vista of the amplest pecunis before they will enter upon orget that married men can hat marriage is a stimulus to gain and again elicits those ities of mind which produce npetency, but affluence. Let case of two great lawyers. ham formed in early life the ot to marry till his practice a-year, and he married at 1 Eldon married upon nothing

at twenty-one. We do not recommend the latter case for general adoption, but the two examples taken together show how absurd it is to lay down such stringent rules as are now fashionable on the subject of marriage. The issue is the same, under the most opposite circumstances, because both men were workers. And Lord Cottenham was not aided by his late marriage, and Lord Eldon was certainly not impeded by his early one.

of Lady Franklin's Arctic is now arranged. A glance ent map of the Arctic re3 that nearly the whole area est of the outlet of the Fish been swept by Government xpeditions. Apart, then, from hat the Esquimaux reports ery limited locality where the cmystery lies concealed, we ed in hoping that a search, rea embracing not more than f coast, may be rewarded by ry of the Erebus and Terror. intock proposes to make his Prince Regent's Inlet, and ugh Bellot's Strait to the field or, should the ice permit, to ect to it by going down Peel ch he has good reasons for be a strait. If prevented by m passing through Bellot's going down Peel's Sound, he n the idea of taking his ship ese channels, and, leaving her Prince Regent's Inlet, will search for the Erebus and edging parties, so successfully late Expedition, in conducting - M'Clintock particularly disimself.

We regret to say, that a strong memorial, recently transmitted from the United States, praying our Admiralty to send the Resolute out on a final searching expedition, has failed to arouse official sympathy with a cause now stirring all England. This is the more surprising as the work which remains to be done is extremely small, and Arctic experience shows that the probable risk is slight. The rate of mortality of all the Arctic Expeditions since 1818 (exclusive of that of the missing Expedition) is less than 1 per cent. Sir Charles Wood, therefore, as the oracle of the Admiralty, has no foundation for saying that "he does not feel justified in exposing to the risks inseparable from such explorations the lives of further officers and men." Previous searching expeditions, which were necessarily dispatched to unknown regions, have, as we have seen, been singularly fortunate in regard to the slight mortality, and the proposed Expedition, which will have the advantage of being within easy reach of the large depots of stores and provisions at Beechey Island and Port Leopold, will certainly not be attended with greater risk than those which have preceded it. Great scientific interest attaches, moreover, to Lady Franklin's final search, as it will be

a careful search be made for any possible survivor; that the bones of the dead be sought for; that their buried records be unearthed, or recovered from the hands of the Esquimaux; and above all, that their last written words, so precious to their bereaved families and friends, be saved from destruction. A mission so sacred is worthy of a Government which has grudged and spared nothing for its heroic solders and sailors in other fields of warfare, and will surely be approved by our gracious queen, who overlooks none of her loyal subjects, suffering and dying for their country's honor." "This final and exhausting search is all I seek in behalf of the first and only martyrs to Arctic discovery in modern times, and it is all I ever intend to ask.”

improvement, that the proverbs should furnish us matter for useful and entertaining talk rather than for idle questions. Accordingly, proverbs and names were written on slips of card, and the great delight and, in some cases, relief: "Look before you leap" came forth with Mr. Simpson's name. Never shall I forget the venerable old gentleman, as, raising his head, and collecting his thoughts for a minute, he began :

ly cold winter's evening, y nestled closer and closer g fire. No one felt in; we all declared we were for that; and all seemed or felt too much real joy h. So the question was abbed our hands before e a pretty little shudder What shall we do ?" A old and young, of both ssarily be rather varied nations, and ours proved it was not till some time ; we all agreed in one our several plans to the circle, who had hitherto che discussion.

niled at our appeal, and silvered head to listen ns as, one by one, they im by their ardent prot was agreed that a game ld be played, with this

"My dear young friends, it is strange that Providence has given me this little duty to-night? Truly in my lifetime I have seen many a leap and some few looks. The pleasures of a green memory almost repay the other disadvantages of age, and make one bless God for being one of his sheaves near harvest-time. Let us look into the subject a little"-mentally, I suppose, for our expositor took off his spectacles: "it seems to divide mankind into three classes-those who continually look and never leap; those who leap and never

[July,

number of our journal is a portrait of his Majesty, ersia. It was originally aved for the royal family r. Sartain has copied it and beautifully, from a He appears on a state g his triple crown, rading with precious gems e diamonds of the purest mense value, which blaze k, shoulders, and arms; and illustrating the splennagnificence. As an oriover the empire of Persia, war with England, whose received, a few months t consideration at the im'rance, his portrait in the cern costume is an object curiosity, with which we rs will be pleased. We f biographical sketch of

ersonage.

subjection Candahar, Cabul, and several provinces of the Mogul Empire. He was killed, in 1747, by his first lieutenant, whose eyes he had the intention of putting out. His successor, Thamasp-Kouli Khan II., reigned only a few years. Fearful disorders broke out at his death in Persia, and several pretenders to the throne arose. Amongst these was a member of the tribe of Kadjars, which signifies fugitives, named Mohammed Macan-Khan, who conquered Mazandaran and other provinces, and captured Ispahan; he was on the point of conquering all Persia when he fell into the hands of a rival, who beheaded, him in 1758. His son, Aga Mohammed Khan, succeeded in proclaiming himself Shah of Persia, in 1794, and he founded the present dynasty. Since 1705, the Court of Persia resides at Teheran; formerly Ispahan had been the capital of the kingdom. In summer the court is driven away from Teheran by the heat, and encamps from June 1 to September 30 at the foot of the Elboorz mountains, in the valley of Goolahek. The embassadors and great authorities, with the richest inhabitants of the town, accompany the court, and form a magnificent canvas town. The present Shah is of a very mild disposition, and is deeply attached to his mother, who governs his private household. She is only about forty years of age, and is still very beautiful. She has for a secretary a French woman, who married, in Paris, a Persian nobleman, and accompanied her husband to his native home, after having embraced his religion. The Shah has five children, to whom he is greatly attached. His eldest son died a few weeks ago.

Sovereign, Mohammed h, ascended the throne He was then sixteen nd lived away from the of his uncles, the governor succeded to the throne in eing the nearest of kin 1 line of the celebrated or Baba-khan. Nassr-edfourth sovereign of the sty of the Kadjars, the is curious. The dynasty that of the Kadjars was ollowing manner: Under Sophis there lived a camelravery procured for him a number of his compand themselves into a band, direction crowned several expeditions with the conince of Khorasan. Their urped the throne of Persia f Abas III., and caused oclaimed Shah, or SovereNadir Shah brought under

THE PERSIAN EMBASSADOR IN PARIS.— His Excellency Feroukh Khan, embassador for Persia, received a public audience on the 24th from the Emperor, in the throneroom at the Tuileries, and presented the letters accrediting him to his imperial Majesty.