The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS.

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THIS EVENING, THE CENSIT-'. Mr. J. L. Toole.
After which, THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and
Mrs. Dion Bouctcault, Messrs. Emery, .1. L. Toole, Billington,
Stuart, Eburne. Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington,
Mrs. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw.
To conclude with THE PRETTY HORSEBRE/fraiEß.
Messrs. Mrs. Toole, P. Bedford ; Misses Woolgar, K. Kelly,
Laidlaw, H. Marston. Commence at v.

Turin, Naples, and the cause of Italian independence
is matter of public notoriety just now. The wisdom
therefore of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is wisdom also
for Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
In France, as everywhere else, the Ultramonist
Roman clergy are the pol.4ical nuisance of the day.
On behalf of the stupidest of OEtases,
strong in the
superstition and ignorance which j.lidin
guishes the
peasantry and lower priesthood of all Catholic
countries, they fight the battle of Papal pre*l2sions
with the very scum of the nations. The hosts
whom they do their best to keep in illiteracy and
darkness, they drill before the altar of superstition
to howl down everything like intelligent religious
liberty, To civil liberty they are almost as much
opposed, except in the rare instances, in which, as
in the days of the late French Republic, they think
they can use it to their own purposes, Then, in-
deed, they can plant and consecrate "trees of liberty,"
to be quickly plucked up again and crushed if only
an Emperor comes upon the scene, whom they may
purchase by adulation in the days of his efforts to
stand securely. Let him, however, but show that
he cares at all more for men and nations than for
Popes and priests, and henceforth he becomes a
PONTIUS PILATE, and even an army at Rome can-
not save him from priestly wrath. All he gets for
protecting the POPE against his own subjects, and
keeping the necks of the latter beneath the PoPE's
feet, is the hatred of Popes and priests, the half angry,
wonder of Italians, whom otherwise he has benefited
so greatly, and, worse than all, a noisy, troublesome
set of ecclesiastical agitators at home.
The PRINCE dwells rightly enough on the per-
verse obstinacy of the POPE—" He can do nothing"
—and the venerable obstinacy is as crafty as it is
mischievous. His hope is in waiting for events.
If he can keep a nucleus of temporal power, who
knows, he thinks, what may one day gather round
it again. It is nothing to the shepherd of the faith-
'al that Italy is filled by his wordly-minded ambi-
ion with brigandage, nothing that Romans hate

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EW ROYALTY THEATRE,
Dean-etreet, Oxford-street.
TELLS EVENING, CARNATION COTTAGE.
A Banat Divertissement.
Foflowe,4 by THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL, in which
Mr. J. B. Dole will appear.
After which, the snocesful Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI-
AGE AUK: LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames
Stanley, Payne, Ond Mason.
To conclude with A CHINESE ROMANCE.
Commence at halt-past 7.

AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
TriuWphant success of the New Eastern Spectacle and the
wonderful Performing- Elephants, pronounced by the Press
and the Public to be the most sagaeious animals ever ex-
hibited.
This Evening, and during the Week, the Grand Drama,
entitled THE RAJAH OE NAGPORE, with new and
gorgeous scenery, dresses, and appointments, in
two colossal Asiatic Elephants, whose astonishing feats on
the si.lge, and afterwards in the circle, have met with the
most unbounded admiration.
To be followed by brilliant and daring feats of Eques-
trianism by the unrivalled Troupe of British and Foreign
Artistes.
The whole concluding with a laughable afterpiece.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle.

CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE
ARTS GALLERY.
VICTOR JULIEN having recovered from his recent Ill-
ness, will re-appear This Evening (Monday) at half-past 9.
"THE EN CiIANTED HASH " by Mr. E. Marshall. at a
quarter-past Ten o'clock, performed upwards of sixty nights
with immense succ6's.
Grand Selection frow Auber's comic opera, "La Circa-
atenne, " by Mdlle. Negri, with Band and full Chorus.
The Comic department Comprises Mr. Randall, Mr. F.
French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. Marshall, and Miss Harriet
Coveney.

Musical Director, Mr. Jonzlimans.
Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcory, Is.

THEOXFORD. 6. OXFORD-SYR-WEI
" L .
ES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES"
By TIENT.' (aged Eleven years), and PFAU (aged Nine years),
From the " Cirque Napoleon," Paris,
Whose Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze are unsurpassed
for daring, skill, and grace, EVERY EVENING.
Their performances do not in any way interfere with the
Musical Entertainment, wbich as usual consists of Two
Oporatic Selections alternately from "P Trovatore,"
nani, " "La Traviata," "Simon Boccanegra," " Macbeth,"
dm., by' the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus—(Con-
ducted by Mr. F. Jonghtnan s)—And Varied Vocal and Instru •
mental Attractions, the Comic, portion by Miss Harriet
Coveney, blessve. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, M. P. Foster,
and W. Randall,
Hall, d. ; Stang and Balcony, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

ficHE OXFORD 6, OXFORD-STREET.-
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A Grand Morning Entertainment, on THURSDAY
neat, March 6th.
" LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES,
By HENB:I and PFAU (aged Nine and Eleven years) whose
double feats on the Flying Trapeze are unsurpassed. Verdi's
"Il Trovatore." Miss Russell, Miss Harrison, Messrs, Mor-
ley. Green, and Albert.
Full Band and Chorus.
Crnductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballads, Duets, &c., by
Messrs. Herbert, Tivoli, Sesselsburg, and Madame Enders-
sohn. Solos—i ianoforte—Miss Bryant. Violin—Mr. Viotti
Collins. 6cotch _Duets— Miss Stuart and Miss M. Stuart.
The "Porter's _Knot" and "Jones's Sister," by Mr. W.
Randall, and other varied entertainments.
Hall, Is. ; Balcony and Stalls, 2s. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.
Doors open at Two o'clock; Carriages at Four.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tun DAY.—Morning, 3h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 54m.
To-uotatov.-Morning, 4b. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 25m

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, MARCH 2, 1862.7
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
4p.--highest since noon yesterday.
30—lowest this morninrand during the utght,
3.3--this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.60 ; falling fast.
WIND—Northerly ; light, with doubtful weather.
MARCH 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
3-I—'.ighest since noon yesterday.
24—lowest this morning and during the night.
34—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.29; a sudden fall.
Wriln—Variable—North-Easterly in the night South-
Westerly this morning—now veering to N,W.; very dull
weather, wi,h slight snow, and bitterly cold.

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1862.

In past days of the Hanoverian dynasty Princes
of WALES and their Royal Fathers have been
almost at daggers drawn, but, generally speaking,
if a Duke of the blood royal arose in the House of
Peers, and in the plainest language advocated some
line of public policy, it would be taken for granted
that he was not speaking his personal views merely.
Let him make what disavowal he might, he would
bra supposed to be the herald of the policy he
advocated. All the more would this be the
case r Parliaments had reverted to the subser-
viency TUDOR and STUA'aT days. What then
NAPOLEON'S language in
are we to make of Prince
the French Senate ? Does it at all indicate any
near probabilities? Is the French occupation of
Rome to cease within a reasonable time of this

the Prince, as much as with abject superstition
they reverence the PONTlFF—nothing that
France is disquieted by Papal emissaries from
one end to the other—still less that Prussia or
Great Britain—which he regards as partes infi-
delium—should be plagued with disloyal Arch-
bishops and contemptible brass bands. All means
are holy ; religion may be used as the plague instead
of the balm of the nations, if a few square miles of
worldly dominion can be kept or regained for the
professed representative of Him whose only King-
dom was the kingdom of truth. Satan has been
more successful in showing all the kingdoms of the
world to the "Vicars of CHRIST," than in showing
them to our LORD himself. They are far wiser
in their generation than their Master, whom they
profess to serve.
What theEMPEROR means by allowing his cousin
to declaim with such manifest truth and right,
while, through his speaking Minister, he proclaims
more trimming counsels, no one can be sure. It is
not easy to believe that the EMPEROR is seriously
opposed to the Prince. It is more natural to
believe that he at least thinks with him, and
wishes the NAPOLEON family to have the

benefit of popular personal opinions, what-

ever the modification of them which he is
compelled to act on. It is remarkable that the
finance minister, M. FOULD, from his quarter, was
allowed to publish to France and the world that the
occupation of Rome had proved a heavy drain
on the Imperial Treasury. When the Prince
politically, and the Minister financially, are allowed
to expose the disadvantage to France of her pre-
sent relation to Rome, something ought to come of
it. The wrong to the Romans, the utter unjus-
tifiableness of the prolonged occupation of another
..Ut, Lea v• Is.saw wv
little; but it really is surprising that the EM-
PEROR consents to be bearded by a set of fanatical
and ignorant parish priests, headed by a set of
truculent and ambitious bishops. Had he the
boldness to do his duty to the Romans, to Italy,
to Europe, and to France, and to withdraw his
troops, he woald find the whole agitation subside
at once, like froth into a few drops of water.

O'BRIEA.

At Willis's Rooms on Friday there was an assem-
bly of the Institution for Milliners and Dressmakers.
This fourteenth annual meeting presents us with
some very interesting information regarding the
subject in question. It appears, though it may be
contrary to the opinion of many, that there is much
need of this charity, and that its recipients are in
great need of the help that is afforded to them.
Dr. BREWER, the Chairman, observed that it was
both expedient and practicable for milliners and
dressmakers to make some provision for the day of
difficulty, of sickness, and inability to work. He
instanced that a quarter of a century of his own
experience showed how sad were the diseases to
which such persons were liable. That it was practica-
ble was shown from the fact that members of the so-
ciety had made some provision for the future, while
they had no more means than others of their class.
Surely there can be no wiser endeavour than to
induce those in early life, with a business which,
though prosperous, may be but temporary in remu-
Ineration, to lay by against the winter of old
age or the dark day of sickness. Persons
of that class, from their very profession
being that of ministering to the pomps and
vanities of the world, are under peculiar tempta-
-1 dons, to indulge in expense, and therefore it is, in
every sense, the best thing they can do to take
advantage of the opportunity afforded them of '
sparing from present abundance for future emer-
gency. The Secretary read the report, which is
well worthy of attention. The institution now con-
sists of 127 members, of whom 52 are life, and 75
are annual subscribers. A hundred pounds have
been given last year to various members of the in-
stitution. It was stated that the directors had
ascertained that there existed a greater amount of
distress among the ill-used milliners and dress-
makers, than among the worn-out-workers of any
other class. "The usual lot of the majority of the
persons engaged in those trades appeared to be a life
of unvarying toil, too often closing in absolute
destitution or in dependence upon the charity of
friends." The report closed by stating that there
was a smaller addition to the permanent fund this
year than formerly, owing to the demands made 1
upon the institution by the necessity of its members
The directors trusted, however, that the nobility.
and gentry, and persons who felt interested in the
prosperity of the workers of all classes, would bestow
that patronage upon it which would expedite the
work. It is to be hoped that their wishes will not
be disappoint€d, and that many may be found who
will give of their superfluity that is lavished on
ornament to the real necessity of these unfortunate
beings who have toiled and struggled through the
best and brightest years of their lives to
gain an independence, and, after all, have not
succeeded. These are descrying objects, and
the
donors should feel respect and sympathy,
notpityfor their fellow-creatures, who, in toil,
doubt, and
often despondency, have spent their
pursuits,energie and are le
s ithemoist thtweinerztin little hopegan of delh,i
comfortnsting
to cheer them through the sad years of life's de-
Icline. Worse still, they may have
1 pains of sickness unallevietted bystoolaecnecoorurnetmeredt hye,

attack upon it ?
The Pfirce demand= in the strongest terms the
withdrawal of the French troops from Rome. Re
denounces the temporal power of the POPE as the
source of untold•calamities, and cites the language
of the First NAPOLEON as an argument to the Third.
The First NAPOLEON, in good round terms, de.
not
heed t'qe in'crfcrence of the clergy in secular
polities; and dated the &cline of Italy from the
day when priests got auto their hands the manage-
ment of the army, finance, and ;rnlice he held that
the secular power of the PONTIFg often tempted
him to use his influence in heavenly ;natters
in the service of his earthly pretensions. That
such .4, the course of the POPE'S noisy ultramon-
tanes, from Ireland and a Longford election, to

or the sad death of the pauper may terrify their
agitated minds, overshadowed with a gloom darker
than the night of the grave itself. It is always
better to take things in time. Half the labour
spent in inquiry as to the causes which led to the
fatal results, half the energy employt--4 'a faceking
out who should bear the responsibility, would be
better expended at first in preventing the cata-
strophe, and relieving the sufferers in life instead
of waiting till death has removed from us the op-
pGrtunity and power of succour. Thus it is always
desirabler those able and willing to be of service
to the needy anti
help to the oppressed, to learn
how and in what manner
hey can best attain their
object. An institution of thil; class can be produc-
tive of nothing but benefit; and those who add to
its means are certain of increasing the opportunities
of lightening the load of labour and benefitting an
oppressed and deserving class of the community.

It seems manifest that the Federals are really
improving their position. They make no move yet
on the Potamac in front of Washington ; they can-
not afford, even if March permits it, to hazard
another Bull's Run. But if Manassas be not theirs
Kentucky is, and over Roanoke and Albemarle
Sound they have "cast their shoe." We have little
doubt that Fort Donellson, on the Cumberland
River, has followed the fate of Fort Henry on
the larger and parallel stream of the Tennessee
River; and as the Confederates have evacuated
their more eastward positions in Kentucky that
whole State is now in the hands of the North.
Tennessee, itself, has been entered with the avowed
goodwill of many of the inhabitants, and there is,
we should think, but little doubt that it will soon
be, and all Missouri also, in the hands of the
Unionists. When the Mississippi States thus fall
one after another, and when the few large towns
on the coasts of Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia
fall also into the hands of the North, the Central
Southern army must either fall back southwards
or find itself gradually inclosed, more and more
tightly, by the Federal armies advancing from
the west and the east. Nothing but a successful
attack by BEATJAEGARD on the Kentucky and
Tennessee armies, or of some other General on those
of the Atlantic coast, can save the Confederates
from being crushed and squeezed out of Virginia
and the Carolinas, as well as out of Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri.

But suppose the Federal successes to proceed with-
out check—what are we to look for from Mr.
LINCOLN ? Will he offer to make peace with the
genuine Slave States—the cotton and sugar
States—and consent to a separation, on the
basis of making the North the larger, and
then, with funds or without, attempt the
conquest of the entire South ? In their actual
temper, this seems by far the most likely. The
Northern contempt of the South will not be
satisfied without subjugation, and reunion ; but
reunion on what basis ? At present we see no
indication on the part of the Government of any-
thing but reunion with Slave States. We imagine
that if the Federals succeed, their object
will be to keep the negroes whom they hate so, in
the South, but, at the same time, to make the free
States omnipotent in Congress, This they can
effect by making the border States free States, and
by repealing that clause in the constitution which
gives the slave States representatives in proportion
to three-fifths of their claims. This would at once
make the free States masters in the House of Repre-
sentatives. In the Senate they would now have a
small majority, if the Free States all returned
Senators of anti-slavery sentiments, which is likely
to be the case in future. Mr. LINCOLN is such a
technical lawyer, and so opposed to the abolition
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seems most likely to be what he would prefer.
However, he has much to do yet. He has not yet
quite subjugated the South.

LATEST ,TEWS.

SIR ROBERT' PEEL AND NR. SMITH

DUBLIN, SUNDAY.

Mr. Smith O'Brien has challenged Sir Robert Peel to
meet him in hostile combat in France or Belgium for his
reflections on the cabbage. garden traitors.

ADELPIII 1 HEAY'R E.

On Saturday evening Mr.—Boucicault produced another
of•his new dramas, in this instance, entitled "The Life of
an Actress." The piece is in five acts, but the story closes
at the end of the fourth, so the fifth act might have been
omitted altogether without spoiling the effect of the play.
The plot turns painfully upon the villanies perpetrated by a
curtain aristocratic scoundrel, Mr. Maltravers, to accomplish
the fall of a young and innocent girl, who has taken to the
stage as a profession. In this perilous position Violet, the
actress in question, finds a friend and protector in a Mr.
Grimaldi, an actor engaged at the same theatre, and through
the instrumentality of this amiable old man, she marries
her real lover, Lord Arthur Shafton, and becomes happy
for life. The applause at the fall of the curtain was very
great, but at the same time sounds of disapprobation were
very audible. These unpleasant sounds were no doubt oc-
casioned by the "sensation" of the piece, namely, a young
and beautiful woman locked in a lone home"with a deaf old
lady, as her only protector against the brutal insults of the
said Mr. Maltravers. Of the acting of Mr. and Mrs.
Boucicault it is impossible to speak in too high terms
of praise ; the former, as the old " utility actor,"
was nature itself, and the latter as the young, struggling
actress, Violet, perfection. Mr. Toole has a capital part in
the piece, which suits him to a nicety ; and Mr. Emery,
who seem a fated always to be "cast" for villanous parts,
was hissed to his heart's content—the highest compliment
that could be paid, as it showed that he hal acted his part
to the very life.

•Tt I', MARCH 1.
Baron Ricasoli has resigned.
He will probably be succeeded by M. Rattazzi.
MARCH 2 (Evening).
Garibaldi has arrived at Genoa.
The Committee of the Providimento Society are
preparing to celebrate his arrivAl with a banquet.

NAPLES, FEB. 28 (Evening).

A bomb exploded here this evening, near the St.
Carlo Theatre, without, hcwever, causing any

damage.
A patriotic demonstration was immediately made
by the indignant population.

The scenery of the piece is exceedingly beautiful, and the
stage effects are wonderful.

The people traversed the Via di Toledo with
shouts of "Evviva Italia!" and "Evviva Garibaldi!"

Although the same amount of success cannot be predicted
for " The Life of an Actress" as " The Colleen Bawn," yet
a career of some considerable length is destined for it.
The house was crowded to suffocation.

OXFORD 31USIC HALL.

MORNING PERFORMANCE.

The person suspected of the offence has been

arrested.

PARIS, MARCH 3.

The lifoniteur of to-day says :
" Culpable intrigues having excited the students
to manifestations based upon an odious invention.
The Minister of Public Instruction has informed
the Vice-Rector that the students or scholars who
should take part in any riotous assemblage shall
be immediately expelled from the Academy of
Paris, and deprived of their academic inscriptions."

The demands for the conversion of Four-and-a-
Half per Cent. Rentes amount to 97 2.3 millionfiof
francs. The number of Obligations Trentennaires
presented for conversion is 384,710..

PARIS, MARdi 2.

The 21Ioniteur of to-day states that the Nantes
journal Eeperance du Peuple has received a first
warning for containing a correspondence conceived
in as inimical spirit, and makipg a manifest appeal
to passions most hostile to the established order of
affairs.

In an article in the Conabtutionnel of to-day
M. de Limayrac alludes to the coolness, perhaps
even sense of offence, felt by the EMperor towards
the Chamber of Deputies.
The writer continues :

" This bad feeling is not attributable to the rejec-
tion of the bill for General Montauban's pension,
but to the misunderstanding which the skilful and
perfidious enemies of our institutions attempt to
envenom by false news and hateful calumnies."
The article concludes :

" We are convinced that the report of the Com.
mittee does not represent faithfully.the true send
ments of the Chamber."

BERNE, MARCH 2.

The French Government has demanded that
Switzerland should pay two-thirds of the costs of
the affair of Ville la Grande, one-third of the ex-
penses being defrayed by France.

The Swiss Government has replied that it is
willing to pay an indemnity of 4,000 f. to the
wounded French, leaving to France the cost of the
demolition of the house of M. Choffat, amounting
to 400 f.

The Swiss Government adds that the question o
right remains for the decision of public opinion.

BERLIN, MARCH 1.

In to-day's sitting of the Committee of the
Chamber of Representatives, the proposal of Herr
TOP Carlowitz, for the recognition of the kingdom
of Italy, was agreed to with only one dissentient

voice.

The Ministry announced to the Committee that
it must decline to take part in the discussion, as
the proposition tenneu to exerc;.c uu intßience
upon pending questions of European policy.

MADRID, MARCH 1.
News from Tangier states that the lieutenant
of the Sumter has been released.
Federal ships are watching the Sumter, which
still remains stationary at Gibraltar.

TH.

On Thursday morning next the experiment of a day en-
tertainment will be tried at this magnificent hall. Consi-
dering the position taken by this hall, and the curiosity
which must be awakened in fashionable circles
to see the building itself, and 'witness the now
richly-varied entertainment, there can be little doubt that
a series of morning performances, appealing to aristocratic
patronage, will be successful. On Thursday morning, in
addition to the contributions of vocal and instrumental solos,
the famous selection from "Il Trovatore" (which is now
nightly received with great acclamation), will be performed;
and, to wind up the entertainment, the youths Henri and
Pfau will go through their brilliant performances on the
flying trapeze.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL BENTHAM.—The death of
Admiral George Bentham took place on the 24th ult. at
Canterbury, at the advanced age of 74 years. He entered
the navy in 1795. In 1805 he was created a lieutenant,
and officiated as aide-de-camp in Sir It. Calder's and Sir R.
Strachan's actions. In 1809 he contributed to the success-
ful issue of an attempt made, to storm a battery on the
coast of Finland, for which he received the acknowledg-
ments of the admiral, and was mentioned in despatches.
He afterwards engaged in a desperate conflict with a French
privateer, in which he had four killed. In 1813 he assisted
in saving the dockyard at Port Royal from destruction by
fire, and served in the battle of Algiers in 1816. As an
acknowledgment of his having cvnveyed.to Genoa the trea-
sure claimed by the King of Sardinia from thil Dey, he
was invested by that Sovereign with the second class of the
Order of St. Lazareth and St. Maurice. He married, in
1827, a niece of Lord Exmouth.

FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
—The Adelaide, of 829 tons, Ca; tain Sayers, owned by
Messrs. Frederick Somes and Co., of London, left South-
ampton on Saturday for Algoa Bay, with "permitted"
and other emigrants, selected on behalf of the Cape Colonial
Government by Mr. Arthur C. Saunders. They are under
the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent F. 0. Roberts, and
number 261 souls, equal to 228± statute adults, comprising
38 married couples, 73 single men, 52 single women, 55
children, and 5 infants. Mr. Saunders appointed Mrs.
Emma French matron and Mr. H. W. Bidewell school-
master. The Adelaide is the 32d free emigrant ship
despatched hence at the colonial expense under the Local
Act of 1857, the operation of which has added a total of
9,273 souls to the population of the country.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY), I VBNING, MARCH 3, 1862.

'ES.

A MLNER'S MORNING SONG.
Ar'se ! brother miner! :Twee only a dream.

Blackwood' s Magazine.
" Chronicles of Carlingford" is continned,[and the
young minister makes the acquaintance of Lady
Western. Great skill is shown in the delineation
of character, and the scene in the parlour of the
Tozer's is most naturally described. The dismay
and horror with which the refined and educated
man regarded these vulgar folks may be imagined,
and the bitterest thought of all was, that these
were the elite of his congregation, the stars of mag-
nitude in the horizon. Also, the relation of his visit
to Lady Western is a good sketch, and exhibits one
of those rapid transitions from romance to reality
which so often befall the young and ardent, There is
an article on "Lord Castlereagh." He is spoken of
in high terms. "We do not hesitate to affirm that
Lord Castlereagh was the greatest Foreign Minister
that England ever had ; no Minister ever had to con-
front greater perils or difficulties ; none ever accom-
plished such great results; his fame has been long
obscured by the unscrupulous antagonism of party,
bat these volumes of the distinguished historian of
Europe come at the right time, and will not fail
successfully to establish the noble patriotism and
transcendent statesmanship of the great Minister."
At the conclusion of this article a deserved tribute
of admiration is paid to their author. This passage
is most gratifying, as it is always interesting to
mark a sustained iutercouse and unshaken friend-
ship between those who are related in literary
pursuits. It is thus mentioned

It would ill become us to close our review of this last
work of Sir Archibald Alison, without a warm and well-
earned tribute to the man who is now the last survivor of
the galaxy of writers who contributed to the early numbers
of the magazine. Wilson, Lockhart, Hamilton, Galt,
Croly, Hogg, Delta, De Quincey—those old familiar faces,
who still look down upon us from the picture-frames in
Ebony's saloon—have all passed to their rest. Sir Archi-
bald alone is left—still strong and vigorous, we are happy
to say, and strong and vigorous :way he long remain
Forty-three years have passed since, whilst a youth, his
literary talent sufficed to enrol him among the contributors
to Maga. Since then, Maga and he have grown old toge-
ther—the mutual friendship has stood the strain alike of
time and circumstances—and we rejoice to see the victor's
wreath encircling the brows of one who first won his spurs
in the service of Maga. As we turn over the pages of past
the " Roman hand" of Sir Archibald
with a f,equency4, secona only ro that our venerarea
tt Christopher North" himself. The last of a good race, we
greet him. And with natural pride we love to recognise
in the veteran historian of Europe a life-long contributor
to these pages, and the youth who, three-and-forty years
ago, commenced his literary career and his connectiot with
Maga with articles on the National Monument arid Robert
the Bruce, in which the style of the now distinguished
historian may be seen already formed in the coups-d'essai
of the youthful essayist.
" Translations of the Odyssey" forms the subject of
a paper. It is entertaining, and affords much
information on classical topics. It is truly stated
that " Homer, at any rate, is in no present danger
of neglect. If seven Greek cities quarrelled over
his imaginary bones, no less than six English
scholars are.now trying their hands in (we hope)
amicable rivalry, in translating him." "Charac-
teristics of Language" is a paper that may attract the
reader from its ingenious remarks and quaint ideas.
We meet with this curious suggestion at the end of
the essay
Thus we are inclined to think that if there is any founda-
tion of truth for this fancy of sex in language, that the high
type represents the feminine, and the low type the mascu,
line element. The words high and low themselves would
be perhaps as well rendered by sharp and fiat, as their
signification has a musical analogy. The high type may
be more feminine than the low or the bass, as the voices of
women are higher than those of men. Perhaps time will
unravel this strange riddle of language. It will be indeed
marvellous if it be discovered that language reflects man,
not only in his organisation generally, but in his sexual
relationship ; and that the study of language is thus in all
completeness the study of the mental history of man, mak-
ing the complement to ethnology or the study of his phy-
sical history, and both together comprising the natural his-
tory of the highest of God's creatures. History, commonly
so called, is a record only of the actions and conscious
words of men, and may itself be coloured according to the
writer's bias or mannerism. Language is a history of the
thoughts and unconscious words of men, and must be a true
record, because, like the facts of nature, its characters have
been traced by the finger of the Creator.

" Caxtoniana" is continued ; the present part is not
so good as the first. Many will not agree that
"monotony is a source of happiness," which is the
theme of the first essay, and the latter one will suit
those who are pleased with the Strange Story, as
it is entitled, the " Normal Clairvoyance of the
Imagination." " Classic or Gothic; the Battle of
the Styles," is a learned treatise that contains
some appropriate remarks. After specifying the
points of discussion and disagreement, the writer
winds up with an eloquent exordium as to the
neutral ground on which all real lovers of art may
meet. It is forcibly argued that "the principles of
truth, beauty, and goodness have laid for every style
of architecture the same foundation. We have stood
upon Mars Hill and looked upon the Acro-
polis, when sunset robed the sky of the
Agean Sea, or when the moon rode high
above the queen of night, and we
e..... great, Ewa wunat how good were those
classic arts which enshrined the gods of Greece,
We have stood beneath the dome of St. Peter's,
dazzling with gold and rich with coloured marbles.
We have paused in the majestic nave of Milan
Cathedral, solemn in Gothic shadows, and have
bowed the head and bent the knee before the Fur-
passing glory of those arts which witness to the
faith of Christendom. Blessings be upon all these
forms of beauty, peace, and blessedness, from a
heart made grateful. Let strife and battle cease,
and to the harmony of nature's ways may we con-
form the concord of the arts." There is a collec-
tion from some of David Wingate's poems and
songs, which is well worthy of attention.
" The Miner's Morning Song" is a stirring in-
vocation to the sons of toil, and the lines on
" The Little Brother" are touching and truthful.

some midnight reflections of an unpleasant nature;
and lastly, there comes a messenger from Chapelizod
Vault. This tale is distinguished for its variety
and vigour. " Alison's Life of Lord Castlereagh"
is the subject of a paper; at the conclusion some
eulogistic passages appear regarding that noble-
man, in which it is said "that the name of
one so worthy to rank with the first states-
men of his country should so long have
pointed the jeers and railings of s 9 many
writers and speakers in these realms speaks
ill for that love of fair play which Englishmen
pride themselves on being, of all men, readiest to
show." " The Casket of Jewels" is a sketch of some
adventures met with in taking some rare gems
across to Italy, and the conveyor proved himself
unworthy of his trust by spending his time in
paying attention to an unknown damsel, who per-
suaded him to travel with her party, who proved
to be brigands of the first class, and speedily divested
him of his treasure. " Mildrington, the Barrister," is
proceeded with, and is important in this instalment.
The hapless hero is in a dreadful fix, as he is
privately married to one his mother will not approve
of, while she tries to bait him with the promise of
immediate inheritance if ho will be united to the
damsel of her choice. This tale is appropriately
styled "A Romance of two Syrens." " Forgotten
Novels" is an essay that may be perused with at-
tention, affording as it does " a glimpse of the days
that are o'er." It is always desirable in the hurry-
skurry of existence to have now and then brought
before us a retrospective mirror teat shows us how
our forefathers fared in the way of light literature,
the last paragraph is as follows :
To every one who aspires to hold pleasant communica-
tion with the souls of myriads of his fellow-beings through
the medium of novel or romance, conceived with mental
pain, and perfected with watchings and long labours, it
may be of service to reflect on the now forgotten produc
tions of thousands, who exercised their imaginative powers
for the same purpose, did only negative good at best, and if
their uncalled-for tasks were not fulfilled in accordance
with the spirit of Christian morality, did absolute harm to
the imaginative or unsteady youth whom they addressed,
always so fond of escaping from the dusty, harsh ways of
real life to the meadows, river sides, and landscape gardens
of the land of rcmance. It is one thing to lose one's cares,
and relax our strained thoughts, out of those hours that
should be devoted to genuine labour of mind or body ; but
it is a different and a dismal thing, to be following with an
imagination the wild and erroneous flights of the
imagination of whcn zfiind or body should be occu-
pied in some work of duty.

That hum of green woodlands, that stroll by the stream;
Some joy-loving fairy, in portraiture gay,
Hath shown thee by night what thou seest not by day,
Yet, brother, despair not, the hours will pass o'er;
We'll rise, as the day wanes, to gladness once more.

Suppress those deep sighs, brother, though it may be
The fate of thy kinsman is waiting for thee;
O'er sorrows untasted 'tis folly to brood ;
We must, like thy kinsman, brave danger for food.
Then up and be stirring; like serf•men of yore,
We'll rest when we've plodded our portion once more.
Be cheerful, poor brother 1 I've heard of a land

Where no over•labour e'er blisters the hand ;
A land where no fetters of slavery are seen,
Where the grindstone of tyranny never hath been.
Perhaps we'll go there when our ploddings are o'er,
And then we'll be weary-bon'd miners no more.

LITTLE BROTHER-A SONG FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
Oh I come, let us lay all our playthings aside,
And sing of our brother again;
We will sing how he once in our games join'd with pride,
Forgetting his cough and his pain.
But he's gone far away to the land of the stars—
All his moaning and weeping are o'er ;
And till death the bright portals of glory unbars,
We shall see little brother no more.
Little brother was kind, with a manner so sweet,
And his ringlets so birylie fell;
Oh I we always were happy together to meet,
For we lov'd little brother so well.
But he's gone far away, &c.
Little brother could sing, and 'twas pleasant to hear
Him join in the hymn or the song;
Ah I we never once deem'd his departure so near,
Nor thought he'd be absent so long.
But he's gone far away, &c.
No more we'll for him gather primroses gay—
Little brother of flowers was so fond ;
Now, he's gathering bright flowers that will ne'er fade away,
Yonder hills of white clouds far beyond.
For he's gone far away, &c.
No more shall he gaze on the far-flying kite,
Whose string to his carriage was bound;
Nor smile in his chair, on the long winter night,
When the guess or the story goes round.
For he's gone far away, &c.
We must all be good children, and swear not, nor lie,
And always from quarrelling refrain,
And so, one by one, to the star-land, we'll fly,
And meet little brother again.

" A Week in Lisbon," furnishes an amusing account
of that city. " Nurse Brown's Story" is most me-
lancholy, but it is touchingly told, and narrates
some of those hidden sorrows that go far to swell
the aggregate of misery in this vale of tears. The
last paper is on the interesting subject of Austra-
lian Research, which has lately been made known
in this country. It is worthy of attention, ar,a
affectingly concludes in these words :

BURKE THE EXPLORER..
Burke was laid in the grave, wrapped in the Union
Jack—a shroud most meet and proper for this brave alai
intrepid Irishman. The country towards Carpentaria will
be Burke's Land henceforward. It will never be forgotten
that he led the way across the continent, and perished, as
discoverers have too often done before him. Ireland, to
which he has done honour, will not fail to do honour to his
memory. Totness, of which Wills was a native, will erect
a memorial to one who died in the path of enterprise and
duty. And hereafter, when settlers occupy that land, and
the rose cockatoos and crested pigeons, by the creeks the
eNplorets travelled, get familiar to the sight of white men,
and women, and little children, it will be told how, fat
away beyond, in miles and years, Robert O'Hara Burke
and William John Wills were the first to cross the grassy
plains and gold-bearing ranges, and died at Cooper's Creek,
coming home from Carpentaria."

Fraser.
The continuation of the ably-written but some-
what disconnected story entitled " Thalatta ! Tha-
latta !" is the first thing that meets the reader in
this number. It is followed by an article on " The
Non-Regulation Provinces of India," which dis-
cusses several important features in our Indian go-
vernmental system. We are glad to welcome the
familiar initials of A. K. H. B. appended to an
essay " Concerning the Sorrows of Childhood,"
written with a conciseness and vigour in which this
able writer has of late seemed to us to flag.
The truth and force of many of the observations in
this paper deserve to be appreciated. It would
be well, indeed, for the rising generation if parents
were more careful of the influences surrounding
the timid and sensitive little being, whose early
years may be darkened by the tyranny of a nurse,
the injustice of a teacher, or even by the mismanage-
ment of the parents themselves. With regard to
an evil far too common in these high pressure days,
the essayist makes some remarks so just and sen-
sible that we commend them to the notice of the
reader ;

Then a great trouble, always pressing heavily on many
a little mind, is that it is over-tasked with lessons. You
still see, here and there, idiotic parents striving to make
infant phenomena of their children ; and recording with
much pride how their children could read and write at an
unnaturally early age. Such parents are fools • not penes-
ssrms, • •- __.a cilltraLlUn• lne
great use to which the first six or seven years of life should
be given, is the laying the foundation of a healthful con-
stitution in body and mind ; and the instilling of those first
principles of duty and religion which do not need to be
taught out of any books. Even if you do not permanently
injure the young brain and mind by prematurely overtask-
ing them ; even if you do not permanently blight the bodily
health, and break the mind's cheerful spring ; you gain
nothing. Your child, at fourteen years old, is not a bit
further advanced in his education than a child who began
his, years after him ; and the entire result of your stupid
driving has been to °vet cloud some days which should have
been among the happiest of his life. It is a woful sight to
me to see the little forehead corrugated with mental effort,
though the effort be to do no more than master the multi-
plication table ; it was a sad story I lately heard of a little
boy repeating his Latin lesson over and over again in the
delirium of the fever of which he died, and saying piteously
that indeed he could not do it better. I don't like to see a
little face looking unnaturally anxious and earnest about a
horrible task of spelling : and even when children pass that
stage, and grow up into schoolboys who can read Thucy-
dides and write Greek iambics, it is not wise in parents to
stimulate a clever boy's anxiety to hold the first place in
his class. That anxiety is strong enough already ; it needs
rather to be repressed. It is bad enough even at college to
work on late into the night ; but at school it ought not to
be suffered for one moment. If a lad takes his place in his
class every day in a state of nervous tremor, he may be in
the way to get his gold medal, indeed; but he is in the way
to shatter his constitution for life.
Those who like to travel while sitting by their own
fireside, and to see the wonders of foreign lands
through the eyes of others, will derive much plea-
sure from the vivid and animated sketch entitled
" The City of Victory," which records a lady's soli-
tary voyage to the olden world, and describes her
intense delight when she looked upon the glowing
waters of the mighty Nile, and caught a distant
view of the Pyramids. " Pap3l Vuh" is the title
of an interesting essay on the early writings of the
ancient Aztecs. Many curious passages will excite
the attention of the reader, and give rise to reflec-
tion. Mr. Peacock, the author of some articles on
Shelley, and the friend of the poet and his wife,
adds a supplementary notice to his former essays,
refuting the assertions of a recent writer on the same
subject. "The Twice revised Code" receives a care-
ful examination. The clever author of " Guy
Livingstone" proceeds with his tale of " Barren
Honour," in his usual strain, sometimes power-
ful, sometimes with a straining after effect,
but always worth reading in these days of com-
monplace. An essay on Austria and Hungary sets
forth opinions from which we totally differ. It re-
commends the Hungarians to abandon all claim to
that independent constitution for which they have
struggled with such faith, such constancy, such
suffering, and to send their Deputies to the Austiian
Parliament, forfeiting all their ancient privileges
by that mock representation, and abandoning that
attitude of passive resistance which has defied the
attacks of tyrants and their subordinates, by taking
a false step which could never be retraced. Rather
let us sympathise with the patient firmness of a
brave and martial people, to the swords of whose
warriors the empire of their tyrants is indebted for
its very existence,

The United Service vl agazine.
This magazine opens with a chapter on " The
Defence of Canada," the chief object of which
is to inquire if our military system can afford
it. The writer maintains that it cannot, for
that, if Great Britain is to take upon herself
The Dublin Magazine. the whole responsibility of the defence of so
extetasive a territor, it wil be necessa to
The first article is on th© subject of °'Mr. Gold-
keep an army of some thirty orl forty thousand ry
men
y
Win Smith on the Colonies." It contains some
striking truths, and ably exposes the errors which as a permanent garrison, which he does not consi-
are contained in the propositions of that gentleman, der fair, and that it would be far better for the
He calls upon England at once to make herself "the
Canadians to keep up a standing army instead of
mother of free nations by casting off from her side only a militia, and that iu that case, in the event of
a set of colonies as costly as they are now become
a war.with the States, England could support them
without materially weakening herself. This is
profitless." This extraordinary remark is justly hardly
commented on, and the following remarks are moat fair to the Canadians after the bold and
succinct and to the purpose, calling attention to the patriotic front they showed at the late threatened
' fallacy that lies at the root of the argument, and war. Theseus contributes a paper on " Naval Dis-
"
justly satirising the stu cipline, and Recent Naval Appointments, in which
recommended;
ltifi g p
to that is he criticises with some severity recent alterations.
—, y
The second article on " The British Cavalry, and
It is, indeed, a new thing to hear a high-class teacher of its Organisation" commences with the refutation of
English youth outdo the-pitiful cant of the Peace Society
by a line of argument which any Englishman of average an error which was made in an article on this sub-
intellect and middling patriotism should scorn to follow. Jeenumber in
t which appeared in last month's
It is needful to dismember the British empire, because this which it was stated that it required thirty
colony or that dependency, these islands or those strong- years to make a cavalry soldier, whereas three
holds, are a stumbling block to the greed, or a standing re- was the number fixed by the writer. The
against all attacks.
proach to the pride of this or the other nation I The
article is ably written, and the author defends
Spaniard, as he waxes strong, will look resentfully at the
for his share of
Rock of Gibraltar ; therefore let him have it without more
servicei n g gong
the cause of British cavalry
ado. The American slaveholder will cast wolfish eyes on Sir John Burgoyne comes in
with
huNvt
which
htihsewaialythotor
Jamaica; why should we baulk him of his heart's desire ? castigation for
thhaev
The Yankees are for ever on the point of quarrelling with us, abuse an arm of because Canada is ours, not theirs; let us save the fox from
that he is perfectly ignorant.
all chance of further sinning by straightway dropping the says
Amongst others who have volu t •
grapes into his mouth. Such, in not very different words, is Sir John
, la ',illy come forward to
is the counsel offered us by Mr. Goldwin Smith. On thecavalry tr '—
decry our _
urgoyne. Now who is this
very same principle, let us advise him in return to present gentleman 7110,,pite an
gneminous brand upon that noble
his watch to the first thief whose hand may come too near service a r."—fai, a baronet, G.C. 8., and inspector-gene-
his pocket, and to throw away his arms when be two % re' 01 4:,,rtifications. An officer of eminence in his own de-
party of burglars trying the fastenings of his pantry dn.- partment, or he would not have received so many rewards.
" A Souvenir of Chapelizotr Is eo„,:- - ''• These high titles will be apt to deceive many who do not
flengtil, and we - meet i,,t,.. -
....cuedd at some pause to empire what qualifications he possesses to consti-
Owe ern ti scenes of all descriptions; tute him a judge of matters wholly disconnected with his
_wine love passages, some stoxmy meetings, ownimmediate duties. It will be sufficient for the gene-

For he's gone far away to the land of the stars,
He has passed through the valley of pain ;
And when death the bright portals of glory unbars,
We shall meet little brother again.

rality of non-military readers of his writings that he is
General Sir John Burgoyne, loaded with honours for part
services. But in reality, what can be know about cavalry ?
He never served with them, much less commanded any
body of them, and never had anything to do with them
inamy shape whatever, unless, possibly, in the course of
his duty as an engineer, he may have had to report upon
the state of, or see to the repairs of, some cavalry barracks.
Yet he comes forward, without his opinion being asked,and
stigmatizes the British cavalry as the worst in the world,
just in the same manner as he has pronounced judgment
upon the volunteers. Now Sir John is the last man who
should have done either the one or the other, for be bears
the name of an officer who was signally successful in the
command of British cavalry during the last century, but
who subsequently gained an unenviable notoriety by cur-•
rendering a British army to an unorganized mass of volun-
teers I There are no cavalry officers of the rest or present
day who care mush for such opinions, tho:i naturally laugh
a, them, but the case may be otherwise with the general
reader, who may look only to the position of the person
who expresses them, and receive for truth what is in fact
calumny. Sir John likewise should have been cantons in
giving publicity to his opinions on matters with which he
had no concern, for he was supposed in his early career to
have committed faults as an engineer—who has not, what-
ever his profession ? An officer of his own corps, of the
highest merit, under whose orders Sir John had served,
was asked shortly before his death what he thought of him
as an engineer P the laconic answer was, " there are two
opinions about him." The worst cavalry in the world
could scarcely have made two such charges as did the
heavy and light brigades at Balaklava, both of which Sir
John must have witnessed, as well as some onsets in for-
mer days. He had better have left our cavalry and volun-
teers alone, for in his condemnation of the former he wilt
find that he has to measure his length against persons tar
better informed on the subject than himself; and as to the
latter, they have assumed a proportion and a perfection per-
haps little thought of by him, and which give a flat contra-
diction to his assertions.
A French view of English Volunteers is concluded,
and it is but justice to our neighbouFs to state that
on the whole the view taken is p. fair one. An
article on the Porthmouth Fortitcations contains a
full description of the works in progress there, and
will be read with interest. Under the head of
Naval Education, it is proposed that a united ser-
vice college should be provided for the sons of offi-
cers of the army, navy, and marines, and of gen-
tlemen in the imperial and Indian civil service. Itt
a paper on the Eastern Provinces of British North
America, the resources of Canada are considered.
and considerable details furnished about its pro-
ductions. Among the critical notices, " Red, White,.
and Blue" is reviewed with some severity for its
absurd French tendency. Such a thoroughly Eng-
lish publication as the United Servioe 111againe is
not likely to pass over a matter of this sort in
silence, the more especially as the work is in
many respects very clever. Chapters are devoted-
also to the consideration of Military Murders and
Naval Promotion.

2he New Monthly.
The new tale by the authoress who has lately
attained considerable celebrity as a novelist is con-
tinued with unabated intt rest. " The Shadow of
Ashlydyat" belongs to the more ambitious efforts of
its writer, and the number of characters introduced,
whose distinctive features are all preserved with
Mrs. Wood's peculiar skill, promise a story of some
length and elaboration. The attention which has
lately been drawn to our great Canadian colonies
has given rise to many essays and disquisitions upon
them. A lengthened paper in this magazine enters
thoroughly upon the subject, and makes some in-
genious comparisons of the respective capabilities of
the British and French for colonisation. " Joan of
Naples," a well-known figure in Italian history, 'is
the sutject for Sir Nathaniel's sketch. There is a
curious parallel between the chequered lives of
Queen Giovanna and Mary of Scotland. Both
were suspected of complicity in the murder of their
husbands, both were remarkable for their personal
attractions and fascination of manner, both passed
from the swaying of a sceptre and the splendours
of a throne tc the prison and the executioner.
Those who are interested in the adventurous ex-
ploits of the Alpine Club may turn their attention
to the narrative of the " Ascents of the Volcano
Orizava," the highest of the Andes in Mexico.
" Granville de Vigne" is continued in its accus-
tomed style. We fear trouble awaits the haughty
hero and the brilliant little artist, as it does also the
colonel and his charming fiancee. Nicholas Michell,
whose poems on the shipwrecked mariner were
recently so well received, con i,,.utes some verses,
entitled "The Last on the Ito. ' which display his
accustomed powers. There are also papers on the
" Holy Land," and one on the " Prophets- of the
Desert."

Bentley's Miscellany.
" The Adventures of Lorn Loriot" are drawing
to a close. He is received by his parents, and the
crafty pawnbroker is settled with, and we suppose
retires from the scene for ever. Esther meets with
a friend in need in the shape of the housekeeper'
hotel, who takes compassion on her destitute condi-
tion. Mrs. Drakeford pays a visit to Dr. Snow-
bn
and and
gains con t r
ti'vneesuntpole=lntelligence that Mr.
Drakeford hasbeen committed to prison to take his
fifty pounder 11001
trial on a charge of arson. No hint has as yet
been given as to whom Esther really is, or
what is her parentage. The characters of Sir
William Cumberland and Mrs. Drakeford are well
sustained, and Mr. Costello deserves great credit
for having kept up the interest of the story t3c;
steadily. " The Forgotten Dead," by M. Dumas'
frere is reviewed at some length, and several in-
teresting extracts are taken. The writer says he
believes that this is the first occasion in which
Alexander the Great has attempted what may be
termed contemporary biography. This is a subject
in which M. Dumas is pre-eminently qualified to
deal. As a specimen, we extract the following re-
lating to Chateaubriand :
Chateaubriand, who had once on a time been captain of
the Royal Guards, was glad to march to the siege of Thion-
villa as a private. As he marched along he met a horse-
man, who asked him, "Where are you going ?" "To
fight." " What is your name ?" "M. de Chateaubriand.
And yours ?" " Frederick William." It was the ging of
Prussia, who said, as he rode away, " There I recognise
the nobility of France."
The poet was not born to fight : he was wounded, re-
ceived ceived a bullet which lodged in the manuscript of " Atala,
which he carried in his breast, and lastly was attacked by
smallpox. As he walked along the streete of Namur,
trembling with fever, a poor woman threw an old blanket
over his shoulders; it was the only one she possessed.
Says M. Dumas, " St. Martin, who was canonised, only
gave the poor man half his cloak." On quitting Namur,
Chateaubriand fell into a trench, and was picked up by
some compassionate soldiers, and deposited at the gates of
Bussels. " The Belgians, who did not guess that
one day
the piracy of the works this young man would publish
would
enrich thre or four 4bookaneers,' closed their gat es
against the poor wounded man." He was on the point of
death when his brother came to his aid, and gave him one-
half the 1,200 francs he possessed. He also proposed to
remove him, but, fortunately, our poet was too ill to follow
him, He went to a barber's, where he recovered; his
brother returned to France, where the guillotine was
waiting him. When convalescent Chateaubriand pro-
ceeded to England, where the doctors warned him that his
fighting days were over. He took up his pen, wrote his
Essais," and sketched the plan of the "Genie du
Christianisme."
" An Arab Village" is a sketch of life in Algeria,
and a description of Arab manners and customs.
" Table Talk," by Monkshood, is continued, and
relates the breakfast table. " Fayette and Thar-
gelie ; or My Pastel Portrait by La Tour," by Otricle4
is one of this author's light and amusing tales."
A review of the memoir of Edward Forbes, the
naturalist, gives a general sketch of the life of that
gifted individual.

Good Words. Edited by Norman Macleod, D.P.
It is with great satisfaction that we see this in-
teresting periodical instead of diminishing in
interest, increase in its attractions. The number
before us need not fear,comparison with many older
and more expensive publications, and to ale hearths
and homes of the poor it must be a realboon, being
bsoitter
toneentirely
too o
devoidfte n offo u
nt hde
idn. dacticperiodicalsdesigned
character and
bitter nd
for their benefit. A member of any faith might
read these pages with pleasure, although they
often contain papers of an openly religious charac-
ter. The essay by the editor himself in this
month's number entitled "what if Christianity
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changing ages. A. K. N. contributes a thoughtful
and pleasantly written essay on " Atmospheres,''
meaning thereby the insensible influence which
every human being diffuses around him. The at-
tractive story of " Mistress and Maid," by the
author of " John Halifax," proceeds with great at-
tractions, and the characters increase in interest as
they are further developed. Miss Muloch's ad-
mirers are acquainted with the charm which that
gifted authoress can throw over the little domestic
details of daily life, and this happy power
is fully displayed in the history of Elizabeth Hand
and her three mistresses. There is another story
of a pleasant genial nature, entitled "A cast in the
waggon," and some very able articles on general
subjects. Among these are papers on the causes
and remedies of colliery calamities, with four illus-
trations, and on the structure and powers of ththeeye, which will well repay the reader, and contain
most interesting information.

PRESENT OF SALMON OVA JlO GARIBALDI._Mr.
John Miller, partner with Mr. Andrew Buist, of Perth, in
the lease of the Galway fisheries, has received the following
letter in acknowledgment of the present of salmon ova for-
wai ded to General Garibaldi some time ago Caprers,
Feb. 6, 1862. Dear Sir,—Many thanks to you and your
partner, Mr. Buist, for your assistance in obtaining for me
25,000 impregnated ova of salmon, and for the vessel ip
which you so carefully sent them trom Ireland to Glasgow.
With earnest wishes for success in your fisheries, I am your
grateful friend, G, GARIBALDI.-111r, John Miller, Salmon
Weirs, (,away, frelan