The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1863

SIR FITZROY BELLY, A Lay of hard one upon the other frem the Fede-
Oxford.—A Bill at which to take at Sight—in FUN ral camp, dropping ominous in upon the
THIS WEEK. One Penny.
the Northern public in New York and Washington,
the clamour again revives, swelling more and more
loudly upon the Presidential ear, for the replace.
ment of HOOKER by M'CLELLAN. Faithful to
their old belief in his capacity—a belief, upon what
founded, it would certainly be difficult even to con-
jecture—the admirers of M'CLELLAN hope against
hope to the very last for his reinstallation in the
chief command, and for the rehabilitation of the all
but irretrievably ruined fortunes of the North.
While these—

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
LAST NIGHTS OF THE SEASON.
EXTRA NIGHT.
FAUST.
THIS EVENING (Thursday, July 2), will be repeated

" Hopes and fears that nourish hope
An undistinguishable throng"—

still agitate the hearts of the Northerners, the sword
of LEE, like the sword above DAMOCLES, trembles,
ore may say, by the suspension of a hair, over
dreaming Washington,

The account of Mr. GLAISHER'S eleventh balloon
ascent will be read with deep interest by all who
can admire courage and skill, even if they
are unable to profit to the full by the valu-
able information he has added to our scientific
store. The energies of our countrymen in pur
suit of scientific knowledge is becoming no less
remarkable than their political or commercial
activity. How many brave men have laid down
their lives for what was after all a discovery which
chiefly concerned the curious, for the North-west
passage must always be useless as a channel for
navigation. Englishmen have explored the Austra-
lian continent, and have penetrated into those
African wilds left hitherto in undisputed possession
of the savage native tribes. The discovery of
Messrs. SPEKE and GRANT has just added a signal
triumph to the list of their exploits; but not con-
tent st ith traversing the surface, and detecting the
secrets of Mother Earth, our adventurous country-
men now take to the upper world of air. Like the
conqueror who lamented that no more worlds re-
mained for him to subjugate, our adventurers have
scarcely room for their energies on terra firma.
Mr. GLAISHER and his able companion, Mr.
COXWELL, have already distinguished themselves by
the extent of their experiments, and the last ascent
Mr. GLAISHER distinctly asserts to be among the
most extraordinary ever made. The ascents made
by these gentlemen belong to a very different order
of exploit from the " air balloons" which fill chil-
dren with wonder and delight. The height at-
tained on this occasion was no less than four miles
and a half, and the results of the observations made
were curious and valuable. Unfortunately, owing
to the high wind there was some difficulty in get-
ting the balloon to rise properly, as there was not
a sufficient supply of gas to contend with the wind.
To insure clearing the adjacent buildings five bags
of sand had to be thrown out at the last moment.
This loss of weight facilitated the rising, but was
proportionately disadvantageous to the descent. It
seems a pity that provision was not made for a
windy day, anti that the consequent incon-
venience was not avoided. The aerial travellers
left the earth at three minutes past one p.m., re-
turning to it at 28 minutes past two, having
thus been absent less than one hour and a half.
Before starting the temperature was 66 degrees,
but of course diminished rapidly on leaving the
earth. It underwent many variations during the
Recent, and reached the lowest point-17 degs.—at
the height of four miles and a quarter. A faint
sun was seen in rising after passing some clouds.
The sighing of the wind was heard for the first time
during these ascents at the height of two miles.
The sound seemed to come from below the balloon
as from conflicting currents beneath. Shortly after
they became enveloped in a dry fog, which con
tinued more or less until they had reached an alt

tude of more than four miles. During the descent
the sea was no more to be seen, but rain pattered
on the bal oon, and for a space of nearly 4,000 feet
the travellers passed through a snow storm. Mr.
GLAISHER, in recapitulating the results of his jour-
ney, considers the meeting with snow and crystals
of ice 'in the month of June floating in the
atmosphere at the height of three miles and of
nearly one mile in thickness as the most extraordi •
nary and unexpected. A train was heard at a height
of more than four miles, the greatest altitude at
which sounds have been heard. This is an indication
of the generally moist state of the atmosphere.
For further particulars, and more especially for the
results of Mr. GLAISHER'S experiments with his
instruments, we refer the reader to his interesting
letter. We may hope if these gentlemen are enabled
to continue their interesting experiments, that they
will greatly add to the scope of that meteorological
knowledge which has already done some good ser-
vice by forwarning us of sudden and violent at-
mospheric changes.

Last night the LORD MAYOR entertained the Earl
of DERBY, Mr. DISRAELI, and all the leading mem-
bers of the Conservative party, at a splendid enter-
tainment in the Egypian Hall. Lord DERBY re•
turned thanks in an amnbing speech. He began
by stating that political bias was unknown in the
entertainments in the City. " You," my Lord
Alayor, said be, " haverEceived this year with die-

oguished hospitality the members of her Majesty's
Government, of which I am happy to say your lord.
ship is not a supporter." Then he went on to sup-
pose various circumstances in which the present
smooth state of things might be altered. He be-
lieved that if the chair of the mayoralty were filled
by the most rabid Dissenter, the bishops and
rld treat him with due respect, and also
clergy 7'o
that if a Quaker Lord Mayor appeared he would
Army, and Volunteers.
do honour to the Navy,
There is no doubt that this remark of the noble
Earl is
true,
for the influence of established custom
is very great, and it is surprising what importance
is attached to the maintenance of the principle of
toleration that has so long existed in the City with
regard to the exercise of the functions of chief
magistrate. IL,.
said Lord DERBY, on the
present occasion he thought be might venture to
depart somewhat from the rule Shat prescribed the
introduction of • •
polities, seeing E o many of his
friends around him, and
remembering also the fact
that the toast had been proposed not only by the
MAYOR of London, bat the
member for Southamp-
ton " in which town the Conservative party had
achieved one of the most distinguished among the
many electioneering triumphs they
have accom-
plished." His lordship then gave •
a brief resumi of
the course of events, in which ho truly described the
conduct that had ejected the Ce •
nservatives from
office as a pretext, which pretext, as soon as it bad
revved its turn, was abandoned. No words can be
too strong to apply to the most unfair transaction
in which the present Government gained their
places ; it was a subterfuge unworthy of English
statesmen, and it did not speak very highly for
their own merits that they had no measure suffi-
ciently good or important to advocate out of office
and introduce wt en in power. Lord DERBY then
paid a just tribute to the moderate and forbearing
conduct displayed by the Conservatives since they
had been ejected from office. He gave an im-
pressive description of the arduous nature of the
line they had marked out for themselves, and justly
declared that it was difficult to maintain. " My
Lord Mayor, it, is with political parties very much
as it is with troops. It is not the ac ,ve campaign

—it is net the heat of the engagement which
tries the mettle of the troops, but it is the long-
protracted inaction—it is the lying exposed to
fire with the enemy in your front, and not being
permitted to make an attack—the waiting for
the moment when victory may be achieved, and
which might be lost if too early anticipated.
That is the trial of the temper and forbearance
and of the real courage of the soldier. That, too,
is the trial of the temper, the forbearance, and the
real patriotism of a political party. My Lord
Mayor, such is the course which has been pursued
by the Conservative party of this country for the
last four years." This observation of the noble
earl is most correct, and those who have struggled
in the great battle of life will recognise its truth
and attest its validity. Also, Lord DERBY remarked
that any other party might have fallen off in num-

bers during this vexatious period of suspense ; but,
on the contrary, there were now in the House of
Commons a larger number of Conservative members
than he could claim the assistance of when he was
First Minister of the Crown. Lord DERBY

hen commented on the state of things in

the Liberal party, and said that they were
willing to leave their favourite places in abey-
ance just now, or if they did advance then, they
had the pleasure " of seeing their projects when
brought forward either faintly supported or actually
wet-blanketted, or in some cases even laughed out
of the House of Commons by their very leaders

hemselves." Lord DERBY then went at some

length into the general state of affairs and finally
declared his conviction that it was better fcr the
Conservatives to be in a strong opposition, than in
a weak Government. In one case they were in a
feeble state trusting to " precarious forbearance,"

n the other they were able to control the actions o:

the Minister and preventing any injury to the
public service by their determined front and bold
bearing. His lordship then commented on the
barren crop of legislation which the present session
afforded, but reminded them of the words of a de-
parted statesman, "Register, register, register," this
was the month to follow that advice. Lord DERBY
then said that the four members of the city were
professedly opposed to monopoly, but that they
were effecting a scandalous one by monopolising all
the seats of the City to their own party. He con•
eluded his brilliant address by declaring his con-
viction that the great party who trusted him had
adopted a wise course, and that at some future period
they would reap their reward; if slow it would be
sure, and better than hastily grasping at a prize
which would assuredly have been snatched from them.
Mr. DISRAELI made an ainuzing speech, which was
on the House of Commons. The hon. gentleman's
sarcasms on its want of performances and paucity
of good works were very entertaining. He thus
characterised its late proceedings :—" I believe I
msy say, on the part of that House, that at present
its health is very good. It is not as full of vigour
naturally as it was some years ago, when in this
hall I was called upon by the chief magistrate of
the city to return thanks for it. Then it was full

of youth, of hope, and of promises. Its youth is
exhausted ; its hopes have been defeated; and its
promises have not been fulfilled. This I acknow-
ledge, but I trust it has obtained that which indi-

victuals under the same circumstances in life often
acquire in the sunset of their days; I trust it has
acquired the character of respectability. At pre-

sent, considering its course during the current ses

sion, the moderate exertions which it has made,
and the early hours which it has kept, I hope it may
arrive at a green old age." Mr. DISRAELI is in-

imitable in his quiet satire, and certainly he could
not have a better theme than the course pursued
by this famous Parliament, which was to have
effected such wonders, and whose only at-

tainment has been to do nothing, or as
little as possible, with regard to a sense of
propriety. Mr. DISRAELI adverted to the exciter

ment in the City lately with regard to proposed
changes, and declared that, whether in or out of
office, they would always uphold the importance of
maintaining the rights of ancient corporations,
which, " among many other causes, have greatly
contributed to the formation of the English charac-

ter." The Conservatives have had a brilliant season,
this year they have assembled at numeroua meetings,
ippear quite satisfied with their progress. It is a
curious fact that there have been no Liberal re
unions; that party seems to think that silence is
the safest course, which perhaps it is under existing

circumstances.

The recent terrible naval disasters have brought
prominently before us the perils of the seas, and the
appeal of the National Lifeboat Institution for
assistance is not likely to be overlooked. The annual
report of this society is now before us, recounting
the achievements of the past year, and giving a full

• list of all subscribers, testators, and donors. We
• have already given part of these statistics, which
prove that the managing committee have not dimi
i nished in energy, the men engaged in noble daring,
or the public in their appreciation of the services
rendered. The number of lives saved during 1861
and the first five months of the present year is 886,
460 of these being rescued by the lifeboats of the
institution, and 426 by shore hoats Emit other means,
for which the institution has granted rewards. The
committee are especially anxious that this part of
the system should be more widely known and more
generally understood. It does not restrict its
efforts to the equipment and maintenance of life-
boat stations on the more exposed and dangerous
parts of the coast. Its primary object being to save
life, it gives reward and encouragement to any per-
-on who has succeeded by other means in rescuing
s
niacr egontutori thisy t o
fishingec- extensivelyla:gegeiersre:ualn.a4dt eadnpopit s
seaporteoffm some
ttpouhwrapns
purpose
anshe ein
nd
stimulating exertion or in
discovering merit, for we
find a considerable number of rewards
thus given.
This shows an earnestness and • • sincerity of purpose,
and an absence of that narrowness of
feeling which
too often interferes with similar benevolent schemes.
The object of reformers and theorist's is too fre-
quently not that the work shall be done, no matter
by whom, but that it shall be dona in their own
Peculiar fashion. The bestowal of rewards on per-
sons totally unconnected with the society shows us
the real anxiety of the committee to attain the
benevolent end they propose to the public,
and will greatly
benefit the cause not so
much by the money given, but by the public
recognition
merit—an honour well deserved by
of
the enterprising • men who win it. There are many
places, naturally, where wrecks may occur, and
where no lifeboats arc within hail, and where all
chance of rescue depends on the shore boats and the
There volunteers who man them. are also occasions
ry to bring out the
on which it is not found necessa

lifeboat, whrch to sea on occasions
goes
This when no shore boat could venture.
' ty's influence
arrange-
ment extends the sphere of the seem
and willgive generally
it a greater interest in the eyes of. our
Tae seafaring men, mi.
-Le recent catastrophes have given
rise to some and
,
ggestions which might, if adopted,
go far to prevent their recurrence. In the July
part of the journal of the Institution, we find A
paper on the regulations for preventing collisions
at sea which deserves attentioa. The frequency of
these articles is really startling. The average

number of cases off our own shores during the seven
years preceding 1862 was 300, the cases during last
year amounted to 338, thus exceeding the average
considerably. The recent amended regulations
issued by the Board of Trade and just come into
effect, will, we may hope, lessen the chance of such
accidents. In recording the two lamentable wrecks
of the Orpheus and the Anglo• Saxon, the journal
of the Institution deplores the scanty supp.v of
boats, which so greatly increased the extent of the
sacrifice. The Anglo-Saxon had but six boats,
" being," as the article referred to remarks, " only
one boat to each 74 persons on board." "'We con-
sider," says the same writer, " that a vessel of her
size might have carried twice that number of boats,
and, in addition, have been provided with the
material specially prepared for putting to-
gether a raft of sufficient size to carry a
large number of persons." The great advan•
tage of large ships being we 1 provided with the
means of diminishing the loss of life it. case of ship-
wreck does not appear to be duly considered. It

has been already suggested that every boat in a
passenger vessel should be a lifeboat, a really effi-
cient lifeboat, not a contrivance that fails in the
hour of danger. The expense of such an equipment
might, it has been observed, be defrayed by a
trifling charge to each passenger—a specie of in-
surance that would be gladly paid by reasonable
men. We hope this matter will be looked into, and
some plan of the kind adopted, since nothing is
more painful in the harrowing narratives of ship-
wreck than the description of the rush to the boats
which often fail and are always too few in number.
We generally find one or two boats escape in safety ;
is it not then doubly mournful to hear of fifty or a
hundred persons being left to go down with the
wreck when, if there tad been a proper supply of
boats, all might at least have had a chance of life.
The public will do well to see that some change
is made in the present arrangements, and it is in-
cumbent upon the Government to see that the ves-
sels in the Royal Navy are sufficiently supplied
with really efficacious boats. The National Life-
boat Institution will do good service if it succeed
in convincing those in authority of the necessity of
a change in the present inefficient and negligent
method of equipment, and will add largely to the
already extensive list of human lives rescued by its

LITERATURE.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Memorable Eventsin the Life of a London Physician.
One vol. pp. 276. Virtue Brothers.
When we say that the physician, whose expe-
riences are here recorded, is Dr. Dickson, the cele-
brated author of "Fallacies of the Faculty," the
great medical reformer and innovator, it is samost
superfluous to add that this work is full of interest
and full of common sense. It is earnest and
thoughtful, and eminently practical in the lessons
which it inculcates—lessons worthy of deep atten-
tion. The writer is, perhaps, a little too anxious to
enforce his own opinions, a little too reliant upon
the truths of his own philosophy, but it is a goJd
fault. Earnestness is the secret of all success, and
we cannot expect that a man who has been bold
enough to believe, and to act in opposition to the
venerable traditions of his confraternity, will hesi
tate to stand by his opinions and claim the merit of
their origin when their truth has been admitted by
a large majority, and when others were found (as is
always the case) to share in a success which they
had no hand in achieving. In his younger days
Dr. Dickson tells us he was constantly assured that
the best school for study was the dissecting room,and
while he admits that this advice is admirable for the
acquisition of mechanical skill iu surgery,he ridicules
the idea of studying pathology in such a spot. " To
associate," he indignantly exclaims, "the word
pathos—sensibility, feeling—with the dissection of
bodies that by no possibility can feel at all, is a new
edition of /um a non lucendo." We will not fol-
low Dr. Dickson throughout his very clear and com-
prehensive explanation of his favourite theory—
the Chrono•thermal—a system founded upon the
fact of man being essentially a creature of habit
(periodicity) and exquisitely susceptible to the fluc-
tuations of temperature. A resolute foe, like many
of the more sensible doctors of modern days, to
the old established system of purging and bleeding,
Dr. Dickson's object is to strengthen nature, and
to employ art only to assist in the progress of a
❑atural recovery. This teaching is best summed up
in the lines applied to him in a letter from one of
his admirers—.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, Jtily 2:—
BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.

MALTA, JUNE 3

The Vtctis leaves here with the above mails at
midnight for Marbeilles, where she may be expected
on the 3d July.

The Ceylon will leave with the heavy portion of
the mails at 4 a.m. to-morrow (IST July). She may
be expected at Southampton on the /oth.
OUTWARD MAIL OF 20TH JUNE.

The Puonah left Malta for Alexandria at 6 p.m
on the 29th ult.—all well.

REVOLUTION IN MADAGASCAR.
ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 27, 8 a.m.
News has been received here: of the outbreak of a
revolution in Madagascar on the 12th of May.
King Radama 11. has been assassinated, and his
Ministers hanged. His widow has been proclaimed
Queen of Madagascar.
The reign of King Radama 11. has beer, declared
null, and mourning has been prohibited.
The treaties concluded with European Powers
have been suspended.
Religious liberty is still to be maintained.
The Queen has signed a constitution in confor-
mity with the views of the old Hova party.
Much discontent prevails throughout the king-
dom, and fears are entertained of civil war.
The schooner Perle has been lust in the Ethio-
pian Archipelago, north-east of Madagascar. The
crew and passengers were saved.

FRANCE.

"To render with my precepts less
The sum of human wretchedness,
And strengthen man with his own mind."
In the hope that these very interesting pages may
conduce to that desirable result we very cordially
recommend the London Physician's reminiscences.

PARIS, JULY 2

An Imperial decree has been published creating
,he office of superintendent-general of the theatres.
M. Baciocchi has been nominated to this post.

In the Presse of this evening M. Emile de
Girardin announces that this journal has completed
27 years of cx:stence. In a short address to the
public M. de Girardin claims credit for the zeal
consistency the Presse has always displayed. "It
supported the Monarchy of 1830 till its last labour
—the 24th of Febrmry ; and the Republic of 1848
till its last day—the 2d of December." The Presse
was never the organ of opposition. It was
founded as a supporter of Government, but of
"Government having liberty and peace for end and
means." If it has taken the side of opposition
more frequently than he could have wished, M. de
Girardin says " that was not the fault of the
Presse." It never wished to weak nor overthrow,.
authority, but to maintain and strengthen it. Stil,,
as the advocate of legal liberty, above all things,
M. de Girardin ha 3 been compelled som. times to
give authority a vigorous push, when the obj.ct
was "to ix,ricate it from the rut worn by arbi-
trary power." The present restrictions of
the freedom of the French press he denounces as a
" legal communism." The laws of September,lB3s,
made the whole French people accomplices of the
crime of Fieschi. The entire nation was deprived
of the freedom of discussion, because Paris, on a
certain day, contained one cowardly assassin. And
did these repressive laws, he asks, save the Royalty
of 1830, they were intended to protect ? This sys-
tem, end all the more recent decrees founded on it,
the Presse asserts it has constantly condemned.
BOURSE, July I.—A Lumber of forced sales for
delivery of stock have been made, and prices have
receded, Threes, for the present settlement, being
now at 68f. 15c. The share market has been with-
out animation, and with only trifling changes in
quotations. The market closed as follows

lifzn, or the Old and New Philosophy. By the Rev.
B. W. Savile, M.A. One vol., pp. 296. Hurst and
Blackett.

The distance intervening between the sublime
and the ridiculous is proverbially trifling. Mr.
Savile has endeavoured to combine both extremes,
and the result was so inevitable that is hardly ne-
cessary to particularise it. He has failed, emi-
nently failed, in attaining the sublime—he has suc-
ceeded entirely in ensuring the ridiculous! The
first chapter of his book is on the origin of man,
and gives a tolerably amusing enumeration of the
different theories of "development," theories admir-
ably summed up in a poem (quoted in this volume)
which appeared some time back in Blackwoods
.211agazine, entitled " Monboddo," and with which
our readers are no doubt familiar. The last chapter
relates to the " end of man," and is filled with a
collection of' most ridiculous epitaphs, some
of which are "well known to all the lovers
of such curiosities of literature. The main
interest of the book, in fact, consists in
well known quotations. In fact we may justly
quote, as a true comment on the author of this
work (and Mr. Savile is fond of such quotations),
Lord Russell's witty commentary upon an offending
-leaker, " He has uttered many things that are
true, and many things that are new, but unfortu-
nately those which are true are not new, and those
which are new are not true"—and so haNe we found
it with Mr. Savile.

life, Law, and literature. Essays on various sub
jects. By W. G. I. Baxter, Esq., Barrister-at-
law. One vol. pp 230. Bell and Daldy.
These miscellaneous and very thoughtful Essays
have well deserved republication, and they are
worthy of an attentive perusal. They are, for the
most part, brief, and may serve to occupy a leisure
ten minutes in the perasal of one or other of them,
but they will not be dismissed from the thoughts
when thebook is laid aside. Kindred spirits will feel
encouraged and benefitted by their brief but earnest
intercourse with Mr. Baxter. The subjects of his re-
marks are singularly varied, among them are essays
on " Poets" and "Poetry," and "Periodical Litera-
ture," on " Colonies and Commerce," on " Marriage
with a Deceased Wife's Sister," on " War not Un-
christian," " Legends and Language," " Our Duty
to Society," " How to Make a Lawyer," " Literal
Translations," " Dramatic Entertainments," " Hu-
mour in its relation to the Poet," and a multitude
of others of equally varied character. In some very
just remarks in the last-named article, it is truly
said, in reference to the poet's power of appreciation,
" in this world of good and bad, of mirth and tears,
the master-worker must have his eyes open, and
his soul must vibrate to ever pulse of humanity, or
he will be marred in delivering to men the reflex
of themselves. A complete poet must have the
faculty of seeing everything with the eyes of every
class in the community to which he belongs ; be
must see everything as they see it from their point
of view." In other words, he must have sympathy.
In the article on " Childhood," it is happily said,
"a real child is worth kidnapping, for, to say the
truth, they be rare." " Reading and Studs" is the
subject of a very judicious article well worthy of
of attentive perusal.

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AMERICA.

(Per the Nova Scotia.)
(Per Telegraph to Father Point.)

NEW YORK, June 20.
The New York Tribune publishes a special Wash-
ington despatch, dated yesterday, asserting that
General Lee has moved in force upon Centreville,
and defeated the Federals at that point.
Generals Lee and _Ewell on Thursday, the 18th,
occupied Thoroughfare Gap, which they hold.
Longstreet is threatening Leesburg, and Hill was
at Dumfries.

On Thursday night the Confederates transported
their stores acmes the Potomac to Hagerstown,
making tt at place their headquarters, for raids into
Pennsylvania.

M. GOUNOD, THE COMPOSER OF FAUST.—In
1851, some sacred music made by him was first
brought to hearing, and in London, at St. Martin's Hall,
under the presidency of Mr John Hullah; and later in the
same year, Sapho, his first opera, in Paris, owing to the
active and prescient influence of a great artist. The recep-
tion of these works was in England damnation, in France
faint praise. Nothing daunted, the composer went on to
write choruses for Ulysse, a dreary classical play by the
toen much overrated M. Ponsard—a second opera, La
Nonne Sanglante, to one of the worst drams in being—
which opera, however, is rich in beautiful and characteristic
music—a third La Medecin Malgre lui, a quaint treatment
of MoHere's comedy ; and fourthly, this same inconvenient,
unauthorised, and truly indefensible Faust, which has been
bold enough to attack and to retain Germany, and to force
its way into two of our English theatres at once—an opera
which, like other things that cannot be cured, must be en-
dured—an opera simply and sf riously the only opera on the
legend waich, till now, has gained, or deserved to gain
universal acceptance. To make the victory more aignifi.
can

The Unionists in Eastern Tennessee and Western
North Carolina are reported to have organised a
powerful force to hold the mountain region against
the Confederates.

Twenty thousand Confederate insurgents are re-
ported to have offered to join the Federals if a
military post were established at Raleigh.
The steamer Calypso has been captured.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, June 20, Evening.
Money easier. Gold, 431 per cent. premium.
Stocks inactive; New York Centrals, 1171; 1111-
nois, 1011 ; Erie, 931; Six per Cent. United States'
Bonds, 1031.

The Nova Scotia takes out 31,000 dols. in specie,

Literary Gossip.

~ it should be added that Faust was originally produced
at the third musical theatre in Paris, with only one good
chance in its favour—that, it is true, a very good one—a
Margaret in Madame Miolan-Carvalho, not to be surpassed
in exquisite musical skill, delicacy of feeling as an actress,
or depth of expression as an interpreter. What the per-
manent fate of M. Gounod's opera may be in England it is
not for us to say. There is a caprice in publics totally ir-
respective of real merit or national consistency. With our
public, two of the best operas ever written, Cherubini's Les
deux Journees, and bpontini's La Vestale, have no axis.
tence. The Germans care little for Handel—the French
know nothing of him. Come what may, M. Gounod's
Faust exceeds every other former work on the subject--
Dickens's "All the Year Round."
CAPTAINS GRANT AND SPEKRAT THE ETHN 0.
LOGICAL SOClETY.—Yesterday evening an extra
meeting of the members of the Ethnological Society was
held at the United Service Institution, to Imr from Captain
Grant an account of the ethnological peculiarities of the
native races of Central Africa. Mr. Lubbock presided, and
said he was glad to see Captain Grant and Captain Speke.
The numerous attendance showed that the society was
fully justified in holding an extra meeting to hear the paper
which Captain Grant would read. Captain Grant, who
met with a very cordial reception, then read his paper, which
was highly interesting. The line from Zanzibar to Gondi-
corra was overspread, generally speaking, with the negro
race. The chief exceptions were the Arabs and the
Mahorna. No general description of the features of the
negroes could be given, though the receding forehead, the
prominent muzzle, the bridgeless nose, and well-shaped
dark eyes were common to most of them. The cheek was
prominent, and the head was well set on the shoulders.
The trunk and limbs were symmetrically formed, and the
head was covered with coarse, wiry wool. The awrage
height was 5 feet 6or 7 inches. In dress or cleanliness
the natives were not particular. They had no idea of a
soul, and polygamy was the rule among them. The paper
met with a very favourable reception; and in answer to
questions from Mr. Crawfurd and others, Captains Grant
and Spoke entered into a variety of explanations touching
the manners and customs of the native races. Votes Of
thanks were given with much cordiality ,o both travellers.

Thomas Hood, the younger, has a "Cornish Story'
nearly ready for publication.

Mr. Froud has two volumes already in the press of his
History of England under Elizabeth."

William Blake's life, edited and completed by his widow,
but for the most part writ ten by the late Mr. A. Gilchrist,
will now very shortly be published.

Henry Taylor, author of Philip Van Artevelde, follow-
ing the example of Robert Browning, has now in prepara-
tion a eompkte edition of his Poems and Plays. Like
Browning's new edition, Taylor's will also be in three
volumes, and will be published by the same firm, viz.,
Messrs. Chapman and Hall.

THE SICK MAN.-It appears, after all, that the Emperor
Nicholas's metaphor, comparing Turkey to a " sick man,"
is not original. In Montesquieu's " Lettres Persanes,"
lett. xix , occurs the following remarkable passage, which
no doubt suggested the expression to the mind of the Czar :
—" J'ai vu avec etonnement la foiblesse de l'empiro des
Osmanlins. Ce corps nzalade ne se soutient pas par un
regime dour et tempere, 'Leis par de remedes violens qui
l'epuisent et le minent sans cease."