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HOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Books Recelved to August 10, Catalogue of the Mott Museum. Memoirs of Rachel. King Richard the Third. King Richard the Second. Memoir of Joseph Curtis. Doctor Thorne, Haswell’s Mensuration, French on Bible Revision. Manual ot the Brooklyn Common Council. Catalogue of Masonic Books. ~ Dinsmore’s Railway Guide for August. Reports on the Georgian Bay Ship Canal. ‘The North American Journal of Homeopathy. American Merchant, and Emerson’s Magazine for August.’ The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Review for July, Tae Sraves or OgwreaL America: ti phy, ‘Topography, Climate, Po; oye yo Goce Productions, Commerce, Political Organization, Aborigines, &c.; comprising chapters on Honduras, San Salvador, icomaia, Coste Rica, Guatemala, Belize, the Bay Islands, the Mosquito Shore, and the Honduras’ Interoceanic way. By E. G. \ York: Harper @ Brothe pee age a The limited scope of Mr. Squier’s “ Notes on Cen- tral America,” &c., published in 1855, notwithstand ing that it was the then most extensive work on the subject, induced him to extend it, and this volume is the result of his labors. It presents a complete view of all the geographical, political and general information available to the author from his extended personal investigations, aided by a number of scien- tific gentlemen whom he called to his assistance, and thus affords the most perfect record extant of Central America as it ia. , The growing necessity for safe and speedy routes of transit across these States is daily directing atten- tion to them, and every atom of information con- ‘cerning them is therefore of enhanced value. Aside from this interest, and from its pertaining to the lo- cality near which Columbus first set foot upon Ame- rica, to speak generally, the work is highly inter- esting in its geographical descriptions, history, sta- tistics, maps and illustrations, all of which are ar- ranged with scrupulous care, and reflect great credit upon the author and his aids. The work will un- doubtedly tend in a great measure to enlarge the views of many concerning these States, and remove the idea that their significance is entirely secondary. The main interest, however, centres in the ques. tion of the transit routes. Mr. Squier tells us that, as early as 1540, but thirty- eight years after the landing of Columbus on the con- tinent, the city of Comayagua, now the capital, was founded, with the intention of obtaining an easy means of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific, and that in 1565 a petition was made to the King of Spain to change the route of transit from Nowbre de Dios and Panama to Puerto de Caballos and Fonseca, for the latter of which routes Mr, Squier is so much in favor, and the defeat of which at that time he attributes to the wars in which Spain soon after became involyed. He enters into anelaborate description of the proposed Honduras railway by the valleys of the Hamuya and Toasco™ ran, with the central plains of Comayagna, as well @! the respective termini, concluding that their combined advantages are insuperable by any other route. He gives a table of the grades of the Baltimore and Ohio, Baltimore and Susque- hanna, Boston and Albany, New York and Erie, the proposed Tehuantepec and the proposed Honduras railroads, and makes out much the lowest grade for Honduras. He contends that everything is favora- ble for the constraction of the road, and gives the following tables of distances, estimating the Hon- duras route by land to Florida, and by steam to Puerto Caballos:— ERPOUL TO SAN FRANCISCO, TOUEH aT JAMAICA. ene 1980 gua... Via Tehauntepec Vu Hongeres He computes the difference between the Honduras dd Panama roates at five days, and gives a map of the courses of the great West India hurricanes, to show that the Honduras route crosses but two, while the ethers cross the track of half a dozen. We caano forbear giving the following prophetic paragraph:— TRANSMIS@ION OF INTELLIGENCE—A PROPHECY. “Let us ee. for a single moment the relations a respect namission of intelligence which the sed wonld open up. J take it for granted thal the Atlantee Telegraph will be laid down within the present year, and thus put London in, | may say, nstantaneous communication with every part of the United States, with the far off prairies and the south- erumost capes of Florida. From the point last named to Havana is but 190 miles. To continue the connection thence to the Bay of Fonesea, it will be nly necessary to constract 180 miles of telegraph to Cape San Antonio, 270 miles of sabmarine cable thence to the British establishments at Belize, 120 miles of submarine telegraph thence to Puerto Ca- fallos, and 200 miles of land telegraph to the Bay of Fonesca. ** * * In other words, it would put London within eight days of San Francisco, six days ef Callao, ten days of Valparaiso, and thirty-tive days of Australia.” It js a curious fact that the prediction should be {alfilled so nearly to the date of its publication. We can only add that the appearance of works of this kind, though occasional, is most redeeming evidence of the fitness of, at least some of our foreign ap- poiutments; and Mr. Squier has benefitted both his own country and that of his temporary residence by its publication. A Cycrorapia or Commence, edited by J. Smith Homans, &c. Harpers, New York, 1868. This work fillsa void which has long been felt. The only comprehensive works on commerce and commercial navigation which have been accessible tw our mercantile community have been English books, written by English men, for English readers, ‘id from an English point of view. Without excep- tion, they bave all been lamentably defective in re spect to American trade. The work of Mr. Homans «the first and the only work we have seen which ntains all the information which the American rchant needs. In it will be found all that is ac rate, and of general value in the works of MeCul- ‘h and the other commercial encyelopedists; in addition it contains elaborate articles, full of vale javle stat on every branch of American produc tion, agricultare, manufactures, industry, commerce ynd navigation. It may be considered a general and thoroughly reliable summary of the commercial movement of the United States. We have examined ad tested some of the long tables of figures which it contains without detecting a single error. All that itis important the merchant should know, in Jation to prices, quantities exported and imported, sroduction here and elsewhere, consumption at various periods, will be found elaborately stated in yeference to evory article of commerce. Some of the articles—such as those under the heads “United states,’ “wool,” “wheat,” &c.—will be found un- nsnally full of information, the statistics being, con- trary tothe usual rale of such works, carried down to the very latest dates. Mr. Homans’ position in the Chamber of Commerce peculiarly fitted him for his work. He may congratulate himself on having yompiled a book which will become as decided a standard as Webster's Dictionary, and which cannot pe superseded without infringing thé copyright. fiemorns or Racer, by Madame de B—New York: Harper & Brothers. This volume will satiate the public appetite for details of the personal character, associations and pistory of the creat tragédienne—a desire which the sblic always has to know, how its favorites live in private, how they behave to their friends as well as ier enemies, and in short their whole inner lives. 1: ia the fate of greatness often, through these means, be the subject of sad misrepresentation, and the notity of private affiirs is too often violated. We an hardly coincide with the assertions of the fair yognita, anthoress of this volume, that she “ had thing to add from the garraloug chronique scanda- Jeuse of the day.” There are stories of Rachel's « va- rice, deception and passion, the authenticity of miny of which may well be doubted, and which, if trie, might well have been omitted, as unnecessary of record with the story of her triumphs— Nor draw her frailties from their dread abode. ‘The materials are of course all borrowed from the French. The story is well told, and includes Rachel’s humble birth, the developement of her talent, her arduous studies, almost insuperable diffi- culties, indefatigable energy, and crowning suc- cess. Her life was varied as her genias was sub- lime, and her story cannot be read without a moral- The anecdotes are many of them old, but a few will bear repetition. The first relates to her treatment by Provost, her tutor :— . Rachel was syudbed, scolded and browbeaten like the rest, witb the additional comment thet she bad the voice of acostermonger. *‘Go, child, go sell bouquets; that’s ail you will ever be ét for,”” was the comforting finaie of the professor’s lecture. hae, montbe a‘ter this soeey. lesson the pdariann. Dap ‘an opportunity to remind the falae prop! 13- parening | edictious. She had played ‘‘Hermione” ty an enthas! He public, and been greeted with a shower of bouquets, When the curtain fell, gathering her trophies in the skist of her Grecian tanic, she approached Provoa, be pened the scenes, , kneeling with mock bu- tai x you’ once advised me to sel! bouquets; will you now be my firat customer?” Provost ty admitted his error, adding that noze could rejoice more sincerely than himseif in the faiseness of his prophecy. Another relates to her adventure with two tickets given her by Sanson :— Before her ei jement at the Theatre Francais, of which she was destined 0 prove the res‘orer and chief stay, be gave ber two seats for some performsace he was anxious she sbould witness. Overjoyed atthe prospect of the treat, the girl donued ber best apparel—her best was vot very brilliant—and was at the doors with her mother at an early hour, Looking diadaiefally at the mean bonnets, coarse plaid shaw's and clogs that were to ‘be inducted into the best and most conspicuous places in the house— “Here!” quoth the ticket taker, ‘you’re not fl: to be fecn 2, those seate—take these; they are quite good enoug) Rachel was inclined to throw back the tickets thus un. ceremonious)y exchanged for hers, but the wiah o see the play triumphed over pride, aud she accepted the back 1s at the top of the houre. en Sangon heard of the disrerpect shown to bis pupil he wa» exccediogly angry with the controtl-ur. “The lite girl you have trea ed eo radely,” esid he, “‘will one day have influence enough to dispose of your place as ber will; she wil! one dey give the law in the houge you would have turned ber out of.” ‘This one presents rather another phase :— At aconcert given at the Salle Herz for gome.charity, the celebrated tragedienne had ed in her toilette de ville two scenes from “Pnedre,” and bad besa recailed thrice by the delighted audience Several of tne laty pa trocessen begged sho would uadertake with them the of tee éteuse for the benefit of the poor orpheas for whom she hed just contributed the aid of her talent. Mademoiselle Rachol then did me the honor t> take my arm. The ardience was composed of the (lite of Parisias society, and the velvet bag gracefully presented by the artiste was soon filled. She merrily emptied it into my bat each time, saying to the admirers who hastened prevent tbeir offering, “Meesieurs, I cao pot accept less than @ louis. ’” ‘The eoicction amounted to no Jess than 3,000 france, and the quéteuse appeared highly delighted witn hor eas: ces; but, as we returned home, her countenance sadien- ly assamed a sad axpressioo— eb,” said ehe. “ia the vanity of men; they wil igely ive me a lovis, pow ] am rich ani cevebraved; they re- fused to give me two sous when I was @ poor child dying of bunger!” And this one another :— But it was neither the Inacription nor the honor the gift brought that occupied the attention of the rectpieat; ber mind was set on more substantia! advantages. Soe has bereelf owned that her fire: impa ee was to feel toe weight of the bracelet, end thence estimate its metallic value, Boox or Vscarante Axp ANAL Pay- GY; Designed for the Use of Schools, Semi- and Colleges in the United States, by Henry » M.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Every student and teacher must hail this work with joy, for it fills a want which has long existed for a suitable text book on these subjects, recog- nizing the fallacy of any attempt to teach human physiology as an isolated study. This work com- bines with that the study of the organic stractares in the animal kingdom, through all the classes; the developement of the nutrimental organs and of the brain and nervous system receives much care and attention, and the author is entitled to much credit for his effort to popularize a subject from which many shrink as from a never-ending task. Every endeavor is made to make the language as simple a3 possible, and where necessary, a translation of un- usual or difficult words is given, as they are ised in the progress of the work. By'the adoption of the white line on the back ground in the. wood illustra- tions, which process is the most economical as well as the most appropriate for this work, the author has been enabled to give over four hundred and fifty illestrations, which greatly enhance the value of the work. CaTALOGUE OF THE SURGICAL AND Parnowogicat, Mvsuvm of Valentine Mott, M. D., LU. I id of his son, Alexander B. Mott, M.D. New York: ym. M. Taylor. This work contains a nicely arranged list of the wonderful specimens, numbering over one thousand, collected, during over fifty years of professional duty, by Dr. Mott and his son. Some of the surgical specimens are the result of formidable operations, and outlines of the most important cises are given. ‘The museum itself is a monument to professional kill, and the catalogue will be of great advantage to both student and practitioner. ‘Tue Hisrory or Kino Ricnanp tur Seconp. By Jacob Abbott. New York: Harper & Brothers. Taking up the record of English history at the death of Richard the First, this volume continues it until the death of Richard the Second, and, though in a somewhat condensed form, affords a fair view of the manners and customs of the times. It is got up in convenient form and neatly illustrated. ‘Tne History or Rictanv tus Taran. By Jacob Abbott. New York: Harper & Brothers. As part of the continuous history ot England, of this series, this work follows the “History of Rich ard the Second,” of which, in typographical appear ance, it is a copy. We think Mr. Abbott makes rather a desperate effort to shift from Richard the responsibility of his crimes when he attribates them to the principle of hereditary sovereignty, or to the principles instilled into his mind in early years. Mewor or Josern Crntts, 4 Monet Man. B; Miss C. M. Sedgewick. New York: Harper 4 Brothers. As a biography of a respected citizen of New York, now some time deceased, whose efforts in the cauee of humanity and public edacatioa made him unusually beloved and respected, this work will do good, Our youth may well take Joseph Curtis for a model, and the ready pen of Miss Sedgewick has thrown an additional charm about his story. Docron Trove. A novel by Anthony Trollope. New York: Harper & Brothers. ‘This is written in a sprightly vein, and ends with a wedding in the good old fashioned way. It coa tains some Mfe-like word pictnres, which will re pay perusal. Mevevrarton ann Pasericat Gromeray—Con taining tables of weights and messnres, valgir and decimal fractions, mensuration of areas, lines, surfaces and solids, lengths of circular ares, areas of segments and goves of a circle, hoard and timber measare, centres of gravity, &e.; to which is appended a Treatise on the Uar- nter’s Slide Rate and Gauging. By Charles H faswell. New York: Harper & Brothera, The title sufficiently explains the book. The effort to present a familiar rule for the surface, volume and centre of gravity of every figure is com mendable, and as far as carried out makes the book valuable. On THe AvTHORIZeD Veasion or Tas New Teara Tawent,in connection with some receat prop» sale for its revision. By Richard Chenevi French New York: Redfield. We entirely coincide with the anthor's remarks in the preface, in which he expresses his dissatisfaction with the arrangement of the materials of his work. It is rather chaotic, which is more of a pity, as he has collated all the prominent points on disputed words or jfhrases, and really gives us an interest. ing review of the question of Bible revision. A Caranoor® oF Boos ow Paee Masowny ap Kixpano Scnvects. By William Gowans. New York: William Gowans. In this age of literature, all catalogues are vaia- able. This one must be unusually so to Free Masons. It is the largest of the kind ever published. Marva or tae Common Couctt, or Brooxtyw haa as compiled by William G. Bishop, City Clerk. Qf course Brooklyn is not expected to farpish a Valentine's Manual, but she has come as near to it | as possible, and Mr. Bishop deserves credit for his _indostry and taste in the collation of municipal and statistical information contained in this volume. Iuperiat Puorograrss. By M. B. Brady. Mr. Brady has sent us two of his superb imperial photographs of John J. Crittenden and Cyrus W. Field, which He duplicates for the low price of one dollar per copy. They are splendid specimens of the photographic art, and well worthy a place in Mr. Brady's series. A Caast Saowine tue Back or THe Great Supmarine ATLANTIC TsLEGRAPH, with the rincipal land and sub-marine telegraph linés in urope and America; also, tracks of steamships and depths of the ocean. Since everybody wants to- know everything about the cable, this work comes out in just the right time. The margin contains some valuable informa- tion on the subject of the telegraph. American Literature in Ein {From the London Chronisle, Ja'y 29.) A New Yorker in rae Foaxian Oreics, anv BIS ADVENTURSS IN Paris. By Henry Wikotf, author of ‘A Visit to Prince Louis Napoleon at Ham;” “My Courtship and its Consequences,” &e., &c. London: Tritoner & Co. Mr. Henry Wikoff has now peea some years more or less before the British public, and not at any time under the most favorable auspices. There is a homely adage relative to unsavory bygones, to the effect that “the least said is soonest mended; on the other hand, there are some singularly constituted minds towhich notoriety, however unenviable, is preferable to modest silence and native obscurity. Mr Henry Wikoff professes to be a victtn to the occult and vengeful manouvrings of the British Foreign Office, to which, and to Lord Palmerston as its directing cbief, he traces his long incarceration in a Genoese prison, the punishment and result of his audacious and abhorrent attempt at the abduction of an English lady, whose name we shail not mention, for obvious reasons, though our “New Yorker,” actuated by no such motives ot) be es hes it again unblush- ingly to the world in the book before us, as he did, in a former work, entitled “ My Courtship and its Consequences,” as though absolutely revelling in the recapitulation fof proceedings which any man o: honor, or of the merest good taste and common sense, would have sought to have buried in the oblivion of the ke every means in his power. The author, in his exordium to the British public, informs us that “ this book is of an exceptional character, and the motives which led to its composition will appear in the course of perusal.” This is decidedly the moat reliable fact adduced in the “New Yorker's” revela- tions; the book in question is in all truth very “ ex- ceptionable,” and the motives of its production may be easily divined, when we state that the author him- self informs us, that after coquetting as regards its sup] ‘ion for some time with the powers that were, that he only produces it after the receipt of the fol- lowing communication :— Forman Orrice, Jan. 9, 1853. Sm—1 am desired by Lord Clarendon w acknowedlze the receipt of your letter of the 3.stult., in wiica you say that you are entirely disposed so suppress your work ou! of respect to Lord Palmers'on, and in deference to Lord Clarendon’s wiehes:and 1am fo state in reply. that you mutt bave misunderstood Lord Clsreadon, as his lordsaip bas nO wish whatever, and therefore expressed noae, reapecting the publication or auppreesion of your work, Lam, sir, your most obedienteervant, H. LIStER Besay *iKorr, Beq. Now there is absolutely nothing in the work be- fore us, so far as Lord Palmerston is concerned, to fares: His lordship appears really ia a favora- ble light, as a thorough man of busiaess and of the world, with a liberal share of bonhomie into the bargain, or he would never have given this unscrupulous American a haif-year’s salary out of pure good nature, after being beset by him, with a greedy and pertinacious egotism unknowa to any save the worst specimens of our transatlantic kins- men. Mr. Wikoff bas the infinite bad taste to follow the precedent established by too many of his countrymen, and to betray the arcana sacra of hospitality. We allade to his strange sojourn at Broadlands. His lordship, onthe other hand, even as delineated by the Yorker,” appears in every sense as a gentleman in his own hoase. As we have said, there is nothing in the book which tells against the late astute Premier; and were we willing to credit our Yankee with sufficient im portance, we could almost imagine that the book ad actually been bought, and that this was not the real work before us after all. Far be it from us to assert this. The fact is, that a book—the boc has been promised, a prolonged flourish of th brazen trompets blown, the public duly e: and, voila tout, why, it is the old “hinkey- pankey” trick of the street acrobat, who makes the most ostentatious arrangements for a marvellous feat, and then, having pocketed the coppers—walks quietly out of the ring. There is literally nothing in it, and its moral amounts to this—never invite astrange Yankee to your house, or admit bim to your Foreign Office. Do not trust him with your Secreta, for he will publish them. Do not place that confidence in him which every merchant places in his clerk, and with which every government em ployé must be accredited, for he will violate it. takes notes at your dinner table; he marks yoar demeanor at family prayers; be is a valgar intrader, whose unscrupulous intent is not disarmed by your heartiest welcome. Your house is his show, and you are his aboriginal Briton, let ont by your owa volun- tary good nature for the benefit of his book making —- genuine facts of Mr. Wikoff"s “ case” seem to be simply as follow. Henry Wikoff,a literary ad- venturer, with more ingenuity than talent, and more assurance than ingennity, meets with the Hon. R. Edwardes, acting Secretary of the British Embassy @ Paris, and succeeds in making that gentleman, to a certain extent, a believer in himself—Wikoff. Mr. Edwardes, in a luckless hour, gives our “New Yorker” an introduction to Lord Palmerston, as a oman “that might be made useful,” How his talents were to be employed, and why they were considered indiapensable to the pros perity and welfare of Great Britain, does not peaer. The author himself would have ua belie that this introduction was for the purpose of seour- ing his invaluable services as the advocate of a tish- American alliance. This ingenious a sion, however, we must be permitted to acce st, not only cum grano, but cum mullis granis. Our Fo reign Office, like that of every other country, no doubt has many an ansavory and occult transwtion on hand at odd times, for whick a certain class of oe are absolutely necessary. The true object ot the “New Yorker's” en, ment will, in all pro bability, remain a secret between himself and the ex Premier. There is a quaint French traism, which says, oddly enough, that there is never a mystery without there is something to hide, and no donbt it was on this prieciple that Mr. Heary Wikol? was designated openty in 1853 as a “spy” by a contemporary, in a long article, in which his in- explicable and equivocal connection with the Foreign Office was commented upon, and every freely discussed—it is also possible that our coatem porary may have been in ion of data upon this subject at that period, which warranted the as- sertion. However, résumons: Lord Palmerston re good humor, even asks He ceives oor author in perfect him to Broadlands, treats him as a gentleman. seems, according to Mr. Wikofl’s own showls have been somewhat disgusted with his new quaintance, but to have considered him “clever’ enough to engage on trial for some mysterious pur- pose. When once enrolled on the occult or non occult official staff, our “New Yorker,” no doabt, showed bimeelf in his trae colors, as a dangerous bore and “fifth wheel,” and eritentiy forgetting at the same time to do anything for his very libe-al salary. bee | sent to Paris, the Hon. Mr. Ed: jes probably witnesses his want of condact and common prudence, and possible hears of the uve made of Lord Palmerston's name at the Maison d'Or, the Chateau Rouge, and the coulrses of the theatres, very often in diplomacy wne faute est pire qu'un erime—and naturally becomes alarmed for the re- salts of bis introdaction. Mr. Edwardes, at this janctare, acting of course npon instructions, invites the Yankee to resign —he- ing a Yankee, be most unequivocally refases, even when offered “a sum of money down,” thereby throwing the Foreign Office into an amnsing dilem ma. Matters progress in this unsatisfactory manner for some time, till Mr. Wikoff comes to London, to solictt explanations from the Premier himself, who rsonally plays a pleasant game at bo-peep with im at the Foreign Office, Lord Palmerston writiag the most polite notes to his Frankenstein prof颒, appointing especial hours to see him, day after day and day after day leaving him to “cool his heels” in the waiting rooms, of course without the remotest intention of according him the desired fnaterview —a facetious and eccentric arrangement, which appears to have completed the “New Yorker's” discom‘tare and utter mystification. He is eventaally got rid of with the free gift of eight months’ salary in advance (from October 24, 1851, to Jane 20, 1852), which arrangement amounted very much, after all, to the former pecuniary sn jon of Mr. Edwardes, at Paris. Ever anxions, like the busy begin the hyma, to “improve each shining hour,’ ouggatbor pro- ceeds immediately to Genon, where comes the hero of the equivocal romance he led to the public with such questionsble unction in a former work (“My Courtship and its Consequences”). The attem| abduction wasffollowed by the retriba tive castigation of the law, with the fall knowledge and approval of the British Consul, Mr. T. Browa. Mr. Wikoff himself sa; © Can euch thi be, aod pot excite our specie! won. der?” Thovgh stranger than Action, the story js true, for the heroine was Mise ——, of ——; the hero, the luck- lease indivitual now reciting bie misfortunes: and the drag, not an infuriktet father, not a” jose Wrother. dat the identical inds 185t, hed This is the remarkable view which Mr. Wikoff thought it convenient to take of his misadventure. He His incarceration of fifteen months being termi- he hastened to Hagland, and to i Ao a , With claims for redress, and we know not which were at once decidedly ignored and In fact, he pestered the powers that were he received, in 1855, the following official “floorer :”"—— Downne Street, August 27, 1855. i Sim—I am directed by (ord Palmerston to askuowledge 26th August, and to ia- ‘considers that Dave no claim whatever on her Majesty's es the receipt of your letter, dated you, in reply, that Lord Palm and that he must decline any further Tam, air, your obadient ser: a CAARLES ©. CLIFFORD. ence with you. i. Wikorr, Esq. Our ingenious. “ New Yorker,” nothing daunted, to attribute his detention at Senoa to the vindictive machinations of the ex- a. to conceive a full publi- cts imperatively necessary for the salvation of his reputation, betakes himself to his pens and concocts the present work, which con- ‘ains his entire connection, or as much of {t as he thinks fit to ge us, with Lord Palmerston aud street. Armed with this would-be fulmi- and still pretendin Premier, and cation of the Downing nating MS., and having previously imbued a certain clique with the vague importance of the astounding revelations to be expected, he once again obtrudes himself upon the authorities of the Foreign Olfice— of course to make terms. not publish the book,” &c.—'his personal regard for Lord Palmerston makes the idea doubly repugaant to him,” &¢.—“but his character requires immediate vindication,” &c., &c. He fences for some time to the same effect, being the while treated with merited contempt, till he receives his coup-degrace “floorer” No, 2, which will be found at the com- mencement of this notice, dated January, 1853, and to the effect that “his lordship has no wish, and therefore expressed none, respecting the publication or Creer of the work.” Thia is the unvarnished history of these soi-disant revelations, and with a reservation in tayor of the possible, though improbable hypothesis, that the genuine and original work was in reality cancelled, we can only say that the book before us is a mere brutum fulmen, a most pitiful sham, and a “ de- Iusion and a snare,” to all intents and purposes, The hearty jouissance with which Mr. Wikotf details and dilates upon his most questionable actions and most equivocal proceedings is positively refreshing in ita originality. This in itself would constitate the book a curiosity in its way, while his flippant as- sumption of fzmiliarity with the executive Areo- phagus of Imperial France is as absurd as it is ex- ceedingly amusing. The book abounds with pas- sages like the following :— Iwent on talking with somo aides-de camp near me. Presently the President approaches mo ag * You don’t know Count Mole, I think,’ he said, with me: I wien to present you w him,’ Bowing, | followed bim across the room, amit the evi- dent surprise of the company. who looked on me as some ilaetrious unknown, little dreamiag that I was @ Yackeo and @ democrat “Count Mote,” said the Prince, ‘I wish to maka you ac quainted with a very old friead of mine, who hss twico crorsed the Atlaotic to pay me a visit” Of course I was received by toe Count with the greatest posaible cordiality, &¢. We have been betrayed into a notice far longer than this book itself deserves, from the arrogant pre- tensions and unblushing presumption with which it was attempted to set it before the public, and the peculiar and disingenuous circumstances under which it was publishe .. Henry Wikoff is, we are informed, halfa Frenchman; he is no doubt tond of French as his opusculem is so lavishly interlarded with puerilities and trivialities in that language. We will therefore dismiss him—and, like Lord Palmerston, we are far from sorry to do so--with the following envoie of the French satirist: — Pour mot, parmi des fantes innombrables Ja n’eo coppsis que deux, considerablies— C’ert Vinterprise et |'exccution, Amon syis fautes irreparabies, Dace ce volume, ‘Come ‘Tne Cooper Ineticnte, TO THE BDITOR OF THR HERALD. Sin— You will oblige me by puplishing the following, in Teply to ap article which eppesred in your colamns, uuder ate of Avgust 6, making inquiries a8 to my ‘nteation York the building now known as the Union for the ad- vancement of science and art. Jn reply. ] can truly say thet it affords me much plea- sure to lay before you and the public in general the fol lowing facte:-— The building from its commencement hes been, and is pow, devoted by will, with all ite rents and revenues of every Dame and natare, to the objects \ascribed on its fropt walls, viz..—' For the advancement of science and | art.” It ia Bow my \utention to plere the entire property in the hande of @ reeponsib © board of control, wao will, by their trust, be required te oiler to the Board of Elna | von the free use of all tho educational parts of the | to the official programme, there will be no troops botiding for the purpoee of carrying ou a cympinte | here beyond the necessary guard of honor accom- evree of polytechaic ‘astruction, ia conpestion #ith | pi he Emperor. Order is to be maintained, the Free Acatemy of this city. Enis privilege ie ty be | an: » preserved by the fire brigade of the town Derpewal, on condition that euch courses of jaatra sball be continued, and that the seven rooms now 0 pied by some Gfty jadies as @ echor! of dee be secured to them, with at least ax good pi they now eojoy of instruct: wood and stone, drawing, decoratng chive ead glae Kons im the useful arte as eualt be cate sphere of femaic employ ment. Thie would bave been done at an earlier day, bat for tho fact that the building has cost more than dochia we | amount that I wes led to believe it would when it was commenced: this, together with the fact of its being built fireproof, bas delayed the time of completion to a mica later day than aoticpatet Had the het to an earlier completion it woul? baw . moral cf the Tompkios market (to make room for the pew market house) av} a temporary market pissed a: | rectly in front of the building, covering all of the ede | That portive of tos abet | occupied as a fish market, boing placed directly opp.asite | walk ant a portion of the atrent one of tbe main entrances of the instivation, hay pro vented the lettng of the stores aad offices, ‘horeny do- marae the fostitulion of almoat its eaure moans of au por It has been my determination from the comneacsmnot that the inetitation should be sel(eustaaing, aad owe no man aoything but the good It can do. It will be the daty of the ovard of conir 4 taslerge ball aod otoer basement roome (when no quired for tne courte of inetructisa}, also tne stores oc tae cranat flr, together with the offices on ‘he secon story, waict ito form & revenue for tne eupSors Of the institutioo It will aleo be their duty to appropriate all tae renta te MAIDA Courses Of eclert'fic hectares of too most aseful | And practical character, « liorary and a repository of the Arta, togetber with the carrent expenses OF the \ns\itavion of every des: The coorses of lec ures to bs open ‘aod free to all who oan bring & satisfastor7 cortitoae of good character from pare>t, guardiac or employer. almost constaatly country ov. ich it exerts #0 po Nearly thirty years Dave passed since | became acquaint ed with a SJ, (wbo hat tnea ressaly returned from France) wh» iaformed me that walle fo Ports he bed euended the fasti- tate, where, with ths consummate adiliiy of the istructors gat the perfect appliances for ulastea'ioa, he bad learned more in three mootns taen he Polyteraic Jiving on & mere crust of breed, tat they micut be enabled to avail themselves of the benefit of tn we leotares 1; then cecurred to me that there mow alw: great cities ike oars buadrete of young men ledly tara ewer from vwitiating oursule to oy the sod benodite of @ course 0 ac'entills instruct 10. I well remember ph ome I T would elf of the aivactages entice, without anythiog on which to rely bat naked mn and an hones! purpose to work my passage through 0 If the inatitution sball acoompli¢h a email part of the good thet I desire, \t will emabdie me to beer with patients | the ungenerons mitre preseutatiogs tbat Deon citea- ated to injure aa fnetitution for whic ve labored 89 « and ardently, with an earoast hope 1 might se care hy it a lasting blessing to my mative city. Ia the belief that the fretitation will acs ymp ish a go>! work when T shell ba iy reat reeuest, I remain your obesisn€earvent, r COOPER Orrick oF tie Petee Cooran Isetirvts, New Your, August 7, 1868 Interesting to Fishermen. ‘The following letter from the Secretary of tho Treasury, | will probably be of interest to some of our reaiore,— Sin—Your Meter of the 17th uit, making io whether roamen oo board fishing vessela are ent iti 2 On board Morchanl Fos sels in Caso of distress, has boon rpce'ved. By the twenty. fret section of tae ao) of Febraxry 18, 1793, ships or vessels licensed for carrying on the Arhing, must obtain permission from the cottector of ths dist’! t where such ship or vormel may be provious to her dover ture, to touch or trate atany foreiga portor place, and baving such permiesion, the commander or misver must deliver like man fests and make like eater: abip of vessel, and of the voard, within the «ame ti fe by the lawa ot the Uni or vessels of ths United s arriving from port, The crews of fishing vemsels are not eeunsn ences! io the foreign commetos of the Uaited statys, ani tiereore pot entitied to any ailowancs ont of the fant for the te lef and protection of American seameo thrragh (aited States Ooneuls at foreiga ports, an extended by the set of Fe -reary 28, 1805, to seamen in the fore'ge trade, ant by the act of April 4, 1840, ty svamen engaged in th fiehing. Fieoiog vessels cannot legitimataly entor foreige port, ex: wader the provisions of the & under the game act to heavy ps0 in three idagars of the cvast, w goods oF mer o aro $600, unless the veese! Has toe per mission of toe collector bofors referret to Under the 1eW, | am of optaion thar seamen on povrt fivhing vearels are not entitled to consular aid, so? that, tn the event of their being driven to a foreign pert in dit trees, Soy Aid aifordod them by the Consul is PF logiimate charge upon the ofoer or master of the yee! lam, very respectfully, HO FRLL OOR3, the freasary. B. Hasmarr Nortow, Peq., wd tas Vowed States Consol, Picton, N.S. “He would much rather NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1858, } Inside Views of France, oa | may not be imoroper for mo on thie oscesion by state | Se sine | . Hs also state! thet he | ode Of ps dein | ald | ve availed my- | such an jostitution wea an ap | jesty will come to Dinan, wy pee by four aid wih or amantactore Dian, Corsspu-Norp, July 22, 1958, The Emperor's Visit to Brittany—The Working Classes and Napoleon Dynasty—Enthusiasm in Various Towns— Official Processtons— Dinan, and What is to be Done when the Emperor Comes?— St. Malo—Insight as to the Relative Proportion of Trades—-The Peasantry and the Priests—The Emperor, Empress and their Respective Suites— Various Festivities in Preparation—Triumphal Arches— The Turf Altar —Interesting Anecdote— The Empress and her Peasant Girl Correspon- dent—The English in Brittany— Addresses to the Emperor-—-Monument of St. Cast—Emblem of the Entente Cordiale~A Breto “ Hound” and the English “ Leopard” Fighting, Se. §t. In the letter addressed to you from this place, dated June |, I stated as the result of my observa- tions upon iue condition and feelings of the people, that “the form of government most agreeable to the mass of population in Brittany is that which now exists; that the feeling as to the promised visit { the Emperor, is one of great satisfaction; and, to quote the words of a Breton, when referring to the pro- posed visit—‘tous veulent le saluer de bon cour.” Circumstances that*have occurred since that letter was written fully justify such a statement. The days are now known when his Majesty the Emperor, accompanied by the Empress, will visit certain towns in this part of France, and already preparations are making—not merely by the constituted authorities, but by the population, and especially the agricul- tura! population— to exhibit their admiration of the Emperor personally, and the fervor of their devotion to his dynasty. It is the feeling of the people that gives weight, importance and significance to the preparations that are now in progress for the reception of the Empe- ror. It is the desire of the people to be permitted to participate in every manifestation of loyalty and re- spect that makes the official programmes of maires and prefets documents of interest at this moment; and whether we look to Rennes, St. Brieuc, St. Malo, St. Servan, Brest or Dinan, we find that in all the working classes have claimed permission to unite with soldiers and gens d’armes, in appearing pro- cessionally before the sovereign; and wherever it has been found impossible to comply with this desire, then the people have taken the matter in their own hands, and have resolved to fill the streets, and crowd up the roads, and with banners, triumphal arches, temporary altars, &c., to testify the hearti- ness of their good wishes, aud the ardency of their zeal. I have been too long an observer of political pro- ceedings, not only in tuis but in other countries, not to be fully aware how little value isto be attached to the official receptions of sovereigns when passing through provinces subjected to their sway. He must be either an outragevusly bad or a stupidiy weak ruler, who will be encountered on such occasions by any flagrant disrespect; and hence it too frequently happens that nothing oan be more deceptive, as a test of the popular feeling towards an existing go" vernment, than the manner in which its chief is re- ceived in making a progress through his dominions. A little tact, a little management, and a very slight pressure on the part of the officials, ure quite sufficient to get up a demonstration, which may, without any very grievous violation of truth, be described iy the government journal “as a very Joyal demonstration of popular feeling.” Did [ dis cover that any such arts were resorted to on the pre- sent occasion, 1 would as unbesitatingly refer to them us I now do to tbe indubitable fact that the ardor of the people surpasses the desires of the gov- ernment employés; and the ditficulty of the latter will consist, not in inviting the attendance of the po- pulation, but in making such arrangements as will prevent the possibility of any untoward accident oc- casioned from the great crowds that will assemble in all parts of Brittany to welcome their imperial visiters. Take, tor instance, this little city of Dinan, It has but one street, and a square—the Place du Guescelin—capabdle of containing about tea thou- sand persons closely packed together. Taeir Majes ties are to pass through here ou the 18th of August, remaining ouly a few hours in the town, Accordiag alone a crowd very difficult to man age. | upon thousands who are resolved to come in “to see | the Emperor” from the populous environs? The » | Maire of Dinan mast be a second (Biipas if he can sulve this question to the satisfaction of all parties. His “Honor,” or his “Worship,” or whatever else may be his civic title of dignity, cannot manage far- mers and charbonniers avd field laborers as easily ignitaries of St. Malo have contrived to com- promise between the narrowness of its streets and excessive enthusiasm of its mechanics, by per- hem to elect representatives in proportion bers to be participators in the proces- onduet the Emperor within the walls at aud furmidable sea fortress. The authorities of St. Malo, in allotting a repre- sentation to the different trades carried on in the town, give some idea of the relutive nambers em: ployed in each business, and hence the following specification bag an interest of its own, indepe of the particular purpose for which it is designed. ‘Thus we find there are two regreseutatives allot- ted to each of the following vategory of operatives, viz.:—The printers, lithographers, booksellers, bind- ers; the bootinakers, shoemakers, curriers; the hatters, upholsterers, tailors; the butchers, pork batchers, pastry cooks, bakers: the coopera and basket makers; the caaikers, Whilst there are four representatives for the following trades and mana- factories:—-Rope makers, ship builders, sail makers, seamen, carpenters, bot yok makers, sawyers, cartwrighta, coachmake: blacksmiths, cutiers, locksmiths, farriers, tiomen, braziers, foundry mea, saddiers, harness makers, hotwse painters, joiners, cv binet_ makers, taurners, masons, plasterers, slatera, marble cutters, lime burners, tanneries, with pipe and oil manufactories, &c. orgwized and regimented as the me shanics « town; and hence the difficulty of soothing dowa their existing enthusiasm, and moderating it withia due bounds. I can see bat one method for escaping from the embarrassment, and that is by the clergy placing themselves, with their flocks, on the road of the Emperor. | have mag pe why the Bona partes are favorites with the clergy; and because they are so, it is very probable that what I now sug- | west will be very generally carried into effect. On all sides there are preparations makiag for the Emperor's visit, and nothing is read with greater in | terest at thie moment than the most minute details that can be pablushed with respect to it. I cannot say how many times | have been told that his Ma | decamps, two “premiers valets de chamber,” two “suivants,” eight valets, two couriers and two “ e+ afettes ; and that along with the Empress will be “Ja grande maitresse de la maison de sa Majeste,” two “dames du palais,” one “premier valet de } chambre,” two “femmes d'atours,” three “ femmes | de chambre des dames de I'Imperatrice.” T have | also been assured that at Brest there will be a grand ball on board the Hercule, for which two thousand invitations have been issued; that there will be an | other ball at St. Briewe; that on the 15th of Angst, \8 Napoleon's Day, the Emperor aad Empress will | hear mass in the charch of Sainte Anse d’Anray ; | and Sainte Anne is one of the tatelary saints of Brit tany, and “a pilgrimage to her shrine one of the religious popular customs of this pious and loyal province;” that on the 17th Aq their majesties will leave Napolegaville for Samt Brieuc, passing through Londéac, and arriving at St. Brieuc at four; that depatation of ladies aod young maidens will present flowers to the Empress; that at five their majesties will give a reception to the authorities, re- ligions, civil and military; that at seven their majes ties will dine; and at nine ovclock open the hall at | the prefecture; and that the next morning they will leave St. Briene; and that they will arrive here a' two in the afternoon. | And here I must leave them for the mt. Tt would be wearisome to give you all those detatis which Ph are the moat interesting things possible on the banks of the Rance. I only refer to them to show that the enthusiasm in favor of the Bonapirtes is a genuine enthasiasm, and that the feeliag of re spect for the Emperor is one sincerely entertaioe |. Ihave as yet heard of no place through which the royal corfege is to pass in which the inhabitants are tations from the rural communes; and these ect, will come in such numbers as to make What then is to be done with the thousands not preparing the erection of the most magnificent triomphal arches it is withia their means or capabi lity to construct. A single extract will suffice to give an idea of the mode of manifesting popular ad- miration :— " On dire que, is Chatean now! a Saint Malo, tout te wrajet bmperiel Stronver cures acwiongns. Amid all the tarbulently joyous exbibitions of ular feeling that will greet the Emperor and Fiore on their way there will not, [ think, be one more caleulated to add to the enthusiasm of the hour than 4n humble altar of tarf, on which will be placed a few flowers by the hands of a maiden in the obscure and distant hamlet of Quintin. The cireumstancés counected with the erection of this of tell to me.” Ashort time since a young peasant girl, in the neighborhood of Quintin, who had just finished her education at a rural school, upon her return to her mh, havin Ae Teo ln pend : soldier. oun; v heard, when at se! great a ( the kindness of the Empress, determined to write to her Majesty, explaining the situation in which she and her parents were left in consequence of the absence of her brother. This letter—the un- assisted composition of the ig gir! conttedte tle ae The . gir! cont to ti \. young of what she tad done to aby one. She regarded it asa secret between herself and her Majesty; and she was not surprised (although every one else the village was amazed) to hear ng eel sr that he a letter sealed with the i: arma addressed to the young maiden. This letter was written by her Majesty's se:retary, and assured the little t girl that the wrong done to her family bespeedily repaired. The letter was followed ini a few days by the return of the girl’s brother ta ‘The young soldier and his sister are about to erect an altar of turf, and to decorate it with flowers, and at that altar both, accompanied by the maidens and oung men of their village, will ofler up their prayers for the health, long life and happiness of the Em- bas as she passes on her way from St. Briene to Dinan, The only place in Brfttany in which the English are collected in considerable numbers are Dinan and Saint Malo, with its great suburb Saint Servan. The Vice Consul of England at Saint Malo has sum- moned a meeting to be held this day, at which wil be prepared an address to the Emperor upon !iia arrival at Saint Malo. The English of Dinan and its neighborhood had a meeting at the mayoralty on Saturday. It was at first intended to have pre pared a grand decoration, in which the flags of England and France should be combined together, aud underneath a motto with the words “ England and France united.” Between the first ventilation of this pacitic and conciliatory idea and the day of meeting appeared an article im the Zimes showing that the Emperor had paid a very bad compliment to Queen Victoria in inviting her to Cherbourg, which had been originally de- signed by Louis XIV., and continued by Napoleon L., for the purpose of invading England, and now that it was completed by Napoleon Ill. could never be used tor any grand Lag og except the rapid embarkation of troops on their way to London. It is amazing the effect which this single article, written with the usual talent of the Times, had on the intended meeting here. The idea of the grand decoration * was at once abandoned; and one — more remarkable for his nationality than jis piety, declared ‘he would see the French very well —— before he would ever consent to unite his flag with theirs.” The ‘‘decoration” has been changed tor an address, which will most probably be presented by a very worthy geatleman—Sir Robert Menzies, Bart.—on behalf of bis Euglish com- patriots in this city and neighborhood. ‘The Emperor and the Queen may be on very friendly terms personally, bat such js not the case with the Bretons and the English. The local feeling here is typified by the monument of St. Cast, the first stone of which was lsid with all due solemuity 5 with the following memorandum carefully deposited beneath it: — “On the 17th day of July, in the year 18) placed the first stone of this column, comme murati of the hundreth anniversary of the battle of St. Cast, gained by the French troops and Breton volunteers over the English on the 11th September, 1758.” ‘This monnment is to be decorated by a sculpture representing the “Breton greyhouud” trampling upon and throtthog the “Kaglish leopard’ —a tittiag em- blem of the ententé cordiale as it exists, not in word4 nor in phrases, but in feelings and in fact. Whe Brltish Electrie and Lacevnational Tele- capt Vompany. The directors ot the above compaay have issued the foliowiug reyort;— Tue univereal Cepreseion of trade during the half year ending the 30th June, 1868, bas bad the rflect 0 check, the copticuec progressive unpaovemes: tm th nel pte this company Whon the directors have always bitpervo bad to report wo the ehareholders, Daring tue same time, however, the expenditure of the company Das been «)- miniebed by the leecer amounts mired om account of the alterations op the London and North-Western lines, sod for repairing the submariae cables, #0 that the Jance applicable to dividend exceeds that of any prévious the amount thas earned is quite suf interest: bait year, Alth ficient to afford to ‘upon their capital, the directors divideod than at the x ca : GuraDulty of any submarine wor’ that the proprietors will gee th rr to 5 the prudence of this step, to the roundness of the undertaking. The scaition to your capial, which was guthosimed by the special general meeting of the Sth of October last, was: Cifered ty the proprietors, aud was so generally taken uo by them that the directors did mot thiek fit to offer any wi the directors have, in the firet jos'ence, paid off £45,260 of the loaa and debenture debt of the company. but the proprietors will pot feel be whole benetit of this step uati (be eosuing boel pe Toe olrectors further propose to make a¢ additions: Bnd improvemects (B (heir #) stern. The tarll between this country apd the Contisent hag Incroses Wo 80 greatan extent that, with the concurresce of the government of the Netherlands, the board bas de- termined to lay down an additions! cable to Holland. They bave in consequence Gencinded en sqrenment wit the frm of Messrs. Ginas, kiliot & Co., for the maa facture of & cable of unusual weight and strength, which ‘b 18 proposed should be laid from @ point between Lowes- ad Orfordnese to Zaadvoort, in the vicwmity of Am- {he company wil! by ite meana be abe to uc- vote airoct wircs to Amnterdat a, Hamburg, aud OF principal cities of commercial \aportauoe, Ihe parpoxe of ellectualty carrying on whe basiners pany ft had become necesary to erect new of ‘foes io Bell auey 20a et Uamden fown, both of woilch are how far kavanced towaran cow plebion, Thus the delays and inc ovenlonees which were insepa- rable from the cwiaed etate of the present offloes wili be greatly ciatoished The directors inyord to carry Meee up Uoldora and into the borough for tue greaver accommocation of the padlic; ‘aud they trose that Lae receipts pra these lines will fauy justify the ouvay. An independent company with limited liability bas beem formed to afford telegrapaic comauaication vevween Wey mouth @od the Chaune! ‘ands, the line wil: De compretet beture the end of this month. AM arracgem@ent has been entered into for the working of the line oy thie company, aba for the taaemission of messages io this country, from wbich the directors have reseon to expect & consideradio ae oa CHANEL ISLANDS TRLEO [From we London Herald, July 26 ( Great exeri.om are being made to Rony! \\pe of telegraph to the Chaane| Ielands ber departore for Cherbourg. It is cahie coanceting Jersey and hee “ on the 20th instant. The Electric Tel are erecting © new wire from Southa’ to meet this cable, The lao pont Foglish coast is the Bill of Portiand. Ui extend from this point to the South Weymouth, wheace they proceed oa the c to Sout liam p'on. Telegraph communertion with the whole of itande #:ll be completed and the route opened to public early ia August. The rates for messges will very moderate, viz., Me. for tweuty words from Soatn~ ampton end Weymoatb, and from Losdoa. ill be offices at Jersey, Guerasey and Alderney. The Cbasne! [slnods Triegraph Company are gaarantied six per coms by the government The contractors for the cable ere the wel) known firm of Newall & Co Henson's Bay News.Minates of a public meeting OF the committee of the inhabitants of tae Ret river settlement, held May 25,1568—Mr. Pascal Breland, the chair 1. Resolved, That the application of the highest Oree Indian chio’, Ha ka sees (Fox), to. this committee, to lone no time in taking steps to bring his claims and those of his people, and ine haif-breeds aad natives, touching the question of the'r right to the soil of the valleys of the Agsemborne and Red rivers, &o., be cordially received; and alao the evidence of M. Andre Truke, who was present: At the first treaty. 2 Resolved, That « communicetion be addressed to the Secretary of th ‘ines Frotection Society io toadon, W 80 i¢'t ite committee to present the grievances of the Cree and otber cbiefs and half oreeds Ratives, befire her Majesty '* government or the Pariiamens act the Hritiah pubuc, t> obtain redress, and to thank that society for ite past efforts for the liberation of tne coat. emt 4. Resolved. That vote of thanks be sent to Mr. 4. K. Iebieter, for his oonatant labors for this, and tnat a jes tor be alo iraen up by the Secretary to be sent to him, embotying the foregoing, and ioiading the following committee appointed by the Red river o>- y Ir Iabister, as thei chosm representative. before the British parliament, to protest, in the name of j porno Ca sanexttion to Canete, ae a nied io ite three ssi al been tb So ro oinns, each of shou'd bave # represeatar've renee So ale fatal oon tea arrangement Made short of the Kiodean fay Comyany's monopoiy over the whoie of thie n £ z Fi i u il 2% iH 5 elf i i ste i 3 6. That forward the above letters.