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A TRANSLATION. I BY ROBERT PARRY, (Robin Ddll.) Aros, y per ganiedydd glan, I biat u tti fawl i'th lor, Can ddweyd i b:vy telori'th gin, Ar hyd v gladdawl Gor. ran mewn gwoddiau 'mijlymu wnawn, Ac at ein Duwn neshu Mor anil tydi i w seinio cawn, A'n dyrchn rr wybren glau, A phan y chwyddo'r Organ Ion, Bob caingc, trwy'r cyfwngglan, o hyd tra erys adsain hon, Dychuiygaf dywanb giW. Pism gedi, Robin, wrth dy hun Y bluog wig sy' werdd ? A phyncio'n fwyn i'r bore cun, Dy Mr ilelovawg gcrdd S Bhaid mai gormesydd o dy ryw, Ar ogwyild aden dynn A th heliai i ie'r orphwysfa wiw, 1 gatiu a fwyn fai by«. Wel câD, Mr edn. wrth dy buu. Mewn cyssegredig hawl. A c ami fel diolcbgar un, Uifeiria'th ddyfol fawl.

(1)ur filmvry «table. MAGAZINES AND OTHER PERIODICALS. I Magazines and periodicals are becoming euoh an im- portant part of our literature; they are so multiplied, and find their ways into so many families, that they re- quire pome attention from a journalist who reports on the literature of the day. We have hitherto confined our notice to a few we shall now take a wider range, and give our opinion as to the merits or demerits of those which are mo-it generally read. Many must still be left unnoticed to give merely the titles of all would occupy more room than we usually devote to this department of our journal. The CoimiiLL MAGAZINE [Smith, Elder, and Co.], owed its popularity on ita first establishment to the name of Thackeray, who was its original editor. The task was uncongenial to him, we suppose at any rate he soon gave it up; and we really thiuk the book has not decreased in merit, by the loss of the author of Van- ity Fair," eitht-r as editor or contributor. The number for July is a very good one. A new novel is commenced, "Brother Jacob;" and one which has been publishing for several months, Margaret Denzil." continued." My Three Days' Dictatorship," is a continuation of some papers which appeared in former numbers, written by a companion and admirer of Garibaldi, and descriptive of scenes that occurred in Italy, in the war for indepen- dence. The paper on" Turnpikes." contains an account of the origin and progress of the toll-gates near Lon- don, and some interesting reminiscences of the old- time travelling. But the writer is in error, when he says that the race of turnpike keepers" within 50 miles of London, came to an end, after a reign of five centuries, on the first day of this month of July, 1804." It is only for about five miles, not fifty, on the north side of the Thames that the tolls are abolished on the south they are still collected; though agitation is at work for their abolition. The article on Sentimentalism," is not very attractive but any lack of interest in that is amply made up by the description of "Charleston under Fire," by one who was there; and heads of families who have sons to send to public schools, should read the pa- per, On some points of the Eton Report," by Pater- familias;" who is understood to be the old contributor to the Timei, J achb Omnium. There is one piece of poetry, Dreary Court Sky,"—written, (or supposed to be written) by one who toils all day, in a locality, where High walls, with plain dull windows set, And grimed and streaked with smoke and wet." Shut out all of beauty and of good," limiting the writer's view of nature ttJ" the distant sky," which, overhead, is ever taunting him. These verses are too long for extract; but they are very good and we sym- pathise with Eastwood Cave, who dwells where Nature's nowhere seen, In common objects fresh and green;" who has no pleasant objects round him; but is con- demned to spend his days in Dreary Court. TEMPLE BAH, [122, Fleet street], once under -the edi- torship of Air. Saln, now of Nf c. Edmund Yates, main- tains a good position in the periodical circle. Three novels are now publishing in its pages,—" The Doctor's Wife," by Miss liraddon; Broken to Harness," by Ed. mund Yates; and "Paidin Full," by Henry J. Byron. There is also a good short tale, True to the Past," inte- resting accouuts of a Druse Funeral," and of "Cathe- rine I. of Russia;" with several other papers, all quite equal to the usual run of magazine Jiwrature, In one of these papers, entitled" City Intelligence," the basis of which is Mr. 1). Morier Evans's Speculative Notes, and Notes on Speculation," we find an anecdote of a past panic, which, on account of the estimable mau referred to, is worth extracting.—It was in 1857, "when houses] of good repute Aei-e failing by the score," there was a rumour that a certain leviathan house was in extremis. One day, we have presented to us, the anxieties of a stalwart gentleman, who comes with troubled mien through the dark portals of the Hank of England. He is dressed in a long blue frock coat, with velvet collar, black y, at, an I black trousers, and wears neither chain nor ring. lie walks thoughtfully, and his cheek blanches, as he communes with himself, upon the im, portance of the mission whereon he is engaged. From the Bank of England, he journeys to other financial es.. tabliabinents, where his wishes are canvassed, and his u". proposals formally discussed. lIe admits that assistance and co-operation will be required; and receives for the uniform answer, that with the countenance of tlte bank, there will be no difficulty in the matter, but, that with- out it, aid must be withheld." The Bank does extend its countenance; the same figure is seen once more com- ing from its portals, this time with more cheerful mien; and it is soon afterwards publicly announced that the Bank of England, and some of the jeint-stock banks, have agreed to assist the principals of a large AmenciU) firm, who have deposited securities, far in ex- cess of the aid required Four or five years pass away; and when all the engagements of the panic period have been long honourably liquidated, and its affairs are in a more prosperous condition than ever, the chief of this great American firm realizes the cherished hope we saw in such grievous jeopardy just now, and George Pea- body hands over i; 150,000 of his collossal fortune to certain eminent powers to hold in trust for the benefit of the London poor." The Sr. JAMES'S MAGAZINE [Kent & Co., Paternos- ter-Row), is a very entertaining number; and cannot be read without many pleasureable emotions. There is more of flctioQ-more of the imaginative in this peri- odical, than in those we have just noticed; but in the '• instructive department, the notice of John Clare," the Northamptonshire poet, Among the Hops," and the Primeval Inhabitants of Europe," are well written •contributions. The articles in the class of fiction are all attractive to the reader; and there are several pieces of excellent poetry. We extract one:— A SUMMER EVENING IN JVLT. A cloudless evening in a bright July. The fading rose-tints of a western sky, The twilight darkening o'er the bending corn, The sleepy lfoyers that close their eyes till morn; The fine-drawn threads of cordage floating by, From some aerial spider, sent to try The airy current that will lightly waft The woven gossamer, his fairy craft; The gnats that wheel in most fantastic Sight; The twiukJing emerald of the glow-worla's light; The hills of pallid purple in the north, Above whose brows the faint small stars shine- forth, But hide agaiu as from her hazy veil Of eastern mists the yellow moon doth sail Into full clearness of the deep blue sky, Her gold to molten silver turned thereby; And as she rises solemnly and slow, The dusky woods mysterious shadow throw Upon our homeward path. Pause at the gate; Tb»r» tails the noiseless bat-it is not late; « The moon from yon black cloud's malignant spell Slips, Jike a lucid pearl from dark sea-shell Into a ttanquil sea. Ah! Love, one kiffl Is all too little on a night like this. The SUNDAY AT Homa and the LEISURE HOUR, [56, Paternoiter-row], are two of the ReligiousTract Society a publications; and they are two that must be Wel- come Guests" to every home. In both entertainment is mixed with instruction and whilst the understand- ing is enlightened, and the mind trained, the imagina- tive powers are not slighted..There is no cant, no asectic- ism in these periodicals; and they diffuse the general principles of religion and morality without sectarianism. A work of fiction, of a superior order, Herlock Chase," is commenced in the July number of the Leisure Hour;" and moral tales form part of the contents of the Sunday at .Home; but all the contributions to that periodical are appropriate for the Sabbath Day's Reading. History, biography, geography, travels, occa- sionally met-llphysic1, and didactic subjects, are treated of its both periodicals; and in the "Sunday at Home," there is always a brief sermon, under the head, The Pulpit in the Family." Both works are elegantly illus- trated; and the Leisure Hour forms a book of re- ference on many subjects. I' A Tour in Switzerland has appeared in former volumes; and Another Swiss Round is now publishing in its pages. We extract the following passage from one of the papers on this sub- ject The Swiss athletes did not give me a high idea of their power. I had seen what I had reason to be ieve I was an important and characteristic exhibition ot tnem but there was nothing like the grace and agility shewn on an average cricket field. The men are no doubt mar- vellously strong. I am sure some of them cotil(I carry- say a sack of flour-for miles. They are as strong as donkeys, and can run down hill without jarring their necks or knees, But when you have said this, you have said nearly all you can in praise of their gymnastics. They are more enduring than active, and when they climb, which is the great national pace, show, to my eye, much more of the sloth than the chamois. They plod and screw themselves on with perfect sure.footed. ness, but Beldom with any movement which is related to a bound. I except the descent of hills, where they can guide the effect of the law of gravitation upon them- selves with wonderful ease. There is a proverb here, which say, No money, no Swiss. It may be doubted, whether they have, as a people, any natural enterprise about their mountains, and ever took seriously to climb- ing thetu, till they began to be paid by tourists for doing so. What does a goatherd care about the top of a peak He toils after his froward charge because they bring him a living; but why should he be more adven- turous than they! Why should he go where there ia no grass ? All at once the peasant awakes to the fact, that foreign, ruddy-faced, long-pursed tourists want to find their way mainly where it is the least plain, and that though they possess knapsacks, they seldom carry them themselves. Thus the crags and glaciers be- come fruitful, and the lad qualifies himself as a guide or a porter, in places, the only attraction of which to him is, that some one wiH pay him for going there. The scenery he cares most for is, a handful of money. No doubt there are a few enthusiasts among the Swiss them- selves but you may depend upon it, most of them would make:their peaks into turnip-fields, if they could, and change their summer snow into maiitire.I was riding once by moonlight through a famous valley, when I fell into conversation with a Swiss about his native land. Do you live in this part of the country?" I asked. —' Yes,' he replied.It is very beautiful,' I said.— Ah he rejoined, with some shew of enthusiasm, 'it is, indeed, monsieur; it bears excellent potatoes. GOOD WORDS, [32, Ludgate Hill], edited by Dr. Norman Macleod, one of her Majesty's chaplains, was originally published at Edinburgh, but has been recently transferred to London. Mrs. Henry Wood also contri- butes a well written novel, of great interest, Oswald Cray," to this periodical; and Dr. Vaughan, the pre- sent Vicar of Doncaster; the present Dean of Westmin- ster, Dr. Stanley; the Dean of Canterbury; the author of John Halifax;" Isa Craig, the Rev. Edward Es- daile, and the eminent naturalist, Phillip Henry Gosse, F.R.S., are amongstitweontributors. We need searcely say, therefore, that is is second in point of merit and interest to none of its contemporaries. We extract the following lines, by the author of [ "John Halifax," from the July number. A LANCASHIRE DOXOLOGY. I Some cotton has lately been imported into Farring- Jon:" "the women wept over the bales, and kissed them, and finally sang the Doxology over them.Syciatoi-, May 14. Praise God from whom all blessings flow," Piaise him who sendeth joy and woe. The Lord who t-,tleB-the Lord who gives, 0 praise Him all that dies and lives. He opens and He shuts His hana, But why, we cannot understand Pours and dries up His mercies' flood, And yet is still All-perfect Good. We fathom not the mighty plan, The mystery of God and man; We women, when affliction come, We only suffer and are dumb. And when, the tempest passing by, He gleams out sun-like, through the sky, We look up, and through black cloudsriven, We recognise the smile of Heaven. Ours is no wisdom of the wise, We have no deep philosophies; Childlike we take both kiss and rod, For he who loveth knoweth God. This periodical is illustrated by eminent artists. The EVENTS OF THE MONTH, [John and Charles Mozley, Paternoster-row], is a very useful magazine of "news, literature, science, and general information." It gives the foreign and domestic history of the month, forming at the end of the year, an annual register." Besides this history, in the number for July, there is the commencement of a biography of Mozart,"—"The Fate of two Traitors—Manning and Monalderchi;" a descriptive account of the Royal visit to Cambridge sketch of a journey from Siout to Thebes and a va- riety of miscellaneous information. There certainly is no very striking talent displayed in this periodical; but all the articles are above mere mediocrity; and it is one of the most useful publications of its class. In the paper entitled From Siont to Thebes," we take the fol- lowing passage, descriptive of the present appearance of Karnac. Passing through an avenue, which led us to one of the huge pylse, or gateways," Baysthe writer, "we entered i.ito the outer circuit of the temple of Karnac; and here a wonderful and beautiful object offered itself to our eyes-a circuit of a mile and a half, spread with ruins, an amazing assemblage of huge pillars, gateways, obelisks, and colossal figures, with here and there a palm-tree growing in the midst, and adding much to the picturesqueuess of the scene. There appears to have been several smaller temples within the circuit; but our guide took us round at once to the south-western and chief entrance of the chief temple. It has nothing re- markable about it but its massive proportions, nor has the first court into which we entered; but the grand hall which lies beyond, is the most imposing sight I ever beheld. Within the massive walls of the court, there are still standing 134 massive pillars, the centre avenue of which are 36 feet in girth, and upwards of 70 feet high Originally, the entire hall was roofed in, and some of the great flat stones still lie on the top of the pillars, but most have fallen in; some two or three of the pillars are leaning; the rest are solid-firm as the day when they were built; all are covered with sculptures and hieroglyphics, and it is a wonderful and imposing sight to stand in the midst,and look down the vistas they form on every side. But the gigantic and massive pro- portions are what chiefly affect the mind. I have seen loftier, grander, more beautiful Gothic buildings, but never anything of human work that impressed me so much with the idea of might; and how puny appeared the works of modern days, as my mind brought them up in comparison." ONCE A WEEK, [Bradbury and Evans], is an excellent weekly publication, published also in monthly parts. It was started when Dickens quarrelled with the publish- ers, who were his partners; and he taking "All Round the Year" on his own responsibility, Bradbury and Evans started Once a Week," which has been, as it deserves to be, very successful. At present, Mrs. Wood, (the authoress of East Lynne," The Channings," Ac.), is contributing one of her best novels to its pages,— Lord Oakburn's Daughter;" and the other contents areehort tales, and the usual magazine miscellany all the articles belonging to a high, if not the highest class of literature. Every number is illustrated with two or more wood cuts; and we do not know a more agreeable and pleasant weekly companion. Books and Periodicals for Review to be sent te W. C. Stafford, Esq., No. 79, (late No. 4) York Road, Lam- beth, B., omr London agent for the literary department of the Chronicle.

Why are Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli like two gen- tlemen engaged in a joint literary work ? Because they are trying to make a Pam-flit. Sir W. H. &ach, Bart. (Conservative), has been re- turned without opposition for the eastern division of Gloucestershire,

A FEW PLAIN HINTS AND SUGGEST !ONS ON TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANOU-AGNINI (WBLSH) COUNTRY SCHOOLS. BY JES. j [Continued.] CHAPTER XL-PARAPHRASING, SHORT LEC- I TURES, &c. Paraphrasing, as a school exercise, may be employed either as a means of extendiug a child's knowledge of English, or as a test oflingaal proficiency. This branch of school instruction is, by some educationists, consi- dered far too difficult for the majority of Welsh child- ren, whilst it is objected to by others on the ground that a ohild's paraphrase is found to be much inferior to the original. Those who object to its being made a part of the school system on the ground of its supposed dif- ficulty, forget that this subject, like others, is capable of being made one of instruction and entertainment to children. The weakness of the other objection urged against its introduction into elementary schools, is strik- ingly exhibited in these words The microscope may not be so ingenious in its construction as the objeet, whose minute details it enables us to examine j but the utility of the instrument is not thereby disparaged." The nature of the work should be entirely regulated by the children's general intelligeuce and in the case of beginners, the subject may be introduced by the teacher writing a few sentences on the black board, and enabling the class to vary one or two words in each sentence. FIRST COURSE. Examples- L' 1. John has finished his work—John has compieieu his work. 2. The city was inovea-The city waq in a state of ¡ agitation. 3. He stirred up the people-He excited the people. 4. The minister expounded the verse—The minister explained the meaning of the verse. 5, He begged of him to go away-He besought him to depart. 6. My sister went with her-My sister accompanied her. 7. Edward has discovered the fraud—Edward has found out the decei 8. I have obtained leave to go- I have had permimion to go. to | ° John tarried there many days—John remained there many daye-John stopped there many days—John j abode there many days. 10. John disputed with him on the question—Jolm engaged in an argHment with him on the question, Observation—The pupils thonlù copy tUe exercises into their books, and they should also be required oc- casionally to repioduoe them. SECOND COURSE. (The use of Dictionaries to be allowed.) This course should be pursued in connection with books, and as much as possible under the supervision of the teacher, who ought at all times to endeavour to point out and explain the difference of meaning in the words reputed Bynonymous. The children's attention should also be directed to the general and particular moaning, j An additional interest would be imparted to the work of paraphrasing by the teacher giving occasionally a short history of some of the more difficult words occurring in the passages selected, and by his bringing instances of words having been perverted, &c. The older children should also be trained to vary the structure of sentences, Ac. In these, as well as in all other school exercises, an enlieavour should be made to enable each child to make what he reads and writes his own; and in order to realize that object, all synonymous terms must be as- sociated in the pupils' minds with a meaning. The Welsh will, therefore, be frequently required as a means of explanation. The etymology of the words may, when ascertainable, be given. I SHORT LECTURES, &C. I Short lectures delivered, or passages of a lively narra- tive read, and reproduced by the pupils, are eminently calculated to facilitate the progress of the pupils in the knowledge of English. These should be short and in harmony with the attainments of the children. The directions given in the case of object-teaching will hold good here. Observation—The most advanced pupils should oc- casionally be required to write themes. CHAPTER XII.-ARGUMENTS FOR USING THE WELSH AS AN AID IN TEACHING ENGLISH. The subjoined paragraph taken from a letter addres- sed, about two years since, to the Lord Bishop of Ban- gor, by the Rev. James Williams, B.D., rector of Llan- ddeusant, Anglesey, shews with great clearness the ne- cessity of using Welsh as a means for an end :— There is no part of the Royal Commissioner's Re- port on the North Wales Schools more explicit, or more clearly deducted from facts detailed in the appendix, than when he draws attention to the utter failure arising from the exclusion of Welsh as a means for teaching English. Indeed he goes so far as to say that, generally speaking, he found the greatest amount of ignorance in schools where English masters were employed in Welah- speaking di,tr:cta. My own experience most fully bears out the conclusion arrived at by the Commissioner; and I do not hesitate to add my conviction—that it is to the free use of Welsh as a means of explanation, in my school at Llanddeusant, are to be attributed the couipli- I mentary terms in which H. M.'s Inspectors have been pleased to report it." The late Mr. Fletcher, in reporting one of the schools inspected by him in the year 1850, says" The En- glish text of the reading lessons requires to be vivified by an intelligent system of interrogation, employing the Welsh language to illustrate it." The Rev. H. Longueville Jones, in his General Report of 1850, says The question of the two languages I consider to be definitively seraea oy we oesc or an rests -that of experience. Although the greater part of the instruction given in Welsh schools is conveyed in En- glish, at the express desire of the parents; yet it is found that the more the two languages are taught con- currently-and so taught as to elucidate and explain each other-the greater is the progress made in the knowledge of each." In Earl Granville's speech on the Revised Code we find thefollowin; remarks Another teacher of con- siderable intelligence stated that he was an instructor in a Welsh school; and as he did not know Welsh, and as his pupils were ignorant of a word of English, there was a difficulty in that school in instructing the child- ren in the rudiments which had been mentioned. He (Earl Granville) -presumed this was not one of the schools under inspection if it were, there bad undoubt- edly been a great dereliction of duty. He mentioned this instance to show that there were circumstances under which a gentleman acquainted with the language peculiar to a district, might be more useful in imparting instruction than a certificated master with the highest attainments." On the same subject, the Hon. R. Lowe, among other things, said :—" There. was lately a tragical sort of case in which the master of a school in Wales complained bitterly, that if the proposed system was carried out, his school would never get any portion of the grant; and his case reminded him [Mr. Lowe] of the difficulty of Hotspur, when be said- That is the double spite that angers me, My wife can speak no English, I no Welsh;' and on enquiring it was found that the schoolmaster in question could speak M Welsh, and his scholars no En- glish." The late Mr. Fletcher, in the appendix to his General Report of 1850, says" I feel the imperative demand in the Welsh schools for books containing, with the En- glish text, illustrations of it in Welsh for the use of the monitors, at first copious and amounting perhaps to duoglot, and gradually declining to a mere explanation of the more difficult words, and phrases, and terms of art and science. When these are supplied, we may de- mand a far more vigorous and efficient course of train- ing for the younger children in the schools, than it is I yet possible to claim for them with any hope of suc- cess. CONCLUDING REMARKS. I Habits of self-instruction should be fostered in child- ren who have left school. It is almost needless to remark that, howover diligent our children have been in school, the lingual training they have there received has not been such, either in atr -nit or quality, as will fit them to be useful and res- pectable members of society. The mere foundation of their instruction was laid in school; the raising of the superstructure is partly entrusted to themselves to per- form after they have entered the battle-field of life. The habits of self-instruction and self-improvement acquired by them in their earlier days, should be sedulously con- tinued and strengthened; for a course of study, under- gone under peculiar difficulties, will soon be effaced from the mind uuleBS it be deepened, reviewed, and extended by reading. Our youths should not spend their hours of recreation in things that profit not. "It is a thou- sand pities to see diligent and hopeful persons spend themselves in gathering cockle-shells and little pebbles, in telling sands upon the shores, and making garlands of useless daisies." The necessity for self-instruction suggeatsd to us the desirability of establishing newsrooms, evening classes, and literary societies in every Welsh district. These institutions would exercise a most benefifial effect on the minds of their members. To be really useful they should be attended regularly, kept up vigorously, and superintended vigilantly by competent persona. The two languages should be studied in them. i? Young student* may derive some advantage from the I consideration of these points.- [1.] Cultivate a habit of reading for tD hour or tWo everyday. [2 ] In your reading, adopt some defitUie plan with a view to self-government. [3.] Reproduce what you have read, either orally or in writing, comparing your reproduction with the ori- gmal. [4.] Devote some portion of your time to the work of translating. [5.1 Avail yourselves of every opportunity to speak English, [6,1 Accustom yourselves to write short essays in English. on subjects with which you are familiar. [7.] Obtaiu as much assistance in your studies as is placed within your reach. j A practice extensively prevails among committees ot ex;sting literary societies of offering prizes to young Students for Welsh essays, Welsh poetry, &c. The en- tire exclusion of English from such institutions must, as a matter of course, beget, in the younger members, a great amount of indifference to its study. The writer confidently states that a much greater benefit would he derived to young competitors, by their being allowed to compete sometimes in English; and he would respectfully suggest, that with a view of en- counigicg our young people to pursue their English studies after they have left school, a new feature must be introduced to the proceedings of all our competitive meetings. Observation—That a knowledge of English is a most important acquisition to our Welsh youths, is abundant- ly proved by the prominence its study occupies in all our day-schools. Whether they are destined to pass their lives in the hills and valloys of Gwyllt Walia," or in the great and bustling (English) thoroughfares, a course of English reading, pursued in connection with good books, periodicals, &c., must tend to make them a wiser, happier, and brighter people; and at the same time to raise them to a higher position of influence and usefulness. —

omperial II r r., HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAT. I TliorJ V/iMtKSBnny moved the resolution condemning the course pursued by Her Majesty's Government with regard to Denmark and Germany, in the same terms as those of the resolution proposed by the leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. Having regretted the absenqe of Lord Derby, on whom the task would have fallen, Lord Malmesbury expressed his fear that the violation of the treaty' of 1852 had set a bad prece- dent, which might, at any future time. be quoted as an excuse for violence and wrong. The German Diet had exceeded its powers in interfering with a European treaty, by asserting the principle of nationality against it. He would express no opinion as to the future, but as to the past, he believed had the Government been firm and decided in its course the present conflict might have been prevented. He then traced the failure of all the negotiations to the interference of Lord Russell with questions connected rather with the internal Govern- ment of Denmark than its foreign relations. He had placed himself in the position both of partisan and judge between Denmark and Germany, and had therefore pleased neither party, and destroyed his own influence as an English Minister. The Duke of ARGYLL said it was evident from Lord Malmesbury's speech that the resolution involved no principle, nor did it explain any policy. The discussion raised on it was a mere contest of faction. The Opposi- tion avowed it would not have gone to war with Ger- many on behalf of Denmark why, then, was not the Government justified in equally refraining from hostili- ties. He attributed the course taken by Denmark, in resisting the demands of Germany, in a great degree to a conviction on the part of the Danish Government that the sympathies of the country and of that house were on its side. He believed Denmark had also speculated on a change in the Government of this country, by which it would be assisted. Instead of this, Denmark saw the Government attacked on the very ground that they had endcavourd to form an European alliance to defend it. Lord CLANRICARDE regretted that for the first time in his life, he held a different opinion from Lord Palmerston with respect to his foreign policy. While he agreed that the Government had deplorably mismanaged this affair, he could not agree with the terms of the reso- lution, which not only did not express the real facts of the case, but declared an opinion which the House ought not to place on record. He then moved his amendment. Lord CLARENDON had not shared the responsibilities of the Government during the most active part of the negotiations, but in the outset of the affair the Govern- ment had exhibited foresight and a clear appreciation of its gravity. They had shown an honest and sincere desire' to bring about an amicable settlement, in which they would have succeeded if they had been met in an equal spirit, not only by the parties directly interested, but also by the other Powers who were equally parties to the treaty of 1852. Lord CHELMSFORD pronounced a strong condemnation of the policy of the Government. Lord WODEHOUSE would not admit that any promise of material aid had been given by England to Den- mark. All the Government bad done was to offer the Danes some sound honest advice, for which the other Powers were equally responsible with Eng- land. Lord CARNARVON supported the resolution, censuring the Government for its want of decision. Lord RUSSELL could not discover, either from the resolution or the speeches in support of it, what was the foreign policy of the Opposition. No two speakers seemed to agree iu their notions as to how these nego- tiations ought to have been conducted. Lord Derby had admitted it would be wrong at any time to go to war for Denmark. Now, Lord Malinesbury thought, if the English Government had resolved on war when the German troops entered Schleswig this conflict would have been prevented. The treaty of 1852, though wise in its general objects and calculated to secure peace, was an artificial one, and dependent upon conditions, the performance of which it was not in the power of England, France, and Russia to insure. The Government had chosen and acted on one principle- that of non-intervention, to which it had strictly adhered, as in the case of Italy and in the civil war in America. Lord GRANVILLE felt convinced, from the course the debate had taken, that it would have a good effect on the country and remove a good deal of misapprehension. He contended that England bad not lost her just influ- ence in Europei The complete concord between England and the neutral Powers throughout the sitting of the Conference was a proof that our influence was unimpaired. The taunts of the German newspapers were no evidence it had been diminished. There were parties in Europe to whom a war would have been an advantage, but if England had entered into hostilities it would only have been a dupe for their pur- poses. The house then divided; the numbers were- Present. Proxies. Total. Content. 119 58 177 Non-content 123 45 168 Majority for the resolution -9 TheIr Lordanipa adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. The adjourned debate on Denmark and Germany was resumed by Mr. OSBORNE, who observed that the two questions before the house were the motion of Mr. Disraeli and the amendment of Mr. Newdegate. The latter had ex- pired silently in its cradle. He was not anxious, he said, to pass a judicial sentence upon the proceedings of the Government in this Dauo-German question between 1852 and 1864. He considered that their failure had, to some extent, involved the honour of the country, and, although he rejoiced at their return to the paths of peace, the country had no reason to be proud of the means. He was of opinion, however, that the person mainly to blame for complications and the failure was the First Minister of the Crown. After a hasty notice of the belligerent parties, in which he said Den- mark had from the outset promised according to her hopes, and performed according to her fears, he came to the Conference, of which he observed, great expectations were entertained, but which had turned out a most iLn- fortunate and fatal failure. The speech of Mr. Cobden had laid down the true policy of this country. What had been the fruit of our interfereence—of our spirited foreign policy 1 We were insolated in Europe, and even the King of Ashantee was indifferent to our friendship. Mr. Osborne wound up a speech which kept the house in contstant merriment by its point and humour by a whimsical description of the Ministry as a museum of curiosities. Mr. WHITESIDE, after remarking that the treaty of 1852 was really the work of Lord Palmerston, proceeded to examine the correspondence on the subject of the policy of the Government on this question, which had been, he said, inconsistent and mischievous, pointing out instances in which menaces and threats had been em- ployed by Lord Russell, and promises, clear and unam- biguous, made of material aid to Denmark by England. The assertion that it was not intended to go to war was contradicted, he said, by the whole scope and spirit of the official papers What, he asked, had been the con duct of Earl Russell throughout the negotiations ? Good faith ought to be the policy of England but Denmark had been forced to yield everything; nothing was left to the Danes but their lives. Such a spectacle was most deplorable; and no defence of the conduct of the Foreign-office had been offered by any independent member. mA?teT some remarks from Mr. M? Mr.B Cochrane, Lord Elcho, Mr. Soourfield and The O'Donoghue, 0 Si?N?MtMOTft expressed satisfaction that the Go- vernment had abstained from aimed interference in the war. ?)[r. CLAY thought the Foreign-office had very accu- rately represented the feeling of the country. Mr. WALPOLE, after adverting to the cause of the war and to the conduct of Austria and Prussia in allowing themselves to be borne along with the revolutionary tor- ?rent, denounced the mode in which the treaty of 1852 had been got rid of, to the injury of public law and na- tional right. His charge against the Government was founded, he said, upon the manner in which they had interfered during 1861 and 1862. The Government had not, what they ought to have had, a definite, distict policy; they placed themselves in a false position by irritating Russia and France, and they had lost influence in Europe. Lord PALMERSTON said if any doubt could have exis- ted, when the motion was first made, as to its object and importance, that doubt must be dispelled, for the house had been told plainly that it was intended as a vote of no confidence in the Government. Efforts had been made in the discussion to separate Earl Russell from his colleagues, This was an unconstitutional course of proceeding. The Ministers were all equally responsible for what the Foreign-oiffce had done, lie regretted for his country the pains taken to vilify and degrade her. He maintained that the country stood as high as ever in the estimation of Europe. The motion asserted that the just influence of the country bad been lowered, This was not the fact; it was a gratuitous libel on the country by a great party that ltope4 to rule it. He read a statement of what the present Adminis- tration had done during their five yews' tenure of ofifce, in the reduction of taxation, the diminution of the na- tional debt, and the reduction of the expenditure; aud he showed the vast im rtva of 'the income of the, ooun- try and of, its foreign 'rad and indicated other tokens of the national prospei ity. This being eo, he contended that the Government lad administered the affairs of the country with honour and advantage, and with credit to themselves, so as to entitle them to the. approbation of the house and the confidence of the country. Mr. DISRAELI made a lively and amusing reply, in which he defended himself against the charge of having misquoted documents. Mr. Newdegate having, with some reluctance, with- drawn his amendment, Mr. KINGLAKE moved an amendment, in lieu of the last paragraph of the address proposed by Mr. Disraeli, to substitute the words following :-ltTo exproas the sa- tisfaction with which we have learnt that, at this conjunc- ture, her Majesty has been advised to abstain from armed interference in the war now going on between Denmark aud the German Powers." Upon a division, this amendment was carried by 313 to 295, a majority of 18 for the Government, and the words were added to the original resolution The remaining orders were t hen proceeded with, and the house adjourned at ten minutes past two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Lord EBURY moved for the appointment of a royal commission to consider the necessity of amending the burial service. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said he had no objection to the appointment of the proposed commis- sion, but he could not agree to the changes in the service advocated by Lord Ebury. The Bishop of London suggested that the matter should be left in the hands of the Government. Earl GRANVILLE said he could not give any pledge on the subject, but he would take steps to effect some ar- rangement. The motion was then withdrawn. On consideration of the Public and Refreshment Houses Bill, as amended, The Earl of DONOUGHMORE proposed that small towns and villages within the jurisdiction of local commis- sioners should not be included in the operation of the measure. Earl GRANVILLE opposed the motion, and on a division, it was rejected by 34 votes against 26. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE then moved the omission of the clause giving to town councils or other elective bodies power to decide whether the bill should be adop- ted in particular localities. On a division, 31 members voted for, and 31 against the motion. The Lord CHANCELLOR gave his casting vote for the retention of the clause, and the motion was consequently lost. The Summary Precedure (Scotland) Bill and the Fa- cilities for Divine Service in Collegiate Schools Bill were read a third time, and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY. I Mr. DILLWYN stated that he would not proceed this session with his motion relative to the Irish Church. He should, however, submit to the house early next session, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland withdrew the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill in consequence of the late period of the session. Mr. FERRAND called attention to the dangerous state of certain reservoirs in Yorkshire and Lancashire. He complained that Parliamentary committees sanctioned these works without providing for their proper construc- tion and he urged that it was the duty of Government to appoint officers to inspect all reservoirs and to compel the proprietors to maintain the embankments in a se. cure state. Sir G. GREY, on the part of the Government, declined to undertake the responsiblility which Mr. Ferrand sought to impose upon it. In the first place, it would, lie said, be quite impossible for the Government to ade- ouatelv provide for the proposed inspection; and, in the second place, it would not be wise to relieve proprietors of reservoirs from their legal responsibily. He also pointed out that, if embankments were allowed to be- come dangerous, residents in the vicinity of the works could take legal proceedings by indictment against the proprietors. Lord PROBY brought up the Queen's reply to the ad- dress of the house voted on Friday night. The reply, as usual, was a simple echo of the address. Mr. GRIFFITH reminded the house that on previous occasions Lord Palmerston had hinted at certain con- tingencies with respect to the state of Denmark. It was desirable that the noble lord should state clearly what this meapt, as great doubts prevailed on the sub- ject. Lord PALMERSTON said the best answer he could give was to express the belief of the Government that no in- tention of attacking Copenhagen existed. The house, after laughing at this evasive reply, wellt I into committee on the Irish educational vote, which was agreed to. HOUSE OF LORi)S-TmDAY, I Earl RUSSELL, in reply to the Earl of Shaftesbury, I said he bad received from Berlin an official statement that the report of the murder in cold blood of 400 1 Swedish volunteers in the Danish service at the capture of Alsen was entirely false. The Life Annuities and Life Assurances Bill and the Lunacy (Scotland) Bill were read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY. I The house met at noon, and was engaged for some time in considering in committee the Highways Act Amendment Bill. At the evening sitting, the subject of the Brazilian slave trade was brought before the house by Mr. HABDCASTLE, who inquired whether certain obliga- tions entered into by Brazil for the liberation of slaves had been performed. Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said that Brazil bad flagrantly violated her pledges to suppress the traffic, and all the efforts of her Majesty's Government to induce the Brazilian authorities to perform their engagements had failed. Mr. BRIGHT suggested that in order to restore friend- ly relations with Brazil, and recover our influence over her, the Aberdeen Act should be repealed. Lord PALMERSTON said he thought the suspension of the act would not lead to the desired result; on the contrary, he thought it would lead to a revival of the traffic, and so inflict countless miseries on the human race. In reply to Mr. B. Cochrane, Mr. M. GIBBoN said he doubted the expediency of braging in a bill to compel railway companies to supply means of communication with guards of trains. The house was counted out at any early hour. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. I The Superior Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill, the Court of Queen's Bench (Ireland) Bill, and the Married Women's Acknowledgement Bill were with- drawn. Mr. BOUVERIK moved the second reading of the Uniformity Act Amendment Bill, the object of which was to repeal those provisions of the act which required from certain dignitaries of the Church, and fellows and tutors of colleges, declarations of confirmity to the Book of Common Prayer, Mr. WALPOLE moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months. After a short debate, the house divided, and tie bill was rejected by 167 votes against 101. 1 Sir W. HHATHCOTS mored the secon d reading of the Scottish Episcopal Clergy Disabilities' Rental Bill explaining that it was designed to epnove the iojpedi- ments which prevented clergymen ordained by Seottish bishops from being licensed to curves or instituted to livings in England. Mr. KINNAIRD moftd. as an amendment, that a select committee be appointed to consider the quee. tion. He believed that the real object of the measure before the house was the amalgamation of the Episcopal Churches of England and Scotland, a step which would be of no benefit to the former. After some, discussion, the amendment was withdrawn and the bill read a second time. The Poor Law Guardians' Election Bill, the Insolvent Debtors Bill, the Petty Offences Law Amendment Hill the County Voters' Registration Bill, and the Jersey Court Bill were withdrawn. The Ecclesiastical Courts' Registration Bill was read a third time, and passed.

OUTRAGE ON A LADY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. At the Aldershott petty sessions, on Monday, before Captain Newcome and a full bench of magistrates, Henry Nash, a middle-aged man of respectable appear- ance, described as a yeoman, residing at Hawley, near Farm borough, surrounded to his bail on a charge of having indecently assaulted a young woman, named Moody, in a railway carriage whilst travelling between Surbitou and Woking on the previous Wednesday. The complainant,, who is 20 years of age, was in attend. ance with her father, who is curator of the Museum M Winchester, and with whom she resides. Mr. T. Bent, superintendent of police at Waterloo- station, appeared to prosecute on behalf of the South- western Railway Company; and Mr. R. Eve, solicitor, of Aldershot, defended the prisoner. The particulars of the case, as detailed by Mr. Bent were as follows:It appeared that on Wednesday li«t the complainant took her sent in a secon(I-clasi carriage at Waterloo Station, aqd shortly afterwards the prisoner entered the same compartment. They were then quits alone, but prior to the departure of the train at 1.10 p.m. another female entered, and sat near the complainant The prisoner attempted to force a conversation with the latter, asking her how old she was, why she wore specta- cles. and several other questions, which she declined to answer. This occurred before the other female entered the railway carriage,and her presence caused the prison- answmeril. way -r ?t, e from putting any further qt,er. er to desist for a time from putting any further ques- tions. The complainant then felt mfe, and the tijree rode down to Surbiton, where the female alluded to alighted, leaving Miss Moody alone with the prisoner. A luiost immediately on the train leaving this station, and before it had got fairly in motion, the prkouer laid himself on the seat opposite to that on which the com- plainant was sitting, and in a very insulting manner re- peated the questions he had previously put to her, which she again declined to answer. r u order to avoid the prisoner's annoyance, MisA Moody got up and looked out of the window; but she had scarcely risen from her seat when she felt a hand laid on her shoulder and drawn down to her ivaist. Almost immediately after- wards, sne ten tnac ner domes were wmg lirtea up in front, and, with a view to prevent this and any other molestation, she opened the door of the compartment and got outside, standing on the step of the carriage, the train at that time going at a rapid pace. The complain- ant had no further recollection of anything that occurred until she found herself in the hands of the guard, and of Mr. Stokes, another passenger, the train being then at a standstill between Esher and Woking. It was then discovered that the complainant had for some time been in a state of unconsciousness, and that she had been held in a most perilous position during the time by Mr. Stokes, a military bootmaker, of London and Aldershut, who was riding in the adjoining compartment, and whose notice was directed to the complainant by a boy who had observed her hanging hy the handle of the door. Mr. Stokes bravely exerted himself to rescue her from this dangerous position, and had no sooner pro- ceeded in drawing her to the door of his own compart- ment than she swooned on his arm, which was, fortu- nately at that time round her waist. In this situation the complainant was held for a distance, it is supposed, of about five miles, when, the attention of the guard having been attracted to the circumstance by a number of labourers who were at work in the adjacent fields, the train was stopped, and the complainant safely placed in a carriage. On arriving at the next station, (Wokingl Mr. Stokes insisted on the prisoner being taken into custody. This was accordingly done, but the prisoner was subsequently liberated on bail. Mr. Bent expressed a doubt whether the case could be dealt with by the Hampshire magistrates, as the offence was committed in the county of Surrey, before the arrival of the train at Woking station. Mr. Brooke, the magistrates' clerk, said that the bench had no jurisdiction. Mr Eve submitted that the prisoner was improperly taken into custody by the railway corppany. lIIr, Bent said the prisoner was not taken into custody on the authority of the railway company, or bail would have been opposed at the first examination. Mr. Bent pressed Captain Newcome, the chairman, who is also a Surrey magistrate, to hear the case in that capuity but an objection was raised to this course, the chairman expressing an opinion that he could not do so, his instructions from the Secretary of State as to his magisterial duties being in a contrary effect. The case was dismissed, and the prisoner, who was ap- parently unconcerned during the proceedings, left the court with his friends. Mr. Bent intimated his intention to take further pro- ceedings in the matter, aud the case will be resumed at an early period in a Surrey court.

Thomas Hyer, who, for many years, was champion of the American prize ring, died in New York on June the 26th. Lieutenant General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, Bart., has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Joseph F. Scoville ("Manhattan"), the New York correspondent of the Morning Herald, died suddenly on the 25th June. During last week 19 wrecks were reported, making a total of 932 for the present year. The Queen has, through Lord Clarendon, announced her intention of taking upon herself the cost of re- storing the Chapel Royal, Savoy, destroyed by fire last week. On Monday an official document was printed, shew- ing that in the year ending the 31 st March,theamount of conscience money" paid to the Government was i:7400 14s 8d. News has been received of Mr. Baker, the African explorer, who left Captains Speke and Grant to go southward in search of take Nyige. Mr. Baker is shortly expected to arrive in the Nile. Au engineer of eminence is reported to have said that at the expense of X 11,010 be would construct a small iron-clad vessel of greater speed by far than any vessel in her Majesty's navy and arming her with three Sf) ton guns, he would sink the whole of the French navy in three hours. The case of Miss Mary M'Callum, May bole, against the Rev, John Thomson, St. Maruock's Church, Kil- marnock, for breach of promise of marriage, has just -beer) settled, we understand, by the defender agreeing to pay down a considerable portion of the thousand pounds sued for as dam;tges.-Glasgow I/mi'd.' It appears from a parliamentary return issued on Sa- turday, that between the years 1859 and 163 inclusive, 154 non-commissioned officers and men of her Majesty s land forces have been drowned at military stations in the United Kingdom. Plymouth haa been more fatal in this respect tl a i any other place. THE FIRST TURNPIKE.—Exactly five hundred years have elapsed since a hermit, weary of the labour of hav- ing nothing to do, and tired of sitting the dull day through, by the side of the stone which supported the sun-dial in front of St. Anthony's Chapel, on High- gate Hill,tbat stone which subsequenly became known as Whittington's-resolved to mend the ways between the summit of the hill and the low part of the vale ending in Islington. This hermit was a man of some means, and he devoted them to bringing gravel from the top of the hill and laying it all along the unclean track which then, as now, bore the name of Hollow Way." By digging out gravel, he gave a pond to the folk on the hill, where it was greatly needed, and he. contributed cleanliness anil security to the vale, where neither had hitherto been known. Travellers blessed the hermit who had turned constructor of highways; the pilgrims to St- Anthony's found their access to the shrine of the saint made easy and pleasant by him; and as for the benefi- cent hermit himself, his only regret was that in accom- plishing this meritorious act for the good of his fellovr- men, he had entirely exhausted all his fortune. l'hi King, however, came to the rescue. He set up a bar, and published a decree addressed to "our weh beloved William Phelippe, the hermit," that he and the pnblic might know wherefore. The King declared that he highly appreciated the motive which had induced the hermit to benefit "our people passing through tue highway between Heghgate and Smethfelde, in nlallY places notoriously miry and deep." And in order that the new way might be maintained and kept in repair, the King licensed the henpit to take toll, and keep the road in order, and himselfin comfort and dignity. Thil was the first road-bar erected.in "England, and villiala Phelippe, the hermit. was the .fetfter of that race ot turnpike-keepers whoso sovereignity ot tlie roads, within fifty miles of London, came to ai end, after a reign of five centuries, on the flrqt day of the month o, July of this present year, 1864.-Il nhill Mag""ut for July.