Marescalchi in quality of Chargé d'Affaires," of no avail, a council of ministers was held, in and concludes, "You will have the goodness to read this present dispatch to Lord Palmerston." This announcement was received by the Right with loud acclamations, the Left, or Mountain party remaining silent.

which it was decided to oppose by force the King's departure. His Majesty was placed under arrest. Sentries were stationed at the door of his apartment, and the King remained a prisoner during four hours, at the end of which time his Majesty capitulated, and even consented to accompany the Queen in an open carriage in her usual evening drive on the Prado.

happened. Rain also has fallen in the vast "Huerta," or garden-land of Valencia: the simple inhabitants of the villages, in the height of their joy, have carried their tutelary saints about the streets with bands of rustic music.

In GERMANY' the Erfurt Parliament, having finished the revisal of its proposed Constitution for the German Union, dissolved itself, and has After a Drought of Five Years, the province been succeeded by two separate Convocations. of Murcia has been visited by a copious rain. The one is held in Frankfort, and consists of the It was curious to observe the young children representatives of the old Germanic confedera- | who had never seen rain in their lives, evince tion, convoked by the Emperor of Austria, with as much alarm as if some frightful accident had the object of re-organizing that confederation. This conference includes all the secondary States of the old confederation except Oldenburg and Frankfort itself, though the assembly is held within its own walls. The other, held at Berlin, was assembled by the king of Prussia, and consisted of twenty-one heads of sovereign houses, with representatives of the three Hanse towns, Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck. This last convention has finished its sittings, and the members, previous to separating, were entertained by the king at a banquet on the 16th, when his majesty addressed them in a speech expressive of his satisfaction with their proceedings.

On the 22d An Attempt was Made on the Life of the King of Prussia, by a serjeant of artillery named Sesseloge, who fired a pistol at him as he was setting out for Potsdam, and wounded him slightly in the arm. The assassin was immediately apprehended.

At about a league from Saragossa a Powdermill exploded and many lives were lost. Parts of human bodies, remnants of clothing, and the remains of beasts of burden, were found scattered in every direction. The edifice was shattered to pieces.

Since the Pope has established himself in ROME, that capital has been very quiet. The French commandant, General Baraguay d'Hilliers, has returned to Paris, but the French troops remain. The Pope adheres to his highhanded measures of reaction. Rome is full of mysterious rumors, not entitled, however, to much credit. The Pope is accused of an attempt to escape from that city, and his conThe only political news from SPAIN during tinuance there is only attributed to the vigilance the month, related to some palace intrigues, in with which his movements are watched by the which the Queen, King-Consort, and General French. Tuscany is about to be occupied by Narvaez were concerned. One evening in the 14,000 Austrian troops, the time of occupation last week of April the King suddenly notified to to be determined by the will and convenience General Narvaez and the rest of the cabinet his of the Cabinet of Vienna. There is a rumor intention of quitting Madrid in order not to be that, as a counterbalance, Savoy is to be occupresent at the accouehement of the Queen.pied by a French army. It is feared that plans After exhausting all means of persuasion to in-are in agitation for the political enthrallment of duce him to change his purpose, but which were all Italy.

LITERARY NOTICES.

THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACES PROVED TO
BE THE DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE, REASON,
AND SCIENCE. By the Rev. Thomas Smyth,
D. D. New York: George P. Putnam.
12mo, pp. 404.

sources of great and various learning, the mature results of elaborate investigation, a familiarity with the labors of previous writers, and a lively and attractive style of composition. The argument from Scripture is dwelt upon at considerable length, and though presented in a forcible manner, betrays the presence of a certain tincture of professional zeal, which will tend to vitiate the effect on the mind of the scientific

THE question discussed in the present volume, is one that has excited great attention among modern savans, and more recently, has obtained a fresh interest from the speculations concerning reader. Under the head of the Former Civilit by the popular scientific lecturer Professor Agassiz of Harvard University. In many respects, Dr. Smyth has shown himself admirably qualified for the task he has undertaken. He brings to the discussion of the subject, the re

ization of Black Races of Men, a great variety of curious facts are adduced, showing the orig. inal sagacity and advancement in all worldly knowledge and science, by which the family of Ham was distinguished. The testimony of a

southern divine of such high eminence as Dr. Smyth, to the primitive equality in the intellectual faculties of the negro and European races, is not a little remarkable, and speaks well for his candor and breadth of comprehension. The discussion of the origin of the varieties in the human race is conducted with great ingenuity and copious erudition, but it must be admitted, hardly succeeds in making out a case to the satisfaction of the inquirer, who regards the subject only in the light of history and philosophy.

The influence of the theory which he opposes, on the relations of the Southern States, is considered by Dr. Smyth to be of a different character from that set forth by many writers. He believes that it would be suicidal to the South in the maintenance of her true position toward her colored population. The diversity of the Black and White races was never admitted by the fathers of the country. They always recognized the colored race which had been providentially among them for two centuries and a half as fellow-beings with the same original attributes, the same essential character, and the same immortal destiny. The introduction of a novel theory on the subject, Dr. Smyth maintains, would be in the highest degree impolitic and dangerous, removing from both master and servant the strongest bonds which now unite them, and by which they are restrained from licentious, immoral, and cruel purposes.

Without reference to many statements, which will produce the widest latitude of opinion in regard both to their soundness and their accuracy, the work of Dr. Smyth may be commended as a treatise of the highest importance in the scientific discussion to which it is devoted, abounding in materials of inestimable value to the student, filled with the proofs of rare cultivation and scholar-like refinement, and every way creditable to the attainments and the ability of the author and to the literature of the South.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE LANGUAGES AND
LITERATURE OF THE SLAVIC NATIONS; WITH
A SKETCH OF THEIR POPULAR POETRY. By
Talvi. With a preface by Edward Robinson,
D.D., LL.D. New York: George P. Put-
nam. 12mo., pp. 412.

researches in a province of literature with which her name has become, to a great degree, identified.

The volume now published is characterized by the extent and thoroughness of its investigations, its acute and judicious criticisms, its warmhearted recognition of true poetry, even in an humble garb, and the force and facility of its style. The last trait is quite remarkable, considering the writer is using a foreign language. There is little, either in the translations or the original portion of the work, to remind us that it is the production of one to whom the language is not native.

After describing the old, ecclesiastical Slavic Literature, the authoress proceeds to the literary monuments of the Eastern and Western Slavi, giving an elaborate account of the Russian, Servian, Bohemian, and Polish literatures, with glances at the achievements of several less important branches of the great Slavic race. In the course of this discussion, a great variety of rare and curious information is presented, of high importance to the student of ethnography and history, and accompanied with complete and lucid references to the original sources. The most attractive feature of the work to the general reader will doubtless be the sketch of the popular poetry of the Slavic nations, illustrated with abundant specimens of songs and ballads, many of which are marked with a strong natural pathos and tenderness, and all of them possessing a certain rustic simplicity, which is usually of a very pleasing character, and seldom offensive.

HINTS TOWARD REFORMS, in Lectures, Addresses, and other Writings. By Horace Greeley. New York: Harper and Brothers. 12mo, pp. 400.

A HANDSOME Volume, consisting principally of Lectures delivered before popular Lyceums and Young Men's Associations, with several brief Essays on subjects of popular interest. The distinguished author presents his views on the various topics which come under discussion with inimitable frankness and good humor, and in the fresh, flowing, unaffected style, which gives such a charm to the productions of his pen, even with readers who most strongly dissent from his conclusions. Among the questions conIt is rarely that a subject is treated with the sidered in this volume are The Emancipation of profound investigation, vigorous analysis, and Labor, The Ideal and the Actual of Life, The intelligent comprehensiveness which are exhib- Formation of Character, The Social Architects, ited in the discussion of the interesting literary Alcoholic Liquors, Tobacco, The Trade Reform, topics to which the present work is devoted. The Church and the Age, Humanity, and several The authoress, whose name is concealed in the others of perhaps still more general interest. mystic word Talvi, is understood to be the lady The admirers of the author, as well as all who of Rev. Professor Robinson, and her rare ac- are interested in the question of Social Reform, complishments in various departments of learn- whether ranking themselves among the Conserving have long since established her intellectual atives or Progressives, will welcome this work reputation in the most cultivated European as the only compact and systematic expression circles. Usually written in her native German of his peculiar theories, now before the public, language, her productions are perhaps not so and as a valuable manual for reference on many extensively known in this country, although few points which engage a large share of attention of our educated scholars are ignorant of her at the present day.

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8vo,

ANTONINA; OR, THE FALL OF ROME. A Romance | statistical, and practical details, and which will
of the Fifth Century. By W. Wilkie Collins. be considered as essential to all who wish to
comprehend the subject, in its various bearings
New York: Harper and Brothers.
whether engineers, stockholders, or travelers,
pp. 160.
as fire and water to the locomotive. Dr. Lard-
ner has brought together the results of long and
laborious research, and many portions of his de-
scriptive narrative are as entertaining as a novel,
and more so.

It is long since the English press has sent forth a more truly classical and magnificent romance, than the present narrative of some of the thrilling scenes which attended the downfall of the Roman Empire. The author has been known heretofore by the biography of his father, the celebrated historical and landscape painter, the friend of Coleridge and Allston; but that work gives no promise of the splendor of imagination, and the rare constructive power which are shown in the composition of Antonina. It is one of those rich and gorgeous portraitures, glowing with life and radiant with beauty, which make a profound impression on their first exhibition, and long continue to haunt the memory with their images of mingled loveliness and

terror.

D. and J. Sadlier have issued a translation of the Abbe Martinet's celebrated Solution of Great Problems placed within the Reach of every Mind, with a preface by the Rt. Rev. Bishop of New York, Dr. Hughes. This work holds a high rank in modern Catholic literature, and is brought before the American public by Bishop It Hughes in a warm introductory encomium. discusses many of the leading religious questions of the day in a racy and pointed style, and while opposing what the author deems the errors of Protestantism in general, reserves its hottest fire for modern Pantheism, Socialism, Rationalism, and other kindred innovations, which he regards as gaseous exhalations from the bottomless pit,, taking a visible form in these latter days. From the well-known ability of the author, and the spicy relish of his pen, the work is adapted to make a sensation beyond the pale of the Catholic Church, without taking in account the high-toned sarcasm of the preface, in which department of composition the talents of Bishop Hughes are unquestionable.

Harper and Brothers have issued the second number of Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution, a work, which from the novelty of its plan and the ability of its execution, has already proved a general favorite with the reading public. It combines the authenticity of history with the freshness of personal narrative, and in the richness and beauty of its embellishments is hardly surpassed by any of the serials of the day.

The same house have published an original
translation of Lamartine's Past, Present, and
Future of the French Republic, which will be read
with interest on account of the character of the
author, and the light it throws on the practical
workings of Democracy in France, though it has
little of the fiery rhetoric of most of his former
writings.

Harper and Brothers have issued a reprint of
Dr. Lardner's Railway Economy in Europe and
America, a work overflowing with scientific,

D. Appleton & Co. have published The Lone Dove, an Indian story of the revolutionary period, redolent of sentimentality and romance run wild, betraying a great waste of power on the part of the anonymous writer, who has evidently more talent than is made use of to advantage in the

present work.

Mezzofanti's Method applied to the Study of the French Language, by J. Romer, published by the same house, is a work of great philological interest, on account of the curious analogies which it describes, and contains an excellent collection of specimens from French poets and prose writers, but its-value as a practical manual for the teacher can be determined only by use.

The Ojibway Conquest, by Kah-ge-gah-gahbowh, or George Copway, issued by G. Putnam, will find a place among the curiosities of literature as the production of a native Indian Chief, whose muse has been inspired by the forest and stream of his original haunts, without having incurred a large debt to the influence of civilization. Copway is an exemplary Christian and an intelligent man, but he will get less fame from his poetry than from his descent.

Six Months in the Gold Mines, by E. Gould Buffum, from the press of Lea and Blanchard, is one of the most readable books which have sprung up under the California excitement, the author having been familiar with the country before the gold fever had broken out. His style is straight-forward and pleasant, showing more of His information apthe soldier and adventurer than the scholar, but none the worse for that. pears to have been collected with great care, when it was not gained by personal observation, and has the outward and inward signs of authenticity, to a very satisfactory degree. The book can not fail to be acceptable to all who have one foot in California, as well as to the few readers who are not in that condition.

Crocker and Brewster, Boston, have published an admirable treatise, entitled Astronomy, or the World as It Is and as It Appears, understood to be from the pen of a highly intelligent lady of that city. It is equally excellent for the chaste beauty of its style, the clearness of its scientific expositions, and the completeness and accuracy of the information which it presents.

W. B. Smith and Co., Cincinnati, have published a large Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America, by Daniel Drake, M.D., which discusses the subject with great learning, and in a popular style. It can hardly fail to take the rank of a standard authority in the important department which it treats.

Summer Fashions.

FIG. 1. CARRIAGE COSTUME.-Dress of bright apple-green silk; the skirt with three

deep flounces pinked at the edges. The corsage high and plain. Mantelet

of very pale lilac silk, trimmed with two rows of lace de laine of the same color, and each row of

lace surmounted by passementerie. The lace extends merely round the back part of the mantelet, and the fronts are trimmed with passementerie only. Bonnet of white crinoline, with rows of lilac ribbon set on in bouillonnées. The bonnet is lined with white crape, and the under-trimming consists of bouquets of lilac and white flowers. Straw-colored kid gloves. White silk parasol.

FIG. 2. BRIDAL DRESS FOR THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.-Robe of white poult de soie. The skirt very full, and ornamented in front with five rows of lace, finished at each end with bows of white satin. The rows of lace are of graduated lengths, the lower row being about a quarter and a half long, and the upper one not more than five or six inches. The corsage is high at the back, but open in front nearly as low as the waist, and edged round with a fall of lace, narrowing to a point in front. Within the corsage is worn a chemisette, composed of rows of lace falling downward, and finished at the throat by a band of insertion and an edging standing up. The sleeves are demi-long and loose at the lower part, and the undersleeves are composed of three broad rows of lace. The hair in waved bandeaux on the forehead, and the back hair partly plaited and partly curled, two long ringlets dropping on each side of the neck. Wreath of orange blossom, jasmine, and white roses. Long bridal vail of Brussels net.

FIG. 3.-The revival of an old fashion has recently excited the attention of the haut ton abroad. A specimen of the style is given in the Engraving, fig. 3. It is designed chiefly for a rich riding

dress, it being too long in the skirt for the promenade, and not convenient for the drawing-room. It is called the Moldavian Style; a petite veste of dark green cloth entirely covered with an embroidery of lace imitating guipure royal, and displaying the shape to the greatest perfection. The skirt is very ample and cut in a novel manner so as to fall in long folds like an antique drapery. The front is ornamented with an apron-trimming of deep lace. The sleeves are demi-long; the hands and wrists covered by long white gloves. When in full dress for the saddle, a gray beaver hat is worn, the brim