The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-05 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 3•
The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess Fre-
derick of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Leopold, and
Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty drove out this morning, accouTa-
Died by Prince Leopold.

A deputation, introduced by Lord Elcho,
headed by the Rev. Henry White (chaplain of the ChaPei
Royal, Savoy), and consisting of Mr. Leopold Droostell,
Mr. Henry Sotneran, Mr. Alex. Dobie, Mr. G. Glaridge:
Mr. John Seddon, Mr. John Slack, Mr, F. J. Clarke, anji:
others, had an interview with the Right Hon. A•
Layard, M.P., at the office of her Majesty's Works, ,s'e':
Whitehall, yesterday, to remonstrate against the viadtl
intended to be constructed by the Metrcpolitan Board `)
Works across the embankment between Hungerford ~
Waterloo Bridges. _ _

William Laug, the English pedestrian, and ?lc'
champion, having failed to get on a match with
C. Harding, of New York, is about to leave America.

THE MAGAZINES.

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One of the most interesting articles that 1 meet Wall it
the Cornhill Magazine is entitled "Browning in 1869:
calls attention to the changing fashions of literature an;
the diversity in public taste, which are more to he noticed
now than they were in the days of old. This fickleness
especially to be remarked in the criticism of poetry i 4
England. The people, which has produced s° of
degre nee
poets, cannot make up its mind as to the
eminence to which each has attained. The sudden adv:.
which Robert Browning has made in public estim :pa%
may be regarded as a sign of new life in poetry altiot
indication that the national taste has improved. It in
re
be admitted that Browning has been in a great 'Posit'?
the cause of his own unpopularity through the obscuLc
of his style, and people have come to the conclusion tiria
it was useless to try and understand his meaning. , to
last work, " The Ring and the Book," seems liketee
be fully appreciated, and it is satisfactory to find that _ of
author's powers are not diminished by the advan.o_,,k,
time. Some old faults appear in this new b° it
but they are few and far between, while
.he
affords ample proof of the excellence to whicVde
author can attain when he sets to work in earnest. -1;1'00
mentioned in this article as a subject of congrattd;,,rese
that both Tennyson and Browning have gained in t
less;
latter days " a greater power, while they display at ,„te
as fine and true a " The Rough Red Candilke.
is an entertaining sketch, which refers to a French et
tion, and is well calculated to produce both exeiteTeta
and interest. Martin Boulet had a dangerous f°° opt
contend against in the prefect of the departnld to
and the newly-elected deputy found himself condellineDe.
two years' imprisonment and the payment of a heavy
He contrived, however, to outwit his enemies,
e'leat
remained master of the field, the obdurate Pri,te''
resigning in disgust. In " Chirping Crick the
we meet with an interesting account of, to
Newport Refuge, where people are taken inkept
sleep for the night, and some homeless boys are life.
altogether, and, when properly trained, are started in oiale
Some notice is also taken of various hospitals for the
children, and the kindly efforts there made to brighten
weary load thus early laid upon the little inmates.
The February number of Good Words cannot be accused
tit
of dullness. Setting aside the two serial stories, witlll2.o
which it is impossible to find a magazine either sacreno
thevariety. the editor takes care to give his readers the
variety. No doubt much interest will be felt in 0
"Heroes of Hebrew history " as chronicled by the vote
Bishop of Oxford, who takes for the second figure.„l-ael,''
gallery " the second great prophet of separated lijelt
gallery "the second great prophet of separated
Elisha, whom he terms the Prophet of Society, al, veePS
was the Prophet of Solitude. Dr. Macleod's own es ee
at the Far East" are continued, and 1s
of
pleasant a companion under the palm treesose.
Bombay as he was in the Highland 1" eon'
In one single day in this Eastern city he carne
• Jtelalo
tact with living representations of Christianity, beta
Brahministn, Buddhism, Zoroasterism, and 3-1-n tbir
medanism—a varied experience. The illustrations Wtive.
article of Dr. Macleod's are beautiful and very eff.ee.,,,esti•
The " Good Words" Commissioner carries on his it,ll'
gations this month among the cotters of Connaught.,;•veli
just now, when Irish social affairs are being so ac"l,lifs
discussed in all their aspects, I dare say his account ea
in the bogs will not be unwelcome.
Little people have very little to complain of in ttog
days when wise men spend their energies in 'writhe)?
pleasant tales, with half-hidden morals, for them, as
orgs
do in Good Words for the Young. "King -e too
Middy," for instance, has its lesson for all those to
curious elder folk who wish to lift the curtain cf
future ; and I am not sure that many educated HMV
have left childhood far behind them could answer a'.l
~.fee
queries which Mr. Charles Kingsley puts to Madaln,pet
and Lady Why. " Lilliput Likenesses and 111 tee
Lectures" are among the quaint contents olsnicler
Macleod's monthly gift-book for the young. "The
and its Webs" is a chapter out of natural history Ir
is well. Forth anyone's while to read.
00
In the Sunday Magazine Dr. Guthrie has abided -1
promise of the earlier numbers by carefully eschewing 111
controversial or doctrinal discussion, and keeping 0 11
to those great principles of Christian teaching uponee vbic''
no dissension is possible. " The Gospel to the
.11-1°n111,;
by the Rev. C. J. Vaughan, and " Fireside Homilies? .
V '
of
A
the Dean of Canterbury, are of this character. ---,weir
memoir of the late Earl of Aberdeen, better known Ur
earlier title of Lord Haddo, is founded on the recee-ee'll
published volume; while a " Peep into a Garret " s'pr.
us Christian fortitude under a very different aspect' f the
Ebersheim contributes an essay on the peculiarities oth to
Jewish race. " From the coldest regions of the N°l. 010
the interior of Africa ; from the centres of civilisatiohere
kaftan, or
to Tartary, Bokhara, and China, he is everrWohe'
domiciled, and yet nowhere at home. In flowing. 9h. or
voerstecronurltalyngduraegses
.;
muleteer,
Arable, Joervilpsoitir;
,ta.
man—still the are all like each other, and uut
everybody else." There is always a peculiaritY 5..01/
their dialect, a mental and a moral idiosYnc`tual
which remains unchanged, whatever their intellei; eel
training. Dr. Pressel, whose estimate of the nu ere°,
of Jews scattered throughout the world is here oleo.
to, reckons them at too low a rate. He has indeed, civ
puted the Russian Jews at two millions:but ehoSeci
Great Britain he has reckoned at only 50,000, eflllo
ever,6, O JewsOve
ry
unequally
epnC(eiduroseandlstl Constantinople las irtolepi
legalbvl eui
rtarteueldosantl
restrictions.
Turkey in Europe at 70,000, while other statistics laie.
theyFt•()rilarseomheanlat
there are very few; in Norway there are none; from Brit
countries Portugal they have been rigorously exiled. •"
countries they abound with seemingly little reason, 005:
'CrteoriGuchnglesl throughout
tdwlrithiageltipillobel eri
is not always where they are most protected they w, ere i"
numerous. It is remarkable that in Warsaw,
,biln'
is said to be scarcely safe for an Israelite to she"teres
self during the Easter festivities, one in everY tilaa
inhabitants should be Jewish. Some interesting passe'
logical observations respecting the Jews have been Illeajoi
It is remarkable that from some diseases thq geo
almost complete immunity. During the Middn A
) foga
v.
their freedom from the epidemics which ravaged t
was attributed by the populace to their ravaged to
wells from which the Gentiles drank, and gave_drlbeerl
terrible persecutions. In our own dam it in.Theerf
observed that Jewish communities, however Buffer
crowded, and contravening our modern hygienic rules, also,
very little from cholera. The tables of longevitNeer
are everywhere in favour of the Jews, and pr• eidgd
sheim gives his readers plenty of statistics to I
from.

sn°l
The present number of Chambers's Journal has iv-u
oeit
share of attractive subjects in prose and verse. -'0 ft
story is commenced, entitled " A Perfect Pleasure' DO
is written in an interesting style, and the passages rr,r be
refer to literary composition are very good, and °los
perused with advantage by many a youthful genius'
tor
hero had desired a competent adviser to pronounce 3 eS
•
ment on his manuscripts, and the answer he receivea vl
ors
of a character more profitable than pleasant. There"
'
other incidents in the story that are worthy of note, to
ticularly the mode in which Marmaduke deteetSra at
Hindoo servant in his cunning tricks, and sets 11,1,010
defiance. "Baby John " is the title of an amusing ,170011
but some surprise may be elicited by the disfaoef's,
that this "fellow of infinite jest, of a most excellent `obis;
was a tame baboon. Many were the difficult rove)
assailed the owner of this most unmanageable pet. Iv
brok
he was placed he contrived to create a disturbance' VI
loose from chains, and entered neighbouring houses: ijo
end was of the tragi-comic sort at last ,• but the defy tie'
his active career are most amusingly told. 4tor ge'ci
man on my Left" is an entertaining sketch of a Vi'turli
a public dinner. After various speculations, be
out to be a waiter who had come there for the Pli,rt'cli he
criticising the style. Some of the descriptions sculd 040
gave of his professional adventures are curious, an tii.t
surprise the uninitiated in such matters. ~ ur" I; I
Sea" is an interesting sketch, that well repays eR rtirgs°
refers to a work on English Seamen and Dived{{' the
Alphonse Esquiros. It seems that a great part ;apt,/
book is devoted to an account of Greenwich Obser
and the work there carried on. On the subject of ths
it is said that the diver who has made his businessi,r feet'
deepest waters yet explored has descended only Dart:
and when we hear of 25,000 feet of water in certainui;
of the Atlantic it is enough to make one give
contest in despair. rt
iti
An old friend with a new face appears in the firs
r 3
Pete'
of Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining T
wise
which forms the introductory part of the long-Pr°, were
re-issue of Chambers's Miscellaneous Tracts. Tihe.Jt is
first published more than twenty years ago, 31jujiii y PI;
slight compliment to them to acknowledge that lei
equally adapted to the more exacting and Ptelialpiiaellij
solid tastes of the present day. It has been detery me
to supplement the old favourites by some entiec, trsio
papers, and the publishers promise to give a to
with each part. The old form of issue is wee/‘;'
maintained, the tracts being published 10 nrygiol;jil
°Cy. ,
penny numbers, monthly parts, and les, 1"'"#.00
toluenes. They are to include, as of old moral t 3 ,cientie
avid ballads, historical sketches, biographies,‘_e'fore tile
articles, and miscellaneous papers. 'The par,t with ell
gi nes a fair specimen of this variety. Beginning ''
graphic story of a life of which all Englishmen 00
be proud, it traces the career of George Stephe'sor
the days when he herded cows at Dewley -1-sursVP9beA
peace a day, to the time when he was called by„.itaiii. A l 9
Peel the Julius Agricola of modern an'tm
simple domestic story of French life folios' 'of '
succeeded in its turn by an adaptatienFlotei4
charming story of " Picciola, or the Prisq 00'1,01
which has won so many hearts in the prisoner
ticle vo. els
narrative. "Abyssinia and Theodore" is an "the Frerveo
tells the story of a captivity more terrible than.,ence glay
count's; and a chapter on Circumstantial Evade unjwc, to
a startling list of innocent persons who have beeeeess,sro
condemned through its agency. It is scarcely ilare
add that that the paper on Abyssinia is the new 1,0"
dumber,