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done only the other day in a lively contribution i
Household Words. However, we have the author
word upon it. The notion is not transcribed we?
batim et literatim from Household Words—it
taken from the memoranda of a conversation helc
in Paris twenty years ago. About the want
logic in the article under consideration, it appe of
ears
to us that the writer falls once or twice unwittingly
into self-contradiction. For instance, he says in one part that immediately prior to the 2d of De-
cember, the National Assembly " were resolved
to put an end to the Presidency of Louis Napo-
leon ;" and yet a little further on, in the
very next paragraph, he says that " the coup
d'etat must ever be considered unjustifiable.
Surely if the former assertion was correct, tke
coup d'etat was justifiable on the principle of
self-preservation ! With flaws like these here and
there in " the thread of its discourse," the article
of
leastn " France" is clever, and deservas some share,
a, of approbation. It concludes with the
earnest expression of a hope that the present Go-
vernment of France may endure. There is a
" Gossip on Criticism
Newspapers " , the Free List, and the
ineado ne part of Tait for February,
which will be r
sense of entertainment. just now in London with some
Besides a variety of mis-
modicum of reviews u cellaneous papers, themagazine contains its usual
upon current literature.
7-,

LITERATURE.

THE MAGAZINES.
BlackwOod.—There are two political articles in
the current number of Blackwood, the number for
February, one of them very dull, but the other
very lively. As, however, is not unfrequently the
case, the dull one is the more valuable—its fasce-
tious rival being little better than a cluster of gro-
tesque pleasantries. The serious "political" has
reference, under the head of " Income-tax Re-
form," to perhaps, of all, the most imminent diffi-
culty in the way of administration, the difficulty
which has already led in some measure to the
downfall of a Cabinet, and which may again, before
very long, throw an insurmountable obstacle in the
way of the succeeding Government. The comic
" political," under the rather long-winded title of
" Supplementary Chapters to the History of John
Bull," gives a droll and somewhat allegorical resume
of recent events in the two Houses of Parliament.
First of all, in regard to the Income-tax dissertation.
We are gratified, though by no means surprised, to
observe that the writer in "Maga," has distinctly
pledged that organ of the Tory-Reformers to the
innovations sketched out in the Budget of the ex-
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nay, " Ebony" goes
yet further than Mr. Disraeli. After characterising
the project of the Right Hon. Gentleman (in the
words of a well-known resolution) as "wise, just,
and beneficial," Blackwood asserts distinctly that
the two great principles laid down in reference to
the Income Tax in Mr. Disraeli's Fillancial State-
ment—namely, the extension of the area and the
discrimination of precarious incomes--must be re-
cognised in the reconstruction of the tax, adding,
" and without reconstruction, its renewal is im-
possible 1" But in regard to these two principles,
" Maga," we repeat, goes further than the Ex-
Chancellor of the Exchequer. It maintains that
" the most natural, consistent, and legitimate
course" to be pursued in the matter is, "to extend
the assessment to all incomes from realised pro-
perty, and to all above 501. of uncertain incomes."
With . this it would combine " a similar and
equally just" enlargement of the House Tax to tene-
ments of 10/.—and thus, says the writer, the task
of remodelling the franchise would be " short and
easy." For—such is the closing remark of Black-
wood upon this great question, and we honour it
for speaking out just now so boldly and explicitly
—" With an Income Tax and a House Tax justly
constituted, you have a self-adjusting test of suf-
frage at once simple, equitable, and unembarrassed
by the cumbrous formalities of registration."
What a pity it is that people will not perceive that
all these subtle pros and cons might be at once got
rid of by resorting to the legitimate source of re-
venue—a comprehensive and well-organised tax
upon property ! Turning to the humorous chap-
ters by way of supplement to the History of John
Bull, the reader will be amused with a merry de_
sciiption of recent occurrences of a ministerial cha
ratter, in which all the principal statesmen of the
day are introduced in a very transparent masquerade.
Squire Bull is in this manner shown to us in a
great state of botheration, in consequence of the
intrigues and counter-intrigues of—Juggler (mean-
ing Lord John Russell), of Protocol (Lord Palmer-
ston), Aguecheek (Aberdeen), Petty (Lansdowne),
Bendigo (Bright), Ahoy (Disraeli), Dick Devil's-
dust (Cobden), Glos.sin (Gladstone), Moleskin
(Molesworth), Hum (Hume), Manley (Derby),
reference being made, moreover, to the Pope under
the name of Peter, to Ireland under the name of
Patrick, and to the members of the Brigade under
those of Shillelah and Donnybrook. The whole
paper is a sort of extravagant charivari, or
exaggerated caricature. The opening article
of the month, treating of " the Garden" will be
found very readable and delightful. It is written
by one who confesses his love for his glowing poly-
anthuses and bright-eyed auriculas. " The older
we grow," says he, "the fonder we become of our
garden." It is a beautiful dispensation. Another
contribution, entitled " A Glimpse into the
Eleusinian Mysteries," will prove on examination,
as might be expected from its designation, at once
classical and mystical in its character. Besides a
notice of " Palissy the Potter," and a tale of Indian
Progress, called " The Romance of Mairawara," and
a paper on the " Oxford University Commission
Report," there is another instalment of the story
commenced last month, under the title of " Lady
Lee's Widowhood."

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isrownson's Quarterly .—A new competitor for
public favour in England has here made its appear-
ance. It is a literary flower transplanted from the
other side of the Atlantic. In other words, it is
periodical entitled as above, published evethan„
October. namely every January, April, Jully, and
October. Its publication has hitherto taken plaoe
exclusively in America. Henceforth it will appear
from quarter to quarter simultaneously in England.
and in the United States. The first nuntber of the
reprint (the number before us), which ii No. I. of
the third series, is peculiarly No. I. of the English
Edition. Conducted by the gentleman whose name
it bears, the work is devoted to the lofty subjects of
religion, philosophy, and general literature. In
order, of course, to enhance in some measure the
interest of each reprint amongst ourselves, Mr.
Brovrnson has authorised the publisher of the Eng-
lish edition, Mr. Charles Doleman, of 61,New Bond-
street, and 22, Paternoster-row—to accompany
each copy of the re
a print with an extra sheet by
y
wa of ppendix, containing reviews and notices of
new works of Catholic interest, published in Great
Great Britain or the Continent.. " This additional
matter," says the advertisement, "is committed to
the charge of a literary gentleman of competent
ability." From the merits of the initial number
of the periodical here submitted to our examina-
tion we are disposed to augur well for the repub-
lication in England of Brownson's Quarterly _Review,
a work which gives fair promise of satisfying some
of the hitherto neglected wants of the Roman Ca
tholics of the United Kingdom.

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iIittORDINARY BIRTH OF A CHILD WITH Two SE/D3.
—One of the most extraordinary freaks of nature hap-
pened a few days ago in Berwick-street, Oxford-street.
Mrs. Emma Echert, the wife of a wealthy tailor, of No.
65 in the above street, was confined, and brought into
the world a full-grown female child, with two distinct
heads and necks. What made it more surprising was,
that one head came into the world three hours and a
half before the other and the remainder of the body. The
labour was effected by means of instruments by Dr.
Richards, of Bedford-square, who informed the reporter
that the extraordinary phenomenon was alive and
healthy to within a few minutes of its delivery. The
length of the body, which is preserved, and in the pos-
session of Mr. Echert, is 19i inches ;
width from shoul-
der to shoulder, 9i inches, and perfect in proportion.
It is rather singular that Mrs. Echert dreamt, a fort-
night prior to her confinement, that she would be deli-
vered of a child with two heads. Several eminent medi-
cal gentlemen visited Mr. Echert's establishment on
Saturday, and expressed their astonishment that the
lady survived under such extraordinary pains of labour.
THE MANCHESTER SOCIETY FOR REGULATING BEER-
HOUSES.—A meeting of this society took place at the
Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday morning. The gen-
tlemen present were mostly clergymen and ministers
of religion. Mr. W. Fairbairn, C.E., presided, and
said he doubted the legislative propriety of promot-
ing free trade in intoxicating liquors, or of extending
houses of entertainment on that prii.oplo ; and he thought
it was not proper for Government to derive a revenue
from the sale of that which tended to of the people. the demoralisation
He ho ped the society would get up a
petition to Parliament for getting rid of the evil. A
report was read from the committee, and a variety of
speeches were made by clergymen. One of them, the
Rev. Hart Ethelston, spoke of the serious evil of per
gin palaces to be open on Sundays for the sale of
"liquid fire" and "distilled damnation." Mr. Miller,
surgeon, made a temperance speech. The Rev. J. J.
Taylor, Unitarian minister, said he felt a doubt as to
how far he had a right to interfere with the action of any
class of men, but he had seen so much evil resulting from
the present system that he thought a case was made out
for interference. Supposing that only adults were ix-
fured b the sytem, perhaps they had no right to inter-
ere with their ls
iberty ; but it was known that a large
proportion of the people who went to such houses were
boys and youths under 18 or 20—persons who had not
arrived at years of discretion—and he had no doubt
as to our right to protect them. The Rev. Robert
Lamb thought, considering the rapid increase of our
towns, sufficient means had not been taken to check
crime. a large portion of which was traceable to drunken.
ness ; and he was for the removal of drunkenness as
much as possible and all incentives to it. The Rev. J.
L. Poore said the playing at dominoes, cards,
and other chance games, enticed man billiards,
y young people
such houses,. and led them on to intemperate hab to
its.
Mr. W. G. Ginty said he did not agree with the propo-
sal of the society to get beer houses placed under the
care of the magistrates to be licensed as public houses
were, because he had been engaged with some other of
the members of this society in getting up statistics, and
it had been found as the result of careful observation in
gathering those statistics that there was more drunken.
ness and demoralisation in those houses that were under
the thumb of the magistrates than in the beer houses.
" A NEW MOTIVE PowEs."—Under this title we
find the following in an American paper :—" A new
motive power applicable to all engines now in use
on steam-ships or on the land has just been dis-
covered, being the practical result of over ten years'
labour, ' study, and experiment on this subject. By
this invention the heavy, expensive, and dangerous boiler
now in use can be dispensed with, and a light, simple,
compact, and cheap apparatus constructed and ap-
plied in their stead, in connection with the engine,
with slight alterations therein, which will save 90 per
cent. of the fuel now required to generate and usefully
apply any given amount of power. A new engine has
also been devised and perfected for stationary or loco-
motive purposes, upon land or water, which can be con-
structed and applied in connection with the new motive
power, at one-half the expense and one-half the weight
required to construct an engine of equal power on
any other known plan, thereby gaining a great advan-
tage by light machinery—a point of great importance in
vessels upon the water. A new propeller, or new mode of
oanpptlheythg the poweroceanorrive of h
rivers, has
htase enginesal
eebe to the
enperf water on
eetedinthveespsaeelat
sixmonths, acdtentheerouanghd
the
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wholebottom
powero fthoef
vessel, where
wthheicwhawteiril is
the engines will be expended in driving the vessel rapidly
forward, without any loss or strain from indirect action
especially in rough water on the ocean, such as is there
necessarily connected with side wheels and stern pro.
p ners. The gain by these three important and valuable
imeprovements, in lightness of structure of machinery,
directness and efficiency of action of the power,
and small expense for, and light weight of, fuel necessary
to be carried, together with the advantage of
greatly diminished resistance to the vessel in moving
rapidly through the water, obtainable by the new
model, which has been tested in the last six months,
and its advantages fully proved, when combined
in one vessel, especially in so large a vessel as the pro-
jected iron ocean steamer Leviathan, 700 feet long, will
render ocean navigation so economical, regular, safe,
profitable, and rapid as to distance all cometition and
make profit therefrom by millions annually.'
We understand that Viscount Stratford de Reddliffe,
on the retirement of the Earl of Derby's Admtration,
placed his resignation—as ambassador to the Ottoman
Porte—in the hands of the Earl of Aberdeen. The
noble viscount has since been requested to retain the
appointment in which his distinguished talents have
rendered such impo
Great Britain ; ant services to the interests of
and it is hoped that he may consent to
change his previously expressed determination.
OCCUPATIONS OL THE ROYAL CHILDREN.—The follow-
lug details of the manner in which the day is filled up by
the children of Queen Victoria are given by a weekly
paper, "on reliable authority,"—They rise early,
breakfast at eight, and dine at two. Their various
occupations are allotted out with almost military
exactness. Oue hour finds them engaged in the studyof
the ancient, another of the modern authors—their ac-
quaintanceship with languages being first founded
on a thorough knowledge of their grammatical
construation, and then, afterwards familiarised and
and perfected by conversaiion. Next they are
trained in those military exercises which give dignity
c and filled
iupand bearing. Another hour is agreeably
with the lighter accomplishments o
in the various
where they may be seen deeply interested .
danc-
ing. Again the little party assemble in the tmhellsrii riding-school,
and the lighter accomplish-
the further exercise of music
evolutions of the manege. Thence, while
. drawing
.and
m
ents call off the attention of their sisters, the
young princes proceed to busily engage thenaselvesi in
a- carpenter's- shop, fitted up expressly for them, with
tools essential to a perfect knowledge of the craft
They thus early become not only theoretically but practi-
cally acquainted with the useful arts of life ; a small labo-
ratory
ee is occasionally brought into requisiton at the in-
and
.3 f their father. This done, the young carpenters
students throw down their saws and axes, unbuckle
their philosophy, and shoulder their miniature percus-
sion guns—which they handle with the dexterity of
dpractical sportsmen—for a shooting stroll the royal gar-
ens.The evening meal, the preparation for the morn-
ing's lessons, and brief religious instruction close the day.
NOTTINGHAM, Jan. 27.—The lace trade is improving
a little, and there is every reason to expect a further in.
crease in demand shortly, as the business to the colonies
for both lace and hosiery seems to require a considerably
extended supply ; the home trade for each of these articles
is improving. The price of yarn is unchanged:---Notting•
4ara Journal

Fraser.—A petulant attack is made this mouth,
by one of the political contributors to Fraser, upon
the career, talents, and character of one of the
most conspicuous public writers in France—M. de
La Gueronniere. It is quite impossible to shut
one's eyes against the fierce passion, the spite, and
the disappointment which manifest themselves
throughout the effusion—an effusion having refer-
ence to " Napoleon lll.—lnvasion—French Pam-
phlets, and the English Press." The truth is, that
Fraser, after flaming and blustering in company
with so many publications on this side of the Chan-
nel, finds its once congenial contemporaries drop-
ping off one by one—the scales of prejudice falling
from their eyes—the atrocity of the war-cry laid
bare to their full and candid recognition. Left in
the lurch, Regina suddenly finds herself almost
"alone in her glory," still industriously fuming
and spluttering against the French Emperor, the
Plebiscite, and the coup d'etat of the 2d of Decem-
ber. Irritated at this into a new and still more
intolerable state of irritation, Fraser turns in its
rage upon poor, unfortunate M. de La Gueron-
there. He is attacked as everything most
horrible and contemptible. He is a knave
and a traitor, a false friend and a sycophant,
a hireling and a parasite. He is said to write
praise, paid for in "so many golden louis d'or,
or so many thousand five-franc pieces." So many
" golden louis d'or," by the way, is one of the oddest
illustrations imaginable of " gilding refined gold."
Mr. Cobden had better be on the alert, for surely
his turn must come next, now that the writer in
Fraser has poured out the vial of his abuse on the
head of M. do La Gueronniere. And Mr. Bright
next—and Lord Palmerston—and the late Duke of
Wellington—and Lord Malmesbury (but no, Lord
Malmesbury has a side-hit even in the number for
February), and then one after another, through al-
most every individual one of our contemporaries.
For the " base exception " is forgotten, as such, in
thenow almost unanimous voice of the press of Eng-
land! We turn from this "fire and fury," which really
"signifieth nothing "—and we do so with a shrug
of the shoulders. The magazine is not, however,
by any means devoid this month of readable con-
tributions. The verses on the " Last Words of
Napoleon and Wellington" would be better if they
w,,mereemith of st
true.or But we
Helena," e woeulnad,,,rbeyferbrtahvee
will find
honesttl i
wasrtheatet
old General Montholon, where he will
not find
~
Napoleon's last exclamation
d'armee," but the name of his first wife, the be

loved "Josephine." There is another instahnent,
of course, of " Hypatia," by the Rev. Charles
Kingsley. Fancy a clergyman singing us a song,
the first words of which are—

" Lips were made only to kiss !
Hands were made only to toy !"

A very able criticism on " Classical School Books"
will be read with pleasure by every scholar—saving
and excepting the one who has called forth the re-
view, Mr. T. K. Arnold. A chapter on poor
chrietopher Marlowe" is, to our thinking, the
pleasantest of all the contributions.

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Tait.—The meagre commencement of what seems
to be a rather elaborated paper on " Moliere "
ushers in the number of Tait for February. Tie
most happily-timed of all the contributions in this
number, however, is the eleventh paper on the Go-
vernments of Continental Europe, a paper having
especial reference to "France." Although we can re-
cognise but very little logic in the argument of the
writer, we regard the general tendency of the
article as sufficiently humane and enlightened to
warrant from us some words of commendation.
The opening of the article is curious enough, for it
Purports to be derived from the memoranda of a
conversation which took place no less than twenty
years ago in Paris. In this conversation the
chequered history of France is " read" from a
handful of the coin struck off in that country under
Louis XVI., the Republic, the Consulate, the
.Em-
pire, Louis VIII., Charles X., Louis Philippe,
(to. Now, oddly enough, the very same thing was