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THE QUARTERLIES.

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The Edinburgh Review. No. CCXIII.
The spt cious sophistries for which the political
article of the quarter in this newly published
number of the Edinburgh is remarkable, we have
already endeavoured at once to expose and to de-
nounce* in our leading columns—the tenth and
I last article, we mean, relating to " India, Persia,
and Affghanistail." Further comment upon the
subject as. treated by the great Whig apologists of
Lord Palmerston's Government, as affected by its
policy towards the Courts of Teheran and St.
Petersburg, were, therefore, we cannot but think,
at the present moment altogether superfluous.
Another political treatise of a more truthful and,
therefore, be it added, in more senses than one, of
a more practically useful character, precedes this
illusory argument as to the origin and progress of
the new Oriental war—the war proclaimed against
Persia at Calcutta, on the Ist of November,
1856, by the Governor- General of India,
speaking in the name of his Most Gracious Sove-
reign, and on behalf of her Supreme Government.
This Pentiltimate, or ninth contribution to the nets
number of the Edinburgh, relates in an especial
manner to " Parliamentary Committees and Rail-
way Legislation." In earlier pages of the same
number will be found by those who list, two very
genial and painstaking criticisms, referring the one
to Prescott's " Philip the Second," and the other
to Ferguson's
"Handbook of Architecture." There
are, later on, moreover, a couple of essays exceed-
ingly attractive, each in its peculiar way—the first
relating to " Husband and Wife" considered, in
allusion to their Rights and Liabilities (suggested,
as every one might guess, principally by the
Honourable Mrs. Norton's " Letter to the
Queen"), and, the second, referring to
"Lawyers and Critics," the Critic's English,
the Lawyers Scottish. The last-mentioned con-
tribution, no less obviously elicited, we should con-
jecture, to the generality, by the Memorials of his
Time, written by Henry Cockburn (one of the
Lords of Session), and published posthumously. ;
Here is a pen-and-ink sketch of that popular Scotch-
man, as dashed off by the ready and graphic quill
of the reviewer in the Edinburgh :
Henry Cockburn was rather below the middle heiht,
firm, wiry, and muscular, inured to active exercise of all
kinds, a good swimmer, an accomplished skater, and an
intense lover of the fresh breezes of heaven. His face was
handsome and intellectual; a capacious brow, which his
baldness male still more remarkable, large, lustrous, and
in repose rather melancholy eyes, which, however, when
roused by energy or wit, sparkled like a hawk's, and a well-
formed nose, were the principal characteristics of a very
striking physiognomy. His manner and address were,
among his friends and intimates, singularly winning and
attractive. He was the model of a high-bred Scotch gentle-
man of the last distinctive soh, of which his country possessed.
He spoke with a Doric breadth of accent, such as was used
by the higher classes in Scotland towards the end of the last
century, untinged alike by mare provinciliasm, or vulgar
affectation of the language of the South. In temperament,
while he could assume any mood, and sympathise with all,
and was master alike of the stern and the pathetic, he was
naturally of au easy and careless hilarity. His flow of good
humour was never failing, and neither care nor anxiety,
nor time could quench it. He had high thoughts, noble
ambition, deep reflection on men and things, but they never
weighed heavy enough upon him to repress the elasticity
of a spirit which bore him up through all the vicissitudes
of an active life, and burned as brightly at the age of
threescore and ten, as it did during the period of his vigo-
rous manhood recounted in these volumes.
" He had a word and a good deed for all ; a skating
holiday for the school-boy—a half-hour's gossip, spiced
perhaps with ancient scandal, for the nonogenari Ln—old-
school flirtation for the girls—and exhaustless stores of
unrivalled wit and anecdote for his younger associates, all
as ready, genial, and heart-springing as his daily inter-
course with his contemporaries."
As to the elaborate paper in the Whig Quarterly
upon the two last volumes of " Macaulay's History
of England"—it is less a criticism than a panegyric.
Nor can this, after all, be very greatly won-
dered at. For, say what his most virulent depre-
dators may, there is an immense amount of truth
in such sentences (in regard to this wonderful
literary performance) as the following Its
rhetorical power fills the world with admiration,
and chains the attention by a charm rarely pos-
sessed by history, and which even fiction sel-
dom attains." Or again, when the Edinburgh
Reviewer, speaking of the reception accorded to
the two introductory volumes published now some
seven years ago, observes
Malignant critics sneered. Silly women, and sillier
men chattered about Mr. Macaulay's historical novel, and
the more superficial of the public took for granted that
because the work was brilliant it could not be solid. To
our minds, as said seven years ago, herein truly consisted
the accomplished author's highest praise. His rare combi-
nation of the powers of the imagination and the reasoning
faculty, enables him to sway the judgment while he warms
the fancy. With resources of fact, laid up and made avail-
able by a marvellous memory, he paints the most dry and
uninviting details with a pencil dipped in the brightest
colours. This union of qualities, so seldom found united in
the service of history, produced a result of its kind entirely
without a parallel."

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John Wilson Croker, of the Quarterly—the Mr.
Rigby of Disraeli's " Coningsby"--nthe didicatee Of
Southey's "Life of Nelson"—the editor and anno-
tator'
of Boswell's " Life of Johnson." In which
last-mentioned capacity, don't we all of us very 1
well remember how once upon a time he was taken
in hand b. y Mr. Macaulay in the Edinburgh, and
flayed alive from head to heel, and then soused in a
sort of a diabolical literary cauldron of green
vitriol? Afterwards, too, longyears aft erwards,don't
we all of us remember equally well hays he avenged
himself ? The Edinburgh Review intimates that
he did so in a manner that was "malignant." At
any rate he did so in a way that must have won
him a place in Dr. Johnson's liking, if that un-
wieldy humorist was really and literally in earnest
when he said he " loved a good hater !•,, As an
antidote to the poison of the malignant critics of
the Quarterly—here, in these cordial comments of
the Edinburgh, are unctuous droppings of the honey
of encomium ! Encomium seems but a weak word,
however; let us call the article in question—rather
than this—a kind of a grandiose literary apotheosis!
Here is the Reviewer's congenial reference to the
Demi:God of Mr. Macaulay's idolatry—

WILLIAM.
" That the centre of his great picture should be occupied
by one prominent figure, to which all others are accessory,
might not only be anticipated from the historian's enthusi-
taosrtyic. tewmpeecraomhseidnet,r bhuist
pwoarstraeistseonftiwraliltloiamthneotrluestsh
coofrrheicst-
than able ; doing him the justice which had been too much
denied him, and depicting his failings or his virtues with
a true and discriminating hand. Never had a man a more
difficult position to fill. That he held it at all, and handed
down his crown in a succession never broken to this day,
would of itself have been sufficient to have earned the
grateful remembrance of his adopted country, and to have
concealed from view failings or defects far greater than
any which can be laid to his charge. But he did much
more than this. He
was,
attienlass which
the truestich a hero,resefnasveOuarites o f
although not perhapsromance-writers. His temperament was frigid, and was
congealed into still -harder ice by his ignorance of the
language of the country he undertook to govern. There
was nothing in his person, or his demeanour, or his course
of action, to excite enthusiasm. And above all, he came,
lived among us, and died, a stranger; a willing exile from
a land for which he hourly pined, toiling for a nation
which was hard to satisfy ; his busy earnest spirit fretting
his hardworn body to decay. But he was a hero, notwith-
standing,—a man with a commission the most difficult
and hazardous, which he performed nearly single-handed,
with few to help but disguised enemies and half-hearted
friends. To his success this country
,owes her safety in a
time of the greatest peril, and Europe a large proportion
of its advance in social and political improvement."
In addition to the articles already enumerated,
there will be found in
o the new number of. the
.
Edinburgh, a treatise n " Human Longevity,"
an argument on " Convocation," and a political
essay of a very alluring kind on the theme of
"French Society under the Directory."

* Vide The Sun of Monday, the 19th of January, 1857.

MEXICAN BONDLIOLDERS.

Subjoined is a communicaticn received by the
Mexican Bondholders Committee on Saturday) per
steamer Atrato

" The committee have received advices from Mr.
Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 2d ultimo, and referring
to some of the 19th December last, which have not yet
come to hand. Mr. Lerdo had resigned the Ministry of
Finance, which had created an extraordinary sensation.
The leading papers of the capital treated his retirement
as the greatest of all calamities, and it was hoped, in
consequence of the manifestation of universal feeling in
public, that the President might still succeed in averting
Mr. Lerdo's retirement from office. Politics still con-
tinue somewhat unsettled. There bad been a pronuncia•
'unto at San Luis ; and in the south General Alvarez's
conduct had been so doubtful as to cause serious appre-
hensions.

" The packet brings 25,000 dollars from Mr. White-
head, but no other remittances, for dividend fund."

CANTERBURY BALL.

The great English tenor singer, Mr. Sims Reeves, has
recently had the offer of a month's engagement from
the enterprising proprietor of this popular place of
amusement. The terms proposed were twelve hundred
pounds for the period stated, the sum to be paid into the
hands of any banker who might have been appointed by
Mr. Reeves. He has, however, for the present declined
the liberal proposition of Mr. Morton, but we understand
he will accept tide proposal within a twelvemonth. An
Irish comic singer of the name of Collins is creating quite
an excitement there at present, and gains for himself
immense applause. Great preparations arc making for
the annual full dress ball, which takes place on Wednes•
day, February 18.

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT TAYLER.—Lietitenant George
R. Tayler (1815) died on the 28th ult., at 35, Canning-
street, Liverpool, in the 62d year of his age. He entered
the navy in March, 1805, as a volunteer on board the
Uranie frigate, Captain Hon. Charles Herbert.

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—lt would be difficult hot to recog-
nise at once, in the very remarkable critical and
biographical paper closing this February number of
Blackwood; the master hand of one of the most
gifted among the many gifted writers constituting
the corps of Maga—let us say the Staff of Ebony !
—the Knights of the round-table of King Christo-
pher! It is an article eloquently delineative of the
genius and of the career of the Right Honour-
able Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Baron St.
Leonards, twice Lord Chanc,dler of Ireland, once
holder of the Great Seals as Lard High Chan-
cellor of England, and incomparably and beyond
all manner of question the greatest lawyer
of his generation. It is an article penned,
moreover, unmistakeably, as we have intimated
by one whose hand is by this tirue, W 3
take it, altogether unmistakeable—by the hand,
we mean of no less eminent a contributor to
Blackwood, (or we are very much mistaken) than
Mr. Warren, the learned Recorder of Hull, the
accomplished author of " Ten Thousand a-Year,"
one of her Majesty's Counsel, M.P. for Milhurst,
and.(last but not least among his titles) the labo-
rious and lucid editor and annotator of Black-
stone's Commentators. To this attractive memo-
rial of " Lord St. Leonards" we would here very
earnestly direct the attention of those who care
to note the inc dents of a life as remarkable in its
way as that of almost any man now a life
which is here strikingly and pathaticallydesignated
one of "splendid slavery"—the life of a profound
scholar, of a wise and upright judge, of a bold yet
cautious Reformer of the Laws lie himself has so
often and so sagaciously administered. flow
laborious this life has been, let the following
astounding record of its toils demonstrate—" He
has often been known" says Blackwood, speaking
of Sugden, when he was in full practice at the
bar :

He has often been known to return to his house, then
in Guildford-street, Russell-square, from the House of
Commoes, at three o'clock in the morning, having been
engaged incessantly in court all the previous day till he
went to the house ; and at six o'clock his servant would
bring candles to his bedside, When he would sit up to
read his briefs.. At a quarter to nine o'c!ock he would
he seen at Westminster, holding five or six consultations
before ten o'clock, when the Lord Chancellor's and
Vice-Chancellor's courts opened ; then be was retained
probably in every case in either court, which he would
be addressing incessantly. At the rising of the court, a
little after four, he would betake himself-I) the House of
Commons, and remain there often till two' o'clock in the
morning, or later, reading his briefs in a room at the
coffee-house at Bellamy's of that day, daring the inter-
vals of his attending the debates, switching a hasty dinner
at any moment that served. One, he returned home at
half-past six o'clock in the morning, and went to bed till
eight o'clock, when he rose to prepare for such another
day as the one before! How mortal fish and blood—
how any mortal brain, could steed such tear and wear as
this, seems a mystery ; butt he was blessed with a fine
constitution, and was of temperate and abstemious
habits.
It should be especially remarked, in regard to this
brilliant paper upon Lord St. Leonards, that it
opens thus impressively
We believe that England never before saw, living at
once, three such remarkable su',jectq for the portraiture
of some future Lord Campbell, as the three ex-Chancel-
lors now adorning the House of Lords—Lords Lyed-
hurst, Brougham, and St. Leonards,—Lord. Campbell
himself being a di-tingutshed member of that house, for
a brief space Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and now the
learned and upright Lord Chief Justice of England. At
some future time we may ourselves attempt sketches of
Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, and Campbell ; but our
present concern is with that one of the aforesaid three
ex-Chancellors whose name stands at the head of this
article. Without attributing to him the attractive and
dazzlingcharacteristice of Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham
as orators and statesmen—the latter, to.), a prodigy of
versatility, and power—we shall, by a plain narrative of
facto, establish the pretensions of Lord St. Leonards to
be regarded as -a great lawyer, whose name will be
ranked with those of Lord Hard wicke and Lord Eldon ;
while, in several respects, his career is more remarkable
and more instructive than that,of either.
Gladly shall we hail the fulfilment of the promise
here given, the promise of companion sketches of
Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, and Cawpbell—
though how possibly anything like simple justice
can be done within the compass of a single sketch
to a marvel like Brougham, altogether (we must
confess it at once) passes our comprehension I Be-
fore turning our attention from this really masterly
essay upon Lord St. Leonards, we would especially
direct the notice of our modern race of law writers
to the pithy and sarcastic advice with which the
author of the paper follows up his ingenious com-
mentaries upon those two profound and authorita-
tive treatises, which will serve to perpetuate the
fame of Lord St. Loonards--" Sugden on Powers,"
and " Sugden on Vendors and Purchasers."
Let a young gentleman, who has just donned his wig
and gown, study to imitate the example of this great
living sage ; and if he must turn author at a period when
he is really only commencing at learner, let him well con-
sider the nature of the work which he proposes to offer
to a learned profession. Let it not con-dat of hasty and
flimsy comments on newly-enacted statutes, or on heads
of law already bristling with text-books ; but let a real
want be looked for, and then let due time and considera-
tion be devoted to supplyingdt. Thus it was that Ed-
ward Burtenshaw Sugden planted the acorn which he has
lived to ads flourishing in full vigour at the oak.
The first of the newly-pencilled " Scenes of Clerical
Life" has happily brought to a conclusion the
record of " The Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Bar-
ton." The ninth instalment of " The Athelinge
carries the reader to the very verge, as it would
seem, of an alaircissement, to the very brink
of ' the denouement. The evil genii's of the
story, to wit, Lord Winterbourne, awaiting in
the last sentence half consciously the
bursting of some strange "thunderclap," the
rolling down of some sudden and nameless " ava-
lanche." Implying in all this, of course, the
exposure consequent upon the discoveries, in search
of which Charley, the Big Boy, has gone to Italy,
armed with a couple of ten-pound notes, a gram-
mar, and a dictionary ! Among the remaining
contributions there are observable two political
articles--each sufficiently well timed. One—re-
lating to foreign politics—about " The War in
Asia." The other—relating to home politics—
about the "Ticket-of-Leave." Anything, by the
way, but The Ticket ! The last-mentioned paper
appearing in the form of a letter to Irenaeus, from
his indefatigable correspondent Tlepolemus. Added
to all which Blackwood gives us, within the com-
pass of this number for February, certain jottings
by the way from " Pera to Bucharest," and No. I
of " Letters from a Lighthouse."

Dublin University.—"The Fortunes of Glencore"
are continued, and the present portion is an exciting
one. The first chapter represents the subtleties of
statecraft, in which Sir Horace Upton displays his
usual sagacity and foresight. Afterwards he and
Lord Glencore proceed to Italy, where, by an un-
fortunate coincidence, they came to the same spot
where Billy Traynor and the youth were resting.
The story leaves off at a critical juncture. "The
Doctor of Philosophy" is concluded in this number.
It is a well-written narrative, and describes in a
natural manner the peculiar temperament of the
recluse. Gertrude, his long-lost daughter, is dis-
covered, and her sad story is told by her with a
simplicity which is interesting. " Travelling in
China" is an article which conveys a great deal of
information concerning the strange people of that
country. One peculiarity of the Chinese is the
great importance ;they attach, to the burial of the
dead. " Death is a mere trifle ; .no one troubles
himself much about that ; but the quality of the
coffin, the ceremonial of the funeral, the choice of
a burial-place, all this is matter for serious consi-
deration." It is mentioned that to such an absurd
extent does the feeling prevail that a sick man will
often suggest to his friends that it will be
better not to incur expense in his cure, ,
but save the money for a handsome I
funeral, to obtain which desideratum it is worth
while to lose a short period of life. The first paper
met with is on an important subject, " The Car-
dinal Treaties of Mediaeval and Modern History,"
by Professor Creasy. " The Treaty of Verdun" is
the first of the series. The importance of this is
shown by the remark of Palarave, that the "history
of modern Europe is an exposition of the treaty of
Verdun." It was concluded in August, 843, be-
tween the three brother's sons of Louis le Debon-
naire, and by this means the scheme of their grand-
father, Charlemagne,' to unite his conquests in one
nationality was subverted. It is observed that,
although the treaty gave general satisfaction, the
partition of the Carlovingian empire was mourned
over by some as a calamity to Christendom. It is
recorded as a curious fact that, with one temporary
exception, the attempts of Germany or France to
acquire dominion over the other have been unsuc-
cessful.
There are several poems among the col-
lection in this number, of which two are deserving
of notice—one on " Culloden," written in a spirited
and animated style, and another which has for sub-
ject the " Rainbow in the Cloud." The latter is
divided into two parts—the Cloud, and the Rain-
bow, and the purpose is to show that the gloomiest
prospect should not cause despair, for joy comes
out of grief— _ .

" And when the angry sky grows dark,
And when the storm is loud,
I know God's smile succeeds God's frown—.
The Rainbow in the Cloud."

Frazer.—Mr. J. A. Fronde contributes " Glean-
ings from the Record Office" respecting " The Dis-
solution of the Monasteries." One of these is a
description of the condition of the Abbey of St.
Alban's in the last quarter of the fifteenth century,
drawn by Morton, Henry Vll.'s Minister, Cardi-

nai, Archbishop, Leg Ate of the. Apostolic See, in a
letter addressed by him to the Abbot of St. Alban's
himself. Of all extant accusations against any
one of the Abbeys this is said to be the heaviest,
and to lend assured credibility to the reports which
were presented 50 years later, on the general visi-
tation. By way of offset to this and other docu-
mentary testimony relating to English Abbeys, of
a like nature, we have a record of the sufferings
and utterances of the last Abbot of Woburn, " a
genuine child •of Adam, labouring in a trial too
hard for him." "The Interpreter; a Tale of the
War," is continued, and promises to be the most
successful of the author of "Digby Grand's" efforts.
The reader is introduced to a school, at Everdou,
in "sweet Sornersetshire," where Vere and Da
Rohan have been sent, the most noticeable charac-
ter in which is likely to figure conspicuously in the
story. This is, de fact., the head boy—Ropsley,
who is described as " the main spring, round which
turned the whole of thelittle world at Everd on." His
accomplishments are manifold. His character, pre-
cociously developed, is that of a singularly cool,
calculating, wary, and selfish man, knowing every
one's secrets and keeping his. own. "A visit to
Kars while in the hands of the Russians" will 're-
pay perusal. "Emanuel Sweienborg" is the sub-
ject of au interesting article. His peculiar theo-
logy is given up; and he is held up to admiration
as " the greatest psychological observer that the
world has yet produced." There can be no doubt
the Baron was a man of extraordinary genius, and,
in some respects, far before his age. " The Three
Numbers" is a story of the Monte Christo class, a
tale of wrong and vengeance, recorded as " au in-
stance in which the perpetrators of the most atro-
cious crimes elud9d, the vigilance of the Parisian
police. " A Christmas Week at Glasgow" should
be perused by those who would form a just notion
of that great commercial city and its inhabitants.
The writer concludes by bidding farewell to
"liberal and kind-hearted Glasgow." "Little
Lessons for Little Poets" contains some unimpeach-
able criticism, together with " baser matter."
Some of the advice given to Gerald Massey, true
poet as he is, may be taken with advantage to his
fliture fame. 'Beside the above, we have 'other
contributions of merit, the number concluding with
a powerful vindication of the " War with China."

Bentley's Miscellany.--Dudley Costello proceeds
with his new story of "The Millionnaire ofMincing-
lane," which partakes very much of the character
of his former tales. "A Visit to the Grand
Sheriff of Mekka" follows, and gives a description
of the ancestral and domestic history of the Sheriffs
and their government. The picture is not par-
ticularly attractive, and the traveller who per-
formed the journey for the sake of reconciling him-
self to Europe is likely to have attained his object.
The series of papers which appear under the sin-
gular title of " Mingle-Mangle' by Monkshood,"
give us this month a sketch of the brief and mys-
terious career of Sir Thomas 0 verbury. The Per-
sian War is, of course, the subject of an article
which takes a review of our position, politically
and geographically. "Thanatos Athanatos " is con
tinued, mingling together extracts from prose and
poetry, reasoning and reflections. " The Redcourt
Farm" is the title of the first part of a new story,
specially intended for the lovers of the horrible.
Smuggling and murder are its two principal fea-
tures. A comparison between " The Two Bacons "
follows, which endeavours to defend the •Cnancel-
lor from Pope's accusations, by proving that his
1 brother Anthony was more unscrupulous than ho.
A narrative of a journey to some of the spots ren-
dered memorable by the Russian War has little
novelty to recommend it. A notice of James Bos-
well's letters is little more than a series of extracts
from the work itself. The second name in the
Gallery of Theatrical Portraits is that of the
popular Mrs. Glover.

Colburn's New Monthly.—The New Monthly
presents its usual variety to its readers, without
offering them anything very remarkable for origi-
nality. The story by the author of "Ashley" is
continued wider a different title, according to this
writer's custom. It reads a mournful lesson on the
folly of those who possess comfortable means squan-
dering them in the vain pursuit of wealth. Sir
Nathaniel's series of papers on the notabilities of
every age are proceeded with in their usual style.
St. Charles Borromeo is the subject of the present
number. The "History of the Newspaper Press"
brings it down this month to nearly the close of
the last century. It contains much curious
information, but is somewhat tedious. The
" Swedish Voyage Round the' World," trans-
lated by Mrs. 13ushby, whose researches in
Scandinavian literature are most persevering,
recounts the voyage of the traveller from South
America to the Sandwich Islands, where it leaves
him exploring the neighbourhood of Honolulu.
The story which possesses the unattractive and
apparently comic title of "Information relative to
Mr. Joshua Tubbs, and certain Members of his
Family," is in reality a tale of every day troubles,
with very tragical events. It is not without inte-
rest, but rather of a melancholy character. The
second paper on the "Memoirs of the Due de
Raguse," brings the notice to a conclusion. The
only poem in the number is some simple and
pleasing verses on old age. Cyrus Redding con-
tributes his usual political article, and Florentia a
lively paper on " The Baths of Lucca."

Colburn's United Service.—Lieutenant-Colonel
Macdougall's " Theory of War" meets with the
general approval of his reviewer, who makes a few
extracts from the chapter addressed to young
officers, and the author's incidental remarks on the
siege of Sebastopol. " Gossip about Paddles and
Screws," among much interesting matter, calls
attention to " what may fairly be called a Steam
Gun," invented in 1500, a rude sketch of which
appears in some unpublished manuscripts (in the
library of the Institute of France), left by the
celebrated Italian painter, Leonardo da Vinci.
A copy of the sketch accompanies the paper, and
together with extracts from the MSS. illustrates
the justice of the appellation. A steam gun in
1500 ! " The General's Hut in the Trenches" is
continued. The battle of the Tchernaya is gra-
phically described, and we have an incidental
notice of Colonel flamley's coolness and daring
as au observer in circumstances of imminent peril.
"Sketches of French Admirals,"—the individual
presented is one of the greatest naval heroes France
has produced, to wit, Vice-Admiral Brueys. "The
Austrian Einpire,"—the writer propounds a theory,
according to which we must look for au important
divergence in Saxon and Slavonic revolutionary
development. The admirers of Austria are not
likely to take much exception to it. "Bonaparte 's
March to the Pyramids" is the subject of an into-
restina descriptive sketch. " Shooting in Pied-
mont " appears to be sufficiently good to please the
English sportsman, who will be glad to find in
Victor Emmanuel auardeut and indefatigable bro•
ther of the craft. " Military Adventures in Por-
tugal," though not very stirring, will find readers,
.as also, if in greater abundance, will " Scraps front
St Helena." These include a Son met of
Napoleon's " not generally known." Here it is :
" A mason employed in the construction of the new
house at Longwood had fallen from a height and
hurt himself. The ex-Emperor endeavoured to con-
sole him by saying he hoped it was nothing serious.
" You see," said he, " I have lead a sad fall myself,
nevertheless lamon my legs and doing well." In
an elaborate and instructive article ou " China,"
and in the " Editor's Portfolio," the conduct
of Admiral Seymour is warmly commended.
" The last dreadful resort of bombarding the
city," it is said, "is more the act of Yeh
than of the English Commander." " The con-
duct of the British authorities," remarks
the Editor, " has been (i.e., previous to the fracas),
to the last degree cringing and servile. As far as
regards Canton, our vaunted treaty ,has been per-
mitted to become a dead letter, and we could almost
say our Consul was a party to the act, so placidly
has he connived at its ignorement. We
could blush to repeat the indignities to
which British officials have submitted in
the hope of warding off a collision which
what
merely purpose
threatened
all this
ieevteermy
temporising g turn. And?
to create new difficulties, to increase the arrogance
It has to
served
of the Chinese and finally to precipitate the rup-
ture it sought to avert." We suspect there is some
truth in these remarks. His recommendations as
to what should be done are characterised by vigour
and good sense.

COLLEGE OF
.DENTISTS.—The dentists have found
"a local habitation and a name," the former at No.
Cavendish-squares, (where the Ethnological Society
holds
i
its meetings), the new title being the College of
Dentists of England. All respectable members of the
profession are invited to join before the end of the
Year, after which time the admission will be by ex-
aminatien. Theinaugural address will be delivered
by Mr. Robinson, on the 14th of February ; and a
dinner was lately eaten by the friends of the Col-
lege, as a social, and withal most appropriate, way
of celebrating its establishment. Amongst the toasts
proposed was " The Medical Press."
It was very
cordially received, and neatly acknowledged by two
gentlemen closely connected with periodical literature.
But, in a curious reckauO'e of London news, pub-
lished by the Dublin, Medical Press under the title of
"Gossip," it is asserted that a person also responded
to this toast, who apologetically stated that "he had
done only a little in journalism ; he might have done
more if he were dishonest." We trust our contem-
porary will delicately hint to its eorrespondent that
even gossip cannot be acceptable to members of the
profession when it mistakes
personality for satire, and
impertinence for wit.—Lancet.