The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

CONGRESS.

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Done.

(Before Mr. i C!ommissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE ;EDWARD HEWITT.
This bankrupt was d ascribed as of Chatham, corn dealer,
and this was a meeting, for the last examination,
Mr. Lawrance appear ad for the bankrupt, and asked for
an adjournment, as the bankrupt had been in prison, and
Messrs. Hart Brothers had not had time to complete the
balance-sheet.
Mr. Plews oppoied for the usignees unless bankrupt
paid the costs.
Mr. Lawrance object .ed to this. Assignees had even
taken the excepted artic 1./es to which bankrupt was entitled
His Honour granted the adjournment.
IN ► RE PELLET.
This bankrupt was ( lescribed as of Woolwich, carrier,
and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. No ac-
counts were put in but r srgsignees were chosen.
Mr. Buchanan appear E d for the petitioning creditor, and
was appointed by the as i gnees.

IN RE DAVIES.
This bankrupt was dors Tibed as of Badlock, Herts, baker,
and eame up and pass e d his examination on accounts
prepare4`by Messrs. Hai t Brothers, showing debts £1,629,
and there wiiS,a deficiency in July, 1857, of £1,092. The
debts were inconifderable%

POLICE INTELL EG.E'NCE:-(THIS DAY.

MARLBO-1 ‘OIIGH. STREET.
WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF AN EinmovEu.—William
Pullen, shopman in the e; riploy of Mr. Thomas Simpson
Duff, oil and colourman; of 51, Brewer-street, Golden-
square, was charged with it obbing his employer as follows
The prosecutor was his thopman, and from suspicions ho
had he communicafed with .. the police. On Saturday he
left the shop with a truck containing goods to deliver to
customers. The three box. )s, 2111). of candle-s, and 61bs. of
soap produced, were his p roperty, and he believed three-
- quarters of a Aundredweig tit of soda produced was also his
property. Prisoner had a shop in Crown-street.
Charles Cole 317 A, a vo ry active detective, said he saw
the prisoner leave his mast k is shop with a truck, and after
delivering goods at several places he went into Crown-street,
and stopped opposite the s hop 22, and took from it a box
covered with a sack, which he took in and placed on the
counter. He went in and sisked what he had in the sack,
and he made no reply. B:0 (Cole) then undid the sack,
and found in it the box cc altaining the candles produced,
and on asking him where he brought them from he hesi-
tated, and then said from Mr. Duff's, in Brewer-street. 'He
then told him he was an oft icer, and that ho must consider
himself in his custody for sizaaling them. He (Cole) then
asked if he had got any so( la in the place, and on looking
under the counter he found the soda produced. He then
asked if he had any candles, and he said only those hang-
ing up, but on looking-unde-r the counter in a box he found
some more, and also some in the parlour, which he said
were his master's. In the truck there were two bars of
soap, which he said were also his employer's.
The prosecutor said he hai I reason to believe the prisoner
had carried on the practice fc r some time, and to a consider.
able amount.
Remanded.

THAMES.
UTTERING BASE COIN. George Hadaway, a man
about 25 years of age, in appearance a labourer, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with uttering a coun-
terfeit florin and a counterfeit shilling at the shop of Mr.
Harvey, butcher, Upton-terrace, Commercial-road-east.
Mary Ann Harvey said the prisoner came into her hus-
band's shop on Saturday night and bought a piece of meat,
the price of which was 2s. 10d., and he put down a florin,
a sixpence, and 4d. in coppers. While she was counting
the money, which, if it had been good, was ls. over the
price of the meat, the prisoner walked out of the shop.
She called out to him the florin was bad, and ordered him
to put down the Ipeat. He then pretended to be tipsy, and
she gave him into custody. On Saturday fortnight the
prisoner tendered her a bad shilling in payment for some
meat, and left the shop while she was looking at it.
The prisoner—It is all false. I gave her no bad money
whatever.

Mr. Yardley asked the proseeutrix if she was sure the
prisoner was the man who gave her the spurious shilling
on Saturday fortnight.
Mrs. Harvey—I am, sir.
A police-constable said the prisoner gave his address No
8, Pennington-street, Ratclitf-highway. The lowest num-
ber in that street was 80, and the prisoner did not live
there.

Inspector Allison-4 believe the prisoner is an old
offender. A woman from a nutorious brothel in John's-
place, Baker-stroot, Stepney, ,brought him food to the
station-house yesterday.
Mi-. Yardley. remanded the • prisoner, and directed tho
police to giie information of his apprehension to the Mint
Solicitor.

A JUVENILE THIEF.--John Robins, a dirty•looking
boy about fourteen years of age was brought be ore Mr.
Yardley charged with stealing a roll of silk value 10s.
from the shop of Mr. J. Salmon, silk mercer and draper, of.
No. 39, Cannon-street-road.

Anna Maria Allberry, shopwoman to the prosecutor,
stated that on Saturday evening she saw the prisoner in
her master's shop. There was another boy outside who
was looking at her through the window. She suspected
the prisoner and watched him, and saw him take a roll of
silk from the window and then run away with it. She
followed him and seized him next door,to the shop, and
he then dropped the silk.
Evidence was given that the prisoner had been in cus-
tody before and sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
He now pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour.

Our readers may recollect that a few weeks ago
M. Pouchet presented a paper to the Academy of
Sciences, in which he described two cases of spon-
taneous generation of plants and insects, and that
subsequently Mr. Milne Edwards, M. de Quatre-
fages, and other eminent members of the Academy
repudiated his doctrine with the greatest warmth,
M. de Quatrefages espeeially contending that the
air swarmed with the minutest germs and monads
of every description, and thas all those who were
familiar with the microscope must have observed
" numerous small spherical or ovoid bodies, forcibly
impressing us with the idea that they are very
minute eggs." We gave M. Pouchet's reply to all these contradictions, which reply has been again!
alternately refuted and supported until the ques-
tion has assumed a degree of importance which it
had not before. With a view to show that the
atmosphere is by no means the inexhaustible re-
ceptacle of eggs of animaculee, or imperceptible
seeds, which his opponents think it to be, M. Pou-
chet has now sent in another paper to the Academy,
in which he describes a series of observations made
by him on the dust collected in different places,
such as the laboratory of the Museum of National
History at Rouen, the interior of the Abbey of
Fecamp, the relics of Thebes, the tomb of Rameses
11., the sepulchral chamber of the Great Pyramid,
the Temple of Venus Athor at Philoe, &c. He
enumerated among the remains of the animal king-
dom found by him in dust a vast quantity of in-
finitely small insects, silicious infusoria, fragments
of butterflies' wings, spiders' webs, &c., and only
two infusorial eggs, commonly called kysts or cysts
by naturalists. As belonging to the vegetable
kingdom, he mentions fragments of cellular tissue,
ligneous fibres, the down of various leaves, grains
of .pollen of malvaceous plants, and some spores
of cryptogamous plants, but very few. What
he has invariably found everywhere in
large quantities is fecula, either of wheat,
rye, or potatoes; hence he concludes that
a considerable proportion of fecula is mixed up with
the particles floating in the air. This fecula,
both chemically and physically tested, becomes blue
under the influence of iodine, and polarizes light
just as common fecula does; and, as its particles
have exactly the same form described by M. de
Quatrefages, M. Pouchet does not hesitate to accuse
that eminent naturalist of having taken them for
eggs of microzoaria. After this smart hit M.
Pouchet proceeds to describe certain further experi-
ments in support of his Opinion that spontaneous
generation does exist, and that is idle to attribute
the creatures obtained by him in his former experi
ments to spores or kysts floating in the air. Three
grammes of dust at least a century old were heated
for five quarters of an hour to a temperature of 215
deg. centigrade (119 deg. Fahrenheit), under an
oil-bath ;it was then put into 30 grammes of
artificial water (which, therefore, being chemical!
produced, could contain no egg or spore whatever,
under a glass receiver. After a lapse of five days,
at a mean temperature of 02 deg. Fahrenheit, the
receiver was encumbered with holpodes and other
large infusoria. The same thing occurred with the
dust which had not been previously heated • hence
M. Pouchet concludes that what had been taken for
a mass of eggs deposited by the atmosphere was
nothing of the kind, for had it really been such the
dust which had been heated could have produced
nothing, seeing that at so high a temperature all
the eggs would have been destroyed ; therefore, as
animaculce had been produced notwithstanding,
they could not have proceeded from eggs, but must
have been generated spontaneously. Another ex-
periment is this :—Let 100 litres of air he made to
pass through a bulb tube containing two cubic
centimetres of distilled water. After the lapse of
a week no animacuhe or eggs will be discovered,
although, had there been any in the air, they could
not have escaped. If, on the contrary, five grammes
of a fermentable substance be placed under a
receiver in a cubic decimetre of distilled water, there
will appear at the end of eight days innumerable
an imaculw on the surface of the water.—Gatignani's
Messenger.

ANOTHER SACRILEGIOUS OUTRAGE IN MARYLE•
BONE.—Only a few weeks since, a disgraceful outrage
was perpetrated by an unknown hand in All Souls'
Church, Langham -place, the object of the sacrilegious
outrage on that occasion being a beautiful painting
forming the altar-piece, by Westall, R.A. which was so
mutilated as to be almost entirely destroyed; and we have
now to chronicle another piece of brutal Vandalism of the
same character, but, if anything, of a more daring and
atrocious nature, which was on Friday discovered to have
been perpetrated at the rectory church of the parish. It
would seem that, as in the previous outrage, service was per-
formed in the church on Thursday evening, and after the
service was over, and the congregation departed, the verger
went round the sacred building, and then finding
everything
in apparent order, left the building, carefully locking the
outer doors and gates as he retired. However, upon enter-
ing the church yesterday morning a very altered state of
things presented themselves. A beautiful painting by Ben-
jamin West, R.A., representing the Nativity, which that
artist painted in 1818, and subsequently presented to the
congregation in commemoration of his having commenced
his career in that parish, and resided there 40 years (all this
being set forth on the picture), had been almost entirely
obliterated by means of some sharp instrument, the heads
of the figures being in fact entirely erased. There were ap-
pearances of attempts having been made to cut the picture
and tear it into pieces, as in the outrage at All Souls'
Church, but this had failed through the painting being
executed on wood, and so the process of complete oblitera-
tion of the figures was resorted to. Across the painting
was scratched, " Learn to worship God and destroy rub-
bish." Besides this, several beautiful mural monuments in
the church had been hacked, and prominent portioni such
as heads, &C., were broken off, and the vestry -door having
been forced, some church service books had been likewise
damaged, The vestry-window was open, and from foot-
prints on the sill it was evident the folio* escaped in that
way, after carrying out his outrage.

Under date of the 22d of March, the same day
upon which the Paris Moniteur announced the pro-
posal of a Congress by Russia, Count Carour ad-
dressed a circular despatch to the Piedmontese diplo-
matice agents atforeign courts. Itis a protest against
the exclusion of Piedmont from the Congress.
The following is an analysis of the despatch, which
we take from the Courrier dia Dimanche :
" Count Cavour commences by saying that he has
just received by telegraph the announcement in the
Paris Moniteur that Russia proposes a Congress to
settle the differences:relative to Italy, and that
France accepts the proposal.
" Count Cavour then expresses the painful sur-
prise experienced by Piedmont that she should be
excluded from the Congress. He protests against
that exclusion, which he describes as unjust, sag.
gesting that having no interest in the Crimean war
Piedmont, nevertheless, took a very active part in
the military operations of the allied Powers, that it
spared no sacrifices either in men or money, and
states that that expedition cost Piedmont from
3,000 to 4,000 men and 50,000,000 francs.
" The Minister for Foreign Affairs is firmly con-
vinced that Piedmont having, moreover, after the
eastern war, been called upon to take part in the
labours of the Cong;fess opened at Paris to conclude
the treaty of peace, and more recently to join the
Conferences which regulated the situation of the
Danubian Principalities—arrangements in which it
had no interest—is fully entitled to have a voice in
the deliberations of the five great European Powers
when its own existence is at stake.
"Count Cavour cannot understand the argument
that if Piedmont is admitted to the Congress all the
other Italian States should be admitted likewise.
In addition to the above-cited considerations *hich
entitle it to a distinct privilege from its neighbours
Piedmont appeals to the peculiar circumstances
which have preceded the proposal of a Congress.
Russia did not spontaneously propose to the five
great European Powers a consideration of the gene.
ral state of affairs of the Italian Peninsula, with a
view to improve the condition of the inhabitants.
The point of the question is to be found in the com-
plaints of Piedmont respecting the position Austria
has assumed towards it, and the counter-complaints
Austria has brought forward in reply. The Con-
gress, therefore, has to decide between Austria and
Piedmont ; and is Austria to be allowed a voice in
the Congress, while Piedmont is to be excluded ?
" Count Cavour then draws a distinction between
the position Piedmont would hold at the Congress,
compared with the other Italian States. The Go-
vernment of King Victor Emmanuel has always
shown great solicitude for the sufferings of Italians
not subjects of Pielmont ; the other Governments,
on the contrary, all allies of Austria, act in concert
with her, pay no heed to these sufferings, and have
constantly. opposed all reforms ; their representa-
tives would consequentlyattend the Congress simply
to support AuStria and thwart the views of Europe.
It would be far different if the people subjected to
the domination of that Government were allowed
to send delegates to the Congress to explain the
grievances which weigh upon them, and under which
they chafe.
" Count Cavour concludes by recapitulating the
dangers that will arise from the maintenance of the
status quo in Italy, declaring that if the great Euro.
pean Powers let slip the opportunity for improving
the condition of Italy and pacifying it the responsi-
bilityof ulterior events will fall upon them entirely,
Piedmont declining the slightest part in it."
SPONTANEOUS GENERTAION

Dublin.—The first article is called "The Season
Ticket." It is a humorous sketch of some conver-
sation that passed between some travellers at Cork,
in which the principal spokesmen were two Yankees.
There are some :smart sayings and curious
remarks uttered by the Americans, and altogether
the paper is worth perusing. "Gerald Fitz Gerald"
is continued, the chief event that occurs in this
instalment being the artful contrivance by which
Massoni imprisons the Egyptian sorceress. The
plots and manoeuvres of this story are very skil-
fully arranged. Up to the present moment, how-
ever, Gerald himself does not display sufficient
spirit to awaken interest in his fate. " The House-
keeping of Irish Chiefs" is a brief sketch of the
condition of Irish households in old days. It pos-
sesses much curious information on the subject,
and thus will be acceptable to those who desire
antiquarian researches. " The Bride of Glen Arva"
is a most melancholy tale, which is written in a
very effective manner, and displays skill in depict-
ing jealousy, and detailing the disastrous conse-
quences that ensue from it. There is a very
interesting account given of " Kaiserswerth." This
excellent institution is an honour to the land in
which it exists, and other countries would do well
to follow the example that is afforded them by the
village of the Rhine. It was founded thirty years
ago by the Pastor, Fliedner. It is called the
Deaconess Institution, and females are trained in
every branch of labour that may be useful and
beneficial to others. No one is allowed to enter
if tE ere are any home claims on her attention. The
novice goes from one department to another. " She
spends a short time in the orphan-house, the train-
ing schools, the hospitals, and the asylum. Thus
she learns the duties of each department." It is
altogether a most interesting sketch of a noble
undertaking, which, it is said here, " now shakes its
blossoms over many lands." " New Novels" form
the subjects of some remarks, which are, on the
whole, fairly written, and convey a good impression
of the literary progress of the last few months.
There is a sensible article on "Anglo-Saxon Coloni-
sation," which well deserves attention. It is
observed that "Colonisation by the Anglo-Saxon
race is the great fact of our age. More than any
,other fact it influences the destinies of man, and
prospectively it directly affects multitudes, even as
vast as the millions of the Chinese Empire, in their
happiness and in their habits, and moulds the type
of their institutions and of their civilisation."
"Resources of Modern Warfare" presents us with
an account of the Armstrong gun, which will no
doubt be acceptable to many. It is observed that
"the rifled ordnance of Sir William Armstrong has
acquired for itself a fame greater, perhaps, than
ever fell to the lot of any great gun in times gone
by." • " The Birthday of Burns," awarded the third
place by the judges of the Burns prize poem,is here
met with, and contains some thoughtful lines. The
following verses are among the most.expressive :
Once more comes answer, 0 my brothers !---" Yonder
Safe from the reach of sin, •
Where wayward genius never more may wander,
The kings of earth come in.
"Not only monarchs—God-encrown'd creators,
The deep of heart and strong ;
The poets, and the thinkers, royal natures,
The kings of thought, and song.
• *
" ()Mimes when earth last saw them, they were bleeding,
Thorn-crown d, and sore-perplex'd ;
They shall be changed, and beautiful exceeding
When she shall see them next.
" Changed—for ere death some miracle of healing
Touch'd the heart's wither'd leaf;
And beautiful—with that divine annealing
Which purifies through grief.
.4 A grief which brings them to some great affliction
Laid on God's altar-shrine ;
Some drops of blood that fall in benediction,
Some touch of tears divine.
There where the loftiest songs are the most vestal,
Where truest, is most fair,
Where Poesy upon the sea of crystal
Yearneth, but grieveth ne'er.
' The poet finds the best of his creations
Well-known, and gone before,
Familiar to the emancipated nations
Upon the golden floor."

Fraser's.—This Magazine introduces us to the
first instalment of a new tale by the author of
" Guy Livingstone." It is entitled " Sword and
Gown," and promises 4) be animated and attrac-
tive. The group of characters, already sketched on
the canvas, give evidence of the author's power, and
are distinctly marked in their separate indivi-
dualities. The hero would appear to be a reserved
and cynical soldier, who is introduced to us, sojourn*
ing in the south of France with a friend and his
wife. This friend, also a soldier, is an easy-
tempered, thoughtless idler, who, to escape the
threatenings of consumption, has been seeking a
mild climate. The pretty Fanny is less decidedly
drawn, but we are introduced to the antecedents of
a most imposing young lady, who is, we presume, to
be the chief character. We are also made acquainted
with a French officer, who has served in the
Algerian war, now a helpless and hope less cripple,
whose only solace is the gaming table. These
varied characters and their surroundings will, no
'doubt; furnish the materials for an entertaining
romance. The social philosopher, who gives us
his opinions and experiences of men and things,

Blackwood.—The new story, which is called
" The Luck of Ladysmede," is continued in this
number. It is well written, but rather heavy in
its style. Some new characters appear on the scene
in the closing chapter, who promise to be rather
more interesting companions than the mysterious
Giacomo, or the fierce Sir Godfrey, The Crusader
knight is well sketched, and the next instalment
will most probably introduce us .- to something
striking in the story. "A IVinter Journey "is
rather a long account of foreign travels, which are
most amusingly related, and which contain consi-
derable variety of detail, anecdote, and adventure.
In the simplest style of travelling there will always
appear plenty to amuse, and instruct those who
are willing to improve their opportunities, and
enjoy their advantages ; and this epitome of
French and Italian wanderings will be .found to possess many features of interest. A striking in-
stance of the dissatisfactionso frequently evinced
in the most unreasonable form, is preSented in the
accounts of their sojourn at Nice, where they found
delicious May weather in January, but where some
over particular individuals were grumbling at the
temperature. "If," exclaims the writer, " I could
only have taken a phial out of my pocket, and pro-
duced for their benefit an hour of that day on which
we left London 1" . Some space is devoted to the
consideration of the " New Reform Bill,"
and a general review of parties and principles. As
may be supposed Mr. Bright is not regarded with
much favour. It is said that "he delivered sundry
speeches of so wild and inflammatory a tendency,
and conceived in so intolerant a spirit, that even
Radicals uttered a 'rebuke.' Further on, it is
remarked that his agitation proved a failure: "Mr.
Bright drew large audiences, just as Mr. Spurgeon
or any other celebrated orator would have done.
People went, and satisfied their curiosity, but they did not carry away with them the doctrine, they
were no more converted to the opinions of Mr.
Bright than are the audiences of Mr. Spurgeon
disposed to genuine repentance." The writer then
proceeds to a brief analysis of the Ministerial mea-.
sure which he does not entirely approve of, but he
deprecates the suggestion of the Government resign-
ing in the event of the factious resolution being,
carried, which citieition was not decided when
this article was written—
" We certainly do not wish, nor do we deem it expedient
that this measure should be tided over for another session
—it is of the utmost importance that it should form part of
this year's legislation ; but we deprecate hasty resolutions,
and we think that, after the expiry of this debate, whatever
be its issue, there should be a breathing-time allowed for
candid consideration of all that has been said in behalf of
or against the Ministerial measure. That is obviously the
wisest course in the present European crisis. The demand
for reform is not so urgent as to require us to make
Ministerial difficulties at the moment when an adverse vote
of the }louse of Commons, and the displacement of a Mi-
nistry, may be the immediate signal for a general war.
Every one must remember what was the result of the re-
signation of Lord Derby's Ministry, and the accession of
Lord Aberdeen to power in 1852. The Czar Nicholas then
thought he had found his coveted opportunity, could count
upon the British Premier as an ally, or at all events a non-
interfering remonstrant ; and so we were precipitated into a
war which cost us so many valuable lives. We would
entreat the Ministry, rather than the Opposition, to think
of this; for what we fear is, that their high sense qf
honour may cause them, in the event of a defeat
before
the second reading of the bill, .to -tender their resig-
nation, which we should regard as a great, nay, a fearful
national calamity at the present important crisis."
There is a paper on the brilliant and successful
work of "Adam Bede," which has recently ap-
peared. Those who have already been edified by its
talent, and charmed with its lofty purpose, will not
Consider the praises here bestowed on its pages as
exaggerated. There is great truth in what is said
of its genuine tone and extended views. There is
nothing party or sectarian in its spirit or sentiments.
It is observed that the author of " Adam Bede" is
not one of those who (in the eloquent words of a
late preacher) " have restricted God's love and nar-
rowed the path to Heaven." " A Cruise in Japanese
Waters" is not yet concluded, and it may be ques-
tioned whether it might not have been more attrac-
tive, had the reader sooner been introduced to the
important points of the narrative. However, it is
very well described to us, and presents hmusing
sketches of the principal places which are passed,
and the style of the people, &c. There are some
other articles of interest met with,. as " The Turks
in Kalafat," " Christianity in India," and a "Dis-
solving View of Money and the Franchise," which
refers to Mr. Cobden's translation of M. Chevalier's
work.

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Bentley's Miscellany.—A brief resume of the
principal books and pictures which have been in-
troduced to the notice of the public during the
month, is the opening paper in Bentley. . A new
and lively tale• is commenced under the singular
title of " Dashwood's Drag." Monkshood contri-
butes one of his rambling papers, full of anecdote,
quotation, and reference. His essay this time is
on " Old Maids," and he makes attem to.
rescue that comprehensive class froman the riclkticulo.
and contempt which they often so undeservedly
encounter, but which they appear to survive
great equanimity. Walter Thornbu )vitS
ry takes for ti
subject the last witch burning, which took •piace
at a date which might make the boasters b 1 human
progress less clamorous. The menz'oirs of M.
r.'ord J. Russell,
".:1 memoirs. The
Guizot, and the life of Fcx, by
are critised together as politic
recollections of Charles StraP'ge have reached the
third part, and contain tr:lotber mystery. This
time it is not a suspicious disappearance,
but an equally perplexing aprtarance that
troubles him, and the thief is superseded
by a ghost. It is continued in its usual
pleasant and animated style, though the incidents
it chronicles are startling enough. Sir Henry
Sydney's autobiography is continued, and gives its
subject a high character in his government of Ire-
land. Professor Aytoun's translations of the poems
and ballads of Goethe receive cordial praise.
" Magic and Mystery" is the title of a paper which
gives an interesting account of the career of the
famous Robert Houdin, drawn from his own re-
mitisciences. "Up among the Pandies " is the
continuation of a narrative of the writer's experi-
ences among those stormy scenes of Indian warfare
which have become so painfully familiar to crowds
of English readers. The History of Mr. Miranda
is continued by Mr. Dudley Costello.
CA-

.urn's New Monthly.—"ltrexico and the
Mexicans" are the subjects of the first article, which
gives a lengthened account of those wild regions of
Central America, so rich in the gifts of Nature, and
so poor in all the comforts of a civilised existence.
" Pommerov Abbey" is the name of a new story,
by the author of " Ashley," which is written in his
usual animated style. It turns, however, on the
painful point of a rivalry between two brothers,
and, though interesting, promises to be melancholy
in its denouement. " Sir Nathaniel," in his "Notes
on Note-Worthies," discusses the varied accomplish-
ments of the Admirable Crichton. He does not.
give us much fresh intelligence respecting this hero
of romance, but extracts all that has been said of
him and his versatile powers by able and perhaps
envious critics. Mrs. Bushby has commenced the
translation of another story from the Danish, en-
titled "Aunt Francisca." The picture of the kind-
hearted old maid forming a subject of ridicule for
the young people she was trying to benefit, is melan-
choly enough, but it is a much more pleasing story
than the last contribution of Mrs. BushOy,
" Louis XVI. and his Times" is a review of the
recent work of M. Amedee Renee, and treats of the
miserable_ epoch which preceded the French Revo-
lution. " My Friend Pickles" complains this month
of the absence of a charity for sick servants. He is
obliged to keep a girl attacked with typhus fever
in his house, where he has a family of eliildretn,
because he cannot find anywhere to take her to.
He pleads for the immediate establishment of a
home for sick servants among the multifarious
charities of the metropolis. The story of " Hans
Ernst Mitterkamp" is continued, and narrates the
suicide of the unfortunate Margaret. Mr. Mills's
new Work on " Liberty" receives a most cordial
encomium ; and Captain Clayton's " Memoirs of
Charles the Second" are also favourably noticed.
The war pamphlets which have agitated. the Con-
tinent form the subject of an interesting article,
which discusses the state of European politics.
The third number of " Stereoscopic Glimpses," by
W. C. Kent, shows us Cowper at Olney. It is the
best of the series that has yet appeared. 'We quote
the following verses, pathetically describing the
afflicted poet in his garden surrounded by those
favourites which have become so familiar to all his
readers :

Note well that pensive, brooding smile
That shines those lips apart !
It speaks the soul no sins defile,
The mind without one touch of guile,
The chaste but saddened heart.

While yet the leverets, wheeling round
Those slippered feet, fast trace
Upon the green and dewy ground
Faint rings of slow contracting bound,
Tears tremble down that face—

That face all thrilled with nerves of pain I
Those eyes, ah, wild and sad I
Whore gleams of genius strive in vain
To light the chaos of a brain
Inspired—despairing—mad 1

Vague, restless, bright, protruding eyes,
That more than genius fires,
Within whose depth of gloom oft dies
What joy in lovely dreams arise •
From Hope's sublime desires.

Through twelve dread years' oblivion now
Serenest thoughts emerge,
That with fresh charms that life endow
As Spring blooms on a wintry bough,
Or paeans drown a dirge.

Responsive to blind prayers of pain
Long raised through starless night
(The midnight of that tortured brain),
Through storm and darkness heard again—
God saith, " Let there be light !"

And Paradise sweet Earth appears
To poet gaze once more,
And rapture trembles in the tears
That own the God that soul reveres,
The God those dreams adore.

So eve in tremulous glory dies
Yon shadowy foam above,
Celestial calm its hush supplies,
While near his heart Earth's beauty lies
With Heaven's divinest love.

Colburn's United Service.--This magazine is gas
usual devoted to the consideration of questions'
affecting our military and naval services. The
important subject of manning the navy is discussed
at length, and Mr. Lindsay's plan is brought under
review. The writer arrives at the conclusion,
which is generally the result of a careful examina-
tion into our naval systeni—that were some altera-
tions made in the treatment of seamen, there would
be no difficulty in manning the navy. He says, in
concluding his arguments, "Were these necessary
reforms effected, and the navy made inviting by
better pay, more consideration shown towards
petty officers, promotion not a mere trap to catch
the unwary, but a promise likely to be realised,
Premise of promo-
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being condemned to that frig htful infliction the
main difficulties in the way of manning thenavy
at any time would be removed." And, again, he
remarks at the close,
"Let the Admiralty and ship-
owners unite in doing their duty, and the manning
difficulty will cease to be appalling." An
article on Captain Vivian% motion
in
the House of Commons on the organisation of our
military department follows, and discusses the re-
forms which are imperatively demanded by the
rival service. Another paper on the Recruiting of
the Army treats of a kindred subject, and fully
maintains the character of this serial as an able and
consistent reformer. The eview- of the Indian
rebellion is _brought to a conclusion, and several
suggestions made for the imrrovement of the Indian
system of government. Notes on military scienc
carry us back to King Arthur and the Round Table.
There are several papers of a lighter character
furnishing entertainment to the reader, with the
usual quota of naval and military intelligence, and
the summary of events in the editor's portfolio.

EXCISE DUTY ON CHICORY.—A proposition
having been made to the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury
on the subject of placing an excise duty on chicory, in order
to prevent adulteration and increase the use of coffee,
reply has been received, daft d 29th March, stating that
there appear to be "conclusive reasons" against the adop-
tion of the proposition.