The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-12

kns, u announced by the Nsssrs Longman me volume
ished originally broadsdcs between ths years I6il
and 1850 namely, froM the "grea rebellion" 10 the
reign Of Charles l., to the death Of George IL.
ADJUST, by Mr.. Hiram Powers the dstinguishsd Amer
can sculptor, il exhibited by Msssrs London and Ryder
the gold and silver smiths ia Bond street. Iaadoa IA
called Proserpne aud Is therefore entirely conceived as
ter, little compromised with resemblance the we'll
known chef dGsvre Of Mr. Powers-the,Greek Slave. Tns
London foa speaks OF II IN the following terms:-In
studying the head the sculptor has evidently wandered
from his model and nature in the hope OF attaining the
has expression OF cold rigidty which Is not
natural 70 the lovely form OF the neck and shoulders it
escaped the awk ~srdnes Of making s,usrs or
ground pedestal by following the antique the bsau.l
full bust known ~ Clytie, in the British Museum. in
which the figure app sars sinking into flower Cyta
said to have changed into heiotrope Mr. Powers
has made his Proserpna sprnging from leaves aai
flowers became the daughter Of Ceres bora ia fruitful
Sicily.
Some manuscripts aud autograph letters of q very
M,ort, were sold recently by Messrs sosheSy WiEiu
son. London :-Apueii Netamorphosis, Sec. XIV. vel
lun, written in semi Gothic hand with int,l letters in
red eco Asconius Pedanus in Cceroai5 Oratones Sec
XIV in similar hand, with the arms OF the person for
whom it was executed '2a6. Dctys Creteusis dc Bso
Els Dionis Vita 0ctav, Sec XVI ,exquisitely written
by Vegetus with the arms Of the Cardinal Farneso Ell
an English Scribe in The 18th century, sSs BOOK Il
Hours OF French Art, filled with beautiful borders and
miniatures and In very pure condition. fl1S. Hosati
FAcoi Gamma, written the 10th century, velum,
G2l0. Juvenals ayre Sec XIV, beautifully written.
ELS Among the autograph letters may be mentioned:
collection arranged In three volumes Scientific
quarian and Classical subjects from eminent scholars,
Els los Afords Recollections extending period
o. my years comprising anecdotes Of po
centuries esq 1cGTwo Letters in theautosraph Of Dan
lei Defoe ELL very interesting one from Dryden, "ro
the faire hands Of Madam Honor Dryden, written while
student at Ca nbridgs fl0 The sale concluded with i've
Armenian manuscripts finely written and Illuminated,
which produced &is7 5s Total OF the days sale, 81 oss
It's Cd.
An assembagc of twenty-five pictures Of the highest
quality and Importance being the choicest portion Of the
very celebrated Belvedere collection the property of the
Culing EArdley, submitted to public pettonSir
the 7th inst by Messrs Christie, Manson and Woods,
their great rooms 10 King street. St James square, Lon
DON before very crowded aud distinguished audience.
These pictures, with FIVE others o. note, realized
the astounding of f25 sSz l5s within the shoot
space Of an hour and half A Murillo, rhe lmmacu
late Conception" was put up nj 5000 guineas and ad
vanced by 500 guneas at each bidding til it reached the
amount Of 600 guneas at which sum it was
adjudgcd to Mr.. Graves. Great applause followed.
Another, by Rubens was put up at 900 gansas, and
advanced 500 guneis at each bidding till 1t reached 800
guineas, at which sum was knocked down 10 Mr. Ward
The Builder says that in reply to the offer of pre-
MUM Of 100 guie,s By the council OF the Art Union Of
London the best Of designs illustrative OF the
sIdys Of the King" forty sets have been sent ill.,
The whole will be exhibited to the public with the works
Of art selected by the prize holders at the close of va
rious current exhibitions.
from 1885, the year Of its foundation to the 3lst OF
present year the total expense of the British
Museum 70 the nation has been FL 1882 1888 u.s. Al
The public auction OF the objects of art by Aexau
der Won Humboldt has been liked for the nth of Sep
TENDER al Berlin.
sisnor Pscini has finished comic OPERA "rhe NJ.
letter Of Teeco, and is nov occupied yet another
Dr. James r. Balantyne OF the College of Bensres the
eminent Sanscrt scholar has received the appointment
horaria at the East India House.
~ dc Beriot Is said 20 have handed comic opera
by him composed in Russia to M Gavaert 10 be scored
the work TO be performed at the Opera Cjmque Paris
this winter
A"Cburch History NJ the First Three Centuries, from
the 30,h to the 33d Year Of the Christian Era by Milo
xahan has been published by Msssrs. Appleton Co.,
New York.
pairing, "irou, mater las placed at his Command, Life
OF the late Prince jerome B,nao are. He discaims the
De mort'ss nil ntsi bona,a principle
The Messrs Longman the point Of publishing the
aud time tied coatribattoi to the Collier
oontroversy"Coliier Coeridse aud Shakespeare Re.
view by DIR. lngeby, Of birmingham.
Messrs Bos worth Harrison the late Henry
Drummond's speeches in Parliament, edited by Lord Lo
vane. and fhs Eaziy Life a Luis Naroeoc, collected
from authentic sources.
special grant OF 500 to the department Of prints
aud Drawings in the british Museum has easbled Mr.
Carpenter The keeper Of the print ROOM to purchase lai
Aife of Pitt by Lord S,anhope, better known, per
ha4s, by his historical title OF Lord Mahon, aud work
by Dr. r. A Smith. sAir and Water Sanitary and
Indrst' al Agents, among the publishers announce
meDts. ~
Mr. Hawkins has tepered his resignation ar keeper Of
the department. &c antia uitics in tue British Museum
Great changes are likely 20 take place in the admnstra
zion OF the various branches u ant quaran collections
Mr. John Ca nden noi,eu, OF Piccadiliy London, APP
pears not only rs publisher hut editor furnishing
The Book OF vagabonds aud Besgars, with Vocabulary
Of thei- Language" said 10 have been "eded by Martin
Luther, in the year 1922
Foreign Miscellany.
since lss5 917s Gal births GIGS 4o3 deaths and 49,.
$40 marriages been officially registered In Eagsnd
aud wsts. me population, which amounted to sbou,
Is 10 eco IN 1875, was estimated at about 10 40 600 In
1850 being an increase Of about Is per cent or %
per cent ann usily.
Several Vienna journals state that other German
sovsregns, especially tie kings OF Bavaria and sAxopy
viii take part in the conferences between the Emperor Of
Austria and the Prince Regent OF Prussia Toplitz
The Of the aatpg debt Of Spain the end Of
June was 'ls 50. $50 reals which was 900 600 more
than al the end Of May
HE attack Of the Drusrs the Christians Dumas ,s
commenced on the evening Of the 9th, when many men
were killed aud women carried oil for the harems. II In
saa tbs, me e'nsuaiss were burned down with the ex
and Gee ek Consus took refuge in the be use Of Add ei
Tue Red Sea aud Ind's Telegraph Company between
soak and Alden, have sneceeded In lay ing second ca
bic between the above mentioned ports.
The expense Of maintaining the army and navy OF
France for the current year simatcd 1t sfo7 400 ooo
from iceland give an account Of an eruption
After tbty nine years repse, OF the volcano called the
Rotugla of The Nj rdalsok mountains On the 9TH May
parish oG Nyrdal, in which the volcano situated
AID the day after an enormous volume Of water WAS
cast up from the crater Mixed with the water were
large pukntifes OF cindcrs and the eruption
accompanied by a subtcrranesn noise. On the
11th and l2sh, smoke, cinders aud balls Of Are
thrown up The smoke 70 ssch height that u
could be seen nj Reikisvig though distance Of
than twenty-five miles, and though mountains five thou
sand feel high rse between the two pAoes. The erup
ton continued With intervals lees long 20 the
26th. but fortunately, II dill harm places In the
vicinity the cindrs aud other things II threw up being
carried by the wind partly 20 the aud partly 10
some glaciers II presented very imposing spectacle.
Previous eraptous the volcano great ir1ry
one Ia lo25 IScuar terrible, and Ia recorded
that SOM Of the cnders thrown up actually carried
a. Ear as Bergen In Norway. Another the nth Oco
Der. lIs5. csusea devastatons In hvo parishes IL pre-
coded by fortnight the earthquake AT Lisbon.
During the year 1859 a 397 Indians were introduced
into the Mauritius, vz:231S from Calcutta, 1875
from Madras, and ei2 from 20 inlay 81 6s3 men.
aud i2sos women tue proportion Of women there
fore 10 u cent Thc deaths at the of
l 20 per cent on the whole immigration