... WELLINGTON FROM A FRENCH POINT OF' VIEW.* It is singular; perhaps, that no truer apprecia- tion of the Duke of Wellington has appeared than that before us, from the pen of a Frenchman. Mr. John Lemoinne, one of the contributors to the Journal des De5bats-a writer well known to the majority of the reading public of England- has delineated the character of the departed hero with artistic skill, ...

... MR?. CHARLES MA THsE [VS. On Tuesday last Mr. Chbarles,athebs published a re- markable playbill, attacking The Aloming ChsroniclC and its theatrical critic, which lias hiad the natural result of render- ing its author the laughing-stock of the week. Perfectly content with the public derision evoked, we felt a natural hesitation in stooping to make ourselves merry either with the man or the ...

... THE PRESS AND THE Pl4 Y. --4 [FROx PUNCH.] Our clever comedian and marnager, Mr. Charles Plate has an old-stauding quarrel with the writer of thesltriti criticisms in The orsnmit Chronicle. He ?? ti, gentleman his oriticised unfairly certain pieces produced the Lyceum Theatre. Irritated at this, Mr. Charles I thews (to use his own words) deprived the paper ofit privilege of writing two ...

... SUMMARYOF ROMAN CIVI7L LAW.* We have already had the pleasure of reviewing favourably the former instalments of Dr. Colqu- houn's work on the Roman civil law, which he modestly designates as a summary, whereas its extended scope gives it claim to the title of a com- prehensive dissertation on the principles of general jurisprudence. A book like this has long been needed, and the fact of such ...

... RCT.IC JO URNAVL.* . ..I A -f;P. hooks are not fessed that Arcrtiu L uv - 4 be cor books. One page reads wo- ieth} ad on chapter seems a double of; b ° s this to be wondered at. Al *i) a f preoi5Y similar phenomena I dble element of monotony in 'I ?? endure it, and that element thone aed in their accounts of their ,, _g-waiting for a lane of ?? I ,58 of bra crush between two )Freth hrough ...

... I S1R HOWARD DOUGLAS ON NAVAL| I GUNNBRY.I There is, perhaps, not one topic connected with our national defence of a more important nature than that to which is devoted the large and hand- some volume before us. It is a work of a strictly pro- fessional description, dealing with the theory and practice of gunnery down to their minutest details, reviewing their respective histories, and ...

... The LITERAB 1 sad ARTISTiC BANQ SET. I [FROM THE BIRM&INHAM vJOURNAL.J This festival of Literature and Art, of which the note of preparation has been sounding for the last two months, took place on Thursday. It will be recollected that the idea of thus honouring literature and art arose out of the increased attention which had been called to one of these departments by the establishment of a ...

... BOORS~ OF DEVOTION.* We can warmly recommend these two excellent devotional works, for which we have to thank the same publisher. There can be no better sign than the encouragement which books of this sort-when characterized, like those before us, by a sound theology-seem to receive. Pinart's work is very well translated, and will be found ex- ceedingly useful, particularly as a guide to Len- ...

... /-WITH- WVESTERN PRO- FlyCSc of lVDJA.* h of the Notes o0l the North-Western ?? lfdia hbas been for many year em- .*,0c te. I0 iaicivil service, and has given tue results of his experience of the 3~~i;ne to v adnsifinistratiod in that part of tcpir iu which his services have been 15110etU N~hO !otes originally appeared in r ilfsgaziritC and, from the amount of 1 B 5rnd useful practical ...

... SHITH'S SMALLER CLA$SICAL DJC- TIONARY.* --W Dr. Smith has performed an additional service to the cause of education by the publication of this admirably compact and complete abridgment of his Classical Dictionary, which now exists in three forms-one for the use of mature inquirers, another for advanced students, and the third for beginners. The merits of the larger work are universally known, ...

... : RURAL ECONOM Y.-x This little volume consists of a reprint of ar- ticles on the above subject which have appeared in the pages of the Family Econormin. Since the well-known treatise of Cobbett, whiohbdid so much to spread comfort and contentment throughout the rural homes of England, no similar work of greater interest and utility has appeared. It contains, as it professes, a treasury of ...

... NEWVLITERARY AND bWIENTIFICI SOCIETY. BlnMIN(eaAm, MoNDAY.-A public meeting of the iuha- bitants of this town and district was held in the theatre of the old Philosophical Institution this morning, for the pur- pose of considering the desirableness of establishing in Bir- minghara a Literary and Scientific Society, upon an exten- sive and comprehensive scale. It may appear strange, but it is ...