* * * * * Dr. GUTZLAFF, who is preaching at Berlin and Potsdam on behalf of the Chinese mission, lately introduced into the closing prayer of the service, at the garrison church at the latter place, besides the name of the King and the royal family, a supplication for _his_ Emperor of China, and the ministers and people of that nation. Dr. Gutzlaff expresses a confident hope that the Emperor of Japan will become converted to Christianity. * * * * * MEETINGS have been held at the house of Mr. Justice Coleridge, in London, at which a committee has been formed, with the Bishop of London at its head, to initiate a subscription to do honor to the memory of the poet Wordsworth, by placing a whole length effigy of him in Westminster Abbey, and, if the funds suffice, by erecting a monument to his memory near Grassmere. * * * * * Mr. E.G. SQUIER, our _Charge d'Affaires_ to Central America, is now in New York, and will soon publish an essay upon the antiquities of that country, similar in design, probably, to his important volume on the remains of ancient works in the valley of the Mississippi, printed for the Smithsonian Institute. * * * * * FRANCIS BOWEN, the editor of the _North American Review_, has been appointed Professor of History and Political Economy in Harvard College, and it is understood that the Latin Professorship, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Beck, will be tendered to Mr. George M. Lane, now in Europe. * * * * * THE FRENCH ACADEMY has decreed to M. Emile Augier, the author of _Gabrielle_, the prize of seven thousand francs, for the best dramatic work inculcating principles of rectitude and morality. * * * * * CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE (Prince of Canino) is now at Berlin, where he occupies himself exclusively with scientific pursuits, and the society of learned men. * * * * * THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM has conferred the honorary degree of M.A. on Robert Stephenson, and on Mr. Henry Taylor, the author of "Philip Van Artevelde." * * * * * JOHN G. SAXE has been elected by the Mercantile Library Association of Montreal, to deliver the poem at the opening of their winter course of lectures. * * * * * THE SULTAN of Turkey has granted to the Princess Belgioiso, for herself and the Italian emigrants, some extensive tracts of land on the gulf of Nicomedia. * * * * * THE NEW OPERA, on which M. Strakosch is now engaged, is to be called _La Regina di Napoli_. The plot is taken from the history of the unfortunate Queen Joana of Sicily, and abounds in scenes of dramatic interest. * * * * * [FROM THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE FOR JULY.] THE OLD MAN'S BEQUEST; A STORY OF GOLD.