The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1863.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
The THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTI-
VAL, in AID of the FUNDS of this Hospital, will take place
at the FREEMASONS' HALL, on WEDNESDAY, May 6,
CLARLES DICKENS, Esq„ in the Chair.
STEWARDS.
The Right Hon. the Earl of
Shrewsbury and Talbot.
The Right lion. the Earl of
Shaftesbury, K.G.
The Right lion. the Earl of
Coventry.
The Bight Hon. the Earl
Granville, K.G.
The Right Hon. 'Viscount
Sydney.
The Right Hon. Lord Dui-
ferin, K.C.B.
The Right n on. Lord Lyve-
den.
The eight Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Derry.
The Right Hen. Lord Fel,
moy, M.P.
Wm. Banbury, Esq.
W. W. Bramaton Beach, Esq.,
M.P.
Joseph Bond, Esq.
James Bowyer, Esq.
Sir Geo. Bowyer, Bart., M.P.
Shirley Brooks, Esq.
T. Beale Browne, Lsq.
H. A. Bruce, Esq , MX.
Isaac Butt, Esq., ALP.
Charles Candy, Esq.
John Carter, Esq., Alderman
li. C. K Childers, Esq, ALP.
Sir R. Jukes Clifton, Bart.,
M.P.
Lt-Col. S. A. Dickson, M.P.
Sir Ed. C. Dering, Bart., M.P.
Thomas Downes, Esq.
John S. W. S. E. Drax, Esq.,
M.P.
AI. E. G. Duff, Esq., M.P.
Fredk. Dundas, Esq., M.P.
Lieut.-Col. F. P. Dunne, AI. P.
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George G. Glyn, Esq„ M.P.
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Major W. R. Ormsby Gore,
M.P.
Wm Graham, Esq.
T. C. Haliburton, Esq., ALP.
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H. B. Halswell, Esq.
Robert Hanbury, Esq., M.P.
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By order,
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Wm. Lawrence, Esq., Ald.
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M.P.
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T. W. Malcolm, Esq., M.P.
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George Moore, Esq.
W. J. S. Morritt, Esq., M.P.
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Hon. Wm. H. B. Portman,
M.P.
W. T. Pritchard, Esq.
B. C. Robirpon, Esq.
Sir Cusack Roney.
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David Salomons, Esq., Ald.,
M.P.
sir Wm. Scott, Bart., M.P.
George Simpson, Esq.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Fred. Smith,
M.P.
Jervoise Smith, Esq.
Wm Stevens, Esq.
George Stockdale, Esq,
Colonel Sykes, M.P.
WilliamTegg, Esq.
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W. H. Warre, Esq.
Major-General Watkins.
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IRD S. SMITH, Secretary.

THE MAGAZINES,

Blackwood's Magazine.
" Wilson's Prehistoric Man" is the first subject
considered. It states that this book applies to the
unhistoric or speechless people, " a considerable part
of Mr. Wilson's book is devoted to the considera-
tion of those ancient remains whether in the valley
of the Mississippi or in the forests of Central Ame-
rica, which speaks of a civilisation, or at least of
cities that had existed and left their ruins behind
them, anterior to what we call the discovery of the
New World," This is a very readable article, and
enters at some length into this abstruse question ;
at the commencement of it the writer states
his conviction that scientific and religious truth are
inextricably combined. Such is the correct view
of the matter, and the more deeply the wonders of
the earth are explored the greater should be the
appreciation of its Creator. It has truly been
written of the endless variety of creation—
" He painted the ephemera's wings
Who set the stars in motion,
He formed Heaven's great and glorious things,
Who poured the drops of ocean."
" Caxtoniana" is continued, and this time treats of
" Certain Principles of Art in Works of Imagina-
tion." This will doubtless prove interesting, since
the writer is discoursing on kindred subjects. In
criticising the best and most enduring forms in
which to represent ideal characters so as to per-
sonify the real—it is truly said that generalities are
the most successful. This is evidenced in Homer's
heroes who " are so remarkably the types of large
and enduring generalities in human character, that
in spite of all changes of time and manners we still
classify and designate individuals under those
antique names." Also it is cited as an instance that
the greatest novelist of Europe, Gil Bias, succeeds
in those characters that are types and not portraits.
Finally, great stress is laid on the importance and
originality to constitute a work of genius. "The
Life of General Sir Howard Douglas" treats of some
volumes that have lately appeared on the life of
that distinguished man. In this criticism the highest
character is given to him, and it is said that, if cir-
cumstances had permitted him to direct the move-
ment of troops in the field, he would have attained
a high rank, but that, as it was, he did more for
the British army, and navy, too, than either of the
heads of either service had the grace to acknow-
ledge. After the interesting summary here given
of his career, the reader who glances at these pages
will coincide with the sentiment of the last pas.
sage—" Rest to his noble spirit; it will be long
before we look upon his like again." A most pleas-
ing paper is that on " Ludwig Uhland." He is de-
scribed as the Laureate of Germany after the death
of Goethe. It is said that he has much in common
with Sir Walter Scott, having done for Germany
what even Schiller and Goethe never effected—
namely, " immortalised her local recollections,"
Some translations of his chief poems are here given,
which are some of them admirably done, and seem
to represent the true spirit of the author as well as
can be expected through the medium of a foreign
tongue. In mentioning the chief circumstances of
his career, it is said that he was buried as he had
lived, in privacy, but that probably he would not
have wished it otherwise. "No doubt he was, as
far as the honours that proceed from the great are
concerned, to the end of his life an unacknowleged
and unappreciated man, but he had all he wanted
—robust health, self-respect, and the respect of those
he loved, sufficient worldly means, and that sublime
gift which Homer himself thought a full com-
pensation even for blindness." This little sketch is
most interesting, and fully worthy of the subject
of which it treats. Few men are more deserving of ,
regard and contemplation than they who are appro-
priately styled "the honoured of ages, the masters
of song." "My Investment in the Far West" is a
most amusing little narrative, that relates the extra-
ordinary adventures of a man who was well and
wished to do better. It is improbable that he
should have succeeded in extricating himself from
his embarrassment in so fortuitous a style as
is here represented. The mixture of scorn and
ridicule that he met with from the Yankees when
they understood his mission to the Far West, is
very entertainingly described. "The Landscape of
Ancient Italy," as delineated in the Pompeian
paintings, is Also a paper worthy of notice in its
way. It refers to a work by the Danish botanist
Joachim Frederic Schorun on the plants of Pompeii.
In order to ascertain the plants known to the Porn-
peians, Schorun remarks that two means are open
to us—the pictures in the ruins, and the remnants
of the-plants themselves. The following conclusion
may be safely deduced, that the stone pine and the
cypress were then as now the trees that gave the
Neapolitan landscape its character. In mentioning
the disappearance of some of those introduced in
old times, the oriental plane is enumerated. The
Romans were greatly devoted to this tree. Persian
monarchs and Grecian heroes were equally attached
to it, " as it is now the glory of Ispahan and Shiraz,
so it was of the Greek cities of yore, the groves of
the Academe and Lyceum were composed of it."
This is rather an unusual article, but it is
rather refreshing in its novelty, and the chronicles
of those ruined cities draw always something new
and interesting in their study. Some instructive
dissertation is met with on the fallacy of the for-
mulas of positivism, in which we meet with the
following suggestion :

" Could a modern really do what many a visitor to
Pompeii has striven to do in intense eagerness of fancy;
could he restore those truncated columns and repeoplethose
desolate streets, and actuall3 converse with some cultivated
contemporary of Pliny and Juvenal, or Cicero and Horace ;
one can fancy that the feeling on both sides, after the first
strangeness of the meeting had Leen got over, would be one
of surprise, that two specimens of humanity of such distant
origin could have so much in common:'
In pursuance of this theme, it is stated that if any
one now woke up under the shadow of Winchester
or Canterbury Cathedrals, and discoursed with the
best man of the Saxon times, he would find no
congeniality and very little reciprocity in ideas.
is accounted for by the fact that those were
This
generations of decline and not of advance. With
a glowing tribute to the advantages of classical col-

ture, this entertaining paper terminates. "Ameri-
can State Papers" furnish the material for one of
those smart articles that often distinguish this ma-
gazine. The most is made of the subject, and cer-
tainly it is a very suggestive one. Several of Mr.
Seward's "impudent" phrases are commented on;
among others, his sayirg "that it has been only
European sympathies and European aid that have
enabled our disloyal citizens to prolong the civil
war." Mr. Motley's observations are also referred
to, and due notice is taken of his annotations on
British matters. He was very
angry at Mr. Glad-
stone's speech at Newcastle, and expressed a hope
that that statesman's tongue might be blistered.
This is very elegant phraseology certainly, and
makes one wonder where some
people are going to
stop. It is truly said in conclusion that we might
well laugh, but unfortunately the grotesque display
has its terrible side, and incapacity and conceit only
increase the tremendous power of mischief that is
wielded by the characters in the burlesque. " The
Budget" is the political paper, and satirises the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and states that he
has adopted some of the recommendations of the
Opposition without having thegrace to acknowledge
them. After allowing that this new Budget is less
ingenious and hazardous than some of its prede-
cessors, it is said that the danger that menaces
Mr. Gladstone's arrangements is that there will be
a deficit in the years 1864-5 of £200,000. In a
word, he is dispensing with a real surplus and re-
signing himself to a past deficit. The abandon-
ment of the Paper Duties has rendered our present
financial position one of no ordinary embarrass-
ment. Finally, it is said that the peace of Europe
does not rest on very safe foundations; if exceptional
expenditure occur how are we to meet it. We
cannot re-impose the Paper and Tea Duties, and
the articles in the French Treaty are irrevocably
fixed as they are. Hence it is argued that—
" A large increase of the income tax, and an issue of Ex-
chequer bonds, are the only means by which we can hope
to make head against an emergency. The surplus is merely
nominal—the balances in the Exchequer cannot be further
reduced—and even the issue of Exchequer bonds can be re-
sorted to only to a small extent, in consequence of Mr.
Gladstone's repeated postponement of paying off, as they
fell due, the amounts already in circulation. Over the
term of Mr, Gladstone's present financial administration, as
over his previous one, the country will yet have to write
the words, so damnatory of the reputation of a statesman,
Improvidus futuri. In the present aspect of affairs, we
begin to think anew ( f his Budgets before the Crimean
War ; and we can only hope that the year 1864 will not be
like 1854, and that the country will not find itself again in
straits and embarrassments like those which proved well
nigh overwhelming ten years ago.''

Dublin University Magazine.
The first article met with is sure to be a welcome
one with all readers, for it is entitled "The Land of
the Princess, the Isles of Denmark and their People."
It is truly stated at the outset that, whatever may
happen, we are not yet flooded by the results of re-
cent travels in the country that has given birth to
the princess whom we all, however differing among
ourselves, have unanimously resolved to love and
honour. A most agreeable sketch is given of the
Isles of Denmark, and certainly a more attractive
subject, just at present, could not have been fixed
upon. " The Great Essayist of France" next en-
gages our attention. First we are introduced to
Montaigne Pere, and then to Montaigne Fils. This
sketch is entertainingly written, and furnishes us
with a good general idea of its subject, " Bella
Donna, or the Cross before the Name," is continued
at some length. It is a romantic tale, but not one
of any special interest. " Catullus," Part 1., is an
instructive essay. It is mentioned that his life was
passed almost wholly unrecorded by biography.
Great pains have been taken to impress the reader
with a correct idea of this notability of antiquity,
and the result is favourable on the whole. It is
mentioned, in treating of his works, that " in no
other Roman poetry, not-even excepting Virgil, do
we find such charming original images, and so facile
and exquisite a gift for producing musical effects in
language, as in that of Catullus." " Sterne and his
Day" is continued, but does not yet approach com-
pletion. We leave him, at the close of this instal.
ment, on the threshold of a new career. " The
whole page is opened, and the splendid
glories of success, and of London homage, is
waiting for the obscure Yorkshire cleric." ,f Indian
Adventure" is a brief sketch of some striking
adventures—adventures that are exciting and
lovers told with spirit.
' o‘v MnOnis a peculiar pap(
that will suit the er
f
the supernatural, the
fate of Manon and her spirit lover will doubtless
obtain many admirers among their ranks. " Emi-
gration" as an agency of
uLancashirese relief, is a brief
resume of events that must be iemmpigorrtaatniotntoall.
must
be
It
states that, to be of any
taken up in a national spirit. " Song Writers"
contains some criticism on Moore, Beranger, and
Tennyson.and t h
e rSufficientaremmaeury who will cavil at theit is hardly accorded to
Moore,
notion of Tennyson surpassing him in lyrics. Ber-
anger is awarded the highest praise. In summing up
the prevailing tendency of this writer it is said that
wit is the characteristic of the chansons of Beranger,
hence their popularity in France, where the orator
who delights most is the wittiest, where Voltaire is
the representative man, and where even statesmen
and kings from Henry the Fourth down to
Talleyrand and Louis Philippe have vindicated their
reign and most important acts with a mot; Tenny-
son is over-rated, the writer going so far as
to say that he possesses the true gift of ima-
gination in a higher degree, perhaps, than any
poet since Milton. Further on it is stated that in
" In Memoriam" the work is superior to the sonnets
of Shakespeare and Petrarch. The concluding pas-
sage, though] most descriptive, is exaggerated,
as will be seen from this instance, viz.,
" It is curious to contrast Heine's poetry of affec-
tion and sorrow, so full of misanthropy and de-
spair, so startling in its occasional depth and brief
dramatic intensity, with that of the larger poet
soul, who, struggling through grief and scepticism,
raises a cry above the conquered years—embraces
the universe in its contemplation, and ascending
above the regions of knowledge, folds its wings in
fond assurance in the sphere of faith and love,
where the personified Heart of Deity reigns to save
and to restore. As poet, philosopher, and artist no
poetic mind since Milton has exhibited a trinity of
powers so noble, bright, beautiful, and perfect as
that of Tennyson." " Our Answer to Professor
Cairns, on Slavery and Secession," is a sensible
paper on an important topic. It satirises
the inconsistencies of the work, and is
altogether a smart sketch worthy of perusal. " The
Earlier Heroes of the Geneva Republic" can hardly
fail to prove attractive to those who delight to fol-
low the fortunes of the remarkable men of that
period. It is forcibly said that "no one can read
the early story of the Geneva struggle without ad-
miring the disinterestedness, gallantry, and devo-
tion of the patriots whose resistance to foreign in-
trusion and domestic tyranny taught them to appre-
ciate an emancipation of a higher kind which they
were also dcstintd to bold forth as an example for
nations still enchained and depressed."

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eraser's Magazine.

Traser this month does not present a very at-
nstyle'does not appertain to
at-
tractive aspect. The articles are mostly serious in'
and the whole charac-
steurb
the area of light literature. The first article con-
siders ttha nedn
number
wme ibgehrt.y i
certainly
eiders the future of the National Church, a formid-
able undertaking in these days of haste and busi-
ness, so we pass by it to Mr.Bonamy Price's able and
clearly written essay on the Principles of Currency
—a science less known and less discussed than it
should be. Those who have hitherto shrunk from
its supposed perplexities will, under the guidance
of Mr. Price, be enabled to unravel the mystery.
Miss Cobbe, the spirited and intelligent lady, who,
like Miss Gnshington, of romantic celebrity, has
started on a solitary Eastern excursion, is DOW

apparently returning homewards, for .he sends us
the chronicle of a "Day at Athens," written in her
usual animated and intelleOmal style. One of the
most pretentious, but by no means the most inte-
resting articles in the number is a paper entitled
"Negotiations with Spain in the Fifteenth Cen-
tury," which, although containing a good deal of
historical information, is not likely to attract the
attention of the general reader. " A Chapter on
Superstition" is another lergthened paper on the
various phases of credence in witchcraft, which lin-
gers in some rurrl districts even to the present day.
Among the remaining papers are an essay on the
poetical subject of the loves of Dante and Beatrice,
and a testimony to the merits of the late lamented
Secretary of State for War.

Bentley's Miscellany.
The prominent feature in Bentley is of course its
editor's romance. This instalment is full of start-
ling changes, and Constance Tyrrell's flight from
the Palace, her concealment by Osbert, her detec-
tion by the King, and her imprisonment in Lam-
beth Palace, follow each other in quick succession.
We cite the following passage from Mr. Ainsworth's
elaborate description of the Cardinal's splendid
house :
" The present vast and irregular pile, known as Lambeth
Palace, was preceded by a much smaller mansion, wherein
the Archbishops of Canterbury were lodged, and to which
a chapel was attached. This building was pulled down in
1262 by the turbulent Archbishop Boniface, and a new and
more important structure erected in its place. Of Boni-
face's palace little now remains save the chapel and crypt.
So many additions were made to the palace by successive
archbishops, and so much was it altered, that it may al-
most be said to have become another structure. A noble
ball, subsequently destroyed in the time of the Common-
wealth, was built by Archbishop Chichely, who flourished
in the reign of Edward IV.; while the chief ornament of
the existing pile, the gateway, was reared by Cardinal
Archbishop Morton, towards the end of the fifteenth
century. The Steward's Parlour, a chamber of large
dimensions, was added by Cranmer, and a long gallery and
other buildings were erected by Cardinal Pole.
" Before entering the palace let us pause to examine the
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battled, and edged with stone. The archway is pointed,
and has a groined roof springing from four pillars, one in
each corner. Spiral stone staircases lead to the upper
chambers, and from the leads of the roof a wonderful pros-
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a double door, and high, narrow, grated windows. The
walls are cased with stone, and of prodigious thick-
ness, while three heavy iron rings fixed in them attest
the purpcse to which the room was formerly applied.
" Passing through the principal court, we enter the
great hall, rebuilt by Archbishop Juxon on the exact model
of the old hall, demolished during the Protectorate, so that
it may be considered a counterpart of Archbishop Chichely's
banqueting chamber. Nearly a hundred feet in length,
proportionately wide and lofty, this noble room has a su-
perb pendant timber roof, enriched with elaborate carv-
ings, and lighted by a louvre. In the great bay window,
amidst the relics of stained glass, recovered from the origi-
nal hall, may be disce-ned the arms of Philip of Spain,
painted by order of Cardinal Pole. At the present day
the hall is used as the palace library, and its space is
somewhat encroached upon by projecting bookcases, filled
with works of divinity. At the upper end is the Arch-
bishop's seat.
"From the great hall we may proceed to the gallery and
guard chamber, the latter of which was once used as the
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" Pass we by the presence chamber and other state
rooms, and let us enter the long gallery erected by Cardinal
Pole—a noble room, lighted by windows enriched by stained
glass.

" Hence we will proceed to the chapel erected by Boni-
face. Lighted by three lancet-windows on either side,
and divided by an elaborately carved screen, on the
inner side of which is the archiepiscopal stall, this chapel
retains but little of its pristine character, and is dis-
figured by a flat panelled ceiling, added by Archbishop.
Laud.

"Attached to the palace are a park and gardens of consi-
derable extent, and in the olden time of great beauty.
Within the gardens, up to the commencement of the pre-
sent century, grew two singularly fine fig trees, planted by
Cardinal Pole, and trained against that part of the palace
which he erected.
"Lambeth Palace came into Pole's hands in a very habit-
able condition, having been well kept up by his prede-
cess,r, Cranmer. So well pleased was the Cardinal with
the mansion, that he not only embellished it in many ways,
but enlarged it, as wo have previously mentioned. He also
took great delight in the gardens, and laid them out in the
Italian style.
" Unostentatious of character, and simple in his tastes
and habits, Pole felt it clue to his elevated position to main-
tain princely state in the residence assigned to him by their
Majesties, and employ his large revenues in hospitality and
charity. When complete, which it was within a month
after his occupation of the palace, Pole's household was as
numerous and magnificent as Wolsey's, and comprised a
high chamberlain and vice-chamberlain, twelve gentlemen
ushers, steward, treasurer, comptroller, cofferer, three mar-
shals, two grooms, and an almoner. In his chapel he had
A dean, a sub-dean, twelve singing priests, and the like
number of quiristers. Besides these there were his cross
bearers, his pillar bearers, and two yeomen to bear his
poleaxes. The inferior officers were almost too numerous
to particularise, comprehending purveyors, cooks, sewers,
cup bearers, yeomen of the larder, of the buttt ry, of the
ewery, the cellar, the laundry, the bakehouse, the ward-
robe, the chandry, the wood yard, and the garden. Of gar.
deners, indeed, there were several, Besides these, there
were a multitude of pages and grooms, a sumpter man, a
muleteer, and sixteen grooms of the stable, each of whom
had four horses. Then there were tall porters at the gate,
yeomen of the chariot, and yeomen of the barge. Nor
were these all. In addition to those previously enume-

rated, there were a physician, two chaplains, and two

secretaries."

A Crimean officer contributes a paper on the " In-
vasion of the Crimea," founded on Mr. Kinglake's
recent work, which has renewed all the old discus-
sions and associations of that troubled time.
Monkshood has an essay, which is as usual well

worth reading. His subject this month is the
loneliness of great cities and the opportunities for
privacy offered by the crowded streets and thorough-
fares of London. Alluding to Hawthorne's story

of the man who, in pursuance of some unreasonable
whim, took lodgings in the street next to his own

house without letting his family know of his where.

abouts, and who resided there twenty years with-
out being detected, Monkshood says that London is
the one city in which such an incident is possible.

A paper on " The Bois de Boulogne" tells us that
the Bois in its present condition is the creation oi

Napoleon 111. When Louis XVIII. restored it,
after the occupation of Paris by the allied armies,
he retained the old form of straight alleys at right

angles, but the present Emperor has transformed it
iuto an English park. When the design is fully

completed, the Bois do Boulogne, says
the writer of this article, will leave far be-

hind it the parks of all other capitals. Frederick
Marshall contributes an amusing paper on false
hair, which gives us some curious statistics of the
trade in that commodity. The story of " Modern

Marriages a la Mode "is continued in a melancholy
fashion, and relates the death of the maligned

Emily. There are other articles of varying interest,
amongst them a sketch of the career of the Dachebs
of Portsmouth, the evil counsellor of the worthless

Charles H.

Colburn's United Service.
"A Trip to Vancouver's Island" is continued in
the same masterly style as hitherto, and great skill
i 3 employed in exposing the system of entrapping
emigrants by fair sounding speculations, ea was
heretofore done by the settlers in Australia to obtain
servants. The subjoined extract aptly illustrates
the falsity of such hopes :
" A cutler from Sheffield, with whom I chatted, told me
tho only , claim, ha found at Cariboo was disappo'int
jactiotrhitei same ethteinmirgebfloradormidal.
He spent about £5O in going up to, and in returni ment.
the gold mines. He left the coilnonNy,
Many men are now working
and some cannot get work oven at this price,
miners who went to Victoria with the Hundreds of
view of going
Cariboo, returned by the very same tosteamer San
to
Fran-
cisco. An Immigration Board has been formed in Victoria
u
by private individuals worked p into a state of desperation
by the prevailing distress' but it does not undertake to find
work for any one, and can merely be regarded in the light

PR1CE.........4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

of an employment office. Subscriptions of the charitable
are solicited, but at the same time the broken down miner
gets his name registered is charged a fee, as well as
the employer who may, influenced solely by generous feel-
ing, give work. It is mtir-Fellous that with all this misery
there are so few complaints. Therd was but one incendiary
Sire (luring my stay a Victoria, but I know that several
attempts were made to fire the city."
Education has gained a march in Vancouver; the
eehools do not include religion in their course of in-
struction, hence the mental calibre is higher than
the moral. The state of the land in Vancouver is

not satisfactory, and this is partly owing to a
/ergo proportion being the property of speculators
in other places ; these absentees do not care to im-
prove their estates, hence roads have not been made.
A vast amount of information is afforded by this
paper on the whole. We meet with some " Re-
marks on Military Law," which advert to various
facts. Great stress is laid on the importance of
young officers duly considering the importance of
the duties that devolve upon them, and an instance
is quoted in which, at a court-martial, a junior
member calmly replied " death," in answer to what
form of punishment the effender of some trivial
offence was to undergo. On being questioned
afterwards as to the meaning of his extraordinary
conduct, he replied that be had looked at the
Articles of War, and seen "Death, or such other
punishment as a court-martial shall award," and so
had said the word without thinking of it. Some
observations are made on corporal punishment, and
it is very properly said that it ought to be restricted
to offences of a disgraceful nature. Some very
useful hints are given as to the expediency of de-
cision in trying moments of emergency, and an
example is adduced of what once occurred to the
writer of these remarks when blockaded in Sebas-
tian by the Carlists. The English artillerymen
were discontented in consequence of not having
been paid, and one night refused to move from
their private parade until they got their pay. The
writer hastened to them, and first explaining that
he would guarantee their payment, but they must
not disgrace the British name, he added--
"Now, my men, I have told you how the matter is. I
shall order you to face to the right and march off with your
officers, who will now fall in with drawn swords; and, so
help me God I as sure as I stand here, if you don't move at
command I will shoot the right hand man, and run the
next through with my sword on the instant; I hereby re-
quire the subalterns to do the same,each to his subdivision,"
and (cocking his pistol), gave the word, 'right, face, quick
march I" They all moved off like clockwork, The writer
went with them and remained all night on the Curtain,
and never heard any more grumbling. On the contrary,
they said, ' that is a good officer and the man to see his
soldiers righted—a real soldier's friend I' He could always
trust them in the greatest difficulties from that day for-
ward ; and, as lierodotus says, now I have done speaking
of Military Law.'
" Greenwich Characters" is a very amusing paper,
and brings in a description of some characteristic
seamen. " A Month on the Overland Route" is a
very readable article. It is descriptive of the part
of the route across the Isthmus of Suez, in which
the writer gives an entertaining account of a visit
to the Pyramids. In "The British Soldier" we
meet with noticeable arguments. The absurd plan
of paying the soldiers is commented upon, and it is
shown how much trouble and expense might be
saved as well as discontent avoided by paying them
a smaller sum and giving them their rations gratis

This paper may be—recommended to the notice of
the authorities, and they must derive information,
useful hints, and wise suggestions from its perusal.
Few subjects are more important than the right
organisation of the army departments. This num-
ber of the " United Service" offers, on the whole, a
very fair share of information.