The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-09 00:00:00

Bentley's Miscellany.

The editor's historical romance of "Cardinal Pole"
proceeds with interest, and chronicles in this in-
stalment the important event of the Royal marriage.
A paper on " The Hermit of Gauting" relates the
adventures of an eccentric and by no means attrac-
tive character. We have also an account of a man
whose life is of a more active kind—Benito Juarez,
the present President of the Republic of Mexico.
We have another biographical paper in an outline
of the career of Madame Schroder-Devrient, a dis-
tinguished dramatic singer, recently deceased. The
narrative of "A Visit to Russia," and the description
of A Summer in America," are both continued.
There are fresh instalments of two tales, and a
pleasantly-written paper on " The Channel Islands
and their Legends." Monkshood, always one of the
cleverest writers in this periodical, contributes a
very readable essay on " The Advantages of Im-
pudence."

11facmillate8 Magazind

Contains some interesting articles. To the philolo-
gist, Professor Max Muller's lecture " On the
Science of Language," which he delivered at the
Royal Institution last month, wi'l prove attractive.
A paper by Dr. T. L. Phipson, F.C.S., " On the
Chemistry of the Sea," contains not only scientific
information for the learned, but some statistics
which will amuse the general reader. It is curious
to observe that there are cases where the continuous
influx of fresh water into inland seas, combined
with an efflux of salt water, causes the sea or lake
in the course of time to become fresh, as in the case
of Backal Lake, in Siberia, the change being gra-
dual. The fish and plants which were originally
indigenous to salt water seem to change their
nature with the change of element, and shoals of
herrings are to be seen disporting in the fresh water
as naturally and happily as their ancestors did in a
primeval age. The second and concluding part of
"A Visit to Lutzen in October, 1862," by Herman
Merivale, takes up the account of the battle after
the fall of Gustavus, and Mr. Merivale enters into
a long dissertation on the character and history of
Wallenstein, of whom he entertains no very favour-
able opinion, considering him to be a humbug.

Course of the EiChange--This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 17f
Antwerp.. — 25 45
Brussels — 25 45
Hamburgh — 13 7f
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine - 119
Vienna
11 80
Trieste
Petersburgh

Berlin ..............
Madrid

Cadiz - 491
Leghorn — 25 55 25 60
M ilan
Genoa — 25 55 25 60
Naples
Palermo .. 25 60 25 65
11.1 essina
Lisbon —52 a
Oporto — 524 521
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons 0 0 0

_ day ; but Arbury, from the confidence evinced by his stable,
THE COST OF ALGERlA.—Accordin must be held harmless. I I.ave now treated of every horse
g to a calcu-
lation made by the Pr esse, Algeria, fromthe l its con- of any pretensions, and, shall select the following
quest to the present time, has cost France
the
exapregnedito beat the field :—M edora, The Dane, Emblem,
sumture Jerusalem, and Arbury. Should all be well, I doubt whether
of 4,632,484,000 f. (£185,299,360), counting I could find a better champion than Jerusalem alone; but
with compound interest.
amidst the uncertainty vihich prevails regarding him, I
M. Sarcy, of the Opinion Nottonale, has just been must rely on
sentenced to I,ooof. damages and 200 f. fine for a rather too I EMBL2'M and THE DAN!d.
severe critique against Mdlle. Pauline de Melin, the actress
The Handien. 40 sous I must award to Leontes or Little
at the Odeon, apropos of a piece wherein she did not per-
form, Lady ; and the Sefton Handicap to Tolurno, Juliet, or
Madame Ratazzi, who was an authoress before Lady Nichol. Leontes or Twilight v rill carry off the
her last marriage, is now advertising a new novel called bbrewsbury, which takes place on Thu rsday and Friday,
" Mademoiselle Million," which bears her present name on and will form the subject of some remark- son Wednesday,
P, GIASIJS.
the title-page.