The Press.
London, England, 1855-05-05 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Noel Byron, consisting of songs, duets, canons,
rounds, &c., of so easy and genial a character as in-
sensibly
to accustom the ear to combinations of har-
mony, and lead children on to the practice and en-
joyment of music by more attractive steps than
those usually supplied in infantine instruction. This
work was warmly approved by some of the leading
musical men of the day ; and no less deserving of
praise and patronage is the present publication,
which consists of songs only, the melodies of which,
though simple, as they ought to be, are nevertheless
individually appropriate ; the words being at the
same time pleasant and intelligible for the children,
and while no bad passion is encouraged, many a good
habit is inculcated.
We do not approve generally of attempts to com-
bine instruction and amusement, hut the present
case is the "exception that proves the rule," and we
heartily wish the authoress all the success she
merits.

WYLD'a MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL.—This model is
not only a model of Sebastopol, but a model also of
the entire position of the allies, and of the country
for some miles beyond. There is nothing exhibited
in London which gives the mind so tangible an idea
of the camp and the town as this model. The diffi-
culties of the attack and the advantages of the
defence are made apparent at a glance. The deep
ravines, and the innumerable gulleys, and mountain
gorges, which divide and subdivide the line of attack,
are here shown in all their natural disagreeableness ;
but at the same time the advantages of the allied
position for defence appear to be in the same ratio.
In short, to say that Mr. Wyld's model is perfect,
and gives the best and clearest idea of the place it
intends to represent, is saying no more than is due;
and every one who wishes to attain a good practical
idea of the respective positions of the allies and the
Russians should carefully inspect this model.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir,—The lines on Lord Cloncurry as quoted by
you are erroneous, and the true ones were made
extemporaneously by the celebrated Charlotte de
Burgh, not Lady Cahir. They run thus :
Cloncurry Cloncurry!
Come here in a hurry,
And look at this nominal squire,
Thu' they toss him so high,
Betwixt you And 1,
Your blankets have tort you much higher.
O.

M. LUTHER, of the Observatory of Bilk, discovered,
on the night of the 19th ult., a planet of the eleventh
rank, between Mars and Jupiter. This is the 43rd
in our solar system.
THE " Address to the People," written by Char-
lotte Corday, and found upon her person when she
was arrested, was sold in Paris the other day for
770 francs.
AMONG the passengers by the Iberia, which
arrived at Southampton on Monday, was Alboni,
who has been singing at Lisbon, and, it is said, has
netted 4,0001. in three months.
THE House of Representatives of the Illinois
Legislature has enacted that a fine of 500 dole. be
hereafter imposed on any lady who shall lecture in
public in any part of the State without first putting
on gentleman's apparel.
A PARIS LETTER, in the Indipendance of Brussels,
states that M. Larnartine, on the conclusion of his
four volumes of the " Histoire de Turquie," will take
a year's rest, and occupy himself with superintending
the cultivation of his landed property. For the last
four years he has set apart fourteen hours a day for
work. The once-renowned Proudhon is said to be
engaged upon a work to be called " Considerations
upon the Railway System," in which he contends
that the companies should be suppressed, and the
direction placed in the hands of the State.
M. LEVERRIER, director of the Observatory of
Paris, is at present in Brussels, the object of his visit
being to concert with the director of the Observatory
in that city for the determination of the longitudes of
Paris and Brussels by e.ectric tclekraph. That
operation will serve as a verification of two similar
determinations made, one between Greenwich and
Brussels in 1853, and the other between Greenwich
and Paris in 1854.
PRINCE PETER DOLGOROUEY has just issued, at St.
Petersburg, two volumes exhibiting the genealogy of
the entire body of the Russian nobility, with authentic
particulars as to the origin of their families, the part
they have sustained in history, and the services they
have rendered to the throne and la Petrie. The
imperial Government favours this work, its policy
just. now being to humour the noble classes.
Ox enteiing Jerusalem on the 3rd ult., the Duke
and Duchess of Brabant met with an enthusiastic re-
ception,—the Mnssulman authorities and the Roman
Catholic clergy uniting to pay them respect. Ou
visiting the church of St. Sepulchre, the Duke
seemed much interested in viewing the spot where
rest the remains of the hero of the Crusades, the re-
nowned Godfrey de Bouillon.