The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

rilE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863,

It is most unsatisfactol7 to note the course which
,he Prussian Chamber of Deputies is pursuing.
After having commenced their debates with so
much energy, and shown so much zeal in the right
direction, it is most disheartening now to perceive
that they are throwing away a chance, and vir-
tually defeating their objects. It is a great triumph
for Herr BISMARK thus to have the game in his
own hands again, as it were, through the instru-
mentality of these thoughtless politicians. In their
mistaken zeal for the aggrandisement of Prussia
abroad they are forgetting to look after the main
chance at home, and abandoning the cause which
they had taken up with so much fervour and en-
thusiasm. The notion of maintaining inviolate the
supremacy of the nations of Germany has effaced or
partially extinguished the desire lately so para-
mount of guarding against worst evils at home, and
putting down the attempts to curtail all the privi-
leges of the people, and interfere with their special
privileges. This retrogade movement is a most
lamentable one, and doubtless the BISMARK faction
are most jubilant at this change of tactics, since
what appeared so lately to be a desponding party
may now exult as again a foremost and flourishing
one. It is a strange study to peruse the descrip-
tion of the debates that have taken place upon these
important topics. Whatever discord prevails upon
minor points of arrangement, or division of opinion
exists as to the manner in which the plans should
be carried out, there seems to be a sort of unanimity
regarding the one absorbing topic of interest,
namely, the upholding of the claims of Germany as
opposed to those of Denmark. It is melancholy to
witness such a decadence in the spirit of a nation ;
the worst representations of popular pride, preju-
dice, and passion are thus displayed, and it seems
difficult to believe that these recalcitrants were so
totally engaged in a great and glorious cause, who
are now so ignobly and basely deserting their post,
and abandoning their colours. The storm that agitates
Denmark, and the contention that is rife among the
German Confederation, is fraught with sad effects
for Prussia, if it is to be means of frustrating the
attempts so worthily devised and so strenuously
advocated by her true-hearted sons. In one way
she may be the greatest sufferer of the lot, for de-
spite the disputes which are agitating the rival
territories, their private relations are not called in
question ; but it is otherwise with Prussia, and in an
evil hour the underminers of her rights and robbers
of her freedom may be making political capital out
of these angry and irritating discussions as to the
inalienable possession and sovereign sway of the
Confederation. At any rate, many backward steps
have been taken lately, and it is high time that the
mistaken and misguided deputies should awake
from their delusive trance and mark' the dangers
which surround their course. Too late they wi

discover that in grasping at the shadow they have
lost the substance. In endeavouring to resuscitate
the departing vigour of freedom they will have cast
away the chance of re-establishing their own land
in the blessing of Constitutional Government; and
in clinging to a fragmentary relic of the past they
will have lost the opportunity of uniting themselves
with these improvements of the present which lead
on mankind to the light of a glorious future, and
herald the advent of political regeneration.

" Not in vain the distance beacons, forward, forward let us

range;

Let the great world spin for ever, down the ringing
grooves of change,"

has sung the poet with the discrimination of a
philosopher and the recognition of a patriot ; am('
the sooner these Prussian argumentators become
converted to the nation the better will it be for their
individual interests, their political status, and their
national honour.

At the Greenwich plice•court last week a case
of extraordinary barbarity was brought before Mr.
TRAILL, the sitting magistrate, by Mr. LovE, the
energetic officer of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. What renders this case
particularlyponstrous is that the perpetrators of it
were three children all under the age of twelve.
It would seem from the statement of Mr. LovE that
the society had not brought forward this particular
case as an incidental ene, but as one of a class which
has for some time bsen carried on in those parts of
Greenwich which are inhabited by the worst classes.
The facts are these, the three children in question,
having obtained possession of an unfortunate cat,
tied a scarf. round its body, and, having dragged
it to a piece of waste ground, the eldest boy stabbed
it several times with a knife, while his younger
companions in iniquity held it, and then proceeded
to cut off its tail, which operation having been per-
formed, the three miscreants jumped upon the
wretched creature. Being disturbed, however, by
the approach of somebody they ran away, leaving
their unfortunate victim to crawl into a shed, where
it was afterwards put cut of its misery by one of
the officers of the society. The delinquents were
pursued and captured, the knife and tail being found
in their possession. They were of course given in
charge to the police. Mr. LovE observed that this
was no isolated case, and that it was from the fro•

quency of its occurrence that the attention of the
society had been calicd to the matter. Mr. 9....nA1LL,
after commenting on the barbarity of the act, re-
marked that he was very unwilling to send young
children to prison, he therefore fines the eldest £l,
and the second 10s. and costs, and handed over the
to prison
Youngest to his father on his becoming security for
his future good behaviour, We heartily concur
cwhiitlhdrieuir. TRAILL in his objection to sending
enrol
of these to mix with criminals of
i
all dyes, and
apt pupils ; butu the
e instance
u
wretches they
~uld
is
sheswe a
nt littleiil
~,,,
have p
y something roved but too
in the management of our prisons, •
when
there is no
inter Mediate plan which can be pursued between
forcibly associating juvenil®
offenders with bar.

purposes of cotton cultivation, but recent events
are likely to hasten forward the development of it
resources. The new Viceroy, ISMAIL PASHA, is
known to be a man of energy and character.
Beginning his reign under serious difficulties, he
has shown that he is not unfit to deal with the
crisis, but intends to act more after the European
pattern than that of the effete and extravagant
Porte. Among other changes and improvements,
the attention of the new Viceroy has been turned to
a rich but hitherto neglected district lying along
the banks of the Blue and White Niles, and known
as the Soudan. This fertile territory, which has as
yet brought little profit to its rulers, is said to be
capable of producing a revenue equal to all the
rest of Egypt. Such calculations will very soon
be put to the test, for the Viceroy has deter-
mined upon developing it capacities to the utmost.
He proposes establishing communications with it
by means of rail, steamers, and telegraph, and more
especially to put its powers to the proof in the
cultivation of cotton, for which it is said to be
especially fitted. When this large and fertile
country is, under efficient management, converted
into cotton fields, we shall possess an additional
source of supply of our great staple, and one,
too, which is likely to furnish us with an article
of first-rate quality. Should the project succeed,
as, considering the fertility of the soil and its
latitude, it can scarcely fail to do, it will result in
substantial and lasting benefit alike to producer
and consumer.

dened criminals, and practically letting them off
altogether, although no doubt ;he parents of the
boys would have chastised time, not for their
cruelty to the cat, but because they themselves have
lost their money. The truth of the adage that pre-
vention is better than cure is admitted by all, yet
we do not follow it out effectually. Had separate
wards,or, better still, a separate prison for the recep-
tion of youths and children, been in existence,
where they would be carefully looked after and
judiciously classified, the magistrate would doubt-
less have committed at least the eldest of these
children for a short period; and if a sound whipping
had been superadded it would have been all the
better. As it is, the child must either be let loose
unpunished, or thrown into the society of those
who will sneedily bring to maturity the germ of
crime already generated in his mind. Men do
not become felons and murderers all of a sudden—
it is by easy gradations that the pickpocket be-
comes housebreaker or garotter. A few years ago
a man was arrested in the dark arches of the
Adelphi, who was tearing off the skins of live cats.
The affair created considerable excitement and
public indignation, and the magistrate of Bow-
street, while passing the heaviest sentence which
the law allowed upon him, expressed his regret
that he had not the power of dealing more
severely with him. Is there much to choose be-
tween the man and the child in this matter P
The crime of the adult was increased by his know-
ledge of the barbarity of his act, but that of the
child is also aggravated by the exhibition of such
an act of barbarity in one so young. Were wo
able to trace back the antecedents of the man, we
should most likely find that in his youth he had been
given to amusements similar to those of the children
above referred to. Many children are naturally
cruel, and their parents are in a great measure to
blame for in too many instances encouraging rather
than checking them. it is, however, the duty of the
Government generally, and of local authorities in
particular, to use their best endeavours to mitigate
as far as possible these glaring evils. The excellent
Society by whose instrumentality this abominable
case has been brought forward, are distributing
tracts among the national and ragged schools, in-
culcating the duties of humanity, and we doubt not
that the teachers will exert themselves to impress
their principles upon their pupils; but there is a
power in the hands of every one individual of the
community, nay, a moral duty—which is to check
every instance of wanton cruelty which comes
under his or her observation. People are too prone
to say to themselves, even in matters where the
safety of life and property is in danger—" It is no
concern of mine ; let the police look to it !" How
much more will many decline to interfere in cases
where a boy is ill-using
a horse, donkey, or dog.
There are those, however, who feel that it is their
duty to mankind to check a vice which may here
often be developed into a crime. If all people acted
upon this principle, our gaols, reformatories, and
workhouses would be less crowded.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SWEDEN.

STOCKHOLM, DEC. 8 (Evening).
The Diet was closed to-day with a speech from
the thrbne.

:His Majesty said: "Our interests are not yet
immediately threatened, but they are connected
with the maintenance of peace and the rights of
nations in Europe. The Swedish nations feel deep
sympathy and sorrow for the dangers which im-
pend over the King and people of Denmark.

FRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. a

The replies of the Sovereigns of Belgium, Italy,
and Holland to the Emperor's invitation to the
Congress have been published to-day.

The Moniteur of this morning says :—" A regret-
table discussion has been entered into relative to
the works on the Isthmus of Suez. Not content
with opposing an enterprise in which French inte-
rests are engaged, certain journals have committed
the great mistake of seeking to make the public be-
lieve that they expressed the ideas of the Govern-
ment. The Government mpets this pretension with
the most complete disavowal."

The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed
by M. Boniface, says :—" We are authorised to con-
tradict the rumours respecting the superseding of
the Prefect of Police."

The debate on the address will commence in the
Senate on Monday next.

BOURSE, Dec. B.—The arrival of the English
funds with a rise of 4 has for the present put an
er.d to reports of an intended further rise in the rate
of discount by tl-Ae Bank of England, and given a
little stimulus to this market. Threes, for the Ac-
count, are now at 671 r. 25e. Mobilier have im-
proved to 1,050 fr. Railway market firm. A slight
declinb took piece towards the close, and left off
as follows:—.

41 per Cents. 95 10
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 15

Credit M0bi1ier....1047 50
Do, end month....

Bank Shares 3335

Credit Fancier 1270
Roman

Italian Loan 7l 50
Do. end month 72 15
New ditto
Do. end month., —
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 52
Flom Debt —
Deferred

RAIL'

'AYB.
Cash. Account.
970 972 50
967 50 .. 972 50

°Hemp;
Northern ....

New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 937 50 .. 937 50
New ditto
Geneva .. 497 50 ..
S mithern 677 50 .. 678 50
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian ..
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa .. 625 .. 630
Ditto to Barcelona .... • 305 .. 310

The Late Gales—Lifeboat Services.

LITERATURE.

Le Corresponclant. 25 Novembre. No. 98. Cb

Douniol : Paris.

Had we, at once, the leisure and the space for it,
there is hardly anything that would afford us a
purer, a sweeter, or a more elevating sense of gra-
tification, than the translating in copious frag-
ments, if not even in its entirety, the noble
and beautiful treatise addressed to one of his
Diocesans by the rarely gifted and illustrious
Bishop of Orleans, upon The Studies, that is,
upon What Ought to Constitute the Studies of a
Mau of the World, Les aeries dun homme (14
monde. A mere synopsis of it would be worse
than useless. All we can do, therefore, is to urge
those who may have the opportunity of examining
the last number of this brilliant periodical—one of
the most brilliant, as it is also beyond all doubt one
of the most elevating and wholesome, among the
serial publications et the European Continent, _Le
Correspondent—to "read,mark, learn, and inwardly
digest" every page, every sentence of the remark-
able paper we have just now particularized. It is
the middle portion merely of a highly elaborated
Letter, or rather as we have called it, Treatise,
divided into three instalments; the first of these
published in the October number; the second here
presented to us in the November number; the third
and concluding portion to be given in the December
number of this same eloquent and able periodical, Le
Correspondent. Several other remarkable contri-
butions to Le Correspondent are herein this current
number of the review, dated the 25th of November.
Augustin Cochin supplies two of these—namely, a
cliarming criticism upon a work descriptive of Vil-
lage Life, a sort of Miss Mitford view, done into
French—and a brief but sufficient memorial of the
Marquis de Brignole. H. Moreau descants upon
the French policy in America, and H. de la Ville-
marque upon the Poetry of the Celtic Cloisters.
As usual, M. Leopold de Gaillard epitomises very
cleverly and very readably the Events of the Month
preceding the date of publication. But the charm
and glory of the whole number is the opening paper
before eulogised, that penned by Monsignore Felix,
the Bishop of Orleans, sur "Les etudes dun homme
du monde." Reading it—it is sitting at the feet of
Gamaliel.

The Useful Knowledge Society's Family Atlas

Parts I. and 11. Edward Stanford.

Having ourselves, several months back,commented
at considerable length upon the extraordinary merits
noticeable in the " Family Atlas," published by Mr.
Stanford, for the Society for the Diffusion of Uset ul
Knowledge, it remains for us here only to commend
to public attention the fact that that Atlas is now in
course of republication in a periodical form—namely
in half-crown monthly parts. The two first in-
stalments are here issued in sequence by way of
commencement. Eighteen others will follow in due
course—it being definitively arranged that twenty
parts shall comprise the whole work, including in
it what is of the very last importance, namely, that
Thumb or Ledger Index, which, it will bo remem-
bered by all those who have already examined the
Family Atlas in its integrity, when originally pub-
lished in a complete form as a superb folio, facili-

;at ed in so very remarkable a manner reference on

the part of any one desirous of c insulting it in a
hurry. Although issued from the press at so very
moderate a cost monthly to the subscribers,
at a cost restricted to " the ridiculously small
amount" of two-and-dapence for' each monthly
part—it is particularly to be observed that there is
no evidence whatever of deterioration in this
Family Atlas, in any single particular, now that it is
being thus serially republished. The whole of the
eighty maps are to be included within the compass
of the Twenty Half-crown numbers or parts. Each
of those eighty maps being printed still upon "fine
paper and beautifully co!oured," according to the
fair promise given in the prospectus. We can hardly
doubt that a publication of such unquestionable
value and indisputable beauty can fail to win for
itself at once a very wide circulation. Let it but
win the circulation that it really and truly deserves,
and another important and considerable step will
have been taken in the furtherance of the great
cause of the self-education of the masses.

The Gallery of Geography. Part 11. W. and

R. Chambers.

Another instalment of this beautiful serial con-
firms the favourable impression produced upon our
minds by the initial number. Two carefully en-
graved maps are prefixed to it—viz., sheets I and 2 of
the World as Known to the Ancients. And, again,
scattered plentifully among the letterpress penned
by the Rev. Thomas Milner, well-known already as
the author of the " Gallery of Nature," and other
valuable works, also, like the present one, abound-
ing with information—there will be found here
various illustrative and explanatory engravings.
Before the close of the monthly number, or
part, here issued from the press with the maga-
zines for December, the subscriber to the
" Gallery of Geography, Pictorial Descriptive," will
find himself carried far into the ninth chapter of
this very comprehensive work, a work recounting
step by step with admirable minuteness, a minuteness
never wearisome, a Tour of the World. Central
Asia, Africa, and Australia form the theme of this
ninth chapter. The previous chapter, that is the
eighth, relating to the Arctic and Antarctic Expe-
ditions. In the chapter before that, the seventh,
Mr. Milner epitomises very agreeably all that is in
any way worth knowing in regard to the Russian
Discoveries, recounting in plrtieular the Circum-
navigation accomplished during the last century—
the Eigthteenth of the Christian epoch.

The New _Review. No. VIII.

This serial shows no flagging of its energies.
It partakes more of the character of a quarterly
review than of the more ephemeral of the monthly
magazines. Its subjects, it is true, are drawn from
the topics of the day, but they are discussed with a
care, an elaboration, and a thoughtfulness that con-
vert the passing article into the nature of a literary
or political essay. The Literature in the current
number predominates over the Policies, and promi-
nent among the subjects is a lengthened criticism
of M. Renan's " Vie de Jesus," which gives a careful
analysis of the false logic, the inaccurate reasoning,
the extravagant absurdities of that work. Another
French author of wider fame is also the origin of
en essay, and the account of Victor Hugo's life and
works will be read with considerable interest.
Another literary character, though one of a very
different stamp from the author of "Notre
Dame," is analysed by the cri!ics of the " New
Review." The works of Miss Braddon, who
has risen into somewhat sudden celebrity, are
discussed with some judgment, and while the critic
allows her the possession of considerable talent he
is not slow to point out the vices and imperfections
of her style. "Literary Lunatics" is the title of
an interesting paper, giving an account of some
psychological curiosities. "The Gypsies" is a paper
which does not altogether coincide with Mr. Bor-
row's views of the blessings of life " under the
greenwood tree ;" and there are also papers on
" Paris in 1863," and the writings of Dr. Trench.

The Eclectic I eview.

This journal, which is in future to appear under
the head of 'llw Eclectic and Congreyationul _Review,
is more varied, and consequently more attractive
than usual in the present number. It opens with a
lengthened essay on the great bird of Florence,
followed by a notice of Mr. Allingham's new poem
on the duties of an Irish landlord; afterwards we
meet with essays on the various interpretations of
the 13th chapter of Sr. Matthew, and on Dr.
Vaughan's Revolutions of England. The notices
in "Our Book Club" include a review' of Long-
fellow's latest volume.

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MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, rEMALE CONVICT.
By a Prison Matron. Two vols.—Once or twice a year
ono rises from reading a book with a sense of real gratitude
to the author, and this book is one of these.
not know
There are
many ways in which it has a rare value.
We doet
any previous work: for instance, which has thrown such
light on the life of the professional thi ' class.
As a work
of art the book has also high claims,
Not only is Jennie
Cameron a living person, but, we may
Few almost
w li
vsianyg, themwriters is
not a mere lay figure in the book. l'
could have brought out
so
Jennie's lover, " Canniesharply such characters as
Jock" and " Black Barney." The
artistic touches in the book are worthy of De Foe.—The
Reacler.

A
Craffar

HER, MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 8.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High'
nesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess
Beatrice, and her Serene Highness the Princess
Hahnlone, and attended by the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald, drove to
the New Lodge, and honoured the Bilgian Minister
and Madame Van de Weyer with a visit.
Colonel the Hon. de Ros attended on horseback.
Her Majesty held a Council to-day. In attendance
were the E Irl Granville, the Duke of Somerset,
Earl Russell, Earl de Grey and Ripon, and Viscount
Palmerston.

The Prince of Wales, by command of the Queen'
was introduced into the Privy Council. His Royal
Highness took his place at the Board.
Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bart., Lord Clerk
Registrar and Keeper of the Signet in Scotland, I)!
command of the Queen, was sworn of her Majeets.
Most Honourable Privy Council.
Mr. Helps, the clerk of the Counci!, attended.
'VI.
Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset, and P
count Palmerston had audiences of her Majesty.
Mutu Coomara Swamy, a native of Ceylon, and
member of the Legislative Council, was presented
to the Queen, at an audience, by Earl Russell, t°
deliver a book which he had received permission to
dedicate to her Majesty.
The Duke of Brabant arrived on a visit to the
Queen.
Lord Talbot de Malahide has succeeded Lord de
Tabley as Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Ferdinand Richardt has had the honour °f
submitting to the Queen his collection of 800 paint;
ings and sketches taken in Denmark, Sweden, and
America.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales vi6iler
Windsor Castle on Monday and dined with Ile"
Majesty in the evening.
His Royal Highness the Prince of
attended by Colonel Keppel, went out hunting Ye'•
terday morning with the harriers and enjoyed s°ll2
excellent sport. ill
It is expected that their Royal Hi
leave Frogmore for Osborne en or about the `2(n
or 22d inst. Highnesses

The Duke d'Aumale has left his seat
cestershiro on a visit to the Earl of Abingdon at lirYtP3
Abbey.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset leave t
rig
Admiralty on Friday or Saturday next for Stover Far
Devon, to pass the Christmas recess.
The Marquis of Bute and Major-General an
Hon, Mrs, Stuart have arrived at the St. George's hotel.
The Earl of Westmoreland is going on favoll-t;
ably, and hopes are entertained of his early restoration
health.
The Earl of Powis, accompanied by the Counted:
of Powis and Ladies Herbert, is expected in town towsret
the close of the week to attend the wedding of Lady 175°-
Graham and Mr. Greville.
According to letters received in town yesterdritai
from Lambton Castle, Durham, the Countess of plirjail
and her infant son are progressing favourably.
Lord and Lady Wodehouse arrived in toWil
terday from Kimberley Park, Norfolk.
Lord and Lady Belper arrived in town yesterapi
from their seat in Derbyshire. Sty
Lord de Lisle and Dudley has left the
George's Hotel.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left tvo
yesterday for Hawarden Castle, Chester.

" he Shakespeare Gazette ; a Weekly Record Bt
n
Proceedings Relative to the Tercentenary Cel
tion," is just now forthcoming. It is intended by its te;
to supply a record of all proceedings connected 'ivi°
movement for commemorating the three hundredth
versary of the birthday of Shakespeare. It will furlll%
information respecting the transactions of the nuruers'a
committees at home and abroad, and will also consider 1113
discuss various projects and suggestions as they Arisse;
and will open its pages to correspondents interested L tw-
subject.
SPIRIT MEDIUMS OUT-DONE !—Mr. J, DZann log'
an ingenious optician, who exhibits his cun
work at 24, Regent-street, has constructed an instrn oett"
by means of which the spirits which are now hauntinrg tbred
several theatres and singing.roones may be seen and Joao
to yet greater advantage. All sorts of writing on the W 4,,
and rapping under tables can be done by Mr. Manail3Fvo
spirits, with an appearance of reality which might de051,...
the quickest eye and ear. A hand appears on the ca)1117;
it writes a word and rubs it out again, but the speors:t.
feels for it in vain, for neither the hand which writes' °
the written words can be found by actual touch. 0111,1 to
en.
phantom can obliterate what the phantom has vv,l•tttti
The experiment is very strange and startling, but
trim
science alter all must beat the conjurors. We undo
eye
that Mr. Manning and his fellow-opticians will drive
Homes and Fosters quite out of the field.
n the
A NEW VARIABLE STAR T -, 1 .
night of the 28th of July last," writes Mr. 80h.4e15
dell, " I observed that the star No. 4078 of Zone pl fag.
deg. of the Bonner Sternverzeichuiss' was about one s'eg
40i
aitudo and a quarter less than its neighbour No. oted
although on the night of the 25th of June I had toss,
down these two stars as being nearly Equal in brigh Do
Afterwards, on referring to my notes of reviews tr'cir
part of the heavens, made at Mr. Worthington's ola etiot
tory on August 19, 1859, and June 18, 1860, I foun 3 ole¢
at the former date both these stars were seen, and weto7.7,
nearly equal in magnitude, but that a third star, No •
was invisible, while uudtr the latter date it is state At t
No. 4077 was then visible, and estimated to bo of th, y lIiIIs.
magnitude; but no mention is made of the two stall. I'4°
II
4078 and 4079. I have since made a careful exami n sea a,
of the positions of these and some of the neighbouring'
and have satisfied myself that the star seen on June
1860, was No. 4079, and not No. 4077,
posed, and that therefore both 4077 and 4078 17. %nth
that time invisible, or at all events, below ths,,eo.- 478
magnitude. After the 28th of July last A.,.
ith Of
gradually diminished in brightness until about the
eased,
and attained a maximum about the 25th
August, when it passed a minimum. It has sincejnblts
as was then :elle;
magnitude at a minimum was 11.3, and at Waxhuluu vale
range of variation being therefore 2.4 magnitudes...
n tu des
ig
ratio of light employed in determining the is ble id
2.512, it follows that the brightness of the new va,.he
nine times greater at maximum than at rainimuu
orsj
observations made since the 28th of July last, cu_,'_
with those of August 19th, 1859, and June 18th, 10"_c'orio
dicate a period of about four months. As two teh:o
tog
variables had been previously discovered in Aquila,
tl
variable will, according to Professor Argelander's j•
of Octo es
.9,
the
nomenclature, be denoted by the letter T. The 6 deg'
Aquilas brought up to 1855 is 20h. sm. 25'45. plus

13.4 m." seri'
THE COURT NEWSMAN is likely to suffer
ous blow, says the London Review, in the a 1:01or
tion of the lonian Islands to the Crown of Greco 1- ijio
many reasons he has taken the lonian Islands m ltitervell
especial protection. The Isles of Greece, where'°eices
Sappho burned and sang, are quite worthy in fiat Oti,eir
of the distinction. Their history, their climate, a ad coy
figs, all render them illustrious. Nobody, therefor !lot ci of
plains of their figuring in the most fashionable colt2l33Pie
every daily paper. Every one who reads his in, aril;
journal carefully knows, by long experience, that tilt 1°,„,.,
three great political events which are always happ 0173,
and which seem to occupy the attention of the Court Ider
°,O
man in proportion to their undoubted importance. 0,
Majesty has always been walking on the slopes. Th.: o°l3i
BYLnagstilys ,adhevsapYastcahcces"narPeanaYlAivnagys arriving f somebody in LIP
;Ile
carriage.B e ar ie
c
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. 'ti thybe'
arrival of the lonian letter-bag is usually thus pan n led iv,
fore Europe, as it it were a fresh birth in the Royal foul;I:
rcooym,:trliLssoiildn.eLr
iiesuatelniiagnhtl,yexfacveopttrirnezd
is not known. All that can be said is that the Lon., 3ti ioo'
land, whose ruissiv • a
are as punctually acknowled
half his chances in fashionable life. His letters 0.
ing England invariably divide public attention Eit'Apecl
itheereGono'verNnooruotLi
bb '
most notable celebrities. On some fitful occasions, the
occasional flashes of intelligence as to the conduct
business of the State come to us on the came high au tb°rl
At these times, we learn in general that the Duke )1 ;'0
castle has transacted business at the Foreign Of le(3-.„.
anuounoement which, in the opinion of the 0.--c very
torian, is not to be made lightly or with respect t,),burst
head of a Government department. After such au 011`,0di
of comuinicativeness, the official historian relapses (Iwo/
into his observation of the chaplains, the gam"-Inigs!tin-wrir
the pony carriages, coupled always with the epistoiftever
performances of the Lord High Commissioner. Alia`
col
be the reason, the lonian Islands seem thoroughly
upon his mind, Every morning, as we take up tit_ls-`
at breakfast, we say to ourselves, "Here are these;
vester.
of the Blest again :''—" Despatches were received yes is-
day at the Colonial Office licin the Lord High COCt
trntio
sioner of the lonian Islands. Despa.,ches were seri 0 ~,jo
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islanclsui•
nrarllf
official chronicler's occupation seems likely to be su
torate,
shortened by the English resignation a lonian rr