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was not what we could wish, bat, we think, less cold
than in general ; but her sweet voice and perfect
command of it enabled her to more than atone for her
histrionic defects. In the favourite duet "La ci darem,"
in the aria "Bath, batti, 0 bel Masetto," and in
44 vedesi, carino " (all of which were encored enthu-
siastically), she sang as perhaps no Zerlina ever
sang before. We longed to combine with her
eharming vocalization Mlle. Piccolomini's unrivalled
acting of this part. Signor Mario showed no little
courage in undertaking the experiment of a tenor
Giovanni; and he, undoubtedly, deserves much
praise for the way in which he acquitted himself of
his task. The beautiful serenade, " Deh vieui ally
finestra," never was better sung ; and, in fact, it may
be truly said that the music as intrusted to him was
done ample justice to. But we are not satisfied
with the transposition of the part. If it had been
originally written for a tenor (and we have never been
able to understand why it was not), we• think the
opera would be even more attractive than it is ; but
we prefer the baritone original to the tenor transpo-
sition ; and, notwithstanding the ye', good singing
and far from indifferent acting of Mario in the part—
and in spite of a nature/ well adapted to the imper-
sonation—we must, we fear, write his name down in
the long list—not, however, quite so long as
Leporello's catalogue of his master fi Spanish amours—
of the Giovanni failures. Signor Ronconi, as
Leporello, was in his element. and thoroughly did he
disport himself in it. He has, perhaps, never under-
taken a character in which he is capable of giving
more, if so much, satisfaction. His natural love of
buffoonery, which detracts so greatly from his merits
in the part of the English nobleman in Fra Diavolo,
comes to his aid in Leporello and Figaro, rendering
him all that can be desired for those characters. It
would be difficult to find a better Don Ottavio than
Signor Tamberlik. In no hands can the part be
otherwise than insipid; bat he did all that could be
expected in it. His rendering of "Il mio tesoro "
was most exquisite, obtaining a well-deserved encore.
Mauna! was well impersonated by Signor Polonini,
who is far above the average of Masettos. Alto-
gether, we may name Don Giovanni as the strongest.
east opera that has been produced at this house
during the present season. It was divided into four
instead of three acts, as written, the middle of sc. 3.
act i. being the end of the first act. Almost the
only faiult to be found with the director of the teeatre
on this occasion is the length of time that elapsed
between consecutive acts. Between the third and
fourth this delay produced a perfect uproar. We
have no doubt that means will be found to prevent a
repetition of this unpleasant waste of time, which
prolonged the representation on Thursday so greatly
that very many persons left at the end of the third
act. Nothing was wanting to the completeness and
beauty of the opera, in the orchestral and scenic de-
partments. The effects produced by the latter were
more splendid than can be seen anywhere but in this
Opera-house.
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armed with reverse bristles, which enable it to bring out
its prey as if with a hook. The spotted pecker has a
different mode of setting to work : it bores with its bill
like an awl, and so distinct is its sound from that of the
green, that any one accustomed to them zan distinguish it
in a moment. We secured the spotted woodpecker last
summer in Enston•park. My son, who hid been looking
out for one for more than a week, was trolling for pike ; a
fine eight or nine pounder had run twice at his spinning
bait, and was ttrimly waiting behind a weed for the third
cast, when the burr of the woodpecker sounded almost
overhead. Down went the rod, and away he bolted for the
keeper's gun. It was more than half an hour ere the bird
bored twain. Bat at last it did, and by patient dodging he
got a distant chance and dropped it. The green one he
killed a few weeks before, tracking it by its loud laugh
from tree to tree.

Who does not recall the scene in a moment ?
The deep, still, weedy pond or river. The park
sloping down to its banks, dotted with fine old
timber, and the distant covers peeping through
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medium of traffic—to gain office as the repre-
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secret understanding with another—to plunge
the country into a needless and cruel war, that

and scattered, than to have to remind them
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other cause wholly beyond our control, than to
show it to have been the natural result of con-
tinued misgovernment so long protested
against and exposed by us, added to a system
of spoliation so grasping as must sooner or
later have caused an explosion among the
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be " second son of the late SiejWilliam Wrixon
" Becher, Bart." This error is the more no-
ticeable as the Listowel title has for three
generations belonged to a " Court family."
The late earl had been for several years a
Lord in Waiting, and this book rightly states
that in 1840 her Majesty stcod sponsor for the
Lady Victoria Hare, and the present Countess
Dowager Listowel is one of the Ladies of the
Bedchamber to her Majesty.
A distinguished subject of her Majesty, the
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas iu Ireland, is placed in a ridiculous
position under the title of "Doneraile." It is
stated that " Charlotte Henrietta St. Leger"
married, "12th July, 1842, the Right Hon.
" James Hunter Monahan, Chief Justice of
" Cornrcion Pleas in Ireland " ! An absurd
error ! The Chief Justice has a son practis-
ing at the Irish Bar, who has already distin-
guished himself in the University and in his
profession, and ho would be au extraor-
dinary prodigy if he were the issue
of a marriage that took place in 1842.
The fact is that the Chief Justice's namo is
not " James Hunter Monahan," that he was
married at a much earlier period than 1842,
and that he is not connected at all with the
St. Leger family. We marked some other
errors in this volume ; but, as a whole, the
work is more accurate than others we have
examined. Lord Macaulay appears for the
first time in the libro doro of the peerage.
His family is thus mentioned:—
London, England, 1858-01-02

FRANCE.

The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis-
count to five per cent.
Lord Stratford was hourly expected from Vienna.
The Russian Ambassador gave a grand banquet
on Wednesday to Count Walewski, Baron Bour-
queney, Prince l'oniatowski, Due de Bauffremont,
Prince Woronzow, Barons Billing, Rothschild, &c.,
itc. The Princess Radziwill did the honours.

On Thursday, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the plenipotentiaries exchanged to the ratifications of
the treaty relating to the new frontier of Bessarabia,

AUSTRIA.

The Emperor of Austria has granted permission
for the destruction of the inner ramparts of Vienna,
for the filling in of the ditch, and for the extension
of the city. The question of the reduction of the
Gendarmerie an I armed police is not yet finally dis•
posed of. General Baron Kempen, who is at once
Chief of the Police and General•lnspector of the
Gendarmerie, offers 113 objection to the proposed
retrenchments.

Great discontent prevails in the Slavonic provinces
of Austria, and it is suspected that some of their
inhabitants are in too intimate communication with
their brethren in Turkey.
Lord Stratford has been most cordially received
by the Emperor. His Excellency it was expected
would leave Vienna on Wednesday last.
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I E

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" Other men's freaks and eccentricities lead to the distortion of truth and the confusion of relations, but Mr.
Beetle has freaks of wisdom and, eccentricities of practical sagacity. Occasionally he has a stroke of observation that
comes like a dash of lightning, blasting and shattering in an instant a prejudice or hypocrisy which was strong enough
to resist all the arguments of reason and all the appeals of humanity. White Lies' is full of examples of his power,
and of the peculiarities of his power. Blunt and bold and arrogant as his earnestness often appears, it is capable of the
most winning gentleness, the most delicate grace, awl the most searching pathos. The delineation of the female cha-
racters in this novel is especially admirable. Josephine and Lamm are. exquisite creations, and the Baroness and
Jacintha, though different, are almost as perfect, considered as examples of characterisation. In the invention and
management of incidents the author exhibits n sure knowledge of the means by which expectation is stimulated, and
the interest of the story kept from flagging. We hope to read many more novels from the same pen as delightful as
White Lies.' '—The Atlantic Monthly.

London: TRUBNER and CO., Paternoster Row.
London, England, 1858-01-02

POSTSCRIPT.

DUBLIN, Fiiday Night.
DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE MOORE.
Mr. Justice Moore died this morning at his
residence near Dublin.

The great slander trial, " Strevens against
Campion," closed on Thursday night. The verdlct
for the plaintiff—Damages Sixpence, and SixpTnce
costs.

Lord Carlisle arrived in Dublin from London on
Wednesday night.

The report of Captain Shute and Lieutenant Tur-
ner, of the 64th Ite,riinont, having been killed in
action at Lucknow is incorrect. There is every
reason to believe that these officers are alive and
well.

GREAT CONSTERNATION exists at Augsbourg. The
Gazette of that town informs Eur•3pe of some vam-
pire in human form, who, with nil of chloroform,
stupifies ladies at dusk in the streets, and cuts off
their hair, without doing any further mischief.
Latterly this scalp-hunter has been at his pursuit in
the open daylight, and ladies go out attended by
armed laqueys to obviate a rape of their locks. Dark
mystery shrouds the affair, and the burgomeister is

AMONG the passengers who arrived at Bombay by
the Pottinyer on the 23rd November (says the
Bombay Times) is Mr..'. 11. Layer& late M.P. for
Aylesbury, but better known through his explorations
among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, and his
works relating to those place:.
" WHEN I was a student at St. Andrew's, degrees
were not only not honourable, but they were dis-
graceful ; and none took a degree who could obtain
from the different professors a testimonal that he
had entered their crass and once appeared there. It
Was, therefore, only the idle and the ill-behaved that
took them. I myself had the good fortune to have
obtained respectable testimonials fiom all the pro
lessors, and I spurned at the notion of a degree.
When I went to England I found it was thought
strange that I should have left the university without
a degree ; aud, therefore, I solicited the honour of a
degree from St. Andrews, and put M.A. to my name.
Indeed, in the eighteenth century the English
universities were not much better off, becsuse,
although a degree was not a disgrace, it was not an
honour, and any one who was not rusticated or ex-
pelled might have one. Lord Eldou used to relate
that when he took his degree he was to be examined
in history and theology. His examination in history
consisted in this—' Who founded the University of
Oxford.' He said, Alfred the King;' and that was
considered a good answer. In theology he was asked
the meaning of the word Golgotha.' He said,
' The place of a skull,' on which the presiding
moderator said, 'Seat et ultimo.'"— (Lord Campbell
on Scotch Universities.)
London, England, 1858-01-02

the indictment ! We never heard of his
success even here, and it is not too much to
say that his elevation to the rank of Queen's
Sergeant was a reproach to the office and au
insult to the profession.
We have to add that there are already four
Roman Catholics on the Bench, and they fill
two out of the three most important and in.
iluential seats upon it. They are represented,
moreover, by a Masier in Chancery, by the
Attorney-General, and by five-sixths of the
chairmen of counties, assistant-banisters, sti-
pendiary and police magistrates, &c., who owo
their elevation to the present Government.
And will it bo credited, in* the face of these
facts, that the Roman Catholics form only one-
fifth of the Irish Bar?

We are quite willing to admit that the
Emancipation Act conferred on the Roman
Catholic body a right to such a share of State
patronage as is proportionate to their num-
bers, consistent with their merits. But it is
quite obvious that the limits of a fair equality
have long been passed, and that it is a dan-
gerous predominance which is now sought. We
confess, therefore, we contemplate with the
gravest anxiety Lord PALMERSTON'S distribu-
tion of the valuable patronage now at his dis-
posal ; and we shall be most agreeably surprised
if we can hereafter describe the appointments
he shall make as creditable to the Govern-
ment or just to the country.
London, England, 1858-01-02

MACAULAY, BARON. (Macaulay.)

Thomas-Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay of Roth-
ley, Co. Leicester, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ;
a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and High Steward of the
Borough of Cambridge. His Lordship is distinguished
as an Author, especially for his popular " History of
England," from the accession of James the Second. He
was born in 1800, and is unmarried.
His Lordship is the eldest son of the late Zachary
Macaulay, Esq., who for more than forty years laboured
for the abolition of the slave trade; he was b. in 1708,
and d. 13 May 1838, having had issue,
1 Thomas-Babington, present and first Lord.
2 Rev. John, Rector A Aldingharu, Lancashire, m.
and has issue.
3 Henry-William, d. in the Cape de Verd Islands 25
Sept. 1846 ; having m. 23 Nov. 1841, the Hon.
Margaret Denman, sth daughter of Thomas, Ist
Lord Denman, by whom he had issue. (She
re-m. 10 Aug. 1848, Edward Cropper, Esq., of
Dingle Bank, near Liverpool.)
4 A daughter.
0 Jean, d. 23 Sept. 1830.
Creation.-1857.
Motto.—Dulce periculnm.
Town Resider ce.—Holly Lodge, Campden Hill, Ken-
sington.

In Fraser's Magazine for November there is
a curious and interesting article on Lord Ma-
caulay, and on the Babingtons, whose name he
inherits. It is worthy of attention, and we were
much atteacted by its contents. The fore-
going notice seems to us careless. Why should
not the birth or death of " Jean " have been
accurately stated ? The dates of the noble
lord's brothers' births arc not given, nor is the
issue of the Rev. John Macaulay, whether
male or female, stated. One would like to
know more particulars about the family of so
distinguished a person.

NATUPAL HISTORY.

1. Curiosities of Natural History. By Francis T.
Buckland, M.A. London : Bentley.
2. My Feathered Friends. By the Rev. J. G. Wood,
M.A., F.L.S. London Routledge.
3. Zoological Recreations. By ,W. T. Broderip,

Esq., F.R.S. Third Edition. London : Griffin

and Co.
4. A iPopular History of British Crustacea. By

Adam White. London : Reeve.
IT is not without a certain feeling of melancholy
that we turn over the pages of volumes like the
above, devoted to the " furred and feathered crea-
tures "of which these islands are prolific. The
pleasures of the naturalist are among the most
innocent, healthy, and manly which our race is per-
mitted to enjoy. They form the be"t education of
boyhood, the best relaxation of manhood, and the
best consolation of age. Therefore it is that works
on this subject affect us with sorrow. For, do they
not remind us that the sphere of the naturalist's
labours is in this country growing narrower and
narrower? Every new railroad that is planned,
every wood that is felled, every marsh that is drained,
every common that is inclosed, is of course an en-
croachment on the domains of the /era natune, who
London, England, 1858-01-02

laud, Lady Tancred, of a soil.
WF.NLOCK—On the 25th ult., in

Lady Wen.

lock, of a eon.
YARDLEY—On the 25th November, 1857, at Bombay, Lady
Yard;ey, of a eon.
BEARRIA&ES.

FRITH—BROWNE—On the 22nd ult., at Boulogne•aurMer,
Frederick Charles Frith, Esq., to Mary Anne, daughter of the
late Major Browne, Ilth Dragoons, of Ciumonsleigh Abbey,
county of Devon.
MACNSELL—CREAGII—On the 27th ult., at Monkstown
Church, county Dublin, George William, son of the Rev. E.
E. Maunsell, of Fort Eyre, Galway, to Alice, only daughter of
General Sir Michael Creagh.
OGILVIE—KENNEDY—On the 24th ult., at St. Alphege,
Greenwich, Lindsay, youngest son of the late Patrick Ogilvie,
Esq., of Mazehill, Greenwich, to Emily Craigie, widow of
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lII.—EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. (From all Sources.)

Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli-
dated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. 30,1857, viz.,
Great Britain
Ireland

Income received in the A 568,010
Quarter ettcled Dec. 31, 1857,
as shown in Account I 15,907,162
Amount received in the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1857,
in repayment of advances for Public Works, &c.
Balance, being the deficiency on the 34st December,
1857, upon the charge of the Consolidated Fund in
Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other
Charges payable in the Quarter to March 31, 1,5*,
and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be
issued in that Quarter

118,166,593

jortign an Colonial (nitlligcnit.

Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services
in the Quarter ended Dec. 31. ler
Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter
ended Dec. 31, 11-57, lz.:—
Interest of the Permanent Debt .. £6,259,732
Terminable Debt fsk,337
Interest of Exchequer Bills (De-
ficiency)
The Civil List
Other Charges on Coneolid Fund 372,9;1
Advances for Public Works, Ac... 322,195
Sinking Fund
7,834,650
Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli-
dated Fund for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1857,
viz.:—
Great Britain
Ireland

EIA,iRB,SBS

ral Diet on the following day. The report is said to
be very satisfactory.

SWITZERLAND.

The Government of the Swiss Confederation is
now constituted as follows :—General Politico, M.
Furrer; Interior, M. Plods; Justice and Police, M.
Knusel ; War, M. Frey-Hirosee ; Finances, M.
Staempfli ; Commerce and Tolls, M. Fornerod ; Pest--
office, M. Naeff.

TURKEY AND THE EAST.

Constantinople journals and letters to the 19th,
via Trieste, have come to hand. They are devoid of
political intelligence.
The early departure of the Commissioners from
the Principalities is spoken of. The question of the
amelioration of the mouths of the Danube does not
advance; it is not even yet known which of the
mouths is to be selected. The European Com.
rn►ssioners are divided on the point, three of the
seven being in favour of that of the Sulina, and two
for that of St. George; the Austrian Commissioner
says that personally he is favourable to the latter, but
that he does not know what his Government will
decide ; and the Turkish Commissioner has not yet
given any opinion.
The Etoile du Danube states that the Divan of
Bucharest, which was to have met on the 15th,
persists in its resolution not to enter into the
examination of any question of internal organisation.
London, England, 1858-01-02

THE PRESS, JANUARY 2, lB5B.

a week for four hours ; and a correspondent I
of the Mechanic's Magazine tells us, and on
good authority, that six thousand proposals
were considered by them and rejected in one
year-1855. How could they be otherwise
than rejected when we consider the fraction of
time which must have been devoted to the
consideration of each ? Many of these pos-
sibly were mere repetitions of preceding, and
already not investigated but rejected schemes;
but still it is obvious that such a process of
investigation must be utterly inadequate to a
fair and full consideration of the principles
proposed. What is required is a board (or
more than one, if necessary) composed of men
of the highest scientific attainments, combined
with the greatest practical experience, who
should devote their entire time to the object
in view.
Meanwhile, as we know by experience that
we must urge for many years the necessity of
such a board before obtaining it, and most
probably be first severely punished f w its want,
we trust that when the Army and Navy
Estimates are next discussed before Parliament
that no fresh amount of public money will be
devoted to the establishment of permanent
machinery for the construction of arms—a pro-
ceeding wasteful in itself and obstructive of
all real progress. If the gun factory at Wool-
wich and the small•arms factory at Enfield be
so far advanced that " they may as well "
be finished, then we trust that those dis-
coveries which would fender these establish-
ments useless be carefully examined, lest the
Government should shrink front acknowled;•
ing that such great expense had been incurred
under the idea that in this age of mechanical
progress we had reached perfection in two
branches of military science, and that even
before the completion of the two factories the
advance of that science had outstripped their
ideal, and threatened once more to leave obsti-
nate, over-confident England lagging behind
the other nations of the world.
London, England, 1858-01-02

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PRUSSIA.

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THE DANISH QUESTION.

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AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES.

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From Nicaragua we learn that General Martinez
had been elected President, only eight votes being
given against him.

The Utah expedition was causing great apprehen-
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determined to fight, and were preparing to lay waste
the country. They have already commenced to
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From the West Indies we have advices up to the
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