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THE SUN; LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 12, 1856.

the conviction that, while much has been disco-

vered of a beneficial nature, more remains behind,
and will do his best to promote the pursuit of
the science to which these discoveries are owing,
remembering, by way of caution, that a weak
head never was, and never can be, that of a great
chemist.

LATEST NEWS.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPLI.)
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING.
The screw steamer Royal Charter was off Holy.

head at 8 a.m. this morning, with advices from

Melbourne to the 25th May.

tenant Marquis de Gallifer, members of the mis-
sion charged to represent the Emperor Napoleon
at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander at
Moscow.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

His Excellency Lord Cowley had an interview
with M. Walewski to-day at the Foreign-office. He
has probably made important communications to
the French Government.

No orders have b3en given on the part of the
French Government for ships of war to join the
English squadron in the Black Sea. It is not gene-
rally believed in Paris that any questions relative
to the execution of the treaty of Paris on the part
of Russia will lead to serious results.

The Moniteur continues to promulgate the vari-
ous bills adopted by the Legislative Body in the
course of the past session.
M. Turgot, the French Ambassador at the Court
of Spain, has obtained leave of absence from his
post.
BOURSE, Aug. 11.—The following were the latest
quotations

Cash. fr. a. End of Month.
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70 80

Bank Shares 4,100
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Credit Mobilier 1,632.50 Austrian

Belgian Five.;
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KAILWAYS-rOB CASH.

fr. c. ft. 0.
Orleans ... 1,420 Westorn 970
Northern .1,062 50 Strasburg
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Mediterranean,..... 1,840 Grand Central
Lyons Genova Bl5 Teste
Cotte

LITERATURE.

Our Cousin Veronica ; or, Scenes and Adventures
over the Blue Ridge. By Mary Elizabeth
Wormeley, author of " Amabel," &c. Bunce
and Brother, New York.
There is an attraction in this story from its sim-
plicity, that of itself would be greatly in its favour;
but there is also a charm in its deep feeling that
possesses a higher claim on the regard and interest
of the reader. It does not treat entirely of Ame-
rica, a great part of the narrative is laid in Eng-
land, and thus it partakes in a great measure of
the character of the two countries. All the chief
personages were descended from old Virginia fami-
lies, who, in the different generations, had become
scattered abroad on the earth. Veronica, the
heroine, is a peculiar disposition, gentle in the
extreme if she believed all true about her, but once
her spirit was roused, stronger than could be
imagined. The chief point of the story turns on
her engagement with her cousin Max. It was an
unwise thing to make such an arrangement with
comparative children, as those were, at the time
of its prorbsal. It is seldom that an idea which
has its foundation so immediately in the expedi-
ency of the moment is carried out without much
anxiety and trouble. The young and happy chil-
dren who stood by the deathbed of the faithful
negro little thought of the dark shade that was
being cast on their lives by their early engage-
ment. It was also a cruel thing for the uncle
to frame . his will in such a manner that the most
sa,cred obligations were mixed with pecuniary affairs.
Yet as this is very often the case in testamentary
documents, all must allow that great skill is shown
in the description of this complicated story. Per-
haps the most interesting individual met with is
cousin Tyrell, because for him one feels unbounded
respect. „The others seemed wafted to and fro
according as the fitful fancy of the hour or day
pervaded them, but he remains firm throughout.
Not that he had an easy life, for many difficulties
beset his path, and troubles environed him, but he
nerved himself to the task. " Blessed is he that
overcometh " was his watchword and his guide.
The influence of his superior mind, his right''prin-
ciple, was felt by every one who was in his sphere ;
especially was it of service to one distracted and
bewildered spirit, Mary Maudeville, the sister of
Max, the hero of the story, and the narrator of the
work. Before she left England to seek out Vero-
nica, who had returned to Virginia, Mary had been
sad, and the succeeding incidents that befell them
in America did not improve her position. It was
then that Walter Tyrell was the hope of all ; the
impetuous Max, the sorrowful Molly, the gentle
Veronica, all turned to him. He had studied his
own course ; he was ready to help those who had
not energy to study theirs. He sympathised, but
he roused, and encouraged no repining. "There
is no remedy for unhappiness that I knowt) of, but
an interest in the happiness of other persons.
Work was the boon God gave to our first father
when He turned him out of Paradise, and
the five thousand years that have passed since
have given disappointment no better remedy."
He practised his own precepts. when in their
hour of trial she who had rejected him,
and he who had supplanted her, stood before him
helpless and bewildered. Then he roused himself,
and went forward, to the sacrifice of his hopes, in
a resolute manner. It is an exciting scene, that
of the court-house, where pride and affection are
struggling for the mastery in the heart of Veronica,
and when self-respect is urging on Max to act in
defiance of the interests of others. It was not
fated that their relations should be ordinary. The
engagement they formed in childhood was ratified
in a very different scene. By torch light in a court
beyond the seas, very different from the old-
fashioned marriage that the simple people of Castle-
ton had thought was to unite the heir and heiress
of their domain. It is impossible, by a slight
sketch, to convey an impression of the various per-
sons, scenes, and events that are to be found in
the pages of this story. English readers will doubt-
less be pleased at the account given of the man-
ners and customs in Virginia. Coming from one
who had just been describing the monotony of her
life at home, the contrast is more striking. The
interest that attaches itself to the records of those
in far countries is not lessened by the thought
that these, though dwellers beyond the broad. At-
lantic, speak the same language as ourselves.
Macaulay has observed that " Literature has esta-
blished a tie, stronger than the tie of consanguinity,
between us and the commonwealths of the valley of
the Mississippi."

doned, and the Neapolitans are to red their future
1 destiny on the chance of a mound of paving-stones
resisting the fire of 24-pounders. This is what is
called the philosophy of Republicanism ; these are
the counsels-given in what passes :n the demo-
cratic world for noble and eloquent language.
The 'language is indeed of the usual kind.
There is the tumid eloquence and nisty imagery
to which we have long been. accustomed. Italy has
suffered, therefore she is " the Chnst among na-
tions ; she will burst the sepulchre and rise, thus
preceding the final resurrection of nations." Pur•
suing the comparison,, we are told she will bring
redemption to the world. It is needless to say
what follows after such a commencement. No
plan of action is recommended, not a single word
of practical advice is given to any Italian of any
State, large or petty. Only from such intimations
las the following can we learn what is the Italian
policy of M. Mazzini :—" Return to us, Manin,"
says the patriot, " and the Italians will respond by
deeds which shall be to the glorious deeds of '4B
what the conflagration is to the sparks that foretell
it." We should not discuss this violent tirade if
it merely related to a quarrel between two foreign
politicians. But few in this land of open debate
and clear common sense can well appreciate the
power of such harangues on the fiery Italian na-
ture, half-smothered as it is under the pressure of
regal and priestly oppression'. To thousands of
young men in Milan, Florence, and Rome, such
writing as M. Mazzini's is eloquence, and his wild-
and hazy views are the teachings of deep political
philosophy. We cannot afford to leave them
unnoticed, to fancy they will meet the disre-
gard they deserve, and that in foreigners, as in
us, they will excite only feelings of indignation or
ridicule. Unhappily, the annals of more than one
Italian State in these days bear witness how much
misguided men have listened to M. Mazzini, both
as au orator and a publicist. The Italians may
certainly have learnt wisdom since, and we see in
M. Mania the representative of a more thinking
class, but the hasty and the over-sanguine may be
still a majority. We therefore feel it necessary
once more to warn all who have the cause of Eu-
ropean libertyat heart, that it has no worse enemy
than the man who would associate it with all that
.s sanguinary, violent, and anarchical.—'limes.