studied the country before change was at all | volumes through which the Society for the marked, and thus his tale of the land of Egypt even now describes institutions old as Isaiah and Herodotus, that are now in their decay. Many readers will remember the book as it first came out in the tiny paper-bound Diffusion of Useful Knowledge imparted sound information a quarter of a century ago. They will rightly value it as it now appears, newly and ably edited, a gem of good printing, and a descriptive work enriched with every illustration that could add distinctness to the text. LETTERS from abroad speak of the subtle and | incessant labors of the secessionists in Europe to procure the countenance of England and France during the time when our government, at the close of the late administration, was tend Collieries and Colliers: a Handbook of the Law THIS work is intended chiefly for the guid author's experience as stipendiary magistrate for the district of Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare act conception of the kind of legal information must have enabled him to form a tolerably exmost needed by those for whom he has written; and besides this, he has taken the precaution to submit certain parts of his work, which deal with peculiarly ticklish questions, to gentlemen distinguished for their great practical knowledge of colliery operations, whose suggestions he has carefully considered.-Spectator. ing swiftly towards anarchy, and at the begin-ance of non professional persons in the many ning of the present administration, where it was silently recovering itself and gathering its ener-which are effected without professional aid. The important transactions connected with collieries, gies for that grand and irresistible descent upon the enemy which is now in progress. It was during this dark period that the plotters against our liberties were most busy in England and France, getting the ear of leading officials, and seeking to procure the committal of these nations to their base cause before the true representatives of the government to foreign powers should take their place. It was a great privilege which then fell to the lot of such loyal Americans as chanced to be in Europe, to stand up for the honor of the country, and withstand these treasonable schemes. And no man can tell how much the timely utterance of a patriotic soul in England or France may have done to serve the national-At a recent meeting of the Paris Academy M. cause. Mr. Motley's letter, which is presented in an abstract elsewhere in our columns, is a noble vindication of the government. He has worthily improved a great opportunity for setting us right before the eyes of Europe. Nowhere has Mr. Motley been more highly appreciated than in England. His fame as an historian, learned, veracious, and full of the "authentic fire" of liberty, and the high honors which the English themselves have conferred upon him, will lend to his eloquent statements such weight and secure for them so ready a hearing that not all the suggestions of the adversary, as we may reasonably hope, can by any means countervail them. Well has Mr. Motley used the chance to serve his country. Such influence and so worthy a field for its exercise are the fitting and muchcoveted rewards of the labors of the scholar. Heartily do we congratulate Mr. Motley upon this worthy vindication of the government, and most heartily do we congratulate ourselves that we had in England a scholar so competent and so patriotic as he, to uphold the national honor and good name.-Daily Advertiser, 8 June. NATIVE OXIDE OF ANTIMONY IN BORNEO. Flourens read a paper by Dr. Phipson on a nastance constitutes an important ore of antimony, tive oxide of antimony from Borneo. This subcapable of yielding far more metal than the ordinary sulphuret generally used, and at much less expense. This native oxide is as yet little known; from the analyses of Dr. Phipson it is evidently antimonious acid, or stibiconise. It is found to accompany the sulphuret in large quantities, and is often seen in beautiful prismatic crystals nearly an inch long. The author shows that this native oxide of antimony has been formed in nature at the expense of the sulphuret or stibine; its comparative rarity in Europe explains the slight notice that has hitherto been bestowed upon this important mineral. A SUBSCRIPTION has been set on foot by the students of Paris for the purpose of giving a banquet, at the Hôtel du Louvre, to MM. Jules Favre, Picard, and the other members of the democratic opposition. 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