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as painful, dangerous, and somewhat discreditable. belief. From Ireland we learn that Mr. TRAIN
Lord STANLEY spy' sls decidedly about the matter, has been released after a long investigation had
and declares th at there is every disposition taken place, and he had given his assurance that.
on the part of ette people of this country to do he did not mean to promote Fenianism in Ireland.
all that can be done for the
_lrish people. This is as well, as he had done nothing to incrimi-
Meanwhile the Material condition of Ireland is nate hiursc:f in this country, and we have
not bad, and the general condition of the pea- nothing to do with the inflated language that ob-
sautry has greatl:,7 improved during the last twenty tains favour across the Atlantic. It may be said, in
years. Nothing i's wanted but " peace and secu- reviewing the affair, that there were quite sufficient
rity" to permit the uncounted millions of British grounds for detaining Mr. TRAIN at first, and ample
capital to pour into that country as it does into reason for setting him free at last. It is to be hoped
Scotland, and to colonies that are the length and that he may profit by this inconvenient episode to
breadth of the globe apart from us. The noble conduct himself with greater circumspection ; but
lord very truly said that there existed a party if he seeks to make political capital out of his visit
whom no concessions could satisfy. They aimed to Ireland, to better his chances for the Presidency,
at the Repeal of the Union, and that could never he will only have himself to thank for any
be. The Fenian movement across the Atlantic also mischief that may happen to him. Sortie
occasioned great evil, but that could not last long. interesting remarks were made by Me. OAW
Without jumping at conclusions and attaching too soN, M.P., on the subject of Fenianism,
much importance to the details touched upon, we with which he connected the state of feeling in
may fairly say that there is in the language of the Ulster. He sail that he had the satisfaction of
noble lord a good indication of some measures be- declaring that the " entire country " was possessed

ing introduced for Ireland that will tend to her
benefit, and conduce to her improvement. " Ire-
land is the question of the hour," as he puts it truly,
and don't let us call in quacks through impa-
tience and irritation at delays and dangers. Mr.
G. HARDY made some interesting remarks in reply-
ing for the House of Commons, and spoke forcibly
concerning the work that yet remained to be done.
Class must not be set against class, but they must
be blended together in influence if the prosperity of
the country is sought to be obtained. On the
whole, this banquet was a great success, and it is
very satisfactory at this critical juncture to hear
from those in office that there is no prevailing cause
for anxiety, and that no diMeulties are before us
that faith and courage cannot surmount, and that
even the stormy element of Fenianism has only
served to call out the English spirit of loyalty and
order. No one who serves his country can hope to
be always a fair-weather statesman ; it is the pilot
who weathers the storm who best deserves all confi-

by a universal feeling of loyalty towards the Crown,
and he advocated the propriety of their making
these sentiments known. Let the broad, notorious
fact go forth to the world that there exists in the
north of Ireland a body of men powerful in num-
bers, influence, and character, who are determined
to remain devoted subjects to the British Crown,
ardent protestors agaiust any proposed separation
from it. It is very satisfactory at this juncture to
meet with such indications of goodwill and loyalty,
and the London Irish address to the men appears to
be progressing in the right direction. It is time,
indeed, that some change was made, and those who
believe that Fenianism in any way represents the
real Irish feeling, may learn their mistake when
they find the numerous signatures that have been
attached to this " muster-roll of Irish loyalists."

LATEST INTELL EGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

dance and support, and the harder the struggle the
greater the merit of those who overcome and suc-
ceed in bringing us to the haven of security and

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Jan. 22, Evening.

The Marquis Gualterio, who has been appointed
Minister of the Royal Household, is expected here
to-morrow to take possession of his new post.
The Gazette d Italia confirms the previous intel-
ligence of the despatch of an Italian note to the
Spanish Government relative to certain passages in
the Queen's speech upon the opening of the Cortes,
and states that this step has had a satisfactory re-

)eace.

The House of Representatives in Washington
has already forgotten the lesson of the late elec-
tions. Its members are proceeding in as headlong
and reckless a course as though the whole sym-

pathics of the country were with them, as though
their past career had been as recognised a success ai
it has been a failure, as though they felt absolutely
confident that they were in the right way to restore
peace and prosperity to a troubled and embarrassed
nation. The Athntic cable, bringing us Tueslay

suit.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 23.

The steamer Minnesota, which sailed hence on
Jan. 7th for New Yurk, put back to Queenstown
last night, having lost her propeller.
She is expected to proceed to-morrow.
- _ _

evening'et news from Washington, reports that the
House of Representatives had on that day
passed a bill declaring that there were no
valid civil governments in the South, or,

GALLE, Jan. 18.
The Behar, from China, arrived on the 15th inst
and the Geelong from Australia to-day.

as they describe it, " in the late rebellious
States ;" and the bill goes on to transfer all powers
of appointment and removal under the Reconstruc-
tion Act from President JOHNSON to General GRANT
as Commander-in-Chief. This bill—one of the
most extravagant of the many extravagant acts of
Cougres—was passed by 125 against, 45 votes,
a majority which shows pretty clearly the relative
strength of parties in the Lower House. The mea-
sure is absurd on the face of it, seeing that by the
American Constitution the PRESIDENT is the head
of the army, and is consequently above GRANT
himself in even a military point of view.
General GRANT excused himself to his critics
for accepting the vacant post of STANTON, on the
plea that, according to military law, he was bound
to obey the PRESIDENT'S orders; and it will be re-

The Nubia leaves for Suez to-day.
Outward Mail of 20-29th October.—The Avoca
arrived at Melbourne on the 16th and Sydney on
Dec. 18.

Outward Mails of 4th December.—The Mongolia
arrived at Galle on Jan. 7.

MALTA, Jan. 22.

The Syria left at 8 a.m. to-day for Marseilles,
where she may be expected on the evening of the
24th inst.

GIBRALTAR, Jan. 20.

The Nyanza leaves at 11 a.m. to-day. She may
be expected at Southampton on the evening of the
24th, or morning of the 25th inst.

membered that during the war ABRAHAM LINCOLN
was always styled the head of the Federal armies.
So well is this known that the Confederate Govern-
ment, founded in every respect on the model of its
Federal prototype, recognised JEFFERSON Davis
as chief of the national forces, even above so great
a General as LEE or JACKSON. The proposal, then,
to supersede JOHNSON by GRANT, besides being pre-
posterous in itself, is directly unconstitutional. It
is plainly opposed to the spirit as well as to
the letter of the Constitution, which intends that
the PRESIDENT of the United States, during his
tenure of office, should be virtually snpreme. It
bas often been said that, during his limited term,
he exercises a much more extended and irrespon-
sible authority than any constitutional sovereign
can do. The check upon this was intended, by
the framers of the Constitution, to be found in the
restriction on his lease of power. He is supposed
to be a man in whom the majority of the people
can place confidence ; and Congress also poi-
seses the power, lately so much abused,
of overriding his veto, and passih a
bill into law in opposition to him. Under
another aspect this bill is equally misplaced
and dangerous. It declares that there are no valid
civil governments in the Southern States; or, in other
words, it affirms the uncontrolled supremacy of
military law. Mr. JOHNSON has already shown
what the effect of an attempt to enforce such a doc-
trine must be upon the national exchequer. There
can be no grounds for affirming that there are "no
valid civil goverutnents." The declaration can only
be intended as a direct insult to the PRESIDENT,
and as a further step towards the confiscation of the
Southern lands. The Radicals seem desirous of op-
pressing and irritating the whites beyond endurance.
They can hardly believe that they will much longer
submit to a Reconstruction policy, which virtually
subordinates them to their former slaves, which
deprives them of any interest in the Government,
which gives them no voice in the representation,
which renders their property insecure, and deprives
them of all that stimulus of honourable ambition,
whether political or social, which is so powerful for
good iu large and mixed communities. The people
have hitherto been upheld by hope, and have trusted
in the good-will of the PRESIDENT towards them,
but they now see his term of office fast
elapsing, while all remains in a most unsatisfactory
condition. President JOHNSON has as yet taken no
definite action with regard to the recent acts of
Congress. We can hardly suppose that he will re-
main inactive. He will more probably adopt some
decided measures which shall change the aspect of
affairs, and remove the power they have so long
abused out of the hands of these dangerous and un-
patriotic legislators.

There is not much new concerning Fenianism ;
but some details have been met with about the
doings of the prisoners at Glasgow, which fully
confirm the suspicions previously entertained. The
conduct of BARRATT was most extraordinary, and
quite inconsistent with that of an honest man. He
purchased a revolver pistol, after making consider-
able fuss about the price and sending another man
to negotiate in the affair. When these men
were first apprehendel it was not supposed
that they were connected with the outrage at
Clerken well ; 'but afterwards suspicion wa3
excite], in consequence of BARRATT being
unable to account for his whereabouts in Novembee
and December. The London police, upon hearing a
full description of his personal appearance, soon
comprehended the importance of the matter, and
directed that the greatest care should be taken of
the prisoner, and the event has fully justified their

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22.

Russia and Poland are subjects which, when Frenchmen
have nothing else to occupy them, are sure to come to the
front. Nothing can persuade Parisians that Russia is not
preparing to make a sudden raid on the sick man's terri-
tory. An anonymous writer has just published a pamphlet,
entitled "La Russie, La Turquie, et l'Europe," with the
evident object of nourishing the anti-Russian sentiment.
He wishes the Western Powers to warn the Czar that if
Russia has forgotten the last struggle we have not, and " that
Russian diplomacy will be met with the same veto as before."
The writer blames the Allied Powers for the existence of
the, present state of affairs. They separated in the Crimea,
at the moment when victory was theirs, without exacting
enduring guarantees for the future. He goes on to argue
that the peace and liberty of the world depend on the
union of France and England. " France and England,"
he adds, " should never forget that the dream of the
Russiani is at the same time to settle accounts with the
English in Calcutta, and to march by way of Con-
stantinople on Paris." With the mention of
Russia we cannot forget Poland, and if we could,
the Committee of Polish Emigrants in Paris will
not allow it. They have just issued a notification, which
I see in the Siecle, reminding the public of a few facts. The
Russian Government, in its relentless persecution of the
Polish nation, issued a decree some time ago confiscating
the land of all the native landowners of Volhynia, the
Ukraine, and Lithuania. These landowners were allowed
to the 10th of December last to sell their property, and
this not having been effected, the Government has now
ordered it to be sold by auction. They have invited
foreign capitalists to make purchases. Natives of
Poland are forbidden to buy it, "no one being
permitted "—I quote the committee's words—" to own
a scrap of Polish soil except a Russian or a
foreigner." The object of this edict is to extirpate the
Poles from their own land. The committee remind those who
may deem this a favourable opportunity for buying land,
of a decree of the Polish National. Government, which in
1863 anticipated measures like this by declaring that all
purchases so effected would be regaxded" as null and void.
The protest may be ineffective, but it is not inopportune.
According to the " Correspondence from the North East,"
just published, the Poles are fleeing into Gallicia to escape
. the impeading Russian conscription. Under pretext of
preventing this exodus the Russian troops are massed on
the frontier.

The considerable improvement which has taken place in
. .

the Paris Bourse is due to the rumour that M. Magne's
lom of 400 million francs will not see the light. Mean-
while his statement is anxiously expected.
Among the countless rumours kept afloat about Italian
affairs, the latest is that negotiations have been reopened
betweeu Paris and Florence on the subject of the recal
(repatriement) of the expeditionary corps remaining on the
Pontifical territory. The foundation of the rumour pro.
bably is that the Italian Cabinet is making every effort to
assure the Emperor that henceforth the Papal territory
will be in no danger of invasion. The Etendard repeats the
fact which I stated a few days ago, of the circulation
of an address to the ex king Francis IL In the Unita
Cattolica the address is given at length.
The report that M. de Sartiges has quitted Rome foe
Naples to report on the state of South Italy creates
anxiety. We wait till it is•confirmed.
The death is announced, at Cannes, of the Due des
Cars, a former peer of France, and one of the foremost
lenders of the Legitimist party. He commanded a
division at the taking of Algiers in 1830, but, after the
events of July of the same year, he attended the exiled
Charles X. to England.
The Avenir National relieves the dull season by a goon
joke. A pupil of one of the lycees was twenty minutes
late on Sunday evening. When reproved, he produced on
the spot a certificate of the station-master that the train
was so much en retard. "Oh, well," replied the tutor,
" when a train is late you must take the one before.*

MR. .E 0

VATIOA,

On Wednesday evening Mr. Lowe was present at the
annual dinner of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, Mr.
P. H. Rathbone in the chair. In response to the toast
al
his health,
Mr. Lowe dealt at some length with the qaestion, how
the middle class, which would not think of sending its
chikiren to primary schools assisted by the State, and yet
was not in a position to send its sons to the universities or
the great public schools, was to be educated. The middle
olass, which until last year was the depository of political
power in this country. had never done anything for itself in
education. It had allowed the endowments designed for its
own education to be filched from it by a class for which they
were not intended. How waz this ? How was it that they had,
without a remonstrance and a struggle, allowed political

Pressing as poverty is in many parts of France, it is still
more so across the Rhine. The distress in the South-west
of Germany appears to be „as lamentable as that in th,
North-east of Prussia. The Mercury, of Suabia, reports tha
famine has attained an unparalleled intensity in that pro
vince. Whole families are found dead in the open air, ,1
starvation. The poor peasants have had to sell their farm
ing implements for bread. It is added that unless succouj
is at hand soon it will be too late.

power to pass out of their hand ? He believed the reason
was the want of a common culture ; the want of something
which would have raised men's minds above the business of
ever'-day life, made them take a more elevated view of
their own position. What was Wanted in the education
of the middle class was not only something .-ould be
merely useful to them in the business of their life, but
sound and good mental discipline—an education which
should teach caution, observation, and the faculty of weigh
ing probabilities, and deciding soundly, judiciously, an d pru•
dently. He denied that the education received by the upper
classes either satisfied those classes themselves, or could be
copied With any advantage by the middle class; it was a
simple accident of the times that made the Latin and Greek
classics the leading educational features of collegiate edu,
cation, but Latin. and Greek were mere mechanical exer-
cises of the faculty of memory. It was just as much a mis-
take to dose a boy with the " Eton Grammar " before
he knew five words of the language, as it was to lee-

tune a child on the vertebra and the anatomy of the
limbs when it was learning to walk. Of what
use' also as a mental discipline was moral phi-
losophy, when the conclusions of the science were
perfectly evident before the student began ? Having cri•
ticised alto the merits of logic and history, remarking with
regard to the latter that no teacher couldimpart history to
a boy better than he could learn it himself by reading.
U. Lowe came to the subjects which he would recom
m4id for the education of the middle classes. First hr
would recommend a thorough study of the English lan-
guage —the langlia:ge of Bacon and Shakespeare, Pitt, Chat-
ham, and Fox—the language of Byron and Scott. When
he was at school he was an idle boy ; after he had got up
enough Greek and Latin, he spent his time in reading the
works of the noble writers of the 16th and 17th centuries.

and almost felt while doing so that he playing truant.
But all the success of his life he owed to the know.
?edge of the English language which he acquired in thos
steam hours. English composition, too, was another neces•
sity of middle-class education. French, written and spoken.
was a most desirable accomplishment, and if the boy had
taste for languages, let him learn German, in which th.
finest and closest translations of t.ie ancient classics were
to be found. To discipline the mind he recommended, not'
analytical mathematics beginning with algebra, bi.f.
synthetical mathematics argued out by diagrams, which
afforded-as good instances of abstract reasoning as could
be obtained. In his opinion nothing was so requisite i:,
middle-class education as a study of the phenomena ci
physical science. Physical science could not be learnt by
rote. Its study was bracing to the mind, it taught us to
observe closely, to compare, to think, to distrust our crude
and first generalisations. It did not so much teach us
science as it produced a scientific habit of mind tt.
correct by careful observation, such as produced the.)
habit of mind which, carried into business, keeps us from
bankruptcy. The study of nature preceded the study of
books, which were not created. In a brilliant peroration
Mr. Lowe p jilted out that science was as yet nearly in
its infancy, and that discoveries as yet unknown to this
generation would be facts to the generation we have now
to educate. As to the practical question, he suggested
that while statesmen tried to recover for the middle classes
their birthrights—endowed schools and the universities—
they should combine and build schools for themselves,
which they could easily do, as Mr. Woodward had proved.
The right hon. gentleman, who spoke for upwards of
hour, was often most enthusiastically applauded.

" C. B. 8.," an apparently well-informed correspondent
oi the Times, states that till 1869 Russian armaments nee
give no alarm. The Government of St. Petersburg has
made a number of contracts for the supply of breechloadet;
in several countries of Europe and America, but the con.
tractors are not required to deliver up the arms till the
spring of 1869. It will be some time after that before the
Russian hordes are prepared to use them.
Within the past few days several M.P.'s, mindful of tn(
fact that the session is rapidly approaching, have hastened
to address their constituents. Mr. Corrance, one of the
members for East Suffolk, M the course of a lecture at

Ipswich, dealt fully with the relations between capital ani
labour, and advocated a full, fair, and calm treatment of
that difficult question. One thing he feared, and that was
that trades unions promised more than they could possibl3

perform. They assured the working man that they could
secure him constant level work at a constant level price ;
but did they succeed in doing this? The hon. gentleman
doubted whether strikes achieved the good which they
were intended to effect, and whether long ones did not
really lessen the competition for labour by clearing out of
the labour market small capitalists, and so increasing the
monopoly of the few. lie did not think the trade out-
rages of which they had heard so much ought to be regarded
as part of the question ; they were evidences of weakness
and of crime, but they had nothing to do with the intrinsic
merits of the case on either side.
A meeting of the Cambridge Conservative Club was
enlivened by the presence of three members of Parliament

—Mr. F. S. Powell, Mr. Gorst, and Lord Royston. The
speeches of Messrs. Powell and Gorst, the representatives
of Cambridge borough, were almost identical in tone. The
conduct of the Government in dealing with the subject of
Reform was defended. The education question was next
dealt with. Both gentlemen "hoped to see wise changes
made in connection with our ancient universities and in
the management of our grammar schools." The time,
however, had not come for compulsory education.
Lord Royston is the eldest son of the Earl of
Hardwicke, awl the Comptroller of her Majesty's
Household. His lordship handled rather severely the
recent' speech of Professor Fawcett on free trade
in land. He knew something about political economy,
but he never supposed that any professor of such a science
could have propagated the scandalous opinions to which
Professor Fawcett had given publicity. His lordship only
wished he had the power and knowledge to deal with the
sacrilegious tenets that the learned Professor had poured
into the heads of his audience. Professor Fawcett said
the great object to be sought now was to procure free trade
in land. What the Professor had said on that question
was not true, and he either spoke falsely, or he was igno-
rant of his subject. The Professor had said the yeomen
of England were swept away. That was a most untruth-
ful assertion. The Professor had also said that the getting
rid of primogeniture and the ,law; of entail would be the
one saving measure for the country. This shewed the
whole principle of Radicalism was to overturn the agri-
cultural power of this country. The Conservatives, on the
contrary, wished to pres ;rye it.
1 kt Portsmouth Mr. Stone and Mr. Serjeant 0 asetee,
the borough representatives, met with rather a warm
1 than -1. friendly reception. - Mr. Stone's address consisted
of a review of the political history. of the country during
the last two - sessions -of Parliament; With respect to
the Conservative Reform measure of 1867, he strongly
objected to the abolition of the compound house-
holder—an expression of opinion which gave much
dissatisfaction to the Conservative element in the
assembly. Serjeant Gaselee was received with cheers,
laughter, and hisses. He justified the course which he had
taken in going into the Tea-room last session, and main.
tained that his votes had materially contributed to the
success of the Reform Bill. He was listened to with great
impatience, and on a resolution of confidence in the mem-
bers having been moved, a bold Conservative proposed, as
an amendment, that the meeting disapproved of Mr.
Stone's factious conduct in opposing the Conservative
Reform Bill, and of Mr. Serjeant Gaselee's repeated exhi-
bitions, which made Portsmouth the laughing-stock of the
whole country. The resolution was, however, carried by
•large majority.
At Manchester, Mr. Graham, M.P. for Glasgow, in
addressing a gathering of the Sunday School Union, spoke
of the educational system as carried out in Scotland as a
model which might well be followed id this country.
1 Roman Catholic children went to Protestant schools there
without being interfered with in religious matters, and
if the same system were adopted here with regard
to the children of all creeds, there would be no de-
mand for secular education. If, however, people
would have secular schools, by all means let them
-have them.
Major My7es O'Reilly, M.P. for Longford, is publishing
a series of letters in the Freeman's Journal on that fruitful
theme of discussion, the Irish question. Mr. O'Reilly
objects to the proposed distribution of the Irish Church
property. " Those who think with me," he observes, " are
of opinion that we had better seek to have it applied to
secular purposes of national utility, entirely disendowing
the Anglican Establishment in Ireland, and thereby de
stroying its ascendancy, and leaving the Catholic Chu
lin Ireland in its present position as regards revenues, de
pendent for its support on the free offerings of Catholics
• and such property as it has acquired and is yearly ac-
quiring by such free offerings." ".-

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 22.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at-
tended by the Duchess of Roxburghe and the Hon.
Mary Lascelles, Colonel Ponsonby being in attend-
ance upon horseback ; and her Majesty drove
in the grounds this morning, accompanied by
Princess Beatrice.

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince
Arthur, and Prince Leopold also went out.

LITERATURE.

NEW N OVELS.

Jeanic,'s Quiet Life.

By the Author of " St.

()lave's." 3 Vols. Hurst awl Blackett.
Avoi4.ling the stormy regions dear to the sonata-
ionalist, the author of " St. Ol we's" pursues " the
Loiseless tenour of her way" along the quiet bye-
We cannot but think, however, that in

athB.

laudable endeavour to avoid all un-
natural excitement th 3 recor ler of " Jeanie's
Quiet Life" has fallen into the opposite
extreme. In a former work by the same hand,
published some two or three seasons back, " Janita's
Cross," the happy medium was very successfully at-
tained. The simple history of Janita's sorrows and
struggles was full of interest, while it preserved
throughout the quiet manner and natural style in
which the author of " St. Olave's" especially ex-
cels. Her later works, however, are deterio
rating from simplicity into monotony. In
avoiding over-excitement the authoress runs the
risk of ceasing to arouse the interest of her reader.
"Alec's Bride" had a certain resemblance to the fa-,
mous story or no-story of Canning's Knife Grinder.
"Jeanie's Quiet Life," the new work now before
us, is somewhat more eventful than "
Bride," but is far inferior in interest to "Janita's
Cross." We are more anxious to notice these
deficiencies in the matter, because in the
manner of her stories this writer is worthy of all
commendation. The style is simple and graceful,
and many beautiful thoughts are scattered over
tier pages. Let us take one at hazard as an anti-
lota to our doubtful commendation of " Jeanie's
Quiet Life :" " No past need be counted altogether
unhappy which has turned dreaming into doing
thought into action—into every life work which
trod had given there may be brought an earnest
purpose, and a noble consecration which shall make
tt great ; that for those who love it worthily, even
disappointment may be a rich inheritance—a pre-
cious gift, though one which asks no thanks." Per-
vaded by such sentiments, " Jeanie's Quiet Life"
cannot fail with all its shortcomings to gratify
many readers.

Time Will Tell. A Story of Society. By. S. W.

Fullom. 3 vols. Richard Bentley.

Very different from the quiet life above referred
to is the rattling, dashing, adventurous existence
which Mr. Fallom exhibits to us as a picture of
society. The Great Highway, according to his
ideas, appears to be indeed the scene of perpetual
.notion. We have hardly time to take breath after
escaping from one misadventure, when lo and be-
aold we are in the midst of a new bewilderment
from which, with a wonderful good fortune, we
Again escape, to be again overwhelmed with fresh
misadventures. While condemning the utter ex-
,ravagance of these events, the reader is perforce
Amused by contemplating them for the moment.
Such a record holds a place among novels somewhat
akin to that of the laughable after-piece at the
:heatre. We should be inclined to think that the
author of this book would be likely to excel in
dramatic pieces of that description. There is so
much vivacity in his style, and so much audacity
(there is no better word for it) in the combina-
tion of surprising events, in which the various
personages of the story appear to be enacting a
perpetual .game of " catch as catch, can," to the
bewilderment of all beholders. The character of

sir. Mullet, among others, is capitally described•
Phis unhappy gentleman is the victim of a con-
tinual succession of mistakes, such as voting fur the
Pory candidate when he should vote for the Whig,
going by one train when he is due in an opposite

lirection. These mistakes, by his own showing,
being always the result of some good-natured friend's
mismanagement, and never by any chance of ho
own

Mynchin. A Novel. 3 vols. Saunders, Utley!

and Co.

The opening chapter of this story will favourably
impress the reader. There is a freshness and ori-
ginality both in the description and the charactero.
the author has been unfortunate in the selection
of his hero. Gascon Knollys is a character rarely,
if ever, met with in actual life. Very fortunately
say we, after perusing the record of his strange !Ilk
tory. "He possessed," we are told, " a strong,
irresponsible will, an impulsively selfish nature, and
immense moral audacity—a combination of qualities
which is fortunately extremely rare; but whether
met with in social or political life will always be
disturbing force." Gascon Knollys recognised no
authority but his own will, and exercised in hill
own behalf " a kind of special pleading which led,
him far away from the common track of morality.'
At the very commencement of the tale we find gr.
Knollys returning from abroad to his country
seat, and on his arrival a monumental tablet 15
erected in the family pew, recording the death Of
Margaret Knollys, the Squire's wife, aG
Rome, a year previously. We learn soon after'
wards that Gascon Knollys had indeed left
his wife at Rome, but not in her grave. Having, 55
he deemed, discovered cause for putting her away'
he had provided for her in a convent, and given ol
that she was dead. This, of course, in the case °
such an irresponsible being does not prevent yip'
Knollys from contracting a second marriage. Tbe
popular agitation which preceded the passing of the
Reform Bill occupies a prominent place in this staff
and the effects of the excitement on some character:
and temperaments are powerfully described. Jo%
flomfrey, the father of the heroine, is a type efi.o
thorough political enthusiast, of one " wue
.over not wisely, but too well." Grace, tb_i
'ieroine, is a very charming creation ; and Jam'
Barry, the practical and prudent man of busing
out withal tender-hearted and devoted as 814,
might of chivalry, is very admirably portrayed, 3.1 0
:ontrasts happily with the peculiar and replllsll
character of Gascon Knollys.

Piebald. A Novel. By R. F. Boyle. Two Ir°ls.

Chapman and Hall.
We cannot say we admire the title of this roranne°.;
out the story itself is singularly interesting, and a
narrated in a very attractive manner. The 0013
refers to the colour of a hor3e, and 54
old legend, in which a ghostly horsen3'3
mounted upon a steed of that colour aPP33:130
as a forerunner of disaster. The incidents of 'a,
tale are written in a very lively and pleasant 015 i,
nor, and we are hardly prepared for the melanehll•lo
catastrophe at the clos3, in which Mince Piet to
Piebald steed of the dashing and adventaciot
l(ttiae, has " her last fall over timber." We innst.
..e,veal the terrible result. A story with a sad en
ias always a peculiar attraction, from " The 13',0
n the Wood" to " The Bride of Lammeral°°
We shall look with interest to the next work fr°
:he author of " Piebald."

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.ensible precaution is just being taken in the coatr°,l3°tlti 0
.4ainst any demonstrative action on the part 're
'enians. Wherever colonies of Irish exist—and ther°:4l
,any such in London—the police are at present etTOO.
n making inquiries as to the amount of accoulo°'1)110.
vhich licensed victuallers can give to the wilitaril rie
ether they are at this moment giving warning to I,4ll7,l°!liiet
eat very probably it may be found necessary t°
oldiers upon them. It need scarcely be added th°:iwe. 0°
itimation on the part of the authorities has oatlse"tol'
title agitation. amongst the fraternity of licensed "'lle at
:3rs, and no slight curiosity on the part of the Pub
large.