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tba rho RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
45,iik.ie to llus 12 now in operation. Last no fewer
46,4 t or ttlor. friendless, young females wererejectd rom
Otal Sept NDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
Ir roe gwaY in fire years. Here are brief details of a few
t recent cases : -
RA.:l,4,ged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
aged 13, horn' eles., both parents dead.
tt,ed 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
a..ed 15, fallen, mother dead.
-ed i 6, fallen, mother dead,
S ' aZed 16, fallen, both parents dead.
h, aged 14, timeless, deserted b h parents
" aged 17, fallen, both parents dead,
. 4:li1 aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
' aged 18, fallen, father dead.
Jh aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
. 4 wed 17, f.llen, both parents dead.
id). :Y.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
)tllle.l;:ged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
llaZag-,,,", home the Committee wish to form would be for
"418, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
Xpeo 4111
-et ed astray from the path of virtue.
ll,' Utions will be received gratefully by the Seeretam
Nay ?,,,,Cooper, 85, Queen street, Cheapside; or by Messrs
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atY Secretiry—Mr. A. 0. Charles,
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Pall-Mall East, S.W. £6, saffeLk street,
'l' S.'s-Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-
ttikhi' li street, E,
6! ~oroe was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to
0,, hill,`ol little ones whose character and circumstances
10•ti'1347 theli for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
th ,h.,., Ildes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those
ar
N "41 ne 1 t are already on th 9 ruin. Such _
qt Who ~ gec ,
ilk. to be 'lave been deserted by their natural protectors and
44Plis rti ecerlle Idle wanderers. Such are those whose
Nha, hill, aY have at one time or other received parish relief,
iltita tt'rre now friendless orphans. Such are those whose 'll'l theire breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
1114,440,, ehlldron in the same path._ Sirtichainaretutlheoffseue whose
1,11 leations have alread hadthlaug.
:1et0,4,0,01,31 to a life of crime and m
~,o4,l•Fik t44eit/ofllrceanstranttitilloustiownhficohr these
s_ow little ones is evi-
h that in London
se4l4°l')le Year, no fewer than 311 boys_uunuedear. 10 y_
79 ofewhom
pr4°,lvieeteelili aPPrehended for various otuhseoffe_
bulk, 232 were dis-
,,;lll,Vti bY the
maul 141tintisheda, while
-, te withw a
rebuke, as being too
t,"4‘ the Punish thoaugshrnaot too young to learn tilieerbse:•itnAtz
411tetIvitinteilytteelotheff. hand, there araeu
h elnrestitution, mu_s!
„, kada beeo.-
-.e ppauepeers, and losing all ideas of self-reli
N'tal!le
~Belt-help be permanent burdens to the
State.
ecaol, e for L'ittleßo s has, therefore, been established
lokl:ttid 'lie little ones toysave. them from the prison the
h lte th"d the work house on the other, and to endeavour
la, e flyNO useful members of society.
,ktj,,' Of , routine of the Institution presents all the lean-
`ll,l,;are(f italne, a school, and a workshop. The little on_a
ZaCils'altat,•°,r as children • they have their regular meal.,
i.ohirip,i;Lelothing, their hours of play and amusement,
1.111ei1114 is '-",. ng class. They are treated as scholars ; every
Keso;yahri,,,,evoted to school work—reading, and writing, ,„! fa,-"-Z and Scriptural instruction, with occasion
also
thq. te•C.lects and other subjects. But they are
01'°; la hmt• As they must all, and that at a very:raorwly,
zhetmreh,r,, earn their living by the sweat of
_the r
iN111.•.--ate eat Pied
taught habits of industry. So thetiafuntae—r-
-0 ;Kr, br -,,,e411 Pied with various industrial occupa
0., tIor,4.STA; PaPer bags for bankers, and white paper bags
I ''. bh ". and r-mats and servants' kneelers for Ully
llkkioethe;7.l._thero spicking the coil for the mats, mend-mg
,N•r,,A D1.,,,-% Some assist the master in the garden,
By
lillo 'ti'vv'l thei'artieng, watering, weeding, and so forth.
Ir,siveß 'epin4. Ong made useful in the house, scrubbing
tltirLdi I• While the elder ones clean all the boots,
4,' haie,c site n this Way it is sought to fit them for an active
I.‘‘l):ltttltliloo4l.tre,/,;14,05i0 liuttle inmates
t from about four years of
y 10 d the Committee
f,lll`l:,_lle4,llY see theeegomeer filled at once ; they only wait
'4hat .jorti,;4arY subscriptions.
jtivta.thils i_Rtee feel constrained to p'ead for tuhogewdiro.
i%k,`4111,-..e, Nestiod_ for themselves
been ret ng
l'll,l''ci ti::,,htht tTeruzpo have alreadyerriadmitted, they
I.:wid and her family paupers for
O th;_cile Of ahem se(th widow
boy of the fam.ly) runs
De111,5-IsPr, b- .treets
beynadher control ? Is it kind to
tit knlt te4'e she asss large a family, that you will not
totlik-detl,t°t. `l44llte°hDoeuo.f t,l4eme into a Home, but that then must
the b ,st we can for the
itha"k tooTite or I
Afibs(jithtintg the workhouse. Is it
tthAtrlittite :1,„8 IT 'Ve WOotild they should do unto us that when
vile °tete, oi,‘-ii have unnatural parents who turnl them
aintf!
niihen
t 011.% ,}l4o,o,rce them by ill-treatment to taliaaivily
ikiwel)etil, tocibbeeirfiound to care for them, ORe
Ic.,,llle't vdeeave tbetn Al
othegli, to house
rste and
ptaaascloingth bye them ?
on the
roe •' • el. chi.) exclealmiengee. Amp, I my brother's
kr't jti"e of th:ree:Y e!,ett..., mission to the House is twofold,
e4ra..ty(l rt,,,1)1,
°of Elie subscribers. Bo usadmitted
4itilatilii yea'ree 00aarded, clothed, educatide, and tiaught till
Thlirlitlihdekclrnienlwiltoteshcv•eitrluiemetlehcet:otinrsotf
_thaueumost deserving
'lll vatin eY do not pri di ura...ed canvas-
NI! ttiv4tnapers
containt any addressesof the eubscribers.
of each case, as care-
-11;),!etlir, 'llkie4r!ie4l hY th:Caomdemseirtitpetei,eannd with this informa-
t4 iiiBktigibrerLarpreable to judge for themselves as to
iii4!llll4l,fletit of rss. aewnedalsract quarterly in advance.
ta, il. Irmist be under 10. y. ars of age at the time of
itpeestst 14,04.05ae received on payment are admitted at any
4411thtIllva of c'hiploreoved by tbe Committee,
eah it, ti,, ag the l7}l to be admitted free will take place as
i:". ,t the rforlease in the annual subscriptions will
14arrria„ ''B itill ; they will then be held periodi-
at tii•eVnie.ation for the admission of children may be
-••' aztd ot the Ron.crary Secretary,

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HEALTH OP LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

The population of the ten principal cities of the United
Kingdom is increasing at so rapid a rate that it is necessary
to take the increase into account in calculating, for the
weepy table, their mortality.
And by the best estimates that can bo framed from the
census their population will amount •to 5,524,012 in the
middle of the present year ; London counting for
3,015,494, Edinburgh for 174,180, Dublin for 254,808,
Liverpool for 476,368, Manchester and Salford for 465,763,
Glasgow for 423,723, Birmingham for 327,842, Leeds for
224,025, and Bristol for 161,809.
The population of all the ten cities has overflowed their
limits; and even the lines of boundaries traced at the date
of the Reform Bill, in the interval of a generation, are
already antiquated. .
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mount importance, for diAeases from afar find homes in
them, or growing epidemics radiate from their centres
through the whole population. Their leaven leavens the
whole lump; as their intelligence agitates the mass of the
nation.

The deaths of the week ending on Saturday last were
3,469, the births 3,643. The rate of mortality (per 1,000
per annum) was 33 in the ten cities—namely, 30 in Lon-
don, 32 in Edinburgh, 39 in Dublin, 42 in Liverpool, 40 in
Manchester, 29 in Salford, 36 in Glasgow, 32 in Birming-
ham, 29 in Leeds, and 30 in Bristol (exclusive of its large
workhouse). All these rates are above the average of their
respective cities, which is in part due to the winter
weather. The mean annual mortality of healthy places is,
it will be recollected, 17 in 1,000.

If the attention of the Emperor of the French could be
drawn to this subject, we should, no doubt, have: similar
returns for comparison not only from the great cities of
his empire, but from all the great cities of Europe.
The influence of the cold weather on the lives of the
population is apparent in the increased mortality in Lon-
don. In the week that ended on Saturday last the deaths
of 1,747 persons were registered; in the previous week the
number was 1,585. In the corresponding weeks of ten
years, 1855-64, the average number of deaths is, with a
correction for increase of population, 1,591. The deaths
in the present return, therefore, exceed by 156 the esti-
mated number.

Three hundred and fifty-nine persons died last week
from.zymotic diseases, the correct average number being
331. Whooping-cough is the most fatal disease in the list,
having carried off 81 children ; 5 of these cases were regis-
tered in the sub-district of St. Peter, Walworth, and 4 in
that of St. Paul, St. George's-in-the-East. Seventy-six
deaths were caused by typhus, 14 by small-pox, and 26 by
measles. The deaths of 5 children from measles in the
workhouse, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, were recorded. Fifty
seven deaths occurred from scarlatina, and 17 from diph-
theria. Throe persons died from diphtheria at Dartmouth-,
terrace, Forest-hill.

Four huz(teci and wyenty-two dothg r:i'Mocl by

The Fatal Accident in the Blackheath
Railway Tunnel.

Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mr. C. J. Carttar, coro-
ner for West Kent, resumed the inquiry at the Railway
Tavern, Lee, into the circumstances attending the deaths of
five men named Wade, Jones, Smith, Morris, and Seeby,
platelayers, in the service of the South-Eastern Railway
Company, who were killed by the collision which took place
between a passenger and a ballast train in the Blackheath
tunnel of the North Kent line, on the night of Friday, the
16th December.

Mr. Edward Duncan Chapman, station master at Black-
heath, was re-examined, and said it was about three-quai-
ters of a mile from the Blackheath entrance of the tunnel to
the spot where the accident occurred. The witness then,
in reply to the coroner, minutely detailed the whole of the
signals relative to the up and down traffic, received and for-
warded at the Blackheath station on the afternoon of the
16th December.

Thomas Randall, the breaksman of the ballast-train in
question, and who left the Royal Marine Hospital about a
week since, stated that he had been in the service of the
South-Eastern Railway Company about six years, and at the
time of the accident he had been employed as a breaksman
about three weeks. He was with the ballast train on the
afternoon of the 16th of December, and was certain that
when the train stopped at the Charlton station the tail
lamps wore lighted. These lamps were lighted at Dart-
ford. He received no particular instructions from
Lancaster, the guard of the train, before it left
Charlton. The train, on entering the tunnel, proceeded
for some distance at about the usual speed. It was very
foggy and dark in the tunnel. Witness had a hand-lamp,
which he used when required. The lights from the tail-
lamps could not be seen more than a yard or two, in conse-
quence of the fog. When the train had proceeded some dis-
tance up the tunnel it became very steady and ultimately
came to a stand. He immediately turned on his break in
order to prevent the train from going back, knowing that
it was on an incline. He heard some of the platelayers cry
out, "Break on, Tom," but he could not say whose voice
it was. After putting on his break he was in the act of
getting down from his carriage to use some fog signals
when the up passenger train ran into the ballast train.
He was thrown over the buffers and under the engine, and
did not for some time remember what took place.
By the Coroner—He was certain that he did not speak to
Lancaster, and did not see him. It would be the duty of
the guard to come and see me before he divided the train.
James Jones, the acting si na ru at the Blaekkettg
ctattnn---aft the night o'r ilrunlrTa . Be
said, after being cautioned by the Coroner, it was his wish
to give every information in his power respecting the matter,
which he should deeply deplore as long as he lived. The
witness then read the following statement :—I entered the
company's service two years last August as porter, which
situation I held up to a week previous to the accidcnt,when
I was placed in the signal-box to do duty for the signalman,
who, was ill. I don't believe I had done more than 20 hours'
duty in the signal-box, that is to say, when there was any
signalling to do, before I took charge of it, so that my pre-
vious experience was but little. However, when I took the
duty, I hoped I should have been able to have performed it
satisfactorily. My duties were to attend to the signal-box
from 7 in the morning till 6 in the evening, with the excep-
tion of one hour allowed for dinner. After coming out of
the box at 6 I had to await the arrival and to attend the 6.17
down train. Whilst in the box I had to receive and give
telegraphic signals to and from Lewisham station, and to
and from Angerstein. I had besides to enter signals in five
different places for each train in the signal-book. In addi-
tion I had for each train or engine to attend to the sema,
phore and distance signals, and upon each train passing to
show my flag or hand signal that all was right. I will now
state briefly the circumstances connected with this lament-
able accident, so far as I am able, and in doing so it will
be necessary for me to show the traffic that passed through
the station within three-quarters of an hour of it. (The
witness then recapitulated the number of trains which
passed through the tunnel, and the number of signals he
gave during the time stated, from which it appeared that
the traffic was especially heavy at that period of the day.) I
believe I had in addition the block signal prior to the coal
train signal from Angerstein, but this I am not quite sure
without seeing the train service book. It had been the
practice prior to this day to send the coal train off first from
our station; and I was ordered by the head porter to keep
the coal train and send the empties off first, which was the
cause of the ballast train being kept at Charlton. During
this time the traffic was very great, and I felt it was as
much as I could do to attend to it properly. After the coal
train was
the
4 5 express gonee,anredss signallhadg down;iventhe line clear to Angerstein
I had
and after passing that
on to Angerstein andrec,eiving "Line clear," I had the 4 20
express signal down. Somebody at the time came running
out of the telegraph office telling me there was a train wait-
ing at Charlton. This message, together with the heavy
traffic then taking place, caused me to get confused, and I
gave the signal " Line clear." I was so confused I did not
know what I was about, so much so that I was very much
u
the
s rpt
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passed
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re-
gardst he signalling. I immediately sent for Mr. Chapman,
the
moment knowstationmaster, of the
totellhiameewhat I had e
camedone.down
Id not at
that
half of the ballast train had passed the station. He came to
me, and I think I told him what had taken place as to my
signalling. All would have been well if I had been left
alone, and had not received a telegraph message, which
seemed wholly to confuse me.

In reply to the Coroner, the Witness said he always felt a
little nervous in the afternoon, when working signals, in
consequence of the large amount of work to be done, and
his little experience. The ballast train being so long behind
worried him a great deal. He was well acquainted with the
signals, but he was inexperienced, and thought it required
a man to have constant practice before ho got the "nerve"
for such onerous duty.

By the Jury—He was 24 years of age. He had never, to
his recollection, been so pressed before as he was on that
afternoon. _ _

By Mr. Chapman (the Blackheath stationmaster)—l
never said to you that the duty was too much for me,
The Coroner having summed up,
The Jury retired for upwards of an hour, and returned to
the inquest-room with the following verdict
against James Jones,
the " porter, We fin
errora of his transmit-
ting the wrong signal arose from. his not being sufficiently
danadvewrdeicctonofsr manslaughter
experienced as a signalman. With regard to Lancaster, the
jury are of opinion that Lancaster, having gone to the rear
of the train, omitted his duty by not taking the usual pre-
cautions to prevent the accident, as laid down by the rules
of the company, he having had sufficient time to do so.
The jury are also anxious to call attention to the following
recommendation :

" That it is desirable that the company should enforce
the strict carrying out of their own rules in an cases, and
that in cases of special trains not in the time-book such
trains should be telegraphed by the speaking instrument,
and that any improvement that could be made in the tun-
nel for ventilation would be most desirable."'
The Coroner then made out his warrant for the committal
of Jones and Lancaster for manslaughter, and said he would
accept bail in their personal recognisance of £lOO each,
and two sureties of £5O each.

The requisite bail was then tendered and accepted, and
the proceedings terminated.

SACRILEGE AT SYDENTIAM CHURCH. —Yesterday
F. :3 mite men employed in clearing the snow from the roof of
the church of St. Bartholomew, Sydenham, incautiously
left a door of the building open, and some thieves entered,
carrying away the altar cloth and other articles.

BLACKWOOD.—" Miss Marjoribanks" is the title
of a new story begun in this number. It contains
the account .of one of those " Carlingford " notabi-
lities who have already become so famous through
the skill of their Chronicler. The..heroine is a very
peculiar style of young lady, who seems intent on
having her own way. The tale promises to be as interest-
ing as its predecessors, and it is but fair that a lady should
now be selected to depict the genius and peculiarities of
the town of famous memory. "A Visit to the Cities and
Camps of the Confederate States" is concluded, and the
reader will find in its accounts much useful information'
and valuable details. It is curious to notice that the
introduction of cotton is comparatively recent, for in 1774
a gentleman in England wrote out to his agents in Charles-
ton to attempt the cultivation of a sufficient- amount of
cotton to supply the negroes on his plantation with.home-
spun. The accounts of the arrivals of the successful
blockade runners are very entertaining. A bill of fare at
one of the hotels is put in as counter-evidence to the report
that the South are nearly starved out, and certainly it gives
no idea of very mean or scanty provisions. " Knight-
errantry in the Nineteenth Century" is an amusing article
that presents some curious sketches of the Englishman
abroad. It is not the rule, but the exception, that- is here
depicted ; but still the accounts cannot fail to provoke a
smile from all who peruse them. " Modern Demonology"
very properly 'censures the extravagant oti
max..-,fie people entertain nowaffaf spiritualiSin,
and forcibly winds up its arguments by declaring that "it
matters not whether the manifestations be real or pre-
tended ; if the former, those who seek for and solicit them
are dabbling in a forbidden act ; if the latter, they are
miserably duped." Such a conclusion is the best way of
putting down the intolerable assumptions of those who
declare themselves capable of revealing what is beyond
the ken of man to proclaim, and utterly impossible for
finite powers to accomplish. " Etoniana, Ancient and
Modern," is the first part of a very interesting account of
that attractive home of learning,. where "grateful science
still adores her Henry's holy shade." It will be found
worthy of perusal, and many an old Etonian may dwell
with delight on this historic sketch of a scene dear to me-
mory, and fraught with old recollections. " Cornelius
O'Dowd," as usual, is instructive as well as entertaining.
" Going into Parliament" is a very good description, and
ably depicts the advantages offered by such a position, and
the fair play accorded to the member at St. Stephen's.
" The Right Honourable William Gladstone" is the first
part of a comprehensive sketch of that eminent man's
career; it is ably done, and brings before us many of the
prevailing characteristics of the man as displayed at an
early age. Mr. Gladstone early revealed the promise of his
great powers, and it is very interesting to find the connec-
tion between youth and manhood thus strikingly put be-
fore us. He early displayed the extraordinary command o
language which has been so prominent a part of his quali-
fications for renown in later years. This paper goes 'fully
into the more notable details of his political career, and
furnishes altogether a capital chronicle of the life of one
who is one of the leading men of his time, while apart
from his present position he possesses abilities that would
in any sphere rank him as among the present men of his
generation a member of that class which influences and
impresses the community by intellect of a high order.
DUBLIN.—A readable article is met with, entitled
" About Charles Lamb, his Friends and Books."
It reveals many of the characteristics of that dis-
tinguished man, and may be read with advantage
by those who would be put au courant with the
style of his times and the sphere of his occupations.
Some of Lamb's droll sayings are here narrated, and form
a collection of most ludicrous specimens of the highest
order of fun. "Who is the Heir ?" is continued, and
brings some striking scenes before us. There are all
sorts of chances and changes befalling the dramatis
person& contained in these pages, and Guy Luttrell is quite
the hero of the scene, with his old and new loves. The
incident of the plate chest is an effective interlude that
adds to the excitement of the narration, and forms a good
sketch of some droll characters. Lord Derby's " Iliad of:
Homer" is continued, and receives its due 'need of appro-
bation. After an interesting analysis of the previous
translations of, that immortal production, it is observed
that this last, in some respects, is the best of all that
have appeared. It is said that •if translations of t1),4--ohl-
-I`;`*464-1.Y3142/140tintergreletitiie--iinie-ti'raik- mtcorti.'
ing to their skill and workmanship, there " can be little
hesitation in asserting that the work of Lord Derby
brings us nearer the presence and mirrors ;the morning-
star of Greek poetry,'in its simple light and majesty, more
perfectly than any Other in English literature." . " Guy
Deverell" is continued, and the tale goes on much the
same as before, with its mystery and marvels ingeniously
woven together. " The Dead Language" is a very pleas-
ing little poem, by the Countess of Gifford. It is full of
melancholy truths and, solemn reflections, and well car-
ries out the idea with which it is impressed. " Elizabeth
Farren, an Irish Actress," brings us to the termination of
her brilliant career, when she passed from the scene of
her histrionic splendours to appear as one of England's
countesses. The last article met with is a very excellent
one, on " Phases of Social Life." it brings before us many
of the evils that now exist, and some of the worst dangers
that we incur in our present over-forced style of exist-
ence. It is powerfully written, and merits a careful sur-
vey. The over haste to be rich, which is the chief blight
of the present age, is sketched with such exactitude to
reality that no one can gainsay its truthfulness:or deny
its force of application. From showing the harm thus
wrought to individuals, it goes on to depict the evils
accruing to a nation; and there can be no doubt that im-
portant truths of a national character are contained in
this sketch

TEMPLE BAR.—The readers of this magazine
will be pleased to meet with a new tale by the
author of "Lady Audley's Secret." She is certainly
a most indefatigable contributor to public amuse-
ment, and scarcely has one tale been concluded
before another appears, with all its intensity of
excitement and depth of interest. "Sir Jasper's Tenant"
commences well, but as yet the story cannot be judged of.
George Pauncefort is already a prominent personage, and
the "bruised and tattered wanderer in African wilder-
nesses will doubtless ere long be associated in many minds
as the hero of startling adventures and the subject of
speculative inquiry. " Through Wilts" brings before us a
pleasant picture of that part of the country, and by its
historical anecdotes and ingenious descriptions may well
beguile a weary hour, and attract the notice of the reader.
In the "Streets of the World," we find the Grand Canal of
Venice pictured to us in the writer's usual brisk and de-
cided style. In his quaint manner ho informs us that the
Grand Canal is Venice, and Venice is the Grand Canal ;
everything else, whether islet or minor canal, is subsidiary
to it. "Recent Criticism on Tennyson" furnishes us with
some appropriate suggestions, and well declares that una-
nimity of opinion is undesirable, and that if the time
should come " when everyone agrees with everyone else,
why then all intellectual progress will be at an and ; life will
have lost its interest, and a state of stagnation will ensue, to
which one may hope Providence would somehow put an end.'
" David Chantrey" is continued, and increases in interest.
The description of Mrs. Chantrey's compositions is very
peculiar, and she certainly pursued her literary labours
under difficulty. " English Dragoons and their Horses'i
is the subject of a paper that contains some very useful
hints as to the better management of this division of our
troops. Live and learn is a truism very slow of recog-
nition by our authorities at the Horse Guards ; but the
writer of this article very freely declares that experience has
shown how deficient in management are these dragoons,who
are kept for show, and not for use. They might charge
into the valley of death, like the six hundred, but their
horses -would die in a winter campaign, like those of our
cavalry before Sebastopol. There is great force in this
argument, and it deserves attention ; and it cannot be
gainsaid that an unwelcome hint exists in this last pas-
sage. An army, with one arm wanting in many quali-
fications, cannot be deemed perfect, and we pay far too
much for our land forces to .be content with anything
short of perfection. " Paid in Full" becomes more excit-
ing as it approaches completion ; and Horace is again on
the look-out for adventures, while Ledbitter plies his
task of vengeance with deadly spirit and ceaseless vigi-
lance.

MAcmiLLAN's.—Henry Kingsley's story of " The
llillyars and the Burtons" is continued with anima-
tion, and is now approaching its conclusion. Abrupt,
disconnected, and extravagant enough, it yet pos-
sesses a degree of vigour and originality not often
met with in the sensation literature of the day. In
the current number events progress rapidly. Poor worth-
less Sir George ends his miserable career, and a singular
chain of events brings his old associate and quondam ser-
vant, the convict Samuel Burton, to his death-bed. Strange
things are discovered respecting Reuben's parentage, and
he steps into the baronetcy undisputed. The Australian
part of the story narrates the adventures of Erne and Tom
Williams on their perilous expedition to Omeo. Erne is
not dead, though he has but a narrow escape from a dread-
ful ending. Professor Goldwin Smith, differing from the
body of his countrymen on most points, is certainly pecu-
liar in his opinion of Abraham Lincoln. " Whether he is
a great man or not, he is at least an honest ono ; he can
feel responsibility ; and his re-election was to be desired
not only for the good of his country, but for the peace off h
world." Such on
are the closing words of a brief essay they
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American President, and it is well for the writer that
form his concluding sentence, for bow be would support