The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary. By
George Fleming. With Maps and Illustrations.
1 vol. imperial cetavo. Hurst and Blackett.
" A summer's ride beyond the great wall of
China" has furnished Mr. Fleming with materials
for a very interesting and entertaining narrative.
His style is very lively, and his descriptions are
most amusing ; but he occasionally writes with a
colloquial ease more suitable for a familiar letter
than for a published volume--a volume, moreover,
very elaborately got up, of large dimensions, and
handsome appearance. In turning over the pages
of such a work it is somewhat incongruous to light
upon a passage like the following, where the writer
is describing his arrival in the town of Shan hai-
kwan, in the midst of an excited and tumultuous

crowd :
By the time we had reached the centre of the city, where
stood a brick tower out of repair, and with four low arches
to the cardinal points of the compass, through which ran
the four main streets, each of them more slovenly looking
than the one we were in, the thoroughfare was crammed
with the crowd, and we were bothered by conflicting reports
from a hundred throats as to the whereabouts of the best,
or even any, inn at which we might put up, and thus
escape from the jangling concourse.
Ma-foo had been sent to discover one down some un-
fathomable higgiedypiggledy lane, and we, to save our-
selves from instant " squash," had to keep moving on,
until we nearly traversed the breadth of the city—which
might bo a half or three-quarters of a mile—and were near
the wall on the opposite side from that we entered by, when
some one in the crowd called out, " There is the mandarin's
inn." Sure enough there was the gate of an inn, flanked
by good-looking houses, being hurt iedly closed on our ap-
proach, and barred within by somebody whose fears made
him very clumsy at the job.
These few lines will exhibit, more effectively than
any comment, the undignified manner in which Mr.
Fleming has presented to us the very interesting
and entertaining matter he has collected. Many
of the homely customs of the Chinese are very
effectively described in this volume, which,
indeed, affords us one of the best glimpses of
every day life in China which we have met with.
The world famous, or rather infamous, custom of
the Chinese with respect to the mutilation of their
women's feet is particularly dwelt upon. "We can
hardly," writes Mr. Fleming, " say a word in fa-
vour of any people, wh9 would, for an hour even,
force the tenderest and fairest of creation into such
an appalling amount of suffering, deformity, and
inconvenient helplessness. Look at these poor
creatures now scuttling away in as bad plight as if
some inhuman monster had amputated their feet
from the ankles, balancing themselves with extreme
difficulty, supported by the walls, or clinging to
anything that may in the least aid them in the pro-
gression •and prevent their downfall; while they
move their stiffened legs and plant their wasted
heels and crushed toes, which are hid in doll-like
shoes, smaller than we ever saw at Canton,Shanghai,
or even Pekin, just as a Chelsea pensioner would do
if he tried to walk with two wooden substitutes for
his nether limbs, with a staff,—then say what any
other family of the human species could show to
equal such a sight !" A little further on we find
the following painful particulars :
It is impossible to look at a crippled woman treading on
the very extremity of the dwarfed heels of her shoes, with
the atrophied ankles and instep wound up in stripes of cotton
cloth, making only a few inches at a step, with the arms
swaying and body ungracefully erect, without a strong feel-
ing of pity for her misfortune, and without showering
maledictions on the heads of those wretches who introduced
the villanous practice, and those rulers who permit it to be
perpetuated.
Ah, Le-how-choo, a heavy load of blame lies at your
tombstone, if what tradition says be trop, that you, in the
early days of the Five Dynasties, commanded your beauti-
ful concubine and slave, Yaou, to tie up her feet in unyield-
ing rolls of silk, so that their natural perfections might be
obliterated to suit your depraved wish, and the matchlessly
formed instep and toes be transformed into a repulsive
stump, supposed to vie in shape with the new moon I
Curiosity impelled me once to be one of a party in ex-
amining an uncovered foot. The young woman was not at
first very ready to remove the shoe and the collection of
bands around the limb, to satisfy the strange request we
made, but a few dollars quickly dissipated her reticence,
and also induced another to increase the exhibition. It
was no treat. The removal of the bandages was like the
exhumation of a half-decomposed boiy, and made our
party close their mouths and hold their nostrils, much to
the augmented astonishment of the young ladies, while
we stretched our necks to see all as quickly as possible.
No toe was visible but the big toe ; the others had been
doubled under the sole, with which, after weeks of suffer-
ing and excruciating pain, they had become incorporated,
and were not to be distinguished from it, except by the
number of white seams and scars that deeply furrowed the
skin. The instep was sadly marked by the vestiges of large
ulcers that had covered ifs surface, consequent on the vio-
lence used to bend it up into a lump; and, in form as well
as colour, was like a dumpling; while the limb from the
foot to the knee was withered and flaccid as that of one
long paralysed. The display was repugnant in every way
—we fled, and have been careful ever since to be absent
when any more of these living mummies were about to be
unrolled.

As a striking contrast to the national barbarity
which can sanction the existence of such a custom
is the reverent feeling towards the aged so gene-
rally visible in China :
One thing was particularly noticeable here—and, in-
deed, everywhere else on our road, when we happened to
stop for the night, or but a short time at a town or village
--and that was thl respect paid to age. Nothing could be
more marked than the deference with which some infirm
father of the hamlet was received when he entered the room,
tottering towards us to gaze with open mouth on the
strangers. Every available article that could afford sup-
port was converted into a seat by those whose limbs were
tired of standing, and all were so well conducted that no
reason could be given for turning them out. Yet :when-
ever one of these patriarchs introduced himself, there was
a movement among the spectators, everyone who was
seated got up and welcomed him by a nod, a kind word, or
a more formal waving of the joined hands and a slight in-
clination of the body forwards ; while those who were
standing, in addition to the salute, made room for him, or
advanced to help him to the best ulace among them, where
he was made a sort of centre for their regards and admira •
ration. Every word that fell from his mouth was listened
to with a grave or joyful interest until a more reverend visi-
tor arrived, and then the first would be as ready to get up
and testify his respect for his senior as his juniors had been
to respect him.

Here is an interesting description of
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
At the town, and until it nears the hills, its total height
may range from 30 to 40 feet, including five or six feet for
a crenelated parapet on the eastern .qde; and the wi .th
of its rampart 20 or 25 feet at most ; while the eye-delight-
ing towers are about 10 feet higher than the parapet, are at
the base 30 or 40 feet square, gradually narrowing as they
ascend, and are from 150 to 200 yards apart. They, with
the walls, have been admirably built to withstand the de-
vastations of ages of exposure in such a climate. The base-
ment or foundation for, the whole is widely end compactly
formed for bearing the weight of such a load of matter, by
imperishable granite blocks imposed on each other to an
elevation of six or eight feet from .;he ground. On this the
body of the building is reared, consisting of an internal
bank of earth tight:y rammed and packed, and encasea
in a sloping brick shell of no great thickness, em-
bedded very firmly in mortar of great apparent
strength and hardness—consisting, so far as I can
judge, of a large proportion of remarkably white lime,
similar to the chunam of India, mixed with sand and
pebbles in very small quantity. The courses of the brick-
work wore regular and well pointed, and in working up the
wall the observer could ; carcely fail to notice that it had
only been laid in layers six or eight feet deep at a time—
leading him to suppose that the builders had been fully
alive to the necessity of allowing one part to settle do% n
and solidity before building any higher, in order to prevent
displacement and speedy demolition from premature shrink-
ing. e e* One account states that the realisation of
the magnificent conception of Hwangti was accomplished in
five years, by many millions of labourers, and that three
nut of every ten were impressed for the task ; others say
that it cost 200,000 lives from exhaustion and fatigue. But
the
its being
years is more probably nearer the truth, and the fact
of. being continued and finished after the death of the
originator, and the extinction of his family, goes far to prove
that this mode of protecting the empil e from the tierce
savages commended itself to the nation at large, which
joined heartily in it, and that this stupendous work was not
forced out of the labour of unwilling subjects.
Many of the scenes and incidents are the sub-
jects of pictorial sketches, some of them as spirited
and humerous in their way as are the descriptions
in the letterpress.

Arrows in the Dark. By the Author of "Said and
Done." 1 vol. Smith and Elder.
From the title of this work we imagined the
story would be on a subject immortalised by those
lines of Sir Walter Scott's :
" Full many a shaft at, random sent
Finis aim the archer little meant," die,,
hut, on apening the book we find the title has a
higher signification.

"Our life seemed then
But as an arrow flying in the dark
Without an aim."

Such is the motto for the titio-page, and it reveals

th' meaning of the Very happily and very
be„%ntifutly is this moral lesson conveyed in the
histories of the pure and gentle Angela Mary and
the wayward and impetuous Diana Tracy. The
characters of the story are very numerous, and their
various peculiarities are nicely discriminated. The
opening scene is very effective. " Mrs. Tracy has a
daughter, if you please, my lord," is the sudden an-
nouncement of the old butler to his young master,
now for the first time addressed as " my lord," his
cousin's widow having given birth to a daughter
instead of a son and heir! The introductory ex-
planations which follow are somewhat too elabo-
rate, and the story gains nothing in effect from its
being divided into two parts. We should advise
the authoress in her future works to give more
attention to the difficult bnt most essential art of
concentration. Her sentiments are so pure and
good, and her homely pictures so attractive, that
her writings deserve to be popular.

Incidents of the Maori War, Kew Zealand,
1860-1861. By Colonel Sir James Alexander..

One vol. Bentley.
At the Currogh Camp, in Ireland, in 1860, Sir
James Alexander was called to the front on a field
day, and directed by Sir George Brown, the com-
'minder, to recall detachments and go abroad. His
destination was New Zealand, and he has furnished
us with a very interesting record of his experience of
that little-known country. The various incidents of
the recent war between the colonists and the Maories
are fully described, and the author has endeavoured
to fun the part of an impartial historian rather
than a prejudiced partisan. He tells us in his pre-
face, and the feeling is prominent throughout the
work, that he is an Aborigines Protectionist, and
that he feels keenly on the subject. Many of the
scenes and sketches descriptive of native character
are full of interest, some being calculated to raise a
smile, while others are suggestive of serious re-
flections.

The Book of Job. By the late Rev. George
Croly, LLD. Blackwood.

The admirers of the late Dr. Croly will be inte-
rested in the publication of this little volume, which
now for the first time makes its appearance, under
the loving editorship of the author's son, who has
prefixed to it a brief sketch of his lamented father's
career.

The Laureate Wreath ; and other Poems, By
John Edmund Reticle. Loughlin.
"The Laureate Wreath" is a narrative poem, full
of tenderness and feeling. The sentiments are more
worthy of admiration than the poetry, as the fol-
lowing passage will testify :
Sublimest heroism emanates
Alone from virtue, all else fitful is,
Passionate impulse triumphing in things
Sensual, the unenduring and forgot.
The brightest gem that dazzles in her crown
Is perseverance. To endure is great,
Silent in suffering, feeling the award
Of its own self-respect; but to prevail
Against the pettiness of life; to feel
The daily drop of disappointment fall
Until it petrifies the heart it chilled ;
To watch clouds gather round the sun of hope
Till light is darkness felt; to mark the hair
Blanch, from the dried-up tears of grief repressed ;
To feel the throbbings of the heart beneath
Dust cast on it of dull forgetfulness,
Which is oblivion; still to persevere
Is the sublimity of virtue reached,
The crown of life attained ; the panoply
Self-forged, that gains the undying wreath of fame
Won from the innate prescience of the soul.
Some of the shorter poems, as is so frequently the
case, are greatly superior to the longer and more
elaborate first poem which opens the volume.
Among these the happiest are those addressed to
his young daughter—" Agnes in the Garden," and
" Agnes Sleeping." The collection will, we doubt
not, be welcome to Mr. Reade's many admirers. It'
does not in a great degree either enhance or dimi
nish the reputation which its author has already
acquired.

The Real and the Ideal. Poems by Arthur
Llewellyn. Hurst and Blackett.
An elegant volume of midcellaneous poems well
suited to lie on a drawing-room table. In turning
over the leaves we occlbionally meet with some
beautiful passage or melodious line, but we
find nothing to arrest our attention or
call for more elaborate criticism. The pee°
entitled "The Sun's behind the Hills," with th
alternate refrain " Hope on !" is very spirited aOCI
exhilarating in its sentiments, as is another 011 a
kindred subject, entitled' The Brave Live on :".""
"Fell disappointment cometh; like leaves upon the blast'
Loved hopes, and schemes, and plans are whirled into
the Past;
While the Future atretcheth gloomily—a sea without a
81111

The coward sneaks to death—the brave lives on I"

The Life of Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingb7oke. B 1
Thomas Macknight, author of the "History of the Li
and Times of Edmund Burke." Chapman and Hall.
Mr. Macknight has often come before the pub ic, as the'
chronicler of the lives of eminent individuals. He says is
his preface that he has long cherished the idea of " pre,
seating in one continuous view all the vicissitudes of the
ambitious and chequered life of Bolingbroke." He believes
that what he has written may be considered as different
from any other publication of the kind in its estimate of
Bolingbroke. He says truly that it is a curious and interest-.
ing study to dwell on the life and actions of such a mans
and to consider the sad end of so much that was great. It:
cannot be said that this work is as interesting as that or
Burke, but that of course cannot be expected, since the '
subject treated of is not so worthy of interest and excitement.-
Still it may be regarded as a fitting companion for its pre"
decessor, and as the author observes in the preface,
the lives of these two eminent men serve tp
illustrate each other. Their careers may be Sala
to comprise the whole political history of the I°l'
century, and hence any one who wishes minutely to in.ves"^
tigate the course of the one must infallibly seek to possess
himself of all the details relating to the other. Though not
pleasing to peruse, the career of Bolingbroke is profitable to
study. His life shows that great gifts are valueless if thkiir
owner is not possessed of principle. Mr, Macknight htils
taken considerable pains with these volumes, and they reflees
great credit upon him. At the conclusion of this elaborate
consideration of his work, he remarks in eloquent language
on the chief points that make memorable the career of Bo
lingbroke, and aptly and appropriately sums up the epitome
of his career in these words :

"It is not the object of this work to revive in any manner
that clamour which so fiercely assailed Bolingbroke's me'
mory. It has been endeavoured in these pages to give 6'
just delineation of his life as it really was. Even froes
drawing any general conclusion of my own I deliberateii.
refrain. The facts must speak for themselves ; av'
of these every reader may be the judge. WI:Ot:
ever rt ay be the verdict, and whatever may be °I
fate of those writings, both political and philosophic":
which Bolingbroke estimated so highly, and which certaiP;''
as magnificent declamations, have scarcely ever been 01;:.0
passed, there is little doubt that his name will alwalo
remembered as that of one of the' most brilliant and sc;
complished statesmen who ever sought to govern England}
his life will not be wi ,hout a memorable moral, full
et
warning t,) the most brilliant and ambitious, if it show tilse
even great intellectual endowments, high rank, and h
finest opportunities are not in themselves sufficient to 0.4'",
stitute an enduring political success ; but that all
qualifications without some earnest and stedfast faith 1%,
great cause as the representative of a great principle' et 4
not always avert mortification and defeat from their 11/18
sensor nor secure the lasting respect andapprobatiou (1i
world."

te
Stammertng and Stuttering : their Nature and Treit't-el e
By James Hunt, P.H.D., Fifth Edition. Longoiell;
The many editions through which this work has 116-ri.
prove that it has been appreciated. The author has en
at great pains to explain the nature of this affliction, in
has presented the reader with an outline of its treatnielltn t
all periods. He states that while he certainly d°6; :-
profess to enable persons to cure themselves by Peifient
in; his volume, still the study of it :will Pre 'will
them from yielding to despair, since he
°l3 6
shown that the impediments of sp h tent
ttnell"
held to be incurable are as amenable to tree of
oobthjeecrtsdiosoertdheerasuotfhtohreishtuomimanprefsrasm,one,p"arenOtaseanodf the c•11:00
archor,
the importance of taking this evil in time. This little sing
can be recommended to all labouring under this distre_erii
infirmity, and they and their friends cannot but a_ the
benefit from its study. The public are indebted too f
author for thus devoting his time to the elucidati %etch
complicated subject, and it is the mote interesting ,7„, he
the progress of his labours, since the affliction of woon'rep,..
treats is one of the most painful to the sufferer, it
tressing to his friends, of any that can befall hutas
Science Elucidative of Scripture. By -• R
Author of " An Elementary Coutse of lqathetn
Rc, Lockwood._oo6o
It is with satisfaction that we see a writer ot
osve two,
experience. and authority coming forward to ret? way
difficulties which modern controversy has put to the

of the thoughtless and malearned. Mr. Young has filled
the (Moe of Priifessor of Mathematic, in Belfast College ; it
cannot, therefore, be said that he is a credulous or impres-
sionable partisan, since the study of tae exact sciences is
always considered to encourage a rigid adherence to matter
of fact and logical reasoning. That great science, without
whose aid the conjectures of the most learned would be
worthless indeed, does not favour credulity or prejudice,
and the author is enabled to meet his antagonists on their
own ground, and by his familiarity with the works area dis-
coveries of foremost philosophers, t) use their own weapons
against them. It is a work of frac) and thought which
is well worth reading by all, and should especially be care-
fully studied by those whose faith in the Scriptures has
been shaken by mistaken teachers.

Incidents in illy Life. By D. D. Home. Longman.
The name of Mr. Home is nearly as well known in Eng-
land as in America, although happily the mania for spirit
rapping and table turning has never reached so great an
extent in this country. )n the volume before us he relates
the story of his life in a calm, quiet manner, cf course nar-
rating a series of extraordinary spiritual manifestations as
simple facts. Into the merits of such a work it is scarcely
necessary to enter. It will most probably find many readers
among the curious and the credulous , but the plain common
sense and straightforward piety natural to the English
character are too decidedly opposed to such a science as
"spiritualism," for us to fear that it will greatly increase
the number of its votaries.

Deafness Practically Illustrated. By J. Yearsley, M.D.
Sixth Edition. John 2hurchill.
In the preface to this edition the author explains the dif-
ficulties be has encountered in his career, and refers to many
plans that he proposed which were denounced as impracti-
cable at the time, but which are now very generally recog-
nised and practised. He thus remarks on this important
subject:— "After 25 years' experience, I emphatically say
to the aura! surgeon and to the aural writer—look to the
mucous membrane, for on your restoring that membrane
to a healthy condition by local and constitutional treatment,
will mainly depend your success in restoring the impaired
sense of hearing to your patient. The author states that
when he first devoted himself to this branch of surgery it
was left to be the prey of empyrics, greatly to the injury of
the unfortunate sufferers; and many think that there should
not be subdivisions made in the profession. Still he argues
that while such undeniably exist, those best serve their
fellow-men who study to make those parts as perfect as
possible, and then, if the branches are ever
again united,
the whole may be more clear and comprehensive. There is
great truth in all this, and in no improvements of the pre-
sent day has there been greater enlightenment than in the
science and practice of medicine, which at one time was
kept as awful a mystery as the secrets of the dark ages. When
men of education, skilled in their vocation and its practice,
devote their time to the compiling of their extensive expe-
rience for the benefit of society, they deserve appreciation
and encouragement, No great things are achieved by
mystery, and the most simple treatment in itself is often
the most efficacious, if only the laws of nature are borne
in mind, and the special peculiarities of each individual
taken into consideration.

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The lonian Islands during the Present Century, By
Captain White Jervis, M.P. Chapman anu Hall.
This little volume gives an account "of the various politi-
cal phases through which the lonian Islands have passed
since they ceased to form a portion of the Venetian posses-
sions." A book of this sort is generally welcome, and the
present one is especially so, inasmuch as there has been so
much excitement felt about these islands, and the question
of the desirability of giving them up has engaged so
large a share of public attention. Referring to the lat-
ter subject, the author quotes ' a passage from the
speech of Mr. Gladstone in 1861, in which that gentle-
man observed that it would be "nothing less than a crime
against the safety of Europe if the protectorate of those
islands was surrendered." This book will be found inte-
resting in its perusal from its varied information, and there
are few readers who do not require some information on
such points as are referred to, and, at all events, they can
refresh their memory by a glance at its pages ; they only
Can rightly understand the present condition of a place and
a people who are well versed in its antecedents and have
read its annals of the past.

Tropical Fibres ; their Production and Economic Extrac-
tion• By E. G. Squier., James Madden, London ;
Scribner, New York.
This author was formerly minister of the United States
in Central America, and while there he made the best use
of his time. He explains the great deficiency that existed
in regard to the means of extracting fibres. Fortunately,
however, a machine has been invented that promises to in-
crease greatly the supply of tropical fibres. By the aid of a
machine one hand can extract in a single day a greater
quantity of fibres in better condition than 100 men can ob-
tain through the primitive modes now in use. This is a
great improvement; but It is only those who like the author
have been eye-witnesses of thescenesdescribed wbo can best
appreciate the incalculable advantages that accrue from such
an errangenient. The necessity for its introduction is best
described in these words :—" The traveller will ask why the
countless agaves which sometimes surround him like
forests, and the myriads of wild pine plants which
throng the woods, and invade every abandoned field, are
allowed to send out their fiore-stuffed leaves to flourish
and decay, while the world clamours for an in
creased supply of fibrous materials," It is posi-
tively amazing to learn in how many ways these
plants are applied. They not only supply articles of food,
drink, and oils, but they are the source of fibres which
are fitted in their various degrees for every kind of strength
and fineness. For instance, the hammock is made of a stuff
like silk. It is formed from the leaves of the wild pine-
apple. The boats are rigged with cordage which has been
taken from the agaves. In Mexico your passport is pre-
sented to you on paper of vast durability made from the
leaves of the magney, the juice of which supplies the place
of beer, cider, and whi ky. In the East Indies the traveller
can purchase a handkerchief like gossamer, made from the
fibre leaves of the pine-apple plant. In Manilla the vessels
of all nations fill their cargoes with balls of fibres similar to
hemp and flax, but which are extracted from the stalks of
the plaintain. Surely no study can be more interesting than
this, and all additional information should be eagerly wel-
comed, especially when it is afforded by one combining the
advantages of observation and experience, joined to that
love of his subject without which it is impossible that the
writer can be attractive in his style or the reader engrossed
in his study,

banes, Saxons, and IVormans. By T. G.
"Boyhood of Great Men,"
&c. Edgar, author of
B Mr. Edgar has given our juvenile
readerseeton man.y popular
and instructive works, and ho has now collected in this
elegant volume all the information, anecdotal and histori-
ell, which he can obtain about our early ancestors.
" Saxon and Norman and Dane are we,"
sings the laureate, and consequently we are bound to fami-
liarise ourselves with the doings of the sturdy Vikings from
whom the bold barons of Normandy traced their descent,
to less than with the exploits:of the fair-haired Saxons who
so often encountered them in battle. Edward and Godwin,
}Jerold and
are all Celebrated
down his in these pages, and the chronicler carries
nazration to
tthe death of Henry Beauclerc. We
wonder, however, tha
the , among his numerous anecdotes, he
has not included touching story of Henry I.'s grief
for his drowned son, after whose loss no smile ever visited
the father's face. The work is profusely illustrated, and
wovid form a very pretty and acceptable gift book.

Speaking Fables in French, By L. P. F. De Porquet.
Simpkin and Marshall.
The name of M. de Porquet is a sufficient guarantee of
the practical excellence of any work designed for the in-
struction of beginners in the study of the French language.
The present little volume is constructed on a very excellent
plan, by which an ease and readiness in French conversa-
tion will be acquired by young children, The only diffi-
culty in the way of its general adoption will, we fear, be
met with on the part of the teachers—few persons who pro-
xtounce themselves fully competent to finish pupils in
French being really able to undertake the task here as-
signed to them. The metod i however, sim enough
and if its adoption conduches tos, the cultivationple of amo
ready and practical acquaintance with the
principles ore
will be all the better f
:French conversation among teachers as well as learners, it

Shall we Register lilies :2 By Tenison Edwards, Eeq. of
the Inner Temple. Chapman and Hall.
Ihe author of this little volume has undertaken to
answer the objections brought against the registry of land
and title, and has been induced to do so by the fact that great
numbers of solicitors, more especially the provincial mem-
bers of that body, have refused to make use of the recent
act. Mr. Edwards considers that the act in question meets
and avoids every one of the objections to a general registry
of titles so strongly brought forward in Lord St. Leonard's
" Mindy Book," and that therefore the general antipathy
to the act cannot be bised on his lordship's argument. We
commend the work before us to the attention of all con-
cerned in the registry oi Property and title.
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An interesting,. discovery has recently been made
by Mr. Red grave, at Hampton Court, to the effect that one
of the Pictures formerly attributed to Pordenone, a Madonna
and Child, is really the work of an artist whose works are
extremely rare in this country, viz., Girolamo Savoldo, of
Vasarßrescia,
Gian Styled
ola bymo Itidolti, G. Bresciano, and called by
i,
THE FUNERAL OF MADAME DE: LAMARTINE.—
The moMI remains of Madame de Lam
artine arrived
at Macon ou Saturday last, at 6 o'clock in the morning, and
the funeral procession set out for Saint Point,
at 8 o'clock
whore the body was to be interred. All along the line of
route the population came forth to show their respect for
the dead, and in many places the emotion of the country
people broke forth in audible sobs. The body was deposited
in the tomb where the mother and daughter of •de La-
martine are buri-d.

PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—According to
an °facial list, just published, 316 petitions for private bills
have been presented in the present reesion, and only 35
cal acts have received the royal -assent.

NONE Y MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK.
The money market presents a very quiet appear-
ance, and although bankers and brokers are enabled
to find full employment for their resources; the con-
cession made with regard to first-class bills of three
months' date only represents e per cent., 3i per
cent. being the lowest rate at which discounts can
be effected. The exportation of specie being tem-
porarily larger than the arrivals, no doubt in-
duces caution on the pert of capitalists, who, if
gold should again accumulate at the Bank of Eng-
land, would no doubt speedily offer increased faci-
lities to the mercantile classes.
The amount of Specie to be taken out by the
Delta to-morrow is 1192,300.
About 50,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for shipment to Constantinople.
At the annual meeting to-day of the shareholders
of the Malta hnd Mediterranean Gas Company—
`lr. Hawkins, jun., in the chair—a dividend was
declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free
of income tax.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr.Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69f 45c. 69f. 50c.

The English stock market continues to present
the same dull but steady appearance as for some
time past, the dealings, both real and speculative,
being conducted on a very limited scale. Consols
remain a: 931 t for money, and at 928 I-, less the
dividend, for the account. The New Threes and the
Reduced Annuities were 91/ 8 ; and Bank Stock
wt-44 buoyant at 235. Indian Stock remained at
2311; the 5 per Cent, do., 1091 110-k ; the Deben-
tures, 100 ; and the Bonds, 128.155. prem.. Exche-
quer Biils are ss. to ls. dis.
There is no new feature in the Foreign Market,
and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents.
1862.711 4 ; do., Consolides, 51k 8; Greek, 321 1 ;
do., Coupons 14 15:1 ; Spanish Passive 33/ 34; do.,
Certificates 1111 Portuguese 491 50 ; Russian
91 a ; Italian 71/ 72; Egyptian 100; Mexican
36 ; end the Confederate Loan 1 dis. to par.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been moderately active, and in several instances
prices have shown a slight upward tendency. Cale-
donian, Great Northern A Stock, and South-
Western have improved ss. ; Midland and South-
Eastern, 10s.; and North-Western, .£l.
I❑ the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
has been a very limited inquiry, and quotations are
unaltered.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re-
main dull, at about previous quotations. The shares
of the International Financial Society are quoted
5 to 5 prem.; the General Credit Society, 2-2- i
prem.; the London Financial, 18 t prem,; English
and Scottish M,trine Insurance Company, prem.

Bank
sBtRocIkTISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
knnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
New 21 per Cent. Annuities....
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent,
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent
t iitto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 k
Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001
att“ Bonds C1.000
Ditto under £1,000..
Consols for Account. June 9 9214
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 1 5 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
thrto Account
...
R.quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 pet Cent..
.. 100
'Ditto, Second Issue
.. 100
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.)ns.. 32 i a i
Ditto Account32a
Ditto Coupons
14/
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 791
Mexican 3 per Cent
I)itto Account. 36
New Granada
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)..., —
Paruvian 41 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 BBl
Ditto Account B9
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 491 50 49a 1
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 paid.......... 5i pm
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 94
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent.,
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent
itto Account
Ditto New Deferred , .
Ditto Paa,uve
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent
I:tiritish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account....
..
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
..
Ditto, £lOO Bonds 731
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. .....
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
..
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 72 ll

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
93/
Ditto Account
92i t

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
Strong. Q❑iet. Sales, about 5,000 bales. Im-
ports, 5,600 ; previously, 7,910.

The executors of the late Mrs. Ann Catto, of the
Old Kent-road, have promptly paid to the National Life-
boat Institution £l,OOO, being the amount of that lady's
munificent legacy to that important and valuable society
With its large fleet.of 124 lifeboats to keep up in a state of
thorough efficiency, the institution requires all the help a
benevolent public can extend to it.
ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—The annual, meet-
ing of the members of the Royal Dramatic College was held
this afternoon at tno New Adelphi Theatre. The report
was unanimously adopted, the retiring wardens re-elected,
and everything passed off with the greatest satisfaction.
We feel great pleasure in the great prosperity of this noble
institution,
" PUNCH" FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.--" With a sad
interest," says a writer in the London .Review, on
turning over an old volume of Punch, "we count up in the
political caricatures the facPs that have long since dropped
out of contemporary history. Fourteen years must needs
make a difference in the woiki: g life of any nation, and our
losses in that period have been many. Here is Sir Robert
Peel, bland, smiling, and watchful, always with a prodi-
gious aspect of being 'master of the situation.' Here is
his lieutenant, Sir James Graham, impassive and know-
ing. Here is Hume, massive and stern, Here is the Duke
of Wellington, looking no older than in caricatures of the
days of Gem ge the same odd little round
mouth, as it' he were about to whistle, and the same expres,
sion of mingled slyness and senility, which made Hazlitt, in
Alt. ergt before ,a, rothoement of savage sarcasm many years before, call aim
rGeehneewraalswbaillhd. foolishntheereis
sf
be et
h. 'o' r
pHi
ne rae
tihs
oPursianncde
e
shapes of buffoonery. Here ia
when beards were n eauntz, with a beard in days
sails. On
prodigies. Here, too, is Louis
and pleasant t, find how
Philippe pining in xi
On the other hand, it is curious
many
then remain among
our
workingn politicians now. Of Pal-
merston we see scarcely
anyiany of our working politicians
though lie was Foreign
Secretary at the time ; Lord Joh
Lord Brougham, and Lord
herbn Russell, and
Disraeli, and
Cobden, and Btight meet us at everyY; ran, t
and Disraeli, page. We
ou
are almost startled when we find Brgn f
ha
in 1849-50, and reflect that he is still active looking so old
and
to be spared, let us hope, for some years of
-work even
°;eBe.
eMr. Punch at the time used to treat his lord-hip in
any-
thing but a respectful way. He was the bad boy of t
satirist, always being scolded or made fun of ; and it must
be admitted that his irritable eccentricities laid him
open to sharp instrument. What he must do next,'
is the title of a cartoon in which he is represented standing
on his head. On the whole, the caricatures strike us as
having been more amusing at that time than now. Perhaps
it was because there was more political activity—more
per-
sonal collision—more of the stimulus of party strife ; per-
haps because Punch himself had the gay audacity of youth ;
a
but, whatever the cause, it appears to us that the large
and
illustrations were characterised by a greater vigour
freMbness, a more abounding spirit of fun and frolic, a more
defiant boldness and larger breadth of genial humour, than
those which we see now from week to week. Mr. Leech
was then the principal caricaturist ; and some of his poli-
tical sketches aro so admirable that we regret his having
given up that species of work, notwithstanding the graceful
fancy and masterly drawings of Mr. Tenniel, who, we be-
for Punch.
5-8 now the only artist who does the large caricatures