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MR. HAMERTON'S POEMS.
Foolscap Bvo., 368 pages, cloth extra, 65., with Sixteen Illus.
trations, drawn from nature by the Author, and engraved by
Evans,
THE ISLES OF LOCH AWE,
AND OTHER POEMS OF MY YOUTH.
By PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON.
" Tradition supplies a better fable than any invention can."—
Emerson.
" Let no one any that reality lacks poetical internat."—
Goethe.
London : W. E. PAINTER, 242, Strand.
London, England, 1855-10-06

NATIONAL THANKSGIVINGS.

IT is a delicate question to what extent the
Christian pulpit may be legitimately used for
the purpose of proclaiming triumph over an
enemy. With thanksgiving for the success of
our arms, there should always be blended a
feeling of humiliation at the dire deeds which
war necessitates, and very fervent prayer that
the occasion for it may soon cease. A truly
Christian temper might even be moved to com-
passion by the sufferings of our foe, and
would avoid expressions likely to embitter the
contest. Such phrases as the " Northern
tyrant " and the " ambitious despot," do not
seen happily chosen for pulpit use. One of
the most energetic discourses of Sunday last
was delivered by the Rev. TEMPLE FRERE,
M.A , at the morning service in Westminster
Abbey. He went even beyond the Premier in
expressing "satisfaction" at the slaughter and
suffering of the enemy. After expressing his
hope that He who had fought for us, " would
" bend the necks of those who had provoked
" this war," and after dwelling on the dis-
comfiture of the long-cherished schemes and
" blasphemous pretensions "of the Czar, the
preacher spoke of the great victory of the Bth
of September :
His numerous, carefully-collected, and expensively ap-
pointed fleet of the south was destroyed. Nay, worse.
His fleet had not suffered defeat in open manly encounter
with an antagonist, where, if the power was overmatched,
the prowess might be equal ; but his boasted monsters of
the deep melted like wax and disappeared like smoke;
they were sunk in their own waters and annihilated by an
act of self destruction—they perished by the most con-

temptible of deaths, a suicidal execution. Even the north
fleet only escaped by seeking disgraceful shelter and
shrinking from fulfilling the purposes for which it had
been stored, armed, and manned. It remained idle and
shame-smitten, without capacity to protect their commerce
from ruin and their merchant princes from bankruptcy.
Turning from his ships to the animated, human, intel-
lectual beings over whom he was destined to rule, and
whom it should be his study to preserve in peace and
prosperity, what did we see? Why, in respect of their
bodies, they had been led or rather driven to the slaughter,
and immolated by thousands and tens of thousands as
victims of his unrighteous ambition, whilst those who had
the misfortune—for such it was—to escape, remained
degraded, dishonoured, and disgraced.
The marked emphasis with which we are
assured the preacher dwelt on the " misfor-
tune " of the enemy who succeeded in escap-
ing, supplies a presumption that he at least
was not satisfied with " the immolation of the
" thousands and tens of thousands " who
perished in the conflict. Setting aside all

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everybody is killed off to make room for the heroine,
Marion, who retires from public life with twenty
thousand pounds in the Three per Cents, and a line
estate. The second paper upon " Italy, and Art in
Italy " is clever and critical, reviewing the works and
genius of Andrea del Sarto, Frau Angelico, Dome-
nichino, and Guido. Of the famous " Beatrice " of
the Barberini collection, the writer tells us that
scarcely a single copy is effectively rendered :

Scarcely a single copy indeed of the/aces in auy Italian
painting is at all successful; the copyist traces the lines,
and follows the design, but he cannot see through these
into the divine thought by which they are penetrated, and
thus the most skilful and accurate reproduction is almost
invariably destitute of that which gives the original its
inviolate supremacy. But the libels on Guido's " Beatrice "
which are scattered over the galleries of a professedly
Christian and critical society, are even more scandalous
than common. Can any one believe that these faded
commonplaces ever bore any resemblance to the Roman
girliwhom Guido met as she went out to die? It was a
very different countenance, a very pale, sad, noble face that
he saw among the Roman rabble. The folds of her yellow
hair fell around her neck in wavy ripples ; her eyelids were
red and swollen with the tears of an agony that had blighted
her girlhood ; and though the light of her great mournful
eyes was turned inward, yet he caught, or fancied he
caught, a bewildered glance, scarcely appealing, it setmed
to him, but that might have been appealing had there been
sufficient consciousness of the world without. This was
London, England, 1855-10-06

THE PRESS.

time that the accident happened. The enemy sent
off a flag of truce from Wiborg to state this fact, and
to say also that the poor boy had been buried with
military honours.
The Governor of Hogland, who had gone to
Wiborg, imagining himself perfectly safe, has been
put into prison, and I fear, from the terms he has
been on with the English, charges will be easily
found against him.
London, England, 1855-10-06

Tlit

dismal strains occasioned, he (Mr. Way) jumped
out of bed, threw up the window. and begged him to
leave off, especially as he could have no right to be
there at such an unseasonable hour of the night.
The prisoner, however, took no further notice of the
appeal than simply to make a vulgar noise with his
mouth, at the same time continuing to grind his in-
strument. Distracted by the noise, and enraged by
the insolence of the man, be dressed himself, and
went down to look for a constable, and finding one
gave the fellow into custody, for he felt certain that
the law must be strong enough to protect the people
from such annoyances as these. Mr. Jardine said it
certainly was, and he should always enforce it against
men convicted of playing after being once requested
to go. This, too, was a very bad case. He should
tine the man l Os., or ten days ; and if he was again
convicted, the penalty would be 40s. The fine was
paid.
London, England, 1855-10-06

THE PRESB.

be impossible for Austria to agree. With respect to the
question of indemnification for the expenses of the war, it
has natural limits which cannot be overstepped. If once
the question of indemnification is brought into the fore-
ground there is no saying when peace will be restored.
If the Governments are to be indemnified, individuals must
also have some compensation for their losses, which are as
enormous as they are unmerited.

The young officer, Baron Meyendorff, who was re-
cently killed at the aide of Prince Gortschakoff, was
the son of the statesman who was Minister here be-
fore Prince Gortschakoff came, and consequently
nephew to Count Buol, the Austrian Minister.
The cholera had been very severe in Croatia, and
is rapidly extending. In certain parts of the military
frontier it has carried off nearly a fifth of the
population.
London, England, 1855-10-06

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.
History of Christian Churches and Sects. By the Rev. J. B.
Marsden, B.A. Bentley.
Webster's Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary. By Noah Web-
ster, LL.D. Ward and Lock.
Recollections nJ the Event/ell Cole of a Soldier. By the late
Joseph Donaldson. Glasgow : Griffin and Co.
Simplicity and Fascination; or, Guardians and Wards. By
Annie Beak. Bentley.
The Apocalypse l'utfilkd. The Rev. P. S. Desprez, B.D.
Longmans.
The Hidden Path. By Marion Harland. Routledge.
London, England, 1855-10-06

PRE

tax upon the life•tenant claiming income, but
it would be better that this species of injustice
(if it can so be considered) should be sus-
tained, than that the fund should be in course
of continued diminution. We think the deci-
sion of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley incontest-
ably sound, and that the interest of each
tenant for life must, as an equitable principle,
be diminished to the extent necessary for
assigning to that tenant the income claimed.
It is, at the same time, obvious that great
injustice is perpetrated by suffering the ques•
tion to remain open, us in every case that
arises there must be some additional expense
to settle the question of costs when the ques-
tion of claim is determined. It is desirable
that the proceedings in the matter of claims
should be simplified as far as possible, as the
costs at present are a serious charge upon
small or moderate funds.
The act must afford strong inducements to
trustees to free themselves from their re-
sponsibility by paying their funds into court,
and in some cases the greater security afforded
by Chancery administration may be taken as
a '3 et-off to the unavoidable expenses of its
management. Yet, as a general rule, we
think that the disposition to throw property
into Chancery should be avoided. In most
cases it may be more conveniently and less
expensively managed by private trustees, and
the protection of the court should be liberally
accorded to them when it is plain that they
have acted in a bona-fide conscientious
manner.

An Appendix to Mr. Darling's treatise con-
tains the Trustee Relief Act, the Act for the
Further Relief of Trustees, with the General
Orders and the Forms of Proceedings. The
book is therefore comprehensive, and in every
point complete.
London, England, 1855-10-06

THE PRESS.

" Madam," said the nobleman known as
the " proud Duke of SOMERSET," when his
second wife slapped him on the back, " my
" first wife wag it Niiisk; and she would never
" hate tt.lien inch a -liberty." Possibly thb
Itt presen Duke ilitain4 ittinewhat of his anolt‘
tor's lo sentiiiienteL iPti the other hand, * e
must re embef that " Hamilton "is nearly as
distinaihed I tip.cub it 4 " Seymour," and that
a meifiber of the " national Club " code
scarcely be ignorant It the correct usages of
polite society.
But we cannot discuSs such " Pedlington "
questions. Let dukes, and dandies, and poli-
tical dilettanti, settle their affairs as they please
without the aid of journalism.
London, England, 1855-10-06

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive
Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite Inds
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
Ccmmunications should always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. if long it increases the difficulty bf
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily fur publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by*
remittance or a reference fur payment in town.
London, England, 1855-10-06

Otrrottn 6, 1855.

The Itusgians do net take much notice of the
rrench shells, but continue to work steadily at their
earthworks :--
Three or four times in the day Fort Constantine gives a
'alien reply to the allies, sad the twelve•gun battery at
Inkerwaun throws an odd shot at the French battery of
the Malakoff. The Russians, however, look as
if they intended to work steadily at their earthworks, and
some llne day, no, doubt, they will open with a roar of
cannon in their old style, all along the waterside from Fort
Constantine to Inkermann.—/b.
THE SIEGE BATTERIES AND TRAIN.

Our batteries are being rapidly dismantled, and
the trenches now present a most dreary aspect :

The dismantling of the batteries is nearly completed,
nearly all the guns having been brought np and deposited
temporarily at the station of the railway adjoining head-
quarters for conveyance to Ilalaklava. The French have
done similarly, so that a walk through the line of siege-
works—lately so rife with destructive activity—is now the
dreariest thing imaginable ; trench guards, artillerists, and
guns have all disappeared, and you now tread your rough
and lonely way amid the debris of fallen gabions, battered
fascines, empty ammunition•boxes, and disabled cannon.—
Daily News Cor. Sept. 21st.

The rutnour that the men of the siege train were
to be turned over to the Land Transport Corps as
drivers had created great dissatisfaction among both
men and officers. After their arduous and
hazardous labours for nearly twelve months they
naturally look forward for some little rest:—

The first report, that they were to be sent to the Medi-
terranean till spring, was hailed with great;satisfaction by all
ranks ; but this second rumour, coming hard on the heels
of the other, has given rise to most reasonable and very
general grumbles from commanding officer to private; for
though the officers would of course be exempted from any
share in this unmilitary employment, they feel the degra-
dation and injustice which will be involved if it be entailed
on their men.—lb.
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SATURDAY,

,GES.

BERLYN—MENETRIER—On the 13th ultimo, at St. Mar-
garet's, Westminster, Peter Berlyn, Esq., of Rotterdam, to
Emily Aglae, eldest daughter of Emile Menetrier, Esq., of
Albert-terrace. Hyde-park.
BUTLER—FITZGERALD—On the 2nd instant, at the Chapel
Royal, Dublin Castle, Paget Butler, Captain 7th Royal Fusi-
liers, and Aide-de•Camp to his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle,
K.G., youngest son of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart-, of Bailin
Temple, County Carlow, to Geraldine Sydney, only daughter
of Lord William Fitzgerald.
GRANT—CUMMING—On the 2nd instant, at Eglinghan', the
Hon. George H. E. Grant, son of the late Earl of Beetleld, to
Eleanora, daughter of the late Sir Win. O. Gordon Cumming,
Bart., of Altyre.
HOOD—MACLEAN—On the 2nd instant, at Caversfield-house,
Oxfordshire, Commander Arthur Wm. Acland Hood, RN., to
Fanny Henrietta Maclean, daughter of Sir Charles Fitzroy
Maclean, Bart., of Morvaren, Argyleshire.
PURCELL—LETHBRIDGE—On the 29th ult., at Weymouth,
Peter Valentine Purcell, Captain in her Majesty's 13th Light
Dragoons, to Agnes Maria, daughter of Sir John Heaketh
Lethbridge, Bart.
London, England, 1855-10-06

Itontg rarktt nub tit 3itteilignut.

FRIDAY EVENINO3.
Tins has again been an uneasy week, and Consols are
nearly one per cent. lower than when we last wrote.
The step taken by the Bank this week, of raising its
rate of discount to five and a half per cent., has ex•
cited much comment, and mostly of an adverse
character, as it is not generally thought that
any good reasons for such advance exist. The
anomalous position held by the Bank at such
times of crisis as the present is unfortunate
for while, on the one hand, it must be regarded as a
public or Government institution, bound to look
mainly to the interest and convenience of the public,
and to take no step which is not clearly for the pub-
lic advantage, it must on the other hand be viewed
as a private banking establishment ; and there is
a jealous apprehension that it may pursue such
policy as it deems most conducive to the interest
of its proprietors. The Directors, it is thought,
may have had their eye rather on their
own dividend than on the public benefit. They
cannot, as dealers in money, be insensible to the
fact that it is to their advantage for a high rate of
discount to prevail ; and the circumstance is remem-
bered that during the extreme pressure of 1847,
when each turn of the screw swelled the lists of bank-
rupts, and brought old-established firms to the
ground, the profits of the Bank were enormously
large, and the proprietor, of its Stock, therefore,
throve on the general ruin, and flourished from
that extremity of pressure which reduced the
mercantile community in general. We observe
that the Times, in its; money article of Thurs•
London, England, 1855-10-06

NAPLES.

The Neapolitan Government still continues its
petty annoyances to the allied powers. On the
19th ult. H.M.S. Medusa arrived at Messina with
some Sicilian muleteers, whose period of service in
the allied army had expired. Upon landing, the
men were seized and thrown into gaol. Captain
Heath, of the Medusa, being informed of this pro-
ceeding, instantly demanded the liberation of the
men for reconveyance to Malta, on the plea that the
British Government would never permit one of her
Majesty's ships to be used as a vehicle for conveying
harmless men to the prisons of the Neapolitan Go-
vernment. After some delay the men were libe-
rated, and Captain Heath pacified ; but no sooner
had the Medusa sailed from Messina than, it is
asserted,'the whole of these men were re-arrested, on
some frivolous pretext or the other, and thrown into
prison. At Naples, though a change in the Ministry
has taken place, yet, with the exception of Mazza's
signature, everything remains just as it was. He
has been employed by the King to organise the armed
lazzaroni. As far as his dismissal is concerned, the
fact has never yet been officially communicated to
the British Mission as a satisfaction ; so that, in
point of fact, our ambassador's complaints remain
unanswered.

Letters of the 26th state that the King visits St.
Elmo and other places of defence, and orders shot
and shell, &c., into depot. The ships are placed
after the Russian plan, snug in the military harbour,
and a chain has been thrown across quite in the Se•
bastopol style. The army is to defend the " south
side," and a sort of toy-shop preparation for a siege
is got up by the hero of Valletri.
Another letter of the 21st states that the news
of the fall of Sebastopol had caused the greatest
excitement in the city .

The Royalists are terrified. Banquets have been hell
at the English, French, and Sardmian Embassies with
great pomp. On last Monday the King was presented with
a very strong diplomatic note, brought by a special courier
from London. Massa, the well-known Director of Police
has apparently resigned, but he is always consulted by the
King, with whom he has lately had several private inter-'
views. The Prince of lschiteUi, Minister of War, has also
resigned, and it is expected that Troia, another member of
the Ministry, will follow his example. Batteries level with
the sea are in course of construction at various points of
the coast near Naples.

Another letter informs us that on the night of the
ambassadorial banquets the police had marked all
the street•loungers, and the next day arrested and
imprisoned them on the plea of taking part in those
festivities contrary to the royal will and pleasure.
London, England, 1855-10-06

THE PRESS.

till I got a stretcher by some means or other, and raised
some men of the reserve to carry him home. Then I went
down to the trenches again, dressing any wounded I found
on the way. While doing so Sanders called out to me
from the trenches, into which he had staggered, with the
knee-joint of one leg smashed and a bullet through the
other. He bore it all splendidly. I dressed his wounds,
got a scaling-laider, and sent him " home " too. The
Russians did not come out, and when I left the city began
to blaze. _ _ _

SErr. 9.—Up at daylight and down with the regiment. I
went out with the adjutant to look for Colonel Cuddy's
body, which waa found with the arm upraised, as if waving
his sword to go into the Itedan. Had a look round there.
Stationed in 21• gun battery all day.
SErr.lo.—Set to work in hospital at eight o'clock ; got
done about five ; had dinner; went round and saw a few
wounded officers I knew, and back to hospital again ; my
back is by this time pretty sore with stooping; 1 have just
been warned to go with the regiment on a bathing and
washing expedition to the Tachernays, for fear of accident;
start at seven o'clock.
London, England, 1855-10-06

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 6, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

The following telegraphic despatches have been
received from Paris and Berlin. The account of the
cavalry action outside Eupatoria tends to corroborate
Prince Gortschalcoffs report of the assembly of a

considerable French force in that locality :

Paris, 2 p.m.
The following from Marshal Pelissier has just
been posted at the Bourse :—" A cavalry action took
place on the 29th September at Koughill, five leagues
from Eupatoria. The Russians, under General
Korf, were defeated by the French, under General
d'Allonville. The Russians lost 50 killed, 105 pri-
soners, 6 guns, 12 raisons, and 250 horses. The
French lost 0 men killed, 27 wounded."

Berlin, Friday, Oct. 5.
On the 28th of September eight vessels of the
Baltic fleet bombarded the batteries at the mouth of
the Duna (Riga), with little effect, but they after-
wards severely injured the battery at Bullen.
Berlin, Thursday Evening.
Rumours have been very rife to-day, in well-
iftforrned circles, that the Russian Government has
lhvited Prussia to take steps towards a renewal of
negotiations with the Western powers.
Public feeling in Russia has begun to sbow itself
since the fall of Sebastopol.
The large proprietors have lost a half or even
two-thirds of their revenue from the want of an
outlet for produce, and from the abstraction of
labour.
The Government functionaries and the youth just
from the military schools are alone in favour of a
continuation of the war.
Among the Russian generals who fell on the
Sth, were Generals Youscroff and Voicikoff, the latter
an aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and a particular
favourite.
Baron Brunnow, lately Russian Minister in Lon-
don, has just left St. Petersburg for Frankfort, to
resume his post as Russian representative to the
Diet.
The Government here has notified to the Berlin
journals that no attacks on the Western powers will
be permitted.
A despatch from Odessa states that the Czar is
expected there on the 7th of October.
Vienna, Thursday.
The Austrian Correspondenz says that the Allies
lave authorised the trading in corn by neutral vessels
Au the Sea of Azof.
We learn from St. Petersburg that the Empress
Motber has returned from Moscow.
Vienna, Thursday Evening.

The Government has this day proposed to the
Bank the following financial measures :—" The
Government hypothecates to the National Bank, as
security for the debt due to the latter, domains of the
State to the value of 175,000,000, with the revenues
of them, and a power of sale. At the same time the
National Bank is authorised to create a bank of hypo-
thecation, with a capital of 20,000,000, and in ex•
change to issue pew paper."
London, England, 1855-10-06

LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1855,

THE course of the Journalist who resigns him-
self to the current of popular impulse is clear
and easy. He can never be reproached with
singularity of view. The present hour is all
to him. He need neither look to the past nor
to the future. He has nothing to do with
either policy or principle. He is safe from the
remonstrances of friends and the taunts of
adversaries. With a little tact and much
swagger he can maintain an appearance of in•
fluence, and pretend to guide the opinion of
which he is in reality the slave.
THE Palms has a harder and higher duty.
As an organ of the Conservative sentiment of
England, it has to regard the Conservative
aspect of great public questions as they arise,
and wholly apart from the consideration of
what is popular or unpopular at the moment,
or of the opinions held by particular indivi-
duals, to frankly submit its views on .those
leading lines of policy which must ultimately
mark the boundaries of parties, and exercise a
great and lasting influence on OA fortuoot3.4
the country.
We are ret
varies that •
Tun Par,ss
independen,

secured agajniii
tgiu that pr.
cost of war
understood
Governmer
crossed: the
have .brcily3i

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been. obtaini
contemplat
Those revoi
freely put '
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The 'prin6plL. A.§"ervatiN 'PI
tion when the dial:Mtn bet Ween Russia and
Turkey became serious, and, the. Government
hesitated -what . course it ,should. pursue, was
di sti nctlythis—that the: equililiriurn of'Enrope
must be ' niaintaineil, 'n6t' only 'on `abstract
grOunds of 'anstie4'..l;int ' liecp.use ,that-equili-
brium was .fieceuss,ry. to the peace and,pro-
sperity of every independent State. .-.When the
sword was once drawn, 'it was impossible to'
think of peace except on terms which would
',firmly secure the objects of the war, and which
oald show moreover • that•the arms of the
onservators of the, independence of • Europe 1
ere superier•to the arms or US Disturber.
It is inditputable• that 'the • aggression of.
Sala has:been' succtssfully and gloriously

T.
reminded by some of our contempo-
no
joureat wa4 mote e rifest than
sin insisting ougfp prikc. le that the
;noe of the. Turkish cmpj must be
04. i wit foreign, aggression. ."o, iinp.in-
p-inciple,was porth all the evil, id
r; and:if that truth
,had .1.) 1. earlier
d aid., actcd cm by. Lord AB D.14;14*
)nt,, llussialk troops w.ould, ue rhayie
.e Wuth„ and hostitities ,woul snei;or
;en out; ro..7:We . should have ecop-
r niiiiral: influenee all that. ha . now
ined ley, force of arms. , But we eviler
ited,more than the security of 'T,
rolutionary projects which are (nay
u\ forward formed no part of .o de- j
min they be favoured by oxy mem ers 1
mservative: body; without camp ete j
ion of the. fir pt principles of Cons rv- i
.iy Our ebject
,Nisi ' ntit i.to,, destrl?y,
intain
,11}e_tiy,s' teni.Of 14:Orope7-not f.o
lussia.frotuttltat.eysteek but to.cod
aberrations, and keep her . power
.sphere.
Lail& of the -Conservatiire Opposi4
London, England, 1855-10-06

PAMPHLETS.

Four Letters to the "Morning Advertiser "on the Admiral, the
First Lord, amd the .4nglo•Carrhaginian. Aylott and Co.
Thoughts on the Revision of the Prayer• Book. By the Rev.
J. B. Pretyman, M.A. Hope and Co.
What is Wanted; an Answer to the Bev. J. C. Byte, M.A.
By an Orthodox Christian. Ditto.
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THE MEDICAL SESSION FOR 1855-58 commenced on
Monday last; the usual inaugural lectures were de-
livered at the Charing-cross, King's College, Guy's,
and City Hospitals, by Drs. Hyde, Salter, Beale,
Gail, and Andrew Smith, to the pupils of the several
hospitals. The number of students in attendance was
unusually large.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY will be reopened W the
public on Monday, the 22nd instant.
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THE PRESS.

favorable, planters were busy, and grinding had com-
menced. A great decrease in the yield of the sugar
crop was anticipated, owing to the excessive quantity
of rain which had fallen in the early part of the year.
The yellow fever had disappeared, and the islands
were generally healthy. The severe storm of the
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the Northern islands. The dates of the Magdalena
were—Vera Cruz, September 4th; Chagres, 9th;
Jamaica and Bardadoes, 11th; and St. Thomas,
16th.
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Mr. Long's Edition of Cicero.

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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CXCIV.,
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CONTENTS:
I. Life and Opinions of Huet
11. School Sermons
111. The Neweomes
IV. The Caldwell Papers
V. The Charities and the Poor of London.
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CONTENTS.
I. Memoirs of King Joseph
11. Political Disturbances in China
111. The Educational Census
IV. The Court of Oude
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VII. The Newspaper Press
VIII. Tennyson 'a Maud
IX. Transcaucasia
X The Fathers of New England
XI. The Results of the Campaign
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NEW MUSIC.

Andante Expressivo and Allegretto Vivace. (In A.)
By Cyprian Kextix.
WE can say with truth that we have seldom looked
over a more promising little production than the one
at present under our consideration, just published by
M. Kextix. The allegretto is fresh and spirited :
in it are treated three several subjects, all sufficiently
well marked to secure their individuality, yet inter-
woven together with much skill and contrivance.
There is, perhaps, too great a display of musical
science, resulting in a disregard of the performer's
convenience, manifested throughout this work; but
this is a fault that time and experience will cure.
Almost all young composers (and to this class we
imagine M. Kextix to belong) run into the error of
making their first productions more than necessarily
difficult, mistaking excessive elaboration for origin-
ality. We warn M. Kextix against this weakness.
Stilted phrases in music please neither performer
nor auditory.

The Siege of Sebastopol. Grand March. By W. R

THE style of this march does not appear to us of
sufficient strength or grandeur to commemorate the
siege of Sebastopol, it being much too light and
trifling for a march, and more resembling a polka,
which, in our opinion, would, not be at all consistent
at the seat of war. There is very little variety in it,
the same passages being constantly repeated toque ad
nauseant. The march is in the key of E flat.
London, England, 1855-05-19

Voltg Duke an tit ]ntillignut.

FRIDAY EVENING.
THE Stock Exchange has exhibited much buoyancy
during the week. Business has been more active,
the transactions, though comparatively limited in
amount, were numerous, and, what is of equal im-
portance, were principally o( a bona fide character.
The public continues to invest largely, and money
appears to increase in abundance, while on the other
hand there is no perceptible sign of revival in trade.
There is thus a constant accumulation of cash, for
which investments are sought in every direction.
Stocks and shares, especially those which are be-
lieved not to possess a speculative value, have been
much inquired after, and the quotations have
improved accordingly. Gold also pours into the
country, and, for the most part, remains. Last week
the aggregate import of bullion was at least three-
quarters of a million sterling. In the current week
the arrivals have been less abundant, but are still
large, 360,0001. being received on Monday last. The
stock of the precious metals in the Bank cellars is
known to be extensively increased. On 'Change
money can be obtained at 11 to 2 per cent., and in
the discount market first-class bills are readily
cashed at from 3to 31. Money left "on call "
cannot command more than 3 per cent., nor
always that.
London, England, 1855-05-19

FOREIGN.

A fair amount of business has been done in Foreign
Stock. Turkish Bonds remain in favour, and have
advanced nearly three per cent. since this day week.
To-day's quotations were 781 at first, but later a
reaction took place, attributable to sales for the sake
of realising profits, and the prices ranged over to
771 8. Venezuelan Bonds have improved to 30 1,
hopes being entertained that the commissioners now
in this country will succeed in arranging the foreign
debt of that Stock on a satisfactory basis.
The range of Consols has been for the last five
days :—Saturday, 881 9 ; Monday, 891; Tuesday, 89 1;
Wednesday, 89 i 1; Thursday, 89 1. Today the
market opened firmly at an advance, the first quota-
tions being 89 1, and were well supported through-
out the day. Prices were marked as high as 891 1,
both for money and the account of the 30th inst.
Reduced Three per Cents. have been done et 881 ;
New Threes, 891; Bank Stock, 208 ; Exchequer
Bills,ss. to Bs. premium. The Omnium has improved
considerably, and was quoted this afternoon at
pm.
On Tuesday next a payment of 15 per cent. falls
due on the new loan of 16,000,0001., absorbing
2,400,0001., when a fresh creation of Consols of the
same amount will take place. At the same time an
issue of the newly created 30 years' Annuities will
take place, to the extent of 11. ls. 9d. annuity for
every 1,0001. of the loan held.
London, England, 1855-05-19

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

Earl GREY postponed his motion respecting the
Russian propositions from Monday to Friday.
_ _

Lord 13ANDIMRE brought forward his plan for the
consolidation of the civil department of the army.
After disposing of the objections as to the time when
these changes are made, he explained that his first
proposition abolished the Master-General of the
Ordnance. The command of the artillery and
engineers would be vested in the Commander-in-
Chief. He then proposed that the supreme direc-
tion of the Ordnance should be given to the Secretary
for War, who would be responsible for its conduct.
He would be assisted by a chief civil officer, to whom
the duty of moving the consolidated army, ordnance,
and commissariat estimates would be intrusted in
the other house. He detailed several fresh arrange-
ments in the control of the several departments in
place of the purely military organisation which had
prevailed hitherto, amongst which he placed the
clothing department under a special superintendent.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH doubted whether the
Secretary for War could be really responsible for the
working of his department, the whole duties of which
he °wild never discharge. If the responsibility were
to be nominal, things would be no better than at
present. He objected to placing so inueh patronage
at the disposal of one man.
Earl GREY thought that the propositions should
first have been brought before the house as reso-
lutions.

Lord MONTEAGLE adverted to the incompatibility
of the proposed financial and practical duties.
After a few words from the Earl of HARDWICKE,
Lord PANMtJEE said that it might be necessary to
make other alterations, and he would willingly listen
to useful suggestions.
Adjourned at a quarter-past seven.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FarDey.

In answer to Mr. EWART,

Mr. F. Pact, said that between 3,000 and 4,000
men had been engaged for the Foreign Legion, the
recruiting for which was proceeding so satisfactorily
that 5,000 men would be added to the 10,000
originally proposed.
In answer to Lord ELCHO,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the constitution of the
order of merit had been delayed till reports on the
continental practices with respect to similar insti-
tutions had been received.

...
On the motion that the house adjourn till Monday,
- _

Mr. F: FRENCH again called attention to Lord
Dundonald's plans, to which Lord PALMERSTON
replied, that the more they were considered, the more
doubtful they appeared.
Mr. FEROUS called attention to tho misstatements
respecting the age and services of Captain Christie,
at a time when he was in vigorous health, and who
had been charged with mismanagement of the
harbour of Balaklava, with the exterior arrangement
of which he had nothing to do. He begged to ask
Mr. Layard if he had received the letters from
Captain Christie's relations contradicting his asser-
tions, and if he had replied to them.
Mr. LATARD hoped that the- Hoene of a previous
night was not to be renewed. He had teen Captain
London, England, 1855-05-19

INDIA.

An overland mail reached Trieste on Tuesday
morning. - The dates are from Calcutta of the 10th,
and Bombay of the 17th of April.
A treaty was signed with Hyder Khan at Peshawur
on the 30th of March by Mr. Lawrence, containing
three articles :

1. Perpetual peace between Dost 31ahomed and the
English.
2. The English to respect the territories of Dost
Mahomed.

3. Dost Mahomed to recognise the territories of the East
India Company.
There are rumours of hostile preparations at Ava
against the English.
There has been fighting between Gholab Singh
and his nephew.
The Afredees have been chastised by Colonel
Cragie.
Lord Dalhonsie's health has greatly improved at

The Five per Cent. Loan makes slow progress,
owing to the scarcity of money.
London, England, 1855-05-19

PERSIA.

Intelligence has been received in Constantinople
from Persia, confirming the death of the Khan of
Khiva. These accounts state that at the instigation
of Russia he was marching against Persia at the
head of an army of 30,000 men, and was threatening
Meshed, when he was killed with his two sons and his
brother by a party of Turcomans who formed a por-
tion of his force. Several other of his chiefs under-
went the same fate, and the result was the disper-
sion of his army. The date of this event is fixed
about the 10th of April.
London, England, 1855-05-19

SHARES.

The Railway Share Market has been lively and
buoyant. Quotations sympathise with Consols in
showing an upward tendency. Yesterday there was
a meeting of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, at which
the directors presented a satisfactory report on the
operations of the year, and recommended a dividend
at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, with a
bonus of 1/. per share, equivalent to four per cent.
additional. The report was adopted.

BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices.
OFFICIAL. QUOTATION.
Mond., Tuesel. Wed.
per Cent. Consols B9
Dittotor Account
8 per Cents Reduced
S per Cents
Long Annuities
Bank Stock, 7 per Cent 209 10
Omnium f P
Exch. Bills, 20. per diem 8 5
ladle Bonds,

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feeble in his legs for the colour of his hair : it was
only sprinkled with grey, not of " silvery whiteness."

PRlNcEss's.—On Wednesday evening Shakspeare's
play of King Henry the Eighth was brought out,
when Mrs. Charles Kean appeared for the first time
since her long and severe illness. It is needless to
say that this accomplished lady was received by
a crowded house with enthusiastic applause. Of
the performance itself we will speak hereafter,
but as a "spectacle" it is certainly unrivalled. The
part of the King was sustained by Mr. Walter Lacy,
while Mr. Charles Kean appeared as Cardinal Wolsey,
and for Mrs. Kean was reserved the character of
Katharine. Miss Heath as Anne Boleyn, Mr. Ryder
as Duke of Buckingham, and Mr. Graham as Cramer,
each sustained their respective parts with talent and
good effect. A great amount of careful study anti
preparation was evinced in every department, and
the audience appeared highly gratified with the
performances.
London, England, 1855-05-19

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
BOOM

Essays, Ecclesiastiral and Social. W. J. Conybeare, M.B.
Longttiaaa.
A Vacation Tour in the United States and Canada. !Charles
Richard Weld. Ditto.

The Calendar of Victory.
!'he Poetical Works of Thomas Moore.
May Flowers. " Achet.a."

Ditto.
Ditto.
Lovell Reeve.

The Philosophy of the Cross. H. G. Cooper. tiruombridge.
Narrative of a Campaign in the Crimea. Lieutenant George
Shuldham Pearl. Bentley.
Vindication of f.uther. Julius Charles Hare, M.A.

J. W. Parker.
Every Boy's Book. George Forrest, Esq, M.A. Routledge.
Pictures from the Battle Fields. The Roving Englishman.
Dtito.
Job. A Course of Lectures. John E. Kempe, M.A.
Skeillngton.
The Hour, and the Man. (Parlour Library.) Routledge.
Widow• Burning. Henry Jeffreys Bushby. Longmans.
Selections from the Best Italian Writers. James Philip
Laeaita, LL.D. Longman..
The Philosophy of the Fall and its Remedy. Rev. E. C.
Topham, M.A. Bosworth.
Cleave Hall. The Author of " Amy Herbert." Longman..
English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula. Licnt.•(;en.
Sir W. Napier, K.C.B.H. hi urray .
PAMPRLZTS.

War. Ile Erils and Datim Skeffington.
B(fle Practice. Major John Jacob, C.B. Smith and Elder.
Lay of the Crimea Riringtons.
On the Future Destinies of the Celestial Bodies. Henry
Drummond. Bosworth.
An Account of the History and Manufacture of Ancient and
Modern Terra Cotta. Weale.
Speech of Sir Erskine Perry on the Indian Army.
Richardson, Brothers.
Smith and Elder.

Universal Decimal Coinage.

THE MAY EXHIBITION OF THE AUSTRIAN ART
Utaow was opened on Tuesday, the Ist instant.
Seventy-one pictures are exhibited, fifty three of them
oil colours. Of these seventy-one, sixty-three are
painted by Austrian, and eight by foreign artists.