The Late Prince Consort.

the highest Prince of the blood to the lowest private , all received the same distinction for the bravest conduct in the severest actions , and the rough hand of the brave aud honest private soldier came for the first time in contact with that of their Sovereign and their Queen . Noble fellows ! I feel as if they were my own children . My heart beats for them as for my nearest and dearest . They were so touched , so pleased—many , I hear , cried ; and they won ' t hear of giving up their medals to have

their names engraved upon them , for fear that they should not receive the identical one put into their hands by me . Several came by in a sadly mutilated state . None created more interest or is more gallant than young Sir Thomas Troubridge , who had at Inkormann one leg and the foot of the other carried away by a round shot , and continued commanding his battery till the battle was over , refusing to be carried away , onl y desiring his shattered limbs to be raised , in order to prevent too great haamorrhage ! He was dragged b y in a Bath chair , and when I gave him his medal I told him I should make him one of my aides-de-camp for his very gallant conduct , to which he rejdied , I am amply repaid for everything . ' One must revere and love such soldiers as these !"

Ihe present volume concludes with the subscribing of the map of the limits of the new Eussian frontier by the Plenipotentiaries at the Paris Conference ; and that forms also the closing entry of the Prince ' s diary for the year— "The Protocol about the Eusso-Turkish frontier is signed in Paris , and thus is the Bolgrad question solved , Thank God ! " Mr . Martin mentions , in his opening dedication to her Majesty , that when he presented her with the second volume of his work , he had hoped that a third

volume might complete it . We think his readers will approve his decision to deal in greater fulness of detail than he had intended with the interesting contents of these pages , nor can we doubt that he has left himself ample matter to furnish material for his concluding volume . " Such are the words of a reviewer of this interesting work , and having carefully read Vol . III . ourselves , we can heartily endorse his words . Indeed , the perusal of the book

not only raises in all competent minds deep admiration for the character and unexampled labours of the Prince Consort , and a deep regret at his premature loss to England and the world , but also places the Queen herself in a very exalted position of power , ability , and pure patriotic rule . It is not too much to say that , studying these memorable pages , we feel strongly how wonderfull y fitted by a good Providence our Queen herself is for that Constitutional rule she has so greatly adorned . We await the last volume with the deepest interest .

Not Knowing.

NOT KNOWING .

PEOM " OLD JONATHAN . " I KNOW not what shall befall me , God hangs a mist o ' er my eyes , And so each step in my onward path He makes new scenes to rise ,

And every joy He sends me comes As a strange and sweet surprise . I see not a step before me As I tread on another year , But the past is still in God ' s keeping , The future his mercy shall clear , And what looks dark in the distance May brighten as I draw near .