Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser from Dublin, Dublin, Ireland • 7

THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUABY-1, 1879. faithful likeness-, aubseribed with a facsimile graph and a fuU and accurate memoir of our own order of this brought forth a style of over-gar-raent which I thini wiS perer go oat in Franee namely, the stif hkek auk, sleeveless cape lined with fur. JhU article of winter dress costg FRENCH FASHIONS AND. (FROM OTO SW CORRSSHOttBSST.) tsmtm TBS LADlK6-MUCa DKESoKD KCHT WEfcL DRESSLD EUILWSO ETJIFICSS THK BODY CAUSE OF WAKt OP SODKIETr. OF BLACK their being.

Thetate isteM byraphm pen.nd the grace andyigour qHhe original narrative have not vtftVe topfti, in-the hands of the translator, to such hays been been a Wbonr of love. Ifcis to Hf1 original writer of the history had kepJ.W work clelr from each palpabteabsurditee aBtheettempt to twee the pedigree of bis. here baek tc misty heroesof the Dardan capital; tot -apart trons thisnVetty geherl weakness among earlwr bio-graphers, the book toai ab Lsto tothe tudant.as weU not Father Meehaa's escwaw optiS, but it i is for aUthat no unworthy monument of the industry and enthusiasm of apaivtrWho hM doae much to' rescue from Lethe the deeds of a period over which English historians would gladly at a veil of deception and doubt THE DRAMATIC '2 Louden Eardwick and Bosne, 182 Sir. Poscos's Work prbfewses to bBlittii' mere thaaalist arranged 4pbeticaUy of rtoBraMi actors and actress ko. are at present on the with asummary of their ehief performances and the critiseisms thereon of the London Press.

the players thetttselves and to theatrical mana-gers the book present in convenient form a catalogue oftfce votaries offhedramatie art new before the public, but the design of theoompilerin con-fining the aistcfeos, where they are given, to little more than a meagre recital of dates, adding lengthened critiseisms from deprives hi dramatic lat of tt Urr interest which wotdd attach to it hadaxe treat, ment been more liberal and free. The work, however, ill probably fee eensiilted hy fce pretty numerous section which take, a parttcular interest the players of (he Mr. Poscpe dmite that his record is not complete, and confirmation of this we note the omisaoa of some J'01 sterling actors, amongst them Mr. W. Matt Robsoh, and Mr.

Samuel Johettoo, fomer the Theatre Eoyai. It may be 6 too, why so many pages; should be green, jnaMst which is to include only the artistes new on stage, to professionals long retired, such as Madame Celeste and Mrs. Charles Keen. ALL THK YEAH BOSflTO. Is principally interesting for SBss BirairWil latest novel "Vixen." The extra Christmas number is a story by Walter Besant and James Rice, entitled 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay." Readers of the WerU, in which "13 Monk Helena" appeared by these English Erck-mann-Chatrian, wfll not be prepared for this latest development of their peculiar tale-.) OT ort essays are amusing and instructive, notiuly two "Christmas "Chiistojas Art and Science," and withal seasonable.

A story of the Kaffir Wars has also the last remmendation, the element of thriU being by no means neglected. There are two pieces of So 3S and Middle Age," and besides seme short tale, of which combine to make the number of more than ordinary merit and of ismk with the other IiirmtaiORf PUtMOCL Bditoii by John Rtehsuti tSen, M.A. ENGUSH WTSBA'f RS, By the Kev. stopfer Bcooke, M. A.

yWmim and Co. "We do not know if 'any person nas, "as yet, this the age of handbooks and prjaws. Certainly deserves the title, for the world fe jA.preseht flooded them. Primers, their name wsld imply, are very urxpre tsnfioas in size, but they are often very pretentious in the aothority assumed by their compilers, who seem to settle, 'off-hand, question? about which more that one oyiaion could be fairly held. In the little volume' before ns-e find, at p.

132, this passage Dr. Lragard's excellent Kistorv of England, 1S19, is inaue'need by his dislike of the Reformation. Hejjry Sallam was the fir3t who wrote history in this country with socaniul a love of truth, and vita so accurate a judgment of the relative value of facts and things, that prejudice is Mr. Breoke, ae our readers may perceive, speaks ss if authorised or rather inspired by some infallible to scythe right -arid true thing without any doubt or difficulty. Sir.

Brooke is a Protestant clergyman, and we may be permitted to ask by what right he -as-sumes that Dr. Lingard. a Catholic pries prejudiced, and that he (Mr, Brooke) has none I For that is assumed hy his criticism. In what purifying watets-sealed to ytiiejshut opeaAo hiei has be washed away the leprosy of prejudice from himself so completely as not only to be quite free from but to become a judge of it in others' Dr. Ian.

gard'a History of Engisndhus passed through a long and fiery ordeal of criticism and We are of opinion that "it would Mr. Bo4fcfc 2nd an asser tion in the text of that great historian, that is not sustained by the nest authorities. 1 here is not a single authority quoted from the beginning -to the end of the Tia)er all must "be, accepted on the word of the tsompiier. A primer, it may be said, could not fee- encumbered with authorities. Be it But all the more careful should compilers be about the assertions they make.

Nor Mr. Brooke so careful about his authorities as to entitle him to become the censor of everybody, else. At p. 73, he says of that holy man, the Rev. Robert Southwell, Jesuit and poet" He wrote during his prison time his two longest poems, St.

Peter Complaint' and Mary Magdalen's Funeral We have a copy of the Funeral Tears" before us, and it is a prose piece and not a poem Turning to Chamber's Cyclo-paedia of English Literature, we find this sentence (vol.1, 101), about Father Southwell His two longest productiGUS, 'St. Peter's Compkmt'-and Mary Magdalen's Funeral were, like many other work3 of which the world has been proud, written in prison." Mr. Brooke seems to have gone to Chambers too, but in order not to be too dose a copier, he changed productions" into poems," which was an awkward mistake for so learned a man and such a great authority to have committed- William Wordsworth says The child is father of the man." If so, it be-hoves educationists to be jealous of the literary provender supplied to the child. The primer learned at eight will influence his career, ia all probability, far more than the thick octavo read at twenty. THE PKIMEK OF ABITHHETfC for First, Second, and Third Classes.

Thirteenth edition. New and improved. By Patrick Ryan, Central Modal Schools. Messrs. M.

a. Gill and Son. We observe this is the 130th thousand of this very successful little book, and is in every respect suited for youhg children, and fully, equal to any requirements for the three classes above-named. We only wonder how the publishers have been able to produce the little book, so well got up, at its almost nominal price. The improvements just made in this edition will add considerably to its deserved popularity.

THE LAW RELATING TO CHARITIES IT IRiS-tANP. By. F. A. P.

Hamilton, Barrister-at-Law. Dublin Hobert C. Gerrard. We have already Bhortly noticed the appearance of this work, but deem it one of sufficient importance to return to. In having produced a work on the law of charities in Ireland, Mr.

Hamilton has supplied one of the greatest want3 not only to professional men, but to the large class persons who, as executors or are called upon to take an active part in the administration of chari- ties. "Tudor on Charitable Trusts nas long been a book of authority in England, but we know of no book in Ireland, until the appearance of Mr. Hamilton's, which treated on this important branch of the law, or collected the decisions and authorities' which of lata years have largely multiplied. Mr. O'Leary's work, published shortly after the passing of the Charitable Bequests Act of 1844, has been the only, or almost the only, book of reference, and since its publication two very importantitatistes rektrng to charitable donations and bequests have been passed, viz; Vi-the 30 and 31 c.

5, and the" Si and 35 Vic, c. 102. It may be said that these two acts have completely revolutionised the law relating to i.w;t.t, We beouests in Ireland, by. haying conferred on the Board of Commissioners large powers for their enforcement, protection, and publication. The various provisions in these statutes have been carefully summarised by Mr.

Hamilton, who, in the appendix, has added -some forms of applications to the Commissioners, prepared by their authority, and "supplied to the author by the secretaries, to whom, in his preface, he expresses his ac-irnmvTaiVments. There is one sortien-of Mr. Hamilton's book which will render it peculiarly valuable to Catholic clergymen we rater to ute portion of it in which he propounds the law re-latin to beaneits far Masses as settled by recent decisions. Their liability to the payment of legacy" duty, as ruled by the Court of Exchequer, in ifcxase of the Attorney-General v. tho Right Rev.

Dr. Delany; their being absolutely void if left in perpetuity, as decided by the Wirfi; a iJia "Rolls in DiEon v. Reiily and Bores. ford v. Jarvisjsnd their falling within the-Kib Bection of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Act of 1844, which renders operative and void all devises of land for charitable or pious purposes aniess the will creating the devise shall have been executed three months at least before the death, of the party making it, as aeciaea oy raw in the case of Boyle Boyle all thasa poial as ldly trtaied of by' Samilton, and his book both to professional and non-professional'readers as an excellent manu3loh the important "aranebsof the law with which it pro.

fesses to deal. Mirvni iDicn MAwipTir.v Vn. fi7. Jftnnarv. 2S79.

TinbHn: H. fl. CiU MsS Son, Upper Sackvate- street. With the opening 1879 we wish our al way cheery and always wejjomo Uttio friend, the raft afojj. ahappysad a prospetoUB new year.

It begins its new yolume the seventh fa its exist-eaoe-rrisht excettenay, and- has a goodly dish of to offer to beimHe holidays. The number ooene m'th a Kraphio and most readable topogra. nhicalpad Mstoiicil sketeh ef Kiibarroh CastV and the O'Clery of by the Kev. Jcwt Ifealy. The place and pU sbuut it are ae noiy as ifeey are hlstoris, and Father Healy writes on and around his theme Eke one to whom the task was kWr rf lose! The Four and their Donegal divemg-j)tee were fcompumg tiyir larnotrs a-nnras, tiaiSj learnedly, as well a mteresfStigly described.

Miss Rpsaijfolhollafld eontribute more chapters WS3ii Birds of SiOMimJ MM i.depen- iflg the attractions of her A spotimen df wean 4T8ut fjunvci ca.i-.wiw.v.o translaison of one i his fragirients, and a disc rimi-Bating introdsotory note about himsf and hie fr. H. Bedford some Scientifo pleasantly, intelligibly, and mstructively. -this month is on The Physical of the Sun," JahB is cdrne and agreeable; The Rev. Joseph J'Maaey, -teila in.

h. very pietur-resque way what he saw. in the renowned Church of the Ara Ceeli Rome during the Christmas celebrations, whjn pretfef iifctle shlldreri discourse their pretty fitHe orations in honour and in presence of ths Bambitro of tfee Some aad judicious notices of new works complete 13ie prose of the number, and three graceful contribu-Hens constitute ft poetry. They art'' Two Mementos," by "The Prodigak," by A. F.O'K.; and A fty Alice Bsmonde.

Each of the three has merits of no common order. Again wa wish the it-is. MmMo and its new editor, as well asall his adjutants, a happy new year (and a great, many of them, THE LIVES OF THEt 3AROIIAtS. By Patrick Justin (J'Byrae. Lcnaea Roland Ladelle and Upper TSiaaies-sBreet.

We drew attention oa a former oooasian.to the opening number of this valuable and mterestinc publication. "That number oostaiaed ah admirable likehiss and biography of fefe Polnwss Pope Leo XIII. Smce "thou two' ofhef-mo3 they more than sustain thpro-- mise of the first. Number 2 contains a most in of is he to of to us it of i threatened 1.0 blow her brains out if she attempted to He demanded hr money. Sh gave him her purse.

Bp told her he was'starving, and the few shillings the parse contained would- not be sufficient to enable him to keep his family till they got to Liverpool, and that he must hive the plate whiuh stood upon, the sideboard. 'So this demand no refusal was possible nndr the circumstances, and the thief having cleared eivery artiste of silver from the sideboard, left the room, always threatening Mdtie. Satalie with the pistol to prevent her from summoning assistance before he had giioedthe street door and let. himself oat. When the aer-rant brought in the tea at the usual hour Mdlle.

Natalie was discovered lying on the floor in a state of insensibility, from which she was aroused with the greatest difficulty. The doctor who was summoned de-plaredat once her stale to be one of the greatest danger from the shock given to lies? nervous system. Poor Natalie never wholly rallied. She lingered on for some few weeks, and died literally from the fright she had un dergone, in spite of every effort made to save her. The impression produced upon Mdlle.

Beatrice was almost as deplorable. She was thrown into a state of morbid melancholy from which nothins but the business of Jer profession had power to arouse her, natii at length, worn out with, excitement, ooBsequent on tho over-study and the ant of sleep which had for some time past been procurabte only by artificial means, she, too, has died at the age of 40, just at the moment when she was beginning to hope for the repose she had earned by theyearsof hard work and mental exertion she had undergone. The last creation of thiBhard-working, painstaking artist, 'ite Woman of the People, was her raost remarkable performance, of energy and po war; and littlecouldthe audience who applauded with such -enthusiasm, and wondered at tho immense activity displayed, have deemed that after this expenditure of mental and physical force that the poor actress would rernrn home to pasi the night in sleepless wretchedness, unable to find rest without resorting to narcotics, and compelled to rouse herself from their effect by fresh exertion on the morrow. A BBTROSPJSOT OF 1878. (From the Times of Yesterday.) The year which cx, ires to-day has been remarkable for a strain of prolonged aasiety from which the national mind has not been altogether relieved.

Though the pubiic ajiperiien-sons have not been reaiised, it appeared more than once well nigh impossible to escape either a eaeral war in Europe or a commercial crisis at home. Peace, however, has been maintained among the Ureat Powers. JSo panic like that of iiiiick iYiday" has given a shock to the fabne-of English buainess. Nevertheless, we have gone so close to tie edge of danger in both directions, that as we Io-jK back on the eyehts the past twelve months, we feel, in spite of ivome present difficulties, that we have mucu reason for thankfulness and for eon-tidciice. The session, though it began a fortnight earlier, and ended a few days later than usual, was singularly barren of important measured, The Factories aud Workshops Act, the Cattle Diseases.

Act, the Highways Act, the Bishoprics Act, were placed upon the Statute Book, The Irish uiem-uerswerepacitied with the intermediate Education Act, and the Scotch with the Roads and Bridges Act. iiut the energies of Parliament were directed almost -eseiusireiy to important questions arising out of our foreign relations, and to the party con flicts which turned upon them. Ins policy or Italy cannot be praised for the stability and souud seuse "which have borne 6uch good fruit in Francs. A want of balanced judg ment aud an excitability of temper retard the progress aud detract from the reputation, of a people with great capacities and a great history as well as the power of understanding and applying constitutional principles. The deita of Hing Victor Kramanuei, quickly followed by that ot tius no doubt introduced disturbing but it ia not to these that we must buts fluctuations of Italian politics.

Though the loss of Victor Jimmanuel was keenly felt, the universal acceptance of his son, King Humbert, as his successor tended to strengthen the State, and the new Kiag has shown that he knows how to govera as a constitutional sovereign. The election of Cardinal i-ficci to the Popedom, with the title of Leo beot hopes which have not been realised. Leo. SHI. had used conciliatory language his earliest Pontihcal utterances, and it was assumed that his policy, without recognising any change in the ideas and aims of the Holy bee, would shif from the untenable position of the Syllabus, and would allow the claims of infallibility to recede into the background.

But it quickly appeared that the Pope, though proceeoing by a dinerent path from that which his predecessor had travelled, was to the full as determined to uphold the authority of the Church. In the British colonies the year has been unusually eventful. The Euro pean crisis drew rrom our eoioniat teuow-suojects in every part of the world expressions of sym pathy with the mother-caunky, and even offers a material aid. In Canada, where Lord Dufterin had encouraged the growth of a high spirit of im perial pride, these proofs of loyalty were most con. spicaous.

They were the more remarkable because the Dominion was at the time on the eve of a pitched battle between domestic parties, whish resulted in the defeat of the ifackeaaie Ministry and the return of a iargs Parliamentary majority in support of Sir J. A. Macdonald and hisieeUag-of proteeaoa to native industry. Home Rule Ireland bas lost mucn ot its energy. MX.

Butt has separateld himself more distinctly than beiore irom tne uncompromising yosirucuioiueus, and not only supported the Government by his speech and vote in the rnost critical division of last session, but protested firmly against the plan of moving an amendment to the Address. The enactment of a measure in aid ef Intenoediate Education has esejted some hope among the clerical party that the University question will be simi larly dealt wiin. xns Liana cussuon is ami pe gaided by the Irish masses as as open one in spite of Mr. Gladstone's legislation only eight years ago. The savage murder of Lord Leitrim in Donegal furnished deplorable proof of toe social perils ot this jrestlesaess, which it is to be feared no settlement that Parliament could adept is likely to allay.

The perpetrators of the enma have not yet been brought to justice. Inslaadhas lost two mpn, who. thoueh not actively engaged in politics, exer- cfeed a strong pejfttal mfluenceen opposing sides. Paul GufleB, Cardinal Arcatttsnop ot JJuwui, was the life and soul of the Ultramontane movement is Ireland. Mr.

Justice Kaogfa was one of a small natober of Irish Roman Gatholie Libersfe whom the Ultramontane victories drove into a social and almost a political Conservatism. In France M. Dnpanloup, JJistion oi urieans, was, use uie insa Cardinal, the ablest and moist powerful ehampion': of t3e Church and its plahns, but in literary skill, i mtelleefcaal culture, he wflrl8edabove all campa- viKnn wiih the Arcabishoi UuOlm, Mioaffli a car-. tain Gallisan independence caused him to miss the fconour which tho latter eSsSy achieved. RBPBBSKNTATiSSf 3SEWST.

FROK OTJE OOJBlSStOSDEBT.) Uawry, Tuesday. Tt ia enerallv conceded that Mr. William Whit' worth, H.P., will not ha brought forward by the Liberals at ttie genera -ejeeiiOTi, bb wia auvn wiH be made to suf forward a stronger caEdiiSate. rr p. (3.

a Catboiic a Inrjre of labour, who is at jsent Jfiafc Sheriff or Armagn, is sposen oi, wttmiw iwjf li able to large iSuiBBers or umeiai pan.y. i. have also heard the nam of Mr. B. Whitworth, Liberal caadidats has not yet been selected.

There i much talk in the borough just uciws tohTeoBOg oontest, which wffl eScite msre than usual iatowet. DfflTSiBSS at the Safe. A corresohdent writes as follows to the Aha S'mti from Peddie Tlie house tax iB causing grave dissatiefacoioB WJi aminst the natives and Europeans the, bur den, however, presses most sorely upon the former, and, following as it dose so closely upon the hut tax, drives the poor hungry native amiost to the Wink of distraction. The distress amongst the native population down here is so great that many of them aire and have been for a snsiderable period subsisting almost entirely upon roots, LAr and should the dry weather continue much longer there will be much scarcity of pro jfcns amongst whites also." THROXT sereness and irritation, inducing Cengh Sod affectteg the voioe. For these symptoms ue Kpps's Giyeeane JujaWs.

Glvcerine in these agreeable confectjensj being in pren- A. abnAa tit. fh TOnWKfflt thSV SW eXOtM VI the not of suckinc. heeewie hea6is. SoW only in and Is boxes, labelled "James EH'3 ami Homteopathic Chemists, London." Dahhn depot niUtpn, hong, and Co.

Lower SackriUe-strest. Ha- 1S004 it is LONDON GOSSIP. i (From the Lady Correspondent of Evening Tdtgroph.) IiPBaon, Mmda? Evening. Tho evil hoar has om again upon us as terriblp ani suddfeu; and. yet apt wholly unex-peotBd, fop it Jias lomx 5s wn foretold.

Bat, in spite of all provision, we axe, as usual, -taken comrMetely by surprise. The moral eaiing of London ia strange enough, stare with dismay at the ragged groups which are beginning, as jn all times of great distress, to wander through the streets in that hopeless, draggled state of misery, which tells shattered hones and household god persed. Such groups ape foaad in 'ovO-f country than Engtajidkthef, grown-up daughter, four or five children, anu a habe at the breast! All are httngty. All have dragged their weary from swae remote district, and we feel that they bare come hither for relief from the parish to which the fatbe? opee belonged. The sight is far more shocking to the nerves than the most homble gips beggars no ooce aaed to inf et the high roads of Fraa and bang about the postaoass while toe diligence was changing horses.

starving waadems throag' ke London streets do not peg ot because they are ashamed, bgt because they dare not but their eloquent eye plead more, forcibly than words for the relief whieh they are not refused by the benevolent. They cannot stop in byswys and comers, fw they ara kept moving by the police; aod their weariness and misery as they straggle thioagh the mud, tell a far more piteous tale -than were they huddled together upon door-steps or beneath gateways. Such a family has just' passed my window heart-sick with fatigue, perhaps, more than with hunger. At the pace at which they advance they will not have reached the Casual Ward of the Marylebone orkhouse, whitaet it is evident they are bsuud, before night. The father is about forty years of age.

Ee looks pinched and famine-stricken. He carries in his arms a child of about two years old, who ia moaning piteously, with head hanging over the father's shoulder. The mother, with her mud-coloared Tags and filthy shawl, is an object of greater pity tril. She is burthened with another babe of scarcely a few months, and trembles from weakness as she dragsher sodden, ragged shoes, through the mud; a giri of about twelve, bearing a bundle of what appears to be scraps of food and clothing, follows behind, holdicg by the hand- two half-naked urchins, who all uwonscions of the woe around them, are raking op tho mtid left by the thaw at the 8ide of the pavement with a long stick, ine reflection that, bad as all this may be, yet work remains behind that sends me Iron, the window with the most gloomy forebodings. And distress visible and tangible as in the case abovementioned is fast reaching below the surface.

There it' is unseen a3 yet, but not unfelt Hundreds of city clerks, thousands of small tradesmen who have been living hitherto in peaoe, if not in plenty, are driven to all kinds of shifts to replace the occupations they have lost. The change tho social system is becoming evident every class. Owe of the proofs giren of the transition through which we are passing is the falling-off in the number of noblemen at Oxford. The reason alJowed is the reluctance of the aristocracy to send their ms to the University, where they now run the risk of heing jostled by the ofl-spring of Dissenting Ministers, tradespeople, and all kind of "objectionable folk." Open competition and Keble College have accomplished a complete trasusformation Alma Mater, Tufts and silk gowns are now a rarity, but then the lectures are all the more seriouslyattended, wine parties less frequent, and dice and cards forsworn. It is found that the "noblemen" run the risk not only of contamination by contact with churls of low degree, but of being distanced the race.

They cannot reckon epon the University prizes when compelled to compete with young men who have como to study ana not to kill time at tho University. The examinations, too, are becoming more and more difficult, so severe, indeed, that none but tho cads who have no money for racing, rVATT.l TtS7 UUttbtU. Vinatino. ana TWXmsj, sua oaiiflot afford to keep terriers for rat-catcning, or beadles for badger-baiting, can find tune for preparatioBf The death of Mdlle. Beatrice, tie actres, has levealed to the I03don people a state of things it bad always baaa imagined might be-lono- to every other capital in Europe, but never to theirs, for there is one thing more than another of hich Londoners think they haveieasV to be proud, it is their polise system, which presents the almost total immunity to the citizen against marauding attacks of robbers and the jntruskm of all unwelcome visitors.

Mdlle. Beatrice was a woman of high attainment, of energetic temperament; moreover, born, and willing to accept the obligation which her parentage Rbo wa the danshtarof Major Binda, who had been high fn favour during ths Italian war. He died, sact wupi vision for his ttaugaters. xrut iuuik. -i -eras endowed with great eaergy aod am bition hesidea the conseioasness of talent which prevented her sinking ifcto the cnlph pwfessowhip or governess work but boldly turned to the stage, 3 time demoted herself entirely to strtdy, Uvijagin the strictest with the most ngid economy, until he had coomplished sufficient progress in her art- enable her to appear before SesoMis of Paris.

But although well received, the immense pressure to the frost of the c4d of eaadidates for pd fWmr, oon fioavineed her that the road to fame voald be too k.g Bd diffieult if followed rionff 'sucli ro-u-gh nneven ground. So her and hyiD thereby the Jfafi ish lari; repair a n7vin London. obtained, gw tiwii the ttfavjnees. Her ardent, ambitious nature, soon disgusted her with thewmpmlsive gubservience-to managers, ana stae managers, directors, and sub-aKeetors, ik all the small fry eoropnsing the' gwa i T.andoa theatre, for down to the -1 wfefifmer is the poof actress expected tn ra her aoort to prewmtthe opposition thrown by mora Mdlle. Beatrice, weary at all thk, seadwd to undertake the arduous a nf chosen artists, she set out upon a pTOfcngedtourm theproymces performing at all Se reat towns the different plays of her repertoire with snch success thai, by repeat, ine the experiment for many eoss he re- was the most popular of all, and it was iat the wMxq became ao aaaintad witit th modem Frauds school of art.

Bw French setka having fiteed her rtationof French ch- theoaaii ike whole cats logae of the Frew i 4 isd the arovincial public better actlViainted rib ths modem French alage BR the -ecat9rStehe, STTiir 5fieamaaBied her in her specula tion- oving been compelled to give nj the rtrofewea, wmajasd at theij' home Earis- house purcaaseU by Mine. "V-; fitted uo by her with every luxury, and rendered a complete mnaeum of works of art, of whieh ae wag a awww' fit, eveciacr last winter Mdjle, SrTV. ii-ff alona in the house with inst finished dinner The solitary deeert Shad beea PW apon the tble, and the servant had wrth-drawn, when euddenly from underneath the Sua, wiere he had lam hid by the table-J jrid ma. irasged andf 0Rrn, who, hein jrflw nistol to nis ieei oeiore lorttr noma riflo ui "ur) yj-ket-and ps8atiogJ.t.t late reyeied sud laaeBtsd Cardmal Archbishop. the impOrtent mBldents the life of the Cardinal, and concisely, but cor-recfly, sketones the Course of social and potitio-i events, not lo9 in these countries, but OB the Continent during 'more than twenty five "years of Dr.

Cuilen'B practical headship 4f the Church m' Ireland. There are, however, phrases here and there' wWcK it Were to have exchuled, and in somethings justice is haraly done to the patriotio and thoroughly Inphepir his Bminenec; A more arTiropriata household memento of the juastrious dead could' scarcely be had than this portrajt of his arid n'Ru'a wail.j;itii and amble, if riot always strictly just, account of his life and acts. SoS deyetei to his late Eminence CsrdmaFraBClu, the distinguished Secretary of State of he present Sovereign Pontiff and whose premature death has been so universally rnpurned. We'regret that Mr. O'Byrne did net' increase the interest of his memoir by adding some more minute details than has published of the i Card'ina-'a mieroorable visit Irelandforthededioationof the beautiful Church Holycross at Cloniiffe, on which occasion he was the direct! tejjreseBtative of bis Holiness Pins HL This series of The Lives of the Cardinals Will, when completed, bo a beautiful and valuable record, and we'WBih it every success as it is being carried along; SELECTIONS FjJQJI THE PLAI5T AND PAROCHIAL SERMONS OP JOHN HENKY NEWMAN.

D. D. sometime Vicar of Mary's, Oxford. London: Itivisgtoas, Wterloiilace. 1878.

It would be an ineffable impertinence to say a word, in commendation of anything bearing the honoured' and name of the great The Parochial and Plain Sermons were preached long years, ago before their illus-trious author had been brought within the fold of Catholic unity, and; were just what they profess to be plain, homely, intelligible discourse to the people committed his pastoral charge; The sermons were issued in several volumes, and embraced several subjects. There was much in them that Dr. Newman would not have preached if he had "been a Catholic at the time, and mueh in them that no Catholic could accept. The collection now before is edited by a Protestant clergyman, and is pub-lished by a Protestant firm. It is not stated that is made with Dr.

Newman's authority, and, of course, it does riot bear the approval, of any Catholic ecclesiastic. The says- the editor, ia rather eliicaLtthan theological," and he adds that he preserves' some changes phraseology, such as the substitution of Holy. Eucharist" for v.vHiB Knnner." aud Holv Communion" for Communion Service," and in accordance what war done in the revised issue of the Sermons in- 1S6'8. The couectioncontamsnfty-fowseriBoris, and covers the four seasons of the year. Most of the subjects treated of are practical, and it is not necessary to say how they are treated by Buch'a master as John Henry Newman.

It is but fair to add that the selection seems to keep steadily clear matter suggestive of polemics. The work is admirably printed, and every way most excellently produced. THE BPBLI8T REVIEW. Third Series. Rl.

Jan- nary, ISra. loneon Barns ana uaies. vuoiui Dnffy and Gill and Son. It was known some couple of months Since that with the October, 1878, number of the Jewed its editorship by Dr. Ward would cease, and that the Review itself would pass to new managesnent.

From its first foundation by the late Cardinal Wiseman and O'Conneli the Review had earned for itself a distinguished place English perio dical Ifteraturei and splendidly sustained it under the sixteen years' oonductorship of it by Dr. Ward, Failing health obliged the able and vigorous man whom, we have just named to resign the heavy and fatiguing duties of its editorial super-iftlm. hia withdrawal from its control was a source of deep regret to the heads of the Catholic Church in these countries, ana oi sorrow even tothosewith whom in the ways and needs of public controversy it had been his fate to break many a stout lance. The Sevietu has 'now, bean transferred to the hand's of the Most Rev. Dr Hedley, the Coadjutor Bishop ot JSewporcana Menevia, and one of the most accomplished and best-informed writers, of our day.

Its first number has been kindly sent to us in advance by its pub-lishera; and we do not wish to delay a day in in-traducing it to our readers and asking from them for it thai at which its past services have so weE entitled it, and which it is certain to continue to deserve under the guidance of those who have now burdened, themselves with its direction. The Most Rev. editor, in a short prefatory note announcing the commencement of tue XUiru tjeisca, uuhickiw made with much diffidence," and adds that that iffirlMiPB. with which as a necessity all quarterly iournals must nor be issued, is vastly increased Al J. i-iks 'when m-tne raceoi so mucu wbw success.it is a Catholic quarterly that is in ques- rion.

eut we mamtam, ana we main rightly, that a Catholic quarterly is wanted, and a1, hrrA Fp.riea is. there- lilfplv- to succeed." with a 'eood heart, and a good be ginning isibalf the result. It is announced, and the announcement will give general satisfaction, hat the vigorous nnnd ana pen or pr. wara still be devoted to the Keview, ana contribution rom him is protnised for the April number. At present -we shall content ourselves with a mere enumeration of the articles contained in this January number, and shall take oeeasiqn to recur to them more than once fn our eolumM for further and ampler exposition.

The first article is from the pen of the most rev. editor, A untitled Catho icism and culture, 'ine second article is by Mr. C. S. Devas, and treats of jW.

this moment anpears to us to be norailMTWanDrnOTiate. It IB entitled, "The Relief Pni. fn flia ICtrlv and is most opportune for discussions that have been suggested bv the recent terrible visitation of destitution amongst our poor, ine nun Church in England' is from the pen of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and is one of those topics to which we shall gladly recur. Father Bridgett, the accomplished author of" Our -Tnwr." and of The Disciolme of contributes Uief ourth article, which is a curious and atfective epitome of sermons dehVered from the Bristol pulpitm the aaysotnenry xti. iiw on AfghanSstan abounds with geographical infor-.

motion, which will be peculiarly vfefcome just, at present. Ia the sixth article Mr. Bowen discourses-on the Paris Exhibition and in article 7 Mr. St, George Mivart examines Sir. Herbert Spencors psychology, Professor Paley on Pre-Homerie Legends of the Voyage of the Argonauts the Bishop of Salford on "The Evangelisation of Africa a competent writer on Parental A itho-rity in Matters of Religion," in the Agar-BUis children's case; a political critic on "Thj Winter "Sessioh," occupy most of remainder of the Review.

Literary notices, foreign and domestic, close the number, aid supply diversified reading and information. We that we trura of the Dublin Review may have a splendid Success. We cbrameorTik to theCatholie feity of Ireland at a periodical that wjll weE repay the patrcageey may bestow spaa it, ahd wa ventoie to commend it even still more earnestly to the Irish clergy, that they may help hY in every way.i-hsj. can, and encewwfe'fc conductors to wen greater enterprise in the cause of Catholic faith and Catholic truth by' the liberal meteore of support that they will bestow' upon it. Its publishers are the same as "heretofore, and two i star 'bost-knon.

Dublin will continue to be the ageow or rss inau cirsuktiori. THE RISE. INCREASE, AND EXIT OF IHE GE-RALDIKfeg, SiSIiS DS8MONB. Translated from the Lattaef HetoinicO'Daly, O.P., by Rev. C.

P. lioaots. C. 3abhn Sxma Daffy and Sous, TheHpseofa good terarly yeats las induced Father Meehan to give th student of Irish affairs a second edition of hisechoiarly translation of the fsjapus Father tacing of the career of the heroic but mostly unfortunate Earls of Desmond iihat branch of the princely Geraldines whose iovjs for. Hie land of their adoptSin was hardly les otly to our English mastors than the more mdigefious patriotism of the princely race i of NiaH.

'The new edition sail be found in many respects more valuable than the original onemany crudities which trie taientea author modestly tsonfesses to have been amaaded in ttte icuomaxic Bortions oi tuo work, and many notes substituted whiefc, in his oDinion. wfll be incte helpful to the reader in fol lowing the effliaife Dolninican's profouBdly into, resting narrative. Jhe appendix there have been docuiaents elucidat'iry of the "subject, access to which ia not attainable by theijoWy hd nb pains have been spared, in "to.Wal3S tho -rassrf helpful guide to Irish re'searches through thjsS most eventful epoens insn mstory aurmg wmcn the great Fitzgeralds lived and woyedand is To in of of all of hadj i a thundering big sum, and is eood for any number farsTji (Jie "bourgeow" elans, appearing in iroat and snow, as the rockspun shawl of the vKWieo of 'theworking ekes does at Weddings, christenings, and high family fetes. I may finally remark that the lizard ae a bouquet-helder or breast pin is going eut of sight. It had become too common, and is now voted ft vulgarity.

Ladies whoaa husbands have amtorial beariags are borrow, ing from the family heraldry in lieu of the abandoned Knwd. I must now conclude this month's hrtter for "the ladies, wishing, with all ny heart, that 1879 may bring them all possible good fortune, and that a vast washer of other happy Hew Years may await xhem. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE 1ST STEPHEN'S- Lea Bight fire, which caused the destruction of a considerable amount of fHoperty, occurred on the premises 313 and 11 Stephen Vfireen, West, when Messrs. Dobsoo and Co. iarry ca bssmess as upholsterer, decorators, and paper merchant.

Ahout 30 yards at the rere of the buildings in StepheaVjsreerjk, which have been only recently bttiit, is auotheir buildihc where the upholstery work is earned csi, asd this is omaneetod with the hoiise 11 i ty a long hall, eed as a storeroom for furniture. It was here that fire appears to hae orinated, but from what cause is at present Kvory precaution seems to have been taken again accident such as that which ocearnad ht n1xt The rooms are heated by thrae open grates aad a stove, appro vci vf by the corojwnies nth whom policies of insaroece have been effeoted, and ttvas the dtfty of an employe of the proprietors to see each evening that these fires were properly extinguished, Shortly after tax o'clock hat evening tb shop and wareraoms were locked up as twual fey the sasfctant aad every thing left in apparent safety. At about seven o'clock Messrs. Dob-soa's foreman carpenter, a man named Sarsfield, residing in Syage-street, observed smoke issuing from the storerooms, aad he at once went to Lad-lane Police Station to give intimation of the faotj and took steps to have the Fire Brigade communicated with. Accordingly the mea, both from the 'William-street and Winetavern-street Stations, quickly appeared on the scene, and, csder the direction of Captain iDjrratn and Xientertant Byrne, proceeded to the work of getting the conflagration under.

This was attended with considerable and exceptional difficulties, inasmuch as there was a fierce wind blowing from the south-wast which fanned the flames, riving them into the shop and scattering the sparks in all directions, rendering tho owners of adjoining houses fearful for the safety of their property. The efforts of the brigade were mainly directed to saving the front portion of the premises, Nothing couid clearly be dons to avert the destruction which threatened tlw rere; for owing to the ia-Sammablo nature of the materials, the fire made rapid progress, end had made considenWe heading before the arrival of the Sremen. Three lines of hose were at once laid oq one of them was carried through the shop from Stephen's-graen, and severe! were used to project a stream of water on the burning furniture through a hole which was broken for the purpose in the roof of the store, rooms, and that served a similar pnrpsae in the up. holstery workshop. The wwter discharged from the first line of hose served mainly to prevent the ingress of the flames into the Stephen's-green rre-CMSSf.

The coadiMrt of ths firemen io the discharge of their duty is deserving of the highest praise. The wind drove the fjatoes, smoke, and sparks literally into their iioes, making an on-Jooker wonder how they possibry ecdored what they were subjected to. Discipline, however, prevailed, and at a quarter past eight o'clock, when the roof of the storeroom fell in, it was evident that the fire had been got under, although thai was, of course, a momentary outburst fisroe. attendant on tho sudden admission of a large volume of air to the blflsisg piles of farsiture. At a quarter past nine o'clock the iabours of the brigade had concluded, the 6re having been completely extinguished.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor was present during the entire occurrence. He was at the theatre when the alarm was first given, and he at once went to the scene of the disaster, and reiuaiaed there until all danger had disajroeared. having consider able personal ia convenience, a sSistiBg in the direction the opewitipns. Chief Superintendent Corr, of the Metropolitan Pouee, wssatsa present, as was aiso Mr.

Jarae Dobeoo, one of the sro-Drietors. who had been summoned from his resi dence at Rathmines. The police frors the Lad-lane Station, under the direction of Acting-Inspectors IS and 2 did good service in Seepmg order, A 4am crowd had collected in Stephen's-green, op- posae toe premises, ana tramc, rowucuug wre oi the tram ears, was far a time stopped. The crowd wens kept off by mem of a wire rope held ia the hands of a number of constables stationed in the semi-circle in front of the house. The use of a wire reps is, we understand, novel, and was used for the first time last night.

It is impossible to estimate exactly the amount of damage done, but it could not have been far short of 4,000, as the store rooms and upholstery department, with all thfflr eenteata, wen entirely destroyed, and a iargs quantity of the wall paper, kept in the shop was damaged by water. The entire property, hottse and furnitare, It valued aud the whole is covered by insurance in the GuaTdian, Liverpool and Globe, and West of England In-suraooe offices. Mt 1. Irish Natkwai, Forbstwrs" Botbms Soodsit. Csktbal The weekly meeting was held on Monday, at the National Foresters Booms.

28 and 29 East Essex -street. Bie. Mk Haulon C.B., presided; Bro. P. Doyle, S.C.R., in the vice-chair.

Minutes of last meeting having been con-frrmarL Bro. O'Bvrne, general secretary of the so ciety, read letter from Bro, O'Connor, secretary Braoch Briae Boirw, HnB, expressing the, thankfl of their raetabers for th TOto of euado-Usee passed by the central body to Bros. also from Bro Kobinson, aasistaht secretary Branch Shamrock, Glasgow, giwing Sfce result tha elec-tion of officers, Bros. Hynes and Martiawperied the reeowry of their respected brother, James Col-W whkh was loudly cheered. Oh the mo top of Bro T.

Breonan, seconded by Bro. John fiwnn, trustee, Bro. P. O'CaBsgbsB was unanimously elected as assistant eeeretary to the -central body. Bros T.

Dwyer and B- Byrne wfcre appointed asau. ditow for quarterly aeeoaats. Mr. was rropceed for admission. At the 3oe of the meeting the members were entertained a autaptuoos dJLwer by the kind-heart! and Striatic host, Bro.

Ptor O'Brien. The W. tfeanks of te society at large were tendered to him, an4 the members promised never to forget the closing op of to first year's existence of the society, coupled with such generosity. Akctskt Obder op Fosestebs. Conrt Robert Emwet heM it iwlf-yrly Bwg Jtonday jn the amrtroom, 89 Cufie-street, when, after the osoai routine of buaai and isitjation of new ehe, the elecon of offieers tor the next halfyear "took ptoe, reeeH as follow Br pati Maloso in the chief chair, Br Bernard Ma-honey tnthevke chair, Br Wai Byrse, senior wood, ward: Sr Augustme Slaheaey, jwMor weodward.

Roberts proposed that a beoevaieat undhe estab. liehed in eouneetiM wit i agreed to unanimously, and 8rt instalment pSd by -all The MriM eorng. mented the nappy rswlts of the past year, and hoped tie oe wtfjnj them increased health sad prosperity i aad stetea that a large sum of money was TJ their credit in bank to begmtha bm The court adjourned to Jfofcdg. January, The KR4be ef Gm Anna Liffey (STo. 3,356) held tbrfr at their rows, MciaW Institute Mondar ewBmg-Ghief Banger Thoasa.Mooney the vice-cnair.

ijw uyvw inz were read and confirmed, alter wracn woodwards reported the maims meeting. A dacuMiion took place regarding the financial posiiioa of the court, which wa shown to be higfe wtwfaetery, and a prenositaon as then carried to increase the secretary' lry. At mas o'elock theroHwas called, wtea the Mffimation of ofihsers for the ensuing six months was pro-cded with and resulted as foBows Cbf Mewr. Shields, Nash, Haltigm, wd ta-bowr ub-Cbief Rasger, Messrs OJoft Nash Walker, end Taj-; for Seaw Weadwrd, Holland; burner Woodward, Messrs Heatley and Rya Scior Beadle. Dowlmg Juwar Beadle, Tracy and Auditor, WeAlfcta.

SHteh Coart Delegate Recestioa tiatym p- uuj Jramaa't Journal for wu ouww v. bis kindness in mserting their reports, the meeting VELVF.T ROBgS--OISKEa DKfSSKS AK BUttf) TRAINS AN FURTt.T08 OF T3E FOOT SmDES SLLCOTAXCK TO T3J5 tOSO OR SSiTT ADHEMVJCKiSS SO? ALL SOUND SMALL KF.lBS IX FASHION L.S.KGK EON5BTS-AT THE THf CHATEJtf TRKJIIEfi EMnRS PRIN-CiiSS BUXXET T.05O CI.OASS--i-"W BOD-QC1 iiOLDERS- LIZAKTSi VOTE3 TL'LOiS. Paris, Jloniiay Evening, 38th December. A peasant frt-n Brittany who came up last summer to the Exhibition gave his candid opinion to the parish priest an bis return in saying, They are nil a lot of fools in Paris who wear their best Sund.iT clothes on week-days." It true that Par4at pec' I rawin ladies gentlemen always appear as well attired as possible. Therefore, in describing fashion one would think a person had only to keep his eyes open in the streets of the And yet this is a -mistake.

5ough all die's pretty well, the few alone dress with true taste. Actresses and those who desire to catch the ey by flaunting toilettes may have thousands of francs on their backs and neck? and Hmbs, and newspapers may describe their robes and bonnets as the latest and most perfect creations of fashion. Best the ladies who really give tone is mofr are most for being not distinguished at all in what they wear. Sober elegance has really given in nU timet, and gives still, pre-eminence to France to all matters ef ersaJ fashion What is raost to ha regretted in re-cent tofietto is its expensive and scarcely graceful In robe-making they we balding edifices instead of erecting simple wad respeetabte shelter. In the present system of being dressed by tie great hous as, which find matori.il as nll as make, this extravagance wiU become greater and greater.

The simplicity of will never return, unless our daughters, like rur mothers, purchase the material and trimmings of their robes and make the aint'jriere" a separate institution from the furnisher. I see bo chance of this, ad therefore it is mora difficult every -day to describe the complex toileiies draped like a gal.i heirae or patriireuoi bedstead of the oldoa time. But in corns materials happily orar-raoch complication is almost impossible. It is probably the reason why many ladie of the ristouflie fwourgs are wearing this winter robos of black velvet. WJth them I often see "gilota," or little front rests, coming down long, of rich white or embroidered latin.

These robes are extremely elegant, and lunar slight modifications of varioas fancy for dinner parties or early dances. December being Una month, a3 we are informed by a fashion journal, in which people in Paris begin to dine seriously," tho toilette become jatersotmg in these variations. Dtaser robes are made in two or three different modes, as well as in velvet. We see cbaruiing dresses in silk and brocade, the former of grave coJohts, uite high up in the body. They must be Saudi; high up 4e cause the casaque a gilet" is repugnant to a low corsage.

I it ravors iaoroyslie," which turn to the very shoulder, leaving the richly em. broidered stuff, ia colours gily contrasting with the rest of the robe, spreading orer the chest. Long terns-over of brocade similar to the rest part from tke hips a Utile bsiiiad, and come down in the train, trimnisd in almost imperceptible little pleating-. The sleeves in this style of dress are long and very tight. The other UescriptieQ of dinner-robe is bciit somewhat ia the Loais XV.

or eaily Louis X7I. style. A material must be chosen that will well lie into the figura, icd the shade of colour must be assorted to the complexion and hair. This bemg understood, tho dress is of a light shade of colour and of silk-Abundance of white naniers of no extreme magnitude, and ftu open oomge, but square or cvalj aad comvinjt wail xe th) shoulders behind, are permitted. The ajseves of thi3 robe wfll scarcely extend beyoad the aod will throw oat floods of iaee, trimmed scantily with knots Barrow ribbon of doufete ace.

This dress ma lso he made 'if raoir" and brocade intermirigled The in front Ueiowthe corsage, is covered with lace or thin gauze in lengthened lolds iiks those of a fan. It is not easy to sustain the long trains, slflj so rawh w0ra in the eveniage, in thwr various forms of oval, round, Esquare, witboat sometimes es-faibiting of seDaration the outer skirt and the substratum or babyeoss." Theiefore the trains are often lined with stiff muslin, to which is sewn three or four folds of pleated baUyeuse." In this tnsesner oe danger exists of destroyiug the harmony nad unity of the train by a suddeD turu of the figwe. this howeTer, would have seemed tome itinnecessary, for I have observed thafc a pretty little motion of the foot was sufficient to send round the longest traia adroitly aod to perfection. It gave opportunity also of showing the point of a prettily dressed foot, the small shoe beiog of tho shade of colour of the robe and embroidered stocking if the peep extended as far th Instep being also carefully selected to suit the rest of the toilette. The precaution ft attaching the tram 6rmry to the substratum wffl gpoS a good deal of the flirtation of the foot At tb same time, be cjuite certain that any woraaa admirable in aakledom will new fail to fisd ram opportunity of slyly exhibiting charming natural advantage.

Short costames are seen. J5o doobt they are battling to come to Uw feont They answer admirably for the young fijap. fat ladie or those who hare the lankiness of age supposing a woman of fashion ever to grow old the loag robe is a thing grace, I had annert saM of cessity. The dresses are stilj aahesj'e ia front. En revanche, they xhibit an inctwym fules behindwhere the aid of crinoline jr littie pamew is reaaawd.

Mwh faromr aittacfees to differ ence between the casaquhs and the robe. Madamo Sawrnv tells this week, ft casaijuin in cream-coloured sfttin much worn, embroidered with watteau besqaets at the Bergr galaxt style, withaliletof old lace. I eupnoee sh right; hut. ia rav littte experiewae, black velvet, with white satis vest, more wort dinnerparties than anything toe. In fcair-dresBjsg, the mode is that the heed should appear small, fte of borrowed locks hve oob down.

Fsh hair i apidngly used, and the dressfoj the h. wers and jewelled pins, are mostly behind. Bonnets are still in a ate of anarchy. The topeau pre-mier inspire, which is rather large the brims, is much worn at the theatres. Ia pkeecan bonnets in tbair best forms aod wart elegant adornments be so well seen as at tiie opera, and, indeed, at the theatres, where at present jt the habit to wear th head covered, even the dress-circles.

Whit conimoes to be thefavowite colour, in very fine felt or plush. Vihj white Because the bflx of theatres are sn-variably lined with red, aad pal ahades of colour eo best with crimson draperies ana nniUK Ttit.ro is afaldv in such matters. PeriaUs beantv is artistic. The Gallifet bonnet is slightly a favourite for fceatrieri evening or concerts. It is in ivory white twaiedwlwrt, trimmed with satin piping, surrounded with a blue, gtfd' embroidered band, with a ban whit, feathers andalfttlebtae-birdat the de.

Tha FrmaeM Thyra bwnet is probably the last novelty, it really be a novelty. It eeajs to me that. comainatito of aatiouitiaa wawa psaytu it all events, this Chapean rrawesw is of the Premier Empire form, of PanwO Ws tolcnr utm or nlush, tth marabsut hnms, wdered with a paler thin the rest of the Christmas penoaicaiB, DONAHOB'S MASAZlSiJS. We have received the first number of a ma. gazme startea Dy aw hoe, oi the Boston Pot, and called by his name.

"Donahoe's Migszine" aim at briar rather a careful selection than an efigasst puo-lieation. "Its proepeetus say fiat it wffl sm-brace two great essentials instruction and amass-raent; and that one of it principal cads is the counteracting of the deleterious trash wirieh aw Vitiates the fireside. A we nave sum, -m w. a most intereste and careful ba. The first article, has for its leBSa.

persOEge than Cardinal Manning, end its eabjecfrm 4e.pB- oulinrlv abpropriate one tor Hie insa yrS.JA Rirht nf Labour." The ma- gazine fully justifies ita prospeetus, ad we wash it every success. TEE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZGflS. The Gentleman's Magaame" for rMwryei. tains one article wmcn war mteresv an worn ai like gossip about pedigrees and titles, tweh a that with which Sir Bernard isurre naa so oxiot liKhted the reading world. The article is from the pen of Mr.

Grenvule mnrray, na is styiea i Vicissitudes of Titles." Among the curiosities noted in the article is the fact that very many of the Croat Tory houses of modern times are descended from ancient Whig stems. For example from the great Whig soldier-John Churchill, springs the popular nobleman Who now is the Conservative Viceroy of Ireland. The Tory Duke of Portland is sprung from the staunch Whig, Bentinck; and his Grace of Manchester, albeit an honoured member the Conservative party, does actually de from Lord Kimbolton, one of thojsmous Whigs the Fire Members unaries i. was so ausjuua seize. The otner arti.iK are fully up to the average.

MACMlliliau The January number of the MaemSWs Maga. zine" contains an article by Dean Stanley en the Historical Aspect of the United States, which will be read with interest by every adrnireref the great Republic." It-rontains a most graphic picture of Mount Version, which Dean Stanley describes as an unadorned but spacious wooden mansion, where Washington spent his latest yeare with his devoted wife, with his retinue of slaves, with the gracious hospitality of almost regal majesty, looking out from the oa'ks which now overhang his grave over the broad waters of the Potomac, on whose banks was "to rise the noble but still capital which bears his canonised name. The Dean also eives, as a companion picture, a sketch of Concord, the We New England- village, where "first Wood" was drawn in the War of Independence, Bv the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's brecie onftaiedj Here once the sttled farmer stood, ai3 nd ate ihot haaid wftast t8 wraj. -uanmiiiisti" nnntahiB two very poems one by Mr. Palgrave, on tne BWTiug, ih wwio theme, Trafalgar;" rise oW, a translation from Catullus, by Mr.

BramwelL The puu de resistant of ie January number of Belgravia" is the first instalment of a new story from jibe gifted Irish author, Mr. Justin McCarthy. The story promises excellently well, and we await the next iMtaiment with great interest. To the lovers of ftie quaint melaneholy humour of Bret Hart we commend The Heiress of Red Dog," by Bret Harte, which is in the best style of that gifted 'writer. OPEBATJC MITSIC.

THE DESEB.TEB Ojeta tt Ttoee Acts. Wordsby Oliver Goldsmith J. W. Glover. Dramatic Version by Ednurad Falconer, Bsij.

loadon! Davison and Kegent-staaet. On a former occasion we noticed in titete column Professor Glover's musical versioa of the itSaiortal Deserted Vfflsge M'd ef to now again to repeat, if possible wflih more earhestSiess than before, out admiration of tbeway in whieh the professor has dne his work, and to 'bespsikor it a wide an4K only fer the pWJ6rthy industry and the patriotic eSftfeesiaam it displays, a well-merited patronage. The music is pleasant ard at. tractive, and 'some trf '-the eheraA portions are parti, cularlj jnterestmg. The poem has been drama-tiaed by Mr, FleSWV the happiest and most skilful of oat modem playwrights, and has bem ttbaJflad lijr hifftinto vetj charming and very-WpreaoBtable opera.

It ems strange to that the professor's clever production lias never feiind its way to the operatic stage, and ft seemi tons all the there are not want-ing abundant SaatsSift for brmgiBS successfully before the TSoidsrhfth's name and Gold, smith's poritiy ougjttof thenwelv afeoe to secur for it a. success, -apart aitogemer n-om uua wo notice the work again to eay.hew neatly it has been produced, and to it as a gift-book, car. to be a weleame one hehBver tt is given, la this season of m'B idnaaess and good-nature. Thc.riusnber of visnier to She Rational Qallerj for the week ending the 2SIU day ijmberi ThOsi im HiiSACrH Raxkvat DtascT. Reat Adlniral Otway.Sji.L., of the daetes of thu eonteK plated reilway.

BUNoanee ef a nume rously sigrie3 ToquisSfon eWt him, hai6fiveaed meeting to bo heldin the Secord CfltiJIi, Henagh, on Monday, 6th Jacuary ami, fc ode o'clock, for the purpose of making neenstry assttgemenSl to have thi3 railway inafertsSSqe afe4but to a rucc8sful; issue. Messrs. Busyills and Co. ara (fas lijat holder of Whiskey in the world. TS" Whiskey is recommended by Its jUMfical profession nreferenoe to Fmoeb BtMidv.

it is sunDlted caslfS -cases tot btwrt -use duotatsons Messrs. Dunville and Royal elfast. Abvj,.