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despatch the whole of them, when the duke
interfered and persuaded the soldiers to-spare
their lives, and only make them prisoners. It is
supposed that Don Patricio Escosura is concealed
at one of the embassies. His brother was seen at
one moment of the struggle to throw himself into
the arms of Pucheta, and embrace him with great
warmth. A strict search is being made for him,.
but hitherto without success.
At the first cemmencewent of the contest her
Majesty was surrounded by the Duchess d'Albe,
the Dukes de Baylen and de Saragossa, the Mar-
quis d'Alcanices, Counts de Punonrostro and
d'Altamira, General San Miguel, and M. Melchior
Ordonez, ex-Minister of the Interior. Generals
Urbistondo, Larrocha, Sanz, Mlyalde, Galiano,
and Rodriguez Soler also presented themselves
at the palace, as did several political men, such as
ex-ministers, members of the old and new Cortes,
and journalists, and a great number of other per-
sons, most of them belonging to the Conservative
party. The moment the insurrection brok out al-
most all the officers not on active service, but then
in the capital, placed themselves at the disposal of
the Government."

It so happens, and it is a curious coincidence at
the present moment, that for several days past
great quantities of munitions of war have been
conveyed by railway from Bordeaux to Bayonne.
The French Government journals, in reporting
the fact, are careful to explain that these
tran,ports have no connection with the move-
ment of troops towards the Spanish frontier.
The munitions, they say, come from depots which
were formed to supply the army of the Crimea,
and which are now in due course being deposited
in the arsenal of Bayonne.
FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur continues to promulgate a num-
ber of bills adopted by the Legislative Body during
the last session.

The Moniteur Algerien announces the nomina-
tion of generals of brigade de Cissey and Lefebre,
recently returned from the East, to the respective
commands of the aubdivisions ofMilianah and Con-
stantina.

Bouitsx, July 24.—The following were the las
quotations :

Cash, fr. e. Bud al/4MA.
4i per Cents : 94 —f. —n.
3 per Cents 7O 85 71
New Loan 7l
Bank Shares 4,050 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,502 50 Austrian
Belgian Fives. 9B Spanish Threes 44i
eiedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt ......... 334
' RAILWAYS—TOR CASH.
Orleans ......... 1,297 50 Western 962 50
Northern 1,067 50 Stragbrug
Lyons ...... 1,425 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,810 Grand Central 703 75
Lyons Geneva — Testa
Cotte .

A letter from Berlin of the 21st, in the Debats,
says :—M. de Titoff, lately Minister of Russia, at
Stutgard, has just passed through this city. He
is proceeding to Baden-Baden to take leave of the
King of Wurternberg, who happens to be there at
present. M. de Titoff's saccessor is General de
Ben kerdoff.

The Opinione of Turin quotes a letter from
Bologna of the 15th, stating that, in a recent sit-
ting, the communal council of the latter unani-
mously adopted a proposition moved by Count
Marsigli, for an address to the Central Govern-
ment requesting it to relieve the city of the burden
of an Austrian garrison. This vote is the more re-
markable as the communal councillors are named
by the Government.

- The Journal de Constantinople of the 14th ins{
says—

" The Russian flag floats on Sebastopol since the 6th
inst. Kamiesh is deserted. General Sir Wm. Codring-
ton embarked on the 6th in the Algiers, commanded
by his brother, with the intention of visiting Odessa,
Kinbourn, and other points on the coast of the Black
Sea. The evacuation of Balaklava is complete. The
Russians will take possession of it immediately after the
embarkation of the 34th and 56th Regiments of the
line."

The caravan for Mecca took its departure for Damas-
cus on the 16th June. It is composed of. 3,350 indi-
videals.
Money was in increased request yesterday for short,
periods, owing to the payment of the Loan, but a con-
siderable sum was lent. for two months at 3 per cent.
CEA-STAT. PALAML—ONE SHILLING DAY—THURSDAY,
July 24.--Admissions on payment, 8,661 ; ditto, by
season tickets, 655 • total vi4tors, 9,316. -
TAE MAIL% --LIVERPOOL, ' July' 23:-:—Th'e lYaitect
States mail steam-ship Atlantic sailed from this port for
New York to-day,' with 64 passengers, a fair cargo, and
the usual
MAIL FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD 'HOWL—Notice was
given yesterday by the Postmaster-General that a mail
would be made up forthe Cape of Good Hope, to be sent
out by the steam-transport which leaves Liverpool un the
26th inst.
THE AUSTRALIAN MOILS.--THE GLASGOW' CONSTI-
TURNCY.—We understand that Mr. Wilson, the financial
secretary for the Treasury, has every prospect ut being
returned for Glasgow in the place of Mr. John M'Gre-
gor. We know that Mr. Wilson's chances of election
for Westbury were "nil," but he has well earned the
suffrages of many of the constituents of Glasgow by the
fervent way in which he has supported the recent con-
tract for the Au9traliao Postage service.—Morn. Herald.
TILE Loss OF THE ZEBRA.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday.
A telegraphic despatch fr.,m Falmouth states a large
quantity cif cargo had been landed from the Zebra,
owing to the continuance of propitious weather. Con-
siderable doubts still prevail as to the probability of
saving the hull.
THE REV. NEWHA.N HALL—The Rev. Newman Hall,
8.A., late of Hull, has just taken the degree of LL.B.,
by examination at the London University. We (Hall
Herald) have much pleasure in also being able to state
that the rev. gentleman came out first in honours,
and obtained the scholarship which is awarded in that
Case.

REVIEW OF TIIE IST LIFE GUARDS.—WINDSOR,
Thursday.—The Ist Regiment of Life Guards, under the
command of Colonel Parker, was this morning reviewed
in the Great Park by the Earl of Cardigan. Earl
Mountcharles, Lieutenant F. D. Megens, Viscount
Grey De Wilton, and Lord Charles B Bruce put the
regiment through several evolutions, after which the
regiment advanced in parade order to give the Royal
salute. The Earl of Cardigan passed a high compliment
on the appearance and discipline of the rrg went.
CULTIVATION OF COTTON.--Mr. J. B. Sharp had an
interview with the directors of the Manchester Chamber
of Commerce, yesterday, to explain to them the course
which the projected Fibre Company intend to take in
reference to the cultivation of cotton. The directors
took much interest in the statements laid before them,
but could not as a chamber undertake to give any active
assistance to the company. Toe president expressed
the satAiction of the chamber that efforts such as those
intended should be undertaken.

THE LATE DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN WALE*
—Great e,citement continues 10 the neighbourhood ut
the recent explosion, extending through the whole of
the colliery district up to the neighbourhood of Aber-
dare. It was found necessary to call in the aid of at
strong body of the county police force for the prevention
of any outbreak. Communications which we (Swansea
Herald) have received from the neighbourhood informs
us that a strong feeling exists among the colliers against
the parties employed as firemen at the time of the
accident, and also against the manager for appointing
them.

The prospectus has been issued of the United King-
dom Provision Company, with a capital of 500,000/. in
11. shares. The object is to carry on the provision trade
by inbans of an extensive organisation, so as to insure
steady supplies from all the principal markets, as well as
consignments from the Continent and America. Flour,
meal, butter, cheese, bacon, pork, &c., are the chief
articles to be dealt in, and the company contemplate
giving an extension of credit to any customers among
their shareholders on a deposit of shares. The scheme
is one of those which must depend entirely upon manage.
men t.

WELCOME TO THE FOURTH DRAGOON GUARDS AT
SHEFFIELD.—The headrquarteis of the 4th Regiment of
Dragoon Guards, which so greatly distinguished itself in
the cavalry charge at Brlaklava, having become located
at Sheffield, a public diuner is announced to take place
at the Cutlers' Hall, on Thursday next, under the pre-
sidency of the Mayor of Sheffield, to give a welcome to
the officers on the return of the regiment from the
Crimea,' The Earl of Cardigan has accepted the invita-
tion of the mayor to be present at the dinner. Sir Harry
Smith has been invited to be present, and it is also in
contemplation to invite the new commander-in-chief,
the Duke of Cambridge. On the following Thursday a
dinner will be given to the privates of the regiment, in-
vitations to which will also be given to all the men in
Sheffield, of whatever regiment, who have taken part in
the engagements in the Crimea.—Manchester Gdardian.
ROBBING ,THE PATRIOTIC FUND. —On removing the
box pl ced in the booking-office of the Great Northern
Railway station at Doncaster, fOr the reception of penny
subscriptions on behalf of the Patriotic Fund, it was
found that some mean thief had rifled the receptacle of
its contents by slitting a hole in the back of the box,
which is made of tin, and forcing his hand into the aper-
ture. It is believed a considerable sum of money has
been thus stolen, for it Was discovered that two pieces of
paper (the Great Northern Company's waybill.) had
been pasted over the hole just mentioned, indicating at
least two visits to the box by the depredator, and it was
known that a good deal of silver had been put into it.
The box has been sent to Mr. Williams, the superin-
tending constable of the Great Northern line ; and, as'
the officials at Doncaster are not without some clue to
the identification of the thief, it is hoped he may yet be
discovered and punished for this flagitious offence.
According to advices received in New York from Con-
stantinople, it is in contemplation to start a line of
steamers between New York and Odessa, touching at
various intermediate ports in the Mediterranean. A
statement was added which perhaps had no other foun-
da'ion than the hopes of the projectors, that " the Czar
is expected to subsidiee the line, with the view of con-
necting more and more his country with the United
States." The plan would be for the vessels to tcuch at
Marseilles and Smyrna on their passage to Odessa, and
at Smyrna and Genoa on their return. ,

,

THE JULY FETRS AT BRUSSISL-

BRUSSELS, Wednesday.—The illuminations last
night were extraordinarily brilliant. All the pub-
lic buildings were lighted up with variegated lamps
-or gas, and there was hardly a single street in the
whole city which-was not illuminated in some way
or other ; those in the commercial and aristocratic,
parts of the town with flaunting Chinese lanterns-
and lamps and gas, those in the humbler quarters
with modest wax candles. Of the illuminations at
the public expense, those of the Hotel de Ville and
the. Boulevard du Jardin Batanique were most
admired. In some of the streets, particularly in
those along which the King passed on Monday,
the illuminations, both in number and splendour,
far exceeded anything ever witnessed in Paris.
The British Embassy was illuminated with the
initials V. R., and the English and Belgian flags
combined—all in variegated lamps.
' I To-day we have had a spectacle which perhaps
Belgium alone, of any European country, could
produce in such perfection. It has been a grand
historical and allegorical cavalcade, got up with
really astonishing splendour, and at the same time
characterised by excellent taste. The first part of
it brought the "olden time" in vivid reality before
us ; and the latter represented the triumphs of
modern civilisation in the most admirable man-
ner. First, came what was called " the Car of
Limburg," drawn by eight horses, with decorations
and personages symbolising the expulsion of' the
Romans from that province by the Franks about
the year 488, the car being preceded and followed
by Roman prisoners on foot and Frank victors on
horseback, all in the costumes of the epoch, a num-
ber of oxen following to symbolise the Roman mi-
gration. Then came a car from Luxembourg re-
presenting St. Hubert preaching the gospel ; the
household and followers of Alberic, first count of
Luxembourg, preceding and following ; the car was,
besides, accompanied by huntsmen and a pack of
hounds. The next car was that of the province of
Hainault, and contained a gigantic statue of Bald-
win, seventh, count of Hainault, ninth count of
Flanders, and first emperor of Constantinople ; the
car was followed by 60 minstrels. Tne next car was
that of Eastern Flanders, and in it was a statue
of the great patriot Van Artevelde ; it was pre-
ceded and followed by horsemen. Then 'came
a cortege from westein Flandora, rcapooting
the institution of the Order of the Golden Fleece
by Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, on his
marriage with-Isabella of Portugal. The next car
was that of Brabant ; it was in the form of the hull
of a gigantic ship, and contained, with a number
of attendants, Charles V. seated on his throne,
with his aunt Margaret of Austria, his sister Mary,
his son,: afterwards Philip 11., his principal cour-
tiers, &C. Then came a car of Antwerp, contain-
ing all the principal artists of the time of Albert
and Isabella. Next came a car of the town of
Namur followed by a splendid cavalcade. This
terminated the historical part of the procession.
The cars, the costumes, the flags, the banners,
the music, the horses—all were admirable. Un-
like what is seen on similar occasions else-
, where, and even on the stage of some of the
best European theatres, the various costumes,
flags, &c., especially of the different historical per-
sonages, were minutely exact, and all appeared to
be quite new, and of the very best velvet, silk, and
other material; some of the flags were specially
made for the occasion at Lyons. What was called
the allegorical part of the procession consisted of a
series of seven cars—one containing agricultural
productions, implements, peasants, and even sheep;
another filled with locometives, works in iron, &c.
a third containing arms of Liege ; another devoted
to horticulture, and so on. In some of the cars, all of
which were splendidly getup, were busts of the King
crowned withlaurel, and in others were large inscrip-
tions of "Namur to Leopold the Wise," " Grate-
ful Hainault to the King," "Twenty-five years of
peace and prosperity," "To the King, protection
of labour," &c. Each car was preceded and fol-
lowed by troops of peasants, miners, fishermen,
wool-dressers, Workers in iron—in a word, work-
men of all trades, all in their respective costumes,
and carrying the implements of their different
callings. In the course of the procession there was
no end of banners, and at intervals were bands of
music.

The weather for the spectacle has been most
auspicious—not a cloud in the sky and a glorious
sun. The crowds that have filled the streets and
occupied every .window of every house on the
line of procession have been immense ; and they
have manifested their delight at the sight by most
enthusiastic acclamations.' -

BRUSSELS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24.
The three days' holyday terminated last night
with a display of firework 4 let off from an open
space in the vicinity of the Place St. Joseph. Alto-
gether they were much of the same kind as those
exhibited in the London parks on the celebration of
thepeace, though an illuminated view of the Chateau
de Laeken and an allegorical temple surmounted
bya crown connected them with the festivities of the
day. Ev.ery place from which a sight of the tran-
sient glories could be obtained was densely
thronged, and, as the King and his family saw
them from an apartment situate bdhind the tempo-
rary throne on the Place, a new opportunity for
shouting " Vive le Roy I" was afforded to the de-
lighted multitude, who hailed the Royal carriage
as they approached • and departed from the site of
observation.

The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Rail-
way Company is called for the 15th August.
S r Charles Wood bad a levee yesterday at the Ad-
miralty, when the following officers attended —Adinira
G. Raymond, Captains L. T. Jones, H. Layton, F
B ck, F. D. Hutcheson, G. Hathorn, J. RI vetorne,
Mark J. Currie, Cowper P. Coles, F. L M'Clintock,
and Samuel Wain' ; Colonel J. A. Philips' R.M. ;
Commanders J. Cavell, H. M. Elliott, G. Raymond,
F. E. Johnston, A. Smith, W M.lievain., D. Sra,n,
Walter Reid, and J. B. Ballard ; Lieutenants H. S.
Hamilton. R. Hoops, Colin A. Campbell, and C. H.
Young ; Drs. A. Bryson and J. G. Stewart.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley held au
inquest at the Clerkenwell Workhouse, touching the
death of Mr. James Macnab, aged 36 years, late a sur-
geon in the 93d Highlanders, who died whilst in custody
at the Clerkenwell Police-station, on Tuesday morning
last. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased
had been for some time of intemperate habits. The post
mortem examination showed congestion of the brain to
have been the immediate cause of death, the congestion
being produced by the excessive use of intoxicating
liquors. Verdict accordingly.
GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAILWAY.—A prospec-
tus has been issued for 250,000/. of the mortgage bond,
of the Detroit and Milwaukie, a line running in connec-
tion with that company. They are 71. per cent. bonds,
and are issued at 751. The London board of the Great
Western of Canada recommend them, and state that by
a traffic arrangement their company will retain a suffi-
cient amount of the receipts from through traffic to meet
the interest, and also that Mr. G. Wytbes bas entered
into a contract for the completion of the line for a fixed
sum.

THE BRUSSELS FREE TRADE INTERNATIONAL CON-
GRESS.—A circular has been published by the president
and secretary of the International Congress which is t)
assemble at Brussels, towards the end of September, to
discuss the subject of universal customs' reform and free
trade in general. In this circular they prescribe the
order of their proceedings. The object of the Congress
is comprehensively stated as "to collect from every
tuntry, and every branch of human industry, all facts,
laws, regulations, or other information which may, for
good or evil, affect the labour of each country, either
by hinde'ing or facilitating the exo'iange of the results
of that labour for foreign productions."
TELESCOPIC DETECTION OF THIEVES.—The managers
of the Glasgow and Renfrew Railway have been grealy
annoyed by the mysterious disappearance of portions of
merchandise entrusted to their care for conveyance. The
abstraction of a few bottles of the " barley bree " from
the puncheons was of almost diTy occurrence. Every
manceuvre to entrap the mysterious spirit stsalers was
tried in vain, and the manager; Mr. Cougleton, was al-
most on the point of despairing, when, having provided
himself with agood telescope on Saturday of *moon, he
placed himself in such a position in the station-house as
to command a view of a large portion of the line. A
train laden with barrels was on its way to Renfrew, and
when a good way down, Mr. Congleton, through his
glass, observed that the horse was brought up awl tue
truck brought to a standstill ; a bole was soon bored
in the barrels, and about a gallon and a half of whisky
abstracted. Thei train then resumed its progress,
the persons who were in collusion with the driver
proceeded to Paieley:with their b,uty. Before entrring
-the town they were met by the police, who were sent fur
in the interim, and taken into custody. The prisoners
have been committed for trial,—Glaagow Past.
THE BRITISH FOREIGN LIGION.—PoRTSIIOUTII, July
24.—Thirteen huridred men of-the Britise Foreign Legion
have during the week been encamped in a new camp at
Brownclown, about four miss distant from this garrison,
on the Gosport side. The spot is best indicat, d by
describing it as on ,the banks of the Silent Water,
immediately opposite Osborne House, of which a
fine view is to be' ob'ained from the camp ground,
whilst the camp itself must be plainly discernible
from that marine re:Hence of her Majesty. The
camp is entirely one of canvas tents, the only thing
like edifice being the canteen, which is situated
at the extreme end. The teats are the usual ones
supplied to the army, each giving accommodation to Li
limo. The ground is well situated for the health of the
men, being dry and elevatod, so as to be swept by the
sea breeze, whilst the country at its rear is open. An
abundant supply of excellent water has been secured
from wells which have been stink. Some 6,000 men
are intend° I -to be assembled here; other regiments
of the German' Legion being daily expected to arrive.
The camp, it is reported, will be a permanent one, but
whether it will be so for regiments of the German Le
gion or of the British army, is not lyot known. The
senior officer at present is Col. Dickson, commandant of
the Swiss portion of the Br:tish Foreign Legion. The
troops now stationed at Browndown are those who
within the past few days have been reported as having
arrived from the Edt.

THE PHYSICAL ATLAS.

BY •ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON.

A New and Enlarged Edition. Complete in Twelve
"Guinea" Parts. William Blackwood and Sons.
[CONCLUDING NOTICE.]
Dedidated :by permission to Alexander Hum-
boldt—approved by Mary Somerville—commended
, by David Brewster,—The Physical Atlas of Alex-
ander Johnston is, in a manner, independent, we
might conceive, of all merely ordinary admiration.
After such praise, what need of-further eulogium ?
Already the compiler of this remarkable publica-
tion has been addressed thus in its regard by the
Author of " Cosmos" the most venerable and
comprehensive, perhaps, of all living intellects—
" You have rendered a most essential service to the
dissemination of a knowledge of cosmography."
Teat is the authoritative panegyric pronounced
up9u " The Physical Atlas" by the Baron Von
Humboldt 1 It has been observed of this same
splendid production by the Editor of the "Edin-
burgh Encyclopaedia"—the Biographer of Newton,
and himself the greatest of our contemporary Opti-
cians—that "by devoting a single hour to the
contemplation of our globe in the diorama of The
Physical Atlas, the student will witness the gran-
deur 'of the tenement in which he dwells." The
eloquent encomium, this, pronounced upon Mr.
Johnston's -masterpiece y the pen of Sir David
Brewster ! And has not the learned writer of the
text-book of "Physical Geography,"—a lady whom
it would scarcely be extravagant to designate the
Urania of modern philosophy—has not Mrs. Somer-
ville eagerly remarked, in reference to this very
noble repertory of geographical intelligence, that she
" avails herself of an opportunity of expressing her
admiration of the accuracy, extent, and execution
of this Atlas, and. of the valuable information it.
contains, which has afforded .her the greatest as-
sistance." Added to all which, what are the opi-
nions deliberately pronounced upon The Physical
Atlas by the two great rival Quarterlies, once the
arbiters of popular opinion, as they are still to a
great extent the leaders at once of analytic and
synthetic criticism ? "We know of no work of
which the methods are so well fitted for the in-
struction of those who come ignorantly to the sub-
ject," says the old- tory Quarterly. It " embodies
the materials of many volumes, the results of long
years of research ; and exhibits the most valuable
thoughts of the most distinguished men of the age
pictured visibly to the eye," says the • still older
Whig Edinburgh. Even the Lords of the Admir-
alty step in to pronounce an emphatic commenda-
tion upon the work : thus explicitly avowing that
" Their Lordships are fully sensible of the ingenu-
ity and extensive information displayed in this
Atlas." The Government collectively declaring
in regard to it, through the official medium of their
published "Geographical Survey," their sense of the
national importance of the undertaking : speaking
. of the extraordinary compilation before us as "that'
adMirable and beautiful publication." Professor
Jameson has distinctly asserted in so many words
—" The want of such an Atlas, I have for years
regretted during my course of Lectures on Physi-
cal Geography : ' while Professor Pillans enthusi
astically designates it " The greatest boon that has
ever been conferred upon the geographical educa-
tion of the empire." Upon the opposite side of
the Atlantic it has been spoken of by the " New
York Literary World " as a gigantic monu-
ment of the genius of science of the present
day "—the various organs of public criticism
at home, weekly or monthly, morning or
evening, vieing with each other in the vivid re-
cognition of the merits of the production under
notice, merits, by this time, universally acknow-
ledged and more or less fully appreciated by the
students both of science and of literature. It was
only, in trutl.:, last year, that the young and gifted
Duke of Argyll, in the course of the very ornate and
elaborate address delivered by him at Glasgow, in
his capacity as (then) President of the. British
Association, offered thus cordially and explicitly,
his tribute of applause to the labours which have
led to the successful completion of this extraordinary
folio volume. "In connection," said his grace,
" with the diffusion of geographical knowledge,
I cannot omit to mention the magnificent publics
tions of Mr. Keith Johnston of Edinburgh, in his
' Atlas of Physical Geography.' It is seldom that
such a mass of information has been presented in
a form so beautiful and attractive, or one which
'tends so much to place the study on a truly scieu-
tific basis." An opinion, formally pronounced, be
rit remembered, in the presence of the great annual.
!assemblage of the chief among the more important
of the philosophical inquirers of the Age. If the .
old classic adage be true—Pulchrum est accusari ab
accusandis—it is assuredly true with the converse
of it ! It is assuredly an honourable circumstance
to be approved by those who are themselves entitle I
to approbation. Or as the courtly Horace has ex-
pressed it—Principibus placuisse viris non ultima
Taus est. Not the last or the least glory is it, ac-
cruing to the labours of Mr. Keith Johnston in re-
gard to his.geographic and hydrographic master-
piece—this really wonderful Physical Atlas of
Natural Phenomena—that it has extorted the eu-
logium of persons as illustrious and gifted as those
whose names we have here particularized.
The recent completion of a new and en-
larged edition of The Physical Atlas, may be
without exaggeration regarded as an event
marking a new epoch in the development
of human knowledge. It is to the facts of
science what a census is to the aggregate popula-
tion. It is the enrolment, up to the latest hour,
of the details already accumulated and recorded
upon what may be called the Doomsday-Book of
our Mother-Earth.- As indicative of tha extraor-
dinary scope of the undertaking, a few of the cha-
racteristic facts relating to the mere arrangement
of the contents of this noble volume may here be
enumerated. It comprises altogether, no less than
forty-two coloured engravings—seven small ones,
and thirty-five of very large dimensions. It in-
cludes, moreover, one hundred and forty-five folio
pages of letterpress descriptions, as well as an in-
dex, containing upwards of 16,000 separate refer-
ences ? The present edition, therefore, is any-
thing rather than a mere reprint of its predeces-
sor. So far is it from being this, that the author

claims for it, distinctly and justly claims for it, the
merit of considerably extending the domain of
Physical Geography. Doing this by the introduc-
tion of several subjects never hitherto comprised in
that term, comprehensive though it was hereto-
fore. It includes, this new and enlarged edition,
Seven Maps, each Map accompanied by an origi-
nal explanatory Essay—these seven explanatory
Essays extending over as many as twenty-eight
fOlio pages of letterpress. Maps and Essays, illus-
trative of subjects not at alt contemplated in the
original edition of The Physical Atlas of Natural
Phenomena. For example—in one of these "The
Distribution of Marine Life," has been revealed
by Professor Edward Forbes. In another, "The
Geology of Europe," has been displayed before us
by the united aid of Professor Nicol and Sir
Roderick Murchison. Through the third, thanks
to Professor Rogers' of Boston, U.S., we obtain
an insight into "The Geology of the United
States and British North America." Through
the fourth, we are inducted by the same learned
pioneer, through all the marvels involved
in " The Physical Characteristic of the Arctic
Polar Basin." Colonel Sabine, R.A., and V.P.R.S ,
expounding to us (fifthly) the mpteries connected
with " Terrestial Magnetism." Mr. Johnston
himself giving us, in the sixth instance, " The
Moral and Statistical Classification of the Human
Family," and in the seventh and last, among these
varied novelties, " The Geographical Distribution
of Health and Disease." Besides all which—there
have been withdrawn from the work as many as
Six maps, embracing themes illustrating Iso-
thermal Lines, Currents of Air, Botanical Geo-
graphy, and the Mountain Systems of Europe,
Asia, and America : in place of the old maps (with-
drawn) New Maps, "constructed from fresh mate-
rials," being substituted. The explanatory letter-
press connected with, these plates being, as a mat-
ter of course, re-written and extended ; but to-
gether with this, and by no means as a matter of
course, the revised text being interspersed with
six smaller plate-illustrations. The remaining
plates (to the number of twenty-three) retained,
have, nevertheless, while retained,! undergone a
most searching revision—in several instances being
appreciably-altered and enlarged. The residue of the
letterpress, beyond the folio pages already specified
—a residue extending over as many as seventy-
four altogether—being considerably changed " for
the better -" fourteen being actually re-written,
and the rest cnrrected and continued, wherever
either or both alterations appeared to be, in any way,
advisable. Wherefore, the Announcement of the
completion of this new and enlarged edition, adds
to all its other statements, boastfully but quite
literally—" There are thus ticenty plate-illustra-
tions,. and sixtyloir pages of let terpress, in this
which did not, appear in the First Edition"—a
carefully compiled Index (including, as we have
already observed, upwards of 16,000 references)
perfecting, so to speak, at least as far as any work
so vast and comprehensive could have. been per-
fected, The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena.
A publicatiottefiecting the highest honour not only
upon Mr. lieityi Johnston as the Author and Editor
of the production, as well as upon the Messrs.
Blackwood and '.Sons as the munificent
and enterprising' Publishers, from whose esta-
blishment it has immediately emanated—but
upon the ,'splendid array of men of very rare talents
martialled by Publishers and Author in the pro-
gress of this remarkablEi undertaking ! Sir David
BreWster and Sir Roderick MurChison ; Professor
ECIWar JAWS,' L-3 keakteitt of the Geological O.