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THE NATIONAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under " The Companies' Act, 1862," by which
the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of
his Shares.

NEW NOVEL by the Author of "ANNE DYSA RT."
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215.,

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INcoRPoRA rEI) LAW SW :1E tY. U.K.
LECTURES, 1863.61.
THREE COURSES of LECTURES will be Delivered in
fln Iran of the Society on MONDAY and FRIDAY EVEN-
INGS in the months of November, December, January,
February, and March nest, at 8 o'clock precisely.
CONVEYANCING LECTURES, itk JOSEPH NAPIER •
B
HIGGINS, ESQ., ARRI ER-AT-LAW.
1. Introductory.—The different methods nt studying the Law
of Real Property.—The things which constitute Realty.
2. Tenures.-Estates and Interests.
3. Uses and Trusts.
4. Powers,
5. The Law of Descent.
6. The Contract of Sale.
7. The Conditions of sale, Abstract, &c.
8-9. Ordinary Conveyances of Freeholds.—The Land Registry
Act.
10. Copyholds.
I!. On the Status of Persons in regard to Title and Convey-
ancing.
1 Miscellaneous Points.
COMMON LAW AND MERCANTILE LAW LECTURES, BY
WILLIAM MURRAY, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LA.W.
On the Law ot .
1 and 2. The different kinds of Contracts Contract—
s Contracts of Rec.srd.
11. „ under Seal.
„ not under Seal.
When a Contract must be in Writing, When in Writ-
ing under Seal, and When it may be made Orally.
—The consideration necessary to a Valid Con-
tract.
Rules for Construing Written Contracts.
3 and 4. Contracts with Particular Persona
I. Lunatics.
IL Inf ants.
111. Married Women (see 20 and 21 Vie., C. 85,
§§ 21 and 26).
IV. Bankrupts.
V. Agents.
VI. Joint Stock Companies and other Corpora-
tions.
5 and G. The Subject-matter of Contracts
I. Contracts respecting Real Property.
IT.
Personal Property.
111. the Person.
7 Void and Illegal Contracts—'-'
I. At Common Law. •
11. By Statute.
and 9. Parties to Actions on Contracts—who may enforce,
and who is liable on, a Contract in the lifetime
and after the death of the Contracting Parties.
and herein of Covenants running with the Land
(Spencer's Case ; 1 Smith's Leading Cases).
10 to 12. The usual Defences to Actions on Contracts.—Re-
scission before Breach.—Performance by Pay-
ment or otherwise.—Satisfaction atter Breach.—
Release.—Bankruptcy of Defendant (see 24 and
25 Vic., C. 134 §§ 153 and 161).—Statute of Limita-
tions. —Deeds of Arrangement under the last-
mentioned Statute (§§ 192 to 200).—The Measure
of Damages in Actions forßreach of Contract (see
Hadley v. Baxendale, 9 Exch. Rep).—and, if time
allows, Miscellaneous points in connection with
the Law of Contracts recently determined.
EQUITY LECTURES, BY MONTAGUE HUGHES COOKSON,
ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
1. Original andaGeneral View of Equity Jurisprudence.
2. The Various Stage-4 of a Suit in Equity.
3. Admini-tration in Equity of Private and Charitable Trusts.
4. Administration in Equity of Assets of Deceased Persons.
5. Voluntary Settlements as between Settlor and Volunteer.
6. Voluntary Settlements as affected by the Statutes of the
13th and 27th Elizabeth.
7. Equitable Points in the Law of Principal and Surety.
8. Equitable Adjustment of the Claims of Successive Mort-
gagees
9. Jurisiction of Equity to Enforce Specific Performance.
10. Various Special Defences to Suits for Specific Performance.
11. Injunction by Courts of Equity to Restrain Actg of Waste.
12. Injunction by Courts of Equity to Restrain Infringement
of Copyright and Piracy of Trade Marks.
In addition to the cases which wilt be referred to, the fol-
lowing works may be consulted in connection with the Lec-
tures :—Spence on Chancery Jurisdiction, Lewin on the Law
of Trusts, Fisher on the Law of Mortgage, and White and
Tudor's Leading Cases in Equity.
The Subscription payable— For all the For ea.,.th
Three Courses. Course.
By Clerks of Members ..
By Clerks of Gentlemen not
Members 3O 0 .. 110 0
By all other Persons not being
Members 4 0 0 2 0 0
Members of the Society may attend without subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the Lectures, subscribers can-
not be admitted to the Hall after the Lecture has com-
menced.

THE' BROWNS AND THE SMITHS
By the Author of "Anne Dysart," &c.
Also now ready, In 3 vols.,
QUEEN MAB. By JULIA KAVANAGH.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Capital £2,00',000, in '.:0,000 Shares of Lie° each,
with power to increase.
Deposit on Application, XL per Share; on Allotment, £1
per Share. Soon after Allotment a First Call of £3 per Share
will be made ; subsequent Calls are not to exceed £5 per
Share, and are not to be made at intervals of less than Three
Months from the date of prior Calls.
It is not at present proposed to call up more than £5O per
Share.

DIRECTORS.

Thomas Ch Ron, Esq. (Holderness and Chilton), Chairman of
the Shipowners' Association, Liverpool.
Robert Dirom, Esq. (Dirom, Davidson, and Co.), Director of
the National Bank of Liverpool.
Wiili un James Ferrite, 111. q. (Ferule Brothers and Co.), Direc-
tor of the British and American ExchanAe Banking Cor-
poration, Liverpool.
Thomas Bernard Gunsten, Esq. (Gunston, Wilson, and Co.),
Liverpool.
Edward Lawrence, Esq. (Edward Lawrence and Co.), Direc-
tor or the British and Foreign Mullin Insurance Company,
Liverpool.
Harvey Lewis, Esq., ALP., Director of the National Bank,
L nndon.
Joseph Neale M•Kenna, Esq., Director of the National Bank,
London.
Robert Maxwell, Esq. (A., F., and R. Maxwell), Director of
the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company,
Liverpool.
Andrew Malcolnuon, Esq. (J. and D. Malcolmson and Co.),
Liverpool.
Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, Esq. (Hollinshead, Tetley, and
Co.), Liverpool.
Major Usborne, Esq. (Usborne and Sons), Director of the
National Bank. London.
Henry Threltall Wilson, Esq. (H. T. WUson, and Chambers),
Deputy Chairman of the British and Foreign Marine In-
surance Company, Liverpool.

BANKERS.
n Lodon
The National Bank, Old Broad street.

Ireland .. The Branches of the National Bank.

Manchester ....T he Bank of England.
Liverpool ....The National Bank of LiverpooL

BROKERS.
London J and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate•street.
Manchester.. Thomas Warner, Esq., 9, Stamp-ollice Build-
ings, Cross-street.
Liverpool Thomas Tinley and Sons, 44, Brown's-
buliaings.
Dublin Edward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street.

SOLICITORS.
London ...... —Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane.
Liverpool ....Fletcher and Hull, 6, Cook-street.

SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER AND NAVAL ARCHITECT.
John Jordan, Esq., late Chief Surveyor to the
Underwriters' Registry of Iron Ships.
SECRETARY.
Jos:ph Treffry, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
London 21, Throgmorton-street.
Liverpool Commercial-buildings, Water-street.
Nothing has been more remarkable, in connection with the
progress of Lancashire, than the rapid extension of the
Steam Trade of Liverpool. In the year 1852 the tonnage of
foreign steamers entered inwards at the Custom-house was
188,715 tons, while in 18t2 it was 595,339, which, in the year
ending June, 1853, increased to 766,120 tons.
In the earlier days of steam, and before the recent improve-
ments for the economy of fuel had been introduced, steamers
could be employed with advantage only for the carrying of
mails and passengers, but latterly, owing to the improve-
ments in marine engines, economy of fuel and space has been
effected, thereby greatly reducing the working expenses, and
screw steamers have not only been employed in alt the near
trades for the conveyance of goods, with large p'ofit to their
owners, but, owing to the advantages which they afford to
shippers, they have, in these trades, almost entirely displaced
sailing vessels.

For-some yers the carrying trade out of Liverpool has been
gradually undergoing a change. In the American trade screw
steamer. have taken the place of the once celebrated IN ew
York liners, but as yet only as carriers of the highest class of
fine g-ooc,s and passengers. Other descriptions of goods and
a large number of intermediate and steerage passengers bung
still conveyed by sailing vessels.
In the important branches of the American import trade,
viz., those of grain, flour, and provisions, the loss annually
sustained by heating during' the protr cted voyages fre-
quently made by sailing vessels is so great, that the interest
of all engaged in these trades will be enlisted in favour of
any scheme for the extension of steam shipping to include
such freight, and there c m be no doubt but that the whole of
the enormous trade in these articles, which in Liverpool
alone amounts annually to 750,000 tons, will fail entirely into
the hands of steam companies.
The first object of this Company is to place on the New
York station a fleet of screw steamers from Liverpool and
London, of large size and great capacity, which wit! be able
to carry almost, if not quite, as cheap as sailing vessels,
whilst at the same time, from the regularity of their passages,
they will command a full share of the steam trade, and the
Directors also intend sending steamers to the American
Cotton Ports when the war is brought to an end and the
trade re-opened, and have also under their consideration the
wants of the Brazil and other trades.
In organising this Company the Directors believe that it
will not enter into undue competition with the existing lines.
The Cunard Line is a subsidised company, carrying the
mails and passengers with fast and expensive steamers.
The Inman Line has no I übsidy, but nevertheless has been
most successful, and it now employs eleven vessels, having
commenced its operations with two steamers, the City of
Glasgow and City of Manchester. The steamships of the
Inman Line are, however, of greater proportionate horse-
power than those projected by this Company, which will be
sailed at much le=s cost, and will be constructed to consume
a comparatively small amount of coal ; at the same time of
such capacity that, in addition to a large cargo of merchan-
dise and passengers, they will be able to carry sufficient fuel
for their voyages both out and home, and so avoid the ex-
pense and delay incurred by coaling abroad.
In order that the objects of this Company may not be even
partially antic pated, and that the stations may at once be
occupied, provisional arrangements have been made whereby
three new steamers, of the description indicated, and in all
respects su.table for the service, have been secured. and con-
tracts have been entered into for the building- of others of about
3,500 tons each, and it is proposed to c,mmence with a fort-
nightly service each way, to be increased to weekly sailings
as soon as the vessels can be got ready. The ports of depar.
ture shall be Liverpool for the weekly line, and Londou
the extent the metropolitan trade may require.
The ships will be bailt under the inspection of 'Alr. John
Jordan —late Chief Surveyor to the Underwriter's Registry
of Iron Ships,—whose services as Inspecting. Engineer and
Naval Architect the Directors have secured to th sCompany.
The success which has attended the formation of well-
managed steam companies has been very marked. That of
Cunard and Inman Company is well known. 'I he Pacific
Steam Navigatien Company, whose shares,£so paid, are sell-
ing at £7B per share, has out ..1 profits given to its share-
holders new paid-up shares exceeding the amount of the ori-
ginal capital, and pays a regular dividend of 10 per cent. on
the increased issue, carrying over at each annual meeting an
almost equal sum, while many private steamship owners,
with similar descriptions of vessels, but much sm tiler than
those this Conpa, intend to possess, have reaped like
results.

E. W. WILLIAMSON, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, October, 1833.

The Directors have, therefore, every reason to anticipate a
very great success to the undertaking. They are not en-
tering upon an experiment, but are providing for this Com-
pany a similar description of vessel, but of larger size, than
those which have proved so remunerative to several well-
known private firms engaged in the Mediterranean and other
trades, and have thus the advantage of the experience so
acquired, which proves that what is needed, under efficient
management, to ensure profitable results, are large ships,
with moderate but sufficient horse-power and great carrying
capacity.
The introduction of the limited liability principle has en-
abled undertakings of great magnitude like the present to be
carried out by joint-stook companies, which may embrace the
co-operation of shippers awl of others interested, instead of
by private capitalists as heretofore; the result being that
the supporters of this line will become interested in its suc-
cess, and participate in the profits which they assist to earn.
Applications for shares may be addressed in the annexed
form to the Directors, and copies of the prospectus may be
obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, or at the
offices of the Brokers and Solicitors, but uo application will
be considered unless a deposit of 41 per share on the number
of shares applied for has been paid.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
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To the Directors of the Nationil Steam Navigation Company

(Limited'.

Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of
£ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in
the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me
that number, and I agree to become a member of the Com-
pany in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less num-
ber yon may allot me ; and to execute the Ardcles of Associa-
tion when required ; and I request that my name may be
placed on the Register of Members for the shares so allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
'Date

THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C.
Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool.
Capital ONE MILLION STERLING.
At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver-
pool, on the 21st October, 1865, BERNARD HALL, Esq..
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors'
Report for the year stated—
That the Fire Premiums for the year amountedto £70,300
being an increaee over the precedin, year of 22,880
That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three years were
and for the past three years ........
4153
57,5249
being an increase in the latter triennial Period
over the former of .. . .......... .. 308
That the amount accumulated since last Meeting-Ter; 28'
a Fire Reserve Fund, was ...... . ... .
and the amount added to Life Fund was ... : ....
That during the past five years the Company h.ad paid
for Claims
106,515
the Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been
valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3
per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to participating Policy-
holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the
Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65,
70, and even 73 per cent.
A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per
cent. per annum.
WILSON,
Secretary.lSO
Manager and Actuary.
J 3 ON
0. MHNEC.RLIBEYFEAN

LONDON SOCIETY.—This gay and amusing serial
comes before us with all its characteristic features
—pleasant, rambling papers, love stories, Sly
sketches from our daily social routine, and verses
that, whether serious, sentimental, or satirical, have
usually a fair ring of music in them. "The World
Behind the Scenes" gives us some peeps into the minor
miseries of the green room, and the severe toil which is
hidden behind the so-called pleasurable excitement. An-
other theatrical paper, of a different sort, criticises the new
American actress, and pays a very high tribute to her
powers, accompanied by a portrait of the young genius. The
lovers of lobster salad may learn all about that tempting but
dangerous dainty, if they are not deterred from prosecuting
the study by the alarming illustration which precedes an
amusing discussion of its qualities and ingredients. The
interesting series of papers on P London Editors and Re_
rh
story
eat
oistory
hr yu
ees
porters" is continued, and this third part sketches tt chhe e s thenotffiotctluihertde.-.
out-
lines of the career of the Morning Herald and the early
days of the Times. The "Passages from the Faraiolywo
diss_,
tory of the English Aristocracy" conclude t
Cavendishes, to be succeeded, we suppose,
dchulahcaeppil'y ends well,
Talbots, and others. The dangerswahni
cumstantial evidence are illustrated by a
most threatening
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the
aancdoncealed poacher inter-
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aspect, and only the evidencenioafn
tvheeneussubeatlw
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palnemiennntocaefnt
light articles;
doom.
the Wsee several
plates with which the number is adorned fully sustain the
reputation it has acquired for clever illustrations.
THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—It is likely that
the shock so rec.
many ently felt in England will stimulate
the curiosity of
readers to learn all that is
known about earthquakes. Those yiho are thus ,

A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES
WILL TARE PLACE AT

ST. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.,
On THURSDAY, the 26th of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in
liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and
Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of
St. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist
Fathers.
The prizes' of the first catalogue consist principally of
objects of art and other.precious articles, presented by His
Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of
distinction in Rome.
TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH.
The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That
arising from the sale of' tickets in England will be applied to
St. Joseph's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to
St. Nicholas', in Paris.
THE DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE

PRINCIPLI OF THE ART UNION".
Any one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be
entitled to a large. Engraving, either of the Death of St.
Joseph, or of Blessed Paul of the Cross, which will be
forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 'postage stamps.
Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at
St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris.

("'CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
'J the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion Hit to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
r(st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
M9me, the t9w4 be loved, end where he lived and died.

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Literature of Ancient Ireland," is an appropriate study in
this work ; and also we find " Irish Educational Statistics,"
which gives an account of the vaelous steps that have Leen
taken in that direction.

FRASER.—A lengthened paper on that movement
in Germany towards the attainment of a national
unity, which has recently
occupied so large a sharp
of the attention of statesmen and politicians, is the
first in the table of contents. The author regards
the proceedings lately
inaugurated at Frankfort as
"an important, though perhaps an indirect step, towards
the realisation of the long-cherished dream of Germanic re-
generation." Miss Cobbe, who is already known as the
writer of some very able articles on various subjects,
contributes a reflective essay on " The Rights of Man
and the Claims of Brutes," which we recom-
mend to the thoughtful and unprejudiced attention
of the reader. With regard to the infliction of torture on
the living subject for scientific ends, Miss Cobbe refuses to
admit feeling into her consideration, but calmly and tem-
perately inquires into the question of right or wrong. The
conclusion at which she arrives is one which, to common
sense and ordinary humanity, appears indisputable. If
they have only taken the lives of brutes when the interests
of science really demanded them, and have always per-
formed painful operations under the beneficial influence of
ansesthetics, they are morally exempt from blame. If they
have transgressed either or both of these conditions, they
stand convicted of heinous cruelty. Respecting the terri-
ble accounts given of the tortures inflicted in the French
colleges, Mies Cobbe very justly says that the dissection of
deal horses and dogs would serve as well the purposes
of anatomical instruction, while many of the operations
performed on that highly sensitive animal, the horse, are
not only agonising, but perfectly useless. One of these is
the removal of the hoof, an operation which can serve no
possible end in regard to the human body, and which is
entirely profitless for the veterinary surgeon, inasmuch as
no owner would ever perform an operation on his
horse which would render him totally useless. Such
wanton infliction of torture disgraces the name of
science, and its commission is as much a stain on the fame
of its professors, as reckless executions or murderous Greek
fire sully the glory of war and victory, Miss Cobbe's paper
would have been better had it been shorter, and more con-
densed in style ; but her able and energetic advocacy of the
claims of humanity and justice do her honour, The readers
of Eraser will rejoice to see the old familiar initials of
A,K.H.B. appended to an essay beginning with the word
"Concerning.'' It has less general interest than some of
his others, being chiefly on the form and qualifications of
pulpits, but it contains some sound sense and pleasant read-
ing nevertheless. The waste of fish life that goes on under
our present system of securing our prey is dwelt upon in an
article headed, " How do fish live and grow ? " which
treats of the subject of Pisciculture very fully. " three
days at Wilna recounts the writer's experiences during
a flying visit to that city, when under the stern rule of
Mouravieff. "Lawrence Bloomfield in Ireland " reaches
its twelfth part, and its conclusion. There are two other
poetical contributions, none of the' three being above the
ge of "Late Laurels" goes on vigor-
oauveslrya,thouTghhenostnoer3Of the dramatis persona are very sure
of their next movements. An essay on " Strong Minded
Women," at the conclusion of the number, endeavours to
divest the subject of some of its attendant absurdities.

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. The United
Service opens with an interesting article on ',the
"Naval Department of the International Exhibi-
tion,,, which is in fact a review of b. clever work
lately published by Rear-Admiral Paris, entitled,
" L'Art Naval a l'Exposition Universelle de
Londres," wherein the relative merits of our iron-plated
ships and those of France are discussed. The reviewer,
however, does not confine his remarks to the French Ad-
miral's work, but enters at considerable length into ship-
building and coast defences. Under the title of "Recollec-
tions of Campaigning in Spain," we have a lively sketch
of certain incidents connected with the doings of the British
legion in that country. A memoir of General Wolfe is
continued up to his setting out on his last campaign, "Ex-
periences of an English Zouave in Algeria" gives us
an English notion of African campaigning under French
guidance. A paper on naval architecture contains much
valuable information on the modus operandi followed at
different periods in the educati,n of naval architects, and the
regulations in force during the last half century. The history
of the Gambia colony and the civil war is proceeded with
at some length. The Wreck Register and Chart for 1862
is noticed, and a chart appended with some feeling remarks
urging the public to support the National Lifeboat S..eiety
liberally. In the foreign summary, the strength of the
Italian army and the general statistics are treated of. The
much-vexed Danish question comes in for due notice; the
writer concluding that if " Federal execution is carried out,
war is inevitable." We trust, however, that may yet be
a voided.

CORNHILL.—" The Small House at Allington"
is more momentous in its chronicles in this in-
stalment, for Crosbie is actually married;; to
Lady Alexandrina, apparently not very happily
though, for they are on very peculiar terms with
each other. It is evident that a life of great wretch-
edness is before them. Lily Dale is fast recovering, but
there is something irritating in the way in which she speaks
of Crosbie. It seems hardly likely that she should regard
him with so favourable an impression when he has acted in
such a mean and dastardly way. Mr. Plantagenet Palliser
is getting into trouble as fast as he can, and trying to lose
his fortune with as much pains as other men take to get
one. The malevolent insinuations of society in making
mountains of moleholes are well described in the chapter
with the significant name of "Fie, fie." "The Story of
the Mhow Court-Martial"—a paper already commented
upon in our leading columns—refers at some length to that
painful affair, which has already engaged so much atten-
tion, and which will again before long attract the special
notice of the public. After giving an analysis of the cir-
cumstances of the case, some very pertinent remarks are
made relative to the non-efficacy and efficiency of courts-
martial. The most plausible advocate of this system might i
well be puzzled to defend t, when it has so signally and so
fatally broke down, impugning the honour of an army and
compromising the justice and
fair
into play of our military
judges. A very wise suggestion is made, that a public in-
quiry should be instituted the working of the present
system of military jurisprudence by a Parliamentary com-
mittee or a royal commission, and, it is forcibly put at last,
"it will indeed be discreditable to the present Government
if such a cruel, disastrous, and costly complication as that
which has been occasioned by the misconduct of the late
court-martial at Mhow is permitted to pass away without
some endeavour to extract permanent good out
of the great wrong which has just been perpe-
trated in the outraged name of military justice,"
Margaret Penzil's History " is the beginning
of a new story that has something uncommon
about it.
There is a quaint simplicity of style about the narration
that is attractive, and the adventures are quite un-
worldlike in their way. "Domesday Book" is an enter-
taining paper that furnishes us with an account of some of
the old customs of our forefathers, which is a subject at all
times noticeable and amusing to study. "Unctuous Memo-
ries" is a lively sketch of some banquets that took place at
divers times and in many lands, and which, from associa-
tion and agreeableness, left a pleasant memory behind.
" Cousin Phillis" begins a new tale, that is so far very in-
teresting, and contains some well-defined characters. It
has also the novelty of a heroine in a pinafore. " A Scotch-
man in Holland" is a solid readable article, that presents
the reader with a graphic account of the striking things
that attract the Scots in their double existence on the Con-
tinent, which is described as partly English and partly
special nationality. "Strange to Say on Club Paper" is a
rather remarkable dissertation on a curious incident con-
cerning the late Lord Clyde's will.