The Press.
London, England, 1857-09-05 00:00:00

The writer, in the course of his remarks, alludes
to the disagreeable controversy in which Mr. Russell
became entangled with Lord Dartmouth with respect
to the disparaging observations made by Mr. Russell
upon the subject of the non-appearance of Lord
Raglan in the camp. Everyone, of course, remembers
that Lord Raglan, according to the Times and its
correspondent, was " never to be seen." We will
give a little anecdote upon this point, vouching for
its authenticity. An officer of rank was one day
conversing near the hospital with a brother officer,
with whom Mr. Russell had most intimate relations,
and from whom it was generally believed in camp
lie received certain " inspirations." 'Well, this officer,
whom we will call 13, complained to A that he (B)
never saw Lord Raglan. "If he would only show
his face here occasionally, and not stick in his hut.
It's really disgraceful; I've been here three months,
and have never seen him," remarked B. " Well, that's
very odd," said A," I have very often. By the way, who
is that old fellow coming up there?" pointing to a
man shabbily dressed coming up the hill. " I don't
know," said B, "he is always here poking about the
hospitals. I have ad— good mind to ask him who
he is." "My dear fellow," said A, " don't, for that
is—Lord Raglan !"—liistorical sketches of the Castle
of Dublin and of Delhi, some good verses upon India,
and other light article; contribute to make a very
pleasant, readable number of this excellent Review.
Colburn contains the usual amount of light read-
able matter. " The Baths of Lucca" have "run
out," so that we may reasonably anticipate fresh
scenes of Italian life for the future. An article upon
the Indian rebellion takes a cheerful view of our
position ; while a review of Baron Stein's memoirs
contains matter of interest.

The Titan, considerably enlarged, now ranks
among the standard monthlies at L. (3d. It slid‘vs
good and careful editing, and contains matter well
written and well selected; but it is all too light, if
not trifling. One good article upon literature, or
science, or politics would give the Titan that dis-
tinctive character it would appear at present to want.l
Bentley—opening with an extremely interesting
review of Gregorovius's sketches of Italian scenery—
takes up the subject of the German tourist's visit to
Elba, and discourses pleasantly thereon. The
immense interest attached to Napoleon lasts to this
day in Elba. Ilis name is ever mentioned with
reverence and awe, and the benefits he conferred
upon the island are not forgotten by-the humble in-
habitants. It may be interesting to our readers to
know that Prince Demidoff has purchased Napoleon's
villa in the Campagna :
This Russian Crmsus is converting it into a Napo-
leonic museum. It will be splendid, with its halls of
marble and fairy salons, in which all the deeds of the
Emperor will be depicted on the walls al fresco. Napo-
leon himself, who planted the orange trees on the terrace
of his country-house, was satisfied with having the salon
decorated in the Egyptian style; indeed, the remembrance
of Egypt seems to have been the dearest of all to him,
for it was the most extraordinary—the romantic hercrepos
of his hero-youth. At present, Prince Dewidoff has col-
lected all imaginable relics which relate to Napoleon's
history, and will display them in the apartments of San
Marino. Possibly, however, the Prince will not exhibit
here a living relic of Napoleon which he once possessed,
because he did not take proper care of it, so folk say--
1 mean his former wife, Mathilde Bonaparte, daughter of
the ex-King Jerome, sole remaining relic of Westphalia.
When the house has been properly arranged, the workmen
told me the Prince intends to run a steamer weekly from
Leghorn, at his own charges, to enable all the world to
see the sight.
Mrs. Fitzwilliam fills the present place in the
gallery of theatrical portraits. The story of " The
Millionaire of Mincing Lane " is continued with
vigour; and many other light readable articles,
"The Life of an Architect," and "Beech Lodge,"
creditably sustain the character of the Review.
Tait, in an article upon India, reviews the diffe-
rent causes which may have contributed to the
revolt, and points out the errors of the East India
Company's Government in detail. Finally, it regards
as the most fatal error the neglect to increase the
British army in India at the peace of 1855. In con-
clusion, the writer estimate!, the crisis as "suffi-
ciently alarming," and doubts if tha present Govern-
ment can extricate the country " without ignominy
and loss." A pleasant article upon " Old llooks" is
followed by the usual varied selection of entertaining
matter, from sketches of Australia and Jersey to the
" Industrial Culture" of Women,. and the usual
brief political narrative, which we venture to think
is open to considerable improvement.
The Irish Metropolitan and the Train are main-
tained with their usual ability. In the biographical
sketches of the Train we have Shirley Brooks taken
off first of all in a hideous woodcut, and then exhi-
bited as one of the striving writers "readily to be
" distinguished from the crowd of amateurs who are
perpetually forcing themselves forward by means of
" self-evident gratuitous contributions to feeble period 1-
" cals." Without passing any opinion upon the good
taste of this passage, we select the following personal
sketch of this most facile of writers and besli:eropered
of wits:—