The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

excellent performances in the very number actual:),
rac published. After the Survey come the six original
articles already alluded to as the prominent attci
tions of the periodical thus ushered full grown and
at once completely organised) into the world of
theet
ters. "The Coal Resources of Great Britain,"
first of these six papers, deals with a masterly coy'
awakelle,
.;
prehensiveness with the anxieties
in the public mind, nearly a year ago, bY
William Armstrong, as President for 1863 of the
British Association. " Oceanic Telegraphy'„ h:l.se
allucion, of course, to the project of a sub-Atiall',A
cable of electric communication between the
e'"'s
world and the new. The Late Earth:Val° lit:,
called forth an exceedingly clever paper 11P°11 hos
subject of earthquakes generally, from one wile
r_
evidently not contented himself with merely OP°
olog r
ficially skimming the curious study f seisca
othe:
Besides these three ticks, there are three
that demand at least some brief passing eirall3er
tion—one a paper on Magneto-Electricity 0.4
•
means of Vivid Lighthouse Illumination, auto
another on the Relation of Light and Heat t° ter
vital powers of vegetation—the concluding P8?-0
of the half dozen being an ingenious disquisitl°o
upon the Reputed Fossil Man of Neanderthal. Tberb,
are Reviews (some of them hardly searching en°"o,,
as it appears to us), and there are Notes and o°r rcii,
spondence here in this Scientific Quarterly iinTethe
ately before its conclusion. But the featct e the
whole publication, to our thinking—at cue° of
most valuable and the most interesting divisiouof
the Scientific Journal, as affirding us the anaalsits
Science of all kinds, progressively, according to
regular development, is observable in the dl
e,
headed simply " Chronicles of Science." Ilere,;#
this wonderfully useful and singularly attrlie-ef
division of the Scientific Quarterly, we ilav°,tesr
cord, a luminous and reliable record, of the
advances made in Agriculture, Astronomy, Botany,
copy►
Chemistry, Geology, Palaeontology, y,
:4 °10:
Mining, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, pilot
Physics(such as Light and Heat), Sanatory Scie4
r.
and Zoology. Surely—a feast for a PlailosnYhe

Can you Forgive Her ? By Anthony Trollops.
Part IL Chapman and Hall.
Hardly do we think it likely that we can fergit„
her, unless her course and. her character
very wonderfully indeed as the reel of the
as
turns—from the which reel is now beitig oter
wound the thread of the narrative. Not a cll. all to
here introduced, but has already colitrlce lit.,
become odious to us. The heroine herself% 50(1
Alice Vavasor is acting shamefully—plaYieo
the into lereble isce
loose between her rejected lover,
George, and her accepted lover, the eotat°4°°,,P
John Grey, who is actually her betrottErwthso
possible, more disagreeable to us, heivecer; Litt
any of those three individuals, is the horrid
female Marplot, George's sister Lite, vlb.° '6,- "for
the close of the number on a visit down
mouth with a manoeuvring widow, enf
v iler
Greenow, who is evidently bent upon setthfaioat
widow's zap at any eligible comer, arT
months from the date of the interment of her "e Or.
beloved and tearfully-lamented "
-op
Cheeseacre, the stout farmer, who has gt
apeS
y Pic-nic with Mrs. Greenow's co-operation
a mouth Sands, gives promise apparentli
n ishing the reader of " Can You Forgi/e I•°' the
with a little broad fun in the next---41°
March instalment.

.-- ~ 01.
Le Correspondent. No. 100. Ch. 9°',,r rt3i'
Now that we look in vain for anY furtilw-iso°
atinuance (immediately, at least) of the la:g tile
p gefs contributed to Le Correspondent dtlr7)(Ao
dlast ew months, first of all by Charles the, tile
e Montalembert, and afterwards by
armed
I Bishop of Orleans (Dupanloup), We are ellar-_OOOll
of Telles:de of
east to find a heart-thrilling copy
as the Amende Honorable, by V. de Pe-. 'tiii'4
the French Academy. There are Passag,e°6ll:l the
°
poem that are conceived in the loftiest' "lig, Po
tenderest erest spirit—passages that coma fr°,;,lol3°
soul of the writer, and that find an iusttaw-ers
in our own. Among the miscellaneous l'Pseries °if
this hundreth issue of the new' nlitiel/'
Le Correspondent are:—.Leon Renard's ,(11)0°:
treatise on "Le Japon et les EuroP6ens'n 100"
mant's "La Question Danoise," and the de Pt:
of Audeval's nouvelle, " Un Changenielirtf:ved,,s,
atune." The glance taken this month by reeding-gi tv
r 500119
dtatthe e
of the
of the one immediately P
the magazine's publication, is tin: tl,
brief. Yet, what little is said there abt jar
events is said boldly, and with an admire
peddence.

- -
STATE OF TRADE.

ri littler
,----
oing here in yarn to-day,
d MANCHESTER, Feb. 2. There has been° "ratlle
and prices iarer ster
weaker, but spinners say they would Prefetiatol//:
ping their mills altogether than make e° claefltta
hchange. The state of Continental affairs e11e,:,,013i0
ave scared buyers almost out of the 31°raall I.p
but few offers are making for export, th°"' eel 0
thought that had affairs assumed a tn°loOect cloij
aspect a considerable business might hal° -,:asiVfitso
o name any decline,
t -day. In home trade yarns sellers are 3„000
..
listen to offers. In the cloth market sellecarse to
hardly to have made up their minds Whst eer paleej
but state their sellers see;
take. There are some offering goods at 10`g egaote ti
and at lower prices only could buainese b.orero °fie,
but such cases are few. Many Ina33l°e„,:ll 6I:110
holders of cloth are still very'
Out..-. of .0
rally speaking, buyers are keeping ositi°ll au
market till they shall be in a better
.13xely to °0
form an opinion as to how things arecite acts, lit1)0
on the Continent. Very few raahul-nt a 3" DO
dispcsed to accept any decided redn;;,eloi
consequence is that the business de ll° 3
been of re bill
a very limited character. ,et the- red
LEEDS, 2d.—For a Tueslays Ilharlle aoleor,
been a satisfactory trade done in both t orraer re.
and the white cloth-halls to-day. 3 til(3„ierrPixe
diary cloths, chiefly whites, were in Li-ttiore bel,
quest, at late prices. In the coloured hahlarijog 00
fair active demand for spring goods, in°
orias g,og,
tons, tweeds, and ladies' cloths. Tbei,' iate,cplit;
trade in the home houses is gradusLiJ „rt o`, 00
Still there is great caution used on the Pro so%s'bot
wholesale and retail buyers, and goOCP Elia tOecor
ordered in general in smaller bulk ths3 eO, 040,
of seasons. Some of the German hells a 0 ad,
Uero3° 10
sequence of the latest aspect of D 3110 hacioa,toteo
are suspending the shipping orders thei:f tao °io 10
and are refraining from sending to an9oo, Vijo 0
of Northern Europe goods on specalat,.l oarsteoed
deemed a prudential measure, althnao_u threa•,bir
hopeful opinion entertained that tbe"..derte.°Ar
war will be averted. There are still rftie oolt; ia
meets of goods making for Canada. .11,0 said
co
ket keeps steady, and the same ay
ao
the flax trade. cod attell "de'
NOTTINGHAM, 2d.----There Was a ‘-'s.,erab la e..frol,
at this Exchange-hall to-day. Cone'wu al. ae ivleii3e:
ment prevailed in consequence ef thaeacted 1,1,00 ea tj,
Germany. Buyers would have
rollerstransact re/.,,,ite
in lace yarns at lower prices, but _ very, 1.1,Y;t000
make any concession ; ConscqueotlY a.,i, 0000,0
al 0( st, ac a ag,
trade was done at late rates. as. 40) has' ao)`
its vale®; thrown silks (China c.e)tuia/0t le iCbroo4
way 2s. to 33. per tb. during Teipalia fee6toad'il
There is a limited consumptive Goa is at thao heeaf
nets, an& the inquiry for speenbltioriot 11' too a,
ROCHDALE, 16t.—The liana°. van th© otee i
rather dull today, and such hitst,
,)30t. Theriocil):,
affairs in the warehouses for a Weies.atd the Fle eaciej
ante of buyers to-day was 5011 :,joest t°,,t,:acte°,ll,l,
inquiry was for fancy flan
artier ',,
.0,3 to '''_r gfl 'li
sion of other goods. All partiesii,;‘, to, Da ,sciac
&oats' DO
ba; extreme caution, and al. is.‘rfe6;.l,oliiro a Vet ,oii
1 oci
wog run;
to oriate
verse effect upon business in
until lately
the high price of these goodsg " are eoall roasse
purposes:), wool es , %red ar
have had a anis° oparate,a. la 40,
their sale. New orders which ,iiDaugb
~ .' )
tP" 1/Ig,l
chiefly fur shipping
turera are net buying freelY.olselling ild'opaild'
growth is weala ra, ia
material of English
prices. Foreign wiaat _ ova- ea
might be bought on sona_______ a A get eelll,
sorts are 10,0,- tc 1'
.40 1
A TRUE .-------1)111--------LAINITIOttleS;;;;16telict-P,li?.!
Paddington has given cowpwol! ;,000, i! 10, 0
£l,OOO towards the cost of _
of 00,17.0 door
schools. There was a delie!e_ca);tia. 11;iebecl.
now a sum of £9OO is still v
uot be Public
quested that his narae should