The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1863.

nerves. He says to the electors of Cambridgeshire
in his address, " Our expenditure has become ex-
cessive, and if I should, by your favour, re-enter
the House of Commons, I shall be ready to insist
upon a more economical administration of our
finances,
as I am convinced that our expenditure
may b
diminished without at all impairing
any branch of the public ser-
We trust this declaration may be taken as
indicating not the views of Lord GEORGE M
rice e reale largely
e i eney of
MANNERS
only—that it appeals to what he understands to be
the feeling of the Conservative electors and their
landlords in Cambridgeshire, we may be quite cer-
tain. But we hope it also shows that Conservative
Members of Parliament are beginning to under-
stand that efficient economy will be the question of
next session. Their ex-Chancellor of the Exche-
quer foresaw it last year ; some of the Tories kicked
at it then, to the great joy of Lord PALMERSTON,
We hope they are coming to a better mind : if so,
between the two parties the country will get it.
Everything is now favourable to economy. The
revenue has, indeed, proved elastic ; still, for the
three quarters already gone by, it has fallen short of
Mr. GLADSTONE'S estimate by a million and a quar-
ter. The state of Lancashire demands that not a
sovereign of the nation's money should be wasted,
and in aid of naval and military reduction the state
of the Continent is every way favourable. All
countries are finding out that the " bloated arma-
ments" into which the French EMPEROR
frightened them are an unendurable bur-
den. The Prussian Parliament seems dis-
posed even to force its Sovereign to a
revolution, if he will persist in maintaining a vast
army. Austria herself is compelled by her new
Parliament to revise her military expenditure, and
is not unwilling to do it. And the cause of all this
European war expenditure in peace—the restless
EMPEROR of the restless glory-loving French--is ex-
ercising his troops and spending millions, no longer
in threatening European peace, but in attempting
to give peace to distracted Mexico. For our part,
we do not know that we should be sorry to see him
gratify his subjects by appropriating a handsome
slice of Mexico as the payment of his expedition.
The more extended the possessions of France, the
more vulnerable and less quarrelsome she will pro-
bably become. What, however, will certainly in-
duce her to keep the peace at home is, a costly dis-
tant war on her hands, and, despite the high finan-
cial abilities of M. FouLD, another heavy deficit.
If in such a state of things our rulers will persist in
a war expenditure, we should like to know when
we are to return to a peace expenditure. It ought
to be in EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE.

The speech of the Earl of HARDWICKE on Satur-
day last, in the Town-hall of Cambridge, is one of
the ablest descriptions of the state of affairs in
Lancashire that has yet been laid before the public.
Clear and concise in its language and temperate in
its expression, it sums up the whole case with
a force and simplicity whose logic is unanswer-
able. Evidently well versed in every branch of
his subject, the noble earl brought forward statistics
enough to satisfy the most determined follower of
Mr. GLADSTONE. Some of these were startlingly
put, as when he alluded to a district, containing
2,000,000 inhabitants, whose applicants for paro-
chial relief had risen in the short space of four-
teen months from 43,000 to upwards of a quarter
of a million. In September, 1861, the weekly
amount dispensed from the parochial funds was
£2,250. In November, 1862, it was £17,681.
Such facts speak for themselves, even without
Lord HARDWICKE'S striking comment that we
were called upon for charity alone, putting
policy out of the question, to support an army equal
to that of the Northern States, and a body of men
equal in number to twice the army of the United
Kingdom. After observing that these facts were
such that the greatest exertions were requisite to
meet the calamity, he proceeded to consider the
causes of the disaster, and remarked that it came upon
us in a form that rendered it more acceptable
to the mind of charity, than if it had arisen from
overtrading or over-manufacturing, as some had
foretold. But even in that case the unemployed
labourer who is certainly not responsible for
the imprudence or love of speculation of his
master, would have still had a claim on oar
aid, Remembering that he was addressing
an agricultural county, Lord HARDWICKE
entered into some explanation of the difference with
regard to the population of a manufacturing dis-
trict where owing to the immense masses collected
in particular spots for a specific purpose, the raising
of the rates is totally inadequate to meet a sudden
emergency like the present. Without following the
noble earl through his observations on the vexed
questions of the amount of the rates and the assist-
ance given by the millowners, we may pass to the
concluding portion of his speech, is which he
refers to the general aspect of this great calamity in
terms which will find a grateful echo in the breast
of every Englishman. Turning from the painful
details of the wide-spread suffering, to the noble
qualities it has brought to light among us, the
speaker said :

" A great calamity has fallen upon a district and upon
an honest and hard-working people. But 1 believe in my
conscience that, by God's blessing, we shall come out of
this difficulty with infinitely greater power, so far as regards
any argument which we may hold towards the rest of man-
kind, in relation to the position of this country in the
eyes of foreign nations, and above all with regard to our
dependence upon one single State for the supply of that
material which is well known to be one of the staple manu-
factures of this country, employing as it does so large a
body of men. We are supposed by many persons to be
dependent upon the United States for our peace and happi-
ness for our security and our wealth; but we have shown
them, and we shall be able to show them for the future,
that this country has a power which they never supposed it
to possess ; and that with its love of order, its obedience to
the law, its great charity, and its powerful resources, there
are no circumstances that can bring upon us that depres-
sion which I will not say they desire to see,.but which they
felt confident would be caused, if the supply of cotton
should be deficient."

In reference to the old real or supposed anta-
gonism between the manufacturing and the work-
ing classes, he went on to say :
" I have stated that our present distress is likely to relieve
us from future anxiety, and enable us to rely upon other
parts of the world besides the United States for our re-
sources. I believe I may also congratulate you on its
bringing about another most important feature in the
happiness of this country. I mean the knitting together
of all classes. In times gone by we, as purely agri-
cultural people, have suffered much from the tone and
expression of feeling in the manufacturing districts. It is
a very pleasant thing to be able to show them that we en-
tertain no ill-feeling towards them, and that we consider
what has been said as so much idle wind that has
passed by. We are ready to show them that under their
circumstances of trial we enter deeply into their affliction,
and are ready to aid them in throwing off the tremendous
scourge which has overtaken them. It is important to
vein of charity
to
the which
passions
no
stoo platformo ofthe
show the operative and the labourer that throughout the
country
gentlemen,tl
there
who xi
people for the purpose of setting man against man, have
yet shown. We are proving to the operative class that
there exists nothing but love and affection towards them in
the bosoms of their superiors, or the classes that are placed
este
addressa ve
themselves
above them. I think this is a very important feature, and
one from which we may draw very great comfort. I may
add that the subscriptions have reached £1,300,000, and I
will express my belief that the worst is over, and my hope
that this great calamity, so alarming in itself and Which in

the opinion of some statesmen was calculated to bring about
such serious consequences, has been parried by the energy
and the charity of the people of this country, coupled with
the honest forbearance and patience of the operative class."

Such reflections lighten a part of the burden, and
prove that the cordial sympathy and fellowship
which binds all classes of Englishmen together, is
stronger than that bitter antagonism between
the members of a kindred race which has
brought all this suffering to our doors. In
after years, when we may hope Americans will look
• back with shame and regret to the fierce and mer-
ciless civil war which crippled their resources,
wasted their population, and ravaged their fair and
prosperous country, it is with no unstable hope
that we trust that Englishmen may turn with gra-
titude to that Providence which brought them
safely through such a trial, and taught them in the
noble patience on the one hand, and the ready
sympathy on the other, how " sweet are the uses
of adversity."

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, DEC. 26.

The President has not signed the Bill for the
admission of Western Virginia as a separate State.
The Conservative party is using all its pressure to
induce him to veto it.

The Republicans insist that the President must
and will adhere to his emancipation policy, and
that he will issue a new proclamation in that sense
on the Ist of January.
The Democratic party asserts, on the contrary,
that he will take further time to consider.
The position of the Federal armies in the South-
West is exciting apprehension.
The Confederates have re-captured the town of
Holly Spring, and destroyed 200 waggons, cotton,
commissary stores, ammunition, &c., valued at
500,000 dole., and burned Union City.
The Federals state their loss at Holly Spring at
200 killed and wounded, and 150 taken prisoners.
In a raid upon Memphis, the Confederates carried
off 100 cattle and 180 mines.

A force of 7,000 Confederates is reported to be
advancing upon Columbus, their original stronghold

on the Mississippi.
It is supposed that the Confederates will make an
effort to crush the army of General Rosecranz at
Nashville, Tennessee, and recover that place, and
defeat General Grant's campaign against Jackson
and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
General Grant is already so situated that he can-
not send an order 20 miles in any airection from his
own camp.

No change has occurred in the position of affairs
on the Rappahannock.
General Foster's army has returned to Newbern.
The results of its four victories, in which it sus-
tained heavy losses, has been the destruction of a
portion of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
and telegraph, and of a large amount of private
property.

Intelligence from Key West states that more
than 50 large vessels of the Banks' expedition
had been seen passing into the Gulf.

A large steamer, with a full freight of supplies
for the Confederate Government, is reported by the
Richmond papers to have entered Charleston, South

Carolina.

Thirty-nine out of the 300 Sioux Indians impri-
soned at Dakoa, Minnesota, are to be hung to-day,
and fears are entertained that the whites who will
witness the execution may break open the prison
and lynch the remainder. The Colonel command-
ing the post has invoked the aid of the citizens to
maintain the law.

ITALY.
TURIN, JAN. 5 (Evening).

A circular of the Minister of the Interior pub-
lished to-day directs the Prefects to push forward
the formation of 220 battalions of the mobilised
National Guard, and not to defer it later than the
20th inst., at which date all the operations neces-
sary for carrying out this measure will have been
completed.

NAPLES, lAN. 5.

Yesterday evening some individuals belonging to
the lower class of the population endeavoured to
get up a demonstration, and raised cries hostile to
the Government. About 15 of them were arrested,
among whom were two curates, some priests, and a
colonel formerly in the Bourbon service. Docu-
ments were found upon the latter relating to a re-
volutionary conspiracy.

A petard was thrown down and exploded near
the house of the General of the National Guard, but
without doing any damage.
The population remained perfectly quiet.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JANUARY 5, Evening.

In to-day's sitting of the Congress, a Bill was
introduced by the Government for modifying the
Customs' tariff on iron, cotton, and other articles.

It is asserted that Senor Coello y Quesada.
Spanish Minister at Brussels, has sent in his resig.
nation.

Marshal O'Donnell has received fresh proofs of
the confidence placed in him by the Queen.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. s.—The firmness apparent in the
market on Saturday has been well maintained to-
day, and the business done shows a further im-
provement in prices. Threes, for the account, are
now at 70f. 65c. The Railway Share Market has
not been very animated, but prices have been pretty
well maintained. The upward movement continued
to the end, when the market closed as follows :

4 por Cents. 9B 25
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 80
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month
Credit Mobilier 1200
Do, end month 1210 -
RA IL'

Bank Shares 3410

• Credit F oneier 1460
Piedmontese Fives
Italian Loan 73 45
• Russian
• Austrian
• Spanish Threes —
Home Debt
'WAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans ICB7 50 .. 1090
Northern lO5O .. 1047 50
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1170 .. 1172 60
Geneva 371 25 .. 372 50
Southern B3O .. 833 75
Western
Eastern .. „ 526 25 .. 525
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon.bard
North of Spain . ... 547 50 .. 548 75
___

Saragossa 667 50 .. 677 N
Ditto to Barcelona

WINDBOIL.—Tbis town, celebrated for its choir,
possesses great advantages for getting up classical concerts,
and they have been well cultivated under the accomplished
Dr. Elvey, of St. George's Chapel, who presides over a
Glee and Madrigal Society, which is under the immediate
patronage of her Majesty. Miss Banks suns at the first of
this season. Miss Roden is engaged for the second, Friday,
the 9th inst.

THE FORGERY UPON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.-

It is expected that the trial of the six prisoners,
George Buncher, Robert Cummings, William Barnett,
Richard Brewer, James Griffiths, and Henry Williams,
who are charged with stealing a quantity of Bank of Eng-
land note paper from the mills at which it is manufactured,
at Laverstoke,
in Hampshire, and also with having endea-
voured to carry out an extensive system of forging Bank of
England notes, will take place on Wednesday morning.
Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Bevil!, Q.C., are specially re-
tained, with Mr. Giffard and Mr. Matthew, to conduct the
prosecution on behalf of the Bank of England; Sergeant
Ballantine is specially retained, with Mr. F. H. Lewis and
Mr. *D. D. Keane, to defend the prisoner Brown,
Mr. Pater and Mr. Greenoak are retained to defend Bun-
cher, and Mr. E. T. Smith will defend Cummings. The
other prisonez s are undefended. Among the charges that
will be preferred against the prisoners are that of feloniously
forging certain notes of the Governor and Company of the
Batik of England, with having feloniously and without
lawful excuse and authority in their possession divers sheets
of paper, the words "Bank of England" being visible in the
substance of such paper ; they will also be charged with fe-
loniously having in their possession divers sheets of paper,
upon which there was an impression of certain works,
figures, numbers, and ornaments resembling a Bank of
England note. The prisoners will also be charged with
having forged Bank of England notes feloniously in their
possession, and likewise with being feloniously ,n posses-
sion of plates, upon which portions of the contents of a Dank
of England note were engraved. There are more than 60
witnesses to be examined for the prosecution, and thp
will last two, if not three, days. trial
SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSETML---During the week
ending Jan. 3 the viecors have been as follow :
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Satur-
day (free days), opfm. from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 12,571; on
Friday, etudentsi day (admission to the pubic 6d), open
from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.,
298; total, 12,869—from the open-
ing of the museum,3,66l 185

LITERATURE.

Colburn's New Monthly.

"The Shadow of Ashlydyat " is continued at
some length. The present instalment is a very sad
one. First we meet with Maria gradually learning
the awful truth concerning the state of affairs.
Then Thomas Godolphin is represented "bearing
the brunt" of the evil. His iniquitous brother
has absconded, leaving those whom he has ruined
to meet the evil as they best may. The authoress
comes out powerfully in her delineation of these
scenes, truly depicting the misery occasioned to the
innocent by the designing schemes of the guilty.
" It is rather with what may be called the domestic
phase of these tragedies that I would deal ; the
private home details, the awful wreck of peace, of
happiness caused there. The world knows enough
(rather too much sometimes) of the private part
of these affairs; but what does it know of the part
behind the curtain ?—the, if it may be so said, the
inner aspect ?" High as is the authoress's reputa-
tion, this story will enhance it most considerably,
from its lifelike details and vivid illustration of cha-
racter. "Damon and Pythias," is a peculiar sketch
translated from the Danish, about a man who pos-
sessed a mania for securing a friend, and in his
absurd ideas and morbid notions made of such ac-
quisitions a curse instead of a blessing. " About
a Sensation" is a well written paper, which
justly satirises the mania of the day in the
rage for excitement, and concludes with the
wise advice to the young not to attempt to cut
a figure unless they are well assured of their com-
petency to succeed. Then they must persevere,
otherwise they had better confine themselves to a
humble walk of life, and "travelling onwards, doing
a little good here, and a little there, and nothing
great anywhere, come at last in a very peaceful
mind to a very peaceful home." " Ruined Abbeys
and Castles of Great Britain" is a brief summary
of the Howitts' interesting book, some of the chief
points of which are discussed. " Granville de
Vigno" is continued, and the details of this part are
very exciting in their nature. The wretched wife
of Sabretasche is dying, and the curtain falls on
general gloom. " The Prussian Opposition" is
an elaborate article, which seeks to convey a right
understanding of the important events now taking
place in that country. It states that " the Prussian
King and Prussian Chambers are disputing upon a
matter of money, much like Charles the First and
Hampden, and it is quite certain that we have as
yet only seen the beginning of the struggle."
" Umbria and the Marches" discusses Mr. T. A.
Trollope's work on the subject. Sir Nathaniel this
month discourses on " Frederick, Prince of Wales,"
and we also meet with a paper on the " Explora-
tion of the Yang-take-Kiang," lately written by
Capt. Blakiston.

,Maennllan'e Magazine.

This magazine commences with a Dream of
Christmas Eve, entitled "The Pines at Hampstead."
We had rather leave the writer to explain his ob-
ject himself, for we confess to having no very clear
insight into it ourselves. One thing is, however,
certain, that certain verses introduced into this
article are by no means of a high order, nor can we
sympathise with the phantom. We suppose the
gentleman in question is one who, to prove his ad-
miration for the girl of his choice, converts one of
her shoes into a goblet, from which he drinks to
her. Kissing a shoe is bad enough, but to drink
wine from one, fresh from a heated foot, is too
much. " The History of Almanacs," by Thomas
-Wright, F.S.A., contains much matter of interest.
The best 'writers on the subject agree that the word
almanac was brought in by the astrologers, and
that they took it from the Arabs ; and it was to
astrological oalenders that it was first applied, but
they were gradually abridged into a more popular
shape. One of the earliest of those in the British
Museum dates back to about the year 1430. The
folding almanacs continued in use during the whole
of the 15th century, and when of less elaborate make
appear to have had a rather extensive circulation, for
they were among the first productions of the art of
printing in its rudest forms. " Vincenzo ;or
Sunken Rocks," is continued. In December, 1861,
an article on " Games of Cards" was published in
this magazine, and the editor states that its re-
ception was so favourable that he has been tempted
to return to the subject again at the festive sea-
son of Christmas, and he this year devotes
his attention exclusively to the game of whist.
He states that it is curious that while so many of
all classes play at whist, so few can play it well;
and proceeds to explain the probable cause, and to
lay down certain rules for the guidance of young
players, in which he quotes the authority of Hoyle,
Cavendish, and others. The article contains matter
of interest to experienced players, and much infor-
mation to the unskilled. "The Water Babies; a
Fairy Tale for a Land Baby," by the Rev. Professor
Kingsley, has reached chapter VI. It is a curious
combination of nonsense and sense ; the object is
moral and the purpose good, but such uncongenial
characters are met together that the best way is to
select a few passages, for example :
The children were very much surprised, and asked the
fairy whether that was her doing.

"Yes, and no," she said, smiling. "It was only those
who could use their feet as well as their hands who could
get a good living; or, indeed, get married; so that they
got the best of everything, and starved out all the rest ;
and those who are left keep a regular breed of toe-thumb-
men, as a breed of shorthorns, or skye-terriers, or fancy
pigeons is kept up." _

- "But there is a hairy one among them," said Ellie.
"Ah l" said the fairy, " that will be a great man in his
time, and chief of all the tribe."
And, when she turned over the next five hundred years,
it was true.

F r this hairy chief had had hairy children, and they
hairier children still ; and every one tried to marry hairy
husbands, and have hairy children too ; for the climate was
growing so damp that none but the hairy ones could live ;
all the rest coughed and sneezed, and had sore throats, and
went into consumption, before they could grow up to be
men and women.

And the fairy turned over the next five hundred years.
And they were fewer still.
" Why, there is one on the ground, picking up roots,"
said Ellie, "and he cannot walk upright."

No more he could ; in the same way that the shape of
their feet had altered also.

4; Why," cried Tom, " I declare they are all apes."
"Something very like it, poor foolish creatures," said
the fairy. "They are grown so stupid now, that they can
hardly think; for none of them have used their wits for
many hundred years, and they have almost forgotten how
to talk. For each stupid child forgot son eof the words it
heard from its stupid parents, and had not wits enough to
make fresh words for itself. And beside, they are grown so
fierce, and suspicious, and brutal, that they keep out of
each other's way, and mope, and sulk in the dark forests,
never hearing each other's voice, till they have forgotten
almost what speech is like. lam afraid they will all be
apes very soon, and all by doing only what they liked."
And in the next five hundred years they were all dead
and gone, by bad food and wild beasts, and hunters, all
except one tremendous old fellow with jaws like a jack, who
stood full seven feet high ; and M. Du Chaillu came up to
him, and shot him, as he stood roaring and thumping his
breast. And he remembered that his ancestors had once
been men, and tried to say, "Am I not a man and a
brother I"' but he had forgotten how to use his tongue ; and
then he had tried to call for a doctor, but he had forgotten
the word for one. So all he said was, "Übboboo I " and
died.

And that was the end of the great and jolly nation of
the lloasyoulikes. And when Tom and Ellie came to the
end of the book, they looked very sad and solemn; and
they had good reason so to do, for they really fancied that
the men were apes, and never thought of asking, in their
simplicity, whether the creatures had hippopotamus majors
in their brains or not ; in which case, you know, they could
not possibly have been apes, though they were more apish
than the apes of all aperies.

A chapter is devoted to " Maritime Rights of Bel-
ligerents and Neutrals." This much discussed sub-
ject will be before tb.e public, we suppose, until the
termination of the American war. There is also to
be found a paper on "Political Economy and the
Gospel," ea well as a review of the Bishop of Natal'*
book,

Good Words. Edited by Norman Macleod, D.D.
It is with great satisfaction that we see this
excellent magazine begin a new year with unabated
spirit and unflagging interest. The names of the
principal contributors are in themselves a sufficient
guarantee for the high moral tone and literary
ability of the contents, since their list includes Dr.
Guthrie, Rev. Charles Kingsley, A. K. H. 8.,
Laurence Oliphant, John Caird, D.D., Anthony
Trollope, and the editor himself. For popular

science we have such writers as Sir David Brewster
and Sir John Herschel, while feminine genius is
ably represented by the pens of Sarah fytler, Ade-
laide Proctor, Isa Craig, and the author of "John
Halifax." One remarkable feature in this serial is
the entire absence of anything approaching to sec-
tarianism, which distinguishes it, although many
of the articles are on religious subjects. To this
peculiar merit not often found in similar publica-
tions, is probably due the widely-extended circu-
lation of " Good Words." We heartily commend
this pleasant and profitable number to the public,
assuring them that it fully carries out its motto,
" Good words are worth much, and cost little,"
taken from the pages of quaint George Herbert.
1

Routledge's Illustrated Natural History.
The forty-seventh part of this able and compre-
hensive work is devoted to spiders, eentepedes, scor-
pions, and similar unattractive topics. However,
we have as much to learn from these humble and
unsightly creatures as from nobler animals, whose
construction is often less wonderful.
" There's a mission no doubt for the worm in the dust,
As there is for the charger with nostrils of pride ;,
The sloth and the newt have their places of trust,
And the agents are needed, for God bath supplied."
In accordance with this philosophy we may look
with equanimity on the frightful creatures dis-
played in the clever illustrations to this part. The
work when finished is likely to rank among the first
Natural Histories in the language.

The British Workman.

The yearly part of this excellent and well con-
ducted periodical comes before us with an illustrated
cover representing a scene of distress in Lanca-
shire, 1862. Many other woodcuts of large size
are contained in this number, one of the most
effective showing a portion of the terrible disaster
in the Hartley Colliery. There are two beautiful
portraits of the late Prince Consort and her Ma-
jesty, the former taken from Wyon's medallion.
The letterpress is as varied and attractive as pos-
sible, evidently with the view of preventing the
attention of its less cultivated readers from flagging.
Some may think that there is too much of teetotal-
ism in this woi Jr, but at the same time it is cap-
able of doing great good, and ought therefore to
meet with encouragement and receive respect.

Good Words. Edited by Norman Macleod, D.D.
It is with great satisfaction that 'we see this ex-
cellent magazine begin a new year with unabated
spirit and unflagging interest. The names of the
principal contributors are, in themselves, a suffi-
cient guarantee for the high moral tone and literary
ability of the contents, since their list includes Dr.
Guthrie, Rev. Charles Kingsley, A.K.H.8., Law-
rence Oliphant, John Caird, D.D., Anthony Trol-
lope, and the Editor himself. For popular scienoe
we have such writers as Sir David Brewster and Sir
John Merschel, while feminine genius is ably repre-
sented by the pens of Sarah Tytler, Adelaide Proc.
tor, Isa Craig, and the author of " John Halifax.
One remarkable feature in this serial is the entire
absence of anything approaching to sectarianism
which distinguishes it, although many of the arti-
cles are on religious subjects. To this peculiar
merit, not often found in similar publications, is pro-
bably due the widely extended circulation of Good
Words. We heartily commend this pleas and
profitable number to the public, assuring them that
pages
iotffuglulyaicuatrr
Gieesoroguet iHtsemrboetrtto_, ta,k,
Genoofdro
Words are
worth much, and cost little."

Cassell's Illustratsd History of England.
A new volume of this popular history has just
been commenced, in compliance with the wish of
the subscriters, who desired its extension from the
death of George 111. to the present day. The
troubled times succeeding the accession of George
IV. are clearly and ably treated, extracts from some
of the chief speakers and writers of the day being
interpolated. The illustrations, if not of a very
high class, are numerous and effective, and well cal-
culated to extend a knowledge of our domestic his-
tory in the homes of the people.

MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.
Newton's London journal of Arts and
Sciences has an article on French and English
patent law reformers, which quotes largely from
some recent remarks of M. Michel Chevalier on
the obstacles which he considers the patent law
opposes to the progress of the industrial arts. From
his view of the case the writer before us differs vs
tote, and those interested in the matter have hero
an opportunity of comparing their arguments. The
usual scientific notices and diagrams of recent pa-
tents are given. Colman's Magazine is a neW
corner of no very high order, but it has plenty of
light reading, interspersed with sundry discourses
on the topics of the day, among which the Ameri-
can war and the London garotters are of course
prominent. The Englishwoman's Domestic Maga-
zine offers its subscribers a New Year's gift, in the
shape of an illustrated supplement, devoted to the
two fascinating subjects of fashion and needlework.
A handsome coloured design for braiding, a large
sheet of mysterious patterns to assist adventurous
amateurs in cutting out their own ball dresses and
bonnet curtains, and other details of grande toilette,
besides some elegant specimens of fancy embroidery,
are to be found in this number by those wise
maidens and matrons who like to combine the
acquisition of some useful domestic knowledge with
a little pleasant reading. Le Follet, long a stan-
dard in matters of fashion, preserves its attractions,
but has now a rival in The Paris Elegant, which
chronicles the vagaries of fancy in the City of the
Seine with a vivacity and minuteness that will de-
light many fair English readers. Beeton's Diction-
ary of Universal Information has reached its 50th
part, and promisee, when completed, to be a valuable
work of reference. Boys seem to be especially
favoured by the New Year, for we have before us
no less than five different serials wholly and solely
devoted to the benefit of that comprehensive and
unquiet class of our fellow-subjects. Two of those
are published by the enterprising Mr. Beeton,
whose Boys' Own Magazine, an established favou-
rite, has been recently raised in price beyond
the reach of some of its subscribers, in whose
favour he has started The Boys' Penny Magazine,
also good of its kind. The continuation of Curio-
sities of Savage Life in the Boys' Own Library 10
handsomely and profusely illustrated, and adapted
for boys of matuter age. The Boys' Journal is a
new publication, with plenty of pleasant reading
for holiday hours. Kingston's Magazine for Boys
contains some varied and interesting matter, chiefly
devoted, as befits its readers, to the narrative of
perils by sea and land. The lovers of the ancient
game of chess can supply themselves with Beeton'S
Book of Home Games, which is now treating of the
science and practice of this game. The National
Magazine is chiefly remarkable for the really beau.'
tiful photographs with which it presents its readers.
We have this month a view of Osborne House, fro'h
which it appears to be a commodious and pleasant
dwelling.

During the year 1862 the population of Algeria
has risen to 3,062,124 inhabitants, being 476,769
more than in 1856. In this increase are comprised 33,444
Europeans, who have immigrated within that period. The
village of Trembles, near Aumale, was peopled last year
with Piedmontese families, and others are expected, in
order to create a considerable centre of population in the
neighbourhood of Cherchell.

The receipts effected at the Havre Custom-house
daring the month of December amounted t 0
1,425,215 f., against 1,880,878 f. in the corresponding month
of 1861, being a decrease of 458,663 f. For drawbacks ell
exportation 821,4961. were paid during the same period?
against 393,302 in December, 1861, constituting an increase
of 4'28,19;f.

Mlle. Livry, who so narrowly escaped being burnt
to death at the Opera in November last, has, ill
gratitude to the fireman Muller, whose prompt interference'
saved her life, just presented to him a handsome gold watch
and chain, with the date of the accident-15th November
—engraved on the case.

A Havre journal states that the steamers running
between Southampton and Havre have within the last fort-
night brought to the latter port 71 iron cases, containing
20,000 kilos. of blank 10-centime pieces, which are to ll°
coined in Franco for the kingdom of Italy.
The waters of the Seine have risen to seven fee
and a half above the lowest level at the metrical scale of 01t:,
Rout- Royal.