood equals 36 English pounds); it was obtained from the copper mine of M. Tourchaninoff, at Goumecheff (oh ! these Russian names), and is deposited in one of the national museums. But this has been beaten into in significance by a recent discovery, to which are due the magnificent specimens of malachite brought to England. The Messrs. Demidoff, of St. Petersburg, are the owners of some copper mines in the Ural Mountains ; and while the miners were in search of the metallic ore, they on one fortunate day lighted upon a mass of malachite weighing not less than 3,000 poods. The miners were able to detach this in one block, and they then met with another thousand poods weight filling up clefts and crevices in the surrounding rock. What a treasure this : considering that a fair specimen of malachite will bring 15s. per English pound ! There is supposed to be a still larger deposit of malachite near the spot whence this mass was obtained : precious nuggets (albeit green) which may by and by put money into the pockets of the proprietors. But, like other treasures, malachite requires the hand of man before it is -practically valuable. The large masses crumble in the air, generally into pieces of two to four pounds weight ; and the question arises how to work so very brittle a material. It is not altogether a new art, for museums and royal palaces, in many parts of Europe, contain specimens of inlaying or veneering with malachite. But when Messrs. Demidoff made their grand discovery, an incentive was given towards the adoption of larger mechanical appliances. They determined to establish a manufaetory of their own at St. Petersburgh, which they placed under the care of M. Leopold Joffriand, who left no means untried to obtain a mastery over the materials, and make it applicable to ornamental purposes. How he succeeded in his task the malachite doom at the Crystal Palace testified. LIVERPOOLA.CA.DEMY E=BITIOX. PIETA NOTICE. 25. " The Favourite Bathing-place," by WILLIAM UN DERHILL, is a happy representation of a secluded sylvan nook, through which a tiny qtream meandering is dammed up into a pool of,sweetly-pellucid water, overshadowed by an embowering arch of lofty trees. The spot is both suggestive of coolness and quiet retirement—the brook, in its transparent serenity, is at once a temptation to the rustic bath, which some blithesome damsels are preparing to enjoy, and a foil to the sultry atmosphere with which the picture is filled. In drawing, the girls are pleasing and in good proportion, in colouring and painting rich and harmonious, and they are delineated with tasteful execution. As a whole, however, the picture appears heavy, and its atmosphere seems thick and oppressive ; this drawback upon its general excellence is, no doubt, much exaggerated by the disadvantageous light in which it is placed, the rays falling on it in such a manner as to render it exceed ingly difficult to see the whole subject from any point. Such a situation is both unfortunate and unfair. If in the judgment of the hanging committee the picture pos sessed such merits as to entitle it to the conspicuous and prominent position assigned to it, it should have been so placed as to afford the public_ a fair opportunity to pro nounce upon its qualities. 52. " Study for the Guilty Woman, in the Judgment of Solomon," to be executed in fresco, in the New Palace at Westminster, by J. R. HERBERT, R.A. This is a powerfully-painted head, and evidently the production of one well skilled in artistic manipulation. The expression is depicted with much energy, and the whole picture, or rather bit of picture, manifests vigour and self-reliance on the part of the artist ; as the study of an individual head, it is both interesting and withal clever. The some what ostentatious title which its author has bestowed on it is another matter. In that there is manifestly some intent of connecting the portrait before us with a great historical, and what is more, with a great national histo rical composition. Such an intention is a failure and a fallacy. An isolated head, like the one before us, is no more to be taken as indicative of what Mr. Herbert's picture of " The Judgment of Solomon" is to consist, than was the brick exhibited by the foolish man in the fable to be considered conclusive as to the structure and convenience of the house he wished to sell. No one can know better than an artist of 'Mr. Herbert's experience and reputation that a picture must not be judged of by odd bits and incidents, but that,on the contrary, it suffers by being shown in details, in which the composition, colour, and general treatment are neither apparent nor even indicated. As a study of a head, the matter was well enough ; but when an exuberance of penmanship converts it into portion of a great national picture, it assumes a different aspect, and what might have been very com mendable in the one capacity becomes very questionable in the other. These strictures, it will be readily seen, apply more to the title than the quality of the work, which, as a mere Study, is, as we have already said, in most respects, highly commendable. 180. " Arthur and (Egle, in the Happy Valley," by Joux MARTIN, K.L. The works of Mr. Martin have long constituted artistical enigmas, which the one now named will not go far to solve. We have here, " rock piled on rock, hill towering over hill," in all the wild pro fusion for which the inventive genius of the artist has been admittedly conspicuous ; enriching this wilderness of peaks and plains, is a sky of deep cerulean, studded with stars, and decorated by a waxing moon of juvenescent extent ; but after contemplating the terrestrial and serial chaos, the mind remains as vacant as before. The picture tells no tale, suggests no thought; unless, indeed, when it provokes the idea that such an artistic pazzle has been invented for the purpose of perplexing amateurs. A close investigation shows an endless repetition of ill-defined details, an inconceivable amount of labour, and absolutely no result. The pictures of Mr. Martin are, indeed, a riddle compared with which the Sphinx itself is a very common place mystery. 345. " On the Thames—Mid-day ;" 507. " The Thames, from the Green Meadows ;" 550. "Scene from the Hills, near Dolgelly, N.W. ;" all by H. J. BODDINGTON, are pictures displaying, in almost an equal degree, the peculiar excellences and drawbacks of the artist's style. They all seem redolent of sun and atmosphere—bright warm-out of-door effects—fresh green meadows—transparent skies and breezy uplands ; yet, all of them are, more or less, mannered in their treatment. The same elaborate mani pulation of foreground objects, the truthful effect of which is in no inconsiderable degree marred by a want of cha racter in the middle-distance objects. Trees of different kinds are made to wear the same appearance of foliage ; the brushwood also is made, in not a few instances, to assume the aspect of the forest ; and a tendency to gene ralise seems everywhere to meet us in this artist's land scapes, to the destruction of their individuality. Notwith standing these defects, however, the truthfulness of at mospheric effect with which he contrives to envelope his pictures renders them general and deserved favourites. 508. " Fast Castle, or Wolfe's Hope, Berwickshire," by T. M. RICHA.BDSON. The horizontal line of this picture is placed so high as to render it a somewhat difficult matter for the uninitiated fully to understand its composition • yet it is a picture of much power and truth fulness. The broad expanse of ocean is beautifully pourtrayed, and it contrasts grandly with the precipitous rocks and hilly land. The figures introduced; and the general treatment of the foreground, are masterly and beautiful. 384. " A May Morning," by W. D. KENNEDY, is a picture of little pretence but great beauty. The treatment is simple, truthful, and pleasing. 392. " Eton Montem," by WILLIAM PARROTT, is a subject difficult to handle, but here the artist has dis played no inconsiderable skill in his mode of treating it. The figures are well disposed, fairly drawn, and cleverly painted. 395. " The Young Baccus, or Joy in Nature," by J. ARCHER, A.R.S.A., is a picture of much power and no small amount of beauty. As a piece of colouring it is of a high order. The design, though fanciful and con ventional, is well brought out ; and on the whole the picture is highly creditable to Mr. Archer, who, we understand, is comparatively a young artist. 99. " Edinburgh from the Calton Hill," by W. G. HERRMAN, is a subject of great inherent pictorial beauty. The admirably broken lines and contrasting masses of picturesque architecture which characterise the "City of Palaces" as seen from the point selected by Mr. Herd man form of themselves a charming picture ; but we re gret it is not in our power to compliment him highly on the mode in which he has treated it. His perspective is violent and offensive to the eye. In endeavouring to effect a great deal, he has not accomplished much, and what he has done is not of the best order. 234. " Portrait of Sir David Brewster," by W. S. HER wog. This is a truthful representation of the scientific knight, showing, in an animated manner, his every-day aspect. 473. " Portrait of the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle," by D. HUNTINGTON. This picture, which is painted for the Historical Society of New York, is in a good style, and indicates a true artistic feeling on the part of the artist. 35. " Street in Innspruck," by W. CALLOW. In this picture, which represents a distant view of the " Golden Roof," the artist has displayed a fine appreciation of the picturesque. The lines of rugged buildings and distant hills are treated in a pleasing and artistic manner, the colouring is sweet, as well as powerful and effective. 74. "Macbeth," by H. C. Simons. This is an artistic vagary of a very unaccountable kind. Mr. Selous is an artist who deservedly occupies a good position in public esteem. That position, however, could never have been attained by the production of such anomalous works as this one. If originality of treatment has been his aim, and his only aim, he has succeeded to a miracle. In this picture we learn, for the first time, that Macbeth, in giving treacherous shelter to his aged sovereign, lodged him in costly upholstery, which, with a matchless prodigality, he has laid on a cellar floor, the steps descending towards which, crowd and incommode the royal sleeper, whose rest is further interfered with by the unquiet performances of his muzzy and obtrusive grooms, who, not content with slumbering on their post of guard, have actually obtruded themselves into the royal couch, sadly increasing the in conveniences attendant upon poor Duncan's dormitory. Of the murderous thane himself; least said is soonest mended ; he appearS a very vulgar. murderer indeed, and altogether such a one as no sane man would have put him self in the power of, for half a minute, on any terms. There are, no doubt, good points about this picture ; the painting of the old king's head, for example, is fine ; but the good bits are as a grain of wheat to a bushel of chaff. The picture is altogether a mistake, and by no means a pleasing one.; it is excessively faulty in design, and poor and sickly in colour. . 95. "La Perla de Triana," by Jonw PHILLIP, is a powerfully painted and very expressive portrait. 203. "Dolly Varden," and 206, "Interview between Queen Elizabeth :and the Earl of Essex, on his return from Ireland," by W. P. FRITIT, R.A. Two very clever sketches, in which the artist has, without labour, contrived to crowd a great extent of character. 208. " A Dutch Town," and 210, " A French Town," by A. MONTAGUE, are two sweetly-painted and well-coloured little bits. They are very pretty and very pleasing. NOTES, NOTICES, AND OPINIONS. BY JOHANNBS lIIISTICUS. IX. THE INCOME TAX.—It has been proposed by some of the admirers of this most unequal impost to make up the deficiency of post-office and stamp revenue, which will arise on the adoption of the decimal system, by an increase of the Income Tax. This would, no doubt, be a popular measure with those financial reformers who, for political or business purposes, are large patronisers of the penny post, and who, at the same time, are able (and willing) so to " cook " their Income Tax Returns as to be able to evade a large proportion of the payment. But what an outrage on common honesty it would be to annuitants, clerks, and others, with small fixed incomes, who would derive no benefit from a further reduction of postage, and who have no chance of " declaring " for less than their actual gross income ! For instance, suppose a merchant, or manufacturer, or shopkeeper, with actual profits of £5OOO per annum, employing a dozen clerks or shopmen, at salaries from £lOO to £3OO, is called on to make a return for Income Tax. The former may declare his profits to be one-fourth, one-third, or even one-half less than they really are ; but with this declaration he sends in a list of his em ployes with their full salaries stated. He cheats the government of a large portion of his own taxes, and as it were bids them mulct his assistants for the deficiency. I Must these clerks or shopmen be still further plu n d ere d to pay for their employers' correspondence and receipts P Let the hundreds of clerks and shopmen, foremen, ware housemen, and journeymen in Liverpool, see to this, and ask themselves whether, when they have added the Income Tax to , their bakers' bills, they are not already paying too dearly for Free Trade and Financial Reform ; and whether, if they are entrusted with the franchise under the new Reform Bill, they will not adopt some measure that will adjust the balances more equitably. X. Trtz NEXT ELECTION.—Mr. Robertson Gladstone is surely seeking "the sweet voices " of the " finest pisantry," located around Shaw's-brow, for the next elec tion. Having the vanity to consider himself of sufficient purity to represent Marybone, Vauxhall-road, and Scotland road, he steps boldly out, as the patron of the priests, and defamer of the Protestant clergy : expecting his return, of course, in the exercise, by the priests, of that gentle and genial influence which they are accustomed at election times to use with their sacks. Is this bribery by the Act? PARIS FASHIOiYS FOR OCTOBER. (FROM THE COURT JOURNAL.) SUMMER fashion is at length pronouncing itself van quished after the hardest struggle it ever sustained within the memory of milliners, for during the last week, in spite of the gloominess of the weather, white muslin dresses were still beheld in great numbers in the promenades, and the short stay made by the Empress on her Majesty's passage thron2.,h Paris confirmed the fashion—no other costume being observed in the court carriages, whether driving slowly through the Bois de Boulogne for pleasure's sake, or hurrying to and from St. Cloud on business con nected with the state. The trousseau of the future. Empress of Austria is progressing rapidly, and has brought many of our fair fashionables to Paris before their usual period of deserting the country. We have been favoured with a view of most of the nouveaute's riches already com pleted, and as theirfaron will most likely determine that of the toilets for some time to come, it is perhaps as well to describe them. The dress chosen for the nuptials is of white drap d'argent, with two broad flounces of silver blonde, each flounce headed with bows of narrow striped silver ribbon, with long ends descending over the fulness of the flounces, and lightening the effect in a most airy and charming manner. The corsage is made straight and plain. Two rows of silver blonde are gathered into a plain band of silver, and the same bows seen upon the skirt are repeated on the body following the fall of blonde down to the waist. The same trimming adorns the sleeves, which are made very short, the long ends of narrow silver ribbon falling over the arm, and shading it for several inches, rendering the length of sleeve hitherto worn unnecessary. The train is a chef d'oeuvre of elaborate embroidery, being of the finest silver worked in a deep wreath of orange blossoms and lilies of the valley. The train is cut in the most novel and elegant manner, which will, doubtless, be adopted for court costume, and completely efface the stiff, ungraceful manteau de cour as it is now worn. It is cut l'Antigone, tunic fashion, short towards the hips, and gradually increasing its length to the middle of the waist behind. The full pattern of the embroidery is thus dis played, and the folds left to play in their natural position where they fall, no longer flatten the dress beneath, nor give that cumbrous weight to the figure which always forms the great objection to this otherwise dignified costume. Silver embroidery for court reception is deci dedly preferred to gold. The effect is far preferable by night—more youthful, and more becoming—possessing the immense advantage, likewise, of enhancing, instead of deadening, the brilliancy of diamonds, which ornaments of gold invariably kill. The bridal coiffure consists of a short veil of point d'Alencon, reaching barely to the top of the dress. It is let in a pointed crown of emeralds, pearls, and diamonds. The wreath of orange blossoms is very full over the temples with drooping tendrils falling forward on the bosom. The nuptial - bouquet is of a novel form, quite small, and falling in long spiral tendrils as low as the waist. This bouquet consists but of one single sprig with buds, it is made to be placed at the top of the corsage towards one shoulder, the ribbon of the Grand Cross being brought over the other. The ball dresses are of all kinds, but the most novel are those consisting of a single flower, embroi dered au colonise, either in white, coloured silks, or straw. The under skirt is made much narrower than hitherto, while' the flounce is gathered into the waist in more numerous folds than have as yet been the mode. Some of these in silk, embroidered in seed pearl, have been exhi bited with great success. The bottom of the skirt is quite plain, while that of the flounce, shorter than the skirt by six or seven inches, is elaborately embroidered and stands stiffly out from the dress. But little change is visible as yet in walking dress. No newer material than cordonne d'ecosse has been ventured on as yet. The tissue is novel in its effect, being shot with many colours, and thickly corded. Some of these stuffs reflect as many as five different colours in the shot, which are so artistically blended that the effect of the whole is neither harsh nor voyant. Large checks are beginning to lose favour, and are being fast replaced by Rees rayees, a small line running across the stuff, while a broad stripe meets the other. The silks of autumn tints already exhibiting at the great houses are more costly and splendid than any we have beheld for years. The soie Boucher, for evening wear, is marvellous for its richness and delicacy of execution. Large patterns of elaborate design, copied from the dresses still preserved, once belonging to Madame Du Barry, have been imitated with complete success. One of these, destined for the Empress, struck us as being exquisitely beautiful in its tone and nuance. It is of soie Pompadour triple trame, the ground of a pale sea-green. At wide intervals are thrown upon a white ground, cast upon the surface as if by a careless hand, the attributes of the shepherdess—the basket of flowers, the straw hat and sky-blue ribbons, the crook and pipe— all these executed with so much delicacy and neat ness that, in spite of their unwonted size to which our eyes are as yet but little accustomed, they excite neither surprise nor criticism. It is made ala Francois 1., cut square over the shoulders with broad passementerie com bining every colour in the design, with tassels of the same colours crossing over the bosom ; the sleeves quite tight and flat, descending from the shoulder but three inches, and finished by the enormous bouffans, a la Medicis, so much in vogue just now, and which have completely super seded the graceful sabots, a la grand-mere, which have held their sway so long. These bouffans were made of rich point de Venise, and finished below the elbow with a deep fall of the same material. A complete parure is necessary with this style of dress, and large ornaments of sky-blue and light-green enamel are already presented by the jewellers for the arms and neck of the wearer of the robe a la Francois I. , Much attention has been given to the perfection of win ter cloaks. Talmas are exploded. The Evangeline pro mises to continue in favour for young ladies. Instead of being made in one material, as was the case during the summer, it will be made of velvet or rich silk, while the flowers which reach to the neck will be composed of broad ribbon laid on full or plaited. An entirely new model has been issued. It is called a souvenir, and consists of a long paletot tunic, above which the cloak falls as far as the hips, being gathered over the bosom and the ends thrown across the shoulder. Its name is derived from the picture of the great Napoleon at Versailles, and bears some resem blance to the cloak he is represented to have worn on his passage over the Pyrenees. The mante ala Maja is also novel and pretty ; It fits tight over the bosom, and reaches to the knees ; behind, it is short, not descending lower than the waist. The sleeves are almost tight, set into a rounded armhole, and braided from the shoulders downwards with broad lacet and tassels. This sleeve is turned back almost to the elbow, showing the lining generally of some bright colour. A small hood hangs over the shoulder, also lined with the same bright nuance, and braided in a novel style. This form of manteau is, perhaps, the newest we have yet seen, and likely to be much patronised, owing to its extreme youthfulness, and the warmth and comfort imparted by its fitting so tightly over the bosom. The great novelty in sortier-de-bal is the immense change wrought by the adoption of lace instead of ribbon as trimming. This lace, made expressly for the purpose, is very rich and heavy, made to imitate the transparent embroidery of silk upon Brussels net. Bonnets have undergone a total change since last month. The winter shapes are fast appearing, although made still in light materials. They are no longer open and Irani to behind the ears as formerly ; but although not a whit larger seem to draw much closer to the side of the face. The newest whim, for fashion we can scarcely call it, is the total absence of any other ornament than a thick ruche, consisting of lace, flowers and large rosettes of ribbon laid on all round the (Age. The effect of this is s ngularly bewitching—the face appearing to issue from a nest of lace and flowers. The transparent shadow thrown by this ornament is found to be most becoming. It is carried completely round the bonnet, even over the bavolet. Coiffures are determined 'to remain turned back from the face, no others are admissible. The only novelty is the Marguerite, a broad ribbon of bright colours, which passing through the double bandeaux is left to encadrer the physiognomy by coming down as low as the shoulders. It is twisted spirally; and is sometimes carried from one side of the head to the other without being divided. The Princess Mathilde has adopted the Marguerite, and it is destined to be as universally worn as the coiffure a la Felix now exploded. It is to Leopold we owe the inven tion, and it has been successful in the very best circles. Flowers are to be worn of the most minute description and of mixed colours of one plant. Verbena, myosotis, field flowers of the smallest kinds are to be most favoured. Immense bunches of these fairy specimens are in prepara tion for the ball dresses. They are destined to serve as heading to the flounces. We have seen a dress of Chantilly blonde trimmed thus for the Queen of Sardinia. Each flounce ornamented with bunches of the small Star of Bethrehem, decreasing in size as they approach the waist. The brides of lace which have replaced the berthe as ornament to the shoulders, were also ornamented with smaller bouquets of the same flower. The effect was that of the most fairy-like freshness and beauty. GENERAL OasEuvirfoNs.—Although the month is considered but a transitory space from one style of fashion to another, yet the initiated may, at this time, perceive what is going to be. Necklaces, for instance, which have so long been forgotten, are revived by the greatest jewellers, and are of novel design, being made to fit the slope of the neek, and to lie flat all round. Stars and rosettes of coloured stones encircle the throat, and between each, tassels of gold descend lightly, and dimi nish the stiffness of the ornament. The large beads, called bombes, are also being introduced for approbation. They are of dark blue lava—malachite or coral. The old rococo shops have been ransacked for specimens of this article, as worn by our grandmothers. Shoes, alas ! are worn entirely without sandals, a result which we have been in dread for the last few months. The fashion is now quite prononc6, and it is useless to struggle against it. A large bow of ribbons, of a nuance somewhat lighter than that of the slipper, is much approved; but we cannot help considering the fashion as slovenly and negligent, and sincerely trust it will prove but a caprice. We have some of the most charming sabots of walnut wood, to supersede the ugly contrivances for carriage, even during the winter. It is the most delightful chaussure possible, elegantly carved on the instep, and lined with pink or blue plush. -The wearer may, thus chauss4d, defy both cold and damp—the satin shoe leaves the sabot unsoiled, and uninjured. Nothing more graceful and coquet, yet useful withal, has ever been presented to our fair fashionables. _ _ Pocket-handkerchiefs are still made with a frilling, embroidered at the edge. Much of the linen made for the trousseau of the Empress of Austria presents the novelty of being embroidered in colours —some of the handker chiefs being worked in minute wreaths of flowers, each flower bearing its natural colour. In general, a struggle is visible in fashion—the struggle between richness of ornament and gorgeousness of detail, and the determined simplicity of which her Maj es ty sets the example. The partizans of each style are pretty equal at present, but we dare not to pronounce an opinion, for when, on the one hand, we behold the wondrous show of gold and silver work, and calculate the tremendous cost, and, on the other, behold the plain white garments, hypocritical hi their unpretending simplicity, although covered with rich lace and finest embroidery, we cannot help sympathising with the Emperor Napoleon, when, in answer to his reproaches of extravagance, Josephine promised future "simplicity." "For Heaven's sake, Madame, anything but that (Tout ce que vous voudrez, mail pas de sim licite) ; I cannot support the heavy extravagance ofsuch simplicity' as yours—it is costly enough to exhaust the public treasury." TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1853'. THE CHOLERA. Tats epidemic epidemic is on the decrease in Newcastle, ant _.,11, the increase in the metropolis. Owing t o the pro_ ertious of the authorities at ll?xham, out of 1,2 0 e cuf, of diarrhcea only twenty-three deaths occurred in tw2n2,, , two days. Tynemouth, South Shields, Ho pans , Acrrington, and the adjoining districts continue?f. manifest a tendency to cholera A few fatal casestfv:i occurred at Stockton-on-Tees. One death has occrind at Darlington, and another at Manchester. In S e° A n . deaths are reported at Edinburgh, Leith, Dundee, nandale, and other places. deaths S' NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.--OCT. 7. Cholera, n; .... diarrhcea, deaths, 3. The total num ber of death s cholera and diarrhcea in Newcastle dur in g the P t sent outbreak has been, 1,460. In the same (viz., the fill Visitation. - There the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 258. TLE.—G e h n as eral na lle ye s t ul b t ee o n f ttimhee gouscoein-topiellieleb, returns of the house-to-house visitation • but the followl aa sta mnd te ounb m rot e u n tgo t h c 3t o , n un2 tai ud n e;r s th v. e n approximation to' the result up Oct. 6 :—The cases of diarrhcea discovered by this immediate cases s yste: cholera, 63 ; cholera, corpses, 3 ; old cases pas ~, ap• diarrhcea into approaching cholera, 13; and fro— tetsi proaching cholera into cholera, 11, —making the 4 number of cases of all kinds discovered and brag' under treatment, 3,555. apytroreaactiumuengt tobyethhoseihelmvgisfi,,,,,, ~.Ato,o7Dl. INCIDENTS OP TITS EPIDEMIC. EQfl t 1. A green churchyard hewn in a week into tr% blancenavvy" work. 2. A family denuded of its upper stratum mother, uncles and aunts—and nothing left but a b orphans. ye bi Husband and wife buried at night in one gy re the flickering light of a lantern. Their daughter ?I: Atlantic, homeward-bound from America, to vislir parents. bee° 4. An elderly lady, whose only daughter ha s w h o if " little poorly" a few days, asks a medical man' - casually passing, to step in and see her, and is horrer' str 3. 5. Th e deuck to leaathrn t h of a husband and fath dy er ascribed hat er dear child is in —fatbearridanocl U y t 11 6:, gossips to his having driven out of his house the which " sweeten the air." t o 6. One woman drunk with th e b ran dy medicine for a patient who die s . A no th e r nursing, nigh o f and day, a poor prostitute, only k nown to her as (a the common family. }he 7. Appearance of a placard seriously proclairninginee Asiatic cholera to be a myth—moonshine ! i & fi dgel creature of the imagination ! Sanitary stories a".f e 'ar ; The excessive mortality solely the offspring of doe 8. A poor woman, entering a dispensary froin.a her filthy alley, and begging the house surgeon to' ice some medicine, " for she is sure she has got a n a l the of cholera." Not far wide of the philosophY epidemic. eri n 9. An Irishman, going from the relieving, search of the parson, and marching up to him In the f pit in Sunday service, with a paper, in the midst et Deum. Deum. Parson, expecting that he is called upon to re l. it thanks for some mercy, glances at Pat's paper and ful' —an order to bury a child! a cerq 10. A walking - " blue book," afflicted with a e, diarrhea" unfortunately never passing into and discoursing by the hour to impatient oppones,tsev.; "centralization" •on premonitory symptioms, h ° ,t e .to'l house visitation, and gully-holes-gully-holes, h ° ""' house visitation, and premonitory symptoms. th 11. Burial-operations retarded by a monopoly , 0 , 0 6,* Incorporated Company of Sextons, Diggers, and,',,,, a rers Free-trade declared, and no more delay. Rica' - lef * coffining the dead to secure a job, and a pansy'' stopped in the street to enquire if he knows of a ‘," 12. The father of a family drunk and in c ustody sv, his wife is being buried, his younger child is under " II mer.t for collapse, and three elder children are dri s l r is the workhouse-provoking the pithy remark of Surol tendent S., that here we have one family, at on es ,, the same moment, enjoying the services of the Pr' the physicians, the parish, and the police ! 13. The ministers of the Gospel called to aceoni v. an anonymous Pharisaical placard, for not Calli n i ! ty.l l .6.110 6 4 flocks together to acknowledge their sins and mar e peace with offended heaven. 14. Clergymen in their surplices from morning W burying the dead. Friends and mourners seated on waiting their turn. -0. • 15. Good and honest men and wo men ministerwroa the relief of the sick and the safety of the whole. to them all ! " Orare est laborare"-to labour is -to work is to worship. ed 16. John Handy, of Bill Quay, one o f the beret° . f the devout, calling in and requesti ng the insertion c oo' communication following :-" This is John fland,..,Y. s areSi solation after the deaths of his w if e and two eL“ -. September Ist and 3rd, 1853 :-Job, chapters vii. ; Isaiah, i., xiii., li. • 1 Kings, viii. • Genet 'or Ezekiel, xxii. ; 2 Corinthians, ;i. • Nehemiah, i• . Fa tations, i. ; Ecclesiastes, ii. ; Jeremiah, ix., My hope is in thee, 0 Lord.' Job, i., 2L the remain a friend to all nations ; and this is to g' ether people an opportunity to judge for themselves "e frog Asiatic cholera came with foreign vessels or it cam the Almighty God.' " t 17. Men's hearts failing them for fear, and hlo i a ll oara g ' literally " frightened to death." One of the I; re rot aforementioned partly true. But half-truth s bu t Obi' whole truths. Fear did not spawn the cholera , it t 11 3" If a " mind diseased" be the cause, how cola infants die ? a of 13otir 18. Loud outcries in Gateshead hist f- ,0 gil Health because no general survey of the 13 °';. a l,sligT. been made-no general map prepared-no gener' - ;, , aga. of sewerage and drainage executed. Before the c osts came, the same loud outcries against the Board Por ter it incurred. Will the same bed outcries be raised a / , has passed away ? aA sts 19. In church and chapel on Sunday-vacant - bi ol. translated worshippers. Emblems of death on eve, rl 20. Special week-day services. Practical reliP A °-„ ~i and bited in collections for suffering survivors-the tviu ° the fatherless. Dorf 21. Lawyers busy making wills-never basier_ a • e an d Medicine, and Divinity-all set in motion by 0 8 700 Death. So has it ever been in times of epidelnie s ' I johnnature being always the same. November sth, 1 ," : : 'horls e , Heworthe, quarryman, Gateshead, "having and visited, and his wyffe departed to the mercye of "being himself partlie craised," like many others his will, and died, leaving James Cole to distri but f ,l- 0 iiijd. emongs his poore sicke and nediest neighhars• of thil " parson," however, not a lawyer, made John lir. Song will.-(Richardson's "Plague and Pestilence in of England.") ;„ her 22. A matron, dying of cholera, giving birth o n moment to twins. Another, in articulo mortis, so' s ; e j, P watchecliby medical men, that her child may be 6g possible, by the Cesarean operation. 23. A funeral procession pausing at a public-13°11140t indulge in that most popular of " preventatives ";14 tbe. d it 24. Close and overcrowded localities emptie",,," efr" inhabitants, who are encamped on Newcastle N a .,,,"" " e as their forefathers were some three hundred Y . the " wisdom of our ancestors" in things sanitsr], them much on a par with our own, and, oonsequenw' plight no better than ours. he e id e di 7 25. Father and mother with three children -t 0 ,/ and youngest ill of cholera. Eldest dying-fathe!,4o" testing flight with the second child. It, and 1"11-4,/, arrested by the plague and die. Youngest rec e s e o o 7 mother left alone with her- orphan. Similar u ° tragedies innumerable. till e 26. Newcastle and Gateshead placed in quars ll o o ,,, f the surrounding country. None willing to coni!,,atfr can conveniently keep out. Hundreds flocking W ' s t° localities. 0- t o 27. Registrar and relieving officer half barassV i og his life. The dead to register and bury-the :die maintain. From one to two hundred pounds exPe parish funerals-the penalty of uncleanliness. . 00 00 11 , d ,' 28. Tynesiders exhibiting what Lord John . 1 '; t he LI Greenock " finds no fault with"-a " jealousy J i '.' B o r e l terference of any central authority. " aw irw ra itil t ' . officers called upon for this and that " return,'' pray for the return of the inspectors to London. 0, 29. A priest entering a den in All Saints the finding father and mother dead of the choler' • phans without food. Al : l°V/ 30. A week of west wind and bright sun. mortality. Returning confidence. We brew w e Gateshead Observer. U A L , : G U R / 0 ?: 0 • 011.00,14 1 1 ; de e , C lir oNs ° ll:v A : : I R y C , -411 , ..-- r# , plants being all fairly housed and in their wine pil i and but little attention being required in the ,°--fo lacl7 partments, it is very advisable for all halluif t 1 1:0 6 ',: upon the examination of the in-door plants , ,i fia'd of and other parts of the plants, subject to iaT o rioo - 4 4 4, be now thoroughly sponged with a weak 0 4 :411 be '4O l tfsobt mbehib t 1 I ;e0 oesiivond t mmenm h r igrseooer graduallyrrasaee.n td plants p in neglected essential especially, r b e r prevented . n gtuo t e e :ee d :;) dl 15ig ai give it la as eeet e n t e e i ttr:ll6 opera"' t il .lo p s r e in lax separateSECT S Tdies:sa._bleDurito d:cgre.s6_. e on e„ ill / fly nestling in groups in the h ee °r e t a th e is a i r asu a Y a t t t ' d ° " l-3 ; fe i: P- n n :y r t s ti . ca lantae : lt l eibl ic °l s : l : found an infusion of the ti u ost t nt: hottde qeho yfibbeinu jula tobacco water,n a lb , . cope; 1 ed Camelia buds were similarly attacked young boiling water and when cold used jo k fly, of pot over - heady ',notonly to destroy the b c in ov or keep away the green fly also ; and it does not rr disco lo 0 way injurious to the growing stock ; 9 . s li ". „ i but i s tion of the foliage may follow its aPP,lic a r , " ° ;'G a rtiel" removed by the first shower °frail:L.—J. '-''' ' Chronicle. Istbrfonglbders ri co buer?tio .............=" 1 """" cog; TuomAsfrrro ---- . 3ipsoir, a letter carrier, 1 . ..! 8 „7„ 3 --- ix, 0 mitted for trial; in London, for having 64 way fro led ° AUSTRALIA.—The Rev. Dr. Humever . is. li er-s. r o e Pooaseeserslsazimiin,ewsshiteehdheleinowledged to leave dgietvaeinsecl,:eet, se and the proc "c lecture will be profusely illustrated , _.Pr ° c BonirkFerifid:eay„zeoxnt,Aaust Australia, iJao,hpna'sst,Sperheooll-Irtoo, = ln d , O fat s ure., al l i, kg Monz,ns FOB CASTS.—A corresp on 0 , i i ii g, GELATINE icllhteurEcdhedsethooolsu.gment the funds of St. John s dent as a t the aw b re e ei s . tasme very 1 e t i h wt o e d el lx. o t f en us p s u i i v n e g li e g , u e a r i n a d n p t l fi j a n n s e d te f r o t r h m e e ed las fo e lt l lioc t l ni o 7 l . l i g ;ti °6l : 6 ly, and stop the suction with boiled oil: then lay a t o i_ lu .,,,bich of half an inch of clay entirely over the plaster, in n2 e tua make a plaster case : when set, take it off, and re.wT,ri t be c t h be w m il ed l leela.veTba celeaadrvahnalftag-ienecflitisipisacemebool.to..,7s:lo; cas clay e , a w n h d i whichllale a are e gu a l4r th str b e r n e g a t k h . all p o r v y e a r 1 ; 1 d no e il th y i s hout , the o r, pour in the gelatine, it being melted to t twelve, bo ._ as the model : make a hole in any convenient lo c ' k ness of carpenter's glue. It will take abou ekourancasd,teliP"}:t.is'l3l:ll7.,,de: the usual way, and fill in the plaster: you must , _ _ st to the to get hard. To get a cast from the mould, t fi a t t b thl e _ i c t ::: , out of the mould before the plaster is stifticient l Yl' . .. may take out six casts in an hour.—Corre s P o .Builder. come hot, or it will take the face off the ni nd o e ui n 7 o p leaves u_piasoettarSavdvenpeeThest tedious , lia ssiftivo:.