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cave , which must at one time have been filled up with stalagmite , through ivhich water had afterwards worn a passage . The two important points to be considered , Professor Austed observed , wore , whether those flints were fashioned by man , aud , if so , how came thoy where they are found ? The appearance of the implements , of which there were several specimens exhibited , indicated that they

nmsfc have been formed by some being of much higher intelligence and skill than any of the known animals , excepting man , and a close examination ot them shows their resemblance to the implements used by the Britons . The second point has been carefully examined hy many of the most eminent modern geologists of this country and on the continent , and the result of their examinations has been that the implements could not have been accidentally placed where they were

discovered , for they are so completely imbedded in the surrounding substance that they must apparently have been there at the time the beds of gravel or sand were deposited . Another remarkable fact is , that the implements found in the lower deposits are more roughly shaped than those in the upper formations , some of those found in the latter being smooth and polished . Professor Austed is decidedly of opinion that the finding of these flint implements in the drift formations

associated with the fossil bones of extinct animals proves that man must have existed on the earth at a much earlier period than geologists formerly admitted . If so , the question remains to be decided why no fossil remains of man are discovered in the same places where his handiworks are so plentiful . Professor Ansted did not allude to the circumstance , ivhich has been noticed by Sir Roderick Murchison , that the flint implements found imbedded in gravel are sharp .

At the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society , Sir B . Murchison introduced to the meeting Prof . Ferdinand von Hochstetter and two chiefs from the northern island of New Zealand , who , after having been taken to Austria in the Novara frigate , and having passed nine

months m that country , are now on their return to their native land at the expense of the Austrian government ! Prof , von Hochstetter , who has charge of them , is the able ' geologist of the late scientific Austrian expedition who has described the tertiary coal formation and gold jrro duce of New Zealand . The two chiefs , whose names are AViremu ( William ) Totoe and Hemara ( Samuel ) Rerchau , came to Europe at their own request , in order to become acquainted with our manners and

habits , intending on their return to improve their own countrymen . AVhilst resident in Afemia ( whore they were presented to the Emperor and Empress ) they acquired a knowledge of printing and lithography , and were presented with a printing-press , which they take out to New Zealand , in order therewith to establish a Maori newspaper . Totoe , the elder of the two ( who is a post-master iu the employment of the government ) , addressed the meeting in the Maori language , and asserted ivith

much vehemence that he was a loyal subject of Queen Victoria , whose sovereignty he would always maintain against the King Potutao . As these natives of New Zealand are said to possess strong intellectual powers and amiable dispositions , it is to be hoped that their visit to Europe will be productive of good fruits in the remotest of the British colonies . At all events the officers of the late scientific Austrian Expedition have thus been enabled to show their gratitude towards those British colonists by whom they were so kindly received .

A monument to the late Dr . Bucklaud , the celebrated geologist and late Dean of AVestminster , has been erected by his family iu the south aisle of AVestminster , near the cloister cloor . It consists of a portraitbust on a simple pedestal , with an inscription , and has been executed by Mr . Weeke . s . It is a [ characteristic and vigorous work of its class , and will go far to remove tho reproach of want of taste which ( whether justly or not ) has been applied to our attemps at monuments of great

men . Tho author of a recent pajier on "Statues , " in Household Words , should go and look at it . AA c are informed that tho Princo of AVales , before ho loaves . 'England for his Canadian journey , will lay the first stone of the School of Art in Lambeth . A now school is about to be built on part of the old gardens of Vauxhall , which site belongs to the duchy of Cornwall . This school bus been in existence for nearly six years , beginning very humbly in the

Rev . Mr . Gregory's National school-rooms : it has now outgrown its accommodation . Almost all the students at the school are connected with the potteries and building trade of the . district ; and so great has been their sense of its value and their willingness to pay tho necessary fees for its maintenance , that the school has gradually become selfsupporting . The new school will be adjacent to St . Mary ' s National School , and will bo erected by voluntary subscription , towards which the students of the school have already contributed very handsomely considering thek limited means ,

New Music.

NEW MUSIC .

When first I met Thee Roving . l \ o . 1 ofthe Melodies of England . By IGNOTUS . Arranged and sung by HKXEY BF . G .-UVDI . London : J . II . Jewell , 101 , Great Russcll-strcct , Bloomsbury , AV . C . AViio the Mr ., Mrs ., or Miss may be that appears before the world under the absurd title of " Ignotus , " wc neither know nor care to know ; but in setting up such an assumption as the

"Melodies of England , " we think the said " Ignotus" ( he or she ) is presumptuous to a degree . "Melodies of England , " created by "Ignotus , " though they may receive a passing share of popularity , do not contain sufficient ofthe sterling material to live out one generation , or to become as melodies the property of a nation ; ancl we fear , for " Ignotus ' s " sake , they may doubtless be doomed to share the fate of thousands that live their brief day ,

then pass awaj ' , and"Like the baseless fabric of a vision , Leave not a trace behind . " In thus giving to the world our opinion , we do so in no ill spirit . There is nothing either in composition or arrangement to offend the taste of either amateur or musician ; and even "Ignotus" need not be ashamed to enli ghten the British public as to whether it be male or female , and if the said ballad becomes popular , "Ignotus " may then receive the pattings on the back , & c , which belong to "The Liou of a Season , "

Selections From Recent Poetry.

Selections from Recent Poetry .

AV OMEN'S CHARACTERS . BY MAHUDEEITE A . POWER . ' ' Most women have no characters at all , "—* * * * " Pity 'tis , 'tis true . " Women are weak , aud chiefly weak in this , That few have any reel characters

Truly their own , innate and vigorous AA'ith individual life , firm , constant , strong , Able to breast life ' s current , keep foothold 'Mid pebbles , hidden rocks and shifting sands Of faulty education , circumstance , Bad precept , worse example , oft ' ner still That vice born of a virtue , the blind love And reckless idol-worship , which will make

So many women , born for better things , Lose soul and body , know not right from wrong , Cast honour , dignity and womanhood , Home , friends , peace , fame , convictions , earth and Heaven—AA ell knowing what the risk and what the gain Before some utter Moloch of a man , AATio takes the off'ring idly , as a thing Of little worth , and even spurns , perhaps , The worshipper from clinging round his knees .

It may be that such women ' s hearts aro warm , But small and narrow they are certainty ; And something there is wanting in the brain , —• Moral perception , ancl the consciousness Of value and responsibility . One quality or beauty in excess , AVithout a counterbalance , will become Moral ' or physical deformity .

Many there are who have not even this , This virtue overgrown , like wilding boughs Of vine , that in iinpruned luxuriance Get worthless and un fruitful . Natures weak , And pale and colourless as wax , that take Every impression quick and easily , To be effaced as quickly . Born , perhaps , little brain

A \ ith just a little heart , a . An inkling of refinement and romance ; Some beauty in pink cheeks and shining curls , j \ nd lips that smile without well knowing why , And eyes with tears as ready as the smiles . " „ , y . * , ; Train one of these With tendernessrefinement ; closely watch

, Her tendencies and aptitudes ; take note How this may bo developt , that represt ; Strengthen her weakness , make her wings expand And gently lead her upwards , not too fast Nor high , lest she should fail before she roach The goal , aud feel her . feebleness , like one